MariChat: Soul Link (SoulMates AU)

Day Of The Date

Marinette hadn't heard the end of Alya since she had told her about the date she had with Adrien. She was convinced her tan-skinned friend was more excited about the date than she herself was. The blogger claimed that the past year of forcing Marinette into social situations regarding Adrien finally seemed to have paid off. Mairnette knew that it was to do with the Soul Links, and not much else, but she was content to let her friend think that way.

While Marinette knew and completely understood, and was thankful for Alya's support and help, her constant asking about was getting embarrassing for the blunette, to the point where she wound up having to ask Alya to stop.

She should have known that wouldn't work.

"You realize I'm never letting this drop, right girl?"

With a sigh, Marinette nodded. "I had a feeling you wouldn't..." Today was Wednesday, and their final class for the day seemed to be dragging out as slow as physically possible, but it was almost done. Almost over. The week had gone by at the speed of a snail, dragging out everything as much as possible, before time would snap back to a move, allowing Marinette to carry on with things.

She had been looking forward to today for, quite frankly, far too long as far as she was concerned, but at the same time, she was nervous as hell, yet at the same time, she was totally relaxed about it in a combination she could not even begin to comprehend. She was nervous because she was going on a date with Adrien - Adrien - Of all people, and relaxed in the sense that she already knew how she felt about him, and how he felt about her. Conflicting emotions like this just further compounded the poor girl's confusion and beating heart-rate.

Alya and Nino had switched seats with Adrien and Marinette basically for the entirety of the week, forcing both the two lovable idiots to sit by one another. It had been Alya's idea, of course, but she had swapped back because she had wanted to arrange and speak with Marinette about how they were going to doll up the blue haired girl. Marinette had assumed she had been joking. She hadn't been.

"Just a couple minutes to go, girl."

"I hope so." Marinette confessed, scribbling on her work-pad absent minded, not really taking in the information as much as she was just copying it. Two minutes might as well be an hour to Marinette in her current frame of thought. "I think I'm gonna go insane if I end up waiting much longer."

Eventually however, those few minutes passed, and Marinette was saved by the bell. Everyone rose from their seats, pushing various things back into their bags and collecting their various applicants like pencils and rulers, and all eagerly leaving the classroom. Many of them had clubs that went on after school on Fridays, since it was the best time for them. Adrien also had Basketball practice today, which he was going to now. That only lasted an hour, and they had arranged to meet at around 6PM that night.

Leaving the room, Adrien shot Marinette a smile from the corner of his mouth, before he disappeared behind the door frame. The action didn't go unnoticed by Alya. "Damn girl. He seems into you."

Marinette blushed, not really having anything she could say that would get her out of this situation. "Shut up."

Patting her friend on the top of her head, Alya smiled herself. "Come on, let's go get you ready."

While no one expected them to go out looking like a gentleman and a lady when going to a funfair, a place known for fairground rides and carnival games, Marinette had put in some special effort, because she wanted to look nice for Adrien - For Chat. It was still weird to her that they were both the same person. She shuddered, remembering how close Chat had been to kissing her in this very room not too long ago, and how badly she had wanted it.