Just Another Day in the Rain — Miraculous Fanfiction
Chapter One — All Hell Breaks Loose
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A/N: Aye. Hi. Well… I had an idea, but then it started forming into this…? Anyways, leave reviews because I have no idea where this story is leading! (In other words, this is a desperate plea for help.)
xoxo everlasting solitude
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I will never be you.
The voice rung in Adrien's head as he recalled his quarrel with his father. They fought about the most insignificant things, or it seemed that way to Adrien. Modeling was fun and all… It just demanded a lot of concentration not to die of boredom. He would merely move his head over and over and that would be it. Hours would be like this, and Adrien would be begging for some sort of entertainment.
Whenever Adrien would complain, even the slightest bit, to Nino, he was faced with Nino's arched eyebrows and the face that said, 'You're-So-Much-Luckier-Than-Me-And-You're-Complaining?!' Adrien didn't blame him. He sounded like a spoiled brat, and that was the last thing he wanted.
The sound of rhythmic rain pounding on the roof of the classroom lulled Adrien into a dreamscape
The shrill voice of Chloe woke Adrien as it rang through the classroom as Alya and Marinette rushed into class. Marinette looked like she had gone through a typhoon, her hair was whipped up with water and her clothes were soaked, some parts with mud.
"E-ew!" Chloe cried, eyes scanning the dripping wet Marinette. "Don't come near me!"
Nino was already muffling his laughter, trying to maintain himself, but for a whole different reason than Chloe's antics.
"What?" Adrien asked, clearly not understanding, pausing to give Chloe a glare, even though she was too busy chatting with Sabrina to notice.
"It's-" Nino would say between wheezes of laughter, "It's the first time Marinette hasn't been late… And that's what happens."
Adrien nodded slowly, "I guess you're right…" Adrien said as he looked at Marinette with glint of sympathy in his eye.
"And! That teaches us never to mess with nature." Nino exclaimed with a mischievous smirk, turning to his best friend with suppressed glee.
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Marinette was exhausted. The last ten minutes seemed to be the worst of her life… Especially now that Adrien was studying her from his seat.
Marinette squealed, and hid behind Alya, only for Kim to burst out laughing. "Mari, you got a little something on you!" He cried, snorting with laughter, as he swung his finger around, indicating that the 'little something' was everywhere. Kim's laughter was contagious, and soon everyone was either flat-out laughing or muffling their laughs with a smile.
Marinette blushed bright red, feeling the heat of her blush as she slid into her seat beside Alya. Her sopping clothes clung to her frame as she shivered. "W-w-why d-did it have to r-rain t-today?"
Alya chuckled. "The real question is why did you have to fall into the gutter, face first?" Alya asked teasingly.
Marinette slid down in her seat, trying not to explode with embarrassment. "Alya…" She whined, "Can you raise your hand and ask Miss Bustier if I can go to the bathroom?"
Alya didn't even have to ask, knowing that if Marinette raised her hand, the sound of wet cloth moving sounded like some odd sea creature, which would just cause Marinette more embarrassment, and could possibly kill the little cobalt-haired girl.
Alya swung her arm into the air, waving her arm around like a maniac. "MISS BUSTIER!" Alya exclaiming, desperately trying to get the teacher's attention, managing to get the rest of the classes' attention as well. "Can me and Marinette go to the bathroom to get her cleaned up?"
Miss Bustier nodded, waving at Alya and Marinette to hurry.
Alya snatched Marinette's hand and they flew out the door.
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"She's like a puppy…" Adrien muttered, turning to watch as Marinette and Alya escaped the room.
Nino followed Adrien's gaze. "You got that right. But more clumsy and awkward." Adrien glared at Nino, who returned him with a surprised look. "Mmm…" Nino hummed, "Someone has a crushhh…." He murmured to Adrien, who looked at him with a stark expression.
"W-wha…?!" Adrien blurted, a figment of red crossing his face as he desperately whacked Nino.
Nino didn't pause to flinch, just smirked as if he had pulled off the greatest prank in history.
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Marinette was still blushing when she and Alya reached the bathroom. "Kim's so mean!" She pouted, running the faucet and rubbing her face with the water to remove the mud.
Alya just grinned. "Girl, you need to relax. They are just starving for something entertaining to happen."
Marinette hung her head. "And I'm that klutz who manages to always be that entertainment..."
Alya helped Marinette get the mud from her hair with a reassuring smile. "Aw, hun, don't worry about it."
