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░18░ DIX-HUIT【Do-Or-Don't】

Chapter updated: 11/23/24

* Reference to episode — Derision.
(technically, season 5 bs)

❀MARINETTE❀

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ꕤ LAST TUESDAY AFTER LE PARC... ꕤ

"Alix, why did you want me to talk to Luka today?" I sit there across from her holding my smoothie, at a café close by.

Alix sips her smoothie, "To be honest, Marinette... we were all wondering why you were avoiding people! So we figured . . . why not at least—get you together with someone?" I stare at her wide eyed.

"Well Alix, it just doesn't work like that!" I control my voice for another response to softly say, "I just broke-up with Luka, and I don't want to see him right now, and with Adrien..."

I look down and sigh, "It's . . . complicated."

Alix puts her hand to her chin, "But what's so complicated? I get it now, I guess you don't want to be with Luka..."

I gasp and correct her, "No, no I did but-" she cuts me off, "Then why not at least be with Adrien? Your single, he's single..." she tilts side to side, "I mean . . . I was trying to see how you'd react with Luka, but honestly, with Adrien—sheesh, it's much worse." She shrugs.

I slouch down, "Yeah I know, but there's no way I can be with him!"

Alix crosses her arms, "But why? What's stopping you Marinette?"

I look over and think, "Well, I tried to talk to Kagami a few days ago, I was following Adrien out of class, then realized... she must feel even worse about everything. But... she doesn't want to talk about him at all!"

I look at Alix, maintaining eye-contact, "The point is... she's probably still in love with him."

Alix rolls her eyes and grunts, "Ugh—Marinette, you didn't hear did you?"

I roll my head on the table, "Hear . . . what?"

Alix puts her head on the table, "Nino told Max, who told me, that Adrien and Kagami settled things, and they're... only friends."

I immediately sit up, "T-They what? That's not what Kagami said..."

Alix sits up as well, "Yeah, well she probably didn't want to tell you, because you kept trying to get her with Adrien again."

I put my hands to my forehead, "B-But that doesn't make any sense! Kagami always tells me everything."

Alix sips her smoothie, "Well, I don't know if you've noticed but . . . you're not really perceptive when you're talking to anyone about Adrien."

I sip my smoothie anxiously, "You're right, maybe she did try to tell me, after all . . . we were sneaking into Adrien's house that day, but we didn't go in! because . . . we saw his friends were there."