Hello Beautiful People of the World! I thank you sincerely for taking the time to click on and hopefully read my story.
The first chapter will of course, be a bit of a drabble- introduce the characters involved and have them engage in casual conversation. Yadda yadda. Make it seem like its just a group of friends casusally enjoying a nce day out when BAM disaster strikes! I don't really do angsty, or tragedy (though I really do enjoy reading both) so I'll leave it to the professionals. :)
Please do review and update! It always puts a smile on my face :) Except the mean ones of course- then my face turns into this :(
Oh! Let me do say that I got this idea from another fanfic I read a few months ago, but for the life of me I can't remember the title or the name of the author. If anyone has any idea, please let me know so I can properly acknowledge them!
Ahem anyways, on to the story!
Quick Disclaimer:
I do not own any of the characters. They belong to their respective creators. The only thing I own here is the plot (sort of).
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"Omigosh Tikki the time! I'm gonna be soo late!" Marinette cried in panic as she raced around her room. Hastily, she put on her favorite outfit, almost tripping when trying to slip on her winter boots, and lunged for the hairdryer nearby to quickly dry her hair. The little Kwami let out a sigh but a smile played on her little lips.
"It's really amazing how you live literally next to the school but you're always one of the last ones to arrive to class." Tikki let out a giggle when Marinette turned her head to send a playful glare at her.
"Oh Shush you! I'll have you know I was up late last night doing tons of work!" Marinette defended.
"I'm pretty sure you didn't have to finish designing all your classmate's Christmas Presents in one night." Tikki rolled her eyes playfully. "There's still a few weeks to Christmas after all."
"Oh Tikki you know how I am.." Marinette clicked off the hairdryer and sighed. "When I get those creative juices going I just can't help it! At least now I have lots of time making the presents."
"Speaking of time.."
"GAH! Tikki let's go!" Marinette squawked as Tikki let out a laugh before diving into the French girl's purse.
Marinette rushed down the stairs. Remembering to wish her parent's goodbye and pecking a small kiss on their cheeks, before quickly putting on her coat and scarf. She was out the door and soon in full sprint towards the school. Sparing a glance at her watch she noticed with relief that she still had 5 minutes left.
Distracted with looking at her watch, she failed to notice a figure approaching her and by the time she turned her head back to face the front, she had already crashed into a body.
"Oompf!" Marinette let of a huff of air as she slammed into the figure. Knocking herself off balance and landing on her butt.
"Marinette! Are you alright? I'm so sorry, I was in a rush and wasn't looking where I was going."
"Oh d-don't worry!" the designer said, still a little shaken from the sudden collision. "I mean, it really was my fault. I wasn't look-", the words left her lips as she gazed up to look at the person she had collided with, only to find none other than Adrien Agreste.
Marinette felt like bashing her head on a table. Over 100 boys in school and she just had to always make a fool of herself in front of the one guy she had feelings for.
"A-Adrien!" Marinette practically jumped up onto her feet, not noticing the hand Adrien had held out to help her up. "I'm so sorry! I'm such a clutz!" the designer blushed in embarrassment, bowing a couple times as a form of apology.
Adrien, taken a back but her sudden movement, rubbed the back of his neck shyly. "Nah it wasn't your fault Marinette. I wasn't looking where I was going either. Was distracted looking through my schedule for today." Adrien smiled at the French girl which served only to make her blush harder. "I hope you're okay though. That looked like a pretty hard fall."
"Oh! Worry don't! I mean, don't worry about me! I'm good. I'm fine. Just peachy! Anyways, I think we better g-go I think the bells about to ring." She said while flustered; awkwardly pointing up to the clock/bell above them.
Briiiiiiigggg!
Right on cue as always. For the first time ever in her life, Marinette was thankful to hear the ringing of the morning bell. Though it meant that she was late for school, at least it had saved her from further embarrassing herself in front of Adrien.
"The bell! Looks like you were right. We better head to class." Adrien's eyes widened in slight panic.
Madame Bustier, their homeroom teacher, was definitely someone he didn't want to cross. Despite her kind and calm exterior, many students knew how fierce and positively terrifying their teacher could be when angered.
The teen model quickly walked up the stairs, motioning for Marinette to follow him; which she hastily did. Both students reached the class in under a minute and gave a few soft knocks before entering.
"Ah. Marinette and Adrien, how nice of you two to join us. Since you're both only a minute late I'll let it go this time, but please make sure it doesn't happen again." Their teacher informed them in a sweet tone.
The two of them and the entire class however, could sense the unmistakable threat she hid underneath her kind smile. They shook with fear, their faces grim.
