A sheepish expression overcomes her as she leaned away fromhis phone, and away from him as a whole, opening her purse to fetch out her ownphone. It took a moment before the number illuminated her screen, her attentionon it as she opened it, tapping quickly with one hand to save his contactinformation. “Surprised? Well… It’s kinda hard for me to talk to him manytimes, I flub up a lot in front of him.” She glanced back, saving his name as‘Felix,’ but included an ice cream cone emoji after the name.
“He probably doesn’t want to make it any worse, so talkingon the phone would be weird, since I couldn’t even gesture to what I’d want tosay. Texting would make me think too hard about it too.” Placing her phoneaway, she began to dig into the treat once more, trying to push the thoughts ofAdrien away for the moment.
His question was an excellent derailment for her mind, shescooping up a spoonful, leaving it in her lips for a moment as she hummedaround the utensil. Finally, going back for another scoop, she started torecount her schedule some. “Well, during school time wouldn’t be good, butthat’s pretty obvious, huh?” She couldn’t help but chuckle. It was easier beingaround Felix for some reason. “Otherwise, there’s sometimes I help out with myparent’s patisserie, but that’s only usually on the weekend mornings.”
Then of course, there were her late night patrols, but itwas doubtful that Felix would call on her when she was Ladybug. “I do go to bedpretty early on, but otherwise, I’m pretty free unless something springs up.”Like, an Akuma. “So, I’ll be able to make time whenever I can. I promise.”Marinette chirped out eagerly.
His brow raised but he didn’t pursue the topic of talking to his sibling. Sure his brother had his own quirks and shyness being home tutored and away from the general public but he hadn’t heard an ill word from him about how he interacts with his friends. Much less a girl who he wouldn’t want to talk to for simply messing up a sentence or two. If anything usually Felix was the one getting stuttered to, but that came from a place of people being intimidated and he was certain Adrien wasn’t intimidating the way he was. It was, however, in the realm of possibility that Adrien wouldn’t start to talk to her if he thought she would be uncomfortable holding a conversation with him.
“Right, no school hours. That would be rather inconvenient for the both of us,’ The corners of his lips twitched a bit at the thought of purposefully scheduling something during that time. He liked to think himself as a rather attentive and good student but he wasn’t sure if it was the black cat influence or his own internal rebellious streak but the thought was amusing. As she lists her obligations, he mentally holds it against his own time being free, “I’ll be sure to check and text you for free time.”
Chinese, fencing, ballet, being a superhero, he had a very strict itinerary. Knowing it’ll be mostly his time to be accommodated makes him frown, it wouldn’t be the first time he’s had to reschedule friend plans. It wasn’t Felix’s fault but it felt like it might as well be when he had to back out of something last minute.
“I promise the same. Though I’ll apologize now if I have to run out.” His nose wrinkles at the thought but it was best to say his apologies when he can, “I can tell you now I don’t intend to leave. Despite a popular belief I don’t make it a point to be rude.” But what other excuse did he have if his father came to collect him or an akuma chooses to attack. With a shrug he continues to eat his treat, nonchalantly commenting, “In all honesty I am looking forward to next time.” Her company was pleasant, the ice cream was delicious, and despite Marinette supposedly unable to talk to his brother, he found their own conversation easygoing.
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