"But Adrien looked at me!" Marinette blurted. "H-he was staring at me when I walked in."
"Most of the class was." Alya said matter-of-factly, but then noticed the pitiful look on her best friend's face and added, "Girl, don't bother with them. They're a lump of slugs desperate for attention. You on the other hand, are a sweet innocent child who must be shielded from their dark ways."
Marinette was listening through Alya's 'speech' until Alya began to tease her. "Heyyy…" She whined with a pout as Alya helped Marinette dry her hair with the rough paper towels.
Alya giggled as Marinette whined playfully, and then smiled and said triumphantly, "You're ready for showbiz!"
Marinette grinned gleefully, "Thanks Alya!"
"No problem, girl." Alya replied, although her satisfaction was shown through a smile on her face.
Marinette led Alya back to Miss Bustier's class and returned to her seat, with Alya grinning beside her.
Once settling back in, Alya had begun to tell Marinette all the details about how Ladybug did this and that, but Marinette was busy staring at Adrien's mop of bright blonde hair, wishing she was the one beside him rather than Nino.
"-nette…? Mari? Marinette? Are you alright?" A voice shone through her daydreams.
"H-huh?" Marinette yelped as she swiveled her head around confused.
Adrien was looking at her, holding her bag. "You ok, Mari? You looked like you were dreaming about something." Adrien said as he looked into her bluebell eyes, wondering if that something was a someone instead.
"Erm! Uh, just dozed off, I think!" She exclaimed, clearly blushing in the presence of the Adrien Agreste.
"Oh well…" Adrien trailed off, putting a hand through his hair as a habit. "Um… This might seem odd, but I have spare clothes. I mean, a fencing uniform. You can wear it. Unless you don't want to. You look cold since you still are a little wet. And I cleaned the uniform. Very clean." Adrien babbled, not knowing why he was such a nervous wreck all of the sudden.
"Um, t-thanks f-for the offer. I mean, I'm not disregarding y-y-your offer… Y-yes…" Marinette spoke nervously, eyes flickering to her bag which was in Adrien's hands.
Adrien followed Marinette's gaze to her bag. "Oh, don't worry. I can carry it, if you'd like."
Marinette, knowing that around Adrien, words were her enemy, just nodded. She'd make a note to thank him later, especially because he was lending her his clothes. Marinette snuck a glance at Alya who was grinning like a maniac next to Nino. Alya flipped her thumbs up and made a gesture to Marinette to follow Adrien.
"Mari?" Adrien said when Marinette disappeared from next to him. "Where'd you go?"
Marinette ran back up to him, flushing a deep red. "S-sorry… T-thank you for carrying my b-bag…" She exclaimed, attempting to take the bag from him.
"Meowch! I can continue to hold it." Adrien exclaimed, not wanting Marinette to think he was ungentlemanlike. Noticing his mistake with the pun, Adrien's eyes widened as he looked to Marinette, trying to tell if Mari had connected the dots.
The cobalt-haired girl was desperately trying to speed up their pace, knowing that an Adrien without a pestering Chloe was something one could only dream of. Sure enough, speak of the devil, here she is…
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"ADRIKINS!" Chloe screamed as she ran, with Sabrina in tow, to Adrien's arms, almost toppling him.
"Hi, Chloe…" Adrien said, trying to make eye contact with Marinette to alert her that anything with Chloe took longer than one hoped. To his dismay, Marinette was out of eye view.
"Um, sorry Chloe, but I was escorting Marinette to get some clothes that aren't wet." Adrien explained, but Chloe's lips pursed.
"Marinette? Your clothes on a commoner?" Chloe asked, obviously astounded that this choice was an option.
"Um Chloe," Marinette peeped from behind the incredibly large haired blonde, topped off with sunglasses.
Chloe refused to talk to Marinette and held her nose in the air.
Adrien gave Chloe a rushed goodbye and snatched Marinette's hand. "Cmon! You look like you're freezing!"
Truth was, Marinette was, but she wasn't about to admit it. Maybe the Ladybug in her forced her not to stay soft.
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Adrien was glad to be rid of Chloe, after being her childhood friend, Adrien had over-enough of Chloe. "Hey Mari… This way." He tugged her hand, while Marinette was fidgety and trying to stop the red from covering her entire face.
Adrien led her to the boys' locker room, without even thinking twice. The only thing on his mind was how Marinette was going to look in his clothes. He blushed thinking about it. He wondered if she'd be a perfect fit…
"Adrien? T-the clothes?" Marinette peeped anxiously.
