Ha ha soooo. . . guess what? I didn't die or forget about this story! Ha ha it was just really hard for me to write a chapter about love and such because i have NEVER been in love. And considering the fact that I'm 15, this comes to no surprise xD Thanks for reviewing! I do read them all and it encourages me to write more! I'm going to update again in like 2 weeks i think (give or take) please review or flame!!!
A Sudden Change
To say that she was surprised was the understatement of the century. Sure, she had encouraged him by closing her eyes, but as a joke. To see how he would react. She had never thought that he would actually kiss her.
The kiss lasted only a second, barely long enough for him to brush his lips against hers, and barely long enough to even be considered a kiss, but she still flushed a brilliant shade of scarlet.
"M-M-Minato!" she stammered, for once speechless. She tried to form a sentence to follow his name, but words evaded her. Her mind was spinning and she felt dizzy. She felt like she was going to fall off the log any second.
"Kushina" he said in reply. He ran a hand through his blond hair and then stared at her. For some reason his eyes seemed a darker shade of blue than usual as he leaned towards her again.
When their lips touched this time, she couldn't deny that it was a kiss. She gasped quietly and tried to pull back, but he wound a hand in her hair and drew her closer. She was so confused, and nervous, and excited, and happy all at the same time that she didn't know what to feel.
This is all happening too fast. . . she thought dizzily as he pulled her closer, if that was even possible. He had waited so long to do this that he was finding that it was hard to control himself now
He had always been watching her, always loving her, but always from afar and in secret. But right now he couldn't care less. All he wanted to do was be closer to her still, but as he felt her stiffen again in surprise he pulled away hastily, breaking the contact between their lips unwillingly.
As much as he wanted to continue kissing her, he didn't want to do anything that would upset her. And as he stared into her surprised green eyes, he felt that he made the right decision.
But still he found it impossible to pull away from her completely, his face was still just inches from hers, their lips just a breath apart. And it took all the restraint he had not to kiss her again.
He hadn't ever really kissed a girl. Sure he had been kissed a few times against his will by his psycho fan girls but this was the first time he made a conscious decision to kiss someone.
Kushina sat on the log, not breathing. Her world was spinning and she was afraid that if she made the slightest movement or took even the slightest breath, then reality might hit her in the face like a brick.
Minato had pulled away from her and after reaching out and sweeping a strand of her long red hair behind her ears he took another step away from her, giving her a chance to clear her head.
But before she could speak, Minato flushed red and stared at the ground in embarrassment.
"J-Just. . .Forget that happened" he stammered out, his face now matching the color of her hair.
She opened her mouth to respond, but promptly shut it, unsure of what to say. He still was looking at her and she felt the need to say something to him but absolutely nothing was coming to mind.
"I'll see you tomorrow" he said as he hastily turned around and disappeared from her sight. She stared at where he had just been standing for another ten minutes before attempting to move off of the log she had been sitting on.
As soon as she stood up, her legs buckled and she fell to the ground with a soft thump. She sat there with a mystified look on her face
What just happened?
Kushina sat on a stool, stirring her ramen back and forth with an annoyed look on her face. Minato had said that he would see her tomorrow, but so far, it looked like that promise was going to be unfulfilled.
"Is something wrong with your ramen?" asked Teuchi, the shop owner. Kushina was one of his best costumers, and had one heck of an appetite. Seeing her not eating had surprised him, so he came to the only natural conclusion; something was wrong with her food.
She looked up at him and flashed him a quick smile. "No, it's fine, perfect like always. . . I'm just not hungry, I guess. . ."
She sighed as she looked at the empty seat next to her. Minato should be here she thought angrily. She wanted to talk about yesterday. She hadn't been able to say anything last night, but she had thought of nothing else since. She had finally pieced together how she actually felt, and was now ready for a confrontation.
But she couldn't exactly do that while he kept on running away. The shop keeper chuckled, which drew her attention.
"Something funny?" she asked with a wary smile.
"Not really" he said as he chuckled to himself "I finally figured out why you're not hungry"
"Oh?" she said while raising an eye brow apprehensively "Care to share?"
"Your lonely without your boyfriend to keep you company" he said glancing at the empty seat next to her "Where is Minato anyways? I haven't seen him all day"
She flushed at the "boyfriend" comment before muttering that she would like to know the answer to that herself. She gave Teuchi some money for her untouched food before walking out into the street and heading towards the hospital.
It wasn't like she was injured or sick, but she needed to go to the hospital because that was where Tsunade would be. And Tsunade would know where Jiraiya was, and Jiraiya would know where Minato was.
Luckily, after rounding a few corners, she spotted the older white haired man standing suspiciously close to the women's bath and was saved a trip to the hospital. She frowned in disapproval, but she didn't exactly feel like lecturing him today on his bad habits.
"Jiraiya-san" she called out as she jogged up to him. He looked up guiltily in alarm, but calmed slightly after seeing it was only Kushina.
"What is it?" he hissed in a whisper "I'm trying to do research here!"
She glared at him and bit back her remark. She didn't have time for this.
"Will you take me to Minato's house?" She asked her cheeks turning a light pink. "I've never been there before and I really need to talk to him. . ."