"Y-yes of course Madame Bustier!" Marinette and Adrien replied together.
Satisfied with their answer, their teacher nodded for them to move to their assigned seats. They both thanked her and quickly sat down, both letting out a sigh of relief.
Marinette turned to greet her best friend with a small wave, which the young reporter returned, before facing the front of the class, tired, but ready for the class to begin. Adrien did same upon sitting on his seat but instead of a wave, shared a light fist bump with Nino.
After taking down the names, Madame Bustier began making her announcements.
"Well class, it's thankful that everyone is here today as I have a very important announcement to make. With exams finished last week and a small budget leftover for our class this year, I've decided to plan a surprise field trip this coming Friday to the Louvre." Their teacher said excitedly. Who knew their teacher had such a love for art?
"Of course, you can choose not to go, but you will still be required to stay in school and write a 5000-word essay on your favorite artist and the impact his work has made on our society." A few students gulped at that. "Or, you can just attend the field trip and discover it for yourself. I'll be handing out the permission slips at the end of the lesson. Please remember to have a parent sign it. That will be all. Now! Let's move on with the lesson!"
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Brrringgg! The lunch bell rang and the students quickly filed out of the classroom, eager to head out to lunch. Nino stood up from his seat and turned to his best friend.
"Hey Adrien, do you mind if we eat with Alya and Marinette today?" Nodding his head towards the two girls. One who stood up upon hearing her name and returned his smile, and the other who suddenly stiffened like a scarecrow. "Alya asked me to help her configure something on her Ladyblog, so I thought we could just talk over it during lunch. Do you mind?"
"Of course not! I'd be happy to have lunch with them." Adrien said happily, smiling at the two; making a certain bluenette blush from head to toe.
The four decided on a café nearby and found a nice wide table near the window, big enough for Alya to set her laptop on and not take up too much space. Nino proceeded to help Alya with her problem while the group was waiting for their food, and was skillfully able to get everything done and set up towards the end of their meal. Alya, Marinette and Adrien had watched him while eating and were all pretty impressed with his work. His fingers were practically flying across and keyboard.
"Dude, I sometimes forget how good you are with computers. Not only a music genius, now you're a computer whiz too?" Adrien teased.
"You're just jealous of my mad skills bro!" Nino retorted, making the other three laugh. "But let's forget about that for a second. Is anyone else like, a little bummed about the field trip? I thought they'd at least bring us to the zoo or something." The DJ whined. "The Louvre is pretty boring.."
"Haha, You sound like a little kid." Alya teased, causing Nino to stick his tongue out at her. "I for one love art. And Mari does too. We've been there a few times by ourselves. She says it sometimes give her inspiration for some her designs, and you've seen some of the things she's made. I'll gladly follow her as many times as she wants if it means she keeps making such awesome stuff."
Marinette blushed at the praise, but smiled warmly at her friend. "And thanks for always coming with me Alya, you're the best." Marinette then narrowed her eyes and smirked playfully at her reporter friend. "I mean, it's not like you come along with me just to drag me home after and demand I to make you something."
"But but, I can't help it!" Alya scrunched up her face and whined. "Your designs are amazing! A girl can't help but want them. Those pair of gloves you made me the last time are beyond words." To make a point, Alya reached into her pocket to pull out said gloves showing it off to the two boys.
The gloves themselves were beautifully and professionally made. It was made of dark-brown leather, a gold clasp on both sides, and with a small pair of tiny sunglasses on either side, to give it that little playful touch. It may have been simple, but it was well-made.
"Woah! Marinette you made this? It looks as good as anything you'd find in a designer store." Adrien said clearly impressed. The blonde knew what quality clothing looked and felt like after all- having to model them several times a week.
Marinette's face turned even redder than before. Alya swore she could even see steam coming out the top of her head. "You Thank- I mean, Thank you A-Adrien. T-that a lot means, *ahem* That means a lot to me."
A few moments passed with both dorks just shyly smiling at each other before they heard some whispering. Both turned to look at Nino and Alya who were the culprits behind the whispers; silently laughing while staring at the two of them. Both Adrien and Marinette grew embarrassed under their gazes.
"I think it's almost the end of lunch. What say we start heading back?" Adrien suggested while he got up from his seat. Marinette got up as well, and both started making their way towards the exit of the café; Marinette following nervously behind the male model.
Nino and Alya watched their friends go with a sigh. "Ones clueless and the other ones a nervous wreck." Nino shook his head in defeat.
Alya patted Nino on his back reassuringly. "I know. I know." She sighed sadly.
