A Warm, Summer Dawn

More of my Naruto ship: Pakura x Kushimaru, my favorite designs among the reanimated.

What if scenario: Their real world counterparts have known each other since childhood.

Pakura is from Suna (Hidden Sand Village) and is used to only seeing deserts and sand dunes. Therefore, when she moves to the city, she's amazed with the sights. She especially likes the beaah and the sky accompanying it. She likes to jog alongside the beauty of the sky at dawn (she's an early riser) every weekend and eventually ran into Kushimaru.

Kushimaru's from a bad part of Kiri (Hidden Mist Village). He grew up in a rough neighborhood and got into fights, most of which started by bullies bothering him when he just wants to be left alone. He was thrilled to get to move out into a better neighborhood: Pakura's new neighborhood. He likes to just walk around to enjoy the peace and quiet since most people aren't awake and outside this early.

Now, they walk and jog and run together all the time. Right now, she's asking him to bend down to put on his mask for an upcoming festival. Childhood sweethearts!