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Chapter 1
Ugh Marinette thought as she trudged to school. She was completely swamped, and last night's akuma attack didn't help. "Tikki I can't do this anymore," Marinette groaned, "all I want to do is sleep." Tikki chuckled, "Oh Marinette. You say this almost every day. You've got this girlie!" Before Marinette could reply, her best friend Alya ran up behind her, "Hey Mari! Ready for a grand day!" Marinette laughed. She loved her best friend, but she hated keeping this secret. She felt like she was caught in a constant lie.
"Yo Alya!" Nino yelled, "how's my favorite girl doing today? Not that I don't like you Mari, it's just, you know…" Marinette could only shake her head, "I know. You guys are dating, I get it." Nino beamed a bright smile as he put his arm around Alya as they continued into the school. Marinette could only smile at the couple, she was the one who basically set them up, not that they knew since she was Ladybug at the time.
"Marinette! Wait!" Marinette whipped around as a body nearly rammed into her. She slowly looked up to see the smiling face of her crush, Adrien Agreste. She quickly took a step back to increase the distance between them as she weakly giggled and waved, "Hey Adrien. What's up?" Wow Mari, that's all you've got? As of late, Marinette has been getting much better around her crush. She actually has normal conversations with him instead of him talking and her mostly stuttering. Because of this, they have become much closer. "Just enjoying this beautiful morning," said Adrien cheerfully, "I had a good night so this nice morning really makes it better." Marinette sighed as she recalled last night's events.
After the akuma attack, Marinette went back into her room and flopped on her bed. Right before she fell asleep, she heard a small tap on her window. She groaned, "Chat Noir this is not a good time." Despite her gut instinct, she got up to open her window and let the stray cat in. "Hello pur-incess. Did you see tonight's akuma attack?" he smirked as he flexed his muscles. "Of course I did Chat. It was practically out my window." "Well that's why I'm here," Chat said suddenly becoming serious, "it was awfully close to your house I just wanted to make sure you were safe." Marinette smiled, "I appreciate the concern, but you and Ladybug took care of it so there is no reason for me to be scared. Now why don't you go home, it's getting pretty late." "Actually," Chat began not looking at Marinette, "could I stay here for a while? It's just, I don't think this is the best time for me to be at home. Plus, what's better than hanging out with my pur-incess." At that comment, Marinette threw a pillow squarely at Chat's head.
And that's how they ended up passed out in the middle of Marinette's room. They stayed up late talking and enjoying each other's company. When Marinette's alarm went off, Chat was gone, but a note was left in his place. Thank you princess.
"Uhh, Mari?" Adrien said concerned as he waved a hand in front of her face. "Oh! Uh, sorry, was lost in thought." "Don't worry about it," Adrien chuckled, "it was cute." And with that comment, Adrien walked off unaware of his speechless friend gasping for air in the hallway.
"YOU CALLED HER CUTE!" Alya screeched as she marched up to Adrien Agreste at their typical lunch table with an extremely embarrassed Marinette attached to her leg. "I'm sorry, what?" Adrien said giving Nino a sideways glance. Nino merely shrugged. Every day it was something different with Alya. Yesterday it was that the restaurant put pickles in her sandwich when she specifically asked for no pickles. "YOU CALLED MY BEST FRIEND 'CUTE' THEN WALKED OFF. WHO DOES THAT?"
Adrien was confused to say the least. But as he recalled the day's earlier events, he turned redder than Ladybug's costume. "Heh, I guess I did," he replied weakly, "but I don't understand what the big deal is?" It took every ounce of self-control for Alya not to yell, "BECAUSE MARI HAS THE BIGGEST CRUSH ON YOU, AND YOU JUST DON'T DO THAT TO A GIRL," but she knew that Marinette would not be happy, and be even more embarrassed than she already is. "Look," Alya began looking at the girl on her leg, "you just don't do that to a girl, alright? You have to be serious about it. You can't nonchalantly throw complements like that around." But what Alya didn't hear as she walked away was, "But I did mean it…"
For the rest of the day, Marinette walked with her bangs covering her face. Every time she thought of her interaction with Adrien that morning, her face started burning. "Hey Mari?" For the second time today, Marinette was faced with Adrien's chest. She scrambled to distance herself, but she continued to turn red no matter how much she willed herself not to. "Hey…" Adrien rubbed the back of his neck, "I just wanted to say I'm sorry for this morning. I'm not really sure what I did wrong, but it seems like I upset you, so I just wanted to apologize." "Adrien you didn't do anything wrong, it just, surprised me I guess," Marinette replied somewhat slowly. She was doing her best not to show how flustered she was. Confused, Adrien continued, "Surprised? Why were you surprised?" Marinette chocked. How was she supposed to respond to something like this? "I mean, I didn't know you thought I was cute?" She said it like a question. Geez, she had so many questions right now.
"Marinette doesn't know that she's absolutely freaking adorable?" Adrien could only stare at the girl. She was gorgeous and didn't know it. In this moment, Adrien was focused on Marinette and Marinette only. She stood there slightly confused looking up at him. Before he lost the nerve, Adrien slowly closed the gap between them. He lowered his head until they were only inches apart. "Marinette," he whispered, "you are absolutely beautiful." And then, he kissed her.
Yay! First chapter and first story! I REALLY hope everyone likes it. Please comment and let me know any thoughts!