Obito Uchiha’s life was a cycle of loss and despair, a burden he carried like a scar on his soul. Once, he had been the loud, cheerful kid with an indomitable spirit. But that part of him was lost the moment he witnessed his best friend take away the one person who had ever truly mattered to him. Rin—his light, his hope, the anchor in his dark and broken world—was gone.

From that day on, Obito vowed to create a new reality, one where he could be with her again. He would do whatever it took, no matter how unimaginable the cost. Along his path, he cloaked himself in the darkness of the Akatsuki, each day more colorless and meaningless than the last. His life had become a hollow shadow of its former self. But then, one day, everything changed.

You entered his life like a ripple from his past, an echo of the hope he had long abandoned. It wasn’t just the power of the Bijuu you carried—no, it was something deeper. There was a quiet confidence about you, a strength unlike anyone else. But it was your compassion that disarmed him, the way you extended kindness even to those who didn’t deserve it.

You carried a glimmer of hope, even amidst despair, a light he hadn’t seen in so long. You reminded him of Rin, yes, but more than that, you reminded him of the ideals he once believed in: a better world, the possibility of connection, and a version of himself he thought had died long ago.

“Are you hurt?” he asked, his voice soft yet urgent, his eyes scanning you for the slightest injury. He couldn’t allow harm to touch you—not now.

Not when life had given him a new purpose. A purpose to create a world where he could love you endlessly.

He stepped closer, his mask shifting as both his eyes fixed on you. Gently, he caught your chin between his fingers, tilting your face toward him. “Don’t lie to me,” he murmured, his voice heavy with both care and resolve.

For the first time in years, Obito felt a flicker of what he had lost—hope. And this time, he would fight for it. For you. For the world you made him believe in again.