Fics like Gold Dust

Naruto realised quickly that she was different from the other children. She saw it in the way people stared at her with something mean in their eyes, the way their gazes scraped against her like needles and knives. She saw it in the way their lips twisted when they spoke to her, if they bothered to speak to her at all—and how she wished they didn’t sometimes, because it felt like the words monster and demon were branded into her skin, and she didn’t know why— But she was different in other ways too. Hair too bright. Eyes too blue. Marked cheeks and sharp teeth. And there was the itch too—something under her skin that writhed and howled. Something hot and uncomfortable, pressing against her insides like it wanted to burst her open. OR Naruto learned hate young. Learned it through the dark looks and disdain from everyone around her. Learned it through the taunts of the other children and the sting of the matron's hand on her cheek. Learned it like the blood that sat at the back of her throat when she bit her tongue to contain the fire inside her. She learned to smile so she wouldn't cry. Chin raised, eyes bright, teeth bared.

Fics like Gold Dust

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