Day 2: Seat Buddies - Liv Maddics
A/N: I resent the fact that LadyoftheBirds says she'll regret this… I must prove her wrong! Also, I have no idea what this is.
Marinette burst into the classroom 5 minutes after the bell. She was late! Again!
"Sorry I'm late, Madam! I-" she stopped suddenly. "Why is Nino in my seat?" Ms. Bustier smiled pleasantly.
"Alya asked me to switch you and Nino. Your best friend was concerned that you both were getting too distracted while sitting together, and a seat change seemed the best move. So, now you'll be in the front of the class, with Adrien." Marinette gasped. One glare at Alya told her all she needed to know - Alya winked at her cheekily, mouthing You can thank me later.
Marinette sighed, sliding into the seat next to Adrien. The said boy smiled at her. A smile that could light up a room.
"Hey Marinette, I guess we are seat buddies now," he murmured. Marinette could only smile back, too busy with her own fantasies.
Seat buddies… with Adrien! She smiled. It was just too good to be true.
She didn't hear a single thing from the lesson that day, but that's okay because Adrien lended her his notes.
Adrien smiled at Marinette, his new seat buddy, as she ran in, apologizing for being late again. When everything was sorted out and she sat down, he tried to be nice, exclaiming how excited he was that they were seat buddies, but she just stared at him. She smiled once, then looked away as fast as she could and didn't look at him for the rest of the lesson.
Or their teacher, for that matter. She seemed off in her own little world. Adrien was more than a little concerned. What if she started to fail the class because she hated him so much she couldn't focus?
What if she blamed him and her parents never let him have pastries again?
What if she notified his father and he got taken out of school?
Okay. He needed to calm down. Marinette didn't hate him, did she? Or maybe she still remembered the gum incident and hated him for it. Adrien frowned.
I thought we got past that…
He shrugged. If she hated him now, he decided to try and build a new friendship with the cutest girl in the class. He started by lending her his notes. The huge blush on her face made him smile.
Maybe it wouldn't be that hard.
Marinette smiled as she skipped to school - early for once - to go sit next to Adrien.
Sure, yesterday was a disaster, but today she was prepared to act as normal as possible. She walked into class and sat down.
Turning to Adrien, she smiled. "Good morning, Adrien!" Adrien smiled back.
"Good morning, Marinette! Did you finish your homework last night?" Marinette nodded, pulling said homework out of her backpack and showing him.
"Do you think I did it right? I got confused on a few of the questions, but your notes mostly saved me. They were actually really helpful! I take terrible notes…" Adrien smiled.
"Well, since we sit next to each other now, maybe I can give them to you every once in a while, to help you!" Marinette gasped.
"You would do that? Thank you thank you thank you!"
"Anything for a friend!" Marinette blushed. He considers me a friend! I already knew that but hearing it face-to-face is so amazing! Marinette swooned inside just as Ms. Bustier walked in.
"Okay, class, hand in your homework, please."
For once, Marinette smiled as she handed it in. She might have actually done pretty well for once.
"Class, we're going to start a group project," Ms. Bustier announced one morning. Whispers erupted all over the room, agreeing to work together. Ms. Bustier quieted them, shaking her head.
"No, you can't pick your partners. You are going to work with your desk partner, except for Ivan, Sabrina, Chloe, and Nathaniel." Chloe shrieked.
"WHAT? You had BETTER put me with MY ADRIKINS or SABRINA RIGHT NOW or I'll-"
Ms. Bustier continued as though she hadn't been interrupted. "Ivan and Chloe will work together, and Sabrina and Nathaniel. Note that this is a GROUP project, and if your partner fails to pull their weight please notify me." As she paused, Chloe looked horrified. Ivan just shrugged.
"Yes, ma'am." Ms. Bustier nodded.
"Thank you, Ivan. Now, this project will be due on Friday. I'm going to pass out the details now. You will not have time during class to complete this, and you will need to find a way to contact your partner to work on it."
Marinette tuned out from the rest of class. She was going to be working on a group project… with Adrien! And - she gave a little gasp - she might get Adrien's number! His cell phone number! She couldn't believe her luck.
Thank you, Ms. Bustier.
When class was over, Adrien turned to Marinette, smiling. "So… I guess we have to meet up to work on the project? Does today work for you?"
Marinette smiled. "Yeah. Do you want to come to my house?" Adrien nodded.
"Sure. And… can I- uh- have your number?" Marinette gasped. Her dreams were coming true!
"Of course," she smiled, so they exchanged numbers, albeit Marinette trying not to spontaneously combust.
The next day, Marinette was on cloud nine. Adrien had come over, and they had had lots of fun while working on the project. She felt like she was really starting to build a bond with the blonde model. Her fantasies of marrying the blonde was maybe becoming more and more possible. She smiled, thinking about what Alya would say to those thoughts. She needed to build a stronger relationship with him first. She curled her hands into fists, determined.
A stronger relationship.
Adrien smiled, thinking about the previous afternoon. He had spent a while at her house just laughing with Marinette and getting to know her. Every time she laughed he had wanted to hug her. Her laugh was just so cute!
When he voiced his thoughts to Plagg, of course, the little kwami thought it was the funniest thing ever.
"So the model's developed a little crush on the baker's daughter, huh?" He taunted. Adrien blushed.
"No! We're just friends! You know I love Ladybug!" Plagg just smirked, causing Adrien to be filled with doubt.
Did he like Marinette?
"And that's why the Harry Potter series showed so much allusion," Marinette finished explaining the project with a smile. "Questions?"
Nobody raised their hand, so Marinette turned around to get the project in order when she was stopped by Adrien.
"Adrien?" Marinette looked at him weirdly. He looked really nervous, and he was leaning closer and closer, and-
Oh.
Their lips collided into a passionate kiss. Marinette stood stiffly for a moment, before leaning into him. She couldn't believe her luck, that the son of her idol wanted to kiss her, the mere daughter of a baker. They shared one more short kiss before Ms. Bustier finally cleared her throat. The two jumped away as if they'd been burned, reduced into two stammering puddles of goo as they picked up their project and sat down, seat buddies back where they belonged.
Marinette didn't hear a single other project.
And neither did Adrien.