Kagami had never seen her best friend so happy. She was use to Marinette's tiny giggles. They always meant something, but this one seemed new. Kagami sipped on her orange juice and continued to watch Marinette.
'Marinette has changed so much over the last three years.'
She smiled thinking back to the Marinette she had first met. Marinette use to wear pigtails and was so unsure of herself. Past Marinette wore pants and double layers. The Marinette across from her wore clothes she made herself and was confident about them. She now wore her hair down, most days. This Marinette wore off the shoulder tops and floral shorts. She even wore heels, daily.
Marinette wasn't even paying attention to her; she was too busy looking at her phone and sipping her taro boba.
"Adrien send you another cat video?" Kagami questioned.
"No." Marinette smiled, "Damian sent me a video of Titus chasing a squirrel in the park."
'Damian? Titus?'
Kagami looked closely at Marinette's face. It was practically glowing. The fencer quickly realized what was going on.
"You like him!" she announced.
The baker's daughter began to turn red.
"N-No!" Marinette answered, quickly, "Da-Damian is-"
"Don't you dare turn into Adrien." her friend interrupted.
Marinette closed her mouth and pouted.
Kagami questioned, "Does he make you happy?"
Mari nodded.
"Is he available to meet up?" the fencer continued.
"Damian doesn't leave here." Marinette answered, "He lives in the U.S."
'Long distance? I can work with this.'
"How do you spend time together?" she asked.
"We call each other, text, or do video calls." the designer admitted.
"So, ask him out!" Kagami declared.
Marinette placed her phone in her lap. Kagami couldn't understand the sadness overcoming her best friend's face.
"D-Damian is a lot like you." Marinette began, "He doesn't really.......He doesn't wear his heart on his sleeve. He keeps it hidden so I really don't know. I can honestly say we're friends and he doesn't use that word so easily."
"I see." Kagami frowned, "Tell me more about him. Is he like Adrien?"
"Nope." Mari continued, "Complete opposite. Damian is bluntly honest and doesn't hide behind words. If he doesn't like something, he'll say it to your face. Honesty is something I have always admired. He loves animals and we talk a lot about art. He's one of the few who understands my art ramble nonsense, the most."
"What about us dragging you out to do things that don't involve work?" the fencer questioned with a smirk.
"He doesn't know." the designer declared, "And I'm not telling him."
"I should tell him." Kagami smirked.
Marinette shouted, "No!" pulling her phone closer to her chest.
Gami chuckled, "What is he going to do? Is he going to get on a flight, come over and yell at you?"
"He might." Marinette flushed pink, "If not, he'll blow up my phone."
"Then," Kagami began, "I wish to fight him in combat."
"No!" Marinette exclaimed.
"Is he weaker than Adrien?" the fencer questioned.
Mari bit her lip, before admitting, "I think he's stronger that you both and I don't want you to get hurt. He's been trained to fight with blades since he was four. He's told me he has scars; Damian ususally dresses in layers."
The Tsurugi heir smiled, "Then, it seems you will be protected and taken care of. He sounds worthy of you."
Marinette blushed, "Kagami, I....I don't know if I can do this again. I can't wait to figure out if I'm going to get my heart broken again for no reason. I know I like him, but it......different from last time."
Suddenly, Marinette's phone began to ring. She looked at it and saw Damian was calling her. She began to panic.
"Answer it." Kagami demanded.
Marinette gulped and answered her phone, "Damian?"
"Marinette, I'd like to have the pleasure of taking you out on a date." Damian spoke, suddenly.
Marinette turned red. Kagami began to nod her head and Mari mirrored her.
"Yes!" Kagami shouted, "Words, Marinette! Use your words!"
"Yes?" Mari answered.
She could hear Damian chuckling at her response.
"I will call you later with more details of when it is possible to meet up." the Wayne heir continued.
Marinette smiled at the thought of meeting up sometime soon.
"Also, Habibiti, I loved your confession." he concluded.
"What?" she questioned.
"You called me, first. I did try to get your attention, but I can certainly say our feelings are mutual." Damian replied, before hanging up.
Marinette quickly pulled her phone away from her ear. She clicked on the call icon and saw she had called Damian and the call had lasted almost ten minutes. Damian had ended the call and called her immediatley.
'I called him!'
Kagami began to laugh at her friend's misfortune.
"Not again!" exclaimed Marinette.
"Again?" Kagami questioned.
Mari nodded and set her head on the table.
Kagami seemed perplexed, "This happened before?"
"Alya got me to call Adrien to ask him out, once, but I got his voicemail. I thought I had hung up. I went on this long rant; I called him 'Hot Stuff'. When I found out the voicemail was still going, I ended up breaking into his locker and stealing his phone to delete it." Mari admitted.
Kagami looked at her friend and began to laugh. Marinette giggled nervously, before breaking out into laughter.
Kagami's laughter died down into a giggle, "I think this time, it will end well."