Just so you know, since I forgot to mention this, but in this AU Alya knows. She just pretends to be clueless so she can spread false info about LB to Paris so nobody figures it out. Also, she finds out AFTER Lady Wifi.
The next day...
Marinette's POV:
"Hey, Marinette, um, can I talk to you for a second?" OMG! Adrien's talking to me! Play it cool, play it cool.
"Y-yeah, sure! I would to love talk you too! I-I mean, I would talk to love too! I-I- Whuuu...(deep breathing), I would l-love to talk w-with you, A-Adrien." OMFG! What the hell did you just say?! Ah, he's gonna think I'm an idiot. Well, no use dwelling on the past! (And this is why Mari will never be akumatized. She's just too damn positive)
"Alright, let's go!" I can't stop smiling. Why can't I stop smiling?!
BEHIND THE GYM
"Marinette, I wanna show you something real quick, okay? Close your eyes for a bit, please?" I can't trust myself to talk, so...
Nod
Closing my eyes.
I can't wait to see it!
What is it, anyway? Maybe it's flowers! Or a ring! Or tickets to a movie! Or-Or-Or-
has stopped working. Please wait while the brain reboots.
I hear rustling! Maybe... a wedding dress! No, too sudden. Roses?! Maybe, but unlikely. Maybe he just got a new game! But then why-
"Mari, you can open your eyes now." Blink once, twice, and-
An album cover.
My album cover.
The one I signed.
THE ONE I SIGNED USING THE NAME LADYBUG?!
"w-WAIT! Adrien, I can explain! I swear-" Why is he smiling?!
"Hold it right there, M'lady." Why did he call me that? Only Chat calls me that. What's goi-
"Plagg, Claws Out!"
*Magical Girl transformation sequence*
has crashed. Please wait until she regains consciousness for the fluff to continue.
"Marinette?! Oh, thank goodness you're awake! She's awake!" I hate headaches.
"Alya?! I had the strangest nightmare. You would not believe it. Adrien turned out to be-" A finger to my lips. Not Alya's. I think I might try and bite it off. It's gone now.
A voice whispers, "Not now, M'lady, there are people here. Later, okay?"
"Fine, Chat," I say in the quietest voice possible for me right now. "Hey, everybody, I have a splitting headache, and I kinda can't see, so can I get some space? Adrien and Alya can stay though."
Don't worry, she's not permanently blind. I just wanna do this for this chapter only. Because if Marinette can't see Adrien, she won't stutter. For the most part.
A few grumbly mumbles, mostly from Nino and Chloe, it sounds like
Adrien's POV:
I watched the five or six classmates who came into the nurse's office to check if Mari's okay (Mylene, Ivan, Juleka, Rose, and Nino) and Chloe (who just came because Adrien did TBH) leave with just a couple groans and mumbles (Mostly from Nino, who is like 'Why, crush [Alya] and best friends [Adrien and Mari], why?' and Chloe, who is Chloe; nuff said). I turn back to Mari, extremely worried, because of the comment 'I kinda can't see' from her. That combined with the headache made him think she might have a concussion (She does) and MIGHT NEED MEDICAL ATTENTION! (Probably)
"Mari, what do you mean, 'you can't see'?" There was worry written all over her face as well, and Tikki's [probably], who was safely hidden in Adrien's jacket (BTW).
"I mean, everything is really dark and super hazy, like I'm watching a bad recording of a cave at night. I can tell where you guys are, but not who is who. I figured that out thanks to blind deduction and listening skills. So, anyways, Alya, Adrien has something to show you. Please show her what you showed me behind the gym that caused me to pass out, Adrien." I was surprised she wasn't stuttering.
Marinette's POV:
I'm surprised I'm not stuttering. Maybe it's because I can't see him? Maybe.
I hear him rustling in his bag for something. I hope he's getting out the album.
Alya's POV:
She was curious, the reporter in her showing as she peered into his bag to see. He apparently found what he was looking for, and took it out to reveal-
The new Jagged Stone album. Hmm...
"This is the album I had Marinette sign for me. Take a look." Looking at it, she noticed nothing out of the ordinary until-
"Marinette, did you blow your cover because you were sleepy aND SLOPPY AND FLUSTERED?! Do you know how many fake articles I've had to post about Ladybug's identity?! And you blew IT TO YOUR CRUSH?!"
"Yessssssss, but-"
"No buts, Mari! I cover for you and this is how it get's blown? Wow, just wow. I can't even-" With that, Alya burst into hysterical laughter, shaking the gurney Marinette was laying in and throwing her balance off kilter. She fell sideways, only for-
Marinette's POV:
I'm falling! Wait, who did I fall into? The breathing pattern matches Chat, meaning...
"T-thanks for catching me, Chat! I-I mean Adrien!" I hear him pat me softly on the head, though I can barely feel it. He sets me on the gurney that currently does not have a spasming Alya on it and whisper to me.
"You can call me whatever you like, Purrincess~"
Take from that what you will.
And I'm ending it here because I wanna be mean. Tune in next time on "Fluffmas: To the Extreme!"
LOL, Zebras!