Marinette P.O.V.
"Marinette! School starts in five minutes!" my mother yells at me as she pokes her head through the trap door, oh no! Not again! I hurry and get out of bed as fast as I can walking up Tikki in the process.
I wash my face and teeth as fast as possible and put my hair up in my normal two ponytails, I rush out of the bathroom and put on some thick black tights (legging material), a plain grey slouch shirt (the type of shirt that hangs of one shoulder), a black jacket and black boots. I grab my backpack and bag, thanking Tikki for getting my stuff together while I got ready. I rush downstairs where my parents are already placing fresh baked goods onto the shelves.
"Marinette stop right there, it's cold outside!" my mother says as I rush to the door, I stop dead in my tracks and turn to my mother who holds a knitted beret and scarf.
"Thanks mama" I say as I kiss her on the cheek and run to school. I'm so late...again! But it's not my fault an akuma decided to attack at twelve in the damn evening! If it weren't for Tikki waking me up who know if Paris would have woken up like this. I rush into the classroom and bump into a familiar blond.
"Good morning m'lady" he says as he turns to me.
"How did you manage to get here on time?" I ask him as I take in some much needed air.
"Natalie, how did you manage to get here early?" he asks me.
"What do you mean early? My mom said I was late!" I tell him confused.
"Seems like your mom played a prank on you" he says with a giggle.
"What?! Let me see your watch." I order him. He extends out his wrist, and I see he's right! There are still fifteen minutes left before school started, I let out a sigh as I notice that I rushed for nothing.
"Girl, are you okay?" I hear Alya say from over Adrien's shoulder. I don't understand why'd she ask me that.
"Yeah?" I say to her as I pass Adrien and look at her very confused causing her to giggle.
"Girl, come here" she says, I walk towards her very confused.
She grabs one of my ponytails, and that's when it hits me, one of them is way higher than the other. I blush as I realize everyone saw me like this! Alya giggles and pulls out both of my hair elastics and takes off my beret.
"Here, I'll fix your hair" she says to me with a wink. We go to our desk and I sit down while she stands up, she parts my hair and then starts tugging at strands, she finishes one side grabs the other and does the same.
"Done!" she exclaims, clearly proud of her work. "don't move I'm going to snap a pic" she says as she pulls out her phone, she takes the pic and shows it to me. She did to really cute french braids on my hair, I didn't know it was possible to braid hair as short as mine but she prove me wrong.
"Thanks Alya! You're the best" I say as I smile at my best friend.
"I know! But don't think I forgot about you and me going to that café today, I want to know what's up with you and Adrien. Plus I want to see that pâtisserie that was all over you" she says, wait! How would she know about the patisserie from the café?
"Wait, how do you know about the patisserie?" I ask her, I am very curious to know.
"Oh... uhm... I over heard some girls say that the patisserie there was very handsome a-and uh... I heard he was fawning over some girl yesterday who was with a red headed boy, and I just guessed it was you... am i wrong?" she asks me as she bats her eyes, I'm just going to have to trust her on this.
"He wasn't fawning over me, I didn't even see his face, he just sent a cupcake, some messages with the waitress and a cute doodle on the bill" I tell her.
"Girl, you are on fire! all the boys want Marinette" she says to me making me blush.
"T-That's not true Alya, he probably couldn't even see me properly" I say to her.
"Mhm, sure" Alya says as she gives me that "fool yourself" look.
"Morning babe" I hear somebody say, I turn to see Nino. They are so... adorable!
"Good morning love" alya says as he walks to her, Adrien at his side, and pecks her lips. I try my best not to fangirl but they are literally my OTP!
"You two are so cute it's disgusting," Adrien teases them making me giggle and nod.
"You're just jealous you can't do that" Nino says with a little smirk on his face, Adrien blushes lightly and just looks away. The bell rings and we take our respective seats, I stare at the back of Adrien's head and smile, I have to keep myself from reaching out and touching his golden locks.
"Class excused, have a good lunch" Miss Bustier says as we all let out a sigh of relief, I see Adrien stand up and turn to me.
"Want to have lunch together, princess?" he asks me, his green emerald eyes looking straight into mine.
"S-sure, I actually wanted to talk to you" I tell him causing him to slightly frown.
"Nothing bad" I tell him making him let out a sigh of relief. We get some lunch and find an empty table to sit in.
"So... what did you want to talk about?" he asks me as he takes a bite out of his food.
"Me and Alya are going out to eat today and she is going to be questioning me," I confess. He looks at me confused not catching on to what I mean.
