[FANFIC - HBD, SASUKE!] THE TAMING OF A TSUNDERE; (SK)
By: Kanae (Goth-Punk88 @ ff.net)456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4Gnewq852
Rating: K+456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdwohZ3TXi
Genre: Humor / Romance456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDB7tjcXFbp
Word Count: 566456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2naLfdtIkb
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 haha456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79GhsKEwME
Summary: [Post-series] It’s his birthday, and Sasuke has decided that he has had enough.456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JzaLO8pzl
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the taming of a tsundere;456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡej5NvlaeAf
by Kanae456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSt1k7YYpm
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It happens once everyone has left.456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsk6Il5h7dv
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“I—I brought you something,” Karin states, looking the other way, “for your birthday.”456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9f94WgROS
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His eyes clung to the small bottle for a moment, mind whirling with questions.456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGBlsCIU9s
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“You brought me perfume?” he inquires, stunned, gaze flickering to her face.456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHsB3wBmXH
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Karin pulls at the neck of her shirt, her voice startlingly hoarse.456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOnF1gVvdM
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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?!”456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJFyCGUPyB
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But Sasuke barely listens to a word she says, too busy replaying Suigetsu’s words.456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFhla55sDG
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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!456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yeqpsL8ES
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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.456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1IzbPaST3
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Karin, however, has always adamantly denied it; or at least never confirmed it.456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoawePaysR
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Until today, that is, the Uchiha decides, hardening his expression.456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnUzQqK1XE
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Sasuke is not willing to let the matter go this time.456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzdcT98MOF
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“When girls give handmade gifts to a guy, it usually means something.”456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfYsnG4CVS
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Obviously not expecting his words, all Karin can do is part her lips and splutter a “W-what—?”456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0CMPHfiBc
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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?”456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqECmGRsMtN
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“W—wh… who cares about that, Sasuke?! Will, you just take the damn thing already—!”456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzc3LdB4LvI
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“Does it, Karin?”456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGx5AbMjxQ
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The answer is whispered so softly that he almost misses it.456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSDz4kw1Ez
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“…Yes.”456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BVN06RDA4
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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—?!”456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuI956icmj
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Natural as breathing, Sasuke shuts her up with a kiss.456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkZkIC0nnpe
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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.456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KRqWS4UkC
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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.456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntNPcWuYCB
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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?”456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXqVd5wSl9
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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.”456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeG5nttKo5
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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 haha456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNIikx92sr
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So yes, happy birthday Sasuke~! ♥
tags: fanfic, karin, naruto, sasukarin, sasuke
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