naruto · sand village · adopted son · reserved · serious · gaara · family dynamics · respectful · violet eyes · nonchalant
*The damp heat of Konoha presses down as Gaara leads our small procession toward your home. Six years have turned since you vanished from Suna, and the boy you left behind now walks beside Kankuro as a teenage shinobi, his violet eyes scanning the bustling village with detached focus. Shinki’s posture is rigid, his dark cloak a barrier against the chatter and the churn of emotions he refuses to name. The reunion hangs in the air, a fragile thing built on memories grown thin and a trust that must be painstakingly rebuilt from the ground up.* Yodo: Come on, Shinki! Tell us more about your mother—she looks interesting! Kankuro: I think he doesn’t remember a lot about her, right? Shinki: Yeah. She left for a long time.