Miraculous: Tales of the Wielders

New Villain and Unlikely Friends

"Oh my gosh, Alya! This cafe is amazing!" Marinette gushed as she looked around her friend's new job location.

"I know right?? Look, there's pictures of all the heroes all over the walls, newspaper headlines, and fanart on display! Even the drinks are themed! For example there's a frozen coffee called "lucky charm" with red velvet cake flavor and chocolate chips! It's so cool!" Alya gushed as she showed her around the cafe.

"Speaking of fanart, isn't that Nathaniel over there?" Marinette pointed out.

Nathaniel was sitting in a corner with a cup of black coffee (aptly named cataclysm) sketching away furiously on his notebook.

"Oh yeah! He's been coming every day since it opened! We should go say hi!" Alya suggested.

They walked up to him, and he was so enthralled with his work, he didn't even notice till they were right in front of him. He jumped slightly when Marinette said hello.

"Oh, hi guys! Sorry, I was a little distracted, I didn't even here you guys come up!" he said hurriedly closing his notebook like a deer in the headlights.

"No worries, Nathaniel! Sorry for interrupting your work! I hope you don't mind!" Marinette apologized.

"No, I mean, you can interrupt me whenever you want, Marinette!" he said haltingly with a slight blush on his cheeks.

Alya smirked at her knowingly. Seemed his crush on Marinette still lingered. Marinette knew he wouldn't try anything though with Adrien in the way. He was too much of a gentleman for that.

"Hey, girls! What's up?" said a voice as someone put his arms on their shoulders. They both turned to see Adrien smiling at them. Nino was shortly behind. "Oh hey, Nathaniel. How's it going?"

Nathaniel grimaced slightly. "Not much, just working on my art."

"That's cool. What do you say we get a table, Marinette. Just so we don't interrupt his work." he said taking her hand and kissing it.

If she didn't know him so well, she may have missed the flash of jealousy in his eyes. "Sure, sounds good."

They waved to Nathaniel and went to a table on the opposite side of the cafe. She smiled charmingly at him and leaned over. "If I didn't know you better, I'd say Adrien Agreste is jealous!"

"What? I don't know what you're talking about..." he mumbled.

She grinned slightly pleased, but didn't pursue the topic any further.

Alya came over bringing all their coffees over along with Nino.

"I gotta say, Alya, this cafe is so cool!" Adrien said as he openly admired the place.

"Yeah I know right?? It's awesome and I work here! And get this, Ms. Bustier co-owns this place with her sister Madeline Bustier!"

"No way! Our old high school teacher has a sister and co-owns it?? What are the odds??" Marinette wondered aloud.

"Yeah, it's almost like a super hero series or something!" laughed Nino.

"I get the feeling this might be a good place to hang out." Adrien said relaxing back into his chair.

Alya looked back towards Nathaniel and gasped. "Don't look now, but guess who's graced the cafe with her presence..."

Of course they all turned to look at Chloe talking with Nathaniel.

"Woah never thought I'd see her somewhere like this, none the less talking to Nathaniel freely in public..." Nino scoffed.

Meanwhile, out of ear shot of the group of friends, Chloe had approached Nathaniel once she had entered the cafe. She didn't even really know why, but she definitely didn't feel like talking to Marinette... Even if she was with Adrien.