Disclaimer: I don't own Miraculous Ladybug, neither Love o2o and the novel.
A/N: Before beginning the chapter, I will answer some questions that will help you not get tangled up and understand the story better:
lila cessarie: When will you update?
· Well, it's supposed to be a chapter per week aprox. (sorry for the long hiatus). If I have the time, I'll try to upload more often.
K. FanNeurtex: About the meaning parenthesis.
· Thanks for your opinion! I wasn't really sure putting the meanings in parentheses because I thought that it would be easier to understand, but I do think it's best to put them at the beginning so I won't interrupt the story.
K. FanNeurtex: Does Marinette and Adrien really like each other or just because of the conversations in the game?
· For now both are attracted. They know that they are compatible and that the opinions of the two usually coincide, the more they talk in the chat, the more they like the other, but it is because the same chat that Marinette is confused about what she feels...
K. FanNeurtex: Is the wife of Marinette's ex-husband Collete, Lyla or none?
· For this I have made a brief description of the characters (so far):
Marinette:
• ID: Ladybug
• Guild: ButterflyEffect
• Clan: Noir
• Status: Married to ChatNoir, ex-wife of CenturyWarrior.
• University A (2nd year faculty)
• Age: 22
• Faculty: Sciences - computation
Adrien:
• ID: ChatNoir
• Guild: -solo player-
• Clan: Noir
• Status: Married to Ladybug.
• University A (3rd)
• Age: 23
• Faculty: Sciences - computation
• Company: Lucky Charm (CEO)
Camillo:
• ID: CenturyWarrior
• Guild: ButterflyEffect
• Status: Married to StormyWeather, divorced from Ladybug.
• Age: 25
• Company: Neo Akuma (Son of the CEO)
• Cousin: Lila Rossi
Aurora:
• ID: StormyWeather
• Guild: ButterlfyEffect
• Clan: WeatherForce
• Status: married to CenturyWarrior.
• Age: 24
•University: ?
• Notes: Aurora or Stormy Weather is a real character in the series, from the first chapter "Stormy Weather" or "Tormentosa" in Spanish. For those who had not yet realized :)
Lila:
• University A (2nd)
• Faculty: Letters - administration
• Age: 22
• Cousin: Camillo Rossi
• Friend: Collette
• Company: Neo Akuma (CEO's niece)
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Now the chapter:
"A" University
8:30 a.m. Marinette is in her sport clothes, a set of white t-shirt and shorts and her hair tied in her usual ponytail, jogging on the tracking field for half an hour. No one has noticed, but the blue-haired girl has already gone through the card machine three times. What is the card machine? In order to understand better, it is necessary to know about the system of universities in the country. The country decided several decades ago to create a system in which the best universities in the capital were classified with letters, from "A" to "E". Known as the universities with the best performance in the capital, University A has had the title of the "most prestigious university in the country" from the beginning. This is due to the large number of careers available, classified in Science, Language and Arts. But it's not only about the great repertoire, but also the high level of teaching. All those who enter the university must study a minimum of four years: the first one is called "General Studies", which consists of two cycles of general topics that will help students to have more knowledge than just their specialty. After that they begin the three years of "Faculty", in which the students concentrate in studying the career that they have chosen.
This is where sports come in. One of the requirements of the university is a certain amount of credits in sports in the years of faculty. The thing is that, it's not that complicated: you have to run a couple of laps to the athletic field twice a week. Each time a lap is finished, the university card must be passed through the machine that records the number of laps given by the student. For Marinette is not very problematic, running helps her to relieve stress and clear her mind of studies; it's more of a problem for her roommates. With Cloe and Rose's lack of physique, and Alya's strange class schedules, Marinette started to run more and pass the cards of her friends, in exchange for food and cleaning tasks in the bedroom.
Already by the last round, Marinette is listening to the music of her headphones when, far away, she sees the campus prince: Adrien Agreste, who is running in the other court in front her. She doesn't know why, but without thinking she turns around and decides to run for the other side. There's no way Adrien Agreste can see her all covered in sweat...
