The Chinchilla and the Cheshire

Snickering vs. Crushing

After Cheshire left, Adrien took the opportunity to find out a little more about what people thought of his Superhero alter-ego. Trying to be inconspicuous, he leaned forward, his left hand holding up his face and oh-so casually dropped the question, "You think Chat Noir is funny?"

Milyah grinned, "Heck yeah!" Then continued to laugh just a little more.

Out of earshot from the rest of the studying group, but still close enough to hear me narrating, (wait what?) Cheshire snickered to  Cœurs. "Will she ever stop flirting with him?"

Cœurs lightly swats a paw at her. "Don't be so mean."

"Says a literal Cheshire Cat Kwami."

Cœurs stuck out her tongue.

Meanwhile, Mesai was getting bored. Very bored. The group around her was chatting, (mostly about the assignment, with a few added puns from Milyah and Adrien) but she couldn't leave her Chosen's hoodie and have fun with them. It was against the rules of Kwamis, so she would have to stay put. Plagg was in Adrien's jacket, she could sense him, but unfortunately she also knew he was taking a nap. Nothing interesting for her there.

It sucked being a Kwami sometimes. You weren't allowed to be seen by anyone who didn't know about your secret, so for the first few years that was usually just your chosen. Mesai felt lucky that Cheshire knew too so....

Oh.

Duh!

Mesai silently slipped out of Milyah's hoodie and flew over to Cheshire and Cœurs without anyone realizing it and laughed.

Cœurs quickly gave her best friend a hug, while Cheshire was more apprehensive about the matter.

The almost-Wonderlandian whispered, "Shh! Careful! Milyah will freak if she finds out you've run off without her knowing again. Plus I always get blamed."

"It's fiiiiiiine," the Chinchilla Kwami promised, then asked the question on her mind, "So why do you think that Milyah is flirting with him? She can't flirt."

Cheshire smirked. "You're asking so you can tell her, huh? You aren't a very good liar by the way."

Mesai pouted, saying a somehow polite, "Shut up please. Like I'm just asking."

Cœurs laughed. "After escaping those boxes we were trapped in for centuries, you really like talking like a teenager to pretend like they didn't."

Cheshire laughed too. "Anyways, she laughs at everything he says and HE'S the one who helped her up. Now, either she's crushing or just deeply cares for him friendshipically. Wait, that's not a word...."

Mesai agreed. "It's not really a word. And now that you say it like that......WAIT."

Oh.

OH.

".... Did you just now realize this?" Asked the Cheshire Queen, her red and pink fur somehow tangling itself even more by spinning in the air.

"Maaaaayyyyybeeeeee."

Cheshire and Cœurs said the only thing on their minds; "WOw."

"I'm not that good at relationships, okay!" She crossed her petite arms and adverted her eyes away, blushing from embarrassment.

Cœurs giggled, hugging her partner again, the second time time today. "You're so ccuuuttteee Mesai~~"

"Huh?!" Mesai looked a little shocked. Not many people had called her 'cute' before. She smiled. It wasn't the WORST thing in the world. "Well thanks I guess heh."