Red String • Marichat

Chapter Ten

Warning: There is mentioning of hard-ons. They're teenagers! It happens!

Also special thanks to @BlackCatWithBlueEyes they really made my day! People like you make writing this book so much fun!

Adrien vs Nathanael ~YouTube hitovismo

It was a few weeks later and Adrien's worst nightmare came true. Nathanael asked Marinette out.

Well, not exactly out on a date, but that was close enough for him. He was currently with Nino at the art museum. They were secretly spying on them as they looked at the paintings hung upon the wall.

"Adrien, dude, what are we doing here? I thought we were gonna go play some video games." Nino complained as they turned down the hall Marinette and Nathanael were previously at.

"Yeah, I lied."

He quickly ran up to the end so he could keep an eye on her. Her hair was back up in their twin tails instead of down. He smiled cheekily to himself as he thought about how he was able to see her with her hair down.

The outfit she was wearing was a pale pink sweater that hung off the shoulder that wasn't hurt and some black leggings that clung nicely to her legs. He wanted to go up and tug the bottom of her sweater to past her knees as Nathanael secretly kept looking at her thighs and blushing.

His chest thrummed with a deep growl and Nino hesitantly touched his shoulder.

"Dude, are we here to spy on her?" When Adrien didn't answer he continued. "Do you like, have a crush on Marinette?"

Nino knew that Marinette has had a crush on him ever since Alya told him on the day they got locked in the animal cage.

Adrien was quiet for a minute before he saw the two people they were watching, walk out of the museum.

He stalked after them, Nino following close behind as the dashed down the busy street. Marinette was laughing, but not like the cheerful giggles he was used to. It sounded more forced, almost as if she was doing it to not hurt Nathanael's feelings.

He shook his head, his blonde locks swaying in his eyes. When he looked back up, they were gone.

"Nino." He hissed. "Where'd they go?" Nino shrugged and Adrien grabbed his friend's arm and tugged him down the street. They ran past the corner and made a sharp turn before skidding to a stop.

Marinette was staring at the two boys with wide bluebell eyes.

"Adrien? Nino? What are you two doing here?"

Her sweet voice lolled him in temptation but he put a lid on it and shoved it in the back.

"Uh, we saw you at the museum and were wondering if you wanted to hang out." He lied, nervously scratching the back of his neck.

Nino nodded in agreement with a big grin. "Totally dudette." He sent her two thumbs up and she let out one of her beautiful giggles that Adrien loved.

"That'd be fun! Is it okay with you, Nathanael?"

Nathanael frowned, furrowing his red eyebrows but quickly placed a fake smile on.

"Yeah. Sure."

She smiled at him and said thanks before jogging over to us. Adrien protectively draped his arm over Marinette's shoulder and held her a little closer to him and looked over his shoulder.

Nathanael was glaring at him, his light blue eyes clouding over with frustration. Adrien glared back and turned to Nino and Marinette.

"So what are we doing?" Marinette asked as Adrien dropped his arm off of her and they walked down to a cross light.