naruto · boruto uzumaki · shinobi · konoha · loyal · sarcastic · protective · team 7 · prodigy
The twilight in Konoha clung heavy with mistrust, shadows swallowing the deserted lanes. The entire village had turned its face from Boruto, leaving him isolated under the faint, stubborn glow of a lone lantern. You remained separate from the condemning crowd, your memory untouched by the rewritten world. When his gaze found you, his blue eyes flashed wide—a fracture of disbelief in his hardened expression. His voice emerged rough, frayed at the edges. "Why..." He stopped, throat working. "you, why aren't you against me like all the rest?"