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kalaluchi · 3 years

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chapter 03: Game Night

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Marinette found that she could say no to a lot of things.

She could say no to Chloe’s attempts to give her a makeover, she could say no to Kim’s challenges to a 50-meter freestyle race, she could say no to Nino’s invites to a movie screening with a bunch of friends. (Especially on a school night. Waaaay too much work to be done, sadly.)

And usually, usually, she could say no to her best friend Alya’s elaborate schemes.

But apparently not when it was disguised as a harmless game night with some of their classmates.

And definitely not when her best friend got her super ultra crush, the gorgeous Adrien Agreste, to be the one to invite her.

“Hey, Marinette,” he said, walking up to her one day. “I heard from Nino that Alya’s planning a game night this weekend. A sort of class bonding activity, I’m guessing. Seeing as you’re Alya’s best friend, I take it that means you’ll be there, right?”

Marinette suddenly wanted to strangle said best friend. Alya most definitely did not say anything about a game night the last time they talked. This invitation reeked of “Alya Césaire’s Half-Brilliant Plan #143” or whatever the brunette liked to call them. Marinette was fairly sure her best friend would try to pull something to get her and Adrien together.

(Not that she was complaining. She appreciated it, of course, but one still had to be wary when dealing with the great fairy godmother Alya Césaire.)

But more importantly-- how dare Alya not warn her that Adrien would talk to her that day. Then Marinette could’ve at least worn the new top Alya had said looked cute on her.

“Uh,” Marinette hedged, trying to come up with a reasonable excuse to avoid all embarrassment , “I’m actually not sure if I can be there since I have… things… to do. I also have...stuff.” She gulped. “Yup, that’s… that’s what keeps me busy… things and...stuff.” She smacked herself internally.

“Oh, that’s too bad. I was looking forward to seeing you there. I heard you’re a master at board games.” He chuckled, and, no, Marinette’s heart did not flutter and her cheeks didn’t burn at the sound. “But I get what you mean about… things… and stuff. Life of the busy, eh? Try to take breaks when you work, though, ‘kay? Good luck with… things and stuff. Uhm, see you around, Marinette!”

Marinette forced a smile as he turned away. Don’t cave, it’s for your own good, don’t cave, don’t cave, don’t--

“But!” Marinette added suddenly, causing Adrien to turn back in surprise. “If that’s the case, I mean, psh, what’s one weekend, right? I could… probably push my schedule back a bit, have some fun for once. I think I deserve this,” she said firmly, talking mostly to herself.

Adrien grinned, and her heart skipped a beat at the way his eyes shone with excitement. “That’s good to hear! I agree, you deserve this break. See you Saturday night, then!”

With that he walked away, leaving Marinette imagining that he’d said those words in the context of a romantic first date, perhaps a candle lit dinner after a cheesy film, and not in the context of a seemingly harmless game night where she was almost sure her luck would abandon her only for the fates would laugh in her face.

Alya told everyone the game night would start at 8pm. Naturally, this meant Marinette had to be at Alya’s place at 7:30pm, helping set up.

“So, what game are we playing,” Marinette asked, trying for a nonchalant tone as she opened a bag of chips.

Alya laughed aloud. “Ha! Nice try, Mari. But no spoilers. You’ll find out at the same time as everyone else. Now can you pass me those vases? I’m betting Kim’s gonna knock them over if we don’t put them away.”

Marinette handed them over with a sigh. “Okay, that’s fair. But I already know you’re up to something. Isn’t it just easier to tell me your plan so I can mentally prepare for it? Who knows, I might even choose to play along.”

“Plan…? I’m sure I don’t know what you mean.” Alya turned away, but not before Marinette caught the mischievous gleam in her best friend’s eyes.

She was about to press further, when there was a knock on the door. “Yo, Alya!” Nino’s voice. “Open up, will ya?”

“Coming!” Alya shouted back, carefully stepping around the pillows she’d set up on the floor. Just like that, the matter was dropped as the guests started pouring in.

There were about 10 of them, all talking lively as they sat on the floor around a table. Marinette started passing around bowls of chips while her best friend got the stuff for the games from her room. She tried to hold on to one last bowl though, eyeing the pillow-seats at the far end of the room and trying to come up with an excuse to go over there and hand Adrien the bowl herself.

