Alya knew something was up with Juleka, but she just couldn't pinpoint what. She thought it could be an advanced case of senioritis, as everyone in their class was going through except Adrien. But Juleka seemed to be working very hard on a project. Maybe mild depression over the seniors graduating soon? But she seemed much too chipper for that, and was heavily invested with Marc and Ivan preparing for their recruitment performance. All in all, Juleka was a busy girl, more so than normal, and it was strange. Nino, as previous club president, was never this busy. This was more like Marinette busy. But Marinette was more a club president than Nino, so Alya digressed.

Alya was contemplating Juleka's activities while munching on a fruit tart when the club heard running and harsh knocking at the door. Nino looked up from where he and Ivan were working on drums, calling out, "The door's open!"

The door slammed open to reveal Alix and Kim. They immediately fell to the ground in a bowing position.

"Please, we beg of you to help us!"

The group looked around at each other, as the sound of rushed heels clacked in the hallway, Chloe following behind them.

"You cheated, so you deserve it," the student body president snarled.

"But they want nothing else. How exactly are we supposed to provide Adrienette if we aren't Adrienette," asked Kim.

"That and we can't really take good pictures," added Alix.

"Wait, what's going on," asked Alya, looking to Marinette and Adrien, who were working on different projects up until a moment ago. Both looked a little shocked as they looked at the various people in the room.

Sure Alya hadn't been sending as much Adrienette pictures lately to the Adrienette club. Just enough to keep them entertained but not spilling anything. She could assume Nino hadn't either based on his surprised look.

Chloe pinched the bridge of her nose.

"Due to Kim and Alix pushing Marinette and Adrien at the 5k, they are now to be Adrienette Club's servants for a day."

"Yeah, a day," grumbled Kim as he sat up.

"But the Adrienette club just wants more Adrienette things. We tried taking pictures, but we suck at it. Or listening to any gossip, but nothing," explained Alix as she sat up.

"Nothing satisfies them!"

"They came to me for help," resumed Chloe, "and I may have slipped just actually talking to the subject themselves."

"Please! Anything," begged Kim, prostrating himself on the ground.

The club looked at each other.

"What exactly do you need," asked Marinette warily.

Kim and Alix both looked up, excited by Marinette's seeming acceptance. Only for that excitement to start dimming.

"I don't really know exactly," Kim looked to Alix.

"They just kept saying, 'We need Adrienette'," added Alix as they both looked to the club.

Everyone looked to Chloe for help.

"The Adrienette club feels cheated by the outcomes of the race, and lack of Adrienette content this year. So, they are pretty demanding for some grand Adrienette reveal or something."

"Wait, are you guys dating or not," asked Kim, only to be whacked upside the head by Alix.

"What if we give them an Adrienette Day," asked Adrien, everyone looking at him in surprise. "You know, like they do those meet and greets with celebrities. We could have an Adrienette party or something with a monitored Q&A, some pre-approved special pictures, and pictures with me and Marinette."

"That could work, Adrienette Club has some sources," Chloe looked between Nino and Alya, "that could submit special pictures."

"And the rest of the Light Music Club could moderate the questions," offered Alya, Adrien giving her a grateful smile.

"Sorry to be a Debby-Downer, but isn't this Kim and Alix's punishment? What are they doing then," asked Nino.

The group looked at Kim and Alix, both still begging on their knees with hopefully eyes.

"True, it wouldn't be exactly fair seeing as how they tripped us and now need our help," said Adrien, reclining in his seat before looking at Marinette.

Alya looked to Marinette to see the girl smirking like a cat who got the cream.

"I think I have the perfect solution."


"A maid costume, seriously," grumbled Alix as Marinette made her twirl for inspection. She was wearing Marinette's old maid outfit, Kim dressing in a suit with Adrien's butler apron. Ondine had even joined in the fun, wearing a black dress and Alya's maid apron. The rest of the football and basketball teams would be serving, but not as nicely dressed as Alix, Kim, and Ondine.

