Mute

CH2

Luka's Pov

I really want Marinette to start speaking again. She hasn't spoken since we were 6. It's made us drift an inch apart and nothing more than an inch. We're still as close as we've always been but we've cut off on a few things. Although we've always showered together, we've stopped, we stopped a while ago. We haven't been able to have conversations that much because Marinettes mute. I know she didn't take the news well, she's a very smart girl, she understands a lot. For her to be told her parents just died in a car crash due to bad weather obviously broke her.

I haven't been able to tell how she's feeling because like Plagg, she doesn't show much emotion. She has a straight face almost all the time. She smiles when she's greeting someone (silently), when she's playing soccer and when she's thanking someone. I feel so bad for her, I can't even think of what she might be going through. She gets bullied for being mute, for having fully blue hair, she got physically bullied by Lila. Gosh I hate that name. If I ever hear someone with that name I promise i'll avoid them. I cant risk having the memories flood back into my brain.

Today we're starting at a new school, it's currently 8:25am and we're leaving just now. I knew Marinette wouldn't say anything to answer my question but I knew she'd give me some sign. "So blueberry, are you excited for a new school?" She shrugged her shoulders in response, I knew that meant she had mixed emotions. Tikki ended up finding a school that's a 5 minute walk from our house. Lucky it wasn't too far, Tikki and Plagg are coming tomorrow, not today. If they picked a school far away who knows what it would take to get there.

I put my arm around her shoulder and started speaking again. "Listen Mari, can you please start talking again? I know that everything you've been through was hard but we're at a new school now. New people, new image, new everything. I'm not forcing you into this but I think you should talk a least a little bit..." I waited for a response. She just stood there, I knew she was taking consideration because she seemed to be deep in thought.

A few moments later we were in front of our new school, Miraculous High. We've always wanted to go to this school! Marinette saw the soccer sign taped to the wall and ran to it. When she escaped out of my grip I wondered where she was going. I followed her and saw that she was looking at a soccer flyer. "Oh blueberry, this is for boys not girls. Hey look there's a volleyball team for girls, why don't you join that?" She gave me a glare, she was silent, but deadly. I decided the right thing to do was to just stay silent. I put my hands up in surrender and she kept reading, she pointed at something so I read it. "Boys soccer team, tryouts after school on oval at 3pm, don't miss out. Come on Mari, it's for boys, you'll be the only girl signing up, they're not gonna let you in."

What happened next shocked me beyond belief, SHE SPOKE- in my ear though. "Not if I convince them to let me in and show off what I can do." She was smirking an evil smirk, this isn't gonna end well. I know that because of two things: she grinned evilly and spoke. Just wait till Plagg and Tikki hear about this! The bell went and we went to our first class. We were so glad that we were in the same class for everything, she smiled when we found out!

We walked into class only to have all eyes on us. I could tell Marinette didn't like it because she stood closer to me. "Ah! The new students, come in, come in! I'm Mrs Bustier, would you mind telling us a little about yourselves?"

3rd Person's Pov

Luka spoke first. "Hi i'm Luka, i'm 14 and this is my twin sister Marinette. She's not much younger than me, only by a few minutes. She uh...doesn't really speak so~" now all eyes were on Marinette. She hated the attention and felt awkward so she smiled and gave a little wave. He could tell some people were whispering and then noticed them stop suddenly. He looked over to Marinette who was giving them that deadly glare that could rip your soul into shreds. The blue-haired boy nudged his sister and she stopped looking at the girls. "Alright well I can't seem to find any seats that are empty. Oh! There's one next to Alya and another next to Ivan I see, you two can sit in those spots!" They shrugged their shoulders, Marinette sat next to Alya while Luka sat next to Ivan.

"Hey girl! My name's Alya, nice to meet you,"she had her hand out for Marinette to shake. She shook it and smiled while nodding. Alya was confused at the sudden gesture but then remembered, "oh I forgot, Luka said you don't speak eh? That's fine, we can still be friends!" Now it was Marinette's turn to be confused.

She had just made her first friend after Lila turned all her other ones against her. She was willing to be her friend. She didn't care that she didn't speak, she didn't care at all. She wanted to be her friend. She was awestruck by this which caused Alya to giggle. "Never made a friend before?" She said it in a teasingly manner but didn't know it was true. The blue eyed girl suddenly frowned and shook her head. "Oh my god i'm so sorry girl! I didn't know, oh i'm a horrible first friend!" Marinette felt guilty she made her new friend feel guilty herself. She put a hand on her shoulder and smiled that award winning smile of hers. "May I ask why no one wanted to be your friend?" She just pointed at her throat signalling it was because she didn't speak. "Oh~ is it because you don't speak?" A nod was all she got as an answer.

Alya really wanted to get closer to her new friend and know more about her. She brought out her notebook and a pen. "Here, if you don't mind could you answer me on here? I really wanna know more about you so could you write it down?" The bluenette shrugged her shoulders in agreement and took the pen. "Alright, what's your favourite colour?" The page read 'pink'. "Good choice! Alright next question. What do you like to do in your free time?" Under the previous answer the page read 'I love to play soccer, I've been playing since I was 4 with my uncle Plagg. I also like to skate every now and then but I mainly play soccer'. "No way! You've been playing soccer since you were 4 years old! That's crazy girl! I bet if you're good enough the soccer coach will let you on the team even though it's only for boys. Wouldn't they Nino?"

Nino. Who's Nino? Marinette thought, she looked in front of her to see a brown haired boy with brown eyes sitting next to a blonde with electric green eyes. His eyes kinda reminded her of Plagg which made her a little more comfortable. "I reckon he would, I mean if you've been playing since you were 4 then you've gotta be good enough. How about at lunch today, you meet my dude Adrien and I on the oval and we can play?" "Sounds good, you up for it bluebell?"

Bluebell, that's a nice nickname.

She nodded, "alright, we'll see you then dudette!"