Someone on AO3 asked where the broom went in the last chapter. I've got 3 possible explanations for you: 1) Marinette didn't notice Adrien put the broom down, 2) I wrote it at 2am when I should've been going to bed, or 3) the broom is actually a sentimonster and walked away of its own accord. Believe what you will. (hint: it was 2am. lesson one: always proofread your work, kids.)

Day 5 – Statue

Marinette should've known better than to think her reporter best friend wouldn't want to know why she showed up late to study hall with Adrien Agreste opening the door for her.

"—And he bowed, Marinette! What in the world happened?" Alya gasped, sitting on Marinette's chaise. "Girl, tell me everything."

Marinette smiled as she turned in her computer chair towards her captive audience. "Nothing happened, really," She started. "We bumped into each other in the hallway and he walked me to class. He was acting kind of funny though."

"Uh, yeah he was acting funny!" Alya threw her hands up. "You looked amazing today! He must've thought you were hot stuff and was hiding that blush of his."

"Actually," Marinette tapped her finger to her chin. "You may be onto something."

Alya's eyes looked like they were going to pop right out of her skull. "What do you mean, 'on to something'? What did he say, girl?!"

Marinette giggled. "He told me he liked my hair up like this."

"He did WHAT?!" Alya stood up quickly and almost dropped her phone. "And you're only just now telling me this?!"

"We had class!" Alya raised an eyebrow. "Also, I was still processing the face that we had an actual conversation where I didn't sound like a babbling fool. Plus he complimented my hair! He complimented me, Alya!" Marinette swooned dramatically, raising the back of her hand to her forehead.

"Ok, that's it," Marinette looked up at her friend to see a determined expression on her face. "You're going to confess to him, and soon."

Marinette's eyes went wide. "What?! Why?!"

"He's complimenting you, girl! That means he likes you!"

"N-no it doesn't!" Marinette held her hands up. "He could just be complimenting me like a model would compliment another model friend or something. Plus, every time I try to confess, something always goes wrong. Did I tell you about the last time?"

"Which one? The letter that ended up being a prescription for a laxative? Or the time on his fifth names day?"

Marinette shuddered at the reminder. She hadn't thought about that day in a long time. "No, the other time. At the wax museum."

Alya shook her head and sat back down. "You mean that time we all went together?"

"Yeah. It's a long story, but… He pretended to be a statue and so I tried to sike myself up to actually confess by…" Marinette squeezed her eyes shut in an attempt to forget the embarrassment. "by confessing to a statue of him that wasn't actually a statue and I almost kissed it."

Marinette couldn't see Alya's face, but she could guess her friend was feeling the second hand embarrassment. "Oh, Marinette."

"I know," she groaned. "But it wasn't all bad, I guess. I told him afterward I knew it was him the whole time and was pranking him back. He seemed to buy it since he didn't start to act weird around me afterwards."

"Why didn't you tell me? I could've sent Nino on an investigative mission."

"I didn't think about it, I guess." Marinette finally opened her eyes to stare at the floor. "Besides, he told me in the care ride home he liked Kagami."

"What?!" Alya shrieked again. "Why is this the first time I'm hearing about all of this?"

"I just felt really stupid, I don't know." Marinette slumped in her chair. "He didn't technically say Kagami's name anyway. He just said something about how the girl he likes doesn't like his jokes. I assumed it was Kagami since they're pretty much dating now."

Alya got up and wrapped her arms around Marinette. "Well, if it's any consolation, it doesn't seem to me like they're dating. Nino would be bugging me about double dates if they were, I'm sure of it."

Marinette smiled. Alya always knew just how to comfort her and she was so grateful to have such an amazing friend. "I guess it helps. Anyway, I don't want to think about it anymore. Do you want to watch a movie since you're here?"

"Yeah, girl!" Alya said moving towards the trapdoor. "I heard about this new movie that came out pretty recently…"

Marinette followed her friend downstairs as she talked about the movie they were going to watch. She didn't care. She was going to be brainstorming the letter she was going to confess to Adrien with. The newest one, at least.

I officially have an outline for the rest of the month. It's pretty rough still, but I am so excited to get it all out! This will officially be my longest story ever.

Anyway, leave me a comment if you enjoyed this even if it's just an emoji or something! It makes my heart so happy to know that my hard work is appreciated.