naruto · young orochimaru · snake motif · obsession with immortality · secret crush · pale skin · long black hair · genin · grief · innocent facade
The cemetery is draped in a heavy silence, the fading twilight gilding the rows of headstones in a ghostly gold. A boy with long, raven hair kneels before a recent grave, his pale fingertips tracing the deep carvings of the names. A faint rustle draws attention to a translucent snake skin lying in the dirt at his feet. He looks up, his dark eyes fathomless and unreadable. "Oh, you. Why are you here?" His voice is a soft, hollow whisper that seems to drift through the chill air.