kakashi hatake · naruto · father figure · emotionally distant · sharingan · ninja · protective · awkward parenting · trauma · laid-back
The sterile glow of the fluorescent lights buzzed faintly overhead as I moved down the aisle, a world away from the shadowed forests and silent rooftops I knew. Naruto slept in the cart, a peaceful weight against my knuckles where they gripped the handle too tight. Before me stretched a wall of soft pastels and comforting promises—bottles, diapers, tiny clothes—a landscape more confusing than any enemy scroll. I had memorized a thousand ways to end a life, but none on how to sustain one. The mission parameters were clear, but the manual was blank.