"If you haven't noticed, I am much more relaxed around you ever since I know your Chat, and we hang out a lot more too, not only that but I can be mean when I tease you and that's getting her very suspicious. once I told her it's because we got into an argument and before she could question me more Nino saved me thankfully, but now I have to make a lie and you have to know about it because in a matter of time she'll send Nino to ask you the same things. even though they are our best friends we can't tell them it's because we found out we're Ladybug and Chat Noir" I tell him.
"You have a point... we should have our lies together, wouldn't want the cat out of the bag" he says, casing me to groan at his pun.
"I said it was because of an argument so we have to base it off that" I tell him, i'm trying to think of a way to make all these lies work but nothing comes up.
"How about we blame it on that time we went to go get boba?" he says breaking the silence.
"That could work!" I say to him "what a smart kitty you are" I say with a wink just to tease. I cause him to blush which makes me giggle.
"Okay so this is what we'll say..."
I cuddle into my scarf a little more and breathe into my hands as I wait for Alya at the entrance of the school. What is taking her so long? Finally I see the ombre haired girl come into view, she jogs to me and I just lift one of my eyebrows waiting to hear her excuse.
"Sorry Mari, I forgot to tell Nino I wouldn't be able to go to hang out with him today, but he's going to Adrien's house since he doesn't have a lesson after school" she tells me.
"It's okay, let's just go. It's very cold and unpleasant to stand out here" I tell her as I rub my hands together, I am really wishing I had brought some gloves now.
"True, let's get going" she says with a smile. We walk our way to the warm café trying to get there as fast as possible so we don't talk, half way there I hear her whisper something angrily which sounded a lot like "keep it down!".
"Did you say something?" I ask her confused.
"Oh nothing, it's just I though I heard some squirrels" she says to me a little flustered. The cold must be getting to her head so I quicken my pace, we finally reach the warm café which smells a lot like hazelnut and coffee beans. We take a seat which is right next to a window letting in some nice light.
"Okay, now you have to tell me what's up with Adrien," Alya says while giving me a smirk, "how come nervous wreck Marinette became sly and chill Marinette around Adrien?" she asks me causing my cheeks to feel slightly warm.
"W-well, remember that time you made us get boba together?" I ask her, I hope she won't be able to tell I'm lying. She nods in reply so I continue.
"Me and him got in an argument about fashion, and you know I'm really passionate about that, he was saying that his father didn't have a good eye for fashion anymore... which I disagreed with obviously" I tell her, I hope the lie me and him made up is convincing, she nods telling me to continue.
"So we got in an argument and we didn't speak for a couple days, remember?" I ask, once again she simply nods.
"But then I proved him wrong when I showed him a couple magazines when we had the project together, I guess after being mad at him so long I realized that he isn't totally perfect so I don't get so nervous anymore" I explain finishing my lie. She murmurs something like "you weren't lying" which leaves me really confused.
"What?" I ask her.
"N-nothing, just thinking that you don't lie when you say you're passionate about fashion. I guess it makes sense that after an argument you two would weirdly grow closer" she says as she seems to pull some puzzle pieces together.
"I see you came back madam. Are you ladies ready to order?" I hear the waitress ask, I recognize her from yesterday and smile at her.
"I am, what about you Alya?" I ask her.
"I'm also ready," she says, it surprises me since she didn't look at the menu but I guess all cafés do serve similar things.
"I'll take a cappuccino, and a slice of coffee cake" she says to the waitress who writes it down in her little notebook, she then looks at me.
"I'll just take a white mocha" I say to her with a smile.
"I'll be back shortly, our young patisserie will be very over joyed to see you here again" she says with a smile and leaves.
"I wonder who this mysterious patisserie is, don't you Mari?" Alya asks me as she leans onto the table placing her face in her hands.
"Not really, but it's a bit intriguing I guess," I reply, I hadn't really put any thought into it.
"A bit?! Girl, a guy you've never met, fell in love with you and sends messages with the waitress, don't you find it romantic?" she asks me as she bats her eyes and wears one of those daydreaming expressions.
"Romantic? Alya that sounds like something out of a fairytale, he probably just wants to have some fun since he must be stuck here making pastries all day," I try to reason with her but she's in fangirl mode daydreaming about the mysterious patisserie.
"Alya!" I say waking her up from her day dream.
"Sorry Mari but it intrigues me as a writer" she says giving me a sheepish smile.
"Whatever, so how are you and Nino?" I ask.
"We're great, he's just so..." Alya says as she lets out a dreamy sigh.
"You have got it bad" I tell her as I smile.
"I know," she says with a smile.
