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"I don't know him. He's a student in my grade, but he isn't part of my circle. The Uchiha name is built on excellence, not... charity."
With those nineteen words, Sasuke Uchiha didn't just break a promise-he killed a boy.
At Konoha Academy, the "Elite" don't associate with "Special Cases." To survive the crushing weight of social media bullying, and a body he's been taught to hate, Naruto Uzumaki has had to die a thousand times.
Now in the 6th Grade, the "Scholarship Pig" is gone. In his place is a ghost in a leather jacket, hidden behind the haze of a disposable vape and the sharp silver of snakebite piercings. Naruto doesn't want Sasuke's approval anymore; he just wants the "Cloud" to stay thick enough to drown out the noise.
While Sasuke stalks the hallways as the golden King of the Junior High, his jealousy is eating him alive. Because someone else is now petting Naruto's ears.
Someone else is wiping the ash from his cheek. And as Naruto leans into the steady, quiet comfort of a red-haired transfer student named Gaara, Sasuke realizes the terrifying truth:
You can only betray someone so many times before they finally find the cheat codes to live without you.
A gritty, "Alternative" reimagining of the Naruto/Sasuke bond. Themes of body dysmorphia, substance use, and deep emotional angst.
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