Author's note: I know there are some prompts for Max Appreciation Week I missed out so far but I plan to catch up on them soon! Until then please enjoy my contribution to Adrinette April! :)

After some incidents that may or may not have been caused by no one else than Alya Césaire herself the school had decided to tighten their Akuma-Attack-Policy. In conclusion the building got closed off every time there was an akuma alert to prevent nosy students from getting hurt or even worse.

As Ladybug she'd told in an interview for the Ladyblog that she completely approved of this decision since it improved the safety of everyone but apparently she didn't like the changes at all. In fact she cursed them and frustration took its toll on her while she was trapped inside an old classroom with none other than Adrien Agreste. How could it be any different?

Madame Bustier had just pushed them into the room and said "Hide in here until this is over. I'll come back for you!" before locking the door.

Now Marinette was desperate to find a solution. If she wouldn't succeed to get out of here in time she would not only die of heart failure but also the improvement of everyone's safety would be lapsed.

"So… uhm…" awkwardly Adrien scratched his neck as he hesitantly looked up at Marinette. "I'm glad you're safe" he said and although he seemed pretty nervous himself his smile was still genuine.

Marinette felt the heart failure approaching fast.

Timidly she smiled back at him. "Me too… I-I mean I'm glad you're safe too, with me. Not that the fact we're in here together means anything special to me! I mean it's not like I dislike it it's just…" Realizing that the babbled again she groaned in frustration and face palmed in defeat. "I need to get out of here immediately" she mumbled to herself with no intention to actually say it out loud.

Surprised Adrien raised an eyebrow. "You do?" he asked a little worried and stepped close to her. "What would you want out there?"

Frozen she stared at him for a moment, completely taken aback by the fact that it were just the two of them in the same room with Adrien only one step away from her. Suddenly she began to fidget.

"Well, you know… I need to… there's this thing I need to-" she stuttered while trying to come up with a plausible excuse.

For some reason his eyes widened abruptly and he began to stutter too. "Oh! Uhm. That's… unfortunate. Can you… Do you think you can hold it in until the attack is over?" he asked and gave her a concerned look.

This can't be true, she thought as she fought back the strong urge to rip out her hair and start to hysterically cry in embarrassment. Now he thought she needed to pee. Great.

"No worries I can handle it" she answered resigned. If there still had been a possibility that this dreamlike boy would like her one day it had vanished the second the door had been closed behind them. The damage was done and couldn't be revoked.

"To be honest I would rather be outside too. I don't like to be trapped in small places too much…" he confessed sheepishly.

Just for one second Marinette scolded herself for not coming up with that excuse before fully concentrating on Adrien's well-being.

"Should I give you your space?" she asked and already took some steps back providently. She did not know that much about Claustrophobia but the last thing she wanted was to make Adrien feel uneasy.

But he just smiled at her while shaking his head. "No need to, it's not that bad. It's actually kind of comforting that you're here with me so you should rather come closer. I like to lie down on the ground in situations like this. Want to join me?" he asked and reached out his hand to her. Enchanted Marinette got lost in his breathtaking eyes and ever so cute smile as she automatically took the hand he was offering her.

Careful not to give her a tug he sat down and she followed suit. Then they lied down next to each other and looked up to the ceiling.

It's actually kind of comforting that you're here with me so you should rather come closer.

Those words echoed in Marinette's ears and she smiled like an idiot. Even though their hands weren't touching anymore they were still pretty close and she was sure this must be dream.

This couldn't be happening. There was no chance she was laying on the ground next to the greatest boy of entire Paris after touching his hand and the reassurement that he was glad she was with him.

Yet exactly that had happened.

"It would be perfect to have a starlit sky to look at right now" Adrien's dreamy voice interrupted her thoughts. He turned his face to look at her. "We should definitely visit a planetarium together soon!" he suggested and Marinette's heart skipped a beat. The situation just got even better.

"S-Sure" was everything she managed to answer and hurried to turn her face back to the ceiling in a petty attempt to hide her blush. Luckily he turned his head back too.

"Awesome! I really enjoy spending time with you, you know? Even when we're locked up" he joked and laughed playfully.

Joyfully chuckling Marinette began to relax. She always got that caught up in her crush on him that she forgot to just appreciate their time together. And that was exactly what she would do now. Chat Noir just had to deal with the akuma stuff until Adrien would fall asleep and she could sneak out our something.

Unfortunately she was the one falling asleep.

Gently Adrien's soft voice awoke her, telling her that it had been a false alarm and they were able to leave now.

Already mourning over the fact that she'd overslept their togetherness he asked her if she wanted to see the planetarium right now. Smiling he offered her his hand again.

Maybe these new rules weren't that bad after all.