Within seconds, Alya's head suddenly shot up, a mischievous smile playing on her lips. "Unless.. we try to help them! Isn't the Louvre the perfect place? It's quiet and huge; which makes it extremely easy for people to get lost in. Friends might get separated from each other. Certain people are going to be stuck together.. if you get my drift." Alya finished with a sly wriggle of her eyebrows.
Nino's smirked grew to match the young reporter's. "Dudette, that's an awesome idea! How we doing this?"
Suddenly, Marinette's head popped back inside. "Ummm.. guys? School? We're gonna be late." She scolded the two before heading outside again to wait.
"Right.. I'll message you about it later tonight. Operation Adrienette is a go go!" Alya cheered enthusiastically, making Nino chuckle.
"Awright! Let's do this!"
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Despite the chilly weather, Adrien was pretty excited for the trip. Being home schooled for a large portion of his life so far, this was his first ever school field trip. He was extremely grateful that his father had let him go.
Though it may have been partly because he caught his father at a busy time while he was signing papers and discreetly slipped his permission slip in.
Adrien wrapped his blue scarf a little tighter around his neck and stuffed his hands into his coat pocket. He hugged the coat close to his chest, and smiled when he felt Plagg snuggle against him. He followed the class into the Louvre, walking next to Nino, with Alya and Marinette talking lightly behind them.
After walking through the barrier at the entrance, Madame Bustier did a quick roll call once more. Pleased that the whole class had decided to come- no surprise there.
"Okay class, for everyone's safety we will be setting a few rules." The teacher stood at the front, addressing her class. "Please stick to groups of at least 2 people. You are only to remain in the main building; which means no going outside unless there's an emergency. If you require assistance with anything ask a security guard, or head to the main office. Lastly, remember to be back here by 4pm. That is all. Enjoy your time."
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Immediately, everyone gathered into their groups and went off into different sections of the Louvre.
(Coz I'm lazy, they are split as shown below.)
Max, Alix and Kim.
Rose and Juleka.
Nathanel, Mylene and Ivan.
Marinette and Alya.
Nino and Adrien.
Sabrina and Chlo-
"Andrikkiinnnss~ Come on let's make a group!" Chloe suddenly popped up beside Adrien, making him jump lightly. "This whole trip is gonna be soooo boring. But at least I'll be able to send some quality time with you~." The girl finished by wrapping her arms around one of Adrien's arms while fluttering her eyelashes at him.
Adrien stared down at the blonde on his arm and shivered. Truth be told, though he did consider Chloe a friend, as of late he hadn't been very impressed with her attitude. Or her actions.
Especially because he was Chat Noir, hero extraordinaire, he started to notice that many of his classmate's akumatizations were often a result of Chloe's words and actions. In fact, he'd lost count of the number of times he and Ladybug had to protect Chloe against said victims.
This had actually turned up as a topic of conversation between him and his Lady just a few weeks ago; while they were discussing the recent akuma attacks after one of their night patrols. Though he didn't want to mix his hero life and his civilian life, some things just can't be helped. He decided to play it cool. Maybe he could let her off gently.
"Umm.. sorry Chloe but I kinda already promised Nino that I'd partner with him. I don't think it'd be very nice if I just ditched him." Adrien said slowly, not wanting to hurt her feelings.
Of course, Chloe simply brushed it off.
"Nonsense Andrikins! I'm sure Nino wouldn't mind if I took his place." Chloe turned to Nino, making sure Adrien couldn't see her face, before it twisted into a glare aimed at the DJ. "Would you Nino?" she finished through gritted teeth.
Nino, not at all fazed by the glare, simply shrugged his shoulders. "Sure. I'm cool with it. I'll just stick with Mari and Alya. I heard that some prince from Malcedonia* is visiting the Louvre today. Peeps on twitter said they saw him at one of the statue exhibits."
The Dj turned to Marinette and Alya who were standing behind him. "Yo! You girls wanna check him out? Rumors say he's hot and singlee~" He teased, wriggling his eyebrows.
The bumble-bee dressed girl's eyes widened. Eyes sparkling no doubt about the prospect of being the princess of a country. "What! Are you for real?! Err.. umm Andrikinsss," she said slyly, "do you mind waiting here for, like a few minutes? I just wanna go and, um, say Hi to the prince! As the daughter of the mayor it's kind of my duty."
"Oh.. umm.. okay?" Adrien replied awkwardly. Taken aback by the sudden turn of events.
"Thanksss Andrikins! Come on Sabrina! Let's go look for that prince!" She ordered the shy redhead, who simply replied with a small, "Oh! Um, right!" before following the blonde down one of the halls.
