Hey everyone, hope you're all doing well. It's great to be back with another Miraculous story. Now, if you've read my stories before, you know I ship Nathanael and Juleka and I still do. But over time this pairing has grown on me and with the recent Reverser episode, there does seem to be a bit of chemistry, so I figured, why not try it? With all that said, let's start.
Disclaimer: I do not own Miraculous Ladybug or the characters.
The following days after the whole Zombizou incident had been weird, to say the least.
While as a whole it seemed to be pretty normal, the class was a bit on the awkward side.
Everything was fine, they carried on their usual conversations and hung out, same as always.
But, every now and then, they would look away, remembering how they had acted, choosing not to bring it up, hoping the memory would fade like so many incidents before.
I mean, what could you say, after being brainwashed into kissing anyone in sight?
However, Alix, after going over what happened in her mind, had started to realize something.
She had noticed his behavior, she had noticed how he had not been any more nervous than usual and she had noticed how he wasn't with them when they had escaped.
Nathanael hadn't been effected.
She didn't know why, but it honestly interested her, thinking about how he was with them one second and then the next he was gone, disappearing into thin air.
During their classes, she just watched him the whole time, easily since her teachers had never really kept her attention while she was there, aside from Ms. Bustier.
He didn't seem to show any signs or signals, he just rested or sketched the whole time he was in class.
When the final bell rang and everyone headed out, she managed to catch up with him.
"Hey, Nathanael." Alix said.
Nathanael turned around, in surprise.
"Oh, hey Alix, what's up?" He asked.
"Not much, I was just wondering, if you weren't busy, would you want to hang out?" Alix asked.
Nathanael's surprised look grew when she had asked.
He did spend time at the louvre a lot, which meant he saw her more than anyone else and talked with her a little, but she never really asked him to hang out before.
"S-sure." He stuttered.
"Cool." Alix said.
"That was easy." Alix thought.
"Try to keep up." Alix said, before skating away.
Nathanael smiled in amusement, running after her as fast as he could.
When they got there, Alix lead Nathanael around the place, settling on a section where they could talk in private.
"There's usually no one up here around this time, so we can do whatever we want." Alix said, emphasizing the focus on her skates.
As Alix skated around the room, Nathanael pulled out his sketch book, looking at the works around him for some inspiration.
While Alix skated, she hadn't taken her eyes off of him, wondering how to bring up the subject matter.
"Hey, Nath, I was wondering, how is it you always vanish into thin air around us?" Alix mockingly thought.
"Vanish?" Nathanael asked.
Alix stopped in her tracks and looked directly at him.
"I take it I said all of that out loud." Alix said.
Nathanael nodded yes and offered for her to sit next to him, to which she obliged.
"So, what's this about vanishing into thin air?" Nathanael asked.
"Nothing, really, it's just… I've just started noticing that whenever we're all together and something happens you always seem to disappear out of nowhere." Alix tells him.
"Like what happened with Ms. Bustier, when she got turned into Zombizou, we were all in that classroom, but as soon as we ran out to escape, you were nowhere to be seen." Alix brought up.
"I mean, I managed to escape anyway, I guess we just got split up." Nathanael said.
"You could've followed us." Alix said.
"Yeah, I'm sorry about that, I guess I wasn't thinking, it's just always instinct to go off on my own." Nathanael told her.
"That's not the only thing." Alix said.
"What do you mean?" Nathanael asked.
"Well… the rest of us always seem to do things as a group, like a team and… it always feels like you're not around for anything or any events in our lives." Alix told him.
"I was there for a few, I was there for your race with Kim, when we filmed Horrificator and… Marinette's birthday." Nathanael told her, as he tried to find more examples.
"Yeah, sorry, I guess it just feels like you're barely there, it always feels like the rest of us are always together and you're nowhere to be seen." Alix said.
"I thought maybe, it'd be nice if… you were around more." Alix said, slightly struggling with her words.
Nathanael smiled a bit at this, thankful that Alix had actually cared.
"If that's what you want, I don't mind… on one condition of course." Nathanael said.
"What would that be?" Alix asked.
"I heard you're really great when it comes to street art." Nathanael said.
"I try." Alix said, with a smirk.
"Well, I was wondering if I could see some of your work?" Nathanael asked.
"Sure thing, but I've got one condition for you too." Alix said.
"What's that?" Nathanael asked.
"Well, Juleka moved next to Rose in science class and Mylene's been wanting to sit near Ivan, I figured it might get boring sitting alone, especially sitting behind Chloe, so I was wondering if you'd trade seats with Mylene?" Alix asked him.
Nathanael hesitated for a moment, liking the lack of attention from sitting in the back, but agreed in the end.
"Alright." Nathanael said.
"Great, now I can see what you're sketching all the time… and of course, I'll be able to keep you awake." Alix teased him.
Nathanael blushed in embarrassment, dreading what the pink haired girl would do if he did manage to doze off.
After a little while, Nathanael decided to head home, waving goodbye to Alix as the building was closing.
"More interaction… maybe she's right." Nathanael thought.
Okay, first chapter is done. Hope it was cool so far and I'm excited to see where it'll go from here.
Yeah, I had the inspiration after seeing the Zombizou episode, if you didn't notice it before, they're all in the classroom and then as soon as they run out, Nathanael is nowhere to be seen, but everyone else is there. So the only thing to ask is, what happened? I think this'll be a fun project and I'm hoping you'll think so too. I hope you all have an awesome day and take care.