Adrien's Competition Part 1


"Oh, my gosh, Alya!" Marinette exclaimed, "he's coming over here."

"Chill, girl." Alya helped compose her friend "just act natural."

"Natural." Marinette nodded "right."

"Hey, Adrien!" Alya waved to Adrien. Adrien smiled and waved back.

"Alya, Marinette." Adrien offered a smile to Marinette "what are you guys doing here?"

"Um-iceking…" Marinette shook herself. Adrien waited patiently as she composed herself.

"I mean, walking." She finally got out "to get Ice-ice cream." Marinette smiled somewhat proud, she didn't stammer as much as usual.

"It's a nice day for ice cream." Adrien agreed "I just finished a shoot, mind if I tag along?"

"Yes please." Marinette squeaked. She could almost high five herself, she actually said what she wanted to say.

"And me too." A brown-haired boy slipped between Adrien and Marinette.

"Oh… sure." Marinette smiled at the stranger, he looked about their age. "You can come too."

"Thanks, cutie." The boy took her hand and pressed a kiss to it.

"Um… thanks?..." Marinette just stood there when he didn't release her hand. She looked to Alya for help.

"I think that's good, Ethan." Adrien pulled his friend away from Marinette and took his usual place beside her. He hadn't realized how used to walking beside her he was until he almost didn't.

"So, who's this?" Alya looked Ethan up and down, he was targeting Marinette hard and she didn't like it. Marinette only had eyes for Adrien, even if Adrien was too dense to see it.

"Oh," Adrien clapped a hand on his buddy's shoulder "this is Ethan, he's a model too."

"Ah, another pretty boy, huh?" Alya didn't do much to mask her annoyance at Ethan's eyes securely on Marinette.

"Guess so." Adrien laughed good naturedly but he suddenly found himself eased to the side.

"So, what's your name?" Ethan slithered between Marinette and Adrien, easily falling into position.

"I'm Marinette." Marinette said politely. Adrien frowned a little why doesn't she talk to me like that? She's always gets so flustered with me.

"You're really pretty, you know that?" Ethan rested his arm across her shoulders as they walked. She was a good height for him "You should come to my next shoot, I bet I could get you in a few shots with me."

"Oh, no thank you." Marinette grabbed his finger and eased his arm off her shoulder "I couldn't be a model, I'm too clumsy, I'd just mess everything up."

"You clumsy?" Ethan draped his arm back over her shoulders "not a chance."

"Oh, no." Adrien slipped between Alya and Marinette and 'accidently' bumped Ethan's arm off Marinette's shoulders when he rested his hands on them.

Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh Marinette panicked internally Adrien's hands are on my shoulders

"She's clumsy, we actually first met when she nearly toppled face first into the ground." Adrien actually really liked the memory, he preferred it to their actual first meeting which was when she thought he was putting gum on her seat.

"I caught her though, and we've been friends ever since." Adrien squeezed Marinette's shoulders.

His hands are so warm Marinette thought unable to focus on the conversation.

"Well then…" Ethan wrapped his arm around Marinette and pull her to his side.

"Woah!" Marinette exclaimed as her foot caught on a stick and she lurched forward. Ethan's arm caught her and kept her up.

"Don't worry." Ethan smiled at her "I've got you."

"Well… thank you for catching me." She used her elbow to wedge some space between them. "but you really don't have to keep holding onto me." Marinette scratched the back of her head.

"Yeah, Ethan." Adrien bit back this unfamiliar feeling he had growing in the pit of his stomach "Marinette's a little clumsy but she manages just fine." Adrien was walking so close to her their arms brushed against each other. Marinette barely spared Ethan a thought because her thoughts scattered every time Adrien's arm touched hers.

"What kind of ice cream do you want?" Adrien asked Marinette "It's on me."

"Oh no, I couldn't ask you to do that." Marinette finally snapped out of her wonderland.

"You're not." Adrien said, "I'm offering."

Alya took the lead "she loves mint choco—"

"She'll have strawberry." Ethan spoke up already handing the ice cream man his card.

"Oh—well—Actually…" Marinette trailed off as Ethan shoved the ice cream into her hand

"Ethan—" Adrien started to scold his friend.

"Excuse me." Alya snapped "Marinette doesn't even like strawberry ice cream." Alya took the ice cream and shoved it back into Ethan's hands.

"I really appreciate the gesture, Ethan." Marinette tried to play referee, "but, Alya's, right, strawberry isn't my favorite."

"We'll have mint chocolate chip and a blueberry." Adrien took his chance and offered the cone to his friend.

"Thanks Adrien." Marinette internally patted herself on the back, that was another thing she actually meant to say to him.

"My pleasure, Marinette." Adrien smiled at his friend, glad she wasn't paying any attention to Ethan.

"I was just trying to be nice." Ethan grumbled dropping his head.

"You were nice." Marinette touched his arm "you just weren't listening very well, besides, Adrien already offered and it'd be rude to turn him down and accept yours."

"How about you accept something else then." Ethan lifted his eyes just enough to see her through his bangs.

Adrien narrowed his eyes at his 'friend'.

"What's that?" Marinette asked trying to keep anyone's feelings from being hurt.

"Go out with me." He said more than asked "I'll pick you up at 8 tonight."

"What!" Marinette and Adrien exclaimed in unison.

"See you then, babe." Ethan bolted before she could actually say no.

"Oh no…" Marinette shook his head "I didn't say yes." She looked to Alya for help.

"When he shows up you'll just have to burst his bubble then." Alya took an aggressive bite out of her fudgesicle "the nerve that guy has trying to swoop Marinette up like that."

"Swoop her up…" Adrien repeated, his hand clenched around the ice cream cone in his hand as he watched Ethan hop into his car.

"Doesn't he know you're obviously not interested when you clearly have a thing for A—"

"Alya no!" Marinette covered her BFF's mouth. Alya shook her off.

"Another boy." Alya saved somewhat smoothly.

"You do?" Adrien looked to Marinette.

"Well… you see… there's… um…" Words failed Marinette at this point, she was so flustered about the whole Ethan thing and Adrien had touched her, twice in the last few minutes.

"Marinette…" Adrien looked to Marinette expectantly.

"I…um…I, I've got to go!" Marinette grabbed Alya. She paused for just a second "thank you for the ice cream." And she bolted with Alya in tow.

"No problem…" Adrien stared after Marinette.

"She's going on a date… with Ethan." Adrien didn't notice his ice cream melting in his hand.

"What's the big deal?" Plagg grumbled from Adrien's pocket "you like Ladybug, not Marinette."

"Yeah but…" Adrien didn't know what but there it was "Ethan's not a one girl kind of guy and Marinette is too concerned with other people's feelings, he'll hurt her." Adrien wasn't lying but he knew in his heart that wasn't the only thing he was worried about.

"besides, she doesn't even want to go out with him." Adrien snapped "he told her he was gonna pick her and then left."

"So, what, she'll either go out with him or tell him to take a hike when he tries to pick her up." Plagg slipped out of Adrien's pocket to look his friend in the eye.

"You don't get it, Plagg." Adrien shook his head "Marinette is too nice and Ethan is too pushy, he doesn't know how to take a hint."

"So… what are you gonna do about it?" Plagg asked. Adrien smirked and held his ring hand up.

"I want cheese first." Plagg grumbled.

"Well then… let's go get you fueled up for tonight." Adrien threw his cone away and hustled back to his car.


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and don't mess with the love square Ethan