She was halfway there when Alya suddenly appeared. “Esteemed guests!” she announced in a loud voice. “I have, behind my back, the game we will play tonight. We’ll be playing--” She paused for dramatic effect, making sure everyone’s eyes were on her. “-- the Modified Game of Life, aka Game of Life: Alya Césaire edition!”

Marinette inwardly groaned, her own plan forgotten. Handing the bowl of chips to a seated Juleka, she made her way to a pair of empty seats in one part of the room -- one for her, one for Alya of course. Despite her initial want to approach Adrien that night, a part of her told her she should be grateful she wasn’t seated next to him.

“Alright, everyone, settle down!” Alya said, obviously excited to be facilitating. She took her place next to Marinette and grinned. She moved to open the box… and paused. And looked around the room as if deep in thought. “Actually,” she said, “I kind of want to sit beside my boyfriend.”

Marinette’s eyes widened, knowing where this was going. “Alya,” she hissed, “don’t you dare--”

“Adrien!” the brunette called across the room. “I was wondering if I could sit beside Nino, but I don’t want everyone to move one seat up just for me. Is it ok with you if we switch places?”

“Sure,” the blond said easily, getting up.

All Marinette could do was open and close her mouth as her best friend gave her a wink and a squeeze of the hand. “Good luck!”

Luck? Why would Marinette need luck?

“Hey,” Adrien greeted as he sat down beside her. “You ever played this game before?”

“No,” Marinette said through gritted teeth, “I actually have not.”

“Ah. Me neither, of course. May the best… Life-er win, I guess?”

Despite her apprehensions about the game, Marinette had to laugh. “May the best Life-er win!”

The first few rounds, Marinette had to admit the Alya Césaire edition was pretty fun. Instead of the careers you might normally see in the game (doctor, engineer, accountant, etc.), this one had all sorts you could pick and choose from. 30 minutes into the game, Marinette was quite satisfied with her life as a professional fashion designer who lived in a 3.5 story all-pink cottage-house with her pet ladybug, turtle, bunny, cat, horse, and snake, and who loved to fight crime in her spare time.

Naturally, that was when everything went wrong. Okay… not everything. And not wrong, if Marinette had to be honest. But still.

Of course it was Adrien’s turn to draw a card (right after Marinette got her fifth paycheck. Score!). And of course it was one of those marriage cards. But with a twist. Of course.

“Congratulations!” Adrien read aloud. “You’re married to the love of your life, the person on your right. Collect 2000 for your honeymoon.” He turned to the right, where Marinette was staring straight ahead, stiff as a board, trying not to let the blush on her cheeks spread.

So that’s what Alya meant when she said good luck-- good luck, I hope Adrien picks up the marriage card. She turned to her in-game husband, and forced a smile. “Woah, look at that. Married. Fun.”

“Uh, Adrien,” Alya called out. “I think there’s an additional note at the bottom.”

“Huh, you’re right.” He read it silently, then chuckled. “It says, ‘call your new wife ‘babe’ to get another 500.’” He grinned at the blue-haired girl. “What do you say, babe? Do you want to live the rest of our lives together?”

The only thing Marinette wanted at that moment was to melt into her shoes from embarrassment, but instead she managed to force out a, “Sure thing. Babe.” For a second Adrien looked shocked, and she thought she saw a light dusting of pink on his cheeks. But then he laughed and it was gone.

Which obviously left Marinette wondering whether she imagined it or not. So much so that she lost focus on the game until it was her turn again. And just like real life, the game proved yet again to be full of surprises.

She began to read aloud, “Woo-hoo, you got kids! Spin the wheel to find out by how many your family has grown. Married? Get more people pegs to put in the car you share with your spouse. Unmarried? Get more pet pegs to put in your car, and maybe some doggy wipes while you’re at it.” She spun the wheel. Three.

“Perfect,” Adrien said good-naturedly, reaching for the bag of pegs. “I’ve always wanted three kids. What’ll it be? All boys? All girls? Two boys, one girl? Vice versa?”

Marinette mumbled something under her breath, trying to fight back a blush.

“Hm?”

“Y-you can choose,” she stammered. “I, uh, I think I want more… food.” She turned away, pretending to scan the room. It was only half an excuse. She really had wanted something 10 minutes ago, but she couldn’t at the moment remember what.

