[FANFIC - HBD, SASUKE!] THE TAMING OF A TSUNDERE; (SK)
By: Kanae (Goth-Punk88 @ ff.net)465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqH9ir6Tnsz
Rating: K+465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4C86a9TB8
Genre: Humor / Romance465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaw2s5MNpP
Word Count: 566465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQd61uirrC
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 haha465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45SLrSIxHB
Summary: [Post-series] It’s his birthday, and Sasuke has decided that he has had enough.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3dX01lZwJ
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the taming of a tsundere;465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0ysN90WSC
by Kanae465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8trMIG7UI
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It happens once everyone has left.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMnQZCn4Kd
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“I—I brought you something,” Karin states, looking the other way, “for your birthday.”465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6S5NEXUqjn
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His eyes clung to the small bottle for a moment, mind whirling with questions.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavcymmI6yJ
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“You brought me perfume?” he inquires, stunned, gaze flickering to her face.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8jloSlUvb
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Karin pulls at the neck of her shirt, her voice startlingly hoarse.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgSf11q0ED
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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?!”465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rXKsZt6Tb
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But Sasuke barely listens to a word she says, too busy replaying Suigetsu’s words.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcn9llkZ649
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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!465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MTTJwBg0x
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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.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZD5MlUna8
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Karin, however, has always adamantly denied it; or at least never confirmed it.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQl7fObSxy
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Until today, that is, the Uchiha decides, hardening his expression.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoil2AFOL0P
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Sasuke is not willing to let the matter go this time.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHlkVGvbch
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“When girls give handmade gifts to a guy, it usually means something.”465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ChzjapbZJ
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Obviously not expecting his words, all Karin can do is part her lips and splutter a “W-what—?”465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQn2dygN6gt
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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?”465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1pHlxGCDB
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“W—wh… who cares about that, Sasuke?! Will, you just take the damn thing already—!”465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQatLxTTf1
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“Does it, Karin?”465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfSyvm105c
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The answer is whispered so softly that he almost misses it.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFHrAsIwqP
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“…Yes.”465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEQ54tuzHU
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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—?!”465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWhdezjGuE
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Natural as breathing, Sasuke shuts her up with a kiss.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtVHnYp3Ip
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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.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZJoGooHsK
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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.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQBrVcfqQK
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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?”465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyN9X6IwE0A
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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.”465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCLkHiL47o
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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 haha465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCAfkCkIhI
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So yes, happy birthday Sasuke~! ♥
tags: fanfic, karin, naruto, sasukarin, sasuke
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