Chapter 14
On the next school day, Alya sat on the bench together with Marinette with Alix, Kim, Nathaniel, Marc, and Max in front of the girls looking at Alya holding her smartphone, where she was reading to the group from a news site.
„Surprisingly Onyx's attention yesterday in the afternoon as he spotted a girl getting kidnapped led the police to discover the man that was responsible for the deed was also a criminal, that was responsible for the trafficking of children," Alya read. „Oh my gosh, that looks like the guy here, who delivered my dad his wedding suit from the laundry,"
„Man, that's sick," Kim stated. „What a coincidence, I don't think even Onyx expected that guy to be one of those types of persons,"
„Honestly when I saw that guy yesterday this was one of the last things I have expected to find out," Marinette mentioned. „More as we crashed against the back of his van we weren't even aware Onyx was trying to stop him because he held Yi hostage,"
„She looks okay now," Marc mentioned earning a nod from Nathaniel.
„Who's actually Yi?" Kim asked. „Is she also in our school?"
„She's that girl, that hangs around with Kagami from the fencing class," Max answered.
„Ah the ice queen you mean?" Kim asked earning a nod from Max.
„Why are you calling her an ice queen?" Nathaniel asked the Vietnamese boy.
„I don't know. Once a while ago Marinette and Alya told me she was the ice queen," Kim answered making Alya cross her arms.
„That's the girl code between me and Marinette we used to avoid Adrien to find out Marinette is afraid to see Kagami make her way towards him, " Alya said.
„But hey we never said a bad thing about her, don't worry, „Marinette added with a fake laugh.
„My mom used to say girls talk behind other girl's back because they feel jealous of them," Nathaniel added making Kim and Max laugh.
„No, we're not jealous of Kagami. She sure is amazingly talented and all, but you know….her mother raised her to be all that what she is,"
„Just like Gabriel did with Adrien," Max mentioned.
„Is she actually allowed to have other friends like she has Yi?" Kim asked looking at the other side of the court seeing Kagami sit next to Yi, which looked at Kagami talking.
„She's here at the school. How can her mother see, what she's doing?" Nathaniel asked.
„Well uh she wouldn't see it anyway. She's blind," Alya mentioned making Kim look surprised.
„Really?"
„Wow and I thought Adrien had it complicated," Nathaniel added earning a nod from the athletic guy.
„Hey Marc are you feeling better now?" Marinette asked. „I've heard Steven apologized to you about what he did,"
„Yes I'm good, thanks" The boy in the red hoodie responded.
„Sorry I couldn't have helped you out," Nathaniel apologized making Marc smile a little.
„It's okay, you don't have to," Marc replied. „He learned his lesson now,"
„Yeah, some take one time. Others take more than one time," Kim stated.
„And others barely learn from their mistakes," Alya added making Kim nod.
„Where's Nino actually?" Kim questioned. „Is he chatting with Adrien?"
„Yes he spoke something about trying to talk to D'Argencourt about the fencing videos," Alya answered. „I think Adrien needs them for his new school,"
„Alright,"
Down at the stairs, Jin sat on them with Luka, which showed him on his smartphone a drabble, which Jin was looking at.
„The idea is making boy A go to the auditions to see the girl he likes play for the role as Juliett, then as she does her thing he begins to imagine himself in the play playing Romeo in a good way earning a kiss from her as Juliett making the whole audience clap. Soon as his daydream ends he sees boy B, which is another boy interested in the girl too, but he's obviously more talented than boy A, which gets sad as he sees him play for the role of Romeo. On his way home he sees them go together, which breaks his heart, then he remembers to ask the drama club teacher to give him a try to play for the role, then gets told he could try, maybe they would at least find a substitute for Romeo. The teacher still preferred boy B but gave him the role as Romeo's substitute. The boy A practiced at home his role as Romeo trying to improve, but he felt like he couldn't make it better so he gave up and watched from his house at the window sad the two main actors hug. One day before the act the girl asks boy A if he will see them play and he says something occurred and he can't show up and the girl said it would be so great to see him there, but he kept rejecting her offer cause he didn't want to break his own heart. On the night of the play, he still came and watched the play so the girl would be happy. Before the last act boy A went out feeling depressed, then the girl showed up to tell boy B got hurt and they needed a second Romeo. In the last scene boy A acted like a pro, then Romeo and Juliett kissed. Afterward, the thing was over boy A was going home neutrally and the girl appeared asking him why he didn't stay with the others. Boy A said he wasn't in a mood to be with people, then she offered to be with him making him blush, then they walked together away and deep on the end of the hills or road, whatever we get they share a kiss under the moon,"
„Sounds like a nice video. But how are you going to make it?" Jin questioned the raven-haired boy.
„One step after the other. First I need a few actors and someone who's responsible for the clothing, the makeup has taken my sister as usual,"
„And who will be the main character? You?"
„No," Luka answered watching Nathaniel pass in front of them along with Marc and Kim. „Hey, I could ask Nathaniel. He fits the role perfectly,"
„Oh really?"
