Forget The Mask
Chapter 5

3rd Person's POV

"Sabine, we're here to work on a project with Marinette. Is she here?" Alya said as she entered the bakery.

"Oh yes dear, she's upstairs." Sabine said
"Pardon the intrusion then." Alya said which made Sabine giggle a bit.

"So, you two seem close." Nino stated seeing that Alya just addressed Ms.Dupein-Cheng by her first name.
"Yup, besides. Even if I called her Ms.Cheng or Ms. Dupein-Cheng, she'll insist on calling her Sabine."
"I see."

"Marinette! We're here!" Alya hollered as she climbed the stairs leading to her best friend's room.

A 'huh' and a few thuds was heard as the other three went straight up without an answer from Marinette.

"Woah, pinky room you have here dudette." Nino stated.
"Thank you for that Captain Obvious." Alya jokingly said as she lightly punched Nino's shoulder.
"Marinette?" Adrien questioned looking for the clumsy girl.

"Err....a little help here?" The trio heard a voice coming from near the vanity.

"What the heck happened to you Gurl?" Alya asked smirking to a now tied up in threads, wool, thin cloth and a few more materials Marinette.

"Its not my fault that somebody just came screaming while I was sooo focused on my works." Marinette asked rolling her eyes at her best friend.

"So should I get the scissors?" Nino asked
"No! The materials will go to waste." Marinette exclaimed.

"What should we do then?" Adrien asked

"O-oh Uhh....I err- umm, just Mama get you me- I mean uh~" Marinette stuttered getting nervous around Adrien once again.

"Alright calm down girl." Alya said going down the stairs once again.

'Ugh....I did it again. Maybe the 'not be a stuttering mess around Adrien' is just a one time thing." Marinette thought as she sighed and tried to get a few threads out of the way.

"Mari, Sabine was a bit too busy preparing lunch. Just tell us what to do."

---a few minutes of removing the tangles---

"Well, thank you! How about we work on the project now?" Marinette suggested looking straight at Alya to avoid stuttering.

"Yeah, so how much progress have you two done?" Alya asked as she grabbed Marinette's sketch pad.

"Well since you two were the one who knows the theme, me and Marinette just sketched up some stuff." Adrien answered as Nino and Alya looked at the sketches together.

"Why didn't you call us dude?" Nino joked.
"Ooh, maybe they were to busy enjoying each other's presence to even think about that option." Alya joked smirking at her best friend who in return just slapped her arm while blushing at her statement.

"Alya! Seriously....stawp."

"Oh come on Alya, doesn't the same goes for you and Nino?" Adrien asked a slight tint of pink spreading through his face.

"What?! No! Me and Nino just talked about Ladybug and Chat Noir!" Alya said thinking about why people see her and Nino as more than close friends, even her own mom.

"Y-yeah! What she said." Nino said trying to prove Adrien's statement wrong. Though internally wishing for the opposite of what Alya meant.

"Keep telling yourself that, anyway-" Marinette started to speak when her mother called for them.

"Marinette lunch time. Oh, why don't you kids stay with us for lunch?" Sabine asked looking at the other three.

"Sure! I am planning to anyway." Alya joked around as she followed Sabine downstairs.

-------after lunch (since I have no idea what people talk about during lunch.)

"That was a scrumptious meal." Alya said.
"Hadn't had a meal like this in years!" Adrien exclaimed.

Sabine and Tom just smiled at the four kids who are now talking about their project.

"So, what is the theme of the fashion show anyway?" Marinette asked her best friend.
"Well, they did say the designs should be inspired by Paris' superheroes." Alya answered

"So who among you dudes are gonna wear the designs?" Nino asked.
"Shouldn't Adrien do it? H-he does have modeling down." Marinette suggested

"We need two. People to model. I suggest Marinette here." Alya said, the last part teasingly.

"Oh come on Alya! You know I'll just trip and fall. Besides I'm already working on the designs, shouldn't you at least do something?" Marinette said poking her friend's shoulder.

"Gurl, me and Nino will be working on the Blogging part."
"Yeah dude, plus it'll be easier since you already know your sizes." Nino said

"Geez.....a-anyway I have these early sketches of Ladybug and Chat Noir inspired dresses, and a few suits and boy clothes. W-what do you think?" Marinette said fiddling with here fingers.

"These are awesome Marinette! It just screams out LB and Chat." Adrien said admiring the few designs she's come up with.

"Y-y-you really t-think so?" Marinette asked going back to a stuttering mess in front of Adrien.
"Of course! Your a great designer Mari." Adrien said scanning through a few more pages.
"T-thank you....." Marinette said knowing she had this goofy smile on her face.

"Psst, should we tell them we're still here?" Nino whispered to Alya who is sitting beside him.
"Nah, leave them be. They'll notice sooner or later." Alya replied capturing a photo of the two oblivious teens.

"My baby's growing up." Alya said as she wiped an imaginary tear from her eyes.
Nino said just patted Alya's back while shaking his head laughing a bit.
".....how about we work on the layouts of the blog for now?" Alya suggested
"Yeah."

The air was filled with shushed talking, well you can hear the stutters clearly though.
Adrien and Marinette we're working on designs on Mari's desk. Nino and Alya were on the floor planning the headers and information the blog is gonna contain, they were working hard since half of their grades depends on this. While the other half is from the events.

Then another scream was heard.
'Twice in one day? Really hawkmoth? Really?!" Is probably the thoughts of our two heroes.
'Eekk! More news for the Ladyblog!' Is what's on Alya's mind.....just like usual.
'.......' Nino's head is probably blank as he really doesn't care 'that' much.

"I have to go!" Adrien exclaimed.
"Come on Nino! I got to cover this for Ladyblog!" Alya yelled as she dragged Nino along with her, knowing that Marinette will just refuse.

"All right Tikki! Transfo-" But before she could finish an earthquake hit.
"Marinette!" Tikki yelled as Marinette's room fell apart.

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So yeah, I ended it here again, but now is different. I actually have a villain in mind.....but I can't say the same thing about another fight scene :r

Anyway, I'm gonna work on another ML fanfic, probz becuz I couldn't win against my annoyingly crazy head that says 'make the fanfic. Just publish it when it's finished.'
I did that for 2 of my stories.....and now its published XD
But anyway I'm still gonna make it

-MJ is out fangirling too much about MariChat (or Adrien.....who knows?)

PS. I just went through my past chapters and saw so many grammatical errors. I'm so sorry about that, I'm gonna edit it as soon as I can *-* which is probably after I finish this book or if I have too much free time. I hate myself.......I hate my grammar.