When they got to the movies Nino waiting outside with his headphones on. It was actually a nice day out but the slight chill made the group feel less guilty about staying inside to watch a movie.
"Hey, ladies how's it going?" Nino asked while putting his headphones around his neck.
"Good, is Adrien almost-"
"I'm here!" Adrien said from behind the two girls, cutting Alya off mid-sentence.
"Sweet let's get the tickets!" Alya said leading the way. Adrien turned to Marinette to her surprise.
"How are you today?" his smile was soft and sweet just like him, Marinette thought.
"I-I'm doing well thanks, how did your photo shoot go this morning?" She asked as they walked into the theater, the smell of popcorn filling their noses.
"It went well, super early though," he slumped to emphasizes.
"Talk about early, this girl was up at 5am for some unknown reason!" Alya said nudging Marinette as they got into the line. Marinette's face flushed a bit remembering this morning.
"Wow! That's so early! Did you at least see the sunrise?" He asked with a grin making her face heat up more. Both Marinette and Adrien thinking 'if only they knew"
"Yeah for a bit then I fell back asleep for a while."
"ALSO! Did you all see the amazing picture someone submitted to the Ladyblog? It was of Chat Noir during the sunrise!" Alya said excitedly then suddenly turned to her friend.
"Wait, you didn't happen to see Chat Noir while you were watching the sunrise did you?" Alya grabbed her friends arm staring intensely at her. With the focus on Marinette, no one realized Adrien's eyes widen in shock.
"I don't think I did… I mean I thought I saw something move on one of the buildings but I was just tired so who knows." Marinette responded, her heart beating faster and trying to think of a way out of this conversation.
"That's still really cool Marinette! Oh, it looks like we're next" Adrien said walking up to the booth.
"Two tickets for Thor: Ragnarok please." He said exchanging the money with the cashier.
"Thank you!" He said to the cashier, then turned to Marinette and gave her one of the tickets.
"And here you go!" He smiled. Marinette looked at him slightly stunned.
"What- I- you don't have to!" She said pushing the ticket towards him.
"Hey move along slow pokes you're holding up the line!" Alya said nudging her friends out of the way with a smile.
"Too late already bought it! And anyway we're all going back to your place later it's the least I could do." Marinette was shocked and had no idea how to react, her crush just bought her tickets for the movies! She told herself mentally to play it cool despite the frantic beating of her heart.
"Fine but I'm buying the popcorn!" she said taking the ticket and walking towards the concessions with determination.
"Fine with me!" Adrien responded with a smile following his friend.
Adrien hoped that he wasn't too obvious, he just wanted to help his friend out. She looked so sad this morning he just wanted to do something as Adrien as well.
"One large popcorn and two water bottles, please," she asked politely.
How had he never really hang out with Marinette that much before? They had hung out a few times but it she wouldn't talk much and when she did she would stutter, he felt bad for intimidating her somehow. Recently however, he felt she was overcoming it and that was so special to him.
"I see you dude," Nino said pulling Adrien out of his thoughts.
"What?"
"It took you long enough to finally make a move" He eyed Marinette who was putting butter on the popcorn. Oh, he thought he liked her, Adrien thought.
"Nah we're just friends, she seemed down or something and I wanted to help that's all." Adrien told his best friend.
"Anyways when are you making a move on Alya? You've been waiting on the sidelines forever." Adrien teased as Marinette walked over.
"Shut up man," Nino said giving Adrien a playful shove.
As they walked into the theater they found some good seats right in the middle. Marinette sat in between Alya and Adrien so she could share the popcorn. Before the previews started Marinette suddenly turned to him.
"I forgot to ask, how is your friend doing? The one you were worried about the other day, are they doing better?"
Marinette asked with eyes full of concern. It took Adrien a second to realize what she was talking about and was surprised she remembered. He had been lost in thought about Ladybug and the dreams when Marinette asked the other day. Now they could talk to each other things were getting a bit better he hoped, minus what dream his Lady had the previous night.
"They're doing better, yeah. Thanks for remembering that's really cool of you" Adrien told her, in the dark he did see her cheeks reddin slightly.
"That's what friends do." She said as the first preview began. Wow, Adrien thought, if he hadn't fallen for Ladybug….
Thanks for reading!
I am aware that Thor has been out for a while but for the purpose of this story they are seeing it.
One of the reasons I love this show is because she is a superhero designer, everything I want to be, and I am a senior studying design in college and I am actually in Paris this whole month! So hopefully the scenery and designing inspire me to write a little more when I have downtime!