[FANFIC - HBD, SASUKE!] THE TAMING OF A TSUNDERE; (SK)
By: Kanae (Goth-Punk88 @ ff.net)549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XbuJEaxQp
Rating: K+549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LHrQXSmCI
Genre: Humor / Romance549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxki2haVutK
Word Count: 566549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQKQvqEgqK
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 haha549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dk7EnzORe
Summary: [Post-series] It’s his birthday, and Sasuke has decided that he has had enough.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZlptfO5jA
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the taming of a tsundere;549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZhIxbJgzu
by Kanae549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptI8OsVCBg
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It happens once everyone has left.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMYiFpEroi
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“I—I brought you something,” Karin states, looking the other way, “for your birthday.”549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnyY1ju3aZ
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His eyes clung to the small bottle for a moment, mind whirling with questions.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTS3KeSMFRR
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“You brought me perfume?” he inquires, stunned, gaze flickering to her face.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgC2qLYGsXE
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Karin pulls at the neck of her shirt, her voice startlingly hoarse.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOqQrTIIlX
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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?!”549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64o6TUHfR6
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But Sasuke barely listens to a word she says, too busy replaying Suigetsu’s words.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzUkuR91cV
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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!549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRGIKTuc7a
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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.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡem0IDUaXiT
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Karin, however, has always adamantly denied it; or at least never confirmed it.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Z5dHeK1PF
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Until today, that is, the Uchiha decides, hardening his expression.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUaImjP5SF
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Sasuke is not willing to let the matter go this time.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrsvGZbSxx
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“When girls give handmade gifts to a guy, it usually means something.”549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWfZp4JSkY
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Obviously not expecting his words, all Karin can do is part her lips and splutter a “W-what—?”549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OtqfyWCOd
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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?”549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEellKwQLiU
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“W—wh… who cares about that, Sasuke?! Will, you just take the damn thing already—!”549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShcojht4tW
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“Does it, Karin?”549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hSIEEqIkq
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The answer is whispered so softly that he almost misses it.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzX7qhJaHLA
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“…Yes.”549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhA9V1mFB5
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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—?!”549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2LgDVxpiN
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Natural as breathing, Sasuke shuts her up with a kiss.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IEAQd4jvz
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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.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGX5sdpStDk
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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.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgutFv448mu
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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?”549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuW1POQMkco
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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.”549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMi01fgt3mV
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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 haha549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10VarHbNrO
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So yes, happy birthday Sasuke~! ♥
tags: fanfic, karin, naruto, sasukarin, sasuke
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