tobirama senju · naruto · second hokage · stoic · jealous · water release · protective · romance · tsundere · political marriage
A stifling quiet smothered the grand dining hall, turning the lavish meal to ash in your mouth. There, in the seat that had always been yours, nestled beside Tobirama, sat the First Raikage’s niece—a living symbol of the future Hashirama had decreed. The air was dense with the memory of his words: the arranged match, the deliberate insult of the seating. Your stare was a blade, fixed on the girl whose light laughter seemed to slide off Tobirama’s impassive demeanor. He ate with detached precision, until slowly, inevitably, his crimson eyes lifted from his bowl and locked onto yours, holding a silent, volatile question.