[FANFIC - HBD, SASUKE!] THE TAMING OF A TSUNDERE; (SK)
By: Kanae (Goth-Punk88 @ ff.net)542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PiiuLSbZS
Rating: K+542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqRiTKRdTI
Genre: Humor / Romance542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡma7BkQKV4K
Word Count: 566542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqgIJVySol
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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYOgo8sPpH
Summary: [Post-series] It’s his birthday, and Sasuke has decided that he has had enough.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrdvedyjc7
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the taming of a tsundere;542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2FeWrOsHD
by Kanae542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTAcX4tkWb
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It happens once everyone has left.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfaiuspueIf
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“I—I brought you something,” Karin states, looking the other way, “for your birthday.”542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxCycn4oP0
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His eyes clung to the small bottle for a moment, mind whirling with questions.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuNQ1rqEzV
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“You brought me perfume?” he inquires, stunned, gaze flickering to her face.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LonvFr3iD
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Karin pulls at the neck of her shirt, her voice startlingly hoarse.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe14ca7thfk
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhpIEYqlGi
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But Sasuke barely listens to a word she says, too busy replaying Suigetsu’s words.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZigqJV6Rw
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyiWpQgD59P
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1rBumPGrJS
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Karin, however, has always adamantly denied it; or at least never confirmed it.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBHNb3K19o
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Until today, that is, the Uchiha decides, hardening his expression.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgQ7JXS71C
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Sasuke is not willing to let the matter go this time.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aNGTRLG8E
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“When girls give handmade gifts to a guy, it usually means something.”542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSk9vIhsva
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMXrVhelNa
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6jjQZ25R9
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“W—wh… who cares about that, Sasuke?! Will, you just take the damn thing already—!”542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IsAhDOCo3
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“Does it, Karin?”542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5IroPGN4zt
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The answer is whispered so softly that he almost misses it.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zOWkO9vlk
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“…Yes.”542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmE3vXD6anf
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKacAONqSsj
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Natural as breathing, Sasuke shuts her up with a kiss.542Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtci4f4wY7F
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAxDK25sAw
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡica3m5vY17
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZB5utft0oO
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEGxSOHSVP
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70g0tP4eOr
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So yes, happy birthday Sasuke~! ♥
tags: fanfic, karin, naruto, sasukarin, sasuke
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