girl talk ~ talkin bout bois.. you know that vine with the chickens having a sleepover? that's what's happening here.
Day 21 – Magic
"Tikki, I think Adrien might be starting to have feelings for me too," Marinette stared through the trapdoor above her.
"Do you really?" Tikki clapped her tiny hands together.
"Yeah," she sighed reminiscing on the past few weeks. "I mean, he invited me to a photoshoot today, he's complimented me a lot lately, and the whole thing with the piano lesson?" Marinette shivered. "It was magical."
Faint, tinkling giggles were heard from the corner of the room. "That's one word for it."
Marinette flipped over to look at her kwami. "What do you think, Tikki? You were there. Do you think Adrien is starting to like me back?"
"Actually, Marinette," Tikki wrung her hands together. "I wasn't exactly paying attention to you and Adrien."
Marinette squinted her eyes. "What do you mean?"
"Well," Tikki cleared her throat. "The thing is," Tikki's uncharacteristic stammering was officially making her nervous. "I was meeting with another kwami at the time so I-"
"You what?" Marinette rounded on the kwami. "What if Hawkmoth had struck? What if Paris needed Ladybug? What if Adrien had seen you?"
"Marinette, calm down," Tikki held her hands up to placate her. "I wasn't far away, I promise!"
Marinette took a deep breath. "Tikki, that was really dangerous, but I'm glad you were honest with me. But please, don't do that again."
The kwami held up her hand. "Pinky swear."
Marinette smiled and wrapped her pinky finger around the kwami's arm. The two settled back down on her bed.
"What were you doing talking to another kwami, anyhow?" Marinette questioned after a few moments of silence.
"I don't want to bother you with kwami nonsense."
"Oh really?" Marinette cocked an eyebrow. "Like the time with magic cheese? And the night Sandboy attacked?"
She heard the kwami sigh beside her. "If you must know, I hadn't seen Plagg in a while, and he happened to be near the Agreste mansion."
Marinette smirked. "So you have a thing for Plagg?"
"What? No! Absolutely not!"
"Liar," she teased.
"I do not have a thing for that stinky sock."
"Aw, you have a nickname for him, too?"
"For your information," Tikki huffed, "Plagg and I have been close for millennia. We were the first two kwami in existence and, since we're such opposites, our energies are tied to each other. We've been together since the beginning of time. Forgive me if I like to see my best friend every once in a while."
"Hey, I thought I was your best friend!"
"You are," Tikki conceded. "Plagg is my oldest friend."
Marinette giggled. "Ok, I'm sorry. I won't tease you about it anymore."
"Thank you."
"But you have to admit, it would be a pretty cute love story," she winked.
Tikki smiled at her chosen. "I suppose it would. If we were capable of romantic love, that is."
Marinette hummed in response, already feeling the tug of sleep. "I'd like to think Adrien and I have a cute story, too."
"Time will tell, Marinette. It always does."