"I think we look spectacular," cheered Ondine, fixing Kim's clip on bow tie.

"The perfect servers for our tea day," added Marinette, giving Alix her approval.

The rest of the club had set up the Adrienette's club room as a tea party, Nino conveniently finding some decorations hiding in the clubroom. Alya and Juleka were setting up a photo booth while Ivan guarded some Adrienette pictures hiding underneath a table cloth. Nino and Adrien were setting up the tables for their guests.

"I think they look fitting," said Adrien, stopping by the group before setting out the silverware on the table. Marinette smiled up at him, petting the boy's hair.

"You two sure you aren't dating," asked Kim, Alix and Ondine both elbowing him.

"Adrien's just a cat," answered Marinette, said boy meowing in response.

"This should be fun, we haven't done a small event before. I mean, I know it's mostly Adrienette, but it's fun to be doing something as a group." Alya looked down to Juleka for confirmation. The girl shrugged.

She had been mostly put out since they started planning the event. Especially when they picked out the day, Nino found decorations, and Adrien nearly opened a box before Juleka pulled it away.

"You alright?"

"Just something on my mind."

"As your reliable older classmate, feel free to tell me anything."

Juleka smiled at this, "Considering I had to teach you advanced chords for guitar, I'd hardly call that reliable. But thanks."

Alya mocked pouting but continued adjusting the camera to take the pictures. A member of the photography club had loaned them the camera, considering they were also a part of the Adrienette club.

The school bell rang, the door slamming open as Chloe entered.

"Your first customer is here!"

"You're in the Adrienette Club," gasped Adrien.

"Of course! You didn't think that little mouth of truth thing was purely anime inspired," she huffed as she let Alix show her to a seat.

"You know, a lot of things now make sense," whispered Juleka as she finished tying a paper rose to an arch. Alya just nodded, satisfied with the camera settings.

Students slowly began to trickle into the room, Marinette and Adrien greeting everyone like a power couple as their maids and butlers showed everyone to their seats. Nino had taken up a spot next to Ivan, while the girls manned the photo booth.

"So, how are things," asked Ms. Bustier when she made an appearance, taking the teacher's spot in the back.

"No mob demanding a kiss yet, so it's all good," answered Alya.

"Oh, this is all so perfect," cheered Rose Lavillant, president of the Adrienette club as she approached the teacher and Alya.

"Thank you all so much. This will be a wonderful memory for us since they are graduating."

Alya just smiled as Rose skipped to her seat with some other girls.

Even Mylene, Marc, and Nathanael showed up.

As everyone settled into their seats, Adrien led Marinette to the front of the classroom, holding the flustered girl's hand much to the Adrienette's club's happiness.

"Thank you everyone for joining us today! As your club probably knows so well, one of our favorite things to do at the Light Music Club other than music, is tea and snacks. So, graciously provided by the football and basketball clubs of Francois Dupont, we present our Afterschool Tea Time!"

Adrien bowed with a grand gesture before turning to Marinette, allowing her to curtsy. They took seats in the front as the losing clubs served the winners.

"You know, I could do tea parties like this more often," jested Alya, Ms. Bustier agreeing. Juleka just pouted, watching the scene.

Once all the tea and desserts were served, Ondine nodded to Alya, her and Nino going to the front as Adrien stood up again.

"I hope you all are enjoying yourselves! I know I am," said Adrien, looking down to wink at Marinette, the girl blushing as everyone cooed at the cute display. "Something special we have prepared for you is Q&A, questions previously submitted by your club that Marinette and I will answer." He gestured to Nino and Alya holding their phones with the questions written on a note.

"First question is how did you two meet," said Nino, looking at Marinette and Adrien.

Adrien chuckled, Marinette turning even more red.

"Technically, I first met Marinette the first day of high school, when she and Nino were trying to cram her bass into her locker."

"I was in a hurry, I grabbed my bass instead of my backpack," she whined. Several students chuckled, mostly the seniors who knew of Marinette's clumsiness.

