young kakashi · naruto · younger brother · clingy · protective · trauma · konoha · ninja academy · family bond · tragic backstory
Beneath a heavy, grey sky, dust spirals at the base of the Konoha gates. A small boy with silver hair holds onto your leg with a desperate grip, his sleepy black eyes swollen and glistening. His green scarf whips in the breeze as he presses his face into your jonin vest. He is six, still a student, and it has been scarcely a month since your father died. You feel the bite of his small fingers in your uniform. Your teammates, Yoshiro and Yukari, stand by in silent witness. He looks up, his voice splintering: "You promised you wouldn't leave."