Less than an hour later, Mari received an email from Chat. The tone was decently flirty, but overall respectful. Before agreeing to anything, however, Marinette wanted to make sure all of her bases were covered. The situation was kind of weird. Chat Noir could literally be anybody in Paris, and she didn't want to get stuck in an uncomfortable or dangerous situation.
She responded to his email, saying that she would still go on a date with him, on the condition that he FaceTime her first. Mari included her number before logging off her Minecraft account and starting some homework. Becoming a rising Minecraft influencer didn't mean stopping high school!
An hour went by. Then two, then three.
Mari's phone screen lit up suddenly. She ignored it, thinking it was just an Instagram or Twitter notification. Her phone quickly began to buzz and she grabbed her phone.
FaceTime call from…Adrien?
She picked up right away, her hands shaking. Why was he calling her? Mari and Adrien had just now really become friends, but he was way too smart to be asking Mari for homework help, and way too busy to be taking a social call.
She clicked the green answer button. "Hey Adrien, what's up?"
"HELLO LADYBUG! THE LOVE OF MY LIFE! I CANT BELIEVE ITS BEEN YOU THIS WHOLE TIME!"
Mari held the phone farther from her face. He was so loud. "Wait," she began to put the pieces together. "Are you Chat Noir?"
He winked at her. "The one and only." Mari felt a blush creeping up her face.
"Well this is kind of weird."
Adrien scoffed. "Mari there is nothing weird about finding out one of your friends happens to be a decently famous YouTube gamer."
Mari chuckled darkly. "No Adrien. The fact that you want to go out but we're already friends in real life."
Adrien rolled his eyes. "Oh Marinette, that's the least of my worries. 2000. I'll pick you up. Wear something nice. Goodbye buggaboo!" As quickly as he appeared, Chat Noir was gone. Mari had a long, minecraft-filled road ahead of her. Hopefully this was the beginning of a beautiful collab.
this was physically exhausting for me to write, so if you made it this far i commend you.