❛𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐐𝐔𝐄❜ ━ 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺

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SHE WAITED BY THE ENTRANCE, and as soon as she caught sight of Adrien walking in, the enormous smile made its way up to her face once again. At first, she was uneasy, but remembering who she was once again, resulted in her confidence rising higher. Adrien, who had arrived back at the dorm much later than everyone's due to the extra Fencing class he had, noticed her standing there and waved at her.

"Uh, A-Adrien? There's something I want to show you."

"Sure, Marinette."

Though the name disturbed her, she tried hard not to roll her eyes as she led Adrien to her room -in other words, Marinette's room. Obviously, if she was Marinette now, she had to behave like Marinette.

She opened up the door and walked inside, Adrien following her in. Lila took Adrien's hand instantly after they were inside and led him to the bed, sitting him down on it. At this point, she wasn't even trying to get Adrien to like her back, after all, how could she if she wasn't even herself at the moment?

She was now just focused on ravaging the one girl who stood in her way. Perhaps, it was from the enviousness or the resentment, maybe both, but Lila couldn't care less. Getting Marinette out of the way was her main priority now, and already, it looked as if it wouldn't be long before she got what she craved. The only thing in her mind now as she leaned in towards Adrien's face was how hurt Marinette was going to feel after this.

As anticipated, Adrien moved back, pushing the girl away gently. "I-I'm sorry. This is going way too fast."

Lila cocked her head slightly as she gave Adrien a minor smile. "No, it's not." And she leaned in again, only for Adrien to stop her. He looked a little annoyed now. Even the small smile he had on his face wasn't enough to cover how disturbed he was with what was going on. "Oh, come on, Adrien. Grow up! It's just a kiss!"

Those words were enough to break his smile. He pushed the girl off of him and stood up, not failing to show how angry he was. "What is wrong with you! Why are you acting so different? I told you. . . I'm not comfortable!" With those final words, he turned and left the room, Lila watching with a small smirk.

You'd think the girl would stop there; you'd think getting Adrien mad at Marinette was enough to satisfy her and make her go back to her own body. But no, Lila was having way too much fun to just stop here.

To rise to the top, you simply had to bring everyone else down, and that was exactly what Lila Rossi planned on doing, not just with Marinette, but with every single classmate she had. Tear them down one by one. . . starting with Marinette. If she wanted to completely ruin the girl, bringing her down, then she had to go all the way, and all the way meant not just Adrien getting mad at her.

Everyone!

She heard the call for lunch, which was a little later than usual. Every two hours after they got back home from the academy, the class would have lunch together. Some people had come back to the dorm late today, so lunch must have been pushed back. Either way, Lila saw this as a time for her to shine.

She trotted out of Marinette's room and started walking down the stairs. She walked past Adrien without turning to look at him, but she knew for a fact that Adrien was giving her a revolted look.

"Uh, someone go call Lila. She's the only one not here," Chloe called out as she placed bowls on the dining table.

"I spoke with her. She said she's been feeling a little sick lately and just needs a rest. She asks if it's okay to miss lunch just for today." The girl in Marinette's body immediately spoke up before anyone else could go to call Lila. Everyone seemed to buy her words, after all, Marinette Dupain-Cheng was that sweet girl.