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Marinette plopped down in a chair far away from the rest of her class at lunch. It wasn't that they didn't want her there, she just REALLY didn't want hear Lila today. Two akumas can really take a lot out of a girl.
"You, pigtail girl." Marinette looked up from her plate, and nearly dropped her spoon in surprise. A REALLY tall girl with long red hair in a braid was sitting at the table she chose. She wore a black and green jacket, a plaid red shirt, baggy dark-green pants and combat boots. Her shoulders were broad and her accent was thick. A recent transfer, maybe? Either way, she looked more like an adult.
"O-oh, hi! I'm really sorry if I was sitting in your friends spot, here, I'll go-" She hastily stood up, nearly knocking over her chair.
"What is that on plate." Big Red pointed at her lunch. It sounded more like a statement than a question.
"...Rice Bread?" Marinette squeaked awkwardly. "Nein, nein. This will not do. Sit. I will give you mine." Big Red sat Marinette down with one hand, and pushed over a bowl with the other. Marinette looked into the bowl, a little nervous at how... red... the soup looked.
"That's... ok, can I have my bread back?-" "Nien!" Big Red slapped her palm on the table. "Girl like you needs meat on bones, ja? I do not mind sharing lunch. you may have bread back once half of bowl gone."
Mari gulped, and stuck her spoon in the soup, slowly lifting it back up into her mouth... Her eyes widened in surprise. "This-this is really good!" "It is, ja? My father's recipe." Big Red smiled proudly, puffing up in pride. Soon, the bowl was gone.
Marinette nervously laughed, handing the girl the bowl. "Sorry for eating your lunch...?" She trailed off. She hadn't even asked for her name. Big Red laughed. "Is good. Borscht makes you feel warm inside." she stuck out a surprisingly dainty hand.
"I am Wilhelmina Richter. And you?" Marinette took her hand with a grateful smile. "My name's Marinette. Marinette Dupain-Cheng." "Ack. A strong name for such tiny girl. Must make your Vater very proud, ja?" Big Re- Wilhelmina shook her hand roughly, not noticing how she was practically jerking Mari around. "Waauggh!-Uh!-huh!" Marinette yelped, voice vibrating at how hard she was shaken.
The bell rang, and Wilhelmina let her hand go. "You. I like you, Dupacheng." Wilhelmina nodded, a giant grin appearing. "D-Dupain-Cheng..." Marinette corrected, woozy. "Sorry. Would you like to come to my house?" Wilhelmina asked abruptly. "I can sense that you are extraordinary girl. Vater says it is gift of mine." "Uhm..." Marinette blinked in surprise, then smiled a little. "Sure, just let me talk to my parents about it!" "Vunderful." Wilhelmina stood, and Marinette nearly gasped. She was really tall... "I will find you after school. Auf Wiedersehen." She turned and walked away, trudging with each step.
"So, uh... I see you've got a new friend!" Marinette nearly squealed when Adrien spoke next to her. "Oh, yeah! She's new... I think- did you see how tall she was?!" Marinette whisper-shouted the last part.
"She seems really nice, Marinette. Maybe meeting her was fate?" Adrien smiled dorkily. "Yeah... maybe it was!" Marinette stood up. "It's a good change!" She said a little too loudly. (Lila's group looked over, and Lila frowned, but honestly, that didn't matter for once).
Adrien grinned. Mari was feeling better, and that was all that mattered...
...Huh...Where did that come from??