True Love Kiss

4 - The consequences

Marinette woke up the next day, dazed a bit. The events of yesterday were mixed up with crazy dreams that she had dreamed all night. At first, she couldn't distinguish between reality and dreams. Consciousness returned to her reluctantly. Wait, wait a moment... Had she... Had she kissed Cat Noir on the roof of the Notre Dame cathedral yesterday?

"Yes, Marinette..." Tikki confirmed while eating a cookie and observing the waking up girl.

"Oh noooo..." Marinette moaned and hid under the blanket.

"Oh yeees..." Tikki smiled. "I didn't expect that from you..."

"Tikki, please stop! How could I do that? After all... I love Adrien!"

"Mhmmm..."

"What do you mean by this 'mhmmm'?" Marinette threw away the blanket and glared at Tikki.

"Oh, come on, Marinette!" kwami laughed in answer, ignoring the girl's glare. "If you didn't feel anything to Cat Noir, would you break the spell? And would you kiss him so long, so intensively and so... uhm... magically?" the last word was said by Tikki in a meaningful tone, and kwami watched carefully the girl's reaction.

"It's terrible that you know everything..." Marinette sighed, getting up. "You're worse than the conscience... At least, the conscience can be drowned..." she added under her breath and began to dress.

Tikki only giggled and finished eating, then flipped into Marinette's purse. A moment later, both were ready to leave. It was the high time, because in five minutes the lessons would start. Marinette, therefore, didn't have time to think about her actions on the previous day, nor about her feelings for Cat Noir.

She ran breathless into the classroom just before the bell for the lesson. She tossed her backpack to the floor and sat down next to her friend, Alya.

"What's up, girl?" Alya greeted her. "Did you sleep well?"

"What?" Marinette blushed instantly. "Ah, yes, yes... Very well!" she nodded quickly.

"Didn't you have nightmares?"

"Nightmares? Why would I have nightmares?"

"Well... You know... You ruined your Valentine's Day yesterday..." Alya whispered.

"Yeah... Right." Marinette replied inattentively, suddenly focused on Adrien, who appeared at the door.

"Talking of the devil..." Alya whispered and looked quickly at her friend. Who – amazingly! – was sitting calmly. Well, slightly flushed, but calm.

"Hi, Alya! Hi, Marinette!" Adrien greeted with a wide smile.

"Hello girls!" Nino added, standing next to his best friend.

"Hi boys!" Marinette replied in a similar tone.

"Hey!" Alya greeted, still intrigued by the change in her friend's behaviour. "How was your Valentine's Day, Adrien?"

"You're not going to ask me?" Nino asked bending down over Alya.

"Is there anything I don't know about yet?" she answered and winked to him.

He grinned and winked back to her. Marinette watched the whole situation with a slight amusement and huge interest. She didn't think that these two gravitated towards each other. Alya hadn't mentioned about her Valentine's plans yesterday. On the contrary – she focused on the "Valentine for Adrien" action. In the meantime... They would have to talk about it.

"And you?" Alya turned to Adrien. "How many Valentine cards did you get?"

"I didn't count." he shrugged. "I didn't even read most of them."