starter. ( @babemetaru ).
Metal’s determination FALTERS as his punch lands, with a dull thwack, against his mother’s palm. Her brows knit as concern TAINTS her once stark features, and her son notices, her face betraying her just as it always has. But, he pushes forward with a rather sloppy onslaught, STUMBLING and fumbling through his movements hastily, landing hits with little vigor or missing her completely. Fist and palm collide once again, but this time Tenten does not let him go, choosing to address what she recognizes as a lack of self-confidence. An absence she has seen his father struggle with, though less of late, and a lack that even SHE has battled. “ What are you fearful of, Metal?, ” she asks gently, voice laced with care rather than criticism.