[ There's more. He knows that there's more, probably a tangent of thoughts swirling around Naruto's head, that's so clear and certain in his chest and his mind but so difficult to put into words. Difficult because there's so much feeling, that it's difficult to communicate everything.
He wants to hear it, maybe not today, but someday, so it's not trapped in a helpless circle in Naruto's mind. So that Naruto can put it down, make it tangible and progress out of the thing so encompassing and vague and painful inside him. If he can. Bolin doesn't know. This process of timelines and world hopping is complicated, and he can't even tell if when they'll go back they'll remember everything they learned here.
Probably not. And that's the most frustrating thing, because it means that they can't even incite change with what they learn here. The futility of it is frustrating, to the point where even Bolin is at a loss for positivity.
He doesn't say anything when Naruto returns the hug, just squeezing him tighter and frowning fiercely where Naruto can't see. There's tension and struggle there, come on so quick and wholly, like it had been lying in wait under the surface all along. It's going to keep going on from here on out before it's not as though there are any solutions offered between them, but Bolin is here, his hands pressing hard against Naruto's shoulder blades, feeling the pattern of his ribs against one of his arms. He's here, and he's going to give it all that he's got, even if it isn't much. ]
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He wants to hear it, maybe not today, but someday, so it's not trapped in a helpless circle in Naruto's mind. So that Naruto can put it down, make it tangible and progress out of the thing so encompassing and vague and painful inside him. If he can. Bolin doesn't know. This process of timelines and world hopping is complicated, and he can't even tell if when they'll go back they'll remember everything they learned here.
Probably not. And that's the most frustrating thing, because it means that they can't even incite change with what they learn here. The futility of it is frustrating, to the point where even Bolin is at a loss for positivity.
He doesn't say anything when Naruto returns the hug, just squeezing him tighter and frowning fiercely where Naruto can't see. There's tension and struggle there, come on so quick and wholly, like it had been lying in wait under the surface all along. It's going to keep going on from here on out before it's not as though there are any solutions offered between them, but Bolin is here, his hands pressing hard against Naruto's shoulder blades, feeling the pattern of his ribs against one of his arms. He's here, and he's going to give it all that he's got, even if it isn't much. ]