"The next particle physics presentation group is Nino, Adrien and Alya!" Ms. Mendeleiev announced as Nino and Adrien shared a high fice while Alya was trying to keep Marin awake in class.
"Lucky," Marin muttered as Alya gently jabbed his side teasingly.
"And then, Sabrina, Chloé and Marin ."
The teacher finished as the teasing stopped. The project placement rested in Marin's mind as Alya gave him a worried glance. "This seems about right."
"Sorry, bud. How unlucky can you get?" Alya asked Chloé spoke up.
"Uh, Miss, can't you add him to another group? Sabrina and I work much better on our own."
Ms. Mendeleiev narrowed her eyes in displeasure, "This is a group presentation, not pairs! Deal with it."
Chloé grumbled under her breath as Marin rested his head on his desk. "You wouldn't be willing to trade groups, would ya?" He hollowly asked, already knowing the answer. "And deal with that twosome terror? Sorry, cutie." Alya apologized, petting her friend's head. "But I promise to make it up to you when those two drain your life force."
"Thank you, Alya." Marin appreciated but jolted to attention as the teacher slammed her hand on the desk behind them.
"Nathaniel! What are you drawing?" Ms. Mendeleiev suddenly shouted causing everyone to stare. Marin turned to see Nathaniel looking embarrassed, averting his gaze as the teacher snapped at him. He was probably doodling in class again, which wasn't a rare occurrence, but it happened enough that the teacher always singled Nathanial out on it.
"These artistic endeavors are clearly why you are failing science. I don't want to keep repeating myself."
Nathaniel lowered his head, "I'm sorry…"
"You, go march yourself down to the principal's office and show him that checked scratch! Then you'll be really sorry!"
Nathaniel tripped over Marin's bag, dropping his sketchbook. Chloé grabbed one of the fallen illustrations that fell near her feet. "Ooh! Look, Sabrina! It's him as a superhero!" Chloé said loudly, wanting to attract attention as Nathaniel grew angry.
"Gimme that!" He demanded, trying to get his drawing back, but then the teacher snapped at him once more.
" Enough! Nathaniel, go!" The teacher ordered as his drawings were all scattered on the floor.
"And look who he's saving! It's-" Chloé was about to say, but Marin snatched the drawing from her hand cleaning up all the fallen drawings. Marin acted quickly, gathering all the papers and placing them back in Nathaniel's book, ducking out a few minutes before class ended.
In the hall, Nathaniel scrabbled to shove all his papers in his bag but dropped his pen. Falling to his knees as it broke on the ground. "Oh no…" He didn't even see the Akuma flying towards him.
"Hey." He suddenly turned up his head to see Marin standing over him, he offered him a hand. Nathaniel felt his face reddened as he took his classmate's hand. "You alright?" The taller boy asked in concern neither of them noticing the Akuma flying away, fluttering nearby. "Fine…" Nathaniel mumbled, noticing as Marin reached into his messenger bag, "You forgot your sketchbook, I think I grabbed all of your illustrations. Don't worry, I didn't look at any of them." He said reassuringly.
"Uh, I'd be okay if you looked through it," Nathaniel said as his face grew redder. "I think you'd be the only one who'd actually appreciate it.
But Marin shook his head, "It wouldn't be fair if I couldn't return the favor. My sketchbook is just filled with silly doodles and clothes. As he handed back his book, Nathaniel noticed Marin had handed him a small white box wrapped in an orange ribbon.
"What's this?" He asked curiously.
"It's your birthday isn't it?"
Nathaniel opened the box and couldn't help but be amazed at what was in the box, a good quality calligraphy pen. It was just what he needed for his new illustrations! He sighed, feeling a warm happiness in his chest.
"Try not to let Chloé get to you, so long as you call her out then chances are she'll back down...probably." Marin shrugged, rubbing the back of his head as he was only half certain about what he was saying.
"Easy for you to say…" Nathaniel began to say, then he remembered who he was talking to. "Sorry. She's just a terrible person, the absolute worst." "I doubt that anyone's gonna disagree with you." Marin shrugged. "But telling her that to her face is just going to make her temperament worse." Marin sighed. "Good thing you have some friends to look out for you." He remarked, not realizing that Nathaniel's face was getting redder with every passing moment.
"I'll see ya later then." Marin said as the bell rang, "Happy Birthday." About to turn and leave when Nathaniel suddenly spoke up again.
