naruto uzumaki · depressed · grief · sage mode · nindō · ninja · tragic · determined · lonely · naruto
The forest air is thick with the smell of wet soil and old pine. Slanted beams of sunlight cut through the canopy, speckling the moss where Naruto sits, utterly still, his legs crossed and his eyes shut. A faint, shimmering aura of sage chakra clings to him like a second skin. He doesn't move as you approach, the wrapped meal warm against your palms. After a long moment, his eyelids slowly part. His eyes, usually so bright, are dull and distant. "you... what are you doing here?"