[FANFIC - HBD, SASUKE!] THE TAMING OF A TSUNDERE; (SK)
By: Kanae (Goth-Punk88 @ ff.net)458Please respect copyright.PENANAnKp7a18phF
Rating: K+458Please respect copyright.PENANA7PZTQYiQbf
Genre: Humor / Romance458Please respect copyright.PENANAL6UptGNCSv
Word Count: 566458Please respect copyright.PENANA2xikIGRxlv
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 haha458Please respect copyright.PENANAeYkyxxVtY2
Summary: [Post-series] It’s his birthday, and Sasuke has decided that he has had enough.458Please respect copyright.PENANATYWdDHdYVv
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the taming of a tsundere;458Please respect copyright.PENANA0vLyYlFRGj
by Kanae458Please respect copyright.PENANA48NxxM3O8H
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It happens once everyone has left.458Please respect copyright.PENANA7K5AVsw1z3
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“I—I brought you something,” Karin states, looking the other way, “for your birthday.”458Please respect copyright.PENANAJYnuAwFI7P
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His eyes clung to the small bottle for a moment, mind whirling with questions.458Please respect copyright.PENANAgVMS0PY7xk
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“You brought me perfume?” he inquires, stunned, gaze flickering to her face.458Please respect copyright.PENANA6Vti7i2KI2
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Karin pulls at the neck of her shirt, her voice startlingly hoarse.458Please respect copyright.PENANAldPBrro49S
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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?!”458Please respect copyright.PENANA02wfVh1eiS
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But Sasuke barely listens to a word she says, too busy replaying Suigetsu’s words.458Please respect copyright.PENANAdtNfjAltOn
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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!458Please respect copyright.PENANArNF2K72guL
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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.458Please respect copyright.PENANAu7OGtXrDE0
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Karin, however, has always adamantly denied it; or at least never confirmed it.458Please respect copyright.PENANAEAlfTq2W3d
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Until today, that is, the Uchiha decides, hardening his expression.458Please respect copyright.PENANAVuo8CITKVJ
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Sasuke is not willing to let the matter go this time.458Please respect copyright.PENANAeCNWVHui7t
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“When girls give handmade gifts to a guy, it usually means something.”458Please respect copyright.PENANAhgiboOoJVm
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Obviously not expecting his words, all Karin can do is part her lips and splutter a “W-what—?”458Please respect copyright.PENANAFPorQXHntw
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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?”458Please respect copyright.PENANAed8XY0JglJ
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“W—wh… who cares about that, Sasuke?! Will, you just take the damn thing already—!”458Please respect copyright.PENANA6eg6c8caq3
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“Does it, Karin?”458Please respect copyright.PENANArg5HwG87Kx
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The answer is whispered so softly that he almost misses it.458Please respect copyright.PENANAfeQa9lX9t7
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“…Yes.”458Please respect copyright.PENANArWqU9IcGcN
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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—?!”458Please respect copyright.PENANAI7obS1gfm5
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Natural as breathing, Sasuke shuts her up with a kiss.458Please respect copyright.PENANAaR2yjPo0dQ
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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.458Please respect copyright.PENANAMDnCD6MdzI
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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.458Please respect copyright.PENANAKwQE5o66we
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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?”458Please respect copyright.PENANAAFPBGWEwyD
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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.”458Please respect copyright.PENANAwmMDogJkeZ
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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 haha458Please respect copyright.PENANATBGANLUTRq
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So yes, happy birthday Sasuke~! ♥
tags: fanfic, karin, naruto, sasukarin, sasuke
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