"I can't wait for Christmas."

"Nino it's October."

"Silence Adrien, let me be," Nino replied, dramatically placing his hand on his chest. Alya and Adrien looked at each other and started laughing.

"Anyways, did you guys see the fight Ladybug and Chat Noir had with that akuma yesterday? It was amazing!" Alya said, her eyes gleaming with excitement. Adrien raised and a brow and held back a laugh.

She was obsessed with Ladybug and Chat Noir. During said akuma attack, she kept trying to get dangerously close until LB scolded her and told her to be careful. 

Nino looked at her with a worried expression, "You need to stop putting yourself into dangerous situations Alya."

She looked at him and pouted. Nino could feel heat rising up to his cheeks. Why did she have to be so cute? Adrien noticed and laughed. He patted his friend on the back, "Let's get to class."

Adrien was much happier with his life now that he had been allowed to go to public school. He had begged his father endlessly and he was finally allowed.

Not long after that, he became Chat Noir. This made him feel free. He could express himself. He didn't have to worry about having a perfect image. He could be himself. He was almost a complete opposite of his civilian self. He was careful with every move as Adrien, but carefree as Chat Noir. He was reckless and he could care less. There was no one stopping him.

His life was becoming better each day. He had made so many friends at school. Alya and Nino were both his bestfriends in civilian form. The three of them did everything together. He often laughed at Alya's obsession with Ladybug and had to hold his tongue on numerous occasions when she was the subject.

As Chat Noir, his partner Ladybug was his bestfriend. The two of them would sometimes have chats after they had done patrol or if they had time after an akuma fight. Ladybug was an amazing girl that could always make him smile, yet he didn't have a crush on her. He saw her more of a sister. He wasn't aware of how old she was or who she even was but he had no issue talking with her and getting along. Many of the things they talked about were similar. She didn't seem to be much different in age. He knew she was young like him.

School and being Chat Noir took him away from all his troubles at home.

They walked into class and sat in their usual seats. "ADRIKINS!" He groaned as Alya and Nino snickered. "Heeyyy Chloe... um... I'll be right back!" he quickly said getting up and leaving. He had time before class actually started so he was fine. He walked into the restroom and decided to stay there for a bit. Chloe pouted and went back to her seat.

As he was there in the restroom, the teacher walked in with a girl walking in behind her. She had blue hair that was in pigtails and sparkling blue eyes. She had freckles across her nose and cheeks. She was wearing a brown sweater that was a little too big for her paired with a dark brown skirt with brown flats. Some of the boys stared at her legs while others, like Ivan and Nino, instead looked at her face and smiled at her. All the girls smiled at her too, except for Chloe of course, who just eyed her up and down with a disgusted look.

"This is your new classmate, Marinette Dupain Cheng," Ms. Bustier said with a smile. The girl smiled shyly and waved at the classroom.

"What is she wearing?! Brown? Really? Gross!" exclaimed Chloe. The girl's smiled vanished and she looked down. "Shut it Chloe! No one asked for your irrelevant opinion!" yelled Alix. Chloe turned around immediately and was about to say something back when Ms. Bustier silenced the class.

"Enough! Chloe be nice, please. All of you, be nice. Marinette is unable to speak and new to town so, she's going to need some friends to help her out."

"So she's disabled and useless?" asked Chloe. The class all glared at her. "Chloe enough," Ms. Bustier said crossing her arms across her chest. Her face softened and she turned to Marinette, "Go sit next to Alya, there's a seat available."

Marinette looked back up at the teacher and nodded. She headed to the desk and sat next to Alya. Alya turned to her and grinned. She held her hand out, "Hi! I'm Alya, I can be your new friend!" Marinette smiled and shook Alya's hand. Nino turned around and introduced himself similarly as Alya had.

Just then Adrien walked back into class. He noticed the girl sitting down behind his usual seat and smiled at her. He sat down and turned to look back at her. He was about to speak when Ms. Bustier spoke up.

"Adrien turn around, you can introduce yourself to the new student during lunch, same for everyone else. Now pay attention."

Some students snickered. Marinette smiled and she jerked forward slightly with her shoulders raising. Her hand went to her mouth, her eyes closing. Alya looked at her with a grin. It was the motions someone would make when they giggled.

Class went on and everyone took notes. Marinette was a little nervous. The blonde, Chloe, had been really mean and she felt hurt. It was nice that the other students defended her immediately but she still felt insecure. She was never one to be self-confident. She struggled with that a lot.

Class ended and everyone left for lunch. "Hey Mari do- can I call you that?" Alya said getting up. Marinette smiled and nodded. "Cool," she smiled, "Nino, Adrien, and I usually go out to a cafe nearby, want to join us?" Marinette bit her lip. It wouldn't be a bad idea to go out with new people. She needed to get to know this place better. She nodded and got up, picking up all of her things.

"You joining us dudette?" asked Nino. Mari nodded again. Adrien looked at the girl with a raised brow. She hadn't said a single word during class.

They all started walking to the cafe and Adrien couldn't keep his eyes off the quiet girl. Her hair looked cute in pigtails and her eyes were a beautiful blue. She had a cute little nose covered in freckles. Elle était petite. Elle était très mignonne. Everything about her was cute.

Adrien felt someone nudge him and he turned to see Nino wiggling his eyebrows. Adrien rolled his eyes and looked away, knowing his cheeks were turning slightly red.

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I started before I was even done writing chapter 5 of my other story.

Lmao

So I did some research on people who can't talk. Whether they make noise any noise at all depends on the situation they're in. Marinette's situation is basically extremely damaged vocal cords. She technically can make noise, like a grunt, but no words. For some people it's psychological so they can talk, but due to a traumatic event, they don't. 

I read that people that have vocal problems, such as paralyzed cords, just make grunt noises and when they laugh they make the motions to express they're laughing but no actual noise since it would not come off as a laugh or even be recognised as a laugh. I do apologize if I at some point ever misrepresent people who are mute. 

As for her design, it wasn't supposed to be Marinette, it was going to be a nameless character I have since I wanted to do a coffee palette drawing thing (hence the droopy eyes, my character has droopy eyes). I found a really pretty one with browns and a blue so I drew Marinette. And I used that design for this book (:

Elle était petite - she was petit (small)
Elle était très mignon - she was very cute

EDITED