Neglect Me No More

c o u s i n ~ 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝟙

So for yall that skip the author's note at the end: I will be updating every other Sunday (so 2 times a month), but the chapters will be longer (by at least x2).

BTW: this is where my first OC comes in.

After a pleasant and entertaining car ride with Claude and Allegra, Marinette finally arrived home at around 5:30. Thankfully, she had texted her parents beforehand, telling them that she had something important to do.

She finished most of her homework, took a bath, did some yoga, and played some Ultimate Mecha Strike III with her dad before calling it a day.

When she woke up the next morning, Marinette couldn't help but be in high spirits. It was a Friday after all.

While she was getting ready for school, she couldn't help but hum in joy. Yesterday, before going to bed, her cousin Jack had asked to hang out since he was free on Fridays.

Because of this, Marinette decided to change her outfit up a bit. While she still kept her hair in two pigtails, she decided to wear a loose electric green tee with black leggings. At first glance, one might think that they were Cat Noir colors, but to Marinette, the electric green tee was there to match her cousin's eyes. The black legging was something she thought looked well with the shirt.

After eating breakfast, Marinette cheerfully walked to school. When the entrance came into view, Marinette stopped dead in her tracks. 

All the cheerfulness flooded away as she recalled what looks Alya and Lila had given her yesterday. She nervously gulped. Then she shook her head and gave a determined smile. Whatever came her way today didn't matter. It's not like she cared about what Alya and Lila did since they had done worse before.

As she unfalteringly walked into school, she was shocked when some of her classmates came to greet her.

Previously, they had just ignored her. So what had changed?

Her thoughts went unanswered as she made her way to the classroom. She might as well get some extra work done early and study for a test that would be coming up.

While Marinette sat at her desk and started getting work done, Chloe arrived and said her greetings. 

As the girls began chatting quietly over what happened yesterday, Alya walked over to them.

"Morning Marinette."

Marinette looked up. "Good morning, Alya." She gave a gentle smile, even though she was vary on the inside.

Alya smiled back. "Do you maybe wanna sit with me today?"

Marinette glanced over to Alya's table. Nino wasn't there yet, but Marinette was pretty sure she had passed him in the halls.

"Uhhhh, I'm sorry but I don't think I can do that Alya. It's not cool if I suddenly take Nino's seat without asking." Marinette made a reference to what Alya did when Lila returned. The remark went right through Alya's head.

"I'm pretty sure Nino won't mind." 

Marinette glanced back at Alya's table. "Maybe next time Alya. Nino is already waiting for you there. I'll ask him if I can next time." Marinette had no intention of sitting next to Alya. Since Lila and Adrien sat in front, she was perfectly fine where she was and she did not need any more drama in her life. 

Alya look disappointed and left reluctantly.

School ended pretty quickly for Marinette after that with surprisingly no drama for the rest of the day. Before her last class started, her cousin texted her saying that he would pick her up by motorcycle.

Marinette inwardly cheered. She loved her cousin's motorcycle.

After her last class ended, Marinette cheerfully made her way to the front of her school with Chloe. She had already filled Chloe in about her plans for today and decided to let Chloe and Jack meet before they left.

When they got outside, there was no sign of her cousin. 

"Uhhh, I think my cousin might be a few minutes late, Chloe. Sorry about that."

Chloe giggled. "You two are for sure related then."

Marinette sheepishly grinned. "Yup, we get that a lot. Actually, we're both clutzes to." Both girls laughed and chattered away on the front steps.

A few minutes later, the sound of a motorcycle was heard.

People around then stopped chatting and turned their heads to look at the newcomer.

The newcomer parked their motorcycle and took their helmet off. As he scanned the steps of the school, his eyes fell on Marinette and Chloe, who weren't paying attention to anything around them. The guy smirked and quickly made his way to the girls.

Without warning, Marinette felt herself being picked up and spun around.

She shrieked and then laughed uncontrollably as she saw who it was.

"Jackson-Pierre Dupain put me down!"

Jackson-Pierre, or Jack Perry as most people knew him as laughed cheekily and put Marinette down.

"Sorry Mari, I was just way too excited to see you again." Jack said.

"Haha, I missed you too!" Both cousins hugged. 

Jack turned to Chloe. "By the way, whos your friend?"

Marinette perked up, as she had forgotten that Chloe was here. "Oh, um sorry! Jack this is my friend Chloe. Chloe this is Jackson-Pierre, but I just call him Jack or Perry."

Jack smiled. "Nice to meet you."

Chloe smiled back. "Nice to meet you too." She turned to Marinette and lowered her voice. "By the way Marinette, when were you going to tell me that your cousin is a world-ranked gamer?!"

Author's Note:

Hey... It's been more than a month since I updated, huh?

There's just so much going on... But hopefully, everything will be back on track soon.

This past month had probably been the most exhausting one in my high school career.

I'm not going to get into too much detail... but let's just say I had almost 3 essays due each week (not exaggerating) and some family problems along the way. 

I'm going to try and write-ahead and maybe update two more chapters today... but no promises.

Anyways, anything interesting going on in yall's lives?