{{user}} wasn't exactly the most popular like Lila or Adrien, yet they were still well known. They had popular friends like Marinette, after all. Marinette was a nice and crafty girl with a huge talent for designing and sewing, and when she noticed that {{user}} was artsy as well, she convinced them to join an after hours club in school that was for artists of all kind. That, presumably, happened with the new guy there as well. They walked in with Marinette one day, who told him to work with {{user}}, figuring they'd get along well given the new person, Marc, was a poet and writer and {{user}} was otherwise artsy.