[FANFIC - HBD, SASUKE!] THE TAMING OF A TSUNDERE; (SK)
By: Kanae (Goth-Punk88 @ ff.net)429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6zF96145D
Rating: K+429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuWeNEH3M0
Genre: Humor / Romance429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafirrGJPBG
Word Count: 566429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4W2xCeDSMi
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 haha429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOrjbNoPpS
Summary: [Post-series] It’s his birthday, and Sasuke has decided that he has had enough.429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkge3wMNabi
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the taming of a tsundere;429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGv6esfW0B
by Kanae429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDDTDcn4Xo
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It happens once everyone has left.429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBEkTLsDvK
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“I—I brought you something,” Karin states, looking the other way, “for your birthday.”429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjC43PEOQg1
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His eyes clung to the small bottle for a moment, mind whirling with questions.429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjSUSr3l3n
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“You brought me perfume?” he inquires, stunned, gaze flickering to her face.429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzL0boKhVw0
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Karin pulls at the neck of her shirt, her voice startlingly hoarse.429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQKopcToin
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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?!”429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYesfIXICW
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But Sasuke barely listens to a word she says, too busy replaying Suigetsu’s words.429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFiHcyipUNk
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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!429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPvMO3kPIu
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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.429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UMVx4cejx
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Karin, however, has always adamantly denied it; or at least never confirmed it.429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9QTvtwkiK
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Until today, that is, the Uchiha decides, hardening his expression.429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9eIXpBDMs
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Sasuke is not willing to let the matter go this time.429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4d4IETcqVp
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“When girls give handmade gifts to a guy, it usually means something.”429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvapIQLTOcg
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Obviously not expecting his words, all Karin can do is part her lips and splutter a “W-what—?”429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ455NnmM1MX
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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?”429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUr1KBOi4vH
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“W—wh… who cares about that, Sasuke?! Will, you just take the damn thing already—!”429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXqg8Zncn4
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“Does it, Karin?”429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHWCslWNsD
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The answer is whispered so softly that he almost misses it.429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9HFKIyqca
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“…Yes.”429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdQGCLBSfy
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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—?!”429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGYKrlMPt2
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Natural as breathing, Sasuke shuts her up with a kiss.429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCVqvbk6Cr
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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.429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaiknUnJxiL
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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.429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡae9QtqEz7f
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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?”429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhiRclSTvAz
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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.”429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecHZq7qdZu
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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 haha429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dNgEGAk8Q
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So yes, happy birthday Sasuke~! ♥
tags: fanfic, karin, naruto, sasukarin, sasuke
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