Pre relationship 4, with general 1 and 2 for alyanette??

Who felt romantic feelings first?

Marinette for sure, although she probably couldn't put a good name to it. I mean, they're friends right? Best friends. She's never had a friend this close before! Maybe she just unlocked the best friend feelings! Marinette: Oh yeah I love Alya! She's like the prettiest girl ever and she's so amazing and strong??? and awesome and devoted and passionate! Best friend a girl could ask for! i wanna kiss her on the lips! I hate how good she is at mario kart tho Nino: wait what was that last part Marinette: ... mario kart

Who initiated the relationship, and how did it go?

Marinette, after realizing her feelings, decides she's gonna pull out all the tricks she did w adrien because she knows luck is NOT on her side. She writes a love letter, she makes copies, she makes a schedule of the day, she gets flowers, she tells friends, and she's expecting EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD to go wrong like it always does, so of course she takes precautions. Tikki is giving her pep talks, she's putting on her SUPER CONFIDENT OUTFIT! HELL YEAH! Her heart is on fire but she's a hopeless romantic okay!! And alya deserves these things! If it goes horribly she has a backup plan about wiping her social media presence and changing schools and going to go live in china with her uncle forever and ever- The first thing Alya sees in the morning is a love letter. She's a bit confused, as the person who wrote it didn't sign it. AGAIN. Marinette flusters and fumbles, and ends up agreeing to help her find out who wrote it. Instant regret for all the plans she made. She's shoving flowers into closets before Alya can see, she's scrunching up copies of the other letters she hid in her desk before Alya can find them, all under the guise of solving the Mystery. People keep approaching her to ask if she told Alya yet, and she's probably shoved one person into a locker before they could finish their sentence- yaknow, tragically terrible marinette things. It all ends during sunset, sitting on a bench, where Alya muses that it must have just been a prank considering all the disasters that happened today. Marinette sighs, echoing a "maybe, you never know, but yeah probably-". "So uh, anything you wanna say? Or tell me maybe?" Panic. Panick. PanICKIG. "HAHAHHAHA no why why would you think that ahahahahaha?" She looks radiant bathed in the reds of he sun. But she's always pretty radiant, isn't she? And red, it's her confident colour. Its her ladybug colour. She sees a twinkle in Tikki's eye before she heaves a sigh, and finally just, says it out loud. "Yeah actually. I... I wrote the letter." "I could tell." "WAIT REALLY-" "WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR A REALLY LONG TIME OF COURSE I KNOW YOU'RE HAND WRITING." "IM SORRY." "WAIT WAIT NO IM NOT MAD- just surprised?" "I can leave the country if you want-" "oh my god marinette no- i like you too." "no like literally i can leave i know i maybe made you uncomfortable and- wait what" "I like you too, dummy." "um." "you didn't plan this far ahead did you?" "no"

Did they have an official first date? If so, what was it like?

Oh yeah. Alya takes charge of the date plans because "its like dealing cards! You confessed first, therefore i should plan the first date." "i dont think that works how you think it works." She just doesn't want to stress Marinette out more, she keeps a more level head about these things. She's gonna keep it simple. They go to the movies. They've been to the movies before, but Marinette has never put this much effort into an outfit for it. And Alya's definitely a bit flustered because oh my god im going on a date with my best friend/crush what if it's weird? And then she sees her dressed up super cute and shes like oh my god thats FOR ME- They hold hands in the theatre and they're both so awkward even though they know each other so well. And they both KNOW theyre being awkward so they keep laughing at themselves. It takes a little while to get used to, but they fit together really well. she's not usually this jittery when it comes to love or marinette, but for some reason combining the two has her squealing into her pillow and rolling around on her bed when Marinette sends her selfies with little hearts in them. She has to take breathers when they go get food afterward the movie because AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. It's so familiar, but also completely new. Everything they used to do as best friends, but from a whole new perspective. They have lunch/dinner/a MEAL, then they have some coffee, and while normally they go home together after a movie and have a sleepover, Alya feels like she ought to follow date etiquette. (Sharing a bed?? With Marinette, her GIRLFRIEND, after a first date?!?!?! Scandalous). Alya takes her home and stops outside the door, and Marinette surprises her with their first proper kiss. It's really quick, they're both a bit too flustered to say anything afterwards, and then Marinette runs inside and Alya's left dancing her way home with her heart over the damn moon. They end up texting the whole afternoon and well into the night. They're allowed to flirt now! So they're trying to get used to it. Alya has changed Marinette's contact name to include Girlfriend, meanwhile Marinette is agonizing over it because is she allowed to put a heart next to Alya's name now? oh no what if it's weird what if this was just a friend thing the whole time- Meanwhile alya is just. "hey girlfriend of mine whomst i just had a romantic date with-"

Pt. 10000056321 of Tiffany is so undeniably gay and does not know how to function because of that

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I'M SO GAYYYY.

