[FANFIC - HBD, SASUKE!] THE TAMING OF A TSUNDERE; (SK)
By: Kanae (Goth-Punk88 @ ff.net)371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscbjfdrwdA
Rating: K+371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEI76IzzRb
Genre: Humor / Romance371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpc5SGFdmk
Word Count: 566371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6eNtCFlCib
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 haha371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeye4xgnGV
Summary: [Post-series] It’s his birthday, and Sasuke has decided that he has had enough.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKj7tCb2Raf
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the taming of a tsundere;371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMybIdWCdb
by Kanae371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhTFo42cKD
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It happens once everyone has left.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQf0AFHZ8Cj
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“I—I brought you something,” Karin states, looking the other way, “for your birthday.”371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8DNwCpUbU
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His eyes clung to the small bottle for a moment, mind whirling with questions.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GJjGmrGaA
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“You brought me perfume?” he inquires, stunned, gaze flickering to her face.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdoYSwhfIDQ
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Karin pulls at the neck of her shirt, her voice startlingly hoarse.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugXqxNHoUz
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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?!”371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3OEaOJT6l
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But Sasuke barely listens to a word she says, too busy replaying Suigetsu’s words.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3dGtrkHgl
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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!371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamOfWAtmHz
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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.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMY6cbHFTTK
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Karin, however, has always adamantly denied it; or at least never confirmed it.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkjYnVlEDg
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Until today, that is, the Uchiha decides, hardening his expression.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArWCqwvidh
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Sasuke is not willing to let the matter go this time.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzs0DO9JRC
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“When girls give handmade gifts to a guy, it usually means something.”371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfK2T5gIRy
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Obviously not expecting his words, all Karin can do is part her lips and splutter a “W-what—?”371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQGp1tG4JI
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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?”371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5JRJD1z88
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“W—wh… who cares about that, Sasuke?! Will, you just take the damn thing already—!”371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WZyf87tfc
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“Does it, Karin?”371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3W8itSEzsF
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The answer is whispered so softly that he almost misses it.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezH1OvOKMq
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“…Yes.”371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMntbp75qa7
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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—?!”371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9AAe3VQNr
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Natural as breathing, Sasuke shuts her up with a kiss.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwa2CLbq7yw
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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.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMiFNDNG3C
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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.371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOv2y6dOaDw
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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?”371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tIZWSErAF
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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.”371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtykl3cBFui
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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 haha371Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlw7DeaXbr1
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So yes, happy birthday Sasuke~! ♥
tags: fanfic, karin, naruto, sasukarin, sasuke
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