[FANFIC - HBD, SASUKE!] THE TAMING OF A TSUNDERE; (SK)
By: Kanae (Goth-Punk88 @ ff.net)406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIwzsHLy1Y
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Genre: Humor / Romance406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nuKjPvmms
Word Count: 566406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXT9lgi2hlO
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 haha406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8fMcrGiGl
Summary: [Post-series] It’s his birthday, and Sasuke has decided that he has had enough.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wgoKG5P7V
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the taming of a tsundere;406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwZG8nGN0A
by Kanae406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbmvLHI0hM
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It happens once everyone has left.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAYmrLMRTV
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“I—I brought you something,” Karin states, looking the other way, “for your birthday.”406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dpfPdCkEM
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His eyes clung to the small bottle for a moment, mind whirling with questions.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtJqz13gpC
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“You brought me perfume?” he inquires, stunned, gaze flickering to her face.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfWQopc7MQ
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Karin pulls at the neck of her shirt, her voice startlingly hoarse.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZoNVSWPUO
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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?!”406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4CaYUJ4GY
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But Sasuke barely listens to a word she says, too busy replaying Suigetsu’s words.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1u0CAgusy
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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!406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKmayHXfV5
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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.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt78Gb1O0Z0
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Karin, however, has always adamantly denied it; or at least never confirmed it.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfQ1EfGCi3
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Until today, that is, the Uchiha decides, hardening his expression.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8GtM3ZWbk
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Sasuke is not willing to let the matter go this time.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAPRWvjwuo
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“When girls give handmade gifts to a guy, it usually means something.”406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLxlFCiq6t
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Obviously not expecting his words, all Karin can do is part her lips and splutter a “W-what—?”406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8TebFT9U8
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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?”406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4xELUNHfo
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“W—wh… who cares about that, Sasuke?! Will, you just take the damn thing already—!”406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19NZga3Z4G
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“Does it, Karin?”406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBqmv0BxZR
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The answer is whispered so softly that he almost misses it.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEJCWwRfv7
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“…Yes.”406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50XWpzRKKv
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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—?!”406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScahIVBIs7
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Natural as breathing, Sasuke shuts her up with a kiss.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZMPiSRug0
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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.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzao327fPt8
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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.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nONzZxpmk
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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?”406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡor5zVcIOfW
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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.”406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnVKCi0CA4
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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 haha406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRjSlEIgA0
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So yes, happy birthday Sasuke~! ♥
tags: fanfic, karin, naruto, sasukarin, sasuke
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