[FANFIC - HBD, KARIN! PII] READING BETWEEN THE LINES ; (SK)
By: Kanae (Goth-Punk88 @ ff.net)491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzsG2d9pfI
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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 lol491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2hpWaE8jp
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reading between the lines ;491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqANu30vH3
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Stupid Orochimaru.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJRpHI7FSY
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZnibcVAj1
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnkxl7jnb9
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And now it would be ruined.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55JNT0V3wz
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhiK5nFygh
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZCBB7JwKX
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUoNhkRJ58
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Understood. You won’t be disappointed, Orochimaru-sama.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwid9Msv50N
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The man had simply smirked, mirth in those gashes he had for eyes. I know.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQzsLtBHzW
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Karin knew, too, even though she rather wished she didn’t.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgM0uQXyhT2
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RaRTMwwbQ
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzAayRtBTu
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyKPr5oCtZ
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcsYhqBC4p
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNjOkLrlLz
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So focused was she on her thoughts, that she does not realize the chakra approaching her until he speaks.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zbXat6uUN
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“Still packing, Karin?”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfi2WKkNGn
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJgSXGCu71
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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.”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91QWAazO1H
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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.”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcWLfEQpBP
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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?491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiw7ZxgaScZ
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Oh. Right.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacimyL1QPE
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It takes her a considerable amount of will to repress the sigh that wanted to leave her lips, “Whatever.”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6FCLacBJF9
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5wcPFBNNm
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“…You shouldn’t leave your door open like this, there.”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCqfqhk3q8
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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.”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcz6T5FWXg9
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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.”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYVxP70QCF
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“I’ve never been there.”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnOEZLWg01
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“… I see.”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOM1pUk0Tf5
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Silence. For Orochimaru to have never taken Sasuke there, it could only mean one thing—491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppAIx5LhLj
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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…”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn69juLTlUo
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCR7OhTTrm
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKO5l4LBNMm
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Sasuke.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEmYDDdEQd
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“Heh, so you asked him?”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIxHtjGSyB
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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?”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Z4GhiRMKd
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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.”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAQLDzNxML
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“I’m not worried, Karin.”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpiOFHxKZhx
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Karin snorts, “Sure you aren’t.”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJaJ7gsBWZ
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgQaFP2DYG
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Anytime soon. Her eyes widen.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6s1Rb1vXc2
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“Say, Sasuke, did you ask Orochimaru for how long will I be there?”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOUF4CgNig
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He does not reply immediately; and in his silence, Karin hears the reply loudest of all. “… It’s undetermined.”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBMSNnUmX0
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KvdCDf63I
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Chances are she would not get to talk, feel or bicker with Sasuke for months.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh814GiJzfg
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJw5jiJmruW
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“… It won’t be that long, Karin.”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRujlMNKSg
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When she looks at him, she finds a dangerous glint sharpening his eyes and at once knows what he means.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeDw80uvgR
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Orochimaru would not be around for much longer.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOU9QqktyZU
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Karin swallows, a shot of adrenaline reigniting her veins.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICUhRB0sAF
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hXzktGHEi
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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.”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9spBPpR3u
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“Hn.”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumz8In738c
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRZWbd8bKV
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhD0beLPzZO
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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—491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yQgOQmlZk
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRk9LNVQAKs
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As will she.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFLOLf48Db
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSQV3xzy4m
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGj3pvAq2vr
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Flabbergasted, Karin can only catch the pouch that is suddenly thrown at her, “Huh?”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8m0SjUp6zJ
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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.”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEmhvywk3e
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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.”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAYCzvC8m5
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“See ya, Karin.”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgArUVyv7lN
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“Later, Sasuke.”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKv8U1RCqAK
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It is almost as embarrassing as her treacherous blush, but for a moment, Karin had actually thought—491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDynFEmZIv
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELEHHuypqr
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrGIlU7yyP
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRp7fpgyUi
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She blinks—once, twice—and then her smile morphs into a full blown smirk, her fingertips longingly tracing the pattern.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSFGpID4ew
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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—491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNyGnAvHUB
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At the end, it all amounted to the same.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pHGdUFeiD
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“Happy birthday,” Karin mutters, an enthusiastic glint in her eye. “Uchiha Karin.”491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApdsFelbYy
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