"But it was definitely adorable as she was so shy, hiding behind Nino as he invited me to join the music club. Then Marinette gave me a macaron for helping her fit her bass in her locker."

"I still think I should have gotten a macaron for helping too," Nino pouted, Marinette whacking his arm as he tried to dodge her strike.

"Next question, did either of you have feelings for each other before the kiss at your first performance?" Alya looked down at the couple.

Marinette shifted in her seat, crumpling and uncrumpling the edge of her dress. "I was still pretty shy when we started the club and I had recently learned who Adrien's father was, so getting closer to Adrien was pretty difficult at first."

"But father loved your designs when he met you!"

"Do you realize how intimidating your father is? One bad move on a design I made for you and he could ban me from the fashion industry forever!"

"Father wouldn't do that. He told me you reminded him of himself at a younger age trying to impress Chloe's mom. Plus I wouldn't let him ban you."

Marinette looked like she wanted to melt into a puddle under the table as the audience awed at Adrien's statement. Alya was beginning to think they would never be able to have another one of these events in the future if Marinette looked like she would combust at every sweet thing Adrien threw her way.

"I was just trying to become better friends with Marinette at the time. So the kiss was a bit of a shock that sent me into a …" he looked over to Marinette, "an interesting trail."

"You were trying to take my role as best friend," answered Nino, Adrien looked embarrassed for once as the audience laughed.

"Next question, have you kissed since?"

"NOPE!" Marinette jumped in her seat, nearly knocking the table if Adrien and Nino hadn't been there to catch their cups.

The people present tried to cover their giggles.

"A fun question, is there a love triangle between Marinette, Nino and Adrien? Who would actually win over Marinette?" Alya smirked as she looked over at the trio, all three immediately denying this.

"Well, of course Adrienette would win, they are made for each other," exclaimed Rose.

"But Nino and Marinette have known each other longer and have a good basis of friendship," came another person.

"But Nino and Marinette give off the brother sister vibes, not romantic partners," answered Chloe.

"But Adrien's leaving for university soon overseas while Nino and Marinette are staying in Paris."

The students broke into an argument, some shipping Ninette and others shipping Adrienette. The Light Music club looked at each other, panicking and uncertain how to resolve this. Tea was looking ready to be thrown.

"So who's dating Marinette then," asked Kim above the noise, everyone looking to the Basketball Captain then back to the couple. Alix and Ondine elbowed Kim.

The boys looked at each other, then looked to Marinette. This wasn't one of their planned questions on purpose.

"Going forward we are going to focus on our university studies," answered Marinette.

"But are you in a relationship now? Or will you meet up again once done with school and get married? Or will it be a long distance relationship?" Rose's mouth ran of a mile a minute of probabilities of them being in a relationship.

The light music club began to slowly panic as the room became filled with theories on who Marinette was dating or would date.

"Limited Time Pictures," Ivan announced, pulling the sheet off the table.

"And pictures with Adrien and Marinette," yelled Juleka.

The chattering soon changed as people began moving about the room, standing in line for pictures while others examined the table. The Light Music club breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes, some of your sponsors provided limited quantity pictures, and Marinette and I will be taking pictures in the back," said Adrien as he pulled Marinette up and they escaped to the back of the room.

"I changed my mind, no big planned parties after this. Concerts sure, but this, no," grumbled Alya to Nino.

"Agreed."

They both retreated to different areas of the room, Alya helping Juleka with the photo booth and Nino selling the pictures with Ivan.

After that, things seem to be going smoothly, interchanging with people having tea and snacks mixed with pictures of Marinette and Adrien looking couply or taking pictures with the couple.

"What's this box," asked Ivan as he pulled a box out from under the table. Alya looked over to see it was the box Juleka snagged from Adrien a week earlier. And as quickly as the first time, Juleka snapped it away again, trading it with another box and dumping its contents on the table.

