Marichat May 2020

Day 5 - Dare

Adrien glanced at his phone, seeing that the time that school normally got out hadn't arrived yet. Nino had invited him to come over to the park with their class to hangout since they had a free hour. They'd all been lounging around and chatting for a few minutes, but then Alya piped up.

"Hey, does anyone want to play Truth or Dare?" she asked, standing up on one of the park benches to speak over the crowd. A few groans erupted, but Adrien smiled widely. He'd never gotten to play with his friends before.

"This isn't a sleepover, Alya," Alix joked, and Alya stuck her tongue out at her in reply.

"Well, whoever wants to play, come over here," she spoke again, and everyone ended up gathering together despite their protests. They sat in a lopsided circle, but Adrien noticed Marinette was missing. He saw her walking stiffly back towards her house, knowing her well enough by now that he could tell she was nervous.

"Marinette!" he called, and she froze, tensing up. She turned back to look at him, giving him a sheepish smile.

"Where are you going?" Alya asked, and Marinette looked around for a second. He was confused at how anxious she seemed.

"I, uh, have to help my bakery! In the parents," she told them, and Adrien chuckled lightly as she started walking away again.

"That's too bad. It would have been fun with her too," Adrien sighed, but he looked around at all his friends and knew he would be having fun despite her absence.

The game was just as fun as Adrien thought it would be, if not more. He chose dare a few times, one of them being to try and do a backflip. Not surprisingly, he didn't disappoint them. Everyone else's dares had him laughing for minutes on end, and it was some of the best time he'd spent away from home.

His hour of freedom was nearly up when it came around to be his turn again. He chose dare once more, and Alya was the one asking.

"Hmm," she said, staring at him while she thought. Suddenly, a devious smirk passed over her lips. "I dare you to tell your crush how you feel."

Adrien's heart jumped into his throat as the class gasped, his mind immediately filling with Marinette. He'd been trying to hide the fact that his crush had shifted from one pigtailed girl to another, but obviously it wasn't going to be that easy.

He let out a nervous laugh, scratching the back of his neck.

"Well, uh, she's not here right now," he said quietly, and Alya squealed.

"So it is her!" she exclaimed, and Adrien brought his hands up in front of him.

"I'm not saying any names!" he protested as he waved his hands, everyone was watching closely. He began to blush, and Alya giggled to herself.

"Well, you still have to do it, and then you can get back to us," she smiled mischievously, and Adrien felt all the eyes on him.

"You can't back out on a dare," Nino smirked, winking. Adrien looked away, just happening to see the silver car waiting for him at the curb. Feeling relief and disappointment simultaneously, he got up and grabbed his bag.

"See you guys tomorrow!" he called as he ran off. He heard a few people try and bring him back, but he was already well on his way out of the park. Adrenaline pushed him forward, his mind racing about the dare he'd been given.

He couldn't stop thinking it, agonizing over it for the rest of the evening. He usually went to see Marinette sometime before midnight as Chat Noir, but he didn't know if he should. He thought about making up a story for his friends, maybe saying that he'd gone through with the dare but she'd rejected him, but he didn't wanna lie to his friends.