ML: Scarlet Lady Au: Dark Cupid Part 1
(Based on @zoe-oneesama Kwami swap au. This is the one you guys wanted to see. So lets get to it)
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No, this isnt right at all. Adrien thought to himself as he erased the same sentence he had been trying to write for the last thirty minutes.
The class was talking about Fairy tales about true loves kiss and why in most fairy tales it is able to break any spell. Adrien normally would be all whole heartedly listening to the Lesson, but he wanted to make sure this love letter is perfect.
“Adrien, I hope what you’re writing has to do with my lesson,” The teacher called out to him. It seems she noticed how the blond teen seemed more invested in what he was writing then the lesson she had been teaching. “Can you tell me what I said?”
The class watched expecting for the blond teen to stumble on the response. But the model was more then use to multitasking.
“Thats why in most fairytales, the prince breaks the spell by kissing the princess because only love conquers hate.” Adrien Rattled off with ease, catching the teacher off guard, but she was none the less impressed.
“Very good Adrien.” The teacher praised. The black haired teen that sat behind him smiled in relief, relieved that her friend wasnt gonna get in trouble for not paying attention.
“Now Class, don’t forget to finish ‘Sleeping Beauty’ by Charles Perrault tonight. And Happy Valentines day students.” The Teacher stated as her class was packing up to leave with the class belling ringing.
The black haired teen shifted close to her friend.
“You go ahead, I am gonna meet you outside. I want to give Adrien the valentine’s day gift I got him.” She confided. The reddish brown haired blogger nodded at her friend.
The designer had made valentine’s day gifts for most of the class. She passed out most of them already and wasn’t able to give Adrien’s his yet because he arrived late. Adrien’s, Alya’s and Nino’s were given a bit more effort as she considers them her closest friends.
The rest of the class left while Adrien kept writing. Why was this so hard? Adrien pondered.
“Hey Adrien.” a familiar voice spoke. He looked up to see his fellow classmate and crush in front of him. His Cheeks turned bright red and he crumpled up the paper.
“Mari-Marinette. Hey- hi. How goes?” Adrien stammered in surprise. Real smooth Adrien. He mentally insulted himself.
“Sorry for interrupting.” Marinette apologized. “You seem really invested in writing, so I will be brief.”
“You’re Fi…It! It is fine. I kind of have writer’s block. So what can I help you with.” Adrien recovered slightly.
Marinette giggled a bit and went into her backpack to pull out a small bakery box.
“Happy Valentines day.” She exclaimed with a smile. Adrien felt his heart beating like a drum inside his chest. A valentine from his crush, his macaroon maiden? His Caffeine queen? Adrien felt his smile grow.
“Wow, Marinette. I… thank you.” He smiled as he opened to see the delicious Chocolate and Coffee Macaroon with His Initials Written in beautiful cursive.
“Its beautiful.”
“I am glad you liked it. Alya’s and Nino’s came out really nice too.” She said as she unintentionally shattered his dreams. “I wanted to make sure all my friends got something good for today.”
Friends? Just friends? Adrien felt the word echo in his mind. Yes, he knew they were friends. He was happy they were friends. But he really wanted to be more then friends. Hearing how the chocolate that he got from the love of his life was a gesture of friendship, felt more like a dagger to the heart rather then the blessing he once thought.
Adrien knew he was overreacting. It was selfish to think such things. Marinette was an irreplaceable friend in his life. So he internalized his thoughts and kept his smile. After all, they were friends for now. That didn’t mean there wasn’t a chance for that to change. Plus, anytime he can see Marinette’s smile is always worth it.
“Thank you Marinette. Ill be sure to repay your kindness.” Adrien answered softly. He felt his words were true, maybe his gift will be enough to have her see him in a new light.
“Don’t worry about it. Seeing your appreciation is thanks enough” Marinette smiled. “Ill see you later Adrien, I gotta go take care of a few things.”
Adrien watched as the designer walked out of the classroom. A black cat kwami flew out of his bag.
“Ouch. That has to sting.” The kwami commented.
“Plagg, Marinette got me something for Valentine’s day. Its an amazing gift.”
“Yea, nice of your ‘Friend’ to give you such a friendly gift.” Plagg emphasized the word friend.
“There is nothing wrong with that. In fact, it gives me a reason to repay her kindness with an amazing gift of my own.” Adrien exclaimed with vigor.
Plagg rolled his eyes.
“You are too optimistic sometimes. So what is this Amazing gift you are gonna get her?”
“I have no idea.” Adrien answered as he stood up from the desk. He snapped a photo of the Macaroon with his phone before eating it. It tasted like he was floating in a chocolate and coffee cloud as he was covered with a warm blanket of bliss and love. He happily tossed the crumpled paper he had been writing on in the trash before walking out of the empty classroom, where he was greeted by his blonde childhood friend and her orange headed lackey, the latter of whom was holding what appeared to be a rolled up poster.
“Hi Adrien!” The blonde exclaimed with a wave and a smile right before gesturing to the poster. “Sign here please.”
“Come on, you know I hate signing autographs chloé” Adrien stated flatly, his mood had shifted to a more bored expression.
Chloe laughed.
“That is not what this is.” Chloé lied as her assistant shook her head. “ This is a petition against Cruelty to hamsters. Have you seen some of the ugly sweaters they are forced to wear? It is horrible.”
Chloé offered Adrien the marker as the red head moved forward so the blond model could sign it.
He sighed, she was lucky that he didn’t want to waste time arguing. He wanted to start working on his thank you gift for Marinette. So he sighed and signed the ‘petition’.
Adrien walked away leaving a rather thrilled, Chloé with the poster.
