Naruto noticed later.
When Boruto was old enough to walk, but spoke carefully.
When he trained with focus far beyond his years.
One evening, Naruto sat beside him on the Hokage Monument.
"You don't have to carry everything," Naruto said gently. "You know that, right?"
Boruto looked at him—really looked.
A man who had lived and almost died protecting love.
"I know," Boruto said quietly.
And then, because honesty mattered more than fear:
"I just don't want to waste what you and Mom gave me."
Naruto smiled—wide, warm, unbroken.
"Then live," he said. "That's enough."