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A Miraculous Halloween
Chapter 3: Daters And Haters
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It was the week of the Halloween dance, and Marinette was down in the dumps. She had absolutely no problem with making Alya's devil costume. The thing is, she used Alya's costume need to distract her from her own Ladybug costume.
She had no idea how to get out of this costume mess... her being Ladybug had advantages and disadvantages.
This week was one of those MAJOR disadvantages.
She entered the classroom and sat down at her desk, bringing out her sketchbook to continue designing Alya's costume.
"Heeey Mari!" Alya smiled widely, "How are our costumes going?"
"Great," Mari lied through her teeth, "Just great."
The thing is, being an undercover superhero required you to be an expert liar. You need to lie to practically EVERYBODY. Marinette regretted that one of the people she had to lie to was Alya.
It was hard to lie at your best friend, especially if your BFF was a reporter.
Marinette sighed, shading a part of the devil dress to accentuate Alya's shoulders.
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Adrien entered the classroom to see the boys widely grinning, with a mix of avid excitement and clear nervousness.
He knew. He knew that they knew.
He knew that they knew that today was the day the boys would have to ask out the girls as their Halloween dance's dates.
He sat down at his bench with Nino, and silently (but expectantly) waited for their homeroom teacher to come in.
Soon, Miss Bustier entered the classroom. "Settle down, class!"
Miss Bustier announced, "As you all know, this Friday we will be having the annual Halloween costume party. I do hope you all have progressed on your costumes.
"Anyways, the higher batches had asked out dates for the dance last year, and this year I recommend you to do the same. I will be giving this homeroom time for the boys to think of who you will bring as a date, and you boys should ask out your dates while you st-"
"Ahem, ahem."
Miss Bustier was interrupted by someone trying to get the class's attention.
Everyone looked to see who was clearing their throat. Adrien turned to his right to see an empty seat beside him, and a Nino fidgeting nervously on the aisle between the sets of seats.
"Alya? Could you come here?" Nino asked politely. Though his confident stance, his voice matched the nervousness of his face.
Alya was quietly wondering why. Walking over to him, she gasped when Nino dropped down on one knee.
Nino drew out a small square purple velvet box, and almost all his classmates gasped in evident surprise.
'OHNO OHNO OHNO OHNO OHNO NINO.. I asked you to ask her out not PROPOSE! Nino please don't PROPOSE to Alya...' Adrien thought, panicked.
He looked around, and it seemed that familiar faces were in a similar state.
Alya visibly paled from when she had walked to Nino. Her hand was now resting on Nino's, ever since his best friend had took it.
Marinette, Alya's best friend, was holding two hands up to her mouth in the act of trying to suppress a terrified gasp, but failing.
Miss Bustier was staring at the small box with a shocked expression and wide eyes saying a lot of words.
Nino was very nervous, he had even started to sweat. His forehead was clearly shiny.
"Alya Césaire," Nino grinned a creepily much-too-big grin at a still-shocked Alya. "Will you be my..." Nino opened the box to reveal a silver ring topped with a dark amethyst.
"Uh, EXCUSE ME MISS BUSTIER?" Chloe said loudly, she practically shouted. "Can I go to the bathroom? This thingy is boring me." The brat yawned.
Miss Bustier gestured for Chloe to go out, but everyone else was oblivious to the mayor's daughter.
When Chloe left the room, all eyes were back on the couple-to-be standing on the aisle.
"My date for the Halloween dance?" Nino finished, his facial expression looking super hopeful.
The tension in the room slowly relaxed, all classmates (and teacher) sighing with relief after they heard the words: DATE FOR THE HALLOWEEN DANCE.
Who can blame them? Nino just committed a very proposal-like move.
Alya gasped at the beautiful ring in the box. "You did this all..." Alya whispered solemnly, with tears in her eyes. "for ME?"
Nino nodded, wiping the sweat from his brow.
"Then yes, I DO want to be your date!" Alya grinned an even WIDER grin than Nino's (Adrien didn't think it was possible).
