NathMarc November 2020

The art club kids are in Nathaniel's room, sitting on his bed and huddled around a tablet while Alix paces around the room and grumbles to herself, "The never of him! Canceling to go play cards with the swim team?! Come on!"

Marinette asks Nathaniel, "Can you turn up the volume?"

"I already have it up to the highest setting.", Nathaniel answered, "Alix, why not just go by yourself?"

"Ah, I can't go show-lo, that'll be boring!" She flops on the bed, "Who does Kim think he is?!"

"You could hang out with us tonight," Nathaniel suggested

"And just watch Bob Ross videos all day?" Alix rolled her eyes, "Yeah, maybe we could fit in some knitting, too, Nath." Marinette inconspicuously hides her yarn and knitting needles back in her bag

Nathaniel blushes, "That's... not what I meant. We could... all go to the show... with you."

Rose's eyes lit up, "Really?!"

"Y... Yes! Really."

"You wanna go to a show, late at night, with loud music and people pushing each other?", Alix asked as she playfully pushes Nathaniel's arm

"Ye... Yes." He gently pushes her arm back. She grips her arm in pretend pain, "Ooh, I think it's broken!"

Marinette looks uncertain, "Nath, are you sure?"

Nathaniel folded his arms, "You guys just never saw me in action! Breaking every rule, taking on the authorities!" He looks back at his tablet, "Oh, that is a happy little cloud." Juleka looked and smiled, "Nice."

Alix shrugged, "Alright. But before you rock out, you're gonna wanna blend in. To Marinette's room!", She drags Nathaniel out of the room. Juleka and Rose follow

"W-wait!" Marinette runs after them, "Why my room?!"

Nathaniel stood in a pair of tight jeans with a black jacket over a purple shirt with a black symbol on the front, and black boots. His red hair is looser and his bangs are pinned to the side. He stands next to the convenience store fridges while Rose and Alix looks for a few drinks, and Juleka picks out some snacks

"See? I told you this was a good look!" Marinette said

"I guess," He tugs on the jeans, "But why are these so tight?"

"Well it's better than those... ugh... purple jeans," she said the last word in a disgusted tone

"I seem to remember a certain someone who wore purple jeans a year ago."

"Well, I pulled those off!"

Juleka comes back with a few bags of chips, Rose and Alix pull out some soda cans

"Okay, Rose and I got Mountain Dew and good 'ol orange soda!", Alix tossed Nathaniel a can, which he actually caught, "Nice."

The door at the convenience store opens, and the quintet looks to see who entered. Nathaniel is stunned at the sight of the young man who just walked in. He's tall, about one or two inches taller than Juleka, a slender body hidden under an open red hoodie that's over a rainbow tie-dye shirt, ripped jeans with a studded belt, black combat boots, around his neck was a black choker necklace, and adorning his hands with black fingernails were black fingerless gloves. He has beautiful green eyes that are complemented by bold, well-done eyeliner, messy black hair that almost reaches his shoulders. Alix notices Nathaniel staring intently at the mystery boy

"Nath... You okay?"

Nathaniel's can slips out of his hand onto the floor, as he continues to stare at the Mystery Boy. Marinette waves her hand in front of him, "Nath?"