-Marinette-

"Marinette... Marinette? Wake up, Marinette." I suddenly heard a familiar male voice then felt a soft hand caress my cheek slightly before it went down my shoulder and gave me a slight shake on my body for me to wake up.

"5 more minutes, Tikki." I grumbled before shoving away the hand that was still on my shoulder. I heard an amuse chuckle which made my eyebrows furrowed in confusion while I'm still sleeping.

"I'm not Tikki, Marinette. Whoever that is." Said the male voice but he just whispered the last sentence he said. "This is Adrien." He added.

Wait! Adrien?!

It took a moment for me to register a few seconds once the voice said that before my eyes shot wide open in surprise and shock. Once my eyes meet emerald green ones, I was too shock to even notice that I accidentally rolled myself out of the bed which made a loud thud noise.

I rubbed my head to ease the pain a little. "Mari, are you okay?" I heard Adrien asked. I looked up and saw him looking at me in concern. A tint of pink blush made its way up to my cheeks as I gave him an awkward smile before nodding my head.

He just called me Mari. I think my face is going red again.

"Y-yes, yes. I'm f-fine, A-Adrien. No need to worry." I immediately said as he help me to stand up from sitting on the floor. I'm such a liar.

"Are you sure? You hit your head a little bit hard." He said in concern and worry. Aw, Adrien. That's so sweet of you to worry about me. I thought with a sweet smile.

"I appreciate the concern but I'm fine, Adrien. Really." I insisted. Even though not convinced, he just nodded his head before smiling at me.

"Anyway, you better get ready, Marinette. We'll be leaving in 15 minutes." Adrien said which left me staring at him in confusion. Leaving? Where?

Adrien must have notice my confusion because he suddenly burst out a fit of chuckles. "Marinette, we're going to a chinese school to interact with them, remember?" He said with an amuse smile.

Now, I only notice this that Adrien is wearing a white sweater with black double v-line design on it, then he added it with a black pants and a pair of white converse.

My eyes widened in shock once again when I heard him said that, and before he can look at me again, I sprinted off towards the bathroom after grabbing my clothes on the walk-in-closet.

How could I forget that today is the day we will be inter acting with my old school along with my old classmates and friends? Arhg! I'm so stupid.

"Alright, I'll be waiting for you here." I heard him shouted from outside. I hummed in reply before taking a shower.

After a 5 minutes shower, I exited the bathroom with myself fully dressed. I wore a white body suit being added with a colored skin tone cardigan. I also wore a black ripped jeans and added it with a one inch white heels.

I let my hair down then put a little powder on my fair since I already have white skin, I don't need my face to be more whitish than before. Then after that I put a lip gloss on my pink lips and, viola! I'm done.

Once I saw Adrien sitting on our bed while looking on his phone, I smiled at him before grabbing a white purse with gold chains on it. Then I also grabbed my old purse, let Tikki hide inside my white purse then put a few cookies inside for her to eat.

"Hey, where's Alya and Nino?" I asked in the middle of biting my sandwich.

He looked up then blushed a little when he saw me. "They're already down stairs. They both left me with you to wake you up." He explained which causes me to nod my head.

I knew what Alya was playing and I know how to beat her. I smirked slightly at the thought of that.

Once done, I let myself grabbed a sandwich before sitting beside Adrien with a few distance. We still have 7 minutes left before our bus will arrive and take us to my old school. When I'm done eating, I then brushed my teeth then went back to out bed, only to be greeted by Adrien who's standing on the door frame.

"Hey." He greeted with a slight . . . Blush? What? Is Adrien Agreste blushing? Again?

Then, I only noticed it now that we're slightly wearing the same color outfit today. You know, white on top then black pants and white converse and heels. Just coincidence, I guess.

"Hey. So, you ready?" I asked with a smile. He nodded his head before we both exited our room then we both went at the lobby to greet our friends.

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"And there they are!" We all heard Alya exclaimed as she pointed her finger at me and Adrien as both of us reach the lobby. Now, I realized that only the two of us are the only ones missing, that is until we arrived.

"Thank goodness that you're already here! Only 3 minutes left before our bus will arrive." Ms. Buster exclaimed in glee once she saw me and Adrien. We both said our sorry's but Ms. Bustier only waved it away.