“You want popcorn? It’s right--” Adrien stopped abruptly, caught off guard to find himself nearly nose-to-nose with Marinette.

How cliché. Horribly, horribly, absolutely cliché. Marinette felt her face heat up, though she was frozen in place.

“Honey,” she breathed out, finally remembering what she’d wanted to get. Honey to go with the cereal in her bowl.

“Yes, honey?” Adrien replied without missing a beat. “What was it you wanted?”

“Uh, n-no, not, no, I meant,” Marinette sputtered, unable to finish a coherent sentence for a full 10 seconds. She was pretty sure her face was beet red, right down to her neck. She cleared her throat, and stood up. “I’m gonna go look for the honey,” she said, praying he didn’t notice her blush.

Well played, Alya. Well played. From then on Marinette swore to never go near a Game of Life again.

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ecofinisher · 5 years

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The Adventures of Super Nathan 2 - Chap. 23

Chapter 23

https://archiveofourown.org/works/18224606/chapters/47875147

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13243294/23/Miraculous-The-Adventures-of-Super-Nathan-2

https://www.wattpad.com/770722991-miraculous-the-adventures-of-super-nathan-2

Back to school at the start of the week, the class of Miss Bustier had drawing lessons and the teacher of the art class sat on his desk working on his computer on a document, while the students worked on a large A3 sheet sketching down a name on the white background with a pencil.

“Nath you have to check my drawing,” Alix said lifting up her sheet to his deskmate, which took a look at it and nodded impressed at the sketch. “Now I need to put this on a wall somewhere in Paris”

“Well, then you won’t need to put your signature beside it” Nathaniel mentioned making Alix chuckle.

“How’s yours?” Questioned the pink-haired girl watching her friend lift up the paper to show him a font very similar to the Lobster 1.4.

“I’m nearly done” The redhead noted making the girl nod.

“It looks also great Nathaniel,” Alix said continuing with her drawing. Behind the two sat Lila Rossi sharing her table with her best friend Kagami both working on their projects. Kagami was focused on her drawing while Lila was more dreamy than concentrated on her drawing and humming at the same time.

“You’re very happy today, did I miss something?” The Japanese girl asked, making Lila sigh lovely. “Hey Princess, the real world needs you”

“Oh uh, what?” Lila asked shaking her head, as she had been lost in her thoughts and gazed at her friend. “Did you ask me something?”

“You look so happy today, than usual and was just asking you about it”

“Oh well, I don’t know. I had started drawing this and I’ve got lost in my fantasies”

“What fantasies?” Asked Kagami checking her drawing to see Lila hadn’t written her real family name behind her first name. “Really? Why did you write Kurtzberg on it?”

“Because that’s my name…..at least in the future at some point”

“You know this is going to be appraised and we also have in the final exams to draw or sketch something too and it has to be serious!” The blue-haired girl warned, earning a nod from the brunette.

“I know, but this is just practice. There are more things in the future we’re going to do here and most of them sure will be taken seriously by me” Lila said with a wink, making Kagami shake her head joyfully by her friend’s chill about the exams. “Remember, what I said last year to you. You gotta relax a bit more. You deserve it after the hard-working for your grades”

“I know and I’m trying my best”

“Sure I believe you. By the way, you don’t try, you just do it”

“Good girl,” Lila said and dropped her orange pencil aside, then looked at her friend’s artwork. “Love the color combination”

“Thanks,” Kagami said looking at Lila’s work, which had used the red and red-purple color for her name and around the name she had a few small hearts drawing around. “Wow”

“Well the hearts look awful I know, but the name is better. I mean I worked hard on it, so it’s good, that it looks greater”

“Students, it will ring in a few minutes. Don’t forget to sign on the right corner your name and hand them out to me, so I can evaluate them.” The teacher announced at the class, then a few of the classmates got up picking up their sheets to hand it out to their teacher.

“The N’s look awful as a music note, but I hope that will be good enough for at least a 5,” Nino said looking at his blonde friend, which also got up from the chair.

“I find yours better than mine. Mine looks just like a simple one”

“But yours still better looking than mine” Nino droned dropping the sheet followed by his best buddy on the table.

