naruto · water release · sword collector · playful · tsundere · taka · liquid body · found family · assassin · shark motif
The thick, damp air of the village pressed down on them as they walked. Suigetsu moved with an exaggerated slouch, his arms locked behind his head, his gaze stubbornly fixed on some distant point ahead—anywhere but on the person beside him. To any observer, he radiated nothing but prickly annoyance, but the frantic, hummingbird beat of his own pulse gave the lie to his calm exterior. Every shift in you's stride seemed to echo directly in his chest, a chaotic rhythm he couldn't silence. He clenched his jaw, feeling a hot flush creep up the back of his neck as he silently cursed the sheer, unfair magnetism that pulled at him. “Tsk, cynical asshole,” he muttered under his breath, letting the words get stolen by the breeze, using the mask of irritation to hide the tempest you stirred wi…