Ring Ring Ring. Waking up for school I sit up and prepare myself for the day, walking to school I frown slightly since I can't take a scenic route again but at least I won't be late today. Arriving at school with just a few minutes I take my seat near the back like usual checking on the Pluto who is currently playing angry birds on my phone in my bookbag "Whatever you do don't kill my battery" I whisper inside the bag "Don't worry just one more level" is the only response I get. "Okay class you will have the first few minutes of class to finish up the project and we will start presenting, and Chloe will you please come here for a second." This time Adrien moves up to where i'm sitting taking a seat across from my bookbag "What do you think the teacher wants with Chloe" "I think I have an idea" I answer cryptically with a smirk "Well whatever you did at least she isn't bothering us right now" "WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO THIS PROJECT BY MYSELF DO YOU KNOW WHO MY DADDY IS" Chloe yells clearly upset by the prospect of actually having to do work "Caleb I don't know what you said but I owe you big time, you know you're the only except for Marinette that will stand up to Chloe" "Well someone has to do something." A few minutes later the teacher starts calling up groups to present and eventually she calls on me and Adrien to come up and present "Today we will be talking about what to do in case of an akuma attack" Adrien starts off "Yes in case of an akuma attack the best thing to do is to run and hide" I say having memorized my part "And if you know where the akuma is hiding on the individual you are to try and tell LadyBug or Cat Noir" "Or Ruff Rider" I say not wanting to be left out "Or Ruff Rider" Adrien confirms. "Thank you Caleb and Adrien please take your seat now." The rest of class was filled with different presentations on how to survive different ordeals "Okay class since your presentations were all up to standard there will be no homework tonight" after class was over Adrien couldn't make it to the lesson today because he had to makeup for the photoshoot and instead told to keep working on the stuff I know.
Heading home I check my phone for the time only to see Pluto killed my battery "Pluto what did I say" "Say about what" "Killing my battery" "Well you see I was gonna get off but the pigs were taunting me" Pluto said with puppy dog eyes "Well i'll forget about this time but don't think that look will work again" "What look" he says innocently. Arriving at my house I start charging my phone and turn on my computer checking the LadyBlog to see if anything special is happening, scrolling through the site I see a post by Alya. 'I will be at the park this afternoon to record the fundraiser in the hopes that it will earn enough money to keep the park going for another year' "Hey Pluto there is a fundraiser at the park want to take a walk" "By walk do you mean talk with Alya" "No" "Whatever you say." "Time to Play" as the transformation completes I look out my window, seeing no one is outside I jump down and head for the park. Woah the park is packed, scanning the crowd from behind a tree I look for a certain redhead "Ruff Rider what are you doing" jumping out of my skin I actually hit my head on a branch. Turning around I see Alya "Did I scare you" "No, I jumped because I felt like it" "You purposely slammed your head on a branch" "Exactly" I say pretending to pout "Oh you look so cute when you're embarrassed" realizing what she said both of us turn really red really quickly "So you're here for the fundraiser" I ask changing the subject "Yeah i'm taking pictures for the blog to promote it and you" "I thought if Ruff Rider showed up more people would come but it looks like the entire city of Paris is here" "And what if your normal self showed up" "Wouldn't you like to know" I saw teasingly, the blush from earlier still not fully away yet. "Hmm I have an idea" Alya says after recomposing herself "I can't seem to get a good angle to take pictures but maybe if we had a very strong superhero who could get us a higher vantage point but I just don't know anyone like that" "I might but I don't know if he will do it what's in it for him" "Macarons if he's lucky" "And if he's unlucky" "A leash." Both smiling at eachother ask "So do you have a spot in mind" "Well there is a tree nearby that is perfect but the limbs were too high to climb" "Lead me to it" as we walk over there Alya glares daggers at any girl who gets close but I have no idea why. Reaching the tree I look up and a problem occurs to me how am I going to get up there with Alya. Turning to look at Alya I notice a little pink on her cheeks, probably from the sun. Then an idea hits me, sweeping up Alya into my arms I jump on one of the lower branches and set her down. She looks away from me and mumbles something about the heat, "So is this a good angle" "Yes it's perfect, shush the mayor is about to speak." As she is taken picture I notice she is using the camera attachment I bought her "So like the camera" "Yes I do actually it records in 4k which I don't know if you understand that but it is really good" After awhile of sitting there and watching Alya take photos, well just watching Alya and how the sunlight seems to dance in her eyes, the fundraiser ends "Okay Ruff Rider it's time to get down" "oh- Okay" I say snapping out of it I jump down to the ground "Ruff Rider did you forget something up here" "No, jump i'll catch you" "What you want me to jump" "Don't worry I got this" "Okay." When I go to catch Alya her momentum drags us down to the ground, looking up I see Alya is laying right on top of me "See I told you I would catch you" I say my cheeks feeling like they are on fire, Alya bolts up off of me with a deep crimson red across her face "I-I-I knew that was a bad idea" "Are you okay" "Yeah, what about your ego" "What do you mean" Alya holds up her phone "I recorded the entire thing" "You wouldn't" "Well maybe but it might cost a few answers to keep me silent" "How many is a few" "Let's go for five." Standing up now I hold my hand out to help her up once she takes it I pull her near me "That can be arranged" "You know you don't have to act the hero when you're around me" "Are you sure you would still want to hang out if I acted like anything else" "I don't know wanna find out." "Alya there you are hey is that Ruff Rider" Marinette runs over to us, as she gets closer me and Alya take a step away from each other both of us red as a tomato. "Hey Marinette I was just talking to Ruff Rider" "I see so are we still on for movie night" "Yeah totally let's go, see you next time Ruff Rider" "C'ya Alya" as they walk away I hear the words 'flirting' and 'like' used a lot but not much else. Wait a minute I never got my macarons, but I did hang out with Alya so I don't mind. Finding a place to detransform I walk home with what could be classified as the world's biggest smile, a few minutes from my house I spot a store doing a raffle with a grand prize of two Jagged Stone concert tickets I may not know who that is but it could be cool. Deciding to enter I walk over to the store and enter my name and address, not expecting to win I head home for the day.
Getting home I walk up to my room and start the computer up, opening the LadyBlog to see if she posted the video of her jumping I am surprised when instead I find a video of me and Alya talking up in the tree with the caption 'Is Ruff Rider taken?' Pluto seeing this laughs "No but he is horrible at flirting" "I was not flirting" "Yeah because what you were doing was just talking to a friend, but I don't see you talk to Adrien like that." Opening up my mouth for a rebuttal I quickly close it, was I flirting, was Alya flirting. Going to bed that night I start thinking about this afternoon's events. Trying to sort it out in my head.
This may not be home yet but at least i'm close to figuring things out.
(Thanks for reading. So I am in the process of coming up with a nickname that Alya will eventually call Ruff Rider and a nickname Ruff Rider will eventually call Alya but if you have one that you think would be amazing please PM me or leave it in a comment I might like it so much that I choose it over what I come up with or maybe it will inspire something in the story so don't be shy. No idea is a bad idea.)