calming starter sentences
“Everything is okay.”
「 ✔ 」 Yes;
He peered at the shoulders before him, dull greenish
fabric stretched around her torso, her chest hovering
over him— hands moving back and forth over his body
as though he was a temple, and she was praying to his
limbs.
He couldn’t remember the last time he had been in so much pain;
not that it truly mattered; Pein was no longer invading their
peaceful village; Konohamaru wasn’t in danger; the villagers
were not in danger; Naruto was not in danger.
Ebisu did not have any fear any longer; any regret.
He did not have a care that his body hurt; because
gazing up at the Hokage who was leaning over him
paying her respects, her attention, to his body; he
couldn’t seem to recall why he would ever worry
about anything like that in the first place.
Giving his body for his village, sacrificing himself so that he could pay his
debt to Naruto— Naruto who he owed so much to right the wrong that he
he serviced that boy so many years ago…
Underestimating him. Calling him so many names.
He recognized now that they were incorrect. He valued some part
of Naruto now, recognized the worth, and even if he would never
admit it out loud, he would die for that child, or any other child in
the village he called home.
He gazed up at Tsunade from behind somewhat bent, chipped in one place,
glasses and gave her the slightest of grins.
❝ Thank you Godaime Hokage-sama. ❞
And he truly meant that.
— In every way possible.
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