Alya loved the winter time, even with the leaves gone the trees still managed to look beautiful with their adornments of snow and ice. There were snowball fights and fairy lights and ultimately..
“Hot cocoa! Thanks for the hookup Mari, your parents make the best hot cocoa in Paris!”
“Alya, I’ve sent you the recipe a dozen times, you can make it on your own.”
“But there’s something special about it when your family makes it!”
“No there’s no-” Marinette was cut off as Adrien said,
“I-Wow! This is really good! You gotta get me some more of this!”
“Back off Sunshine, the cocoa’s mine.”
Everyone laughed it off and they were soon heading for the site of their double date: The skating rink. Logically, Alya knew that Marinette and Adrien were already dating (though she did find it suspicious how quickly they got together) and though she didn’t need to set them up anymore, that instinct was still there. The plan was, due to Marinette’s clumsiness being exacerbated on ice, she would fall, and Adrien - being the gentleman that he is - would catch her.
She mentally patted herself on the back, because she was a genius. They should probably get her a Nobel prize or something, maybe some money? Now for her plan to fall in place.
She watched as Marinette wobbled over to the ice rink on her skates and gracefully stepped onto the ice- Wait, gracefully? Something wasn’t right, Marinette was never graceful.
Did Marinette just pirouette? When did she learn to do that?
“Nino, are you seeing what I’m seeing?”
“What. The. F u c k.”
“Yeah, I know.”
“You’d almost think she’s Ladybug with how graceful she’s being.”
“Pssh, Marinette as Ladybug? That’s crazy!”
Ironically as they said this Marinette was going through the motions of her Ladybug transformation sequence.
“I guess that makes Adrien her Chat Noir?”
“I mean, they’re actually quite in sync”
“But perfect, polite, Adrien, running around in a skintight leather catsuit all day? Nah.”
Privately, Nino disagreed as he had seen the ‘fireman’ pole in Adrien’s bedroom before.
“Yeah, couldn’t see it.”
T h u n k! Marinette had smashed into a wall like a bug on a windshield. There it was! Alya laughed at herself for thinking that Marinette could be Ladybug. If Marinette was Ladybug she would have figured it out in an instant. Marinette couldn't lie to save herself!
Ha, Marinette as Ladybug, what a novel thought...
