I call dibs on your heart [Miraculous Ladybug]

Chapter 6: The struggle is real

 "These two kids are making me STRESSED" Alya was sitting in her assigned chair, as she crossed her arms and frequently moved her left leg from side to side. The tanned girl kept her eyes on Marinette and Adrien from afar with desperation and uneasiness. Something didn't seem quite right recently, and Alya was already aware of it. Her curious nature couldn't rest until she found out what it was exactly. But in the other hand, Nino seemed chill.

Interrupting Alya's stalking, the teacher raised her voice with seriousness to capture everyone's attention  "Now, it's time to join together the two liquids. Be careful using the probe, I don't want any accidents today okay?" her voiced focused on that part, wanting to make her student's aware of what she meant. "This assignment is worth 70 points." Mrs. Mendeleiev, the science teacher, showed the students, with her own materials, how the result should be. As she tilted the probe with delicacy, dropping little by little the red liquid inside a jar that contained the blue liquid, she suddenly created a chemical reaction. The mixture of the two ingredients raised up from the jar, creating a cool colored spume. 

The Students watched fascinated, while Alya kept glancing at her two friends. Marinette was sitting in front of the classroom, in the same table as Nathaniel. Meanwhile, Adrien had been paired up with Ivan, next to Marinette's and Nathaniel's table... Luckily for Alya, the teacher paired her up with Nino, they were both in the last table at the back where she could see everything. As she kept looking, she noticed the blond model looking at her friend for the 200th time in that class. Mari never noticed of course, and surprisingly, it wasn't because of her clueless nature but because of her red haired Partner, Nathaniel. Alya's mind was a mess, she was eager to figure out who this  "Mistery guy" was. Was it seriously Nathaniel? But how? He couldn't even speak to her without stuttering. He was just like Marinette when she tried to talk to Agreste. But for Alya, something seemed fishy, she sensed danger in the air for her friend regardless of who that guy was. Nobody would like a person who makes your best friend so sad all the time.

"I just don't get it Nino!" The dark skinned girl looked back at Nino after having enough of analyzing her friends from afar without a single clue of what was actually going on. She pulled her red glasses back, making them hold her  wavy silky hair back as she rubbed her face with her hands.

Nino blushed from Cesaire's reaction. It was a rare view to see her without her glasses on, but the young lover quickly focused on the experiment once again (Since Alya was actually not being any help at the moment and this was his only chance to raise up his grades.)  "Are you even taking notes?" He asked her with a chuckle as he began to mix the liquids just how the teacher showed them before.

"Uh, something like that." She looked down at her empty notebook just filled with doodles, feeling a bit embarrassed.

Noticing Alya's little lie, he laughed. "You're certainly the best science partner, Alya Cesaire." his wide smile was contagious, making Alya smile along with him. Without intention, they both created a weird mood between them.

 "Shut up." Alya began to write in the blank pages to hide away her blushing. Not even a minute passed before she would open her mouth to speak again. "Come on, I'm sure you noticed they are both acting strange. First they were being friendly with each other, but now...Now they both seem weird."

With a little nod, Nino agreed. "Do you think something happened between them?" he asked as he watched the spume raise in the jar, creating the colored reaction he needed.

"I don't think so... I mean, Marinette tells me almost everything when it comes to Adrien. She literally could speak about him for hours ....Well, that was before the Mistery guy appeared.." Alya kept writing in her notebook, focusing a bit more on the experiment now.