[FANFIC - HBD, KARIN! PII] READING BETWEEN THE LINES ; (SK)
By: Kanae (Goth-Punk88 @ ff.net)455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKvXZgbITk
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Author's Notes: A lighthearted, crack-ish piece, in contrast to the overly fluffy one. I didn't have a clue of what to call it though, so the title is pretty random lol455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXi1hKf5kg9
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reading between the lines ;455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08VD9iDlyR
by Kanae455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ857dlJYWMQ
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Stupid Orochimaru.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gF5TFy7X4
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Figures he would push her transfer to the Southern base to tomorrow, out of all days. At the tender age of fourteen, there are many things that Karin has shed and discarded—girly emotions and interests that she has cut loose, as a meaning to let go of unnecessary weights that would do nothing but hold her down.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQmEXbhZy9
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This particular weight, though, was proving to be quite hard to seize and dispose of. It only came once a year, after all.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIe3aBGHxR
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And now it would be ruined.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qFDolK3sX
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The thought makes her lower lipstick out in a pout, which promptly gives way to a scowl as she concludes—not for the first time—that the man had probably done it on purpose.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5BxWF5HkR
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No, he had definitely done it on purpose. Forget that such a childish action should be leagues beneath a power-hungry maniac like himself; when it came down to it, Orochimaru’s hobby was making people miserable. He got a kick out of it, so in retrospect, Karin guessed she should have seen it coming.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1glizMEKJB
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Still, stubborn and proud as she was, she had not given him the pleasure; she had taken the news with a straight face and easily slipped into the act that had taken her months to perfect, but that had started to bear its fruits—even if it had yet to stop making her sick.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0b87aZv6C
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Understood. You won’t be disappointed, Orochimaru-sama.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTW4Cl30D6
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The man had simply smirked, mirth in those gashes he had for eyes. I know.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJQBGW9SG7
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Karin knew, too, even though she rather wished she didn’t.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkks3pvMFEK
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It was embarrassing—more like humiliating, actually—to acknowledge that, while she had gotten playing the part of the loyal subordinate down to an art, she had yet to master the act of not having feelings for Sasuke.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDI0CE5jJ8b
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She would do well most of the time; great, actually—no one would dare to second-guess that she held no interest in the boy, aside from a begrudging partnership.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdlhINcOu6
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But then Sasuke would unexpectedly do something—a brief touch, a compliment, a look—and her façade would bend at the seams and the truth would sneak out in the form of traitorous blushes and awkward stuttering.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsy0PP8Rzup
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Stupid Sasuke, Karin curses inwardly, her frown deepening as she airily snuck another shirt inside her bag. Making her expose her only weakness while simultaneously remaining completely oblivious about it.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8P7pMnD8Wi
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It was no wonder that Orochimaru would want to separate them; Karin had seen that much coming a mile away, so while disappointing, it had not been a surprise. But this—the freaking timing was definitely beyond her expectations.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhubVaz2JmU
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So focused was she on her thoughts, that she does not realize the chakra approaching her until he speaks.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopLVdZ6EQB
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“Still packing, Karin?”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNX8mmUw4x
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Startled, Karin turns only to find Sasuke casually regarding her from the threshold of the door, against which he was leaning. It takes her all of two seconds to get over her surprise and a couple of extra ones to stop chiding herself for letting her guard down.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡts6VVUHCMs
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“I’m almost done,” she states, shifting her gaze back to her open bag. Not like she had much to pack, anyway; she had not taken anything with her when leaving her burning village to join Orochimaru—Sasuke—almost whole year ago, and since then the items of clothing she has acquired have been scarce. Such commodities were unnecessary given the new type of life she lead, and moreover—“Tch, Sasuke, when will you learn how to knock? I could be changing, for all you know.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvFvPyBjJ6
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Karin does not look at him, there is no need to; she can easily picture the way he tilts his head to the side, bangs falling on his eyes and giving him an impossibly sexy aura as he smirks. “You would’ve stopped me from coming in, if you were.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfujU9ozJVY
