Author Note: Hello everyone and Merry Christmas! :D
Here is the new chapter of "Not a Good idea". Finally! I actually have a idea for a Christmas Special, but due Christmas preperations and School I had no time to actually write it. But don't worry! I will write and upload it, before the New Year starts! I just wanted to turn my full Attention to my bigger Project, which probably is more important to you. ;D As a little Special i made it longer than the usual chapters are, but please don't expect that all chapters will be that long from now on. I just can´t offer a long chapter all the time.
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Adrien finally reached Nino´s house. He needed more time than he thought. Okay, it could be because of the little brunch he had at a café, which practically was a croissant and a cup of cappuccino. He was quite hungry and didn´t know why.
It could be because of the two days I lived on the streets. There wasn´t exactly much too eat.
He shook his head, trying to get the unwanted memory out of his head.
I should think about school! Not that! Hopefully it distracts me. But I know that I can get a clear head when I´m at Nino´s. He´s one of the best friends a guy could want. Besides Marinette. She´s so kind and helpful, it would´ve been a shame if I never met her.
He needed to smile at the thought and didn´t know why. He shook his head again. After all distracting things were out of the way he rang the doorbell. Nothing moved. He waited two minutes until he pressed the button again. Still nothing.
Where could he be?
Adrien began to turned his mobile on and looked at the clock.
Hmm … it´s 12.36 pm. I´m a little bit late but not much. So why is he not responding?
He glanced a second time on his mobile.
He didn´t send any messages too. I wonder what´s wrong. Did I came the wrong day?!
He glanced at his mobile for the third time.
No. It´s Saturday. We agreed to meet this Saturday at his home. So where could he be?
He pressed the button for the doorbell a third time. After a minute, there was still no response. After some moments, he decided to call Nino and ask what was going on. He holded the phone at his ear and waited for Nino to pick up. Gladly it didn´t took that long.
"Hey dude, I actually wanted to call you in a sec."
"Yeah hey, I was wondering where you are. Haven´t we agreed to meet today, or am I wrong?"
"No dude, you´re perfectly right, but something, or better someone, stood in the way."
"Yeah alright but that doesn´t answer my question!"
Adrien was a little bit pissed. He wasn´t angry at him. Never! But let´s be honest, who wouldn´t be a little annoyed? He was happy to get a little distraction, forget about his problems, even when they should not be forgotten about, and get done with the presentation. But now they were just more of those sweet, little, annoying problems. Adrien sighed to get his composure back.
"Sorry Nino. I didn´t mean to shout at you. But I´m very tired."
He heard someone say something, but couldn´t make out who it was or what that someone said. It was definitely someone near Nino. Nino then said something to this someone, which he couldn´t hear either, and then turned his attention back to Adrien.
"It´s alright Adrien. I already saw at school yesterday that you were quite sleepy. Is something wrong?"
Adrien sighed. He knew that those questions would come soon, but he still couldn´t think of any good excuses. It seems lying is the best option right know.
"Nothing´s wrong. I just don´t sleep well these days, but that is soon over. I just need a long nap, that´s all."
"If you say so." Nino answered a bit sceptically.
"So" Adrien said to turn the conversation to the topic at hand. "Where are you?"
"Right now I´m at Marinette´s." Nino said casually.
Adrien was a little bit shocked.
Why is he …?
"Why are you at Marinette´s?"
"Alya called me that something is off and that Marinette hides something. After she promised that I could get some sweets from the bakery, I walked there. You actually called me shortly after I arrived."
Wait.
Alya called him? Saying that something was off about Marinette? Oh crap.
Hopefully she doesn´t suspect anything. Hopefully Marinette isn´t suffering from Alya´s questions. And if she is? And if Alya doesn´t want to talk to Marinette again, because she thinks that Marinette doesn´t trust her enough to tell her secrets about herself? It would be all my fault!
The only thing that brought him back to reality was a kwami, which punched against his chest furiously. Plagg seems to have noticed that Adrien was deep in thought, worrying about something. He was proud of himself. He already knows his chosen this well, that he knew that he was worrying about something. He mentally patted his back as he recognized that Adrien was now again talking to Nino.
"No, no everything alright. I just spaced out a little bit."
Adrien said, trying to keep a normal tone but failing horribly. He knows that this will lead to a bigger conversation in the future, but now he needs to focus on the task at hand.
"Alright if you say so, dude."
