Adrien's Competition Part 2
Marinette worked through an equation while Tikki played with the wardrobe Marinette had been building up for her. They were mostly little dresses but Tikki was twirling around in a tiny ballerina skirt.
"Thank you for the clothes, Marinette!" Tikki giggled as she twirled using her ability to fly to gracefully jump across her stage, which was an old doll house of Marinette's
"Of course, Tikki." Marinette smiled at her friend "you look great in them," Tikki giggled and hugged Marinette's cheek. Marinette gently patted her friend on the back. A knock at the door interrupted the friends. Marinette groaned. "Ugh, I bet it's that guy."
"Just tell him no and close the door." Tikki said.
"I don't want to hurt his feelings." Marinette sighed.
"If he doesn't take no for an answer then you have to just ignore him." Tikki slipped into Marinette's purse, she wasn't willing to leave Marinette alone with that guy.
"Oh Marinette." Ethan's voice sounded through the door. Marinette winced, his voice was definitely not as pretty as his face. Marinette answered the door.
"You're even cute in sweats." Ethan smiled at her outfit.
Marinette looked down, she had completely forgotten she had changed into a tank top and sweats when she got home.
"But I'm taking you someplace nice." Ethan leaned against the door frame. "So, you should go change into something a little dressier." He winked at her.
"Look, Ethan." Marinette sighed. "I really appreciate the offer and everything but…" Marinette trailed off as Ethan's smile began to fall.
"I'm just really busy tonight and there's this kind of someone else—"
"Is he your boyfriend?" Ethan asked.
"Well… no." Marinette sighed "but I'm working on it."
"So, you're not taken." Ethan's smile returned. "now go and change, I've got a whole night planned." He nudged her back into her house.
"Ethan!" Marinette sighed "you're not listening to me."
"Hurry up and change." Ethan pushed "we have all night to talk about you."
"Ethan!" Marinette stumbled backward "I don't want to go out with you."
"What…" Ethan finally quite pushing her, he just stared at her as she righted herself.
"I'm sorry, Ethan." Marinette sighed, she hadn't meant to yell at him like that. "I'm just interested in someone else, okay?" Marinette watched him for a reaction but he just stood there.
"Ethan…"
Chat Noir practically flew across rooftops, toward Marinette's home. Chat perched on the edge of a building as Marinette's door opened. There was a slight fear that when she opened the door she would be dressed and ready to go on a date with him. That she thought it over and changed her mind. The fear dissolved immediately when he saw she was in a pair of sweats she probably made herself, and a tank top. Chat smiled as Marinette stayed firmly in her house, the door halfway between them. Chat strained his ears to hear what they were saying. Marinette seemed to be standing her ground so Chat just hung back and watched the exchange.
Chat gripped the edge of the building when Ethan pushed Marinette back inside, he could just barely catch the words "go change" Chat could tell all the way where he was that Marinette was getting flustered. Marinette lost her footing and Chat nearly leapt off the building and attacked Ethan right there.
"I don't want to go out with you!" Marinette exclaimed. Ethan finally stopped and Chat waited. Maybe she's got this Chat thought to himself. He found himself smiling at the girl he only saw glimpses of, the girl everyone talked about.
Why do I, as Adrien, make her so nervous.
"I'm just interested in someone else." Marinette explained a little more gently.
"There you go, Marinette, hold your ground." Chat tried not to gloat too much. Super heroes probably shouldn't be happy over someone else's failures. "she's too smart for you, Ethan."
"Ethan…" Marinette sounded worried.
"Oh… don't you do it, Ethan." Chat growled, Adrien had seen him do this before, he guilt's nice girls like Marinette into going out with him.
"I didn't mean to yell, Ethan, I'm sorry." Marinette apologized sounding guilty. Chat wanted to yell for Marinette not to fall for it but that would give him away and it might scare Marinette away from him if she knew how often he kept an eye on her.
"It's okay," Ethan sighed "I can be pushy, I just… I just really want to show you a good time, Marinette."
"Another girl will be so lucky to have you show her a good time." Marinette told him encouragingly, that's the worst thing you can do with a guy like Ethan.
"I want you to be that lucky girl." Ethan took her hand. Again, Chat was ready to leap down and swoop Marinette away from Ethan but Marinette beat him to it.
"I'm not interested!" She yelled slamming the door in his face.
"Marinette, please." Ethan called knocking on her door again. "I'll behave, I'll buy you chocolate!"
Chat snickered at Ethan's lame attempts to get Marinette's attention.
"I think I'll pop in for a visit." Chat used his staff to swing to Marinette's balcony.
"I told him I wasn't interested in him." Marinette's voice pitched an octave higher than usual. "He just wouldn't take a hint." Marinette groaned, he listened to her bed squeak as she flopped down.
"I'll tell you about it tomorrow, Alya." Marinette sighed "I've got home work to finish.
"Yeah, love you too." Marinette sighed but Chat didn't hear anything indicating that she had moved yet. He lightly rapped on the window.
"Princess." Chat called.
"Chat?" Marinette's bed creaked as she sat up, she peaked around the corner and found Chat on the balcony.
"Chat, what are you doing here?" She asked, "is something wrong?"
"I don't know," Chat stepped into her room "I heard some noise while I was on patrol and thought I'd check it out." Chat rolled his eyes toward her "of course there's another boy knocking on your door, do you just spend all your time break hearts." Chat leaned toward her teasingly and flashed a smile.
"Yeah right, I can't even talk to the guy I actually like." Marinette laughed.
"Really?" Chat asked, "and who's this guy you actually like."
"A boy at school." Marinette said dismissively.
"Awe, come on," Chat stepped around to stop her in her tracks "you're not gonna tell me?"
"Nope." Marinette giggled then Chat pouted "sorry, kitty, you've probably heard about him though."
"Really?" Chat asked.
"Yes, now I have to finish my homework and get to sleep." Marinette stood by her door "you should probably be home getting some sleep too, it looks like a quiet night."
Chat took Marinette's hand and pressed a kiss to it. "As the purr-incess commands."
Marinette giggled "this has to be the least number of puns you've ever gotten out." Marinette waved him on "you must be losing your touch."
"Don't tell me so, Princess." Chat grabs at his chest and feigned fear "I'll have to come over more often and practice on you." He winks at her. Marinette playfullly groans and pushes Chat toward the door.
"Goodnight, Kitty."
Chat slipped away from her hand and caught it as he dropped to one knee "good night, my princess." He pecked a kiss to her hand and leapt from the balcony. If Marinette didn't know he'd fallen from greater heights or that he was perfectly capable of catching himself, she might be worried he'd gotten hurt. But he used his staff and catapulted himself across to the next building.
"Silly kitty." Marinette shook her head and closed her balcony doors. Chat Noir might be welcome through the balcony but she didn't want to think any other boys were.
Ethan watched the dark figure leap from Marinette's balcony. He growled as her head disappeared into her room, Ethan caught the silhouette, of what could only be Chat Noir, perched on the building across from Marinette's Ethan glared at him, thinking he was safe in the shadows but the silhouette waved at him and Ethan swore he could see a smirk on the cat's face.
"I'll show you, you stupid Cat." Ethan growled "Marinette will be mine." Ethan got back into his car and drove away, a bouquet of flowers left on Marinette's door step.
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