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Damn him. All plain logic even in the face of the prospect of seeing her in her underwear; why did she have to fall for such a clueless, hormone-less idiot, again?455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYL3LW8r1Qx
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Oh. Right.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3C5Jd7V0BS
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It takes her a considerable amount of will to repress the sigh that wanted to leave her lips, “Whatever.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojSN5mNxPb
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Suddenly she hears him shifting, straightening; and her hands halt in expectation, her thoughts and irritation quieting down to a soundless tune as she patiently waited for the words that would follow.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrof0EmKuh
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“…You shouldn’t leave your door open like this, there.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTRcOhAgRS
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He finally says, and Karin is thankful that her back is to him, or else he may have noticed the way her gaze softens, “I know.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtwC3oKyac
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It’s Sasuke’s turn to wait, now; he seems to know it as instinctively as Karin herself did, and he does not utter a single word until she has gathered enough courage to ask what she has been wanting to—but refusing to—ask all along, not wanting to be perceived as weak—as scared. “How is it…? The Southern base, I mean.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLR134zF9B
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“I’ve never been there.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnn1a7KgM3E
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“… I see.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRmmCDPl7e
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Silence. For Orochimaru to have never taken Sasuke there, it could only mean one thing—455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96yrTjKhQ3
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“…Orochimaru told me it’s the less dangerous of them all,” the boy says, and as if to confirm her thoughts, his voice carries a different savor within it—one reserved to accompany his gaze whenever he regarded Orochimaru, or Kabuto, or those that bit—“You won’t have much on your case, aside of…”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2W9qdnFAn
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He does not need to finish; the unsaid rings loud and clear between them and both direct a look to her exposed, tarnished arms. There weren’t that many scars in them, yet—but she got the feeling there would be, soon. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out why Orochimaru wanted her as the sole jailer of the base—the thought makes her stomach clench, and so Karin pushes it away and focuses on something else before the feeling could threaten to take over her.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWT7NixQIOm
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She focuses on the one thing—the one person that had singlehandedly managed to help her endure everything she has gone through ever since she lost her family and village.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhl83EbZfy
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Sasuke.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIZhGGZ4zC
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“Heh, so you asked him?”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2HgqPeiP2
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He must have heard the mocking note in her tone, because he crosses his arms across his chest and furrows his brow, “Hn, so what?”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYAgaC0IuV
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She pretends to not have heard him, throwing him a roguish look over her shoulder and enjoying a little too much the way his frown deepens in response. He could be so amusing, sometimes. “You should know better, Sasuke; you don’t need to worry about me, I can defend myself just fine.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRQPmCULtb
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“I’m not worried, Karin.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFnlNMceev
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Karin snorts, “Sure you aren’t.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEi0Te1NGg5
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Sasuke wisely keeps his retort to himself, as expected—it’s been a while since he had realized that arguing with her took him nowhere. Both of them were too stubborn, and unlike him, Karin wasn’t planning to put leashes on her temper anytime soon.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBb8QDmZvXb
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Anytime soon. Her eyes widen.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ161vfut7yU
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“Say, Sasuke, did you ask Orochimaru for how long will I be there?”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhqxHRCiMo
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He does not reply immediately; and in his silence, Karin hears the reply loudest of all. “… It’s undetermined.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDnZ1IFOKI
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“Oh,” is all she can muster, suddenly all too conscious of a single fact—just how long would it be before she saw Sasuke again? He was busy training, and Orochimaru rarely let him out of his sight as it was, and she—she would have her hands full handling the base by herself.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAnRn46XaE
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Chances are she would not get to talk, feel or bicker with Sasuke for months.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQ7UxdB0pA
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Perhaps even years. The thought alone is able to make her blood run cold, and she almost lets out a gasp when Sasuke’s voice breaks through the heavy silence, as if reading her very core.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UtytnJ2lm
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“… It won’t be that long, Karin.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsl28N47wU7