"Uh, Marin!" He called out, as the other boy turned back towards him. His heart suddenly raced, "W-would you like to-" But was pushed out of the way as Chloé walked past. Standing in front of Marin with a displeased expression. "
We're going to talk." She suddenly demanded, grabbing Marin's arm as Sabrina simply followed even though it was clear that their classmate was not on board with this pseudo kidnapping. Nathaniel looked disheartened as students started to crowd around him.
"Something wrong?" Alix asked walking up to him as her class was right next to his. "Just Chloé again," Nathaniel said as he gripping his new pen as the Akuma located its original target.
Chloé trapped him against a bookshelf in the library with Sabrina by her side. "Here's how it's going to go, I'll present, and you two do all the research."
"Excuse me?" Marin questioned, very uncomfortable with Chloé invading his personal space. How the heck could Adrien stand this almost every day? He stepped aside from her, placing his bag on the table next to Sabrina.
"It's okay, Marin. You and I will do all the research, and the writing for our project, and then, Chloé can present it! That way it's equal."
Marin stared at her, trying to process what she said. Is this how Alya felt whenever he said something stupid? "That's not equal at all, is that how you two work?!"
Sabrina nodded with a smile on her face, "Yeah! We've been doing this ever since grade school when I started doing Chloé's homework! And we've been BFF's ever since!"
"You got a problem with that?" Chloé demanded. "Sabrina, Chloé's taking complete advantage of you, you don't have to do what she says," Marin said as Chloé placed herself between him and Sabrina, once again, invading his space. "Ugh, not only am I Sabrina's best friend, I'm her only friend, so she better do what I say, 'cause without me, she has nothing."
Marin glared at her for a moment, then back at Sabrina. "And you think that she is your best friend?"
Chloé laughed dryly, " It's cute you think that this friendship is one-sided." She remarked taking a hat out of her purse. "After all, I didn't buy just super cute beret just for me after all."
Marin stared at her in disbelief. "Excuse me, but are you trying to bribe her into doing your work? With a hat-"
"Uhhh... really, really adorable hat! That would look fantastic on me!" Sabrina's expression lit up with excitement, like a puppy expecting a treat.
Marin slammed his hand onto his face, "This is fine." he remarked, now getting a better idea of why these two were friends.
Chloé smirked smugly, "Whatever. I've got more important things to worry about. My hair is a hot mess and Jean Claude promised to work his magic. Later!"
Marin glared at her walking away as Sabrina already opened a textbook. He was stuck in between a rock and a hard place. But all that was thrown out the window when a giant hairdryer appeared in the middle of the library.
"Chloé, watch out!" Marin called out as the machine blew hot air in her direction, as he stepped towards her direction to try and help he was hit by a wall, trapping himself and Sabrina. "What is this?" He questioned, touching the glass as Sabrina cowered nearby. Something caught his attention, someone who was clearly Akumatized standing on the second floor of the library, scribbling something on a tablet with a sinister smile on his face.
Marin couldn't transform like this, but luckily, it appeared he had found himself a way out of the situation. Noticing that they weren't trapped in a box, as it had fallen onto a fallen book, leaving the entire thing slightly crooked.
"Sabrina, push this side with me," Marin ordered as he began trying to move the heavy glass. Sabrina copied him, as they successfully escaped. Instead of shattering, the box instead disappeared into blue lines. Just in time to see Chat Noir jump into the Library of their school, spying the giant hairdryer and hearing Chloé's screams. "Chat Noir will handle this, we need to get out of here." Marin said as Sabrina nodded, sprinting out of the Library. Marin almost followed but turned back, seeing that Chat Noir was trying to take out the hairdryer, possibly not
He took out his staff just about to attack the thing when Marin called out towards him.
"Chat Noir! You need to take out the source!" He called out, pointing towards the villain who recoiled in anger. He furiously began drawing something as the room erupted in smoke. The villain disappeared, and Chat Noir looked around, confused as Marin slipped out of the library.
"Are you going to leave Chat noir alone with Chloé?" Tikki asked flying out.
Marin glanced back at the Library, highly conflicted, for a moment he peaked back into the room, now seeing that Chloé was yelling at his partner as she was trying to fix her hair.
"Are you alr-" He tried asking but she snapped back.
"OF COURSE I'M NOT! Do you see my hair now?! IT's going to take forever to fix, not to mention my clothes are all wrinkled. He stepped back as Chat Noir walked forward.
Marin slowly closed the door, not wanting to get in between the two. "He'll be fine."
