[FANFIC - HBD, SASUKE!] THE TAMING OF A TSUNDERE; (SK)
By: Kanae (Goth-Punk88 @ ff.net)612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1usCcYk1B3
Rating: K+612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NvsbqBCpf
Genre: Humor / Romance612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6HQuVHrTt
Word Count: 566612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniV6zjRkRH
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 haha612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtW9Y7dXou1
Summary: [Post-series] It’s his birthday, and Sasuke has decided that he has had enough.612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3A3Fq0l6g
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the taming of a tsundere;612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOi4kyzKcda
by Kanae612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TmI2euYGQ
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It happens once everyone has left.612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufb2cER6aS
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“I—I brought you something,” Karin states, looking the other way, “for your birthday.”612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzP2i2pTYcE
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His eyes clung to the small bottle for a moment, mind whirling with questions.612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1ebHjvfJa
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“You brought me perfume?” he inquires, stunned, gaze flickering to her face.612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH478BFUJsy
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Karin pulls at the neck of her shirt, her voice startlingly hoarse.612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4p7jeGZ6S4
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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?!”612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoYHlGdlt0
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But Sasuke barely listens to a word she says, too busy replaying Suigetsu’s words.612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbs2tDkA2NW
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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!612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHb6MWceuN
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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.612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjhpD0YwS6
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Karin, however, has always adamantly denied it; or at least never confirmed it.612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPOs4w13Xu
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Until today, that is, the Uchiha decides, hardening his expression.612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAINlmgWmzB
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Sasuke is not willing to let the matter go this time.612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIOuPUUGgB
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“When girls give handmade gifts to a guy, it usually means something.”612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8A980BqpM
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Obviously not expecting his words, all Karin can do is part her lips and splutter a “W-what—?”612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eWKumFu7R
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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?”612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJ5VqfcSnh
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“W—wh… who cares about that, Sasuke?! Will, you just take the damn thing already—!”612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhnaiR4q38
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“Does it, Karin?”612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaw6mozNC6
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The answer is whispered so softly that he almost misses it.612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwGgYpHOtx
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“…Yes.”612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbb49tlknC
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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—?!”612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHg3639HFDY
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Natural as breathing, Sasuke shuts her up with a kiss.612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhm3XnVnJhK
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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.612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdMKuX1FnY
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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.612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKE8u1c9Tlb
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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?”612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLYB4yERBW
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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.”612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXW5eQIEGN
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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 haha612Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvb17W52U5
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So yes, happy birthday Sasuke~! ♥
tags: fanfic, karin, naruto, sasukarin, sasuke
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