3rd Person POV:
(Heads up: Cheng Sifu/ Kung Food has broken English as it is not his first language)
"You'll see, (Y/N)! With this app, I'll be just fine!" Marinette speaks, more to herself than anyone else in the room.
"Sure. Are you positive you don't want me to translate for you?" (Y/N) asks a panicked-stricken Marinette.
"Yes. See watch this." Marinette taps the record button on her translator. "Welcome to my home, My name is Marinette."
"欢迎来到我的家, 我的名字是玛丽内特."
(Huānyíng lái dào wǒ de jiā, wǒ de míngzì shì mǎlì nèi tè.) The app translates.
"Huayang li do wo de jia, wo de mingzi shi maly net ti." Marinette poorly tries to translate.
She frowns when the app gave her a frowny face and frowns deeper when she notices (Y/N) look upon her in shame.
"What?" Marinette asks.
"You just said, 'Hu A sheep lido my home, my name is Maria Netti,' in Chinese." (Y/N) snickers. "But at least you got the 'my name is' part."
"I'd like to see you do better." Marinette pouts.
"Huānyíng lái dào tā de jiā. Tā de míngzì shì mǎlì nèi tè." (Y/N) translates perfectly.
"That's not what the app said." Marinette raises an eyebrow.
"I said, 'Welcome to her home. Her name is Marinette.'" (Y/N) responds. "It wouldn't make sense if I introduced myself as you, therefore I just changed the wording a little."
"I hate that you were raised to be perfect." Marinette whines.
"You and me both, sister." (Y/N) agrees. "Try again."
"H-Huānyíng lái dào wǒ de jiā, w-wǒ de míngzì shì mǎlì nèi tè." Marinette stutters out, but eventually gets it right.
"Perfect!" (Y/N) compliments making the bluenette smile.
"I'm so nervous. Do you think he'll like these flowers?" Marinette hands the purple flowers over to (Y/N), the girl inspecting them.
"Yes! These are just fine." (Y/N) encourages.
"But it can't be just fine! It has to be perfect!" Marinette stresses. "My mom's uncle is a famous Chinese chef, he's very particular, so things have got to be just right!"
Marinette wasn't able to say anything else because the sharp sound of the doorbell cuts through the room.
"That's him!" Marinette shivers as she walks over to the door.
(Y/N) brushes off the invisible dust on her jacket and stands up straight, wanting to make a good impression on Marinette's behalf.
Marinette opens the door with an awkward smile and her gifts in hand. On the other side,her mom's uncle awaits with a gentle smile.
"Nǐ hǎo." The man speaks.
"He said, 'hello.'" (Y/N) whispers to Marinette. Signaling her to start talking.
"Welcome to Mari, you're at Nette's! I MEAN- welcome to Marinette's. You're Chinese!" Marinette begins to mumble to herself as she tells herself to speak in Mandarin like how she was practicing for the last hour.
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The Miraculous Three
FanfictionAfter centuries of not being able to deem anyone worthy, the Phoenix miraculous is finally gifted to someone that seems to be... just a normal girl. All these characters are aged up to 17-19, to make myself feel more comfortable writing this story...
