Alya P.O.V.
"Okay men, operation stalk Marinette has commenced!" I exclaim, I love my b.f.f. so it's only natural I worry about her when she goes on a date! I mean I know she said it wasn't a date, but it's very obvious and clear that Nathaniel has a MAJOR crush on her so I have to see what happens.
"Babe, I kind of get why you would want to do this but why are me and Adrien here?" Nino asks me. We're currently hiding behind a tree while Marinette and Nathaniel walk towards a café around the corner.
"Because you're my boyfriend, and it's obvious Adrien wanted to come," I reply as if it's the most obvious thing in the world, WHICH IT IS. I just hope I don't miss any Ladybug action while I stalk- I mean I follow my friend.
-Flashback to earlier-
"We need to follow Marinette later" I whisper/yell to my boyfriend while we eat lunch together.
"Why?" he asks me, at that moment I hear footsteps only to see Marinette. I freeze a little hoping she hasn't heard anything.
"Oh, Hi Marinette!" I say causing Nino to spin around looking towards Marinette as well.
"Hey Alya, I have to go to the bathroom, see you in class" she says as she leaves, I let out a sigh thankful she heard nothing.
"Look, we need to follow her because she is going on a date with Nathaniel! I love my best friend but she is really clueless, she thinks she is just 'helping' him with some sketches but he likes her so I don't know what might happen" I explain to him.
"Planning on following Marinette I see," I hear Adrien say as he pops his head between me and Nino, I feel him rest an arm on one of my shoulders and see the other one on Nino's.
"As a matter of fact we are," I tell him.
"Wait, are we really doing this?" Nino asks me in disbelief.
"Yes! We are" I tell him as I shoot a glare at him.
"This is not how I planned to spend my Monday afternoon" he says.
"We have to do this!" I tell him, giving him puppy dog eyes.
"Ugh, fine" he says giving in to me.
"Do you need someone to help?" Adrien asks, I forgot he was here, although how could I when his head is in the way. I look at him and notice something... somethings different.
"We're just following her, not kidnapping her" I say.
"Well yeah, but you know, maybe you might need help in some way, I mean you're easy to spot and I can provide disguises," he says, I look at him, something is just different, before he would be so indifferent, a plan like this wouldn't even draw his attention. Hmm.. what is it? I got it! He likes Marinette!
"Wait a minute, you aren't jealous, are you?" I ask making a sly face.
"W-wh-what? psst, me? Why should I be jealous? I just want to make sure he doesn't try anything, you know, sneaky!" Adrien says, oh god he's acting like Marinette! Which means... time to play a little cupid!
"Fine, meet us after school, behind the tree across the street from the entrance!" I say to him.
-End Flashback-
All three of us poke our heads around the corner of a building and watch as Nathaniel holds the door for Marinette letting her walk into the coffee shop. That's so sweet! Focus Alya, we need to help Adrien! Marinette has liked him for almost two years!
Okay, I adjust the red scarf and beret Adrien gave me to cover my face, and walk towards the café; I wave at the boys to follow me. Adrien is wearing a green beanie and a green scarf to match, while Nino wears the same but in orange. Not the best disguises but knowing how clueless Marinette is she won't notice. We walk into the café and notice Marinette sitting across from Nathaniel they are in a table almost to the corner of the café, I notice the couple in the corner (right next to their table) get up to leave so I start walking towards it making sure Marinette and I do not make any type of contact. Adrien and Nino walk right behind me and we sit in the now empty table, I sit right across from Marinette while Nathaniel's slightly faces away from us, Adrien sits in the middle of me and Nino, It's a rounded type table with those seats that are attached to the wall.
We pick up the menu and keep a sharp ear out, Adrien looks at them peering over his menu, this boy is so obvious, reminds me of a blue/ravened hair girl I know. Nino on the other hand is scanning through the menu deciding on what to order, I look over at Marinette who is looking through her menu while Nathaniel stares at her over his menu, ugh.
Soon a waitress goes over to their table and they order, the waitress immediately comes to ours afterwards, I try to hurry it up so I don't miss any of their conversation. I make sure that the centerpiece in the middle of the table covers us up a little so Marinette doesn't notice us as much.
"So Nathaniel, have you sketched out the characters you want me to design clothes for?" Marinette asks, smiling at him. I swear she is too nice for her own good, the last thing on that boys mind are his characters.
"O-oh yeah, let me... take out my sketchbook!" he says as he grabs his bag and takes out a sketchbook, he opens it and hands it to Marinette.
"Wow, she's gorgeous!" Marinette compliments, it makes me want to see her! Luckily Marinette turns it to Nathaniel pointing at the drawing of the girl, she was right! The character was very flawless and beautiful, she was tall with pale skin, she had long auburn hair and bluebell eyes just like Marinette's. She had a perky nose, narrow eyes and full lips, she seemed to be a sexy type character.
"T-Thank you" Nathaniel says as he starts blushing, I can't help but roll my eyes. "her eyes are my favorite thing about her" he adds, of course he would. I look next to me and see Adrien ripping a napkin under the table, if looks could kill... poor Nathaniel would have gone through a painful death by now.
" 'the eyes are my favorite' " he mimics under his breathe, honestly, same!
"Really? I think her hair is really pretty, I wish my hair looked like this," Marinette says as she points at the long hair the girl has.
"I think your hair is very beautiful, it's short but it really suits your facial features, and since it's dark it goes well with your pale complexion" he says to her causing Marinette to go red in the face! Wow, that was smoother than I though, I look at Adrien who just stuffed a napkin in his mouth, I quickly cover his face up with his scarf and glare at him.
