Bold=Nino Italics=Marinette Nothing=Adrien or Alya  underlined+ Bold=Marinette and Nino

What did you do without me?

Damn, that's a hard one.

I'm not sure If I can even remember.

Who were your friends?

I never really made any friends.

All of my friends moved away.

Come on, you never had one friend?

Well...

I suppose...

My only real friend was...

...Nino

...Marinette 

Well... not really friends.

More like...acquaintances.

Lunch buddies.

Lab partners.

He was a constant.

She was always there.

Sometimes we sat in silence.

Sometimes we laughed.

But we never...hung out.

We shared notes.

Gave each other book suggestions.

And music suggestions.

Sometimes I'd bring him sweets if we had extras.

I'd yell at Chloe.

He was my shoulder to cry on.

My audience.

But we weren't friends

And When you and Alya came, we stopped sitting together.

We drifted apart.

We're friendly now, sure.

but not friends.

Maybe that's why I had a crush on her.

I care about him, don't get me wrong.

It was like my body telling me I needed her back

But now I've got you. 

But now I've got you.

You're my lab partner

You're my shoulder to cry on.

You're my audience.

You're my friend.

But back then.

Nino and I...

Marinette and I...

Were...

Alone together. 

Alone together.

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So this was not written with any romance in mind. It's just my personal head cannon that before Alya and Adrien came to school Nino and Marinette were sort of friends. You can take it in a romantic manner if you wanna though...