The instant Mme Mendeleiev had finished explaining the assignment, Marinette naturally turned to Alya, ready to discuss how they would do this physics project. Only before she could breathe a word to the red head, she was plucked from her seat and dragged down the stairs. She barely managed a squeak out as she saw Alya gape after her, and Chloe's furious glare.
Just as they slipped into the hall, she twisted around to to see Felix dragging her to the library, holding her by the back of her blazer.
Guess she was working with Felix this time.
Apparently.
"What the hell?!" she demanded, freeing herself from his grip.
He looked momentarily surprised before his expression settled to his natural, neutral frown. "Miss Bourgeois intended for us to partner again," he explained, like that answered everything. He held out her bags to her. She snatched them up as she snapped.
"Then don't partner with her!"
Felix raised a pale brow and Marinette grimaced, relenting with a sigh. Yeah... Chloe can be hard to escape. Rolling her hand about, she asked, "Why not Max?" She ignored how his frown deepens, glaring at her moving hand. "Wouldn't you rather work with him instead?"
Both of them really cared about logic and getting work done. They'd be the ultimate dream team!
Felix sighed and stated, "We had a recent disagreement. It would be less than ideal to work with him." He shot her look, continuing, "Besides, this project calls for... creativity. Which is something I'm lacking in. You're one of the more artistic students in our class, and is actually academically adequate, and doesn't end up mumbling, or smells too much like flowers, and has a tolerable amount of energy. You would be the most ideal partner for this. And I won't have to work with Miss Bourgeois." That had to be the darkest grimace she's ever seen on Felix's face.
He spat out, "She wanted me to let her lapdog do all the work, mine included, and help her decide what diamonds she should wear Monday."
Marinette blanched, wincing beside him as they slowly walked towards the library. "Ok, yeah. Choosing diamonds with Chloe, that definitely doesn't sound fun."
He paused for a moment, shooting her a look. "I was talking about her lapdog doing my work." He turned back ahead, considering. "But you are right. It certainly would be a huge waste of time."
Humming absently, she comments, "You're going to be quite a successful business man."
He paused, looking down at her in slight surprise before straightening, giving her a quick nod. And maybe looked a little pleased?
"Thank you," he returns.
Marinette flashed him a smile, then frowned as something quickly occurred to her.
"Hey Felix?"
"Hm?"
"What do we have to do again for this project?" she asked sheepishly.
In her defense, she was planning a new design and just had to get it down. Plus she and physics really didn't click. But evidently they had to be creative with this project?
Felix gave a very loud, groaning sigh beside her.
