College Lovers

6: Deaths And Pacts

Marinette was in her room studying when Adrien walked in with a card and a gloomy face.

He put the card next to Marinette on the table and sat on her bed.

Marinette looked up and saw the card. "What is this?"

He sighed. "Just- just open it."

Marinette opened the card and started reading it.

"You are all welcome to the funeral of Nino Lahiffe-"

Marinette stopped reading. "Wh- what..?"

Adrien looked at his fingers. Marinette looked at the card again. "....in the park in Place des Vosges on January 15th. Please wear black." Marinette was about to faint.
She looked at the card again trying to comprehend what she just read.

"B- but I can't go, omg I can't go-"

"Hey hey, why can't you go? It's your friends funeral!"

"You don't think I don't know that? I have exams!"

"I don't. And we're in the same class."

Marinette took a big breath. "Yes I'm aware Sherlock. But they gave exams to the ones that didn't pass yesterday's topic."

Adrien remained silent. The door opened and a laughing Thomas and a brunette girl entered.  "Oh hey- oh Mari, what happened?"

Marinette eyed the brunette. "Who's this?"

"My girlfriend, Fay-Eloise."

"Now that's a very...intresting name." Marinette elbowed Adrien.

"Okay, but why is the mood in here so-"

Marinette dumped the card in his hands. Thomas took the card and read it. As he was done, he had compassion in his eyes.

"He died?"

Fay-Eloise looked around. "Who died? Tommy, is it someone we know? Tommy? Thomas Hilfiger Huxley!"

"What? What do you want Fay?"

"Why are you lashing out on me like that?" Fay crossed her arms making her look like a mom.

"Because you're controlling! God. Look, this thing isn't working anymore, we're over. Bye!" Thomas showed her the door and Fay stormed out angry.

"And she was never seen again. And scene." Marinette bowed.

Thomas chuckled. "I wanted to break up with her for some time already. She's so controlling. But hey, back to your situation. How did he die?"

"We don't know. But I'll call Alya. If you both will please leave."

"Gurl, I live here."

"Them go to Adriens or something. I just wanna be alone. Thanks."  the boys left and shut the door. Marinette made sure they weren't eavesdropping and dialed Alyas number.

A heartbroken Alya picked up. "Yeah?"

"Alya hey!"

"Oh, Marinette. Hi."

"If it's not too much trouble, how did Nino die?"

"The suicide attempt did kinda work. He got too late at the hospital and died in the ER."

"And the funeral is January 15th?"

"Yeah."

"I can't come, sorry. I have exams."

Alya started screaming in the phone making Marinette regret calling her in the first place. She understood it was her best friends funeral but she couldn't just bail on her exams.

"Al- al- ALYA!"

Alya shut with taking and remained silent.

"Thank you. Look, I have exams. I would come, I really do, Nino's my friend, but I can't bail on my exams, sorry."

Marinette hang up and sighed. The door opened and Thomas and Adrien entered, with a face that Marinette understood that they were eavesdropping.

"Mari-" Marinette broke down in Adriens arms. She was crying in his chest, blabbering about everything that was going wrong in her life.

When she was done she wiped her tears away and stood up and regained herself. "I'm sorry."

Thomas and Adrien looked at each other. "Wh- why are you sorry? It's totally normal to break down if you can't take it anymore."

Marinette smiled and sat back at her table. "I want to work on my project. If you two can leave."

"Marinette-"

"God, yeah, except you cuz you live here."

"Hah!" Thomas made a face at Adrien who stormed away to his dorm. Marinette got up and walked over to Thomas who sit himself on his bed, scrolling on social media.

"H- hey Thomas?"

Thomas looked up. "What's up?"

"I need help with this project. You did this last year, right?"

"I did."

"Great. What am I supposed to do here."

The rest of the time, Thomas helped Marinette on her project for class tomorrow.

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"Adrien help me out here."

"What's up." he turned around in his chair with wheels.

"You spend too much time with Thomas- anyway, I have a crush on Mari but-"

Adrien coughed. "I'm sorry, YOU have a crush on Marinette? But I have a crush on her."

"Okayy, competition. Ok, let's do this. The first one to get the girl has to tell the other to do everything they say, for the rest of the year. Deal?"

Adrien smirked. Oh you're on, deal." they shaked hands and chuckled." You're going down Amber Ashford."

"Oh you're dead, Adrien Agreste."