“Don’t worry you did good,” Adrien said walking along with the boy out of the classroom.

Alya walked to the desk, then waited for her best friend to arrive, which was carrying her bag on her other free hand.

“Eventually we’re going to be workpals in the future working for my parents, depending on what the job inspection responds to my dad.”

“You sure you can handle the stress inside the bakery?” Questioned Alya dropping her sheet on the desk.

“Sure, I’m used to helping my parents, whenever they need, the difference is now I’ll do it professionally”

“No but with Luka around. Won’t you get distracted by him?”

“No of course not. We will be very focused in our work, if there’s not a lot going on, he might like to do a little flirt or something, but he wouldn’t waste an opportunity like this one and not do, what he’s supposed to do you know” “Okay and are you after the course trying to get into the HES?”

“Year or maybe a year later, so I can have more time to study for the entrance examinations”

“Don’t worry you can do it, Marinette” Alya assured earning a nod from her best friend.

“If you and Myléne can do it, so can I!”

“That’s the spirit, girl” Alya cheered patting her friend on the shoulder, then they made their way out of the classroom and at the door they met the boy, that had been akumatized last week into Naughty Boy.

“Hey Marc, how are you?” Questioned Marinette. “I have heard about last week, what happened. You’re better now?”

“Yes, I’m better now” Wailed Marc feeling uneasy about, what happened the other day. “I came here to talk with the others. To apologize”

“I think it’s fine, it happened,” Marinette said earning a nod from Marc, which walked beside the two girls entering the classroom to catch Alix give up her drawing, while behind her stood the rest of the friends standing in a queue to give up their works.

“Is that the boy, who was akumatized the other day?” Kagami whispered into her ear, which nodded.

“Uhm….you’re Lila, right?” Asked Marc a little insecure earning a nod from the brunette.

“Yes, I am” Responded Lila. “Nathaniel mentioned you a few times”

“Really?” Asked Marc surprised. “….Is that good?”

“He told me you write a lot of stories and you helped him out sometimes with his plots”

“Oh yes I actually did” Marc admitted, then looked at the other students around him. “Lila or I want everyone to listen to me.”

“Sure, we’re all ears,” Alix said looking along with Nathaniel at the raven-haired boy, which got a little nervous.

“I’m sorry about how I acted last Friday in front of all of you.” Marc apologized. “I shouldn’t have got angry about you dating Nathaniel or call you a liar, without having meet you in person”

“You’ve made a mistake and that’s okay, cause it happens to everyone.”

“So…..I...I’m forgiven?”

“Of course” Responded Lila patting the boy on his arm. “I forgive you”

“And I’m sorry, that I behaved like a jerk in front of you all, including you Nathaniel” The boy apologized. “I should have just stopped as I was starting to exaggerate”

“I accept your apology. And sorry if I won’t ever reciprocate your feelings back and that I wasn’t aware of it earlier or could start something with it. Or you know what I mean”

“It’s great, that you’re all now friends again,” The teacher said watching the students smile at him, afterward all looked back at each other.

“This deserves to be celebrated” Rose suggested excited earning a nod from Juleka, which had agreed with her girlfriend’s idea.

“Well, I like the idea” Lila Rossi admitted, then Alix waved her arm at the students to follow her out of the classroom.

On the other side of Paris, where the orphanage was, which had been visited once by the superheroes a few children were in their bedrooms sitting on their bed watching a brunette boy holding in his arms a black-colored puppy.

“You gave out all your money to buy for us all a puppy? A raven-haired girl asked glancing at the boy.

“Yeah, isn’t he cute?” The boy asked placing the dog on the ground, which with a wagging tail and excited face moved forwards at the kids to sniff them out to get to know them.

“Kevin, you should have asked Madame Livre about it, what if she gets angry at you?”

“But she said as long as we use our own money to buy for us something, she’s okay with it” Kevin assured then the puppy went back to Kevin while wagging his tail, making Kevin smile and pet the dog on the head.

“Where did you actually buy that dog?” Questioned a raven-haired boy. “Aren’t Labradors expensive?”

“The seller offered, that I could pay 500 euros instead of 900 if we took care of his vaccinations, his identity chip, and other things. He listed them up to me” The boy said taking a folded sheet off his pocket, opening up to show the many things, they had to take care.