Said Nino on the other line.
"You can come over if you want. I don´t plan to stay very long. After we´re done here, we could walk back home and finish this presentation."
Adrien sighed.
Again.
For the seventh time or so.
"Alright I´m on my way."
They said their goodbyes and Adrien put his phone back into his pocket.
Well, this could be interesting.
He thought and made his way to the Dupain-Cheng bakery, mentally hoping and praying to god that this will end well. But he knew how Alya could get and wasn´t very optimistic.
"What the heck is going on?!" Alya shouted again furiously.
It was the fourth or maybe fifth time Alya said this and every time it got louder until she was screaming at Marinette. At this point Marinette was glad that her parents were not home. The conversation that this screaming would have caused wasn´t even imaginable. It would have been something she couldn´t get rid of in thousand years. Luckily she just had this one … although it was Alya she was talking to and it as about her crush on Adrien and the pictures and … ok she was wrong. This was going to be an unimaginable conversation. She gulped at that and stared at Alya like she did as this screaming started and hoped that she didn´t saw the little bit of saliva that went down her throat. But she didn´t think so. It was, as I said, just a little bit of saliva because her mouth was like Death Valley. Dry and cracked like the ground there, because of her fear and worry. And she was worried alright. She knew Alya well enough to know that she would never shout at her for long or even touch her in a violent way.
Never!
But know she wasn´t so sure anymore.
And she didn´t know why.
Of course it is a big deal when your best friend has a crush, but Marinette was sure that she wasn´t any different from any other teenage girl with a crush. She´s very happy that Alya cares for her that much, but this is going a little bit out of hand.
"Hello. Earth to Marinette. Are you still in there, because I need answers. Now!"
Marinette shook her head which was roughly brought back to reality by Alya´s voice. She wasn´t talking that loud and mad anymore and that calmed her down, well mostly, but she knew that Alya could change her mood very quick. She was still far away from being freed of this dangerous area and she knew that all to well. Marinette must have spaced away again because Alya was now waving with her hand in front of her face. Alya, who noticed that Marinette´s mind was back on earth, quickly began to talk again.
"So, now no spacing out again! Since I have your full attention, do you mind to explain to me why this all"
Alya pointed with her hand to the desktop and wall, where the pictures used to be, to emphasis her point.
"Happened?!"
Marinette blinked a few times, still trying to find something which could help her out of this current situation.
"Uhh ….. Umm …. I-I…" She began to stutter out.
"No don´t say anything. I´m calling Nino."
Marinette, still shocked and confused of course, couldn´t comprehend this complete situation right know. Because of that she needed some time to get the information in her head that Alya is calling Nino because of this. Only when Alya already pressed her mobile at her ear and heard the familiar beeping sound, she could muster some of her strength to say something.
"W-why?"
Was all she could let out. Well, I didn´t say that it was a lot of strength. Alya looked at her and wanted to respond but then Nino answered and she quickly turned her attention back to her phone.
"Yeah hello to you to Nino. … It´s about Marinette. … No not that. … Ugh no not that either. It´s alarm ´withering ship`. … Of course you have something to do with it, I need support! … Ugh, just come over. … Yes you can have some sweets. Bye"
Marinette´s facial expression was a confused one the entire phone call long and it even grew worse at the mention of a withering ship.
How can a ship wither? That´s not possible. And how is this in any way related to the situation at hand?
"Nino´s coming over."
Alya said as if it is the most normal thing in the world, which it was, just not under these circumstances, and put her phone back in her bag.
"Why?" Marinette said again.
It seems to be the only thing she could bring out. She was just too shocked that this little, let´s call it, issue was causing so much trouble.
Confusion.
That was the best word to describe it.
Confusion and shock.
But enough with this analysing, she still needs to find a way out of this. And she wanted to get out of it alive. Her mind was brought back to reality with Alya´s voice.
Again.
She needs to stop spacing out that much.
"So as I said I need backup for this. It is a serious problem that you ´re not interested in Agreste anymore."
Now Marinette snapped. She doesn´t know how or why but she suddenly found the strength to speak again.
Magic.
"It doesn´t mean that when I change my room a little I´m not interested in Adrien anymore. You don´t need to call your army and …"
Marinette couldn´t finish because Alya interrupted her.
"Save it. You have plenty of time to talk when Nino´s here."
Marinette knew that this was the last word of Alya before the arrival of Nino. She knows her for far too long and can guess when she had a chance to argue or not. And this was one of it.