"Here are your drinks ladies," I hear a male voice say, I look up to see a tall guy with pale skin, piercing blue eyes, freckles and brown hair, he's wearing a black shirt and jeans with a white apron over. He has flour and sugar all over him, and seems to be around my age. He places Alya's cappuccino and her slice of coffee cake, he then places my white mocha and what seems to be a cranberry scone beside it.
"I-I-I... I d-din't o-order this" I say to the guy, who is close enough for me to smell, he's looking me straight in the eyes which makes me extremely nervous.
"I made it for you though," he replies, not breaking his gaze from mine. I don't think I appreciate him being this close to me, since it makes me nervous.
"T-thanks" is all I muster to say to him.
"I was hoping you would come today mademoiselle" he says to me, he grabs my hand and kisses it but I quickly pull my hand out of his grasp. Unlike when Chat does it, I don't like it one bit. I can still feel my face warm up though.
"So you're the mysterious patisserie" Alya says drawing his attention, thank you Alya.
"I wouldn't know about the mysterious part but yes, I am the head patisserie here" he says to Alya.
"Mind telling us your name?" Alya asks him.
"Not at all, so rude of me to not introduce myself, my name is Calem, Calem Leroy" he introduces himself, his name for some reason sounds familiar but I don't know why.
"I'm Alya Césaire, and she's Marinette Dupain-Cheng" Alya introduces us.
"Wait... you're Marinette Dupain-Cheng?" he asks me.
"Yeah..." I reply.
"As in, the daughter of Tom and Sabine?" he asks me.
"The one and only" I say not understanding why he knows my parents.
"I competed against your parents last year in the baking expo there was in august," he says to me. That's where I heard the name!
Flashback
"You should have seen the lad that came in second place Marinette," my dad says as he and my mom sit down in the living room. My parents just came back from a baking expo and are telling me all about how they won first place in one of the competitions.
"He seemed around your age but he was really focused on winning!" my mom adds as I place some sandwiches for them on our coffee table.
"We ended up spending most of the expo walking around with him and giving him tips! We even joined a three person competition with him, he got to keep the trophy since we thought he worked so hard" my dad tells me as he eats one of the sandwiches.
"I bet he was really happy," I tell him as I grab a sandwich myself.
"He was! He told us his family has a café here in Paris but I can't remember quite where he said it was" my mom tells me as she takes another bite of her sandwich.
"Do you remember his name at least?" I ask as I giggle at the fact my parents are almost as forgetful as I am.
"Of course I remember at least that, his name is Calem Leroy" my mom tells me.
"That's a nice name" I say.
"That's what your mother said, he thought your name was pretty too" my dad tells me with a smirk.
"You told him about me?" I ask.
"Well of course, your our little dumpling," my mom says making me smile.
End flashback
"Oh, I remember your name! My parents told me about you" I say to Calem.
"I'm glad" he replies smiling, he has a rather attractive face, it reminds me of the one's you see in magazines.
"You are a lot prettier than I imagined, your parents said you wanted to be a fashion designer so I naturally imagined you to be pretty but I totally underestimated your beauty" he says to me making me blush.
"She is gorgeous, and what she's wearing is a Marinette original" Alya brags, I love my best friend.
"Really?! That's amazing" he says.
Adrien P.O.V.
I listen closely to a little speaker in my room, me and Nino are over hearing all of what's happening with Alya and Marinette in the speaker. So far, all I've heard is some phony baker is trying to steal my Marinette! Why do people keep popping up trying to steal her? We literally just got rid of tomato hea- I mean Nathaniel yesterday!
"You are a lot prettier than I imagined, your parents said you wanted to be a fashion designer so I naturally imagined you to be pretty but I totally underestimated your beauty" I hear this so called Calem say.
"She is gorgeous, and what she's wearing is a Marinette original" Alya brags, Alya no! he will just like her more!
"Really?! That's amazing" he says, if alya hadn't muted us I would already be making her drag Marinette out of there.
"I don't like this Nino!" I say to my best friend who is listening as well.
"Me either man! Alya is talking to the phony guy from yesterday which is totally not cool!" Nino says, clearly not happy with the fact his girlfriend is talking to an unknown guy.
"This calls for drastic measures Nino" I say to him.
""What do you mean bro?" he asks me.
"We'll have to break it up" I tell him, he stares at me with a "are you serious" look all over his face.
"Bro... are you telling me you want us to just bust in there?" he asks me.
"Exactly! Alya muted us so she can't hear us! If we don't go there this guy will grasp Marinette out of my hands!" I say dramtically, but I know I'm right!
