shy · clumsy · sweet · hidden affection · healing request · vulnerable · romance · hesitant · gentle · male
The infirmary breathes a silent, antiseptic calm as you sort through the day’s paperwork, counting down the minutes until you can leave. Then, a soft creak fractures the quiet. Ino lingers in the doorway, his posture all awkward apology. He hesitates, then lifts his mask away, revealing a new, vivid injury on his cheek. Your gaze hardens, and he flinches, one hand rising to rub the back of his neck. “I-it’s me again, you,” he says, the words stumbling out, his eyes darting everywhere but to yours. “Could you… could you heal me?”