"Oh my gosh!" Girls squealed in excitement, Nino trying to calm down the panic. Those at the photo booth looked over to see people demanding prices for the pictures.

"Any special pictures you know about," Adrien asked Alya who shrugged.

"I may have gotten some special copies of childhood photos of Marinette and Adrien," explained Chloe with a smug look as she added her coffee to her tea. "But Nino didn't want them out because he's in some of them."

"Child photos of Marinette!" "Child photos of Adrien!"

The couple dashed over to the table, flipping over the pictures.

"I will take a copy of every single Marinette photo in this box," Adrien pulled out his wallet, smacking a large amount of bills on the table.

Nino looked from the money to Adrien.

"Oh-kay, take whatever you want then."

Adrien immediately began sorting through the photos, cooing with the people next to him at the cute and tinier Marinette and little Nino.

"Are you going to buy anything Marinette," asked Ivan as Marinette sifted through the Adrien pictures.

"Most of these are from Gabriel's when he was a child model, which I already have. The rest Mr. Agreste's assistant Nathalie gave me.

"What? When did you become friends with Nathalie?"

"When I brought coffee infused macarons to the office. She pays me in photos of Adrien."

Adrien crossed his arms, pretending to pout, "I'm going to need to ask your parents then for access to your baby pictures."

"Good luck, because I already took out the embarrassing ones and hid them where you'll never find them."

"In the video game boxes you have stored in your room, or in your diary safe where you write all your-" Marinette quickly covered his mouth, immediately pulling it away and wiping it on her dress as Adrien looked smug.

"Adrienette is so canon," squealed another girl, everyone cheering while Adrien and Marinette blushed, Adrien holding onto his pictures tightly.

"Group photo with Adrien and Marinette," called out Alya, the crowds immediately following the girl as she moved the camera to the front of the classroom.

Everyone piled around Marinette and Adrien, Alya using a chair to see everyone as she took the picture.

"All these pictures will be available at the next Adrienette meeting," announced Rose as people dispersed.

The crowds began to lessen, people leaving after getting their pictures, picture taken, and finishing their tea. Basketball boys and football girls were running the tea sets and plates to the kitchen for washing later.

"Oh this was absolutely wonderful and the best thing the Adrienette Club could hope for," cheered Rose, shaking hands with Alya and Nino. "And thank you for finding those pictures and everything!" she turned to Juleka, "I'm sure even with Adrienette gone, the club with still support the light music club."

Juleka grimaced, shaking Rose's hand, "It's not just Adrienette in the club."

"Oh, we know, we just-"

"No, there's Nino, Marinette, Alya and Adrien. All four great seniors and they deserve as much recognition as the supposed 'couple'."

Juleka marched to the back where she had put her box. She returned to her seniors who had mixed looks of surprise and pride.

"As the next president of the reiteration of the Light Music Club, thank you for all your hard work."

She opened the box, pulling out smaller boxes to pass to her seniors.

"Maghrebi, my favorite," gasped Nino as he took the box. He looked between Marinette and Juleka, Marinette smiling as she took a box of Oolong Black Tea.

"How did you figure it out," Alya took her box of grey tea, Adrien accepting a white peach tea box.

"I pay attention to my important seniors."

The group immediately crowded Juleka in a group hug.

"This is absolutely perfect," whispered Marinette.

Alya smiled in agreement, squeezing the group a little tighter as Nino pulled Ivan into the hug.

"Most precious junior ever," Rose whispered, several remaining members cooing at the adorableness.


No one was really surprised when the student government received an application to start the Juleka Fan Club the next week.


Hullo Everyone! Thank you to those who have stuck with me for this story that ended up being a lot longer than we thought. But I'm happy I've been writing it and developing more of this story.

Just a few more chapters to go, but I wanted to wish everyone Happy New Year!

And maybe a question: I have already planned out the end, but would anyone be interested to see a far future epilogue? I'm on the fence because I like an open ended future but I'm also curious to see where they end up say 10-ish years down the line.

Let me know in the comments!