“We got it.” Chloé happily exclaimed. “The other girls are gonna be super jealous.”
“That great Chloé. Though didn’t Adrien seem a bit unusual to you? He seemed like he was a bit happier before he greeted you.” The orange haired girl pointed out.
“Jeez Sabrina, way to ruin my moment. Go meet me outside, so I can enjoy the moment by myself.”
Sabrina nodded and Left Chloé in the class room.
“Your friend has a point.” a red kwami spoke as it flew out of Chloé’s bag. “Not to mention the fact that using Adrien’s autograph is very misleading.”
“Oh be quiet Tikki. Sooner or later we will become an item, so this isnt misleading at all.” Chloé defended.
The red kwami rolled her eyes.
“Adrien does seem like a sweet boy, writing a love letter while in the middle of class.”
“Love letter? What are you talking about?”
“Well, what else would he be writing with such interest?”
Chloé remember’s Adrien throwing something out before walking out of the class. She also remembered that Marinette also left the class before her and Sabrina showed up with the poster.
“Wait… you don’t think Adrien is in love with another girl do you?” Chloé questioned as her suspicious started to cloud her happy moment.
Tikki clearly understood that this was the truth. The ladybug kwami didn’t need to watch much, but even she could see that boy was clearly in love with the baker’s daughter. The one that smelled like fresh baked goods. Tikki finds herself wishing she had that sweet girl as her partner instead of Chloé, not that the red Kwami would ever say that out loud.
“It isnt impossible…” Tikki answered, trying not to anger Chloé.
Chloé thought for a moment.
Could Adrien be in love with someone else? Could it be… Chloe shook her head. Of course that wasn’t possible. If Adrien was in love with someone, she would know.
“Forget it, No way Adrikins would be in love with someone else. Come on, lets go find Sabrina. We have some people to gloat to.”
Chloé held her poster a bit tighter and ignored her Kwami’s blatant sigh.
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“Operation Valentine’s day is commencing.” A bespectacled teen stated. “According to extensive research and cross-referencing of online shopping sites, this particular jewel was ranked highest in popularity.”
The teen reveals the heart shaped box and hands it over to his much more athletic friend with the blond dyed front spike hairdo. The athletic teen takes the box and opens it to examine the gift. He smiles and air pumps his fist.
“Its perfect Max.” The teen exclaimed confidently. “ Ill be sure to hit a homerun with this one. Love is like baseball y’know? You gotta have a strategy or youre gonna strike out. But If you aim right you’ll aim it out of the ball park! SCORE!”
Max’s felt a bit lost by his friend’s baseball analogy but maintained his smile. The athlete’s excitement managed to catch the eye of a curious reddish brown haired blogger who saw the lovely jewel from a distance. The blogger grabbed her black haired friend’s arm pulling her to the two teens in order to get a closer look.
“Well yes Kim. A lovely metaphor.” Max encouraged.
“Metawho?”
“Oooh, Sparkly.” Alya commented as she looked at the gift Kim was holding. Marinette approached to look from the other side.
“Is that for Moi.” Alya teased.
Kim pulled his arm back and protected the gift.
“Negative Alya! The recipient of this Gem has already been determined. Its..” Max spoke up to protect his friend only to be interrupted by Kim who covers the geeky teen’s mouth with his hand.
“Shhh! Keep it on the down low.” Kim spoke anxiously.
Alya found this far more interesting then the jewel.
“SCOOP! Kim’s got a major crush! Whose the lucky lady?” Alya asked as she turned on her phone camera.
Thankfully for the athletic teen, Marinette motioned for Alya to put the camera down.
“It’s gorgeous Kim. She is gonna be ecstatic.” The designer girl complimented.
Kim smiles as he rubs the back of his head.
“Technically, she’s gotta accept it.” Kim answered, his smile turned to dread as he realizes the possibility he could get rejected.
“WHAT IF SHE SAYS NO?!” Kim questioned in horror. The thoughts of rejection now seeping out of his once confident attitude.
“She won’t Kim! No way! Don’t hold back Kim! Go for it! No Regrets!” Marinette encouraged. Bringing the Nervous Kim back to full confidence.
“You’re right! Operation Valentine’s day is underway!” Kim exclaimed as he high fived Max.
Max hands Kim a map and pointed out the route of the girl he was going to ask out. The smart teen explained that if Kim ran at a certain pace, he would catch her at the ideal place to ask her out. Marinette and Alya giving Kim encouraging smiled.
“Thanks you guys!” Kim exclaimed before taking off to go meet his crush.
Alya then nudges Marinette.
“Speaking of Valentines day. I believe a know of a certain someone that has been working for a while on a gift for a certain cat.”
“Alya!” Marinette turned Beet red.
“How is that ‘Special gift’ coming anyway?” Alya asked.
“I am almost done with it. I spent the morning making the macaroons for you guys. So I was gonna that after school.” Marinette answered.
Alya smiled at her friend.
“I am sure that Chat noir will love it.” Alya answered with a smile. “Though a card to go along with it would be a good idea.”
Marinette considered Alya’s suggestion.
“That is a great idea.” She hugs her best friend.
Alya smiled as she returned the hug.
“You go work on your gift, Ill get you the perfect card to write on.”
“You are the best.” Marinette praised.
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(This ends Part 1. I will say it is kind of difficult rewriting this episode in this au, since Marinette and Adrien have a different dynamic. This is pre-Marigold, since I have written in Volpina that is when Marigold becomes a thing. I am open to suggestions on what you want to read. Please let me know your thoughts. Part two will be out soon.) (Part 2 here)
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