(Super Important please read at the bottom!)
Marinette fiddled with her phone as Alya fired a frenzy of text messages. Marinette laid in her bed curled up in the warmth of the covers.
A: Girl Imma give you 10 minutes to get up and get moving before I come over and drag you out of bed.
Marinette groaned and shrunk more into the covers. It was the first day of spring break and she had absolutely no intentions of getting up this early.
Mari: And if I do get up, which I'm not, what do we plan on doing?
A:I've already made plans for us, Nino and Adrien to go play laser tag at that new place.
Mari: Tell me this is not what I think it is.
A: Oh girl trust me it is.
Marinette shot up in her bed sending the pink covers flying to the side. Her tangled hair sat atop her head in a bun. She swiped her phone up into her hands furiously tapping on the screen.
Mari:When will you stop setting up double dates that aren't even double dates because Adrien and I are not dating.
A:When you actually start dating, now get up, get moving. I'll be over in 20.
Marinette sighed and ran her slim hands through her knotted hair. Swing her legs off of her bed she forced herself up and dragged herself to the closet. Letting out a very unattractive yawn, she pulled out her signature shirt and pants. Walking over to her chair Marinette wheeled herself over to her mirror. Grabbing her pink hairbrush she quickly pulled at the knots in her hair. Quickly she parted the back of her hair and tied them into pigtails. Marinette just slipped into her shoes when Alya came pounding up the stairs barging into her room.
"Get in loser we're going laser tagging!" She cheered.
Marinette laughed grabbing her tiny purse in which Tikki was already snaking on cookies in, "Oh my god you've resorted to mean girl quotes."
Marinette and Alya proceeded to skip out of her apartment both yelling goodbye as they exited the bakery. Alya pulled out her phone and started to call out directions to Marinette telling her to turn left and right through the city streets. After 20 minutes of scattered walking the girls found themselves standing outside of a tiny building sat in the middle of record shops and thrift stores. The building was nice enough to look for real but had an aged look that could be considered sketchy.
"Alrighty then," Marinette said hesitantly eyeing the building.
"Ok don't get me started on the time you got us lost at night near a bunch of strip clubs,"Alya asked taking out her phone beginning to text her boyfriend.
"In all fairness though, the drag queens were really nice." Marinette laughed embarrassed.
Marinette and Ayla both leaned up against the brick wall of the building sharing continuous laughs and giggles.
"Hello ladies!" Ninos voiced exclaimed jogging up to the two teens.
Alya greeted Nino by placing a delicate kiss on his cheek and intertwining her fingers with his. This left Marinette standing awkwardly next to the couple as Adrien shifted his weight, standing off to the side. Marinette furiously tried to hide the blush that fluttered across her steaming face. She looked over towards Adrien, had he gotten taller? Marinette now realized that she had to glance upward in order to see to the top of him. Marinette pushed that thought to the back of her mind when she saw him shift his eyes to connect with her. He flashed a wry smile and greeted her with a simple wave.
It had been some time since Adrien caught wind of Marionettes crush on him, and he didn't necessarily not feel the same way. He thought of Marinette as this super goddess that could do anything that life demanded all while rocking a perfect outfit. It just wasn't easy to feel that way considering the only other women that loved him disappeared from his life. Adrien loved the thought of being able to wrap his arms around Marinette's small waist and hold her hands till he hand to physically pry himself away from her. But this was not the case, he refused to let that emotion show in fear of the result.
"Hey Dude, earth to Adrien," Nino said snapping Adrien out of his trance, "If you're done, can we go in?" He jokingly replied.
Adrien's face was beat red as he heard Marinette giggle looking off to the side. Adrien mumbled a quick response and walked right to the door holding it open for everyone. Marinette scurried behind the couple who couldn't get a room as they whispered cringe worthy pet names to each other.
"Ya know they really don't care about PDA," Adrien spoke softly into Marinette's ear and he trailed behind her.
"Tell me about it," Marinette confirmed nodding her head, "Have you seen the snaps they seen each other?"
"More than I care to admit" Adrien said.
The two followed Alya and Nino through the dim lit space that was loud and full of their classmates. The lobby area had edm music blaring and was stocked with workers at the front counter wearing neon yellow shirts.
"Welcome, the general rules are listed here and the prices here." The middle aged women pointed out two glowing signs hanging above the the patterned counter. "Once you guys have agreed i'm just gonna need you to sign a weaver and you're good to go." She smiled handing each one a form and placing scattered pens in front of them. Each teen pulled the money from their respective wallets silently handing it to the girl. She patiently waited as they scribbled their signatures and handed her back the forms.
"Welp you guys are all set you can wait over by that door" The women said pointing to a large metal gray door.
Marinette, Adrien, Nino, and Alya shared looks of excitement as they shuffled towards the door. After 5 minutes of small talk a young guy stepped out from the metal door. He held 4 fake neon pistol guns and 4 variously size black vests with light up spots on them.
"Alrighty so each person needs to grab a gun and a vest that best fits them" The kid explained, "The squares on your vest will light up if your shot basically you need to aim for any of those spots." The boy started handing out the supplies to the group, "And once you're out find the nearest exit and stand by it" He paused, "And when the final person loses and the winner is chosen the lights will come on and that's your signal to leave through the exist."
The four nodded in unison as they suited up. Marinettes vest was a bit too big for her but way to way to fit Alya, so she was stuck with it hanging over her shoulder to the side. Alya's fit her like a glove placed perfectly against her frame. Ninos width fit into it but his shortness made the vest come down past his butt, and poor Adrien couldn't even zip the front of his due to him being too tall and muscular. Marinette laughed at the sight as she struggled to keep her up.
"And if you're all reading I'm just going to lead you to different entrances and once you are in the game begins." The teen explained.
Nino decided to stay at the first exit waving to his friends as they were led to a 'staff only' door that expanded to a well lit hallway with a stretch of doors along the left side. Alya decided to stop off at the first, Adrien stopped at the second, and finally Marinette stopped at the 3rd door turning the black handle and opening the door.
(Ok please read this because I want everyone to understand that I'm not abandoning the story! But I need a break in reality. These past couple weeks have been like torture trying to shove ideas out into storys. And now that the show is on break its been really hard to keep up SO I have decided for my sake to go on a small break. I will continue to write my heart out while on break but I want everyone to understand that theses past 2 weeks Iv written every single week and only get like 3 sentences out, so its been a struggle. I just feel as if my ideas are dry and I need to bathe in the waters of good ideas. If you read my Hamilton fanfic I will still be writing that because I only have one chapter of that so far! Anyways thank you for sticking with me and there will be a continuation of this chapter when I get back from my break. Thank you for liking and reviewing!)