The group of four watched the two girls round the corner. They listened to the click clack of Chloe's heels against the marble flooring as it gradually grew softer until eventually, they couldn't hear it any more.
"Welp that's that done!" Nino brushed his hands off with a smug grin on his face. "Shall we get going?"
A smirk appeared on Marinette's face. "There.. is no Prince, is there?"
Alya started laughing and smiled at her boyfriend. Feeling as proud as he did for his brilliant plan.
"Nope." Nino said popping the 'e'. "I knew Chloe was probably going to toss herself all over Adrien again, so now that she's gone we can spend the rest of the day in peace. Pretty sure she ain't going to find us, what with the size of this place. No offence Adrien, but I felt you deserved to enjoy a nice, quiet, relaxing day today. It being your first field trip and all."
Adrien blinked. Suddenly feeling very blessed to have such a caring and awesome friend.
"Nino… You're the best." Adrien chuckled as he brought his hand up to give Nino a high five.
"Yeah yeah I know I am. Let's get going already. This place is huge and we're going to miss a lot of stuff if we don't start now."
"Agreed!" Alya exclaimed happily. "Onwards to adventure!" she joked, making the other three chuckle.
They decided to start with the hallway to the right. Which coincidentally, happened to be in the opposite direction Chloe had headed.
Alya rushed forward and grabbed her boyfriend's hand. He smiled sweetly at her and squeezed her hand back affectionately. Sending Nino a wink, she began to face forward and pulled him along behind her. The young reporter pointed at a painting that was a few feet down the hall and began to speed walk towards it.
"Oooh Nino! I think I read about that painting in an article I was researching. Can we go check it out?"
Nino let out a laugh and sent her a knowing smile. "Sure thing babe." He turned to his two schoolmates behind him. "Do you guys mind if we go ahead for abit? Alya wants to check out that painting. We'll wait for you guys to catch up."
Without waiting to hear their answer, Nino let Alya continue to pull him down the hall. "Take your time you two!" he whispered loudly; remembering that they were in an art museum after all.
Marinette blushed hard as she watched the two walk away. Both nervous and extremely happy to be spending a little time alone with Adrien. Alya and Nino's efforts of getting both her and Adrien together for a while did not go unnoticed.
'Sneaky guys realll sneaky.' She commented in her head.
"Well." Adrien spoke; his voice dragging her from her thoughts. "Shall we start with the paintings on the right?" he turned to smile at her.
Despite her legs turning to jelly, the young designer was able to hold herself up.
"S-sure Ad-drien." She smiled back shyly.
The two walked forward and headed to the right, quietly viewing the paintings. After awhile, Adrien began to comment on them. Pointing out some of the features each one had, and how some were super creative while others were just plain weird.
Adrien couldn't help but smile every time he successfully made the French girl giggle with his funny or witty comments. It proved that he was just as capable of making jokes as Adrien as he was while he was Chat. His puns would certainly go down in history! They would be legendary! People would talk about them for years to come.
Now if only he could get his Lady to laugh at them more instead of rolling her eyes. Though from the smile that followed her rolling eyes, he knew she secretly enjoyed them.
The minutes passed, and Marinette started to add in her own comments as well. Absorbed in the conversation, she didn't notice when but eventually her stutter had disappeared and she was talking to Adrien normally.
Alya and Nino spied on the two from their hiding spot behind a pillar a few rows down. Both of them had matching grins on their faces.
"You go girl!" she excitedly whispered. Her smile grew bigger every time her best friend let out a giggle. "Nino, the plan is working! Look at her, she's even stopped stuttering. I'm so proud of her! Speaking of proud, your acting was awesome! Are they any other hidden talents you have I should know about?"
"Babe, there are tons of hidden talents about me you have yet to discover." He said, wriggling his eyebrows; a cunning smirk on his face.
Alya actually blushed. Nino could be such a dork at times. She nudged him playfully in the shoulder.
"Stop it you! Anyways, back to the two of lovebirds. Looks like they've completely forgotten about catching up to us. I'm both happy and hurt at the same time." The reported said, clutching her chest in fake pain.
Nino laughed. "Sacrifices had to be made, babe. For the greater good."
Alya nodded in agreement. Nino stood up straight and did a salute, making both of them laugh.
"Let's leave them alone and walk up further ahead. Do you mind if we grab a drink real quick? Playing cupid is making me thirsty."
"You dork." Alya smiled. "Let's go look for a café."
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Hope you've enjoyed it so far :) Don't worry, next chapter is where the real fun begins.
*I honestly have no freaking idea what the inside of the Louvre is like, so please don't hate meh :(