Nino and Alya had both cancelled last minute, leaving just Adrien and Marinette in the study group. The pair decided to study anyways, unaware their friends had intentionally orchestrated the group study for the sole purpose of cancelling last minute and forcing a study date.

"So it says to find x in this problem... but maybe that is the problem in the first place?" He mused,"After all maybe instead of stalking my ex, who obviously doesn't want to be found, I should look for a new girlfriend".

Marinette blushed the kind of deep red that reminded one of a firetruck.

"Hahahahaha," she offered, while trying to resist the urge of slapping him.

"Wait, why do I feel the compulsion to slap him," she wondered.

Adrien went cold. "Careful," the supermodel reminded himself. People aren't used to Adrien throwing around one liners. That was Chat's specialty.

As someone walked by with their music blaring, Marinette watched Adrien mouthing the words to Jagged Stone's latest hit. She thought about a patrol she had been on the day before. Chat had heard the song playing from someone's stereo and had spent the next hour singing it out loud.

She heard Adrien, whispering the lyrics as the music died down. It was hard for her to comprehend how she could be so close to someone so amazing.

They both went back to silently working on the questions from the textbook, occasionally checking each others papers to be sure they got the same answers.

Marinette stopped to looking at Adrien's answer for number 46. She frowned. Why had he put a negative sign there?

Still humming the tune he had heard earlier, Adrien noticed Marinette's perplexity.

"Are you confused? Would you like me to explain the purrroblem m'l-- my friend?" He asked weakly.

But Marinette hardly payed him any attention.

"Just a second Chat I'm--"

She stopped midsentence. Why had she said that? What would posses her to say that?

Adrien stopped his face looking particularly pale.

Her mind zoomed, running over the last few minutes, looking for an excuse, anything to pin her faux pas on.

"I-I mean cuz I thought you said purrroblem instead of problem," she attempted.

He smiled and nodded, accepting her answer.

"What is my actual reason for this?" She wondered,"Oh well".

She returned to the problems, unable to concentrate as the incessent whisper continued. She liked the song, just not while studying.

"Kitty, could you please be quite," she implored.

"Yes M'Lady".

"I- I mean Chat"

"I said I would stop M'Lady," Adrien said, staring intently at the next question.

"I-I- I mean Adrien," she squeaked, finally getting the hero's attention.

He stared at her, and she reciprocated the act.

Silence filled the room they were studying in. It crept through every corner hungrily claiming each square centimeter of the room.

"I got the same answer as you on 53," she said to fill the silence.

"Pound it?" He asked offering up his fist.

He never would have expected what happened next.

Marinette lurched toward him, knocking him off his seat and sending the pair hurtling towards the ground. He caught her, using his back to absorb the impact.

He stared up at her, her piercing blue eyes gazing into his soul.

"Kitty, I found you," she whispered, blushing.

The pair would remember that day for the rest of their lives. They had detransformed in front of one another, hid the details of their lives, even decieved one and other when interacting in superhero talking to civilian situations. All the while hiding their identities.

Yet a Jagged Stone song and a couple hard math problems pulled the secret out into the open.