[FANFIC - HBD, SASUKE!] THE TAMING OF A TSUNDERE; (SK)
By: Kanae (Goth-Punk88 @ ff.net)433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1yKxtB5Mu
Rating: K+433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGAtKwL5To
Genre: Humor / Romance433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn11rJT1z4j
Word Count: 566433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpQROIPEmQ
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 haha433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaFi3o37Or
Summary: [Post-series] It’s his birthday, and Sasuke has decided that he has had enough.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5xG7hE9Xh
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the taming of a tsundere;433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uav9eiVGu
by Kanae433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdQEMqYLZd
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It happens once everyone has left.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzJ6ttDG75
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“I—I brought you something,” Karin states, looking the other way, “for your birthday.”433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNHn1R4tkD
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His eyes clung to the small bottle for a moment, mind whirling with questions.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZp2CdelVB
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“You brought me perfume?” he inquires, stunned, gaze flickering to her face.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEIhEjtplr
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Karin pulls at the neck of her shirt, her voice startlingly hoarse.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVnJanmXsC
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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?!”433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQ2nrOs8mW
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But Sasuke barely listens to a word she says, too busy replaying Suigetsu’s words.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotFhfZmYbA
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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!433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpwbVMdL9I
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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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAvWX7zpc4
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Karin, however, has always adamantly denied it; or at least never confirmed it.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oG7ML5wZY
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Until today, that is, the Uchiha decides, hardening his expression.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZVLwiMuSS
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Sasuke is not willing to let the matter go this time.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKuF0wpwLF
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“When girls give handmade gifts to a guy, it usually means something.”433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAyckDdmgR
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Obviously not expecting his words, all Karin can do is part her lips and splutter a “W-what—?”433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYLFFkt9mx
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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?”433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vSuoGVuGg
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“W—wh… who cares about that, Sasuke?! Will, you just take the damn thing already—!”433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcDbhSeoZH
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“Does it, Karin?”433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4Z4VVu7ff
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The answer is whispered so softly that he almost misses it.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3A1urFa7S
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“…Yes.”433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc15Tb9P7lb
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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—?!”433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cBDAgZ2Ke
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Natural as breathing, Sasuke shuts her up with a kiss.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNGk8ONJze
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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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPvGdml3f4
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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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnr6sEFosBO
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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?”433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYFYxW4shW
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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.”433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNGP3699dU
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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 haha433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwPwz5rkvu
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So yes, happy birthday Sasuke~! ♥
tags: fanfic, karin, naruto, sasukarin, sasuke
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