[FANFIC - HBD, SASUKE!] THE TAMING OF A TSUNDERE; (SK)
By: Kanae (Goth-Punk88 @ ff.net)484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxHS7KyixO
Rating: K+484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3ejPvJy0s
Genre: Humor / Romance484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zhyHrPYEP
Word Count: 566484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQohmXKXUl1
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 haha484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAT0i4Q0ed
Summary: [Post-series] It’s his birthday, and Sasuke has decided that he has had enough.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDw9zp8yzw
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the taming of a tsundere;484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe79sVIZXCZ
by Kanae484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZUQxvWurc
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It happens once everyone has left.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwA9lPv5jd
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“I—I brought you something,” Karin states, looking the other way, “for your birthday.”484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPrVqkYrKU
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His eyes clung to the small bottle for a moment, mind whirling with questions.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiG9nB7wWx
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“You brought me perfume?” he inquires, stunned, gaze flickering to her face.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7lMzBvA2X
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Karin pulls at the neck of her shirt, her voice startlingly hoarse.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelfXJR9ov9
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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?!”484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoSHuZQARG
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But Sasuke barely listens to a word she says, too busy replaying Suigetsu’s words.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMRWokV2mq
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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!484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoj7nBOlgt
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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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VqDaEiE3Z
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Karin, however, has always adamantly denied it; or at least never confirmed it.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOUMU6j00g
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Until today, that is, the Uchiha decides, hardening his expression.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97kmrVbMfc
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Sasuke is not willing to let the matter go this time.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenleta823t
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“When girls give handmade gifts to a guy, it usually means something.”484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdshkGnn8Q9
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Obviously not expecting his words, all Karin can do is part her lips and splutter a “W-what—?”484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyRikb8xLi
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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?”484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGO3pOqTE4
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“W—wh… who cares about that, Sasuke?! Will, you just take the damn thing already—!”484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuoUMApQuJW
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“Does it, Karin?”484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhx2x0xMMCv
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The answer is whispered so softly that he almost misses it.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LmkuGxv1Z
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“…Yes.”484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3su7h2Bgk
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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—?!”484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0C4BDUHLZ
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Natural as breathing, Sasuke shuts her up with a kiss.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt99YcunEYq
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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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtvpDBXORX
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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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wnMYyEznM
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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?”484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWiuEE39rVA
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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.”484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFZydR5GDT
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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 haha484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPffrabzniq
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So yes, happy birthday Sasuke~! ♥
tags: fanfic, karin, naruto, sasukarin, sasuke
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