[FANFIC - HBD, SASUKE!] THE TAMING OF A TSUNDERE; (SK)
By: Kanae (Goth-Punk88 @ ff.net)370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTirynxkQN
Rating: K+370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMuPpjlJRs
Genre: Humor / Romance370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoErZ1tMh2A
Word Count: 566370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAnpawsCpx
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 haha370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMr3SON7vO
Summary: [Post-series] It’s his birthday, and Sasuke has decided that he has had enough.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiqw3T6WZR
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the taming of a tsundere;370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN403VNRs8Y
by Kanae370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBDI5LSJqL
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It happens once everyone has left.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbjZnrzHIw
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“I—I brought you something,” Karin states, looking the other way, “for your birthday.”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjL6IuXjiv
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His eyes clung to the small bottle for a moment, mind whirling with questions.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3c8WpnyqM
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“You brought me perfume?” he inquires, stunned, gaze flickering to her face.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7doCtNDsd7
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Karin pulls at the neck of her shirt, her voice startlingly hoarse.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiJ6X4MhmT
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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?!”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFT0OyLLUC
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But Sasuke barely listens to a word she says, too busy replaying Suigetsu’s words.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjQR19YnxQ
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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!370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDI2wV74Cr
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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.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOlFqOF1D7
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Karin, however, has always adamantly denied it; or at least never confirmed it.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyPB1F0UEM
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Until today, that is, the Uchiha decides, hardening his expression.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEG1NKhR0C
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Sasuke is not willing to let the matter go this time.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0sfw9UlIze
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“When girls give handmade gifts to a guy, it usually means something.”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiKjUOPIyx
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Obviously not expecting his words, all Karin can do is part her lips and splutter a “W-what—?”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxp0uNJOTK
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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?”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7ucTbBvB0
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“W—wh… who cares about that, Sasuke?! Will, you just take the damn thing already—!”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBYDdgbPvp
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“Does it, Karin?”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfn5n9H2qSk
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The answer is whispered so softly that he almost misses it.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9nVi8eyEw
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“…Yes.”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCnDiF5vCY
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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—?!”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0my7TxM60H
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Natural as breathing, Sasuke shuts her up with a kiss.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtS884gSkYF
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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.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDLvBFS410
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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.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDlRN0uQx9
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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?”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOBGHivXra
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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.”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQknEHLfaAf
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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 haha370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VdeCuvYwH
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So yes, happy birthday Sasuke~! ♥
tags: fanfic, karin, naruto, sasukarin, sasuke
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