Bad Dreams

this one was inspired by two comics. one where Adrien woke up from a nightmare and the other Marinette dialed the wrong number after a nightmare. I decided to combine the two and add my own twist. enjoy!

"No!" Adrien shot up in his bed panting. He caught his breath and clutched his shirt falling back onto his pillow. "Why Nino?" He asked himself in a breathless tone.

"Beats me. Now go back to sleep kid." Plagg grumbled beside him on another pillow.

Adrien rolled his eyes and rolled onto his side. He had figured out that Marinette was Ladybug for a while now. But, why in his dream, his nightmare, she, as Ladybug, was kissing his best friend?

Wait! He set them up on a date at the zoo! Nino had a crush on Marinette! Sure, Nino was now over her, but still! It happened.

He smacked his face. "Idiot." He grumbled to himself.

It wasn't unusual though, most, if not all, of the boys in their class, even some not in their class, had a crush on her. Adrien would be lying if he said he wasn't one of them. He was one of the biggest offenders, along with Nathanael. Who could not love her? She was Ladybug. She made Ladybug who she was. Marinette was awesome… talented, smart, strong… he blushed just thinking about all her good qualities. He even liked how stubborn she was. He found that irresistible about her.

He often wondered if she liked him too. She seemed to reject, nicely of course, any and every guy that asked her out. He hadn't asked her yet for that very reason. He didn't want to be rejected as a civilian too. But, it was starting to eat at him. He knew who his Lady was and he wanted to be with her. But, would she reject him like every other guy?

He couldn't take it anymore. He picked up his phone and opened a conversation he had with Alya. "Sorry if I wake you, but can I have Marinette's number?" He typed and sent.

A few moments later he got a reply. "*yawn* sure." She sent him a screen shot of her contact page for the blue eyed girl in question. She was probably too tired to type anything out.

"Thanks." He replied.

"No prob, good night." She texted back.

"NightJ." He sent.

He then took a deep breath and entered the information into his own phone. He then opened a new conversation with the number he was given. "Hey Marinette… it's Adrien… um sorry if I wake you, but I would like to know something." He typed and sent.

A few moments passed. It was agonizing. He watched the clock app tick bye on his home screen.

Then, as if to alleviate his stress, she replied. He gulped and opened her reply.

"I just woke up from a nightmare myself, checked the time and saw that you texted. What's up?" He breathed a sigh of relief. Wait! She had a nightmare?! He hit the call button and waited for her to pick up. "Hello?"

"Ok now I want to know two things. What was your nightmare about?" He asked.

"Uh, well… it was, um… my family. They were in danger and I couldn't do anything." She sighed. "I felt so helpless."

"Ah." He breathed. He smiled. "Yeah, I'd be worried too if something happened to your parents. They're such nice people."

He could hear a little sound come from her mouth. He assumed she was smiling. "So why are you up at this hour?" She asked, managing not to stutter.

"I had a nightmare too. I just wanted to know if you were ok. So I asked Alya for your number." He smiled.

"You had a dream about me?" She almost whispered. "Wait?! It was a nightmare?" She gasped. "But you wanted to know if I'm ok?"

'Does she like me?' He asked himself.

"I'm ok!" She blurted out. She took a deep breath. He assumed it was to calm down. "What was your dream about?"

Crap! He couldn't tell her his nightmare was her kissing another man! Especially when her nightmare was her family being in danger. He had to come up with something fast. "Hawkmoth…" It was the first thing that came out of his mouth. He mentally slapped himself in the face. "He had you… in his lair… and he was beating you up. And then he… akumatized you." He gulped, hoping she would buy it. "It was awful. You're such a sweet person. I don't know why anyone would want to do that to you."

It took her a moment, but she spoke. "I'm fine." Her voice was calm and breathy. "But, yeah, that is scary."

She bought it!

"But, it's all over now and I'm fine. Thanks for listening to my nightmare, it actually helped me calm down. But, we should really go back to sleep now. Goodnight Adrien." Her voice was still calm and airy.

"Goodnight Marinette. I love you." He covered his mouth as soon as he realized what he said out loud.

"What?" She spoke blankly.