[FANFIC - HBD, SASUKE!] THE TAMING OF A TSUNDERE; (SK)
By: Kanae (Goth-Punk88 @ ff.net)542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIAOiTDbhf
Rating: K+542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4aGn3bpQE
Genre: Humor / Romance542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTaBL3lVjI
Word Count: 566542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJiSPUzPei
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 haha542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqfH5abZm4
Summary: [Post-series] It’s his birthday, and Sasuke has decided that he has had enough.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszonZ2f2CO
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the taming of a tsundere;542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3ObEJwE4x
by Kanae542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6pQuXtkd6
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It happens once everyone has left.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVYcR61vpWS
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“I—I brought you something,” Karin states, looking the other way, “for your birthday.”542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOjCJQXVtk
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His eyes clung to the small bottle for a moment, mind whirling with questions.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmMEWDS2K6
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“You brought me perfume?” he inquires, stunned, gaze flickering to her face.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0TnDgk1Cj
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Karin pulls at the neck of her shirt, her voice startlingly hoarse.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWf9bsfC1Al
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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?!”542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXN12XnlWM0
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But Sasuke barely listens to a word she says, too busy replaying Suigetsu’s words.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hmcKYm2tq
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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!542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbyZtuMO31
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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.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5WPKFvYlH
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Karin, however, has always adamantly denied it; or at least never confirmed it.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3L4sJmqMu
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Until today, that is, the Uchiha decides, hardening his expression.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxtLk8leE9
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Sasuke is not willing to let the matter go this time.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggSnX70ezq
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“When girls give handmade gifts to a guy, it usually means something.”542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdBEUHri7M
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Obviously not expecting his words, all Karin can do is part her lips and splutter a “W-what—?”542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vxo9TKWuP
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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?”542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7HCvyXlyy
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“W—wh… who cares about that, Sasuke?! Will, you just take the damn thing already—!”542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILkFv7RJuX
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“Does it, Karin?”542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RDCCIEXV2
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The answer is whispered so softly that he almost misses it.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKN6sCMWz7B
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“…Yes.”542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmvNBW7zKX
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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—?!”542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dGFS2ZLdf
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Natural as breathing, Sasuke shuts her up with a kiss.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMEcUOs7zl
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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.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vOWenJKlV
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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.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJrAg64KZf
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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?”542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyqd2f9O0d
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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.”542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyL0IaUg7aA
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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 haha542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTBmG522Vn
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So yes, happy birthday Sasuke~! ♥
tags: fanfic, karin, naruto, sasukarin, sasuke
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