„Nathaniel, have you got interest to play in my music video?" Luka asked watching Nathaniel shrug his shoulders.
„I'm not really good at acting" The redhead answered.
„You just have to be yourself in there,"
„Okay and what else do I have to do there besides that?"
„Hmm maybe kiss a girl," Luka added wrinkling his eyebrow making Nathaniel frown.
„Bad idea, that will have bad consequences. I'm…..a bad kisser,"
„Oh don't worry, we can have a lot of takes until we get a good one,"
„Uh I skip that," Nathaniel rejected Luka's offer making Luka shake his head.
„Okay, but the offer is set. You can think about it," Luka warned watching Nathaniel pass next to the stairs along with the boys.
„Maybe if you invite his crush to the video to play the role of the girl he might think about it" Jin suggested making Luka shrug his shoulders.
„Yes, except so far I know he doesn't have a crush on anyone here. Or one that's notable," Luka mentioned.
„You can't blame him, not all have one at the moment. Look at me,"
„You know it takes time to fall in love with someone, mostly when it's supposed to be a lasting feeling,"
„Is that why you're still interested in Marinette after all those months?" Jin asked.
„Well I have better chances with her now as Adrien Agreste isn't here anymore, but as long as she's still with her thoughts on him I just talk to her as a friend,"
„Hmm…." Jin murmured looking down at the court spotting Yi sitting on the bench together with Kagami, seeing Yi speaking at Kagami. „What do you think about Kagami? I feel like she would fit him well as a girlfriend?"
„Kagami?" Luka asked surprised earning a nod from the deskmate. „I believe she's isn't quite a good fit for him. She's too tough for him to handle,"
„Isn't that what he needs to get out of his comfort zone?"
„No, he needs to grow out of his shell. He wouldn't really handle Kagami's direct, tough girl personality good at all…...or at the start,"
„Okay, another idea?" Jin asked watching Luka point at the childhood friend of Jin. „Yi? But why her?" Jin asked spontaneously about Luka's suggestion.
„Are you jealous?" Luka asked changing his neutral face into a smirk.
„N….No. I just don't know…..if they're a good match you know. I don't want Yi to suffer, she's already suffering because of her father,"
„The video will take time and people to get made if Nathaniel and Yi were to be a thing I believe she would have already dealt with her mourn of his death by now,"
„She seems opener as she was before in my opinion. I don't remember seeing her paying attention to her listening to anyone the past days," Jin mentioned. „Perhaps yesterday her talk with Onyx made her clear, that she should talk about it instead?"
„What talk?" Luka asked making Jin shut his eyes at his careless word choice
„Uh….I saw it on the ladyblog posted by someone," Jin saved himself earning a nod from Luka.
„I haven't seen them yet,"
„Yeah erm….Alya showed me them" Jin added getting up from the stairs, then stepped on the ground of the court, seeing the two girls talk and Luka looked up at the Chinese-descendant boy.
„Where are you going?" The musician asked watching Jin walk towards the two girls on the bench. „Hi girls,"
„Hey Jin," The girls greeted one after the other.
„I uh came here to ask how you were doing" Jin mentioned looking at Yi. „I heard about yesterday…..came to see how you feeling,"
„I'm feeling good" Yi responded. „Onyx was really nice towards me,"
„Great to hear that"
„Yes," Yi added watching Jin roll his eyes away to think about how to continue the conversation. „Well….uh how's school going? Making good grades?"
„So far I have only got one exam back. Not much happened during class,"
„Yes makes sense…..hey….if you have trouble at the school, I can help you out if you want,"
„No, it's alright. I don't want to bother you. We have two years difference. When I need help I ask our teacher or someone from my class,"
„Oh okay," Jin answered. „Well…..I'm going back to Luka. I'm wondering about the rest of his story," Jin said earning a nod from Yi and walked back to Luka, making Kagami smirk and look at Yi.
„Your friend's interested in you" Kagami mentioned.
„He's just worried about me. He's just trying to be kind to me.
„Well, he seemed like he had other plans in mind,"
„Come Kagami, you don't know Jin as I do," Yi mentioned watching a dark-blonde girl approach him making him smile warmly. „….At least the old one,"
„Okay, no more words" Kagami finished taking her smartphone out to look at it,
Yi looked up at the surroundings then spotted Lila Rossi pass in front of them and Yi looked at the time on Kagami's smartphone, then back at the girl, which walked to the bench near the wardrobes, then saw her sit down and take out her smartphone with a sigh.
At the same time, Marc and Nathaniel sat under the stairs around a sheet of paper trying to draw a giant monster on it. Nathaniel sighed dropping his pencil on the ground, followed by Marc which sighed at the break.
„This is the 7th time we stopped. How am I supposed to know, how he should look like?" Marc questioned the redhead.
