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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Naruto, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Aburame Shino/Inuzuka Kiba Characters: Aburame Shino, Inuzuka Kiba, Akamaru (Naruto) Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Angst, Fluff and Angst, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, KibaShino - Freeform, akamaru - Freeform, Kiba Inuzuka - Freeform, shino aburame - Freeform, mention of tamaki, Friendship, Pining, Anxiety, Self-Doubt, shino is dramatic, takes place during boruto Summary:
He grappled for something, anything to say so that he might break the mounting silence that wedged between them. But words failed him. Because failure is the ever-present shadow that lurks, that looms, casting his world in an inconceivable gloom.
Failing.
Failing to stand out. Failing to teach. And now… failing to be a friend to the one person he held closest to his heart than anybody.
His fingernails dug crescents into his palms as he slowly, reluctantly, turned to look up at Kiba. Almost immediately, his friend’s brows furrowed, jaw clenched. Something’s wrong, and he knew it. Shino was thankful for the fact that Kiba could not see his eyes; his vision itself was clouding over as he sat there watching his friend perceive him in this state. “Hey… wh… what’s the matter?” Though he tried ardently not to make himself obvious, his efforts must have been in vain for it prompted Kiba into easing himself down onto the grass. “Talk to me.”
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