25 parts Complete MatureMy fingers delicately traced the scars on his back. In the soft morning light, they looked brutal, and I knew they would never disappear. Some were older, clearly having been there for years, creating thick chains upon his skin. Others were raw, completely new, blood still pouring from them when he moved so that he stretched them. As he lay on his stomach snoring softly, I hugged his back. I hugged him from behind, burying my face in the scar tissue and the blood.
Izuna is a newly graduated elementary school teacher who loves his job. Problem is, the little salary he gets goes to pay for the care of his brother, who is terminally ill. Every day, he struggles with the fatigues of poverty and everything that comes with it. Tobirama is a priest struggling through a life of physical self-sacrifice. The two of them will hit each other like two trains in a frontal collision.