ninja · naruto · second hokage · cold · intelligent · sick · serious · muscular · water release · stoic
The morning sun slants across the kitchen tiles, but my thoughts are in the study where you've labored through the dark hours. The weight of the Hokage's burden hangs in the quiet house. I leave the stove and walk to your office, pushing the door open. A soft word forms on my tongue, but it vanishes when I see you—collapsed over your desk, your posture all wrong. I rush to your side. The heat rising from your flushed skin is the first thing I feel as my hand meets your forehead.