A Dork Named Adrien - a Miraculous Ladybug fanfic

Friends

"Nino, you're my best bro right?"

Uh-oh, Nino thought as he stared at his blond pal who was sitting queasily beside him for the last hour. He knows Adrien like the back of his hand, and the last time he asked him such question ended him throwing his fabulous headset in the Seine.

"Of course," he answered nonchalantly as cold sweat began to drip on his forehead "We're BFF right? Best Friends Forever."

He noticed how the blond model's Adam Apple bobbed on his throat when he gulped audibly. Uh-oh, he thought again, this must be bad.

"You see...Nino..."

Nino grasped the edge of the bench with his hand and braced himself for the worst.

"Is it okay if you're my male best friend?"

The bespectacled male blinked at him owlishly. Of all the things that he could say, that was the one he did not expect the most.

"Well, I am your male best friend," he told him, confusion still all over his face "What brought this on, dude?"

Adrien's gaze dropped on his lap as he began to twiddle his thumbs "Erm, I may have acquired a female best friend...?"

He tilted his head and drawled "Okay...?"

"And there are two of them."

Nino's lips thinned, and with his blank-faced expression the model began to panic "Yo - You're still my best friend, okay? One of my first friend since I started in college, and the first male friend I really like to hang out with! You're important to me, but there are these two girls that - "

"Whoa, wait - calm down, dude!" Nino slammed both of his hands on his friend's shoulder then shook him when he began to blabber nonsensical words "I'm fine, okay? I'm just shocked."

"S-shocked?!"

He wasn't supposed to laugh at Adrien's frazzled expression yet he did "I was expecting something dramatic happened that puts you into trouble, or probably you did something that could break our friendship - "

"But I did something that could break our friendship!" the blond bewailed "I have two people who could steal your best friend's status."

"Okay - first of all, I'm going to fight for my right to retain my Best Friend position," said the DJ with crossed arms "Second - you mentioned two females?"

The blond nodded profusely as he rubbed his nape.

Nino dropped his hand limply on the side "Are we talking about Alya and Marinette?"

Adrien choked his spit then sputtered "N-no, not Alya - "

"Is it Marinette and Chloe?"

"Not Chloe!"

"Marinette and someone else?"

"I did not say anything about Marinette!" he finally exclaimed with a huff.

So it is Marinette, Nino smirked mentally.

"Just to clarify, you have two girls who are candidates to overtake my Best Friend throne - "

"Well, not really overtake," Adrien corrected shyly "More like, share?"

"Dude," he shook his head with bemusement "I don't mind sharing my status with Marinette - "

"I did not say Marinette!"

"Okay - with someone I probably know and someone I probably don't know," he corrected "And if I recalled correctly, you mentioned that I'm your best male friend while these two could be your best female friend?"