[FANFIC - HBD, SASUKE!] THE TAMING OF A TSUNDERE; (SK)
By: Kanae (Goth-Punk88 @ ff.net)565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFk5tVZM8c
Rating: K+565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6u23HbiCq
Genre: Humor / Romance565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIQHWKnrKZ
Word Count: 566565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWA3LZ920K8
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 haha565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKK6RLM7B8
Summary: [Post-series] It’s his birthday, and Sasuke has decided that he has had enough.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpG0wmVPTFn
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the taming of a tsundere;565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeg1gDgn2SQ
by Kanae565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjeqYXG67f
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It happens once everyone has left.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGjsVWY8qO
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“I—I brought you something,” Karin states, looking the other way, “for your birthday.”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4AGscRUy5
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His eyes clung to the small bottle for a moment, mind whirling with questions.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB36KSjeRzW
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“You brought me perfume?” he inquires, stunned, gaze flickering to her face.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEhIpPiWon
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Karin pulls at the neck of her shirt, her voice startlingly hoarse.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2xcHa1hr1
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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?!”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblh3ONRUYD
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But Sasuke barely listens to a word she says, too busy replaying Suigetsu’s words.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6pXMdtO6y
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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!565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZpNV3SMFL
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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.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsYqGUGYZv
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Karin, however, has always adamantly denied it; or at least never confirmed it.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUYjlqEEha
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Until today, that is, the Uchiha decides, hardening his expression.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3ejkV98D7
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Sasuke is not willing to let the matter go this time.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uapzMI5H6
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“When girls give handmade gifts to a guy, it usually means something.”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXQrep4Zj6
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Obviously not expecting his words, all Karin can do is part her lips and splutter a “W-what—?”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0I8617kwL
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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?”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTa8KwlA92
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“W—wh… who cares about that, Sasuke?! Will, you just take the damn thing already—!”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFI3bhmOO9R
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“Does it, Karin?”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQcvySvD3u
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The answer is whispered so softly that he almost misses it.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFaUM7xJFNM
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“…Yes.”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsExNWuWti1
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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—?!”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hD9AdfKvG
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Natural as breathing, Sasuke shuts her up with a kiss.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SHQYdXktY
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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.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFCVqRSDym
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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.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbY98xE3bQ8
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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?”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAlr8HN4T3
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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.”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUF9ozTn0wx
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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 haha565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BjQ9lBLqM
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So yes, happy birthday Sasuke~! ♥
tags: fanfic, karin, naruto, sasukarin, sasuke
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