#and like there's a few other more normal/mushy stuff happening at the beginning to lull you into a sense of security

[thewritewolf]

Marinette March Day 24 - Girl Squad

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The girl squad goes out for some shopping before the main event begins.

I have the awful tendency to not read ahead at the last week or so of prompts, leading me to write drabbles that would’ve been perfect for later prompts far too early. So I’ve already written a few girl squad one shots for Marinette March. But hey, we don’t get enough of the girl squad in the show, so I’ll consider this a blessing in disguise.

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Enjoy!

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Normally, Marinette loved her friends a whole lot and while today was no different, it was times like this that reminded her that they were a motley crew of clashing personalities.

It was theoretically a straight-forward day out with the girls, the time honored tradition of hanging out and shopping. Excluding Alix, there was no argument there. The real debate happened once they tried to decide on where they wanted to go shopping first. The order was important since their reservation was at six and if they took too long in the stores they wouldn’t be able to go everywhere they wanted to and make it on time.

“I hear this place has the best fandom merch in the whole mall. That’d be our best place to start, right?” Juleka pointed out a new shop on her phone’s map. Marinette had never been there, so she hadn’t heard much about it. “I’ve been meaning to get some stuff for my favorite horror game.”

Of course, the longer they spent arguing, the less time they had to actually do anything.

“Well, I happen to know that the best Ladybug and Chat Noir stuff is over here,” Alya tapped her finger on another store across the mall from the first. “And I need the new action figures of those two for… reasons.”

Fanfic reasons, Marinette corrected mentally. Although she wasn’t supposed to tell anyone about that. After all, the moderator and founder of the Ladyblog couldn’t be seen making mushy Ladynoir fluff if she was to continue to be taken seriously as a hard-hitting news reporter.

“Oh, but if we go there, then we won’t be able to stop by the flower shop!” Rose looked up at them with wide, pleading eyes.

“Rose, sweetie, you don’t ever buy any of the flowers,” Juleka sighed.

“So? I like how they smell and they all look so pretty! If I buy one then I’ll end up buying all of them and I can’t afford that.” She plopped her head onto Juleka’s shoulder and groaned as the taller girl patted her head.

“I’m with Juleka,” Mylene spoke up in the lull in the conversation. “Ivan’s birthday is coming up and that place has the best chance of getting some Zombie Skull Crusher merch that he doesn’t have yet.”

Alya looked at Alix, “What about you? Any preference?”

“Yeah… somewhere to eat before I get to trounce you guys would be awesome.”

Alya pinched the bridge of her nose. “Right, you don’t like shopping. Weird, but I love you anyway, girl.” The moment she was dreading came when Alya turned to her. “Well, girl, care to back me up here?”

Taking a deep breath, Marinette slipped in class president decision-making mode. “Well, we have three options and limited time, so I think we should take Juleka’s idea first - you don’t know, Alya! There’s a chance you’ll find the dolls there, and if not we can head to your store next.” She looked at Rose with a sad shrug. “Sorry, Rose. That means yours is last. We’re going shopping today, not window shopping. We’ll try to make it if we can!”

With that settled, they got to shopping. The store Juleka had chosen turned out to be deceptively large, with a whole wide range of niche fandom merchandise there. They split up pretty quickly, but Marinette made sure to keep tabs on her friends while sticking to Alya’s side to help her find the dolls. From the brief glances Marinette caught of Alix, she could tell that even Alix was having fun perusing the wide selection. It didn’t take long for Mylene and Juleka to find something and with their help they tracked down the latest in Ladybug and Chat Noir action figure technology.

While they were in the area, Marinette snagged a pair of Chat Noir cat ears - she always felt kinda bad that people bought her stuff more often than his and she was happy to support him like this.

Since Alya was taken care of, they were free to visit the flower shop, which had Rose humming happily the whole way over. Poor Juleka could barely keep up with Rose power-skipping (A variant of power walking unique to Rose) while dragged her girlfriend by the hand toward the store. While they didn’t end up walking out with anything, Marinette had to admit it was nice to literally stop and smell the flowers.

Their last stop before their reservation was at the buffet, much to Alix’s enjoyment. The row of food stands lead to everyone spreading out again before coming together with a wide mixture of different lunches. Alix was done before anyone else, leading her to wait for the rest of them by skating up and down the restaurant avenue.

Once they were all finished, they made their way to the reservation at the bowling alley. Marinette wasn’t sure how this ended up being a tradition of theirs, but it was something all of them could get behind. As they all got geared up, Marinette smiled. Despite all their differences, they could all find common ground with each other. Because of that, Marinette knew they’d be friends for years to come.

...Or maybe a bit less if Alix kept being this obnoxious when she won.