[FANFIC - HBD, SASUKE!] THE TAMING OF A TSUNDERE; (SK)
By: Kanae (Goth-Punk88 @ ff.net)611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAy0i3MU1Z
Rating: K+611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvREow88QAA
Genre: Humor / Romance611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgh3kFtlCy
Word Count: 566611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqDH61lR24
Author's Notes: A light-hearted, crack-ish one-shot featuring a more traditional take on Karin’s tsundere qualities, plus a more self-aware Sasuke who has already settled his issues. So yup, post-series haha611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWca5URYHH
Summary: [Post-series] It’s his birthday, and Sasuke has decided that he has had enough.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuJ49wIHor
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the taming of a tsundere;611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnjHxziud4
by Kanae611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCEdX2gCCK
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It happens once everyone has left.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUYXCKgk8l
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“I—I brought you something,” Karin states, looking the other way, “for your birthday.”611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0FiAUwwVx
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His eyes clung to the small bottle for a moment, mind whirling with questions.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdO8pf8Pav
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“You brought me perfume?” he inquires, stunned, gaze flickering to her face.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdcrmYgRLE
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Karin pulls at the neck of her shirt, her voice startlingly hoarse.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsN6DV1oEyc
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“More like made it, actually, but—” she goes a little red at the ears and before he can even blink Karin is back to being the brash and forward girl he knows so well. “Pft, not that it matters! Will you take it or not? Just tell me already so I can leave! I have things to do, you know?!”611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQfGwRmA6Q
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But Sasuke barely listens to a word she says, too busy replaying Suigetsu’s words.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFT6knYYNq
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Karin’s crazy about you, man. Why do you think she put up with all the shit you put her through? She would have blasted my balls off to next Sunday if it had been me in your shoes!611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOM5XRyz2V
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Such had been Suigetsu being the crude but eloquent way of letting Sasuke know that Karin loved him—or had loved him, once. Sasuke had refused to believe it, at first; but since then, he has had more than enough time to put two and two together, and he has to acknowledge that everything did add up.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBfjXmUizR
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Karin, however, has always adamantly denied it; or at least never confirmed it.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOireu5WA5
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Until today, that is, the Uchiha decides, hardening his expression.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbgXBtG3Uz
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Sasuke is not willing to let the matter go this time.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAjmvHmU6T
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“When girls give handmade gifts to a guy, it usually means something.”611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ryuDlczmU
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Obviously not expecting his words, all Karin can do is part her lips and splutter a “W-what—?”611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2zkrCNb1A
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But Sasuke is bracing himself and cutting her off before she can even attempt to gather her composure. “Does it mean something, now?”611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwSr2Ghdi9
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“W—wh… who cares about that, Sasuke?! Will, you just take the damn thing already—!”611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycAAe1vff9
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“Does it, Karin?”611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGpiHsZ4Cw
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The answer is whispered so softly that he almost misses it.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOUEw5IKuY
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“…Yes.”611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIOU0t0TwP
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Sasuke’s eyes widen. After a breath, Karin’s do, too, and she hurries to push her glasses further up her nose and clear her throat. “I—I mean, maybe. How am I supposed t—?!”611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9jc0jSfi1
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Natural as breathing, Sasuke shuts her up with a kiss.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbp2fNHXSZf
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It’s his first, and this seems to be something he won’t be a natural at—it’s sloppy, tense, and tentative; but despite the shortcomings, it feels right. Like this is what he was supposed to be doing, and Sasuke relishes that feeling the most.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruswEOFp5m
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When they part, Sasuke is greeted with the sight of Karin’s half-lidded eyes and dazed gaze, her cheeks colored two shades lighter than her hair—and as he feels the skin of her neck turn to gooseflesh under his fingertips, he finds himself falling for her all over again.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxV6FBrOZ6
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“So,” and though he tries to sound casual—as if his heart wasn’t beating just as hard as hers was—it’s too easy to hear the smile that slips into his face. He figures he must look ridiculous, but he finds that he doesn’t quite care. “Is it a yes or a maybe, Karin?”611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOQ04nvkth
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“Oh, just shut up, Sasuke,” the redhead demands airily, and in one swift movement she has taken her glasses off and has thrown her arms around his neck, a roguish grin curving her lips, “and kiss me again.”611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdZjESSbeO
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The idea for this was born while reading a fantastic LinZin piece by Oh Dee, which inspired the dialogues about hand-made gifts “usually meaning something” (which Sasuke knows better than anyone thanks to the myriad of fangirls he used to have, ofc)~ and of course, I couldn’t resist playing up Karin’s tsundere-ness haha611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODFtJvnATE
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So yes, happy birthday Sasuke~! ♥
tags: fanfic, karin, naruto, sasukarin, sasuke
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