„I have no idea either. I know how it looks like in my head but bringing it onto paper is hard. It's like I've been dreaming of something and then when I want to tell it someone, I forget it,"
„How about you try to write it down how he looks according to you?" Marc asked. „You know, with words?"
„You know I'm not very good at details…...you know with words,"
„Just make it a drabble. You can always re-edit it later" Marc suggested earning a nod from Nathaniel, which turned around the sheet then wrote down five words as Marc glanced over the boy's shoulder watching him do so. Nathaniel's pencil broke, then Marc moved away to pick his case looking for the sharpener, then handed it out to Nathaniel, which used it.
„Thanks,"
„You're welcome" Marc responded, then looked aside to spot Lila Rossi sat all by herself on the bench waiting for the classes to start. „Hey Nathaniel. What's the name of that girl over there," Marc mentioned seeing Nathaniel watch at the Italian exchange student and frown.
„That's Lila," Nathaniel answered. „My desk mate and also the girl, that lied about certain things,"
„And why did she lie? Did she say that?"
„What did she say again? Uhm she was afraid people wouldn't like her and that she doesn't know why she's doing that. She has always done that," Nathaniel answered. „She did a big mistake and now almost everyone hates her,"
„Ouch" Marc lamented. „Maybe she was afraid people wouldn't like her real her and make fun of her or something. Like with us,"
„How?" Nathaniel asked. „She's gorgeous. Everyone would befriend her anyway,"
„If she hadn't lied before, but she did and why? Because she was afraid,"
„I get it. It's just weird, not all girls that are good-looking are soft on the inside," Nathaniel pointed out.
„So are you. You're good-looking and kind-hearted too," Marc pointed out making Nathaniel furrow his eyebrows.
„You think I'm good-looking?" Nathaniel asked surprised making Marc turn a little red.
„Erm…..uhm…..o….of course! Why not?"
„Hey thanks. The only person to have ever called me good-looking was my mother," Nathaniel pointed out.
„Y...you're welcome," Marc responded seeing Nathaniel look at Lila, then Nathaniel looked back at his friend.
„Uh shall we do something with her?" The redhead asked.
„Ask her to join us" The raven-haired boy suggested, making Nathaniel glance at the brunette girl. „Me?"
„You sit next to her. You know more or less what's up. Just tell her you…..thought about her words and want to give her a chance,"
„Okay, wish me luck, " Nathaniel noticed getting up from the ground to talk at Lila, then he stopped in front of her, rolling his eyes down wondering, what to say. „Hey" Nathaniel began watching Lila look up at him, then look down at the floor.
„Are you here to know something?" Lila asked neutrally watching Nathaniel sit down on the bench.
„I was thinking about…..no I and Marc were there together trying to figure out how to draw something for my comic and saw you here. We were wondering if you would like to hang out with us in the break?" Nathaniel suggested.
„You know I don't have it good with the drawing as you two do," Lila answered.
„I know, but uh…..Marc writes stories and fanfics….and other stuff with words. Besides we don't really do that every break, we sometimes talk to about school, our hobbies, and all that. Come join us,"
„Thanks for your offer, Nathaniel. I don't feel like I belong there,"
„Oh…." Nathaniel responded looking at Marc, which pointed at Lila ordering the boy to insist. „But….you can't know that if you never try,"
„What exactly do you mean?"
„Well uh…..we could all get to know each other about our school lives our pasts and all that. Maybe we find all something we got in common?" Nathaniel suggested, then the school bell rang and Marc got up and ran towards the two desk mates.
„Nathaniel told me you were afraid when you lied to everyone here. We know how it is to be the minority and not have many people to be interested in you to be befriended with,"
„Exactly…..,"
„We definitely have some things in common, we just need to know what, " Marc told the girl. „We know how it feels to be alone,"
„I do a lot," Nathaniel admitted earning a nod from the raven-haired boy.
„I have to go back to classes. Bring her out on our next break," Marc asked earning a nod from the redhead.
„Sure, you're going to stay over midday here anyway, right?" Nathaniel asked earning a nod from the brunette. „Oh well…..okay I try to come earlier to school. My mom is at home and promised to serve Kaiserschmarrn for Lunch,"
„What's your mother's job?" Lila asked curious. „If I may ask?"
„Air traffic controller," Nathaniel responded. „She's not quite often at home as usual you know" Nathaniel explained making Lila smile a little.
„So Marc was right about that you knew how it is to be alone,"
„Well, she tries her best to be at home. When she's off the work or is home at the same time as I, I see her more. Sometimes we go visit my grandfather at the retirement home,"
„Interesting, what about your dad?" Lila asked making Nathaniel shrug his shoulders.
„I never saw him be honest. My mom also doesn't like to talk about him and neither do I,"
„Oh I didn't want to bother you with that,"
„It's okay," Nathaniel responded, then watched the classmates approach, then he got up and opened the door of the wardrobe, looking at Lila, which had mirrored him and entered into the female wardrobe. Nathaniel entered into the men wardrobe followed by Nino and Ivan, which had arrived first with the exception of the redhead.