Prompt : Modeling

At first, Marinette passed it of as a misunderstanding or maybe a force of habit, but it happened ,every single time. It was his habit probably, being around cameras so much. It could be an effect of his frequent modeling and posing for others, but it was very noticeable, but only for her it seemed. Any photo she had of their group had Adrien smiling in his charming way, but it seemed like he was faking it. It was like he saw a camera, and this strained smile found its way to his face.

No even Nino noticed it, ever. It was okay, but she felt...sad because no photo could actually capture his true smile that looked, so soft and beautiful. She just wanted to tell him that, just to, maybe stop him from fake-smiling, at least with them.

"Adrien?" She stopped him, as he glanced sideways to look at her, an almost silent 'hmm' followed, askieng her to continue.

"Why do you smile that way?"

Adrien POV

That question was out of the blue and didn't really make a lot of sense. My eyebrows quirked in confusion.

"I meant why do smile to the camera–sorry, I meant why do you fake-smile? Like your expression completely changes in front of a camera and its like a suddenly have this perfect facade up."

Through all her rambling, I did manage to get what she wanted to convey. I personally hadn't given it such a thought, but yes, I did recall seeing some photos of us, and me having that perfect model smile that I actually hated. I would maybe take care that next time I just try having fun with it.

I smiled softly at her and in return, she gave a beautiful grin back before catching up with Alya and started talking to her.

I pondered about her statement later. That was a trivial detail to notice in a photo and I was surprised she paid it that much attention. But I knew that Marinette was a great observer and that she could point out intricate details about many things that you normally couldn't see in it easily. But knowing the difference between my actual smile and a fake one, was not normal to know about. I was pretty sure nobody could notice that difference in my smiles. It felt great that she paid so much attention to her friends really. I had this warm, fuzzy feel in my chest that she had cared enough to come and tell me that, and I was grateful for that. I wanted to tell her that too and so, when I came to class next morning, I headed to talk to her. But she turned away, a light blush dusting on her cheeks.

"Thanks Marinette, for noticing that much about me. I didn't know that you paid attention to the photos and all". I managed to mutter, probably making a total fool of myself.

"It's nothing Adrien, there's no need to thank me. Just remember that we're friends, not some director asking you to pose or something, smile freely, don't strain it, okay?"

She was right, and I smiled at her as I murmured.

"Right."

And like this, when they took another photo a few days later, the photo came out beautifully with Adrien and Marinette subtly glancing at each other and smiling in the truest sense possible, looking utterly joyful

I'll try to keep up with the dates, somehow. And the prompts might not be in order because, a don't want to post the Valentine's Day thing on a later date.

:) have fun reading, and review!