What the blue-haired didn't realize, is that a certain blonde notes her when she is running in the opposite direction, and with a slight smile continues to run down his track.
It is already ten o'clock in the morning when Marinette comes out of the bathroom, freshly showered and in her clothes of the day. A few minutes later, Alya and Cloe enter the room and the blonde lies on her bed with cell phone in her hand and the redhead goes to the small kitchen to have a glass of water.
"Thanks for the rounds." Alya tells her when she finishes drinking. "Do you want me to bring you lunch later?"
Marinette thinks a little. "I don't know. I'll write you later if I don't have time to go."
After that the bedroom phone starts ringing and Alya answers.
"Yes? For Marinette? Yes, this is her dorm... Who is this? ...Théo Barbot? Nope! She is not here!" With that, Alya hangs up the phone and snorts to her bed. Marinette smiles at her friend for not passing the phone, but also notices the change of mood in her friend.
"Alya? Why are you so upset?"
"Oh, you didn't tell her?" Cloe is also watching the girl with the glasses since she heard a certain name. Marinette, confused, turns her eyes towards her best friend for some explanation.
"Oh! Mari, is Theo trying to court you?"
"What? Well, now that I think about it, I saw him a couple of times after the tutoring with Manon, but we haven't talked much..."
"Don't even think about it!" This time both of her friends scream.
"What?"
"That Théo... I don't like him at all."
The two girls begin to tell her what happened a few days ago in one of the few classes that the two shared. It was one of the elective courses in which students of any faculty could register and just the schedules of both allowed them to take the same course and schedule. Cloe was saving a spot for Alya who had another class just before that, the surprise was that Théo was also in that class and sat next to the place that Cloe kept her. When Alya arrived it had been already a few minutes since the class started and she tried to go to her place in silence. The problem was when Théo decided to make it difficult and didn't let her pass to sit with Cloe.
"Ugh, can you believe it?! He started to answer me sarcastically and when Cloe started to reproach him he just rolled his eyes and ignored her. He did so much in such a short time that the teacher got mad and threatened to throw us out of the class."
"Yeah, he just let me pass so the professor wouldn't tell him anything, but he kept shitting me all the fucking class." Oh, Cloe using those words, she really was annoyed.
With pity, Marinette tries to reassure her. "Okay, don't worry. I'm not interested anyway, especially with everything he's done."
Her friends sigh and Cloe concludes: "That boy is just a pretty face, I think he has problems..."
Alya laughs at the comment. "But let's talk about Marinette. She is not interested in just pretty faces... is Adrien Agreste the only one who will be able to conquer her heart?"
"Hey!" Marinette throws a pillow at her. Definitely a certain black character doesn't appear in her mind.
"Yeah. Marinette, you better stay with us, who needs a boyfriend after all?" she replies after successfully dodging the pillow.
"I'm going to tell all this to Nino." Cloe says to the air rolling her eyes.
Alya sticks her tongue out at her in a funny way and looks out over the small balcony where the towels hang. "Oh, my God!"
Surprised, the other two approach the balcony and realize they are not the only ones: several girls find themselves not so discreetly watching a green-eyed blonde heading towards the boys' dorms.
"It's Adrien! Did he returned to the dorms?" Alya wonders. "Oh, look!"
Marinette gives a little punch to her friend to stop her pointing. What happens is that a girl a few meters away is with her arms outstretched and a letter in her hands. A confession? The unexpected thing is that Adrien doesn't diminish the speed with which he walks and passes by the girl, as if she wasn't there. The poor girl is paralyzed, unable to turn around.
"Wow. How brave, but you can tell she´s in General Studies..." Cloe sighs and goes back to her bed.
"Yes, anyone who has already been here for a year knows that Adrien is known for not accepting confessions..." Alya says as she goes to her computer.
Marinette on the other hand, can't help but compare the similarities with a certain kitten...
Author notes
A short chapter, but I hope you like it. I also want to thank you for all your supporting comments, it's because of you that I keep writing. Let's see, who else died after the Puppeteer 2? The creators really like to make us suffer. Thanks for reading!
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-LR