Marinette took a deep breath. Adrien was going to be here any minute and she had just barely finished taking down all of her pictures and posters of him. Yet again.

She only had to wait a short time before she heard her mother yell up the stairs for her,

"Marinette! Someone's here to see you!"

She went down and couldn't stop the blush. "H-Hi, Adrien, how are you?"

"Doing good! Are you ready to work on our assignment?"

She nodded. "Mm-hm. C'mon up."

The two went up to her room, and closed the trapdoor behind them.

Calm down, calm down, calm down! Adrien's just here to work on the school project with you! Marinette couldn't help but worry as he plopped into one of the chairs by her desk.

"So, any ideas for how we should start?" Adrien asked, glancing around her room. "I know we have to create something relating to art, but I have no idea what to do."

"Well, um, I really like making things, making clothes, I, um, sew and fabric- I designs - I make designs - if you know what I mean, but I like to do you - DO OTHER THINGS - instead!" Marinette cursed herself and her stuttering. She could barely get a word out without royally screwing up.

Adrien had a confused look on his face. "Um, what? I didn't quite follow that…"

"Sewing is a good time for us to do, I mean, I think you're going to have a good ti- UM I THINK WE SHOULD SEW SOMETHING."

"Sew something? As in clothing?"

"yES"

"...Okay, then…" Adrien was a little bummed out. He knew that Marinette always would be into fashion, but it wasn't quite his dream to sew outfits. He was more used to wearing them instead. "Well, what do you want to make?"

Marinette had the perfect idea. Chat Noir was a bit annoying sometimes, but luckily he could also be inspirational. "A c-cat hat… I've already drawn up plans for it, do you want it - do you want to see it?" When he nodded, she pulled out her drawing pad and opened up to the sketches.

Adrien was quite impressed. The hat was black, with cute ears on the top, brim pulled down over the eyes in a ski-mask sort of way. There was a thin, see-through layer of green over the holes, which reminded him of exactly what his Chat Noir mask looked like. Maybe Marinette was a secret fan?

"I really like it, Marinette! Where'd you get the idea?"

"Um, Chat Noir, actually… Everyone else is so in love with Ladybug, but I think he deserves some fans too."

Adrien noticed that she hadn't stuttered once in that sentence.

"Wow, are you some die-hard fan of his?"

"No, I just think he's a little underrated. He helps save the day just as much as she does!"

She must be really passionate about this, Adrien thought. He was now a bit more interested in this girl.

"Well, anyway, I think your cat hat is a great idea! How soon can we get working on it?"

"W-well, I already bought the materials I thought I would need for it… You want to see?"

Once again, Adrien nodded and waited as she took out a box from her closet. She opened it up and started taking out fabric and material.

He walked over and looked over her shoulder. He could feel her tense up a bit, and he stepped back. For some reason, she always was on edge when he was around. Did he intimidate her? Was that why she always stuttered and seemed frightened?

Face red, she handed him some black material. "For the hat… and this is for the ears. I didn't know what to use for the green eye parts, so I got two things. One's a thin mesh - if you're wearing it, you can see out, but people can't see in, and I didn't know about the second one, here. I bought some thin green plastic, so it's see-through both ways."

Adrien glanced over the choices, and pointed at the plastic. "We can bend this and sew it inside the layers of the hat."

"Are you sure? I was thinking the mesh because then it might make the hat softer and easier to deal with."

"No, the plastic, trust me." He could already envision the hat when it was done, and the mesh just didn't seem to be right.

"Um, really? I just want it to look right…"

"Don't worry! It'll be just purrfect!"

Marinette just stared. "W-was that a pun?"

Adrien felt his face flush. "U-um, sorry I was just getting into the Chat Noir spirit!"

"How do you know he makes puns?"

"How do you know he doesn't?"

She seemed a bit startled, but then smirked. "Touche."