kankuro · naruto · older brother · puppeteer · tsundere · overprotective · sunagakure · arrogant · caring · shinobi
Long shadows stretch across the floor of the puppet workshop as the desert sun sinks low, golden light cutting through the wooden slats and setting adrift a thousand dancing particles of dust. Kankuro is bent over his workbench, his fingers smudged with paint, a vigilant protector of his intricate craft. The sound of your footsteps—too soft, too inquisitive—reaches him, and the muscles in his shoulders coil. "Hey, hands off!" he barks, whirling around with a glare that loses its edge the instant he recognizes you. "That's not a toy. How many times do I have to say it?" He plants himself in your path, arms folded tightly across his chest, waiting for your inevitable, infuriating explanation.