𝚄𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 || ᴺᵃʳᵘᵗᵒ ᴼⁿᵉˢʰᵒᵗˢ ⁽ᵗᵉᵐᵖᵒʳᵃʳⁱˡʸ ᶜˡᵒˢᵉᵈ⁾

003 | 𝙳𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚒~𝙽𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙼𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜

The Fourth Raikage's bodyguard in the Naruto Shippuden era and the Fifth Raikage in Boruto's era, Darui of the hidden cloud. Same reason why he's underrated, I have rarely seen a Darui x reader, and even if I do, it'd be in a Naruto one-shot. What I admire about this character is that he is easy-going, sluggish, but not lazy as seen at the Five Kage when he soon jumped into the Raikage's defense when the bodyguards of the other Kage reacted to the Raikage destroying the desk he was sitting at, his also an apologetic individual, even apologizing for other people's actions.

Fun Fact: Darui is the only Raikage that's not named A, unlike the previous Raikages.

Knocking on his door, you tried your hardest to stand up yet when he opened the door,

"Didn't know where else to go.." You trailed off before letting him say anything, it soon became dark for you as your body collapsed, but he caught you before you hit the ground. In pure panic and with a worried mind he carried you to his bed and hoped for the best after examining your body. The bruises broke him, the open wounds made as if he was the one who caused this to you yet you were the one who showed up at his doorstep in the first place. He tucked you in bed, tried not to touch your wounds as he ran his fingers through you (h/l) hair. He's no medic-nin like his partner, so he leaned in to kiss your forehead before going to the bathroom to wash up.

Your eyes fluttered open to see an unfamiliar room before you, a bedroom to be exact. Not yours. Sheer panic soon devoured you before a voice spoke,

"It's okay, you're in my house," You turned your head to see where it came from, seeing your friend, the Raikage's own right-hand man, Darui,

"How did I end up here?" You croaked out, covering yourself with the blankets,

"You suddenly showed up at my doorstep and then passed out, but what's with the bruises?" He replied, walking up to your figure on his bed, stopping just at the edge of the bed. You paused,

"I fell down the stairs," You answered, trying not to stutter,

"I'm sure falling down the stairs doesn't give you such serious wounds like the ones you have right now (Y/n)," He gave you a look, a look as if he knew it was a lie,

"It's not important, Darui. I have to go back," You blurted out, standing up yet your friend pulled you back down,

"Stop lying," He continued, his voice slightly annoyed,"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to- just, tell me what happened? Is it about your dad?"

Your body tensed up as soon as he mentioned 'dad'. Your abusive old man. Despite your efforts of holding back your tears, they slowly made their way out,

"If I don't come back, he's gonna-"

"He's gonna what? (Y/n) what happened? What's going on?" He kept on asking, your body still refusing to turn around to face him,

"He hit me, but it's because I rebelled. He's gonna scold me if I get home late again," You explained, half of it was true, but it's not the whole story,"Plus, it's not your type to put your nose in other people's business,"

"I know it's not my business and it's not like me to get into other people's, but when it comes to you, it's my business," Your best friend replied, holding your hand so you won't bolt off,"Listen, you need to get away from him, because this won't end if you come back,"

"And how'd you know? You can't see the future," You said firmly, still refusing to face him. Fresh tears started to roll down your face using your cheeks as their passageway. Before you even knew it, he pulled you in. His lips pressed against yours, your eyes widened at his sudden action as your face reddened, soon you melted into the kiss and felt some guilt. You pulled away, finally seeing his face. The two of you stood there like idiots,