But maybe it wasn´t that bad.
As she looked around the room she stopped at her window and looked outside. It was actually pretty good because now she could think of a good excuse to tell Alya and Nino.
As she watched some of the birds, which flew passed her window, her mind brought her back to Chat Noir. She hoped that he was alright. Marinette couldn´t keep the smile from coming to her lips as she thought about the things the two had done together already. It was not much, because Chat just came some hours ago, but some memories are still graved in her head. Like the time when the two of them played together. She needed to smile wider as she thought about the ´thank you´s Chat already said to her. It made her happy that she could help him and cheer him up, because that what happened to him must be a very bad thing. She had never seen him so sad and actually didn´t believe that under his cocky mask he could be so sensible and scared. But she needed to remind herself that he was human after all, just like her. And she should know how it feels to be glued to a mask which sometimes seems to be a hiding place for feelings. But these feelings should be let out. Maybe he´s only able to do that when he´s under that mask, hiding his true identity. But to see him open up to her and smile because of her, was making her happy. She just hoped that this doesn´t cause more trouble than it already has.
Was it a bad idea?
No absolutely not, she kind of liked him. His cocky and funny side, which always tries to make a joke out of everything, and his little breakable, sensitive side, which she is amazed from. She didn´t know that he had this kind of side, but then again who doesn´t?
So was it a good idea?
Marinette didn´t know and only hoped that time told her the answer.
Her little Philosophy Excursion was cut short, due to a bell. Alya was out of her seat before Marinette even could ask herself the question ´what was happening? `.
"That´s Nino. I´m going to the door."
Alya said and like that she disappeared trough the hatch. Only now Marinette realized that Alya and she must have sit in complete silence for god knows how long. She mentally prepared herself for the conversation and hoped that she looked neutral, although she does not think that she does. After some seconds Alya appeared again from the hatch, with Nino following suit shortly after. They both seated themselves and some time passed before Nino began to talk.
"So, before we discuss this "serious issue" I´d like to get the promised sweets. Besides, I need to call Adrien. We wanted to meet and finish this project."
Nino made with his hands some quotation marks at "Serious issue" and looked firstly Marinette and then Alya in the eyes.
"Only after we discussed that." Alya said strict.
But before she could even continue Nino´s phone began to ring. Nino quickly took his phone out of his pocket and looked who called him.
"It´s Adrien." He said calmly and answered the call.
Marinette´s face morphed into one of horror. She hoped that it´s just a little problem and he doesn´t come over. That would be embarrassing.
"Hey dude, I actually wanted to call you in a sec."
Marinette couldn´t hear what Adrien was saying, so she concentrated on that what Nino was saying and tried to think of a possible conversation between the two.
"No dude, you´re perfectly right, but something, or better someone, stood in the way." He said and looked at Alya.
It was easy to assume that he meant her. She could hear Adrien getting louder before there was a little pause. Alya used this pause to whisper something to Nino, hoping that Adrien couldn´t hear it.
"I don´t care what you are saying as long as you don´t say anything about this here!"
She whisper-yelled and pointed around the room.
Nino whispered an "Alright" back and turned his attention back to his phone.
"It´s alright Adrien. I already saw at school yesterday that you were quite sleepy. Is something wrong?"
Marinette just watched Nino talking to Adrien. So she wasn´t the only one which saw the difference in Adrien´s behavior. At the mentioning of her name she flinched and heard more careful, hoping that he doesn´t say anything about their current situation.
"You can come over if you want. I don´t plan to stay very long. After we´re done here, we could walk back home and finish this presentation."
Nino said casually before he said goodbye to Adrien and put his phone back in his pocket.
"What are you doing Nino?!"
Alya snapped.
"You can´t invite Adrien to a conversation he shouldn´t know about!"
Nino flinched a little bit at the screaming of Alya, but quickly recovered and looked her strait in the eyes.
"If he shouldn´t know about it than make it quick. Maybe were finished before he even arrives. And I can have some sweets. If I´m allowed to."
At the last sentence he looked at Marinette with a pleading look on his face. Marinette just nodded and gazed back at Alya. Alya was now watched from both, Nino and Marinette. Apparently they both wanted for her to start this talk, because it was her fault that it actually existed. Alya sighed, forgetting about her argument with Nino and concentrating on the problem at hand. She looked at Marinette and began to talk.