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Alya charged into Marinette's room like a woman possessed. When her friend had sent her a text message asking her to come urgently, she hadn't hesitated. Her friend needed her and she had no intention of letting her down.

"Alya!" Marinette exclaimed happily as she saw her best friend come in. On her face, Alya could see worry lines and swallowed. Just what had wound her up so much? Was it something related to her duties as Ladybug? Or was it something else. Was someone in trouble or bullying her or-

"Alya...I..." She stopped, apparently unable to breath and Alya was even more confused. She reached out to her friend and put a hand on her shoulder.

"Marinette, are you-"

"Alya, I kissed Kagami last night!" Marinette blurted out abruptly. Alya raised an eyebrow. "We were talking and I had a glass of wine in my hand and Adrien was there and I was thinking about how cute he was and then how cute Kagami was and then I kissed her!"

Alya blinked twice, impressed by the fact that her friend had managed to say all that without stopping.

"Well..." She started, but Marinette abruptly cut her off.

"Alya, I think that I'm falling in love with her. Fallen in love with her!"

"Well...okay then..." Alya said, before putting a comforting arm around Marinette. "So you kissed Kagami and you now think that you're in love with her."

"Yes!" Marinette practically shouted, before blushing hard. "But...I'm in love with Adrien! I'm not supposed to fall in love with Kagami. Even if she is beautiful and funny and charmingly straightforward and make me feel like I'm on top of the world and-"

"And maybe you're not in love with Adrien any more," Alya said, cutting across Marinette's rambling. "Girl, I think that you're so caught up on thinking that you're in love with Adrien that you haven't realised that you've fallen in love with someone else."

"I-gah-buh"

"And maybe she feels the same way about you?" Alya continued, ignoring Marinette's freak out beside her. "I've seen the way you two look at one another. And the way that you're talking about her...I think that it's been a long time coming."

"But-but-but...I like boys...don't I?" she asked and Alya shook her head smiling.

"It's possible to like boys and girls," she said. "I mean, I didn't realise that I like both until I met Nino. Maybe it's the same with you?"

"I...gah...bleah..."

"Seems to me like it's not so confusing after all," Alya said with a slight chuckle of amusement.