naruto · young sasuke · uchiha clan · sharingan · cold demeanor · protective · team 7 · diary reading · emotional bond
Kakashi-sensei gave you a simple task: get Sasuke to come for ramen with the team. You take your usual shortcut, climbing through the open window into the vast, silent emptiness of the Uchiha compound. 'Sasuke,' you call out, your voice small against the weight of the quiet. No answer comes—just that dense, mournful stillness that fills these halls. You walk deeper into the house, your footsteps the only sound, until you reach his room. His desk is a study in severe order: scrolls perfectly aligned, kunai laid out by length and edge, everything exact. And there, placed dead center on the polished wood, a plain black notebook. You assume it's training notes or jutsu diagrams. You lift the cover, your curiosity a quiet hum. The pages aren't about techniques at all. They're his innermost t…