What if Marinette falls in love with this guy?! She'll graduate college and marry him and then they'll have two- no three! They'll have three children and a dog and a cat and a hamster! Then she'll STOP being Ladybug and they'll live in a big house and live a happy life without me! She'll be kissing HIM on Valentine's day and exchanging gifts with HIM on christmas! She'll kiss him instead of ME!
"Dude! SNAP OUT OF IT!" I hear Nino say as he pulls me out of my thoughts.
"We have to GO Nino!" I say as I shake his shoulders.
"Fine dude, but what are we going to say?" he asks me.
"Just say you missed Alya and wanted some coffee! Pretend it's a total coincidence that we ended up in the same one!" I tell him making up the lie as I go.
"Seeing as you're going loco I'll do this for you" he says, but I know he wants to be there too.
We hurry out of my room and head towards the door as fast as we can.
"Where do you two think you're going?" I hear Natalie say as we reach the door, we turn to see her with her arms crossed.
"We wanted to go get coffee at a café by school," I lie to her, well I'm not completely lying.
"With who's permission?" she asks me.
"Um... I just figured that since you weren't near I could just go..." I say, I forgot I can't go anywhere. I hear her sigh and place a hand on her forehead.
"Send me the adress via text message, you can't be out later than seven, and don't let your father know about this" Natalie says as she dismisses me with her hand.
"Thanks Natalie!" i thank her as me and Nino run out of the door and towards the bakery.
After a very tiresome fifteen minutes of pure running we finally reach the little café, I hear giggling and see Alya, Marinette and who i assume to be Calem sitting in a table next to the window. I see him grab Marinette's hand and kiss it, NO one, and I mean NO one kisses m'lady's hand beside me!
Nino walks towards the table and wraps his arms around Alya who is caught off guard, I see him kiss her ad can feel his jealousy from over here. I walk to the table as well and see a very confused, flustered and pink Marinette.
"Hello girls, what are the odds of seeing you here?" I ask innocently. Alya who is confused by the fact that we are here gives us a knowing look but can't say anything.
"A-Adrien, I didn't know you guys knew this place," Marinette says as she pulls her arm away from Calem.
"We've heard of it and decided to come check it out today, who knew you two would be here as well. Nino was dying to see his girlfriend so how lucky right?" I say, I can feel my nose growing like Pinnochio's but smile innocently. I hear Calem let out a small cough and I turn to him, and give him the most subtle glare I can.
"Adrien this is Calem he's a pretty well known patisserie, Calem this is Adrien a very well known model" she introduces us, we shake hands but neither of us seem to like each other.
"And that's Alya's boyfriend Nino," she says as she points a Nino who is standing behind Alya who holds his hand. Nino simply waves at him not uttering a word. I notice Alya and Marinette exchange glances.
"Why don't you boys sit with us" Alya says.
"Great idea Alya, I say as I grab a chair and sit next Marinette and Nino does the same as he sits next to Alya.
"So..." Marinette says trying to break the silence.
"Where do you know each other from?" I ask Marinette and Alya.
"Well, we just met him today, but my parents had told me about him before and yesterday we sort of met" Marinette explain as she looks at Calem.
"I met him today," Alya says.
"Oh" is all Nino says.
"Yes, since the moment Marinette walked in here, cupid struck me with his bow," Calem says, "and today she brought a very beautiful friend as well". Nino glares at him while both Alya and Marinette's cheek turn a salmon color.
"I-I think you're exaggerating a b-bit, I mean u-unless cupid was throwing arrows randomly" Marinette says, this pretty boy is not going to win my Marinette that easily.
"Well if he was, I was lucky enough to have gotten struck the moment you walked in" he says... as angry as I am, that was pretty smooth.
"I think we can agree that everyone who meets Marinette is stricken by cupid, I mean she is one of the most beautiful girls I know," I tell him interrupting his flirting, I look at Marinette who is blushing a hot pink.
"She is simply my princess" I say as I lean in and look her straight in the eyes, her bluebell eyes are wide and her face is a crimson color.
"Oh really... but are you her prince?" Calem asks interrupting us, "because I would be glad to fill the position if you're not" he says, I officially detest this guy.
"Oh, I'm more than just her prince, I'm her knight in shining armor as well, and if she wanted I'd be anything she wanted" I say, forgetting that I'm right in front of Alya and Nino but I really don't care right now. This guy is on my nerves, I wish I could use cataclysm on him!
"Marinette is there something you need to tell me?" Alya asks through gritted teeth and a smile. Nino is just staring at me as if he doesn't know me.
"I-I don't t-think s-so," Marinette says, her whole face is red.
"When did you and Adrien become a 'thing'?" Alya asks her, I can't tell if she's really happy or mad.
