Pause and Play (alyanette college AU)

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Friends with Benefits

i'm so sorry but i'm gonna HURT some of y'all in these next few chapters lol don't worry it's gonna hurt me too😐
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ALYA POV

I hated telling her that we were just friends.

Well, friends with benefits.

She didn't seem too happy about it, and I didn't either.

But we couldn't do anything major.

This is all it could be.

I mean, we are roommates, nothing can happen.

I can't risk anything. I can't risk myself.

The rest of the day was simple. Marinette and I packed our shit and we headed back to our college.

We said our goodbyes to my mom and my little sisters, and went back to our dorm.

"I'm gonna go see Adrien," Marinette quietly spoke, and left out the door.

What the fuck is up with her?

MARINETTE POV

"And then I asked her "What are we?" and she said "friends with benefits." Can you believe that? We spent the whole weekend doing stuff friends don't do and then she says that," I explain to Adrien, who was making a nacho plate for the both of us in his tiny kitchen.

Nino wasn't there yet, so it was just the 2 of us.

"Mari, she said friends with benefits. Benefits meaning benefits," Adriens voice spoke, pouring salsa into a bowl.

"I know that! But I just...I just want more between us, you know?" I sigh and lower my head in disappointment.

"Well, have you told her how you feel?" He asks me, and I nod no to him. "Then that's why. You can't get something without trying, Mari," He walks over to me with a plate of cheese covered chips and a bowl of salsa and sour cream.

"But I'm scared I'm gonna fuck up the friendship, or whatever kind we have. I really like her, but I know I'll just get hurt," I tell him, shoving a chip into my mouth.

"So what? It's worth a try?" he shrugs.

"Can you come with me?" I smile to him and clasp my hands together in a begging motion.

"Wait, right now?" His brows furrowed.

"Yes, let's go before I change my mind," I stand up and grab his hand, pulling him to get up.

"She's probably still in the dorm so let's go through the front doors," I state, slightly trembling.

Adrien and I walk down the path from his building, and come face to face with the front doors where we arrived through earlier this morning.

"Do you think she'll feel the same way?" I ask Adrien, clamping my hands together.

"Well, she quite literally fucked you so either she thinks you're attractive, or she has a crush on you," he says, nodding at me.

"I don't know, she fucks a lot of girls, what if I was just the most convenient?" I stutter.

"Jesus Mari you worry way too much. Have some hope!" He replies with a smile on his face.

I shrug at him and smile back.

As we walk in, we notice 2 people in the dining hall, one against the wall, and one in front, obviously kissing each other. As we get closer, we both notice who it is and I freeze in my tracks.

is that...Alya?