A/N: Thanks for your review Honest Jimbo. Of course I'll continue it, I just accidentally pressed complete when submitting my story. :)
It had been a few months since the second punching incident, and Kushina and Minato had managed to avoid each other. But as fate would have it, they were at the same party that night. Some kid was partying because he finally became a chunin, so he invited everyone he knew. (And some people he didn't, because Kushina had never even heard of him.)
Kushina was completely worn out and went to sit down at the ramen stand.
"One bowl of plain ramen please," she requested the guy behind the bar.
"Coming right up," he nodded.
He placed the steaming bowl in front of her.
"Thanks!" Kushina exclaimed, her eyes lighting up.
The noodles in the bowl were gone in less than a minute, and Kushina perked right up again. That is, she perked up until the waiter asked her to pay.
"But I'm out of money," she looked down.
She hadn't thought that she'd have to bring money to somebody else's party.
"I'll get it," someone next to her offered.
"Thank you so much!" Kushina smiled, turning to face him.
Her expression darkened right away.
"Namikaze?" she glared at the blue eyed boy.
"Don't give me that glare Uzumaki," Minato grinned. "I did pay for your ramen."
"Why?" Kushina asked.
"Because you don't have any money," Minato answered.
"But you don't even like me," Kushina rolled her eyes.
"Well unlike you, I can be nice sometimes," he said smoothly. "Don't get the wrong idea."
Kushina stared at him in wonder. She was happy that he had paid for her, but he thought he was the only one who could be nice? She'd show him nice. That's right, Kushina was going to be nice to a guy that she despised. Make that the guy that she despised.
"You know what, I can be nice too!" she declared.
"Yeah right," Minato smirked.
"Well I think I'll pay you back sometime," Kushina shot back. "That's nice, isn't it?"
"If you think so," Minato shrugged, getting up.
"And where do you think you're going?" Kushina inquired.
"Somewhere without an annoyingly spunky redhead," Minato replied. "Besides, you're not going to pay me back right this second, right?"
And with that, he left, leaving Kushina completely infuriated.
"I'll get you back Namikaze," she yelled after him. "That's a promise."