"Y-you think so? I've always thought that my hair is rather bland, it's like a blue-ish black and people usually tell me I should dye it" Marinette explains to him as she fiddles with a strand of her hair.
"I think it's really pretty!" he blurts out, I'm not even going to bother with Adrien.
"I didn't know he could be smooth" Nino whispers to me.
"I know right, I don't think Adrien can take much more," I whisper to him as we look at Adrien who has a gloomy expression while he rips yet another napkin with his hands.
"Here you go," I see the waitress place two coffee cups on the table and a large red velvet cupcake next Marinette's cup.
"Excuse me, uhm... I-I didn't order the cupcake..." Marinette tells the waitress.
"On the house, hope you don't mind sir but our young pâtisserie* thinks you are very beautiful and hopes you accept this gift from him" the waitress says, damn my girl is on FIRE! I hear a thud and see Adrien resting his head against the table, I can basically see his soul leaving his body.
"Nino... help Adrien, I think he died" I whisper to Nino, I can not deal with him I want to see Marinette's reaction.
"I-I'm flattered, but is it really okay for me to accept this?" Marinette asks, why does she have to be such a goody two shoes?
"Yes, please do, our pâtissiere insisted I bring it over to you since the moment you entered" the waitress says to Marinette, damn, that's my girl! Wait, I'm supposed to be helping Adrien!
"Please tell him I am very flattered, and thank him for me" Marinette tells her; her cheeks are slightly tinted.
"Please enjoy" the waitress says as she leaves them.
"A-are you usually this popular with guys?" Nathaniel asks, I'm curious as well.
"I-I don't think so, this is the first time something like this happens to me" Marinette confesses to him.
"O-oh" Nathaniel musters to say as he looks into his coffee cup.
"I'm surprised you aren't surrounded by girls, you have an attractive face and with your bangs outs of the way your features truly stand out a lot more" Marinette says, god damnit girl, do you not realize this is considered as flirting?!
"T-thanks but I've always been kind of shy and girls don't really like guys like that, I wonder if anyone will ever like me..." he tells her, now that I think of it, Nathaniel isn't half bad when it comes to looks.
"I'm sure that one day, you'll find somebody who loves every single thing about you, everything. From your head to your toes, they'll love your personality and your talents and they'll notice your little quirks. They'll want to know everything about you, they'll want to know your past and be part of your future, they'll want to be with you every single moment they can, they'll tease you but you'll be happy! Until then, you should create nice memories to tell them all about" damn Marinette, that was deep... I wish I had recorded that, tumblr would applaud you. I look to my side and see Adrien mesmerized, he can't keep his eyes off her, it's as if he just found a treasure and can't keep from looking.
"Y-you think so?" he asks her.
"Definitely, I know you think I'm that person, but I'm not" Marinette says to him, I can see his eyes widen but she continues, "I know that I'm not that person because I already found my person. Even if I have to wait an eternity, I know my feelings for that person are too strong for me to lose. I know how much it hurts to love someone and have them not love you back, but I honestly believe that there's somebody much better than me waiting for you" Marinette says to him, I can't help but be in 'awe' a little.
"You're a good guy, you're attractive and very talented and who ever gets to spend the rest of their life with you will be a very lucky person. I want to be your friend, if that's okay with you" Marinette says to him as she extends a hand over the table, his face is all red. Finally he smiles and takes her hands.
"Let's fight together, I'll fight to find my person, and you fight to keep your person" Nathaniel says to her as they both smile.
"Dude, are you crying?!" I hear Nino whisper, I look to my side and see Adrien with tears brimming his eyes.
"I... I don't think I've ever heard anybody say something so beautiful. I-I just want to go hug her, I want to hold her close... is that bad?" Adrien asks as he blinks away the tears, I see a smile form under his scarf and help but smile too.
"Babe, I think Adrien here has a bad case of love" I tell Nino making sure to keep my voice low.
"I think so too, do you think we should help him?" he asks me, I know he is smirking under his scarf.
"I guess we have to" I say with a wink, Adrien who sits in the middle of us blinks, and looks between us very confused, what an oblivious boy.
"Here are your drinks, sorry for the wait" the waitress says as she sets our cups down on the table, we smile and say thanks as she turns and leaves.
The next hour we just sit there and listen to Marinette and Nathaniel talk about color schemes and different type of outfits the characters could wear, Marinette seems really excited to work on this.
We've been in this damn coffee shop for two hours now and FINALLY Marinette and Nathaniel ask for the check. We've just been here over hearing and talking about ways we could get Adrien and Marinette together, so far nothing GOOD has come up.
"Our pâtissierie hopes to see you soon madame" the waitress says as she takes the check that the now blushing Marinette and Nathaniel split, after Marinette insisted she pay for her half, of course.
"Well then, I'll send you the pics of those fabrics so you can use them as reference, if you need any more help feel free to text or call me" Marinette says as she grabs her bag.
"Yeah, I'll see you at school then" Nathaniel says as he leaves first, the only reason they FINALLY wrapped things up was because his mother needed him for god knows what. Marinette finishes her coffee, stands up and leaves, once she is out of sight, we take off our scarfs and let out a synchronized sigh.
"Okay men, operation 'stalk Marinette' is over" I say as I slouch in my seat.
"Alya, you owe me, I just wasted two hours of my life" Nino complains.
""I can make it up to you right now" I say as I give him that sly look he knows oh too well, he gulps and looks at Adrien.
"I-I have to go now, e-e-enjoy yourselves" Adrien says as he rapidly stands up and places some money on the table.
Oh boy, for a model he sure gets shy around these things.
A/N: Whatcha think? How was Alya's P.O.V.? Will the mysterious patisserie return? You'll just have to wait and see!
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