The girl and the boy hugged each other happily, while the class cheered.
Adrien smiled. He loved seeing Nino so happy.
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Marinette sighed with delight. Nino's asking out was sooooo romantic! She sincerely hoped that the someone who would ask her out would be like that.
Sure, she was super surprised because she thought that Nino would ACTUALLY PROPOSE, but her surprise turned to sheer happiness (and a bit of relief) when Nino said it was just the date.
Still, the scene was so romantic that Marinette was almost moved to tears.
Alya returned to her seat, beaming brightly, her eyes shining. "OMG girl, I really thought he was going to propose, I was so shocked. But him asking me out was JUST as romantic as a proposal. I'm soooo touched!"
Marinette smiled. She loved seeing Alya so happy.
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Adrien reached into the pocket of his designer jeans and fished out a lapis lazuli bracelet lined with aquamarine jewels. He had brought the expensive jewelry for whoever he would go to the dance with (EXCEPT Chloe, of course).
And he really hoped that someone would be Marinette.
Adrien was pretty sure his father wouldn't mind if he took this bracelet item. After all, it was discarded on the "failed designs" pile.
Honestly, Adrien didn't have a clue on why this fancy, beautiful bracelet was in the failure pile.
It was perfect, rare, and contained gems that are very hard to find.
Hm, maybe because it reminded Gabriel of his mother, who loved the color blue.
Ever since his mother left and never came back, his father had never been the same. The cold, distant dad he knew now? Before, he could laugh and smile and care for Adrien when his mom was still there.
Now? After his mom mysteriously disappeared and al info on her went 'poof!', Gabriel had kept a emotionless face.
Adrien was driven away from his thoughts when he saw a red-haired Nathaniel (who had a MAJOR crush on Marinette) advance on Marinette, holding a neatly folded piece of pink paper.
'He must be giving her one of his drawings.' Adrien concluded.
It wasn't as extravagant as Nino's presentation or as expensive as Adrien's plan, but it was still romantic and sweet enough for Marinette to fall for it.
It was enough for Marinette to say 'yes' to Nathaniel.
But then again, Nathaniel could only ask Marinette out if he beat Adrien to it.
It was on.
He made sure bratty Chloe was still in the bathroom so she couldn't interfere, and then set his eyes on the fair Marinette.
Adrien dashed towards the blue-haired girl, who was innocently chatting with Alya but froze upon Adrien's arrival.
Behind Marinette, he saw a flicker of anger and disappointment in Nathaniel's eyes.
Adrien grinned his signature smile that made girls swoon, and said with sincere emotion, "Marinette, would you go with me to the Halloween dance?" Adrien did his best puppy-eyes. "Please?!" He pleaded, not wanting to be left in the clutches of the evil Chloe monster.
Adrien held up the bracelet.
Marinette was speechless.
Alya was quaking in excitement right beside Marinette.
But why, oh WHY did Chloe decide to come in the classroom right that moment?!
"Ohhhh ADRIKINS!" Chloe's irritating voice sing-songed as she opened the door. "I do believe you have something to ask-"
Her voice came to a halt when he saw Adrien offering the bracelet to Marinette.
Chloe's face was as if Adrien had just proposed to an alien who came from Pluto who had killed his mom. "Adrikins, ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND? You're supposed to be asking moi, not Mari-trash!"
Chloe's great look of fury was suddenly directed right to Marinette.
"You-you... man-eater..." Chloe was raging, stepping up to Marinette's table and slammed her balled up fists on it.
Marinette's eyes widened in anger. Man-eater? She wasn't that. Rather, that was the perfect description of Chloe's attitude.
Marinette stood up, banging her palms on her table with the same energy as when Chloe did.
Adrien's face blanched. 'Uh-oh.'
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Oookay guys, I'm leaving it at this. I'm so sorry I haven't posted an update for the past week... High school is so cruel. SOO please leave a review, a follow, or a fav if you liked it! Until next time!