The New Guardian

I Should've Stayed Home

Previously: "Thanks you guys!" I stop jumping and spin a bit just trying to burn off the adrenaline from the message. "I'm so happy, I can't believe this is happening!"

"What's happening, Marinette?"

All of us fall silent and turn towards the confused voice. Adrien.

~This part is written in Adrien POV~

Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! My alarm for school starts blaring, waking me from my dream. I wake up and check the time. 7:05 AM. Alright, I guess I'll get up. I roll over and swing my legs off the edge of the bed. I slowly rise, yawning and stretching as I walk towards my bathroom. I close the door behind me and stare back into the mirror. Oh, yeah the bruise. I gasp and feel my heart race even faster. Marinette. M'Lady. I get to see her today! I grab the edge of the sink and look harder into the mirror. "You can't fuck this up today, Adrien. You have to confess to Marinette but you have to also let Kagami down as gently as possible." I say to myself. I know I showered last night, but it wouldn't hurt to shower again. I do wanna smell nice for M'lady and then I can fix my hair up perfectly. Yeah, a nice quick shower.

I get in the shower and wash up. I step out, look in the mirror and mentally remind myself I need to cover the bruise. I grab my usual clothes, get dressed and grab the makeup Marinette gave me. Good thing I paid attention when I get my makeup done for photo shoots. I apply it the same way Marinette told me to, leaving no trace of a bruise behind. I walk back into my room and see Plagg still sleeping on my pillow. I shake my head and pull my phone from my nightstand. I see two new notifications.

Nino: Hey dude, I got you a jersey for spirit week like you asked, I got to school early and I'll be waiting by the stairs for you. I'm waiting for the girls to show up too. See you when you get here! 😃👍🏻 -Delivered 7:34 am

I completely forgot about spirit week! I'm glad I have a best friend like Nino to remind me and someone who will help me out like this too. I'm so thankful for him and all my friends really. Public school was the best thing to happen to me, aside from becoming Chat Noir of course.

I see the next notification after that. My heart races a little before I open it, seeing it's from the Lady Blog. My jaw drops when I see the picture on the top of the blog. It's Alya and Marinette wearing cheerleader uniforms. They're standing together in Marinette's mirror, Alya has her arm around Marinette while she sticks her tongue out and Marinette smiles bright and holds up a peace sign. Marinette's outfit is baby pink and white two piece with a short flow-y skirt and long sleeves while Alya's is a orchid purple and orangey-peach two piece with typical wide shoulder straps and a ruffled skirt. They both have knee high socks on and their hair in high ponytails.

I've never seen Marinette's hair like that. Or her mid drift. Or her thighs... Wait, no. I can't think like that! If I can't control myself looking at a picture of her, I won't be able to handle the real thing. Oh God, I'm so fucked. She looks too hot, and after last night I won't be able to control myself. How can she have been across my lap last night but today she's not even gonna realize it's me. She's living the dream, I'm not gonna be able to look her in the eye all day. It's gonna be a long day.

Nathalie knocks on my door and tells me we need to leave soon. I check the time and see it's 7:38. Well, I might as well get there early. Marinette's usually late to school and if  I leave now I can get there before her, change and be in my seat when she walks in. I wake Plagg up, grab my backpack and start to leave. I check my phone one more time and cover my red face from Plagg.

"So you excited to see your girlfriend today, lover boy?" he says teasingly.

"S-shut up, Plagg! She's not my girlfriend, at least not yet." I say, grumbling.