Nathaniel's P.O.V: 

'Dear god I can't even draw in my boring class like I normally do.' 

I plainly stare up at the teacher as I can feel myself slowly doze off to sleep. Why? Simple, because of my own discovery of Marc I couldn't make myself sleep for a minute. Which obviously leads me to stay up the entire night. Luckily, from a teacher's eyes you can't really see me because I'm sitting right behind Ivan. A bonus as I can typically draw while in class. But nope, not for me today. It's all about Marc and Spade Cobra on my mind. That's it, absolutely nothing else. 

"Alright class! As today is an early dismissal day, you may all leave the school if you wish! However be excited as the seasonal school dance is only a few days away!" 

The seasonal school dance, and what can Marc say if I just walk up to him and say 'Hey Marc, I never asked Lila out to the dance because I fell for you instead. Yeah I lied to you this whole time but that doesn't matter anymore wanna go out with me to the dance?'.  Like that will go well in the slightest. Besides, what chances are there that Marc will actually feel the same to what I'm feeling? 

I shift myself out of my seat as I slightly dizzily walk out of my classroom. At least today is early release... I seriously need to find Marc. But why is it so hard to just keep walking straight? It feels like somewhat I'm drunk out in brood daylight. I continue on forward as my vision grows a bit fuzzier by the second. I what now? I either sit down for a second to regain myself, or just push myself to find Marc as soon as I can. 

... Screw it, I force my feet out as I continue to walk. Where can Marc be? Is he even here in the school right now? At most, there's some akuma outside of the school happening and he's out as Spade Cobra to help out Ladybug and Chat Noir. 

'Stop it, your jumping to conclusions far too quick... For all I know there can be hundreds that look very similar to Marc.' 

"H-Hey Nathaniel!" 

I look over my shoulder as there must be someone up above listening to all my thoughts. Marc hurries over to me with his typical shy aura around him as he continues to smile at me. I look at Marc as I need to rub my eyes with my hands. My best working partner and friend, all along as my crush soon frowns softly as his smile fades right off slowly. 

"N-Nath? Are you okay? Your l-looking r-really tired or s-something... D-Do you need to sit down for a minute?" 

Here's my chance, I nod to Marc as he nods back and leads me to one of the benches along side the walls of the halls. I sit down as a sigh comes out of my mouth. Marc stays near me as he keeps his black notebook in his two hands. I turn to him as I chuckle out of some instinct from who knows where. 

"I-I wanted to ask you about something Marc, you okay if I ask?" I inform Marc next to me both tiredly and sincerely. 

His bright emerald eyes widen a bit more bigger as a faint blush stains his peachy skin. Wow, how am I just realizing how much I love Marc on how he is now? I snap back out of my trance as Marc gently places a hand on my shoulder, I copy off Marc's blush to his contact as I look straight at him. Again. 

"A-Are you s-sure your okay?" Marc asks me a bit concerned, I quickly nod to him as I wave off any more feelings of faintness in my body. 

"I-I am Marc, okay?" I assure the writer next to me as he sighs but nods, "T-The question I wanna ask you... i-is quite a secret, so, can I?" I inform Marc as I make a small finger gesture for him to lean closer to me. 

Marc's cheeks become a more brighter pink, but does as I gesture him as he leans the side of his head closer to me. Still being his shy self gulps a little nervously as he waits for me to ask my question at last. 

"W-What's the question about N-Nath?" He asks me in the form of a soft whisper. 

"Are... You really Spade Cobra?" 

Marc's P.O.V: 

"Are... You really Spade Cobra?" 

I feel my heart stop as I jerk my head away from Nathaniel. My burning blush on my cheeks gone in a flash as I stare at my own best friend and crush in front of me with a bit of a awestruck expression. Can I make myself look more obvious? Nathaniel's eye take a moment to process my reaction as the ocean blue color in his eye starts to widen up out of excitement. This... Spades is gonna kill me. 

"N-No way!" Nathaniel gleams up to me in a slightly childish manner, his eye all excited to me. I bite the insides of my lips out of nervousness.  

"P-Please Nath... I-I-!" 

My words are shut out as I feel Nathaniel quickly drag me into the boy's bathroom as I blush at the plain fact that my crush is touching me, HAND ON HAND CONTACT. Nathaniel and I enter the bathroom as he keeps on that same glimmer of excitement in his one revealing ocean eye. 

"Tell me all about this! You being Spade Cobra!" Nathaniel begs me as his full on outburst is being contained to himself. 

This is all so bad, and the worst part of all of this... is that he's not getting excited over me, but, just at 'Spade Cobra' in front of him... I need to make sure Nathaniel doesn't know about my superhero identity in any cost. Though, why is it me out of everyone in the world who sucks at lying? Along with secrets to top off the cake. I snap my senses back onto Nathaniel as I shake my head to him. 

"W-What are you talking a-about? H-How can I be Spade Cobra? M-Me and him are nothing a-alike!" I say, of course with some nervousness as usual. Nathaniel's mouth soon slaps away his more cheery smile as it's now a more confused slightly hanging open look. 

"I'm sure your Spade Cobra, Marc... don't you trust me well enough that I can keep your secret here hidden? It's an honor to keep a secret so special as this!" Nathaniel informs me honestly as he keeps looking at me, this time looking somewhat more serious. 

"N-Nath p-please.... l-leave i-it alone." 

"But Marc! I-I just want to know-." 

"I SAID JUST LEAVE IT ALONE! Why can't that just happen?! Your asking me questions that make me look like I'm some new person you've never met before! Why can't you see that it's still just me? That superhero that is working with Ladybug and Chat Noir is also me! So why is everyone treating 'him' like someone completely different?! If you all enjoy 'that' part of me so much! I can assure you that you, along with all of Paris will see HIM MORE!" 

My eyes burn so much, Nathaniel's face in front of mine looks more pale then I can recall as everything in his face shows guilt and some embarrassment. I blink a few times, resulting in tears as I hold my notebook close to my chest. A pair of hands hold onto mine as I look back up to Nathaniel, surprisingly close as he sighs softly. 

"So... you really are Spade Cobra. But, I'm sorry that I had to push you to make you have to say all of that," Nathaniel informs me softly as he keeps placing his hands in mine which are in a cross across my black notebook, "I... managed to akumatize you once. I don't wanna do it again because of this, besides... your really a great friend I truly care about." 

Right as I feel myself heal up from the mental wounds of my outburst. My heart gets stabbed by knives as I listen to Nathaniel's sincere words, so... I am right all along, that kiss we have back then means absolutely nothing. Like it means anything really, of course he will never remember it happening. Because, I'm just some friend to him. What more? 

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(Hiya! Janis_The_Bunny here! Your one and only favorite bunny! ....Oh, that's not true? Aww okay, but back to the point! Yes this is chapter Twelve! You all thought that Nathaniel and Marc were going to get together here? Well, I say YEET to that idea! But now it confirmed by Marc himself that he is Spade Cobra to Nathaniel. Thank you all for reading this chapter! 

Now... you all have the right to want to murder me for making Nathaniel friendzone his own crush in this chapter! (^3^) 

That's all for now of Janis_The_Bunny! Stay tuned next time for me!)