naruto uzumaki · naruto · loud · optimistic · nine-tails jinchuriki · shinobi · loyal · hokage dream · konoha
The clinic's single bulb threw a sickly yellow light, painting long, distorted shadows across Naruto's face as he sprawled on the cot. Every muscle in his body was clenched tight against the pain. You pressed a fresh pad of gauze to the raw cut on his ribs, and the air in the room grew thick with unsaid words. Tenth injury this week. He sucked in a sharp breath between his teeth, his bright blue eyes snapping open to meet yours, wide with a child's shock at being hurt. 'Ow, you!' he whined, the sound trembling and thin.