Animan

"What do you mean?" I asked. "He looks much better in black, that hoodie gives off a badass vibe. I like it."

"You're biased because of Chat Noir, aren't you?" I felt my face heat up. "I like the orange one. Maybe I'll recreate a woman version of it!" Said Marinette excitedly.

Marinette was too busy daydreaming about it to notice my flaming cheeks, thankfully. But that doesn't mean that Alya didn't.

"Oh my god, girl. Are you blushing?" Exclaimed Alya, making a few heads turn.

I pursed my lips and glared at her. "Do you want to whole school to know?"

"She is!" Shouted Alya, ignoring what I just said.

"What the hell, Alya!" I said, attempting to strangle her.

I saw the students around us staring and glared at Alya.

"Sorry, girl. So, you got the hots for Paris' black cat?"

"You know, I was actually going to consider forgiving you." I continued to glare at her.

"Didn't you just send a love poem to Adrien this Valentines' Day?" Frowned Marinette. "You're playing with his feelings!"

They're the same person! "He doesn't know that I sent that."

"Still! How can you like Chat over Adrien anyway? Adrien's way better!" Protested Marinette.

"Chat Noir is a superhero, Marinette! I think it's pretty obvious. And Yin told us herself that she and Chat are good friends. Plus, he probably doesn't stutter around her, and he's flirty!" Countered Alya.

"But-"

"The two of you sound like you're defending your boyfriends," I said cutting in

"What? No way!" They said at the same time.

"Really? Do you girls have any crushes, then?" I smirked. It's nice to turn the conversation around.

"Nope, but you do. So, Adrien or Chat Noir?"

Dang it.

Somehow, I was able to escape by saying that I need to go to the restroom. No wonder Lila was able to trick everyone. That aside, she'll probably arrive in about two months or so, better watch out for her akuma.

Oh, and speaking of akumas, Animan is happening today, so-

"Dude!"

I swerved around. Who was that?

"I need your help."

"Sure...With what?"

"Uh, can you help me get to the zoo with Marinette, I want to confess my feelings but I'm too scared to ask her myself."

"Let me get this straight, you want me to help set up you and Marinette."

"Not exactly, but yeah," Nino said sheepishly. "Though it sounds bad when you say it like that."

"Well, I guess." I looked at the hopeful Nino. "Fine, I'll help you. Pretend to get in our way when we leave school and as an apology, ask us to go to the zoo with you. Okay? Okay. See ya."

I left Nino standing there and felt immense satisfaction when I imagined his confused face. No problem there, though. I saw Adrien hiding behind the stairs, listening to out conversation, so they'll know what to do.

I hope.

*******

"Nope. I'm only doing the orange one!"

"Oh come one! Please!" I begged.

"No can do."

"Give it up, girl. Marinette's isn't going to do it," laughed Alya.

I spotted Nino and Adrien standing a few feet away from us. Right, I need to pretend to bump into them.

"Hey, Marinette could you pass me the magazine? I want to take a closer look at the jacket." I took the magazine. I held it a little bit further than nessecery so that I can see Nino's foot and 'accidentally' trip on him.

As soon as I saw a pair of white sneakers with red strips, I put my left foot behind my right and pushed my weight forward, falling onto the ground.

Adrien suddenly popped out behind Nino. "Oh, so sorry. Right, Nino?" Asked Adrien, punching his friend's shoulder.

"S-sorry!" Stuttered Nino. He was completely frozen, as still as a statue. He's even worse than Adrien and Marinette combined!

While Nino dealt with his anxiety, I bent down to pick up the magazine I had dropped earlier. Adrien seemed to have made the same decision, causing us to bump heads.

"S-sorry!" I gripped the magazine so tightly, I was convinced that it would burst.

"I'm sorry too," Adrien said awkwardly, slightly blushing. "How about we make it up to you? Got any ideas, Nino?"

Adrien nudged his friend with his shoulder.

Nino didn't say anything, instead he made a weird strangled sound.

I could see Adrien sigh internally and had to hold in my laughter. "How about we all check out the zoo today? Word is, they've got a new...?" He snapped his fingers at Nino's face.

"U-hum, ah t-they got a new panther!" Blurted the statue.

"Great idea! You love animals. Right, Yin?" Asked Alya, her eyes showed excitement.

"W-what? I do but-"

"Okay! We'll meet you boys at the zoo. Does four o'clock after school. Is that alright?" Asked Alya, turning to Nino and Adrien.

"Sure..." He's probably also realized that Alya thought he was asking me out. Well, at least I think she does. "Nino? Sound good?" Nino nodded his head.

"See you guys at four then!" Called Adrien, as he dragged poor Nino away.

As soon as the boys were out of earshot, Alya and Marinette started jumping up and down excitedly.

"You do realize that Adrien just asked you out right?"

"Stop. You look as if you just got asked out. Besides, he wasn't asking me out, he asked us!"

"Yeah, because he's too scared to ask you alone!" Said Marinette, her pigtails bouncing up and down with her.

"The two of you are ridiculous."

********

I was sitting on a bench in the middle of the zoo, and Sillya and Dumbinette were hiding behind some bushes.

They're shouting into the ear pieces we're sharing. Making my ears hurt. A lot.

I wasn't able to convince them that Adrien was not asking me out. It's not like I don't want him to...

Focus!

Anyways, poor Nino's going to be so disappointed when he sees me instead of Marinette.

"Yin! I think they're coming!" Shouted Alya.