Disclaimer: Naruto not mine.
Crimson eyes peered into her soul, gnawing and tearing at vital cords, incapable of love. She finally understood what happened to him and why he became a monster.
A man, one who he revered, and a night of hostile slaughter and a legacy left for him to fulfill. She stood in the way as nothing more than a hindrance hoping to deter him from a destined path.
She was foolish and he was an avenger.
Green and red never mixed even during Christmas when a heart fluttered because a jacket was lent.
"Only because you'd slow me down."
They had a mission and this was how it always was between them.
She didn't know why she expected different.