mistkitt | Secret Admirer

Originally Posted: 03/08/16

*walks in a day late to MariChat week with Starbucks* MariChat Week Day 1: Secret Dating.

The messenger arrived two hours into the school day.

Like the rest of her classmates, Marinette’s attention was drawn to the enormous flower arrangement that filled the doorway, bursting into the room before the delivery man did. Ms. Mendeleiev lowered her tablet to place her hands on her hips. “Excuse me,” she said, “this is a physics lecture, not a garden.”

Snickers arose. Marinette looked at Alya, who shrugged in response. Your guess is as good as mine.

“Ah, those must be for me!” Chloe cried. She stood from her desk and floated to the delivery man’s side. “I mean, I have so many admirers, it’s only logical.”

“Sit down, Ms. Bourgeois.”

“Are you Marinette Dupain-Cheng?” the delivery man grunted.

Chloe froze.

Marinette froze.

A hush fell over the entire room.

Then the blush crawled up her neck to inhabit her cheeks. She felt the prickle of eyes from every direction. Sabrina had a hand over her mouth, horrified and indignant for Chloe. Alya’s smile overtook her face before she shot up from her chair and waved at the delivery man. “Over here!” She pointed at Marinette with both hands. “She’s right here!”

Marinette couldn’t breathe. He didn’t, she thought. There’s no way. She watched the flower arrangement bounce its way towards her, heard her classmates giggling and whispering more fervently than before as Ms. Mendeleiev urged them all to quiet down. The delivery man set the vase on her desk with a thunk and nodded at her. “Have a good one.”

Despite their teacher’s threats, the class was in uproar. Questions came from everyone, and all at once. Even Alya couldn’t help herself and demanded to know who, what, when, where, and why.

A tiny card was nestled between two roses. Marinette flipped it open.

You’re the cat’s meow.

Oh, she was going to kill him.

In all the commotion, no one noticed Adrien Agreste smothering a very Chat-like grin behind his hand.