"MARINEEEEETTE!" Ally screamed. Marinette stopped and turned around, her blue eyes widening as she saw Ally hurtling towards her, arms waving in the air. "MAAAAARIIIIIIINEEEEEEEEEEEEETTE!"
"What are you so excited about, Ally?" Marinette questioned as soon as Ally reached her. Ally held up a finger, breathing hard.
She took a last deep breath and launched into a recap of the previous night.
"-and then he invited me on a tour of Paris with him!" Ally folded her arms, expectantly awaiting a reply.
"Wow, that's so cool, Ally," Marinette said happily. "I'm so excited for you!" Ally made a squeaky noise, barely able to contain her excitement. She grinned.
Alya caught up to both of them. "What are you two talking about?"
"I'm going on a tour of Paris tonight with Chat Noir," Ally said in a singsong voice. "And I'm probably gonna meet Ladybug."
"WAIT, WHAT?!" Marinette screamed. "You didn't mention that before!"
"Oh," Ally said. "Yeah, well, I think it was more implied. Actually, I might have just been dreaming about that. So I guess probably not. But also probably."
Alya and Marinette burst into laughter, and Ally quickly joined after a second. Then the bell rang, and they bid each other goodbye and walked off to their classes.
Nathanael wasn't late to class this time, and was already in his seat, sketching away. She set down her new backpack on the ground next to her chair and sat down. After a moment, he looked up from his drawing.
"Oh, hey Ally," he said.
"Hey, Nathanael. Watcha drawing?" She peered over at his drawing. He quickly covered it. "Oh, sorry."
"It's fine. I'll show you later, I'm just not finished right now." He hesitated for a moment. "Do... do you have any plans tonight? I mean, it's totally cool if you do, I just wanted to know if you wanted to, you know, hang out or anything." He flushed, and his eyes darted around. "You don't have to hang out with me if you don't want to," he hurriedly added. Ally bit her lip.
"Okay, so here's the thing," she said. He cringed at the words.
"You know what, it was a ridiculous idea, I mean, we just met yesterday, and-"
"Calm down, Nathanael," Ally interrupted. "I would love to hang out with you. Just not tonight. I'm busy tonight, but we can schedule another time. Don't freak out."
"Oh," he said. He chuckled. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to freak out. Later is totally fine." He quickly looked away again and began sketching again after a minute of hesitation. Ally looked at the whiteboard at the front of the room, resting her chin on one of her hands.
When class ended, Nathanael got up quickly, avoiding her eyes, and walked out of the room silently.
And he did the same for the next class.
And the next one.
And the next one.
And the one after that.
He ignored her for the rest of the day. However, when the final block came and class was just about to end, she wrote her phone number on a slip of paper with a note that said, "Talk to me please!!!", and slid it to him. He glanced at it, picked it up, folded it, and placed it into his pocket. This time when he got up, he gave her a small smile. Then he left.
Later, at home, Ally was sketching Chat Noir when her phone buzzed. She picked it up and saw that Nathanael had texted her.
Nathanael: Hey, I'm sorry about how I acted today. I hope you can forgive me
She smiled and texted him back.
Ally: It's okay. I just want to know what exactly was going on. What did I do to make you so upset?
It took him about a minute to type out his response.
Nathanael: I just have a really hard time plucking up the courage to actually talk to people that I don't already know. It's even harder to ask someone you just met to hang out. I was just freaking out a bit. I'm sorry
Ally: You don't need to be, I forgive you
Nathanael: Thanks
Ally: So what are you up to?
Nathanael: Drawing. Wbu?
Ally: Same
Her mom came into her room. "Ally, it's time for dinner." She spotted the phone in Ally's hands. "Ooooh, who you texting?" She gave a goofy grin, and Ally laughed. She came over to Ally and peered at her screen. "You texting a boy?"
"Mooooooom!" Ally protested though she was smiling.
"What? Is that too personal of a question? Am I invading your privacy? Should I leave?"
Ally laughed again. "No."
"Well too bad, it's dinnertime! So I am leaving. And you're coming with me."
Her mom left the room again and Ally put down her phone and followed.
After dinner, Ally went back to her room. She picked up her phone to see if she'd gotten any more messages from Nathanael, but there was nothing. She put it into her pocket. Then she noticed a small, dark blue, hexagonal box inlaid with intricate gold designs. She scrunched her eyebrows, confused. What was this?
She picked it up, inspecting it over before she opened it. When she opened it, there was a bright flash of blue light. She squeezed her eyes shut. "Ack!"
When the light was gone, she opened her eyes again. Right in front of her face, floating in the air, was a smiling... uh... THING! It looked... kind of like a wolf.
"WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?!" Ally screamed. The thing's eyes widened and it shushed her.
"Not so loud! You can't let anyone know I'm here! I can't be seen!" The thing hissed. Ally squeaked.
"Sorry," she apologized.
"Ally?" Her mom shouted from the kitchen. "Are you alright?"
"Uh, I'm fine, mom! Just... saw a bug!" Ally yelled back.
"Okay. Let me know if you see any more. I want to know if we need to call an exterminator."
"Yeah, Mom! I'll let you know if I see another one!"
"Thank you," the wolf-thing said after a moment of silence. "Let's try this again. Hello, Ally! I'm Aatu, your kwami!"
"My whaaa?"
"Kwami! I'm a magical creature that can give you superpowers."
"Whaaa."
Aatu rolled his eyes. "This is going to be a long night. Well, to begin with-"
"Wait!" Ally stopped him. "You can't explain it to me right now. I have a tour of Paris to go on! Soon!"
Aatu sighed. "Well, at least put this on!" He held up a black leather bracelet with a small silver wolf charm. "I can explain later."
"Okay," Ally agreed. She slipped the bracelet on. Aatu flew into one of her front pockets.
Immediately there was a tap at her window. She looked to see Chat Noir upside down, hanging from the roof. He moved out of sight as she opened it and climbed out. She made sure to close the window as well.
"Hello, kitten," he greeted her with a smile. "You ready for your tour?"
"Heck yes," she replied.
"Let's go then," he said. He grabbed her by the waist, and she stiffened. "Oh, sorry. Is this okay?"
She tried to relax and nodded quickly. "It's fine. Let's go!"
They leaped away and the Tour de Paris began.
I have not been doing a great job of communicating in this fanfiction! Lo siento; I will try harder now. I've been focusing a bit more on my other fanfiction, As If (Draco x Reader). If you're a Harry Potter fan, I would suggest going and reading that one. I'm personally very proud of it so far, and if you're scared because it's an x Reader, well, don't be because I'm putting a lot more plot and stuff in there. I'm hoping that yes, it will be an x Reader, but that it will also be something other people who don't particularly like x Readers will enjoy as well.
Thank you for reading this! I appreciate your support so much.
Hasta luego!
Also, in case you were wondering, no, I don't speak Spanish, but I like to pretend to. I'll leave now.