"That's okay. Now, we only have to wait for the bus." Ms. Bustier smiled which made me nodded my head.

"So, dude. What's with the outfit?" Nino asked as he put his arms around Adrien's shoulder, then he both inspected our outfits. "You two looked like a couple." He added with a smirk which causes for me and Adrien to blush.

"Yeah, I also notice it too." Alya chimed in with a smirk as she gave me an elbow which made me wince in slight pain before giving her my glares who she only returned it with an innocent smile.

Curse you, Alya. I thought to myself.

"Its just a coincidence guys." Adrien reasoned out which I totally agree. Just a coincidence, nothing more, nothing less. Or so I thought . . .

Nah, just kidding.

"Okay, if you say so." Nino smirk but it immediately disappear when me and Adrien gave him a glare.

"Come now, students. The bus is waiting for us outside!" Ms. Bustier asked. 

We all filled the bus and as I expected Nino and Alya would do, they both paired me up with Adrien. I tried to protest, but in the inside my heart is skipping a beat. Well, It's not everyday that you'll get to sit beside your long life-time crush. So, might as well make the most out of it, right?

It only took 30 minutes for us to arrive at my old school. The Ming De University but this school also allows kindergartens. A public school for everyone being directed by my Aunt who's husband is Uncle Chonglin, maman's brother. And their children are Mei and Chen. This school is being supported by the palace to give every children a chance to go to school. And since me, Tae Hee, and my twin cousins are outdoor princes and princesses, our parents enrolled us in this school. 

Of course, we enjoyed having a lot new friends here and luckily they're all kind. And even if they know that we're all royals, they still treated us like we're all the same just as we requested for them to treat us. 

In this school, you could count a lot of poor students around here and you could rarely see some wealthy. And as I know, all the wealthy students that study here just want to get close to us. Mostly we call them hypocrite. So as much as possible, me and Tae Hee keep each others company with our new friends when we were still kids. 

After, the bus entered the school's grand gate, it slowly made it's way towards the parking lot of the school. When the engine stopped, all of my classmates exited the bus and that only leaves me with Adrien, Alya and Nino who's waiting outside the bus's door. When we reach the school's grassy courtyard, a lot of banners and streamers greeted our sight, and I must say we all feel welcome by what the students did. 

We can even see them still decorating the hall way. The others were cleaning and the others are putting up the designs at the ceiling with another's help. 

Yep, it's just like I remembered it. 

"Everyone, Get ready! They're here!" I heard a student shouted at the others. I chuckled to myself when I caught a glimpse of them running around in panic. others were already bumping each other but still continued to run. 

Ms. Bustier faced us all when the doors at the corner of the courtyard suddenly burst open and from it, kindergartens appeared while running with their little feet, and in their hands held a fresh flowers while the others were holding a flower necklaces. 

"Aw! They're so cute!" Rose exclaimed as a girl handed her some rose flowers. 

"Thank you." Alya said as a cute boy gave her a bouquet of tulips. The boy giggled before running off somewhere. 

"Marinette! Marinette!" I heard someone called my name. I looked up and a smile slowly made their way up to my lips when I saw Mei and Chen running up to me while both holding a neatly set of rose bouquet. 

I gasped when they both handed me the bouquet." Mei, Chen. Thank you." I said softly as I both gave them a hug. They returned the gesture before giggling in delight. 

"You're welcome, Marinette." Chen said as Mei only nodded her head.

"Alright kids! After you finish giving your gifts to our visitors, please kindly return to your classrooms." I heard a teacher said in Chinese while giving the children a half smile. Me and Adrien chuckled when we heard the children awed in protest but said their goodbyes at us eventually. 

"So cute!" I muttered as I waved my goodbyes at Mei and Chen. They both smiled before running back to their classroom. 

"Hello, everyone from Françoise Dupont! I am Mrs. Cheng Mian, the director of this school, And welcome to Ming De University of Guangzhou." She said said with her fluent accent in french as she gave us a smile but I only smirked at her. 

It's good to be back!

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This will be my last chapter of this month, but hopefully you'll enjoy this chapter even if it's short. Anyway, instead of Empire High School that I just a made up that came into my mind, I changed it into Ming De University that I found at Google. Empire High school is not a real school. I hope you enjoy! See you in Christmas! HAHAHAHA