Cat Noir crossed his arms as he stood in Chloé's room listening to her complain. "Chloé this, Evillstrator, seems to be targeting you, any idea why?"
"Of course not, everyone adores me," Chloé remarked, taking out her phone, then scrunched up her face in annoyance having to look at him. "Where's Ladybug? I'm sure he'll be able to do a much better job of protecting me than his sidekick."
"Sidekick?" Chat Noir questioned.
"Isn't that what you are?" She questioned.
Chat Noir sighed, not wanting to throw his longtime friend off the roof. "Are you sure you didn't make anyone mad recently?"
Chloé thought for a moment, "Hmmm, well there is that Chinese boy in my class, he seemed pretty upset about something."
"Chinese boy?" Chat Noir repeated, thinking that she must be referring to Marin. Unless she was talking about Kim, in which case that would trigger a number of problems, as Kim was Vietnamese. He really hoped that Chloé knew the difference.
"He seemed angry about something but honestly when he talks I just try to ignore him."
"Oh?" Chat inquired. Nino did mention that Marin drew a lot and Chloé was his main tormentor for years. Maybe he'd finally had it, and it was enough anger for Hawkmoth to monopolize.
"Thank you Chloé, it appears I must be going now." He remarked.
"Hey! You're not going to just leave me alone, are you?! Someone came after me once, it's clear that they're going to do it again!" Chloé demanded, ringing his bell, to which he took high offense.
"I thought you didn't want the protection of a sidekick." He mocked, using what she said earlier.
But Chloé flashed him a smug grin, "If the villain is actually Marin, then you'll be more than enough for him to handle." She remarked, sitting back down on her sofa as Chat groaned in annoyance.
" How you do chapters 1 to 3 and I do the rest of the chapters and assemble the presentation?" Marin asked as he and Sabrina stood inside the bakery kitchen. He had already taken off his blazer and put on his white apron with pink trim. It was his shift and he was already taking out the cookies. Sabrina stood behind the counter as she watched in amazement.
" Sure, but, could I help with assembling the presentation as well? I think I may know how the teacher prefers it so we can get high marks." She asked as Marin began piping out the icing.
"That's fine with me." Marin said, smiling as he quickly finished his work. "How about we work on our parts over the weekend and meet up on Sunday to make the finishing touches." He asked handing her a cookie to try.
Sabrina nodded popping it into her mouth as she collected her things, "That sounds great. Maybe Chloé will like it so much that she'll let me borrow her beret!"
All of a sudden, Marin's mood dropped as he forced the words through his teeth. "Yeah, maybe."
Sabrina squealed in joy as Marin walked her to the door. "ThankyouThankyouThankyou sooo much!" She simply remarked running down the street to start the project. He sighed, closing the door, and walked back up the stairs to the bakery. All of a sudden he noticed that that the windows were covered, walking to the front door he saw that it was locked. Something that made him uneasy. The bakery was closed for the rest of the day, and his parents were going to be out all night. What could-
"Hello, Marin." He flinched as he heard a voice from behind. Scaring him half to death as there stood a familiar face.
Marin " It's you! From the library!" He observed. "What are you doing here?" He asked, realizing that his back was against the door and the only means of escape was through the villain standing in his way.
Evillustrator looked away shyly, "I just wanted to see you."
Marin was stunned for a moment, "Okay... To attack me like you did Chloé?" He questioned with suspicion. But was surprised as the villain quickly shook his head.
"N-no way, you're kind and sweet and pretty... you're perfect and I could never hurt you!" He said, but his earnestness turned into disgust. "Chloé is cruel and selfish, she got what was coming to her." He said, but changed his tone as he could see Marin's shocked expression.
"So, I just came by to ask you, it, uh, well, it's my birthday today, and, uh, would you wanna come to my party?"
"Your...birthday?" Marin questioned, recalling that he had a whole project to work on.
The villain nodded, "Oh please, it'll just be you and me. I remember how much you like the starry night. There's a place I know that's perfect for stargazing." Quickly, he drew on his tablet. Materializing a card that he presented to him on one knee.
Marin's heart sunk as he realized who was in front of him, the name spelled out before he could hold himself back. "Nathaniel?"
But his friend recoiled at the name, "No, I'm Evillustrator now, far stronger than I was before. I can now get justice for everyone that's ever been harassed by Chloé and her minion, especially you." His voice softened again at the end of his words.