“That’s a lot, Kevin,” A tall girl said grabbing the sheet to take a look. “The dog also needs to be reported to the local community, you need to request a liability insurance, a front yard should be preferable for him and eventually do a schooling as the owner along with the dog if they never owned one before...Kevin do you know, how much money this is going to cost?”

“You should have asked Madame about it. I don’t think she’s gonna keep this dog”

“But I can’t give him back now.” Kevin said looking down sad at the puppy, which sank his floppy ears down, then licked Kevin on his hand trying to cheer him up.

“You better find a way to give him our or Madame Livre…”

“What is Madame Livre?” A voice asked shrieking a few kids, which saw the kids in the room and Kevin with the dog. “Whose dog is that?” Asked the woman and the puppy ran at the woman wagging his tail hastily and sniffing the legs of the woman.

“I’ve bought the puppy with my own money Madame Livre” Kevin said looking at their caretaker. “I got him for 500 euros only without his vaccinations. We would need to pay it for ourselves instead.”

“I find it was great from you, that you wanted to give this puppy a new home, but you should have asked me for permission and we all could have decided and eventually pick one”

“But these dogs are very good and playfully. He would for sure make all of us happy, Madame Livre” Kevin said hugging the puppy.

“I know, but when he gets older he will need more space inside the building and our place is not adequate for him to stay here along with us all. He also needs a bigger outlet for himself and for his stuff and toys”

“Maybe we could look around the house for something we don’t need and sell it?” Suggested Kevin. “So we had more space for him”

“Kevin I’m sorry, but we can’t keep a dog, that gets that big.”

“But…...alright,” Kevin said sinking his head down.

“Have you got a leash or something, so we can let him walk the way up back to his previous home?” Questioned the woman earning a nod from the boy, which took from his other pocket out a green-colored leash and put it on the ring at the dog’s collar, then the labrador spun around while hoping in excitement, making Kevin start to sob.

“I’m gonna miss him,” Kevin said, then Madame Livre patted the boy on the back.

“I know, but it’s the best for all of us”

“Don’t worry Kevin, we’re going to have another chance and get one someday, for real” The raven-haired girl promised the boy, which had walked out with the woman and the dog at the corridor, then walked the stairs down. Kevin had stopped along with the dog on the stairs, watching the woman walk down, then from up the corridor from a bedroom a black-colored butterfly appeared flying towards the stairs, where Kevin stood with his puppy and Kevin took the puppy in his arms to give him a hug, while on his face tears started to run his face down, making the down drop his ear in sadness and wag with his tail slowly, afterward he gave the boy a lick on his face to cheer him up, but the brunette still was sad. After that the akuma approached the two, which was noted by the puppy, which started to bark at the flatter creature and it passed beside the puppy, which tried to catch the animal by snapping with his snout, but he failed and the akuma landed on the leash of the dog, causing on the dog and the boy a purple neon light show up over their noses.

“Furrytail, I’m Monarch. You wanted to keep this beautiful creature with you along with some of your friends. I can help you to make this wish true and much more.”

“Can I help other animals too?” Kevin asked.

“Sure. You can save them and when you win their loyalty, they can help you”

“That’s fantastic”

“I’m glad you like it. In exchange, I’d like to have the miraculouses of the superheroes, preferable the ones from Lady Red and Cat Noir, but that topic we’ll discuss later when you meet them”

“Alright Monarch, this is going to be fan….No! Fur-tastic,” Kevin said with a chuckle, while the dog grinned with his puppy teeth.

“Please don’t do that”

“Don’t worry, we won’t let you down” Kevin promised disappearing along with the puppy into a dark cloud, which emerged together and turned into a werewolf-like creature with black fur and three, fuzzy tails. The mystical creature held on his front paw the leash, which was now a lash and he used it as a lasso and threw it up at the railing on the end of the opening, where the hole for the stairs was and he swung down at the entrance hall, where Madame Livre stood picking her keys from a furniture next to the entrance and got fright as she saw the creature land in front of her and kick the door with his hind legs.

“K….Kevin?” Asked Madame Livre shivering from the creature, which was now taller than her. The creature glanced at the woman, then ran out on his four leaving the woman alone, which swallowed hard as she watched the animal ran the streets along, heading to the main street.

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