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Today was the day.
It was going to happen.
Marinette was finally going to get her hands on the latest copy of Ultimate Mecha Strike.
She’d been waiting outside the store for hours and had managed to get the 5th spot in line. She’d brought a sleeping bag, food, water, everything she would need to stay the night. It was Black Friday after all, and she needed that game.
Eventually, the sun began to rise and Marinette packed up all of her things ready to storm the front doors of Best Buy. As soon as the employees opened the door, she took off running and was inside within seconds. However, when she got inside she noticed that they rearranged the entire store.
Damn it. Marinette muttered to herself.
In the weeks before today, Marinette had gone to this store every day until she had the whole layout memorized with the quickest route to the video games, but now all of her planning was ruined!
Get ahold of yourself Marinette. You were still one of the first ones in the store.
After a moment Marinette finally started wandering around to find the video games. Turns out they hadn’t changed the layout that much. The video games were still next to the appliances, it was just in a different corner of the store. When she finally reached the shelves, all but one copy was gone.
Phew. I made it. Marinette reached for the game when suddenly she saw someone else reaching out.
“Uh. Excuse you.” Marinette said, annoyed.
“Oh. Sorry, were you going to buy this game?” The blonde boy looked up, bright green eyes staring back at her.
“Well, obviously I was going to buy it. Why else would I be reaching for it?” This boy was testing Marinette’s patience. He is kind of cute though….Marinette no! Stop it! You’re here for Ultimate Mecha Strike
“I guess I could let you have it if you do me a favor” He responded, somewhat flirtatiously
“And what would this favor be?”
“You could be my date for my best friend’s wedding”
His reply was so nonchalant that it caught Marinette off guard.
“Uh, your…. date ? To a….wedding?”
Just then, Marinette noticed someone grab the last copy of Ultimate Mecha Strike that she and the boy were fighting over.
“DAMN IT!” She yelled, “This is all your fault for distracting me!” Then she took off after the video game thief.
She could hear the boy calling after her, but she didn’t care. She was going to get her hands on that game.
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“Damn it Alya!” Marinette whined, “I waited in line all night for that game!”
Alya moved over to comfort her. “It’s ok Marinette, it’s not like they won’t sell more copies.” She paused, “I’d like to hear about this blonde boy who distracted you so much that you lost out on the last copy of your favorite game”
“Agghhhhh” Marinette put her face in her hands “It was so embarrassing Al! He asked me to be his date to a wedding . I’ve never seen this boy in my life and he’s asking me to a wedding! He doesn’t even know my name! I don’t even know his name!” she said, flailing her arms around.
Alya chuckled, “Oh Mari. You haven’t had a date in years and now a cute boy walks up to you practically begging for you to be his date to a wedding and you freeze up? Maybe he could have even been your date to mine and Nino’s wedding if things went well.”
Marinette did not want to see that adorable blonde-haired boy ever again. If she did, she’d give him a piece of her mind for making her miss out on getting Ultimate Mecha Strike and having to wait another week for more copies to be released.