[FANFIC - HBD, SASUKE!] THE TAMING OF A TSUNDERE; (SK)
By: Kanae (Goth-Punk88 @ ff.net)526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwn06cQFfEx
Rating: K+526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ817UOXonLY
Genre: Humor / Romance526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDlEXLMar4
Word Count: 566526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1d7oKnXew
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 haha526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5IbVZkPYdR
Summary: [Post-series] It’s his birthday, and Sasuke has decided that he has had enough.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbE24Rtm8kv
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the taming of a tsundere;526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0sgZHBD6r
by Kanae526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMWSeBgafe
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It happens once everyone has left.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIRohdZKQw
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“I—I brought you something,” Karin states, looking the other way, “for your birthday.”526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgbHQVspyG
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His eyes clung to the small bottle for a moment, mind whirling with questions.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo71Mq1hU45
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“You brought me perfume?” he inquires, stunned, gaze flickering to her face.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡliTVwTdwaK
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Karin pulls at the neck of her shirt, her voice startlingly hoarse.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrnqoK6giI
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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?!”526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1a2MedrNDj
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But Sasuke barely listens to a word she says, too busy replaying Suigetsu’s words.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KSMO1jS6O
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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!526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YPWwdxJBI
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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.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJrOTlyLNG
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Karin, however, has always adamantly denied it; or at least never confirmed it.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWnQpa6CCN
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Until today, that is, the Uchiha decides, hardening his expression.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5A4L1dfUA
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Sasuke is not willing to let the matter go this time.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KUKBYuAXP
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“When girls give handmade gifts to a guy, it usually means something.”526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7GgoG48jO
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Obviously not expecting his words, all Karin can do is part her lips and splutter a “W-what—?”526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRN5KgHc5Nf
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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?”526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tQFL8BY3P
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“W—wh… who cares about that, Sasuke?! Will, you just take the damn thing already—!”526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCHXPN1vow
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“Does it, Karin?”526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1olF828OwZ
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The answer is whispered so softly that he almost misses it.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNRs4SUKOM
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“…Yes.”526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHwf9PTbJK
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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—?!”526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsKKc7Na3D
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Natural as breathing, Sasuke shuts her up with a kiss.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbiINyCqoh
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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.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNAKImTtXv
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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.526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysRHhooKN1
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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?”526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPf7Wgh6t6
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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.”526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTg6hS38JMD
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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 haha526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFA0C35q6n
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So yes, happy birthday Sasuke~! ♥
tags: fanfic, karin, naruto, sasukarin, sasuke
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