Double Date Disasters

Best Friend Blues

Marinette was feeling good as she walked into school on a quiet Wednesday morning. Luka and she had been dating for about a month now, she was almost completely over Adrien and things had calmed down in both her civilian and superhero lives.

She loved Luka, and really enjoyed being around him and the dates they went on. He gave her a necklace made out of a guitar pick, which she wore everywhere and with everything.

Chat Noir had stopped flirting with her as Ladybug, saying he'd found someone he cared about and wanted to be with. He still called her M'Lady, but it was just a platonic nickname at this point.

She'd torn down her magazine pictures of Adrien and his schedule, replacing them with photos of her, Luka and her friends and a yearly planner. She was going to need it if she was going to keep up with all of her commissions, exams and hero duties.

She and Kagami were getting on great. They'd go to coffee shops together, After she found out Kagami liked to draw, she started going to Art Club with her, becoming good friends with Marc and Nathaniel.

Her friends no longer made elaborate, over-complicated plans to confess to Adrien, instead making plans to watch movies, go shopping together and go to see, or perform, Kitty Section gigs on the Couffaine houseboat.

She sighed contentedly and opened the door to the locker room, she spotted Adrien by her locker, shoving books into his locker.

"Morning Marinette!"
"Oh, hey Adrien!"

Finally, she could talk to him without foaming at the mouth. Now, they could have actual conversations with each other.

"How have you been?"
"Not too bad, my commissions have eased up a little. You?"
"Great, Kagami and I have a fencing tournament in two weeks."
"Oh cool! Remind me to come along to cheer for you both!"

"Of course. How's Luka doing?"
"Good, Kitty Section's a gig in a couple of weeks, so we're getting ready for that."
"Great! And don't forget, I'm always up to play keyboards if they need it."
"I'll let them know! Anyways I'm gonna head to class now."
"Okay, see you there!"

Marinette sighed, content as she opened the door to the courtyard. Everything was perfect.

"Sooo, I heard your conversation with Adrien~"

Well, everything except Alya.

She was still plotting and planning opportunities to confess, always telling her where Adrien was or what he was doing, regardless of her relationship with Luka. It was driving her mad, but Alya was her best friend. She'd have to come around eventually.

"Ugh, Alya, I don't have the time or the energy for this," Marinette sighed, exasperated.

"Come on girl! Just admit you're still in love with him! You two were made for each other, you're soulmates!"

"I don't want to talk about this," she growled, turning and walking up the stairs to the art room.

"What! Girl, where are you going?"
"To talk to someone who'll listen to me!"

Slamming the door, she leaned against the door and groaned. She cared about Alya, she really did, but this was driving her mad.

"Best friend drama?"

She turned her attention to Alix standing on her platform with a can of spray paint in her hand, and Marc and Nathaniel sitting at one of the tables, Marc's head on his boyfriend's shoulder.

"Yep."
"What happened?" Marc questioned, leaning back in his chair.

"Me and Adrien, we're just talking about stuff, fencing things, my commissions, Luka and Kagami, and Alya overheard us and thought I was trying to get with him and started saying we were 'made for each other' and 'we're soulmates'. I just don't have the energy for it."