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When she looks at him, she finds a dangerous glint sharpening his eyes and at once knows what he means.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQhypvnBmL
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Orochimaru would not be around for much longer.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yS31LqEgC
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Karin swallows, a shot of adrenaline reigniting her veins.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrQHTUOBRd
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It is the unavoidable future; one that had been decided even before their paths crossed again, and one that Sasuke had set in stone ever since. Nothing Karin could do or say would change his mind, and so all she had left to do was trust him.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJJzd996nr
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“…Right,” she smirks, and makes a point of passing her concern as taunting mockery. “Just make sure to keep your head attached to your neck until then. You won’t have me around to heal you anymore, so you will have to get used to Kabuto.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBahwJYb50
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“Hn.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPe0cvh4xc
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She sees his scowl, his derisive eye-roll—and somehow is suddenly acutely aware, to the point where she can almost feel it as a physical affliction, of how much she was going to miss him.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqhIABIQeQ
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Everything about him. From his ways to his silence to the way his chakra felt and the way he made her feel, in turn.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtMTj3rIXp
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And for the briefest of moments, Karin cannot help but to indulge herself and wonder if he would miss her, too—though she knows better. Sasuke was too single-minded, too focused on his revenge mission to give a thought to anything else, but still—455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HzyRq0rPT
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Of course he would. He was only human, even if he would rather pretend—believe—otherwise, and she was the only person he spoke to out of his own volition. The only person he trusted; enough to rely on, enough to keep her around. If he is not lonely yet, then he is going to be lonely, now.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRx7s7Yoan
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As will she.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvDKnARlVC
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It is that thought that prompts Karin to entertain being forward for a change and asking Sasuke to spend the night—if only as a birthday present.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXpuHpQI7L
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She is merely wetting her lips and preparing to take the chance and let out a say, sasuke when he beats her to it and calls her name.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡercd6DTLb5
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Flabbergasted, Karin can only catch the pouch that is suddenly thrown at her, “Huh?”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWNCofRRyx
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“Poisoned kunai,” Sasuke states with a slight, nonchalant shrug before sticking his hands into his pockets. “I thought they may come in handy.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSvcHtlvWd
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She feels warm all over, and prays that Sasuke won’t notice the way her face seemed to be burning like a bonfire, “R-right.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvNnh6ajST
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“See ya, Karin.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwyQMHnOMVd
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“Later, Sasuke.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ff1svzCma
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It is almost as embarrassing as her treacherous blush, but for a moment, Karin had actually thought—455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjuA5gvCOr
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“Pft, as if.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEaqZZIQsR
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She should have known better—Karin thinks, as she opens the pouch and takes out one of the kunai—Sasuke was not the kind to care about birthdays; and neither was she, for that matter. Not the Karin she was growing up to be, at least; she has no doubt that by next year, June 20 would be just another date.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMTL6SZsC1
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Still… while it had not been a birthday present, it had been a nice gesture nonetheless. And then he went around denying that he cared, the nerve of him.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpje9glQSsb
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Seriously, Sasuke, you can be so basic sometimes. The thought makes her smile fondly, and she is just about to put the pouch away when she notices the inconspicuous little fan carved on its backside, just a small dot of reds and whites in what was otherwise an immaculate sea of beiges.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOgV0LYS26
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She blinks—once, twice—and then her smile morphs into a full blown smirk, her fingertips longingly tracing the pattern.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmMLPwsnur
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Sasuke probably had not even noticed it—old habits die hard, after all, and he seemed to be as obsessed with that crest as he was with his revenge—but that hardly mattered, for at the end—455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmy8vGIARQ
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At the end, it all amounted to the same.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqLdM5y4ey
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“Happy birthday,” Karin mutters, an enthusiastic glint in her eye. “Uchiha Karin.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAQY8yF5RU
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