Miraculous: Love struck

chapter 22

Marinette

The school bell rang for lunch and I was about to get up when Alya turned to me. She tilted her head towards Nino and Adrien. I gave her a confused look.

She sighed and leaned close to me. "Ask Adrien to get lunch with you." She whispered.

I shook my head and started packing my things faster. "N-no, I c-can't." I stuttered.

She rolled her eyes. "Come on, what can go wrong?" She asked.

I started listing the things that could go wrong. "What if I mess up? Or he says no, and doesn't want to be friends anymore? Or I trip---"

Alya shoved me and I tripped over my feet. Thankfully, I was caught by someone. Of course, my worst fears were faced, but at least Adrien wasn't here.

"Hey, Marinette." I heard a voice say.

I knew who that voice belonged to and I looked up to see green eyes.

"A-Adrien!!!" I screamed. I was freaking out. I was in his arms, but not how I wanted to be. He must think I'm so weird.

"Hey, Marinette. Can you not scream so loud?" He asked me.

I blushed so red and looked away. I wanted to run away, but he kept his hold on me. "S-sorry." I said, quietly.

He laughed. "It's ok." He finally let me go. Before I could get my things and run for the door, he stopped me.

"Hey, Marinette. Do you wanna get lunch together?" He asked me.

My heart was now pounding so fast that I thought it would come out of my chest. My mind was blank and I stopped working. I just stood there.

Adrien

Marinette was standing still for a while. I just asked her if she wanted to get lunch together. Maybe I went too far? I know she likes me, but was it really this bad?

"If you don't want to---" I started saying.

Just then, Alya moved in front of Marinette. "She'll love to have lunch with you. She'll meet you at her bakery." Alya said.

We had open campuses during lunch, so we could go outside the school to eat lunch. I nodded at Alya and headed for the door.

Marinette

All I could hear was my heart beating. Then, "-inette, Marinette, come on. Wake up!" Alya was shaking me back and forth.

I sighed lovely as I remembered that Adrien asked me to lunch. I then widened my eyes. Adrien asked me to lunch, and what did I do? Look like an idiot.

I looked around and saw no Adrien. I sighed. "Of course he left." I looked down at the floor.

"Well, he had to probably get a table for you two." Alya said.

I looked up at her. "What?"

"You blanked out again, so I told him that you would meet up with him at your bakery. You're welcome." She said.

I started freaking out again. "What?!? B-but h-how... W-what am I-I..." I couldn't find the right words. Alya sighed and put her hands on my shoulders.

"You'll be fine. He didn't even mind you, um, just standing there. I think I even saw him blush a little." She said the last part quietly. But I still heard it.

"He did?" I asked her.

She nodded her head. "Yep."

I blushed at the thought of him blushing for me. I grabbed Alya's shoulder. "Please, help me." I shook her.

"Don't worry, girl. I got you." She said, grabbing my hands and putting them at my sides. "I have an idea."

Adrien

I was outside of Marinette's bakery door. I wondered if I should've waited for her at the school or not. Alya did tell me to meet Marinette here, but I decided to wait outside for her.

Nino was standing next to me. He kept on looking at me with a confused look on his face. "What?" I asked him.

"I still can't believe you asked out Marinette. On a date." He said.

"I-it's not a date. S-she's just a friend, remember?" I said, not believing myself anymore.

"You sure about that?" He asked me.

I looked away from him. "Y-yeah, I-I'm sure." I said, scratching the back of my neck.

"Besides," I said. "You told me to ask her to lunch."

Flashback

Nino and I were talking during class when the teacher was teaching. Nino then talked about lunch.

"Hey, I was thinking about getting lunch with Alya."

"Ok." I said. I was used to him leaving me for Alya, so I was cool with his lunch date.

"Hey, why don't you ask Marinette to lunch so you don't eat alone." He suggest.

I took a quick look at Marinette. She was write back and forth with Alya. I smiled and blush a little. I remembered her saying she likes me. Nino caught me staring and elbowed me.

He passed a note to me and I read it.

You're so red that Nath's hair is jealous.

I shook my head and crossed out what he wrote. I wrote back to him.

No I'm not.

Nino laughed a little and wrote back.

Just ask her out already.

I wrote back.

No, I can't.

Nino wrote back.

Why?

Thankfully, the bell rang for lunch. Nino elbowed me. I shook my head No, but he pushed me towards Marinette.

Just then, Marinette tripped and I caught her. I looked down at her and wanted to blush. What is going on? I thought. I like Ladybug, not Marinette. She's just a friend.

"Hey, Marinette." I said. She looked up at me and screamed. "Can you not scream?" I asked her.

I could feel her trying to get away, but I held on tight. Her beautiful blue bell eyes were sparkling. I blushed at her, but quickly changed the subject.

The only thing that came to my mind was me and Nino talking about lunch. So, when I asked Marinette to get lunch with me, I surprised myself.

Of course, when she accept the offer, I was even happier then ever. I knew she might say yes, since I was her crush, but it still felt great.

End flashback

"Ok, she's coming." I said, seeing Marinette coming. I fixed my hair a little bit. "How do I look?" I asked Nino.

"Wait, let me help." He said. He messed up my hair and laughed. "There, now you look like you don't have a crush on her."

I shoved him away and he walked away. But I wished he stayed. Marinette walked up to me and smiled.

I opened the door for her. "Ladies first." I said, trying to act cool.

"T-thanks." She smiled at me.

On the outside, I looked cool and confident. But on the inside I was a wreak.

She's just a friend. She's just a friend. She's not just a friend.

I blinked at the last one. I shook it off and continued thinking.

She's just a friend. She's just a friend. She's not just a friend.

No, she's just a friend. I looked up at her and she was smiling.

She's just a friend... That looks soo cute.