Author's Note

Hi! This is my first fanfic so I'm sorry if it isn't the best. :) I might post a second chapter depending on the reviews and/or follows. Enjoy :)

Hearing Marinette ramble on about the blonde beauty almost everyday, Alya couldn't help but think about Adrien more often. Now, whenever she looked at him, she didn't feel the same way she did a week ago. But she kept her feelings to herself, unsure of what they meant. It had started when she was talking casually to Adrien about Physics; she noticed the way the sunlight reflected off his smooth skin, accentuating his emerald green eyes and his golden hair...

"Alya?"

"Hmm, sorry, what?" Alya shook her head as she realised that she was lost in her thoughts once again. Marinette gave her friend a puzzled look. She's been distracted a lot these days ..

"I was asking for your opinion on my new design." Marinette held up her sketch pad, a casual knee length fuchsia coloured dress filled the page.

"Uhh yeah! It looks great!" Alya replied nervously, rubbing the back of her neck. This earned her yet another puzzled look. Alya's cell phone rang, interrupting the awkward silence between them. "Hi, mum! Oh. Sorry...Yes, I'll be home right away." Alya stuffed her phone on her bag, packing her books away. "That was my mum. Apparently, I was meant to be home 15 minutes ago."

Marinette nodded, walking her to the door. After she left Marinette walked up the stairs to her room in a daze. What was going on with her?

Marinette just about let her eyelids fall when she heard a familiar knocking on her back window. This came as a shock and she toppled off her chair onto the floor, meeting the carpet with a thud.

"Whoops! Sorry, Princess. Didn't mean to scare you..are you okay?" A sheepish grin spread across Chat Noir's face as he opened the window and closed it behind him. Marinette closed her eyes and sighed, staying on the floor until she felt Chat's eyes wander over her splayed body.

"Oh! No it's fine. I'm alright, really."

Chat extended a hand and she took it reluctantly.

"Chat, what are you doing here?"

"Well, I missed my Princess." He said with a cheeky grin.

"I mean at this time of night." She said with a lopsided smile. He looked up at the clock up on the wall. Its hands showed that it was already 11:30 at night. He hadn't realised that it was this late at night.

It still felt like the middle of the day to him. "Oh, um, I, ah, couldn't sleep.." He said, rubbing the back of his neck. "And I just felt a little lonely." His thoughts wandered back to his mansion. Big, empty (most of the time) and cold. It wasn't nearly as warm and welcoming as Marinette's home. She saw the hurt in his eyes and came to sit by him on her bed. She put a reassuring hand on his shoulder. He sat up straight. The last thing he wanted to do was talk about his boring civilian life. "Don't worry, kitty. You can always come here. I'd love to talk about anything anytime." He looked into her ocean blue eyes, surprised at the sincerity in her voice. He put his arms around her shoulders. At first she froze but slowly melted into the hug, wrapping her arms around his torso resting her face against his shoulder. He was so warm and welcoming, something she hasn't realised as Ladybug when they were battling akumas.

After talking for hours, she eventually fell asleep against Chat's chest, which was his signal that it was time to go. As he sat on the window sill, he looked at her relaxed silhouette. How had he not noticed the sweet, kind girl sitting behind him everyday? He contemplated the thought that he was falling for the shy girl in his class. He shut the window quietly and ran through the night.

Adrien's head snapped up as Marinette rushed through the door, explaining to the teacher, yet again, why she was late. "Miss I'm so sorry! I had a delivery that took longer than I thought-"

"Don't worry, Marinette. It's alright just take your seat." Marinette's teacher smiled.

Marinette tried not to look at Adrien as she rushed past him. As she gently put down her bags and took out her books, she noticed Alya staring at Adrien.

"Is everything okay..?" She whispered to her friend as she reached out.

"Y-yes of course! Why wouldn't it be?" Alya said with a nervous laugh, blushing and and shaking her head. Usually Marinette was the one staring and getting flustered. Marinette shifted her body to look at the board with an eyebrow raised.

The rest of school went by fairly quickly, all these thoughts and feelings running through her mind. The bell rang and everyone started packing away their things. Alya was rushing, quickly stuffing her books into her bag, and walked straight out the door. Marinette stared after her, confusion and a little bit of hurt filling her. Alya always walked home with Marinette. There was definitely something she was hiding and Marinette was not going to stop until she found out exactly what that was.