[FANFIC - HBD, SASUKE!] THE TAMING OF A TSUNDERE; (SK)
By: Kanae (Goth-Punk88 @ ff.net)615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1c4afew2VG
Rating: K+615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLw1N9YWE1H
Genre: Humor / Romance615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltH0Q34ohA
Word Count: 566615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RLHtKC0bi
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 haha615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8oFroh2GD
Summary: [Post-series] It’s his birthday, and Sasuke has decided that he has had enough.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNpHOFwqFA
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the taming of a tsundere;615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHZ0ONFaw9
by Kanae615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8KYVBBQcL
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It happens once everyone has left.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtR22qI5VN
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“I—I brought you something,” Karin states, looking the other way, “for your birthday.”615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSRFehPOOq
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His eyes clung to the small bottle for a moment, mind whirling with questions.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVY52E08ILK
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“You brought me perfume?” he inquires, stunned, gaze flickering to her face.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN74572oUAl
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Karin pulls at the neck of her shirt, her voice startlingly hoarse.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0sU4EDL0P
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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?!”615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35i2WSgMCF
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But Sasuke barely listens to a word she says, too busy replaying Suigetsu’s words.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsA7nokS7C
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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!615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYIGMdkjia
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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.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNPC4ceyN0
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Karin, however, has always adamantly denied it; or at least never confirmed it.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRH3mxF2M4S
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Until today, that is, the Uchiha decides, hardening his expression.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrQywKNJOv
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Sasuke is not willing to let the matter go this time.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmis93ePDEo
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“When girls give handmade gifts to a guy, it usually means something.”615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4AlsGHD32n
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Obviously not expecting his words, all Karin can do is part her lips and splutter a “W-what—?”615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6gsB20Wke
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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?”615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJ4fIqboB8
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“W—wh… who cares about that, Sasuke?! Will, you just take the damn thing already—!”615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQapd9oN0a
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“Does it, Karin?”615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLFBCgvDcz
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The answer is whispered so softly that he almost misses it.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGpGjaNeRC
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“…Yes.”615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MbuOWn0in
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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—?!”615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYN30sZ1sO
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Natural as breathing, Sasuke shuts her up with a kiss.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfn9Kr21CHv
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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.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpu0wCQLsn
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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.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4pVM2gPeU
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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?”615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcbuLfrWpG
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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.”615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrc8bb0dgNG
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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 haha615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydqXFsvQld
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So yes, happy birthday Sasuke~! ♥
tags: fanfic, karin, naruto, sasukarin, sasuke
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