Chapter 63

Marinette's P.O.V:

"So, Damian" Chloe spoke to him as Damian and I sat down at the table for lunch. "We all wanted to know what you did to have Mari so distracted yesterday that she actually fell down the stairs."

"Chloe!" I whined.

"What?" Chloe shrugged. "Its true. We all want to know."

I looked to the rest of my friends to see them all nodding at Chloe in agreement.

"You guys are so nosy." I sighed.

Chloe was about to speak again but Nino and Alya came strolling up to the nearly full table.

"Nino, I'm not going to fit at this table. There is only one seat left." Alya frowned.

"Oh, right." Nino looked around. "We can go sit somewhere else."

Damian looked over at me to see that I looked noticeably upset at this. I looked over at him then looked back at Alya and Nino with a frown. Sighing, he reached over to where I sat in the seat right beside him and easily lifted me up and onto his lap.

A small squeak escaped my lips before I looked over at him with surprise.

"There." He shrugged as he leaned to the side to look at Alya. "Now there is room."

"Damian... I can't just sit on you lap." I tried to sound serious but my embarrassment got the better of me as I turned a few shades redder.

"Says who?" He questioned as he reached around me to eat his food. "I'm not bothered by it." He said after he swallowed what he was eating.

Before I could protest anymore, Alya dragged Nino to the empty seats beside me to sit. "Thanks, Damian." She giggled before winking at me who was clearly blushing a bright red.

"Fine." I huffed as I pulled my lunch tray closer to me to give Alya some space.

"Not that you guys aren't cute and all, but this doesn't get you out of my question." Chloe smiled at the two of us.

"What question?" Nino asked.

"We want to know what Damian was doing exactly that had Marinette fall down the stairs." Alix informed.

"I can make a few educated guesses if you want me to." Max added.

"No thank you, Max." I shook my head. "Keep your crazy theories to yourself."

"Oh, come on, Marinette!" Kim pleaded. "You know we are really curious when even Juleka is interested."

I looked over to Juleka to see her shrug. "I would like to know." She said quietly.

"Did he do something romantic for you?" Rose said a bit overly excited.

"Well, you see..." Damian began with a smirk as he talked over my shoulder.

I decided that it was now or never so I quickly turned my attention to my boyfriend and grabbed both sides of his face for a kiss to quiet whatever embarrassing excuse he would come up with.

While he was distracted, I raked my fingers through his perfectly groomed hair and smiled as I pulled away, happy with my success.

A few whistles and some cooing could actually be heard from not only their table, but also from people all around the lunchroom. Soon enough, the whole lunchroom was in applause.

It was instant regret for me as both Damian and I went red with embarrassment.

"Why did you just do that?" Damian whispered in mu back.

"Because I would win." I shrugged as I pointed to his hair. The lunchroom was still in an uproar over the situation.

Damian looked confused for a moment before finally remembering their playful bet. "That was a dirty trick, Dupain-Cheng." He smiled at me.

"Wow, Marinette." Alya spoke up from over the loud cheering. "Who knew you had that in you." She gave me a cheeky grin. "Shy little Marinette is long gone."

"Good job, Damian!" Some guy in Damian's class said as he walked by.

I immediately hid my face in my hands.

"I don't know why you are hiding." Chloe rolled her eyes. "No one forced you to do that."

"Quiet down, everyone!" A teacher yelled as he walked into the lunchroom. "Classes are nearby and still in session!"

It took a moment or two but eventually all the hype died down, but the knowing stares did not.

"Wow, Marinette. Why did you just do that?" Kim finally asked what everyone was thinking.

"Because of this." I reached behind me and started to play with Damian's surprisingly soft hair. "I made a bet that I would mess his perfect hair up by the end of the school day."

Damian seems to have given up at this point and didn't even try to swat my hands away.

"I'm still not sure this was worth all this embarrassment though." My eyes flashed around the room at all the people still looking at me and I immediately stopped what I was doing to face forward and concentrate on my food.

"I don't know." Damian whispered into my ear as he wrapped his arms around my waist. "I think it was worth loosing."

If it was even possible, my face got even more red as I quickly began to eat my food.

"Wow. What did you just say to her?" Alya laughed. "I've never seen Mari blush so much."

"I know, right?" Rose started to bounce in her seat. "They are so adorable!"

"Yeah. I think I've found my new OTP, girl." Alya playfully poked me.

"Can we just talk about anything else?" I pleaded.

"Sure, girl." Alya nodded. "Hey, that reminds me. Did you guys hear that there is a new hero in Gotham?"

"Ah, yes." Max nodded. "She apparently had a hand in taking down Two-Face when he attacked the museum when we were there."

"Yeah, you were talking about that the other day, weren't you?" Alix remembered. "You always were a huge Batman fan."

"What does she look like? Is she pretty?" Rose asked.

"The only picture I could find was of her in front of the museum surrounded by the rest of Batman's team." Alya pulls out her phone and brings up an article from a few days ago with Ladybird smiling widely at the camera.

I sighed in relief when I saw that it was a wide enough shot the string to my yoyo could not be seen and yoyos face itself was hidden behind me. I was always thankful that I was lucky when it really counts, because that was one thing that Alya would probably recognize.

"She looks so tiny compared to the rest of them." Nino looked at the picture. "Is she just small or are the rest of them absolutely huge?"

"I've heard that Batman towers over almost everyone." Max smiled. "No ones ever actually measured his height though."

"Do you think they are all related?" Alix took a better look at the picture. "They totally could be."

"Yeah." Kim nodded. "How else would Batman find these people?"

"That's a good question. I've always wondered the same thing." Max said. "They could be extended family?"

"Or maybe he has a secret boot camp no one knows about." Adrien joked.

"Sign me up!" Kim laughed.

"You think he recruits people like a cult?" Juleka whispered with a grin.

"I sure hope not." Alya said. "But who knows? That might be the only cult I would willingly join."

"What is this new hero's name anyways?" Chloe asked.

"She calls herself 'Ladybird'." Max informed.

"Yeah, what's up with these people's obsession with bats and birds? Red Hood is the only one without a bird themed name but he still has the bat symbol across his chest." Alya added.

I looked back at my boyfriend and smiled knowing that they didn't have a clue and he gave me a small smile in return.