"W-w-we're n-not, I-I s-swear! You know you'd be the first to know" Marinette defends herself, her stuttering self coming back into the light. It's just so adorable when she stutters like that.
"Agreste, then how do you explain your words?" Alya asks, I don't know why she seems more menacing than her parents.
"W-well, it's kind of a long story but it's a nickname I gave Marinette because she is a princess..." I say, now I remember why I try not to EVER flirt around Alya.
"So you mean to tell me you aren't dating which means this beautiful lady is available," I hear Calem say interrupting our little conversation.
"I-I-I..." Marinette says, she seems to be over whelmed by all of the things happening, she suddenly just slams her head on the table.
"I think you guys broke Marinette!" Nino exclaims, I put my hand on her shoulder and hear a "sajdhjasdfghjkldmsa" out of her.
"M'lady, don't die" I say to her, half teasing her.
"I-I-I..." is all she repeats.
"See what you did!" I hiss at Calem.
"Me?! You did it too" he says to me.
"Mari... look! It's a cat dressed as pikachu!" Alya exclaims as making Marinette look up quickly.
"Lies!" she says glaring at her best friend.
"Do we have a pokemon nerd here?" Calem says as he leans in.
"I-I'm a fan..." she says, that sneaky little brat.
"Is that so? I am too," I say as I grab her by the shoulders and pull her towards me, "maybe you could go pokemon hunting with me," I say as I lean in and look into her eyes.
"Guys, can you stop flirting! Can we remember me and Mari came for some quality girl talk" Alya says irritated, "if you're going to bud in at least leave poor Mari alone" Alya says, Marinette let's out a nod and sigh.
"Now... both of you are moving to this side of the table while me and Nino will sit besides poor Mari," Alya says, we both groan but don't dare object. We get up and exchange seats with Alya and Nino who sit together next to Marinette.
"Come back soon mademoiselle. I'll be waiting for you" Calem say as he kisses her hand. We finally leave the café, after being there there for only half an hour but it felt like an eternity. The seating change did not make get phony patisserie to stop flirting with my princess. I look at Marinette who looks flustered and angry, Alya and Nino walk in front of us while we walk behind them not talking to each other.
"Well... me and Nino are... going to, uhm, go make out somewhere so bye" Alya says as she grabs Nino by the collar and walks off to who knows where. I blush at their statement and look at Marinette who is in the same state I am.
"Uhm... Marinette, I'm... I'm sorry for the way I acted back there" I apologize to her as I place my hand on the back of my neck, I know it embarrassed her to have us both act so childish.
"Mhm, you Chat and jealousy were showing," Marinette says.
"J-jealous?! M-me? I-I was n-not jealous! N-Not of h-him or anyone!" I exclaim stuttering most of my words.
"Just teasing, I know you have no reason to. You were just acting weird and rather rude to Calem" Marinette says to me.
"Rude?! Are you defending him? He was the one that was all over you!" I exclaim, how could she say I was the rude one?! He was the one that didn't stop flirting with her.
"I'm not defending him! But it's very clear he was flirting with me! He told me that from the beginning! And while I wasn't fully comfortable I knew what he was doing! While you just waltzed in there and started acting all weird! If I didn't know any better I'd say you were actually jealous!" Marinette is all worked up know, her beret even slipping off of her head.
"Well...!" is all I can say, she's right like always, I'm just jealous!
"Acting like that... it's not like you Adrien. I can't find a reason as to why you're acting like this! If you're having a bad day just say so... you know what I have to go, bye" she says to me as she turns and begins walking away from me.
"Wait Marinette," I say as I catch up to her and grab her arm.
"I-I... I was just... I don't want you to fall in love with anybody else yet, I know you said you would wait but I know you can't wait forever... but I just... I don't want you to... I don't want to you to fall in love with somebody else..." I confess to her, I look into her bluebell eyes that widen after hearing me say all of that.
I JUST SAID THAT! Oh glob no! I just said that to Marinette!
"Dumb kitty," she says as she giggles, "even if you won't say so, that sounds a lot like jealousy, being afraid to lose someone and acting that way is considered being jealous. But don't worry I said I would wait for you remember? Even if you don't ever fall in love with me, we can always be friends" she says with a smile, but I am in love with you.
I get close to her and cup her face in my hands, "Marinette, I..." I say to her as we both lean in.
"HONK!" we hear making us both jump. I turn to see my big limo parked right in front of us. We both turn red and pull away from each other, Natalie sure does know how to kill the mood.
A/N: My, my. Will these to ever kiss? Guess we'll just have to wait and see!
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