I'm gonna rant now, read it if you'd like, or not, lol. It's simply me simping for this one Hot Topic employee :))

So long story short, there's this one really attractive hot topic employee that works at the store at my closest mall. To rewind a bit, I first interacted with them for the first time on Halloween night last year. Yes I remember, but mainly because they were dressed up and had bright blue makeup and a crown. I don't know who they were dressed up as, but all I knew was that they looked absolutely stunning, lol. So much so that I even complimented their makeup, which is saying a hell of a lot since I was 1. Gay panicking, 2. Very awkward around new people, ESPECIALLY attractive ones. But I did anyway because I couldn't leave without saying anything, and what would I lose, right?

Anyway so we had this little conversation, they asked what book I bought since I was carrying around a lil Indigo bag (Indigo is Barnes and Noble for Canadians lol). I had just bought the book 'The Girl From The Sea', which is by the way, very gay LOL (as it should be (it's written by Molly Knox Ostertag who is married to Noelle Stevenson, the creator of She Ra! Which is also very gay.)) They asked to see what I got, I show them, and they say "That looks gay", and I was like "It is!!". I dunno, the conversation was memorable. I left thinking they were super cool, really pretty, but that was that.

Fast forward to a couple weeks (months?) later, I see them again. For some reason they are engrained in my mind, like I pass a Hot Topic and I just think "Hot Topic! Cool Hot Topic employee!!". Surprisingly I recognize them sans blue makeup, we make small talk (ish? I'm awkward, I suck at conversing with people).

Happens like, once more maybe. Then fast forward to now, I see them again. Yay! My lil gay heart yearns a bit, simps a bit, gay panics a bit, woo! I walked in telling myself I was NOT gonna buy anything because I am very much broke as is. I'm with my friend, he's buying a gift for his friend's birthday, and I look at the earrings as one does.

The employee comes by, says "Ooh, the earrings eh?" or something along the lines of that, idk it was a blur, the store was warm and I was warmer. Then they proceed to compliment my earrings and my voice raises like 3 PITCHES LIKE A FOOL. Apparently I said "Yeah, thank you!" even though I SWEAR I said "Oh, thank you!" but anyway. He checks out, we leave, and then with my indecisiveness I'm like "earrings...." because I found the CUTEST little set of earrings. So, after flipping a coin (that I did not follow because I went against what it said), some urging from my friend because he noticed I was SIMPING, I go back to buy the earrings.

Then they're like, "Oh, did you forget anything?" and I'm like nah *cue awkward finger guns because I DONT, IDK, IM AWKWARD OKAY* "earrings!" (also in a high pitched voice, idk. Help me. Please.) So I proceed to grab them, and they're like "Oh, its buy one get one 50% off, those cat earrings with knives are adorable" and I'm just like "FUCKKKKKKKKKKK" internally because APPARENTLY. I CANT SAY KNOW TO ATTRACTIVE EMPLOYEES MAKING SALES PITCHES. So I buy both pairs of earrings.

Did I mainly buy them so they could help me check out? Yes. Am I only admitting this here? Also yes.

Cue me buying the things, all I'm thinking is "Holy GODS are they so beautiful. I love their hair. Should I compliment their hair?? SHOULD I COMPLIMENT THEIR HAIR?" So I'm just out here panicking, thinking of a way to somehow flirt (not flirting, just compliments but that is as close to flirting that I can get without self-combusting). I dunno, they were just so cute I DON'T KNOW. Like its like the sort of cool AF type of person but also amidst like slightly awkward laughter and fumbling. In the end I say "By the way I love your hair!", because to be fair, it was really fucking cool. Like it was wavy and shoulder length and green with purple tips and AGHHHH (maybe it was just because they had the hair that it look so wonderful, I dunno). I'm awkward, have I mentioned? Apparently I said it slightly awkwardly but its okay because my friend said that I was matching their energy that was also slightly awkward so THATS OKAY!!

So then them and their coworker compliment the shirt that I was wearing that said "Mentally Gone", which is me every day of my life. I get flustered, stutter and say "Yeah! Thanks!!". Mind you I've said yeah like 3 TIMES ALREADY, BECAUSE MY BRAIN LACKS FUNCTION. Then I finish up and leave.

Then proceed to gay panic for the next half hour, I'm warm, blushing, second guessing everything while my friend is next to me laughing his fucking ass off because HE is perfectly fine flirting, but I AM NOT.

Anyway, to conclude, I cannot be trusted around pretty Hot Topic employees because I do not know how to function nor do I have any self-control because I spent $25 dollars on earrings ACK. But that is perfectly okay, haha. Im just gonna go live my life now.

That is all, good day!