[FANFIC - HBD, SASUKE!] THE TAMING OF A TSUNDERE; (SK)
By: Kanae (Goth-Punk88 @ ff.net)541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KLImbLce7
Rating: K+541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WZICIrgDJ
Genre: Humor / Romance541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyPz0H8xBD
Word Count: 566541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPaacUyqxBK
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 haha541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SNeQMZYI3
Summary: [Post-series] It’s his birthday, and Sasuke has decided that he has had enough.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeJrfHvi0a
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the taming of a tsundere;541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFnAnYUvIO
by Kanae541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN49AvjsQfl
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It happens once everyone has left.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc070X64c7h
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“I—I brought you something,” Karin states, looking the other way, “for your birthday.”541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1RoQfCmDF
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His eyes clung to the small bottle for a moment, mind whirling with questions.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkHbwFW5ZM
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“You brought me perfume?” he inquires, stunned, gaze flickering to her face.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpw6LuIO3n
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Karin pulls at the neck of her shirt, her voice startlingly hoarse.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfCpu7CO44
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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?!”541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8bRpNRjJn
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But Sasuke barely listens to a word she says, too busy replaying Suigetsu’s words.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaewa8o9Yh
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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!541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGiQ7lk43Vq
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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.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHrqTMK9h5
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Karin, however, has always adamantly denied it; or at least never confirmed it.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxZ3Fqcdpm
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Until today, that is, the Uchiha decides, hardening his expression.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaEdB1dGzQ
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Sasuke is not willing to let the matter go this time.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJi2he9xn6h
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“When girls give handmade gifts to a guy, it usually means something.”541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzaK038STW
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Obviously not expecting his words, all Karin can do is part her lips and splutter a “W-what—?”541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEs6tOULM2
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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?”541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OBJPURfh2
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“W—wh… who cares about that, Sasuke?! Will, you just take the damn thing already—!”541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdtL6PEboL
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“Does it, Karin?”541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY40dAnvcrm
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The answer is whispered so softly that he almost misses it.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClGY8HJDFY
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“…Yes.”541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJOkyjhKLE
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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—?!”541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3twYWquwl
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Natural as breathing, Sasuke shuts her up with a kiss.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyU8OuvTfXL
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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.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUkdYfKRTL
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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.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMww8inCMXm
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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?”541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmipeKQOpe9
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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.”541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxSEqT0xuY
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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 haha541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrUbwjXWcS
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So yes, happy birthday Sasuke~! ♥
tags: fanfic, karin, naruto, sasukarin, sasuke
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