Jiraiya snickered before putting his telescope away. "Ha ha sure, let's go. . . I had no idea you were so bold Kushina-chan"
She flushed another shade of red but refused to rise to the provocation. So they walked in silence with Jiraiya leading her along. She was surprised; from the route they were taking she could have sworn that Jiraiya was leading her to her own home. But seeing as Jiraiya had never seen her house before, that was impossible. . . she hoped.
They walked about two blocks passed her apartment before Jiraiya pointed to a house that she assumed was Minato's. Noticing the red head's sudden anxiety Jiraiya smiled and elbowed her in the side.
"Don't worry" he said with a wink "His mother is rarely home, I'm sure no one will interrupt you two. . ."
"That's not what I'm here for!" she exclaimed her face turning the color of her hair. After scolding him for a few more minutes, he eventually departed and she was left alone, in front of Minato's house, with no real course of action.
She took a deep breath and walked up to his house and knocked. She decided that she wouldn't dwell on plans. That wasn't like her anyways. She did what she felt like, said what she wanted and refused to have regrets.
Minato was going to hear her out, whether he wanted to or not. He had no choice in the matter. She was Kushina Uzumaki and she refused to back down. From this, or from any other challenge thrown her way.
Minato had been just moping around his house all day since yesterday night. He had promised Kushina that he would "see her tomorrow" but he highly doubted that he would. What could he say to her? "Oh hey, I know that I'm your best friend and all but I've secretly been in love with you!" Yeah. Not happening.
And so he had avoided going out all day because, knowing his luck, he would run into her- literally. He felt a bit pathetic and knew that he'd have to deal with it eventually, but the idea of handing right now seemed absolutely terrifying to him.
She probably is freaking out right now he thought with an annoyed sighed she didn't have to look so surprised when I kissed her. . .
Even though he had asked her to try and forget about the kiss (out of his fear of rejection) he couldn't imagine forgetting it for even one second. It had been the best moment of his life. Honestly.
Her lips were as soft as they seemed and actually kissing her. . . that was better than in any of his dreams. Everything about her enticed him. Her long hair, that felt like silk in his hands: her soft, red lips: and her scent. She smelled like flowers, which was weird because he was pretty sure Kushina spent absolutely no time near flowers, nor did she wear perfume.
He sighed as he allowed himself to become lost in his memories. Everything was so vividly engraved in his mind, and secretly he hoped that the same was true for her. He wanted her to be thinking of him and how he felt about her.
He wanted her to realize the extent of his love but doubted that she would. He barely understood it himself. One day he was just her friend and gradually without him noticing or making a conscious effort he realized that he had fallen in love with her.
A knock on his house's door pulled him from his reprieve. For a split second he had the thought that it might be Kushina, but then he remembered that she didn't know where he lived so that was impossible.
But of course, as his luck would have it, it was Kushina. She was running her hands through her hair and seemed almost shocked that he was standing in front of her, even though she was at his house.
"M-Minato" she stammered in surprise, looking clearly flustered and embarrassed. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't of come I'll just go-"
"Do you want to come in?" he asked nervously, interrupting her. It comforted him that she was nervous but not that much. Why is she here?!!!! His mind screamed at him, but he tried to appear calm so he didn't freak her out more than she already was.
She nodded and stepped through the doorway into his house. The first thing she did was look around. His house was like any other house she had been inside of. She didn't know what she had expected it to look like, but she was surprised it looked so normal. It actually reminded her of her home in whirlpool which made her feel a mixture of things.
He walked over to a white sofa and sat down. He gestured for her to take a seat, and he was surprised when she sat next to him on the coach instead of in a chair like he had intended.
Her being so close made him anxious. He was waiting for her to start the conversation, since she was the one who come to his house. He was so jumpy that he thought he was going to go insane if she didn't start talking soon.
But she didn't speak. Instead she stared at him with an intense look on her face, her early nervousness seemingly gone.
Leave it to Kushina to be completely oblivious to my inner turmoil he thought with an eye roll.
"I guess you know why I'm here" she said slowly, as if she was carefully choosing her words.
"Yeah. . ." he said swallowing hard. She began to clasp and unclasp her hands, slowly twining and untwining her fingers together and apart as she spoke.
"Well. . . Even though you said you wanted me to forget about what happened, I hope you realized that that is . . . pretty much impossible, right?"
He nodded, not trusting his voice to speak. She was going to tell him that she never wanted to see him again, just like he had feared.
"I'm not very good, at expressing my feelings in words" she said biting her lip "but I think I have to let you know how I feel, or else our friendship will be ruined. . .so I think it might be easier . . . to show you how I feel. . ."
She bit her lip again and looked down at her hands, before turning her gaze back at him. He stared back at her with a confused look on his face, not understanding what she just said.
She sighed in frustration before turning his face and bringing her lips to meet his roughly. Unlike the first time he had kissed her, she wasn't as shy. Maybe because she already knew how he felt but their kiss quickly turned from innocent to passionate.
All the feeling that he had felt yesterday came flooding back into his mind as he pulled her closer, trying to breath her in. If this was a dream than he honestly didn't care if he ever woke up. He must have been delusional to think that yesterday was the best day of his life. It couldn't hold a candle to how it felt to have her in his arms, knowing that she returned his feelings
Roxie: Thanks for reading, even though i haven't updated for soooo long! i had re-read my own story before i could write this chapter because i had forgotten what is about! Special Thanks to Jeanne, Tamar, and nonamemanga who really motivated me to put this back up! And of course everyone else who reviewed! please flame and review!!!!!
