Stepping onto the school grounds, Marinette took a small glimpse around the exterior of the building. Many students were chatting around the courtyard, but it didn't take the girl long to spot Alya and Nino conversing at the bottom of the stairs. They were close together as if sharing gossip, Marinette stared at them curiously for a moment before going to join them.
Nino and Alya were talking very quickly back and forth. Spotting Marinette, Alya cut Nino off causing her to hear a faint whisper of "-ou tell him!" before the both of them stood up straight, acting normal and waving at Marinette casually. "Hey Mari!" Alya smiled, "Did you see my new post on the Ladyblog? The one about people with green eyes?"
"Yeah, of course." Marinette smiled at her, glancing between her and Alya with suspicion, not registering the sound of a car door closing behind her.
"Speaking of green eyes... here comes your green-eyed man, Marinette." Marinette turned around in surprise to see Adrien walking up to them, but being stopped as Chloe ran up, clinging to him.
"Adrikins! I missed you sooooo much!" She leaned up to kiss his cheek, but he leaned away. Grabbing her shoulders and taking a step back, keeping her in place. He then replied to her, bringing their conversation back down to a normal volume. Marinette rolled her eyes at Chloe's theatrics and turned back around to Alya.
"You'll need to talk to him one day girl, you can't just keep stuttering forever." Alya crossed her arms, giving Marinette a disapproving look.
"Yeah, Adrien's a cool guy. I'm sure you two would be friends." Nino put his opinion in, supporting Alya's statement. Marinette's eyes widened.
"Talk to him?" She rushed out, "Talk to Adrien!? I can't talk to Adrien! He's so kind and smart and just absolutely perf-" Marinette stopped mid sentence as she heard a voice speak not too far behind her.
"Hey guys!" Adrien called out casually, Marinette turned as stopped next to her, giving a smile that made Marinette's face a light pink and her jump a little, now moving beside Alya.
"H-hi Adrien!" Marinette squeaked out, flushing in slight embarrassment.
"Hey Marinette, how are you?" Adrien waved slightly, scratching the back of his neck nervously. He didn't want her to dislike him more than he already thought she did.
"Y-you amazing, I-I mean! I-I'm you! N-no wait! H-how amazing can y-y-you are? I-I mean I'm y-you! N-no I-I'm sorry y-you're you, I can't be y-you! You how a-are? U-uhm.." Marinette gestured frantically, facing become a deep red before she covered her face in embaressment. "F-fine. Y-you?"
Alya took a step closer to Marinette, "Green eyes have lots of love and passion," she sang quietly into her ear. Taking a step back next to Nino, Alya cleared her throat leaving Marinette's face to go a deeper red as she removed her hands to look at Alya in shock. She then glanced between her and Adrien. "Nino and I are going inside, we'll see you two in class." Alya gave a small wave while grabbing Nino's arm, swiftly pulling him up the stairs and into the building. Marinette gaped after her.
Adrien looked in surprise at the doors to the school, wondering why the two left so suddenly. He then looked back at Marinette, who was still blushing intensely, and answered her question. "I'm doing well, thank you." Marinette jumped and looked back to Adrien, having forgotten that she had asked a question. Still feeling the burning of her cheeks she gave Adrien a big grin, the bell ringing as she did so, Adrien smiling kindly in return.
The hasty sound of clicking heels snapped Marinette's attention away to Chloe, who was now clinging to Adrien's arm again. "Will you walk me to class Adrikins?" She fluttered her eyelashes, pouting her lips. Upon Adrien glancing at Marinette, Chloe's attention snapped to her, as if only then realizing her presence. "What are you still here for?" Marinette's eyes narrowed at the girl before she turned away and walked into the school without another word.
Alya's watched as her best friend took the seat next to her, noting the very obvious anger in her movements. "Chloe?" Alya asked for confirmation.
"Chloe." Marinette stated bitterly before letting loose a deep sigh and resting her head on her desk, arms wrapped around it.
That day at lunch, Alya and Nino sat with their best friends. Rather than each other. Nino and Adrien's conversation began normally. "How was the shoot yesterday, dude?"
"It was normal. Nothing special happening." Adrien shrugged, pulling his lunch from his backpack. He had asked his father if he could bring a lunch to school today, so that he could sit outside and eat with Nino. His father reluctantly agreed.
"Do you have a shoot this Friday?" Nino asked casually, "Are you doing anything that evening?" He took a bite of his bread.
"Friday? I have fencing lessons right after school, but nothing else. Do you wanna hang out?" Adrien took a bite of his salad.
"There's this girl who I'd think you like. I think you two should hangout that day. Eat dinner somewhere. She's really nice, dude, you'd might even like her as more than a friend." Nino nudged Adrien lightly with his elbow while Adrien seemed surprised at the statement. "So you want me to go with a girl I don't know on like…. A date?"
Marinette and Alya were having a similar conversation.
"Wait, so you told Nino that I would go on a blind date with one of his friends!?" Marinette dropped the sandwich, that she was about to take a bite of, in her lap. Her best friend signed her up for a date with a complete stranger. All-the-while KNOWING that she had feelings for Adrien. It was needless to say she was upset.
"Yeah, but girl! You don't have to do anything with him! You two can just be friends!" Alya pointed her finger at Marinette, a knowing glint in her eyes. "And, you know the person so it can't be THAT bad."
"Who is it?" Marinette asked after slowly recovering from her shock, still mad at Alya for saying yes without asking for her opinion. She took a small bite of her sandwich.
"I can't tell you that. It's a secret. There's a reason it's called a 'Blind Date', Mari." Alya laughed a little, knowing her friend would get over her anger as soon as she saw who the date was with.
Adrien slowly took a breath. "So let me get this straight. You want me to go on a date with someone who I know, but won't tell me who? How do I know you're not setting me up on a date with Chloe?" Adrien had pushed his food completely to the side to have a serious conversation with his best friend.
"Yes." Was all he stated as a response as he took another bite of his food, "It'll be fun! If worse comes to worse, you can just say that your father texted and you need to go home immediately. And like I said, you can just act like you're hanging out with a friend, you don't have to act like it's a date." Adrien still looked annoyed and unconvinced.
Nino sighed, putting his food down, "Look dude, I told Alya that I'd get you to agree to go. Just work with me here, okay?" Adrien finally sighed and looked down at his food. He picked it up, bringing it close to his mouth. He looked back at Nino and nodded in defeat before taking a bite and going back to eating. "Thanks dude," Nino grinned, patting his friend's shoulder, and resumed eating himself.
"It can't possibly be as bad as you're thinking it will be." Alya pointed at, knowing her best friend was going through worse case scenarios in her head.
Marinette finally looked up from the ground a released a soft sigh, "You owe me, I hope you know that." the words came out rather flat, but Alya didn't care, she beamed.
"You'll thank me later for this. I promise!" The ginger hugged her best friend happily before they both went back to finish their food.
~~Hey you guys! This is my first Miraculous Ladybug fanfiction! I hope you guys have liked this chapter and I apologize if it was out of character or for anything else that may make it inaccurate or wrong. If you do see anything or have any tips or advice, please do leave a comment! I would love to see what you have to say! If you didn't like this first chapter, please leave a comment telling me why so that I can try to improve it and future chapters! Thank you so much!~~