Not All Pranks Are Funny (Miraculous Ladybug, Marc Story)

The Next Day

He posted the video.

Kim posted to video, luckily he had the decency not to make it public and only to ALL THE STUDENTS AT SCHOOL (except the teachers).

The video was sent at about 8:00 a.m. Some kids were already at school, some were on their way, and some hadn't even started getting ready. But they all saw it. All except Marc and Nathaniel.

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Walking down the hallway Nathaniel felt stares from everyone. They all looked at him, whispered, looked away, then glanced back at him. When he got to Ms. Bustier's classroom everyone stopped talking and looked at him. Nathaniel just looked back.

"What?" he asked. Then everyone avoided eye contact. Some (mainly Chloe) snickered, Kim had the Cheshire cat smile, and Marinette and Alix grabbed Nathaniel and pulled him outside.

"Hey, why is everyone acting weird? I don't have my clothes on backwards, do I" and then Nath looked down in relief.

"You mean you haven't seen it?" Marinette asked turning ghost white.

"Seen what?"

"Duuuuuuuuuuuude" Alix said "someone posted anonymously a video to every student showing......um.....showing........" looking down she heard Nath ask. "What"

"Just show him," Marinette said nudging Alix. Everyone was at the door at this point, some peering through the window, some through the door frame, none dared step outside.

Alix decided to lighten the blow, she only showed 5 seconds, and let Nathaniel fill in the rest.

Watching the 5 seconds Nathaniel's mouth shot to the floor, his eyes went wide, his skin paled, and he couldn't move. All he would do was stare bug-eyed at the paused video of him hooking up with Marc in the closet (heh).

"I..........I.......I..........I" Nath tried to get out words but none formed. He felt tears starting to form in his eyes and he ran to the locker room to try and calm down.

He was hyperventilating in the corner. He slid down the wall on his back and put his head on his knees. He couldn't believe what he had seen.

"That's why everyone was staring and whispering about me this morning. I......I...can't believe this!" He said to himself, then remembered someone and shot his head up. "Marc," he said then ran to his classroom.

He slammed open the door to see Ms. Mendeleiev in the middle of a lesson.

"Well this is certainly a surprise," Ms. Mendeleiev said in a not-so-happy tone, "I'm not expecting you until later today Mr. Kurtzberg?" she said with hands on hips.

"Are we sure he isn't Mr. Anciel?" someone said in a quiet tone. Nathaniel just glared then stopped when he didn't see Marc in the class.

"Well?" Ms. Mendeleiev started "What are you doing here?" Nathaniel said nothing, "GO TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE," she said pointing out the door. Nathaniel said nothing and just shut the door and walked back to his class. He didn't know why. Reflexes maybe. He wasn't excited to see his classmate's faces when he got back, but he went anyway for some reason.

When he got back to Ms. Bustier's classroom, she still wasn't there, but everyone else was quietly in their seats. Nathaniel stood in the door frame for a bit before walking up to his seat without a word. Nobody looked at him all class. Nobody talked to him during the break. Nobody sat with him during lunch. Everyone just abandoned him. He wanted to leave school so many times but just...couldn't. When school was over he didn't go to the art room, he went straight to Marc's house. He had to see him. He had to make sure he was alright. Oh who was he kidding, he wasn't right either. He was a mess. Not as much of a mess as Marc though.............