Day 3: Embarrassing - Liv Maddics

A/N: So, yeah. I went there. No regrets :-P

Adrien gave Marinette a huge smile, and she ducked behind Alya, embarrassed. When she peeked back, she noticed that his smile had faded as he walked away.

When he was gone, Alya sighed exasperatedly.

"Marinette! He's going to think you hate him if you keep doing that," Alya scolded Marinette. Marinette shrunk under her fierce gaze.

"I'm sorry Alya, I just get so nervous!" She tried not to cry. "And Adrien will never notice me because I'm so cringy and embarrassing!" Alya sighed.

"You're not that bad!"

"Oh, really? Might I remind you of the time-"

Marinette had been walking to school when Adrien met her near the front steps of the school.

"Hey, Marinette!" Adrien waved. Marinette smiled.

"Hey, Adrien," Marinette smiled shyly. "How you are? I mean you are how? I mean- ugh. How are you?" Adrien chuckled, putting a hand behind his neck.

"I'm fine," he answered. "Say, did you make that dress?" He walked around her, admiring it from every angle. Marinette blushed.

"Y-yeah."

"It's amazing, Marinette! You-" he suddenly stopped. Marinette turned to see what was wrong. Adrien was blushing. "Did you mean to have a toilet papered shoe?" He asked as innocently as possible. Marinette looked down to see a whole wad of toilet paper - thankfully unused - stuck on her shoe. Her face turned bright red.

"Oops," she chuckled nervously. "I'll go- um, take it o-off. Um, yeah. Bye!" She ran into the bathroom, super embarrassed.

Alya rolled her eyes.

"Marinette, that wasn't that bad. Everyone has toilet paper stuck on them sometimes. Calm down."

"Well, what about the time-"

Marinette walked out of the class, running for the bathroom. There was an akuma attack! She needed to get there ASAP! Suddenly Adrien appeared.

"Marinette? Why are you running?" Before Marinette could reply, her foot caught on a ridge in the tile and she flew - almost comically - into the air, landing really hard about 5 feet in front of Adrien, who gasped loudly. "Marinette! Are you okay?"

He hurried over to the poor girl, who was lying on the tile, moaning and trying to disappear into the floor.

"I'm f-fine," she shakily replied, but Adrien shook his head.

"You are NOT fine. We are going to the nurse RIGHT NOW." Marinette groaned at Adrien's demands. She was so embarrassed and she just wanted to escape. And she needed to transform!

"It's fine, I'll take myself. You can go," she insisted. Looking a little relieved, Adrien nodded hesitantly and dashed into the nearest bathroom.

Marinette sighed, transforming.

Alya laughed.

"Girl, you fall literally every day in front of him. What makes that time any different?" Marinette moaned.

"Alya! Fine, remember the time-"

Marinette walked into class one day, wearing a dress of her creation. Adrien turned to look at her.

"Wow, Marinette, did you design that yourself?" The bluenette nodded.

"Y-yeah, I d-did." Adrien smiled.

"It's amazing!" Marinette grinned, feeling a sudden rush of confidence. She twirled, showing off the dress. When she looked back at Adrien, his face had turned bright red.

"A-Adrien?" Marinette was worried he decided he didn't like the dress. She saw Alya in the corner of her eye, gesturing frantically at her.

"You have… a little situation with the back of your dress," Adrien mumbled, avoiding her eyes. Marinette looked behind her to see… her dress had gotten caught in her underwear! Shrieking, she hastily pulled it out, close to tears. She could see Chloe laughing at her, so she ran straight home to change.

Alya winced. "Okay, that was kind of embarrassing," she admitted. Marinette nodded.

"It was! I-" Alya cut her off.

"But I still think you overreacted." Marinette huffed.

"FINE! Remember-"

Marinette woke up late one night, thinking about Adrien. She had had a nightmare about him rejecting her. She blearily picked up her phone and texted Alya.

Marinette: He's never gonna notice me.

Marinette: I'm just a nobody in his eyes.

With that, she sighed, laying back down to sleep.

A couple hours later, her phone pinged with a notification for a new text.

Marinette, you're amazing. Any guy would be stupid to not notice you, and you're definitely not a nobody. Don't ever think that. :)

Marinette smiled, about to answer when she realized the sender was… Adrien.

She had hit Adrien's contact by mistake!

Marinette was horrified.

And how ironic is that when he's the guy not noticing me?

Marinette: Sorry, wrong number. But thank you so much, Adrien! :)

Alya sighed. "Girl, how is that embarrassing? He literally told you you were amazing!" Marinette rolled her eyes.

"Alya! What about this-"

Sitting in her room one evening, Marinette got an email from Alya

From: ladynoir gmail. com

To: adrien agreste. mode

BCC: marinette gmail. com

Re: Modelling Photos

Thanks Adrien! Super cute! ;)

Previous message:

From: adrien agreste. mode

To: ladynoir gmail. com

Subject: Modelling Photos

Hey Alya,

You asked me for the photos from my photoshoot today, (still don't know why…) so here they are.

Enjoy, I guess?

Adrien

photoshoot_01_05_

Marinette grinned excitedly. Alya had blind copied her so she could get his photos! Marinette clicked the photo file. Adrien looked so cute! Smiling, she downloaded the photos to her phone, and pushed reply.

Thank you so much for getting the pictures, Alya! They're amazing! I downloaded them all to my phone ;) 3

She hit send, before realizing…

She had hit reply all!

Gasping, she tried desperately to stop the email from sending, but she didn't get to the Outbox of her email in time. It was too late! The email was sent! She couldn't hold the tears in. She was going to be coined a stalker and get a restraining order to stay away from Adrien! But she loved him too much to stay away so she'd be arrested and never get to ask him on a date! She started crying, sinking to the floor in shame.

Alya cringed.

"Okay, okay, I get it. That was pretty bad. But he didn't seem to care, he actually seemed happy about it! Maybe you need to stop looking at these things as disasters and see them more as… as blessings in disguise!" Marinette facepalmed.

"Forget it, Alya. He thinks I'm weird. Whatever." Alya shook her head sadly.

"Marinette-"

"Hey Marinette!" The girls turned to see Adrien walking towards them, smiling. "Oh, and Alya too," he blushed.

"H-hey, A-Adrien! H-how you are?" Marinette stammered. Adrien chuckled.

"I'm fine! Actually, I was wondering if-" Marinette suddenly tripped, landing in Adrien's arms. Surprised, the two teens stared at each other, blushing deeply, before Marinette lost it. All eyes turned to her, concerned, as she screamed.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!"