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Nathaniel showed Marc a close up of Wild Cat during an akuma fight that happened the previous day. “He’s so cool, isn’t he?”
Marc chuckled, internally embarrassed. That was Marc Nathaniel was talking about, although unknowingly, “What, do you draw him a lot?”
The artist turned away, pouting, “So what if I do?”
Oh shit, he drew him?
Nathaniel looked at him. Marc sucked in a breath. He still wasn’t used to seeing both of Nathaniel’s eyes. “Do you want to see?”
“S-Sure!”
He pulled out his sketchbook, flipping it open to a recent drawing of Wild Cat.
Marc beamed. “That’s really good! It’s like a comic book!”
Nathaniel laughed, “Yeah. I wish I could make one, but I’m no good at writing.”
But Marc did .
“I write!” Nathaniel perked up.
“Really?”
“Yeah!” Marc smiled, “Let’s make a comic book together!”
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Nathaniel and Marc sat in front of Marinette and Adrien.
Marinette tilted her head, “You want to make a comic about us?”
Marc nodded, “We can’t exactly write about Fortuno and Wild Cat. For uh, copyright.” It’s actually because it would be awkward for me…
“So we want to have you two be our main characters!” Nathaniel explained, “Marinette would have the ladybug earrings and Adrien would have the black cat ring!”
“And Marinette would have a crush on Adrien, as a treat for the romance fans,” Marc continued. “I-If that’s okay with you.”
Marinette grinned, lighting up the room, “Oh that’s fine with me! I don’t understand why though. We’re just good friends.” She glanced to where Alya was waving her over, “Oh, sorry, I’ll be back.” She stood up and walked away, leaving Adrien to slump down onto the table, groaning.
“Good friends,” Marc shook his head, “That must be rough.” Nathaniel pat Adrien’s back.
“Maybe one day, she’ll like you back.”
Adrien simply sobbed into the table.