Shino POV. I know he doesn't talk alot but this is all thoughts. Enjoy. Just a filler before I get ready for my next large story.
There are some days I wish he were here. Some days are worse than others and I wish he was with me through them. He always was before. From the worst days of my young life to the greatest days.
Torune will always be a brother to me, even if he wasn't a biological brother, he still had that title. Deep down we were the same, we all had the same last name. Fact everyone is our clan Aburame was the same last name because... All were married by cousins. Much like the other clan based families we were no exception.
But I don't look at that, I look at what Torune was to me. He was my older brother and my cousin in one and the only one I needed to be happy. He showed more emotion then I did when we were smaller. I still remember his smile...
With that said, he was older than me but he never went to the academy. My father always told me Torune couldn't control his Rinkaichu. I never believed it, to me Torune could do anything and he could never fail.
He tried to avoid getting close to me, I suppose it made me grow uncomfortable later in my life. I thought it was me and that was the reason he never got close to me. I now understand why but he could now. I bred his beetles with mine to make them invincible against the poison his carried. He could get close to me now! But now I know he can't. It's too late for that.
I always thought that my father favoured Torune at times. My father didn't stop that man, I know now who he was, Danzo, from taking me. I was too small to fully comprehend the situation, but I do now...if only I knew then. I'm very grateful to this day, he sacrificed himself so that I may live a life with friends. Well, Torune, I have friends. Thanks to you, I have so many friends.
I can still see his eyes, even though others couldn't, I could. Through those silver glass shields I saw them. I can still remember when I had to seal him. By then they weren't the same ones I remembered growing up, but now were empty and hallowed. Black all around with a white circle where his pupil once was. It was at the worst time, I was needed elsewhere. I couldn't say the things I wanted to say. But I think he knew. He understood why I had to seal him and he excepted his fate with a smile on his lips. I wish I could smile like Torune.
There are days I wish he was still here. To see what kind of a man I've grown into. See me as a new Academy instructor to a new Chunin exams moderator. After all the many years I've still thought of him, thinking that maybe one day he and I could meet and we could be a family again. And maybe one day we will after everything is said and done. We can be brothers once more.