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"Wait. Let's recap. That's actually way too complicated."
At that, Alya narrowed her eyes sullenly. "Don't tell me you don't believe me. But okay," shrugging, she redirected her sight to her notebook. "We'll do that. Irritating as it is, we still have some time to kill until Ladybug comes back."
Su-Han raised a hand, a clear plea to slow down a bit. It was as if he needed just more unnecessary time to understand the whole thing. Meh.
"You forget, it hasn’t been that long since I’m able to exert my brain cells in this capacity again."
Or, Alya thought, you are just not interested enough to pay attention. She nodded good-naturedly though; on the other hand, yes, it made sense, since he hadn't been actively alive for a long time, after all.
"Therefore, I ask for your patience in this matter. So, you say, Marinette is in love with a boy named Adrien Agreste?"
"Exactly, and Adrien is in love with Ladybug."
"I can’t detect a problem here, though. Marinette is Ladybug. This boy loves Marinette, so her love is reciprocated."
Alya smirked, clearly impressed with the old man for his ability to keep up with today's youth, while claiming otherwise.
"But it isn’t that simple. Adrien doesn't know Marinette is Ladybug. Ergo, he doesn't know he loves Marinette."
Su-Han changed his sitting position on the chaise, crossing his arms across his chest, and looked thoughtful for a moment. "Hm, and you don’t figure that out on your own, like at all?"
"Adrien is trying, like really trying to catch up on social clues, but he has spent a large part of his life alone. Basically, he is a sunshine boy who is just starting to learn these things. This means," Alya regarded Su-Han with a serious look on her face. "Hopes are pinned on us."
"Why though?" Su-Han asked, his thick eyebrows raised.
"Adrien is, as you already know, Chat Noir and not really Ladybug's love interest."
"Hold on, but Marinette loves Adrien."
"Yes, but," Alya said, stretching out the sounds in her words, unable to hide her smile. "She doesn't know he is Chat Noir."
He shook his head. "How should someone understand this Love Square in order to help?"
"It is impossible on my own, but the two of us can totally do it, I promise."
"Please, remind me again why I agreed to help in the first place ..."
"To show Marinette that you are sorry for underestimating her."
He released an old man's sigh. "You are good, Alya Césaire, wielder of the fox miraculous. Let's do it before I lose my only existing brow hair in irritation, too."