Okay so, slight genderbend in the way that ONLY Marinette and Adrien are genderbent. Everyone else remains their genders from the show. So, Nino and Marin are bros, Alya and Adrienne are fangirl sisters, and Chloe secretly likes Marin (nyeheheheheh)

"Seriously, Marin? Late again?" Nino smirked as the tall boy slid into his seat after being scolded by Ms. Bustier. Marin lifted a broad shoulder, an easy smile on his face.

"Dude, you know how I get when inspiration hits me. I just can't put my sketch book down." He grinned as Nino shook his head with a chuckle before taking out his notebook and twirling a pen through his fingers. "So, what'd I miss?"

Nino jabbed a thumb behind him. "We're starting a big group project and we're with the girls." Marin turned his body to see Alya waving with a smile identical to Adrienne's. Nodding, his grin grew.

"Could be worse. What's the project on?" Alya lit up, eyes dancing with excited mischief, before Marin cut her off. "If you say Bug, I'm not bringing bakery items for you for two weeks." She visibly deflated as Nino snickered.

"We're meant to design and set up a room for a fundraiser. We get to choose a theme, and Bug would actually be good for a fundraiser because he's so popular." Adrienne informed him with her gentle, reasonable voice.

"Bug gets all the attention. If we're going to include him in it, shouldn't we at least get some Chatte Noir stuff too? She's just as important." Marin looked pointedly at Alya, who sat there with a sheepish grin. Nino nodded and began to jot down points.

"Y'know, girls, Marin could actually do this whole project by himself, and still get an A." The aspiring DJ grinned as Marin shot him a playful scowl.

"I could, but I won't let you all sit back and be lazy. I have a life too, you know, and a job." He rolled his eyes and folded his arms. Alya's smile twisted into a mischievous grin as she nudged her blond friend.

"Don't let him deceive you, he's really strong. He could lift Ivan if he wanted to." Alya laughed as Marin rolled his clear blue eyes again. "Seriously, he could almost be as strong as Bug!"

"Now that would be impossible." Marin said dryly, rolling his shoulders back slightly. "So, Bug and Noir? Red, black and green, I can work with that..." He trailed off, sketching a rough layout of a stall and a colour scheme.

"Might be good to know we get a full classroom, Marin." Nino grinned as Marin stopped, turned to a new page and began sketching again, this time much more spread out with room for information and games. "And we've lost him. Alright ladies, what do you propose we do?"

~*~

The three decided to go around the room to find out who was doing what. Nathanael's group was going to do an art stall, Kim's a sponge throwing game of course, Chloe's... they hadn't decided. But that was a day ago. Now, Alya, Nino and Adrienne were at the Dupain-Cheng bakery, as they made plans to hang out for the Saturday.

Weirdly enough, there were four girls - around thirteen - just sitting in a booth and giggling about something, glancing every so often towards a door. Adrienne, confused, nudged Alya, who too flicked her eyes towards them. She frowned, turning to Nino questioningly.

Nino simply winked. "Common occurrence. Don't worry about it."

Alya and Adrienne exchanged curious looks before shrugging it off.

Nino continued forward. "Yo, Marin! Where you at, bro?"

The four girls sighed dreamily and noticeably perked up as Marin's deep voice called back. "Give me a sec, I just need to get a box from out front!"

And the four girls squealed quietly, the two older girl's jaw dropped and Nino smirked.

Because Marin had come out with a tight white shirt on and a sweaty brow, and damn, that boy had abs. Oh, and a very toned, very muscular body, but... OH NO HE'S HOOOOOOT!

Marin seemingly noticed his affect on the girls and rolled his eyes, an increasingly familiar action, and simply continued with his work. Alya and Adrienne continued to stare at him, mouths open.

Nino continued smirking. "Baker's boy hasn't found his Katniss yet, ladies." He chuckled as one of the younger girls fanned herself, swooning over Marin's body. And admittedly, he was extremely handsome. He had his father's strong jaw and his mother's sparkle in his eyes, a strong build from lifting flour and boxes for years, broad shoulders and defined muscles. He blue-black hair was always perfectly messy, effortlessly pulling off the look that many boys spent hours trying to do, and his piercingly blue eyes were captivating. His personality was just as amazing too - kind and understanding and caring, yet teasing and witty, as well as talented.

(Random A/N I'm just listening to Circle of Life for no reason, and every time, you know that bit where the singers sing this bit underneath the English lyrics? I watched this thing and now I can't help but think PINK PAJAMAS PENGUINS ON THE BOTTOM because it sounds like that. if you can't tell I'm actually pretty exhausted and kinda delirious because I stayed up til like 1 last night so nyeh)

Adrienne could certainly see why Chloe kept gushing over him when it was just the two of them. He's so strong, Adri, and his smile - Oh my god, some people would kill to have a smile like that! It was always quite comical to her, but after meeting this boy Chloe kept going on about, she joined the group of many girls who knew exactly what she was talking about.

"Alright, I'm done. Let me change my shirt then we can go." He smiled that unknowingly charming smile, completely unaware of how charming it was in reality, and moved to the home above the bakery. Four sighs elicited from the four girls as they finished up finally, leaving the bakery. Alya blinked several times.

"Okay, Marin could totally pass off as school playboy. Shit, how didn't I see those muscles earlier?" The brunette girl was the first to speak, cutting through the sound of a snickering Nino. Adrienne could only nod as Nino's chuckles quickly turned into snorts of laughter.

"Wait 'til summer and we go swimming. I'd go gay for him if I didn't already have my heart set on a lovely lady." Nino choked out between laughter as Marin came back down, this time in a blood red shirt and black jeans.

"Let's go before my parents bombard me with questions." Marin grinned, holding open the door for his friends before leaving himself.