Author's Note:
I do not own any of these characters.
Alya and Nino looked around and didn't see any pigeons. Alya quickly got out her phone and searched where do pigeons go at night. Alya's face fell as she read they like to shelter under places like bridges. "I think this is going to take longer than I expected."
Alya drug Nino behind her to the walkway along the Seine. She grabbed every rock or pebble she could along the way. Once they got under the bridge she smiled at Nino. "Time to relieve some stress."
She chunked the first pebble up and nothing happened. She picked a small rock and chunked it, a few pigeons stirred. She kept throwing rocks until she finally hit the bridge just right to make a large clanking sound. Several pigeons flew away and Alya was about to throw another rock when Nino put a hand on her shoulder.
Alya turned around and Nino was holding a feather, smiling. "Perfect. We've got to run."
Alya was running towards the party supply store. At this point, Alya didn't care about keeping Nino with her. She beat him inside by about a minute and was at the check-out counter when he walked in. She held up the beaded bracelet and winked. "This is close enough to Marinette's lucky charm."
Nino had hardly caught his breath by time Alya had grabbed his hand and twirled him around towards the exit. Alya drug Nino back to the school as she began to speed walk again.
Alya yelled, "NO!"
Alya and Nino arrived to find Adrien and Marinette sitting together with Marinette having what appeared to be a permanent smile and blush. "Dudes, you look comfy," Nino teased.
"We are," Marinette replied dreamily.
"Okay..." Alya started. "So you beat us back, but did you get all 10 items?"
"I think so," Adrien stated as they pulled the backpack around and unzipped it.
Marinette pulled out each item and showed them the video. Alya counted out the 10 items she could see. "How! How did you get a Kwagatama?"
"We bought it at a fashion supply store," Adrien answered.
Alya picked up the Kwagatama and inspected it. "Let's see your items," Marinette prodded.
They inspected the 10 items, including the 45 minute video of Alya and Nino diving for the rock... of which they fast forwarded through most of it just to verify.
"Your Kwagatama looks like the one we bought," Adrien announced. Alya again inspected her Kwagatama next to the one provided my Marinette and Adrien.
"Fine! You win!" Alya huffed and handed the Kwagatama back to Marinette. "I don't know how you found it at a store, but I can't prove it's not a Kwagatama."
Alya turned back to Nino who was scratching his head. He was just about to ask something, but Alya shushed him and glared at him. "S-Sorry. I forgot."
"Forgot what?" Marinette asked.
"N-Nothing. Alya just thought the two of you wouldn't be able to get a Kwagatama."
"Well... she just didn't realize how competitive I can be," Marinette quipped with smirk.
"Let's just head back to Nino's" Alya huffed. She was going to need extra blankets if she was going to be sleeping on the floor.
The End