Felix stared intently at the wall, waiting for his mother to finish her sentence with either, "I'm kidding" or something along those lines. But she hadn't, damning him to join his oblivious cousin at his annoying school.
"Mother, this isn't what we agreed upon when we moved back to France." Felix retorted, trying to get her just to let him continue homeschooling. Their arguing felt like hours to him, he only wanted to stay away from Adrien. No matter how hard Felix tried, Adrien was always there around the corner. In all his dumb glory, smiling and acting as if he doesn't have a care in the world.
"At least try it, and if you absolutely hate it, then we will have another talk." Felix's mother finally said sternly. After a moment, he agreed.
Within the next day, Felix was standing at the front steps of the school he desperately wanted to run miles away from. He could spot all the people he had hated; Adrien, Chloe, Nino, Alya, and lastly... Marinette. All these students that he had no reason to hate except for the fact that they loved his foolish cousin. Only Marinette had noticed; the two locking eyes as Felix began walking up the stairs. Her bluebell eyes glaring into the back of his head as he finally turned away from her. As Felix got to his locker, his face grow hotter by each step. It was as if he'd gotten sick by looking at Marinette, right? That's what this was. Felix was so sure.
As Felix finally reached his locker, a sly voice started from behind him, "Felix! You're here! Daddy was told you'd be coming today! It's utterly ridiculous that Auntie is making you join this horrible school." Felix's face dropped; Oh, how he hated Chloe. She was the only other person that he'd grown up with other than Adrien, and yet he still hated him more. Felix turned angrily to the other blonde annoyance.
"My mother forgot to warn me that you'd be here. Oh dear, Chloe, you know that I don't quite like you...at all." Chloe rolled her eyes as Sabrina stood behind her, like a shaking puppy. Thought Felix didn't know or care for Sabrina, he didn't like her because she loved Chloe.
"And Daddy told me it was because you and your mother are out of money." Chloe started, a smirk pulling across her face. Sabrina laughed behind her, still trying to hide from him.
"Isn't that why your-" Felix started before the bell rang loudly, cutting him off. Thankfully for Chloe too. Felix grabbed his books and took his sweet time getting to class. The day became grueling, everyone was gossiping about the fact that the soft, handsome, Adrien had a cousin that joined the school. Felix hated gossip and attention. And yet here he was, sitting in the back of the class, as the students tried to hide their glances. The only person that wasn't paying Felix the slightest bit of attention was the bluebell-eyed girl sitting a few rows ahead. Marinette had only glanced back once to give him the worst death glare he may have gotten his entire life. The whole day was very odd, everyone wanted to stare or try to talk to him. Felix couldn't help but begin to like the fact that Marinette didn't care much about him being there; she was treating him as if he were any other person. As the day finally began to end, Marinette was nowhere to be found, thankfully neither was Adrien. Felix stopped outside the classroom door before the bell rang. As everyone sat in the closed class, he noticed Marinette running into the girl's locker room. Out of curiosity and maybe a little bit of concern, Felix followed in the direction of the locker room. Felix pushed his ear up against the door, trying not to seem like a creep. He tried to listen to what she was in such a rush for.
"Tikki, we have to figure out why he's here. The last time we saw him, he pinned us to a wall and tricked everyone into thinking he was Adrien!" Marinette half-whispered. Felix stood confused for a moment. He'd never really encountered Marinette other than the videos he'd sent out. Felix knew he had acted childishly and always wanted to apologize. Still, he never could care to do it due to his ego.
"Marinette, we need to wait and see why he's here. We never know! We can't just use Ladybug to get whatever we want, you know that best." A voice replied. Felix stepped back, confused. Who was in there with her? She went in alone. Felix grew annoyed quickly with the bickering he'd heard. How did she know about Ladybug, anyway? Before he could think to move, Marinette swung the door open, her purse holding a little animal that was staring right back at him.
"F-Felix! What are you?" Marinette began. He shoved his hand over her mouth and pushed her back into the locker room, pushing Marinette up against the lockers behind her.
"Shush. You'll get us both caught." Marinette was shocked, to say the least. Felix finally dropped his hand and apologized quickly, trying to look away before his face turned blood red. She looked back down at her purse, which still held the little animal. "How do you know about Ladybug?" Felix finally asked, breaking the silence. Marinette quickly looked down into her purse, the animal shaking its head at her.
"Hello? You can't just ignore me." Felix said, stepping forward. Felix was tall, and maybe even a little intimidating.
"I- Felix, this is... Adrien told a lot of people, ya know... and maybe he just..." Marinette started to stutter and hesitate. Felix began to get annoyed; he slammed his hand on the locker.
"Marinette, I think we both know." Felix then stated huskily. Marinette's mind began to fly. How'd he know? When did he find out? Also, how did he find out?
"W-what do you mean..?" Felix rolled his eyes at her question. But he was beginning to like to see her squirm. He bent close to her ear, knowing how unsettled this would make her.
"You tell me...Ladybug." He whispered. Felix stepped back, a smirk plastered across his face. The face she had given him was his answer.