It Was Always You, Alya
Summary:
Marinette meets Alya and falls hard after Alya protects her from Chloe. but accidently says she has a crush on Adrien
- Marinette begins falling out of love from all of Ayla's attempts to set her and Adrien up and stuff with Lila.
- Moving on, Marinette begins to move on from Ayla growing closer to Kagami and Luka, learning fencing from Kagami and learning guitar from Luka.
-ironically Marinette's efforts at fencing lead to Adrien noticing her
- Adrien confessing to Nino and Ayla his feelings towards Marinette, The class spends the chapter trying to help Adrien confess to Marinette, with things always going wrong/Lila and Juleka sabotaging and Marinette not wanting to be near them
The hate parts ends with Adrien confessing to Marinette with her turning him down flat/cold
The last part starts with Ayla confronting Marinette, Marinette then tells her she never had a crush on Adrien but on her, Marinette then departs with a declaration of hate.
Story ends with Marinette meeting with Kagami and Luka for some ice cream.Marinette likes Alya. Well, she likes everyone, but she doesn’t like them like she likes Alya. Marinette hated to admit it, but she falls for people way too easily.
It started with Alya defending her from Chloé. For the last few years, it’s just been her defending herself from Chloé. So she admits that she was a little flustered when Alya defended her from Chloé then proceeded to ask to be friends.
Then that’s when Ladybug happened. She was confused at first, but she eventually got the hang of it. She didn’t like the fact that Alya was in the middle of the fight though. It was a little stupid, but she went for Alya and put her to safety with a promise to come back for her then she went back for the Akuma.
Her and Chat Noir defeated the Akuma. As promised, she went back for Alya, whose eyes were literally shining with amazement.
Alya asked for an interview, unfortunately- Ladybug and Marinette weren't equipped to deal with those types of things. Chat Noir was though.
She was confused where the bug-mouse— Tikki came from. Apparently, there was a guardian. Marinette was confused, what made the guardian think that she was a good superhero? She was only fourteen! Surley, an adult is a better option than she is! She’s also supposed to fight a villain, who is clearly an adult! She has a partner, who also looks near her age! Why are two teens fighting a grown man!? Whoever the guardian was might as well just gave them the Miraculous and told them that the fate of Paris was in their hands!
The next day Alya was talking about both heroes. Mostly Ladybug because she saved her. It sounded corny, but Marinette enjoyed listening to Alya’s rant about Ladybug.
Weeks later, Marinette’s crush on Alya only got stronger. She fell too deep. Alya was confident, committed, and steadfast. If not a bit pushy when it comes to certain things. But she is extremely supportive and loyal.
They hit it off quickly, they were best friends before they knew it. Sharing secrets became a thing between the two.
Marinette wished she could tell someone about her being Ladybug, but she couldn’t. Alya wouldn’t be her first choice though, it would be her parents. She didn’t understand why she couldn’t tell her parents. It’s better than having all the pressure of keeping secrets and disappearing constantly. Marinette knew that it would only get worse.
“Sooo, are you crushing on anyone yet, Mari?” Alya had asked, which caught Marinette off guard, who began sputtering. Alya smirked, which made Marinette blush. “Girl, spill, who is it?”
“I—“ Marinette’s mouth went dry, her cheeks heating up. How could she tell Alya that she had a crush on her? “I-it’s—“ She doesn’t even know if Alya is interested in girls anyways. It could end in rejection and a lost friend. “Uh—“ She looked around and she knew that Alya could tell that she was beating around the bush. Marinette wasn’t going to say her actual name. She needed a name! “Adrien!” She blurted out. Her face twisted into confusion at her own words. She only knew that he was a model, nothing else. He was a pretty face, yes, but wasn’t her type. “I like…Adrien Agreste.”