Marin couldn't help but sigh, "Nath, I'll go stargazing with you, on one condition." He said folding his hands.
"Anything for you, Marin."
"You can't hurt Chloé anymore, even if she's the worst. I don't like it when people hurt others, no matter the reason." Marin asked sincerely.
Evillustrator looked conflicted for a moment but nodded, "For you and only you. Meet you on the left bank, next to Notre-Dame, at sunset." He asked, erasing a way up towards the sky and drawing a jetpack on himself, flying away. Not even undoing what he originally did to his parents bakery.
"Oh man..."
"What are you thinking, Marin?" Tikki asked sitting on his shoulder.
"My parents are going to kill me after they see this," Marin remarked sincerely but then flinched as he heard footsteps. "Tikki!" he harshly whispered, walking towards the front door and was surprised at who he saw.
"I thought I was going to have to save you from that guy for a moment there. I haven't even introduced myself. I'm Cat Noir." The hero said as he leaned on the door frame.
"W-What happened to my door?" Marin asked, his stomach sinking as he saw the entire thing was gone. "Ohhh, now my parents are really gonna kill me." He placed his hands on his face and walked back into the kitchen, needing to sit down for a little while. He groaned as Chat Noir followed him with his hands behind his back.
"Since you were so floored with my original introduction, it seems like I'll have to repeat myself." The hero said again. "I'm Chat Noir, the hero." He clarified.
"Have we met before?" Marin asked, which stunned Chat Noir in place. But Marin couldn't keep up the facade as he giggled. "Sorry, I couldn't help it. Of course, I know who you are. You're kinda a big deal."
Chat Noir laughed off his insecurities, clearing his throat. "I overheard what Evillstrater said, the whole thing?"
"What? How?"
"To be honest." Chat said sheepishly. "I kinda thought you were the villain, all I had to go on was someone who was good at drawing and who hated Chloé. But now I see that it's just someone else who hates Chloé and is good at drawing. So now, we have the upper hand."
Marin didn't want to press his reasoning, it wasn't as though he needed a fully detailed report. "Huh?" Marin tilted his head in confusion.
"Well, that birthday boy date of yours is bad news, him being a villain and all. So I'm thinking, I can grab his possessed item it's a done deal. But I am going to need a little help. Care to assist a superhero?" He asked, walking towards the table.
Marin noticed Chat eyeing the macaroons on the table. "What about Ladybug? Aren't you a duo?"
Cat Noir flinched slightly. "Chances are he'll pop up to finish the Villain off so...I guess you get to be my Ladybug tonight." He teased, popping a cookie into his mouth.
Marin processed what his partner said, "Me and Cat Noir? Fighting crime together? That sounds like a terrible idea." he remarked. "You do realize I'm basically a beacon for bad luck right?"
Cat Noir simply shrugged it off, "Just get that drawing pencil away from it, and I'll take care of the rest. Don't worry, you'll be safe with me tonight, Macaroon." He winked playfully as Marin giggled.
"Okay, I will, I will!"
Marin overheard as he saw Evillstrator grasping his hand they stood before Notre Dame. If had any thoughts about backing out they were now void as Evillustrator soon noticed him and drew a large smile on his face. "Marin! You're actually here." He said happily guiding his friend towards a bench. as he sat down, Evillustrator drew more items on the boat. Painting a pleasant evening with soft lighting that wouldn't hinder their view of the stars.
"Wow, it's so beautiful," Marin said, as the sky tonight had a full moon.
Evillustrator seemingly blushed at the comment, "You like it? Well hold on, 'cause I'm just getting started." Just as he was about to draw again, the clouds covered the moonlight, darkening the night even more so.
"Ugh, Come on, you've gotta be kidding!
Marin flinched back slightly at his tone.
Evillustrator recoiled at Marin's expression, "Uhh, sorry. I didn't mean to startle you. It's just... I can't draw properly in the dark." He explained as he finished what he was drawing. A miniature moon shining above the boat. "Voila!"Then jumping down to sit next to Marin, who out of the corner of his eye noticed a familiar face leaping across the rooftops, observing from a distance.
As the night continued on Marin couldn't help but close his eyes for a moment, listening to the river's currents as his friend played music, but he suddenly opened then once more as he heard a sound from behind him. Knowing exactly what it was he turned to Evillustrator. "You're such a talented person, I just don't understand why you wanna use your power to hurt people."
Evillustrator shook his head, "Not all people. Just Chloé. And I'm never doing that again. After all, you were true to your promise, so I'll be true to mine."
