Black Roses
2. Ramen
Side Pairings: -
Genre: Friendship, tiny bit of Romance
Summary: How ramen became Minato's favorite food.
A seven-year old pink-haired girl was sitting on the edge of the lake, staring at her reflection dejectedly. In her little hands she was holding a bowl of ramen.
Sighing sadly, the girl remembered the reason she was there.
She had made the ramen herself, hoping her okaa-san would have time to have lunch with the rosette. Unfortunately she had had a call from work, saying it was an emergency.
Now the little girl was all alone, having no one to share her ramen with.
Yes, the life of a seven-year old was hard.
Suddenly she heard footsteps coming her way. Looking over her shoulder, she saw a boy her age staring at her with curious cerulean eyes.
His hair was blo-... no, it was not blond. It was golden.
He...
The girl was sure he was as bright as the Sun.
And then he smiled,
"Hi. My name's Namikaze Minato."
Right then and there the pinkette decided that the Sun was nothing compared to Minato.
"H-Hi." she stuttered a little "I'm Haruno Sakura."
The boy obviously took this as an invitation as he sat next to her on the soft grass.
"So," he started casually "why did you look so sad, Sakura-chan?"
The rosette blinked surprised.
Sakura-chan.
Sakura-chan.
It was ridiculous how much she liked the suffix at the end of her name.
She did not know much of suffixes, but her okaa-san had told her that adding 'chan' or 'kun' to the end of one's name meant that they were dear to you.
That meant she and Minato were friends, right?
The thought of having a friend such as the young boy made her insides melt.
Her first real friend.
Realizing she had been silent too long she tried to remember what exactly he had asked.
Ah, yes.
"Well, my okaa-san is always busy and I thought I'd surprise her so I made ramen for lunch. Just as she was about to taste it, she was called from work. She left and now I have no one to share my ramen with!"
Sakura's green eyes welled up and her bottom lip started to tremble.
Minato was inwardly panicking. He hadn't mean to upset his new friend. In fact, it was quite the opposite.
"Umm, if you want I'd love to try your ramen, Sakura-chan."
The effect was immediate.
The pinkette looked at him with her green (Was it apple green? Maybe jade green? Anyway, Minato decided the most fit description would be Sakura-green) eyes.
"Really?" she asked with surprise
After seeing the boy nod happily she handed him chopsticks.
Taking a bite, he chewed slowly.
The noodles were a bit too salty and the vegetables were not salty enough.
Nonetheless when she asked if he liked and he said 'The best I've ever had!', he was not lying.
AN: Argh! MinaSaku is just so addicting! Anyway, I felt like writing something happier than the last one and here's the result.
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That's it for now. Bye!
Love,
Berrie