"Um, yeah, of course." He rushed to his locker, and took out the extra clothes he had for fencing. "H-here." Adrien said, giving her the clothes.
"Thanks Adrien. I really mean it." Marinette said, a smile playing on her face, her usual stutter around Adrien vanishing. "Um, could you wait for me outside the door? Just to make sure no one comes in... since this is the boys locker room, after all."
Adrien blushed deeply, having completely overlooked the detail. "Y-yeah!" He exclaimed, leaving her to change.
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Marinette was blushing so deeply, she felt as if her face was on fire. Adrien, lending her clothes and then being her guardian? A dream come true! Maybe she was Lady Luck after all...
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Adrien could not believe what he'd done. First, lend his clothes to a girl... and that girl was Marinette. Second, bring her into the BOYS locker room. Third, trip up his words so badly around her.
He sighed deeply, eyes closing as he recalled the events which led to his mistakes. Not that lending his clothes to Marinette was a mistake. Just awkward...
Suddenly, there was a tap on his shoulder. "Hey, Adrien. Can you move a bit so we can go into the locker room?"
Adrien looked at Ivan, Max and Kim, who'd come up to him. "Um, don't go in there! There is a nasty spell! It almost rendered my nose useless! Trust me, you don't want to go in there." Adrien lied, except for the fact that they did not want to go in there. Adrien had a conspiracy that all the girls got together to see which boy to point out as a perv, and if he was guarding a door which led to the undressed Marinette...
Adrien couldn't even think of it. He'd be so embarrassed. Especially because it was Marinette. The innocent klutz was so sweet, she didn't deserve the cruel harassment of the other boys.
Kim shrugged. "Dude, you better not have been the source of that smell."
Adrien blushed and blurted, "No! Of course not!"
Kim looked at him with uncertainty, but called back Max and Ivan to go play some basketball instead.
Adrien sighed with relief.
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Marinette was trying not to fall over as she undressed, knowing that a loud smack on the floor would only draw Adrien in... and that'd be worse than death!
Marinette hung her head as Tikki flew from her purse which lay on the bench. "Oh Marinette." Tikki said, "No need to be so frantic. Adrien's guarding the door, and he respects your privacy. Don't worry Marinette."
Marinette gushed to Tikki, "It's so weird! Especially since I'll be in ADRIEN'S clothes! Oh my goodness! I'm going to wear clothes ADRIEN AGRESTE, my crush wore!" Marinette squeaked.
Tikki suppressed a mischievous smile. "Ooooh!" She cooed teasingly.
Marinette, too giddy to be angry, grinned with joy.
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Adrien was mulling over his mistakes with a critical eye. He thought about the locker room and suddenly the image of Marinette— partially dressed made Adrien cringe. It wasn't as if she was not beautiful... it just seemed like a sin to image such a innocent girl...
Adrien shook his thoughts from his head, trying to image the amusing times he had in the locker instead. He remembered the pranks that some of the other boys would play— mainly Kim. They would sneak in the back way and try to scare—
Adrien froze. THE BACK WAY! He didn't guard it! "Shit!" He cursed, knocking on the locker door. "Marinette? Um, can I come in?"
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Marinette squealed, hearing Adrien's Voice. "Nooo!" She screeched when he asked to come in.
Tikki arched her eyebrows, but said nothing to the cobalt-haired girl.
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Kim, who had decided to go the back way since Adrien was being fussy, opened the door to hear a loud squeal.
'Hmm?' Kim thought as he walked down to where his locker was— and where Marinette was located.
Thinking that it was another boy, Kim decided that he would try to scare them by sneaking up behind them and screaming, "BOO!"
Kim heard a girl's like voice shout 'no', but expected Nathanael to be there, since the Tomato Head always seemed to be more like a girl. More like a girl than Alix... Kim thought.
Kim crept behind the lockers as he readied to pounce. He waited a couple of moments.
'1... 2... 3!' He thought and then leapt from behind the lockers and shouted, "BOO!"
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Marinette heard a loud voice behind her scream "Boo!" And She yelped. She was only wearing Adrien's pants, not having put on the shirt quite yet.
"Ahh!" She exclaimed, spinning to face Kim. 'Shit!' Her mind screamed as she and Kim stared at each other in disbelief.
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A/N: Oh shit! Was this too short or too long? Too awful…? Ahh! Please write a review! Thanks a dozen times over!
xoxo everlasting solitude
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