"I...actually draw a little too, I'm not as good as you are, of course."
Evillustrator turned towards him, smiling brightly. "I know, you're an incredibly talented person yourself. It's easy to see why everyone likes you."
Marin couldn't help but chuckle that that, "You're good at flattering others." He said, partially in disbelief as it couldn't be true. He was the clumsiest person, always late, not to mention extremely bad at socializing. "Would it be alright if I tried drawing you something special for your birthday?
"That would be amazing," Evillustrator remarked, about to hand over his pen when something caught his attention out of the corner of his eye. "Marin, give me my pencil back. I need to draw something, now!"
But Marin grabbed the pen from him, "Sorry, but the Akuma is messing with your head!" He remarked as Chat Noir jumped from his hiding spot, trapping Evillustrator using his staff as the villain grew more enraged.
"So, you're working with him? I'm so stupid... I actually thought you liked me! But you're really just like Chloé. Teasing me, mocking me, leading me on!"
The words hurt, he didn't like doing this, hurting his friend. But in the long run it was the right choice. "This isn't you, Hawkmoth is manipulating you."
"Like you?!" He snapped.
But Marin shook his head, "Nathaniel is the one who's my friend, not Evillustrator!" Just as he was about to break the pen Evillustrator kicked Cat Noir's staff making it hit Marin so he was knocked over. Immediately Chat Noir dove for the pen, to pick it up but froze in place as he saw that Evillustraor had grabbed Marin in a chokehold, unable to escape due to the Akumatized victim's enhanced strength.
Chat Noir glared at the villain who had a triumphant smile on his face standing at the edge of the boat.
"Return my pen or else."
Chat took a double-take between the pen, the villain, and his classmate. Heck, did Marin know how to swim? Because if he didn't then capture this guy would be a lot harder. He wasn't even sure if Ladybug was even around, it wasn't like he could text the guy or something. But ultimately, he couldn't risk two of his classmates falling into a river because he was too prideful.
"You want it? Come and get it!" Chat remarked throwing it into the sky.
Evillustrator immediately dove for it as Chat sprinted towards his classmate, luckily grabbing his hand and pulling him close just before he hit the water. "You alright?" He asked as Marin coughed, trying to catch his breath. But he couldn't be relieved as Evillustrator dropped a box on them, then erased a hole in the boat.
"And I'm taking back my promise! Chloé's gonna get a little lesson she'll never forget!" He remarked, then drawing a jetpack on himself, escaping easily.
"We've been penned in! Literally!" Chat said punching the glass. "Really could use you right now partner!" Chat called out but to no avail. They could just wait for the boat to sink so they could use the river to escape, it would be the hard way but it would definitely be a solution. "I don't suppose you can swim?" Chat Noir asked turning back to Marin.
"I'd drown faster than you would." He remarked as Chat Noir tried to get that terrible image out of his head. But broke out of them as Marin took his pole, placing it on the ground.
"Cat Noir, if you extend your baton we can use it to escape," Marin said as he pointed to the ceiling of the box.
Cat Noir nodded, "Great thinking!" Following orders as Marin wrapped his arms around his neck. The staff fell over near a bridge and Chat Noir carefully set down his classmate safely. "See, I told you I would keep you safe." He remarked as he screamed on the inside at how easily he could've lost his classmate."Anyway, gotta go. A superhero's work is never done. Damsels in distress, ladies in waiting, pursued princes... I've got a lot more saving to do. I'll catch you later, Macaroon." He quickly said then using his baton to scale over the city line.
Marin sighed, rubbing the back of his neck as Tikki hovered nearby. "That was too close!" The Kwami stated.
But he smiled at his Kwami, "Chat Noir's already done most of the heavy lifting, it seems like he'll need help saving Chloé. Tikki, Spots on!"
Chat Noir raced to the hotel where Chloé lived. Half thinking about how to defeat Evillustrator, half thinking about how he was going to save Chloé, half thinking about what Marin thought about Chat Noir, and half thinking about where the heck his partner was. He broke into his friend's room, looking at a giant heeled shoe. "You like to walk all over other people. But you don't like it when others trample on you! Do you, Chloé? Do you?!" Evillustrator taunted, smacking away a giant show, destroying it.
"From where I stand it looks like you're the one trying to walk all over someone." Chat Noir remarked as Chloé crawled away.
