As she looked up at glittering night sky, she managed to get lost in thought. But to her, thinking was nothing but just a large amount of comfortable silence she could use to process what was going on. She was sitting in the middle of the desert with thousands of other people. Being surrounded by this tidal wake of the pure joy and happiness of others didn't stop her from thinking about the one person that was sitting next to her. Him. The one thing that could manage to take all the words in the world from her. The one person she laughed and cried with. He made her feel like time stopped and nothing else matters but the two. While he made her feel like everything, she made herself feel like a whisper in the catacombs. It was a thought that crushed her to her core and made her wish she could just vaporize into thin air like a magic trick. She had always kept in mind how grateful she was to have a friend that she could tell everything to, which is partly why she felt death would be better than to confess.

"Earth to Marinette" the Boy said putting his hand on her shoulder. "Are you okay?"

Marinette jumped back at the soft grip, "Yeah sorry Adrien got a little lost in thought there," She laughed softly.

"Well good thing I got your attention because its about to start." Adrian chuckled back.

Marinette blinked and looked around as the chanting countdown suddenly got down to one. In an instance thousands of paper lanterns were released into the air. Like stars going back to their home, one by one they illuminated the clear endless night. Adrien watched Marinette in her trance and focused on her ocean blue eyes. They were by themselves were worth 100 more night skies to him. He watched as she looked in awe looking at the sparking night. She stood up and looked back at him. He raised an eyebrow questionably waiting for a response. Her response was to take his hand in hers and pull him up off the sandy ground. Marinette giggled as she took off speeding in between the group of friends; Ardien tightly gripped her hand back. What felt like hours passed in two seconds when they reached the outskirts of the festival. Both of them sat down and took everything in comfortable silence. Marriente shivered and hugged herself watching the last of the lanterns float up into the sky. She felt a warm sensation wrap around her with a blanket. She looks over and saw Adrien leaning his head on her shoulder wrapping his arm around her waist. Marinettes face felt like it was 100 degrees and on fire. She ran through the everlasting list of consequences of confessing her undying love for the boy next to her. He just wanted nothing but to be as close as possible with her. Marinettes cheeks were flushed as she spoke up.

"Adrien" She squeaked.

"Hm?" He hummed back eyes still on the remaining lanterns.

"I need to tell you something and I just need you to listen till I'm done" She said pulling away and forcing him to make eye contact with her.

She sat and looked at his eyes. The color was impossible to describe; It was the color of a rainforest or when the first leaves pop up in spring pushing past the hopelessness of winter.

"Honestly I have no clue what to say or how to say it but i'm just gonna be really awkward no matter what." She laughed softly, " You know why I seem really weird and fidgety everytime i'm around you? Well it's not just because i'm really bad when it comes to talking but it's because whenever i'm around I feel like a can't breath" Ardiaes eyes opened wider. "B-But It's not a bad thing! It's sometimes the best feeling in the world when I get to see your face. But I understand that you probably don't even share the same feelings with me." Her voice started to crack and her words became rushed. "Because you know your super popular and super rich and I just have like two friends and I live in an apartment." Now she was talking so fast he could barely make out what she was saying. "So really what i'm trying to say is that I love you," She paused to take a much needed breath. "A lot".

She silently cursed herself and shook her head waiting for his response. He sat back and looked at her with a soft smile. Her breathing was rapid and she felt felt like she was drowning in the deafening sound of silence. Marinette thought for a second that death would be better than this situation. Ardien kept his eyes on her obviously thinking about something. Adrien gently reached out and cupped the side of her face. Marinette stiffed up becoming a living statue. His gaze turn from a serious one into a childish grin before he leaned in and placed his soft lips onto hers. The kiss was short but sweet. Marinette closed her eyes and leaned into the kiss. Adrien moved both hands to her face and tasted her peppermint lip balm. Both pulled away and immediately connected again. Marinette jumped at the chance to snake her arms around his neck rubbing the blonde hairs at the base of his neck. He shifted and grabbed her hips pulling her closer and he eagerly kissed her longer. At this close of proximity Marinette could smell the overwhelming scent of his musky cologne. Almost out of breath the two pulled away and leaned her foreheads together.

"Hey Marinette?" He asked softly

"Hm?" Marinette responded

"I love you"

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Ok so first off, thank you for reading this. second off this is one of my first fanfics in like 2 years so be gentle. Also leave reviews because they are wonderful. One last thing huge shout out to my friend who did a once over on my spelling and grammar shes a life saver.