I shuffle past my locker trying to keep my head down. I don't want to talk to anyone in particular cause I know I'll be too bouncy to keep myself calm.
For the first time, I'm early so I start to draw some figures and designs before class starts to distract myself from thinking about you know what.
"Marinette!" Adrien's voice booms from beside me. I haven't even noticed him walk in let alone sit beside me which is weird cause I could've sworn I could always tell from his footsteps if he entered the class. It's not weird to know exactly how Adrien's footsteps sound like but you kind of get used to it cause they're almost always rhythmic and loud. Figures. He's a model after all, he's used to walking rhymically I guess.
What's also weird, is the fact that I haven't trembled or looked at him after he mentions my name.
"What are you drawing over there?"
I look at him finally. "Just some design ideas I had."
He beams at me. "Am I allowed to take a peek?"
"Yeah sure!" I show him the drawing. His eyebrows furrow but his smile grows.
"Is that Chat Noir? Are you a fan?"
I snatch the paper and look at it. It is in fact Chat Noir whom I've used as my fashion model for the designs. Chat with the low ponytail...
"I'm not!" I try saying but it comes out as some weird mix between 'not' and 'nope': I'm nopt.
Adrien laughs. He seems he's in a good mood so I laugh along with him.
"You like him huh?"
"No! Who said chat? I mean that! Who said that?"
Adrien's laughing so hard now that his holding his sides.
"Mari, it's fine. I kind of have a crush on someone famous too..." He looks up at the ceiling and I stare at him in awe as he describes her dark hair and her dark eyes. His eyes sparkle as he leans on his chair and continues to speak. "Don't tell anyone, but it's actually Ladybug--"
"Me-- milady? Milady. I mean Chat Noir's lady-- that's what he calls her. I know cause he... He says it a lot. I've seen some interviews on Alya's blog and he says it a lot."
"Oh. I didn't even notice." He looks back at me and I look down at the paper but then seeing Chat on it makes me look back up at Adrien. "You know, Chat and I are kind of close. He's saved me a couple of times from akumas so we're like best friends now. I could ask him if he could meet up with you. He loves meeting his fans."
"I..." I shut up. Maybe this is the perfect opportunity to ask Chat to meet with Marinette today so I can avoid that dinner he'd promised me, Ladybug. "I'm free tonight."
"Tonight?--"
"Only tonight!" Adrien's smile fades. "After tonight I'm kind of never free. Lots of homework--" I wince as I remember that's the exact excuse I used yesterday night with Chat. "Look, Adrien, I'd love chat-- to chat! I'd love to chat some more but I have to go pee right now so let me go do just that!"
"Wait! But tonight--"
"Tonight's the only night I'm available!" Then I'm rushing towards the door and dropping to the ground as soon as I've closed it behind me.
What am I doing with my life? Honestly?
"Marinette?"
I look up to see Alya's favourite sneakers ahead of me, and her of course, wearing them. I shush her immediately.
"I'm supposed to be in the washroom peeing my bladder out."
She takes a seat beside me on the ground. "Then why aren't you pissing your bladder out girl?"
"Cause I lied about wanting to pee!" I cover my face. "I did something horrible Alya! And what's worse is that I'm not guilty about it."
"Did you kill someone?"
"No."
"Did you step on a cat?"
I sigh. "No."
"Then you didn't do anything wrong. Now," she scoots closer. "What's this thing you did that's apparently wrong?"
I look her in the eye. "I lied to Adrien."
"Pfft! That's it?"
"No! That's not it. I lied to him and I have a crush on someone else!"
"What?!"
She sounds angry.
"See? It's absolutely diabolical! Now I can't look at him for the rest of my life!"
"This new guy better be like the hottest guy in Paris! And I think that's Adrien so he better be Adrien."
"It's Chat Noir."
"Chat?--" she's silent. She must be contemplating whether or not she should smack me for telling her I like a superhero. She doesn't know I'm Ladybug so to her I must sound absolutely mental. Then again, Adrien just told me he likes Ladybug who's also a superhero and I didn't think he sounded mental...
Wait! Adrien likes Ladybug. I'm Ladybug. Shoot, Adrien Agreste just told me he likes me and I didn't react at all!
This is bad. This is really bad. I can't believe seeing Chat in a ponytail made me forget that I'm obsessed with Adrien.
"Mari..." Alya begins sorrowfully. "You do know Chat's a celebrity who doesn't even know who you are, right?"
"Yeah but--"
"Adrien's a celebrity too, yeah, but at least he knows you. And we don't even know how old Chat is. He's probably twenty something, who knows?"
"Yeah..."
"Then there's the fact that Adrien's just there! He's single. Chat's probably dating Ladybug right now and they're just denying it to keep it out of public eyes--"
"Alya! Chat knows me! He's the same age as us and he's not dating Ladybug. You know how I know all that? Cause I'm Ladybug! Okay?"
I stand up and walk back into the classroom making sure I bang the door behind me. You know, for a best friend, Alya's not really the best if she's going to just ignore my feelings and tell me to like Adrien cause Chat's unreachable. I don't even know why I'm so mad. Chat's, well... Chat, and I feel like it's wrong liking him because we're partners and nothing more. I can't just find him attractive all of a sudden because he's put on a new hairstyle that looks awfully similar to Adrien's. If that's cause he has this uncanny resemblance to Adrien, then I should feel the same for Adrien, not less. So why do I not like Adrien anymore?
I turn to the class and try to smile and make it seem like the door banging wasn't that big of a deal. Adrien's seated in his seat at the front smiling at me reassuringly as if he gets that I'm not particularly happy and that I'm pretending.
I head to my seat and he passes me the paper I'd drawn Chat on. At the back he's written, "he'll be at the Eiffel tower tonight." with a poorly drawn cat at the end.
That's the only time I smile genuinely that day.
a/n
i have a note. I just wanted to say something so y'all don't think I'm an absent author lol. anyways. thanks for reading! I do have to say I don't own MLB or any of the characters. credit goes to Thomas Astruc! aight, on to the next chap!