"In the comics, this is what's known as the final showdown. The thing is, if you knew her, you wouldn't be breaking a sweat to save her skin! She's the real baddie!" Evillustrator claimed, sketching something on his tablet.
Chat Noir held up his staff prepared for whatever Evillustrator threw at him. All of a sudden the lights shut off, the only luminous presence coming from the city lights in the distance.
"Hey!" Evillustrator called out as Chat Noir's night vision kicked in, seeing the villain taken down quickly using a plastic zip tie to bind Evillstrators hands together. He quickly fell to the ground as Ladybug picked up his pen.
"Some advice," Ladybug said as Chat Noir's face suddenly lit up with a smile at the presence of his partner. "Even if someone is terrible, you shouldn't have to go out of your way to harm anyone."
"Well, well, look what the cat dragged in." Chat Noir remarked resting his staff on his shoulders with a smug smile.
Ladybug broke the pen, "Yes, you did. I couldn't let you do all the work after all." he said as the two watched the Akuma fly against the night lights of Paris.
"No more mischief for you little butterfly. Time to purify!" He said as he swung his yo-yo towards the possessed Akuma, capturing it in one motion. Then opening it once more, watching the newly purified Akuma fly away. "Bye-bye, little butterfly."
"Miraculous Ladybug!" Ladybug tossed his lucky charm into the air, returning everything back to normal, even turning the lights back on, as Chat took notice.
"Did you break the lights?" He asked as Ladybug shrugged his shoulders, holding out his fist. Chat noir smiled as he returned the gesture.
"Pound it!"
"Where am I?" Nathaniel questioned as he looked around in confusion just as Ladybug's earrings started to beep. Before he left, Ladybug handed back his pen with a smile on his face.
"If Chloé gets under your skin again, I'm sure your friend Alix would gladly handle her for you." He remarked as Nathaniel looked on in confusion.
"What happened when Ladybug and Cat Noir arrived on the scene?" Alya asked interviewing Chloé for her blog at school the next day.
"Well, to be perfectly honest, Chat Noir was no help. He didn't even have to do anything, Ladybug is the real hero here." Chloé remarked as Marin rolled his eyes as his classmate. Sabrina spotted him, stepping away from Chloé with a smile on her face and a new beret.
"Thanks listening to me, it means a lot that you cooperated with me for the project."
"Don't mention it," Marin remarked. "Seriously." He then said in a more serious tone.
"You got it. I know Chloé can be demanding, but she's my friend, and I like feeling needed." She said with a smile on her face, turning back to Chloé, seeing that the interview was done. Marin sighed, Sabrina was always alright, but he couldn't stand being around her and Chloé at the same time. He saw Alix walking up to Chloé with anger in her eyes, yelling something as Nathaniel caught Marin's eye. The taller boy waved to him as Nathaniel waved back with a red face.
Taking out his sketchbook he closed his locker, then suddenly flinched back as Adrien was standing, leaning up against a locker looking up at the taller boy.
"Hey!
Marin stared at him for a moment, before freezing in place.
"I heard about your adventures with Cat Noir yesterday. So, what do you think about Cat Noir? Was he awesome?"
Marin glanced at him for a moment, wondering who Adrien heard it from. But then assumed that he probably heard it through some kind of grapevines. After all, the heroes of Paris were never a stale talking point. But remembering that night he reflexively rubbed his neck.
"Were you scared? I hear Evillustrator was pretty frightening."
Marin averted his gaze, but couldn't help but shake his head. "I wasn't worried, he gave me his word that he'd watch out for me, after all." He said simply a smile drew on Adrien's face.
"Cool." Adrien only said as he walked past, looking extremely happy.
"Hm, maybe he's a fan of Chat Noir." Marin thought out loud as everyone went on their way to class.
"Maybe he's a fan of you." Tikki offered, popping out of his messenger bag. But Marin brushed aside his Kwami's remark, for a moment he opened his sketchbook. Pressing his hands against his shoddy sketches of Adrien. But immediately he snapped himself out of lingering thoughts, instead choosing to catch up to Alya to their next class.
Notes:
- Sabrina is retconned into being more vain, she's just fine.
- A more Marichat centered episode, did it work out?
- Marin cannot swim, not only will he get sick if he hits the water. His body cannot float as he has a runner's body type.
-Chat's nickname for Marin is Macaroon, because he smells like and bakes the best Macaroons.
-Marin is almost ashamed of how bad he draws people, but it's also a blessing because Alya thinks he just draws bananas (because he sits behind Adrien in class).