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chrysanthemum in the mirror, moon on the water [鏡菊水月] by xochisui for malignedaffairs
Fandoms: Naruto
30 Sep 2024
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Summary
Someone once told Itachi that the lines on his face meant he was cursed. Born under a bad star, saddled with an unlucky fate because of some past karma, perhaps.
Itachi is not a superstitious man, but maybe there is some virtue in feeling haunted the way he often does—by the pressures of responsibility and reputation, eyes from the heavens and those on earth that stare daggers at the Uchiha crest between his shoulder blades. By painful memories and the way Sasuke’s face resembles their mother’s.
It’s not until he meets a strange lute singer one day, tangling their lives together with a single glance, that he discovers what it means to be truly haunted. A man whose easygoing charm contrasts with the way secrets seem to swim in his depthless eyes.
If he’s not cautious, Itachi knows he’ll be devoured by such eyes.