A/N- A little something that was inspired by a MLB meme. I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I did writing it. Pre-reveal and purely Adrienette 3

He thought about her whenever he let his mind wander. She was practically flawless in every single way possible. The way her raven hair contrasted her pale complexion, or how her cheeks always shone a beautiful rosy pink shade, even amongst the freckles that she tried to hide beneath her mask. Everything from her striking bluebells eyes to the way the world seemed to light up when she smiled was perfect, Adrien couldn't find a single thing he would want to change about her. Not to mention, she was confident and always stood her ground, she stood up for what was right and went up against all evil showing no fear. He sighed just at the thought of his lady. But unfortunately the truth had dawned on him long ago. Although Ladybug would always be his partner, she would never reciprocate his feelings.

Adrien lie awake in bed that night, unable to sleep. Too many things were racing through his mind, much like a wind storm, to even consider settling down enough for that to be a possibility. He took in a deep breath and then sighed again. It had been three years since him and Ladybug began working together to protect the city of Paris from the dastardly villain known as Hawkmoth. And during that entire time, he'd tried several times to initiate a romantic relationship with her, but she rejected him each and every time. He desperately wanted to ask her what it would take for her to finally be his. It hurt to be unwanted by the woman he loved, but he respected that she wanted their relationship to remain strictly business, because after all, it's easier to work without distractions like love. He rolled onto his side, only to see a small black cat laying beside him on his pillow, snoring loudly. The little kwami opened his eyes when he felt like he was being watched.

"Kid, are you really still awake?" He asked indifferently, yawning into his tiny hands. Adrien just nodded and tried to close his eyes. However no matter how often or for how long he kept them closed, sleep never came to him. It frustrated him, all he wanted to do was get lost in dreams to forget about the long nights and even longer days that haunted him. Adrien, after a while decided that his quest was near impossible so he decided that he'd keep his eyes closed so he could think without being interrupted by his nosy kwami. Without thinking, he let his mind wander to the red spotted lady again, and as if on cue, Plagg let out a chuckle from beside his head.

Adrien felt his eyes shoot open immediately and gave the little black cat a glare. If looks could kill, Plagg would be dead.

"What's so amusing, care to share?" he asked in a bitter tone.

"You're so obviously lovesick. It's making me nauseous, but at the same time it's hilarious. The two of you are so oblivious sometimes!" Plagg managed through laughs.

Adrien considered his words for a minute. Oblivious? What was that supposed to mean?

"Why are we oblivious?"

"Look, if you stop thinking about her for two seconds, you might finally manage to get some rest, and then just maybe you'll finally be at peace for a while." The kwami suggested after he had finish with his laughing fit. "And if you can't get that to work, there's always cheese! Way less complicated than women." he added with a mischievous grin.

Adrien rolled his eyes at him and then tried closing eyes once more; if he was going to get relationship or love advice from somebody, he figured that Plagg probably wasn't his best choice. Maybe he could ask Alya or Nino, or maybe even Marinette for some help at school in the morning, if they were willing to give it to him of course. One of them were bound to have an answer for him. A useful one anyway, unlike Plagg, who only seemed to mock him all the time. And even if they aren't useful, it still would give him something else to go on rather than his own thoughts. Eventually, after a bit more thought, the blonde model fell into an uneasy sleep, tossing and turning all night long as he dreamt of the spotted red girl who held his heart.

The next day at school, after Adrien got out of the car and thanked the Gorilla, he started walking up the steps towards the school when he froze dead in his place.

"Adrikins!" A familiar high pitched voice called from infront of him, and before he knew it, a blonde girl had wrapped her arms around his shoulders in a very uncomfortable embrace.

"Hey, Chlo" He tried to greet her, faking a smile and brushing her arms off his shoulders awkwardly. He despised it when she thought it was okay to throw herself all over him, even if they were somewhat friends. She leant into his face to peck him on the cheek, but he resisted and made sure that she didn't succeed in this endeavor.

Chloe shrugged and then waved at him once more as she began walking off to join Sabrina before class started. Adrien shuddered in disgust. Normally he would respect someone having those kind of feelings towards him, but Chloe made him feel extremely uncomfortable whenever she tried to touch him, maybe perhaps because she was trying to make it so obvious. He never wanted their relationship to mean anything more than friendship, and he sincerely hoped she would figure that out one day. Whatever the case was, Adrien didn't appreciate it, but no matter how much he said so, she never seemed to back off.

He continued to walk up the stairs into the school grounds, when suddenly his eyes wandered and found his best friend Nino sitting over on a bench with the two girls, Alya and Marinette. He held his phone in his hand and they were all staring at the screen intently. Adrien's feet instinctively carried him towards the bench, he stood before them and waved.

Marinette was the first one to look up, and her face instantly turned a bright red colour. She giggled and then attempted a wave back. He managed a smile at her.

"Hey, dude!" Nino finally greeted putting his phone in his pocket and then standing up to fistbump Adrien's hand. "Was just showing the girls this new mix I created last night. Wanna see?" he offered.

"Sure Nino, you'll have to show me at lunchtime." Adrien smiled again. He could count on his friends to make even the saddest or loneliest of days better.

The bell rang at that moment, so the group of four walked together up to class, discussing the latest news that Alya had featured on her Ladyblog. Of course Adrien already knew about it because he was none other than the famous hero Chat Noir himself, although she would never know that. But for her sake, he tried to act genuinely intrigued by her footage, because it was the least he could do for her.

During class he sat there in silence, they were being lectured on a subject that he was already familiar with thanks to his advanced homeschooling, so he decided to let his mind relax for the time being. He really wanted advice on his Ladybug situation, but didn't know how to go about asking for help. He knew he'd figure something out at lunch. All the positive memories of him and Ladybug seeping into his mind, like the time he met her, when she was just a clumsy beginner who had no idea what she was doing. How she instinctively used her wit whenever they were mid battle, every move thought and planned carefully. And when she and him battled their first akuma, she gained more experience and skill with every attack. The countless times when they had worked together as an unstoppable team to defeat any akuma that came their way. Even the time where they had supposedly kissed, although he had no memory of this particular instance, he had seen footage of the incident and it had never left his mind since. Just the thought of all these things put a goofy smile on his face.

At lunch, the group all sat down to eat their food together, and began to converse on interesting topics like games they should play all together, places to hang around together outside of school and different ideas to promote Alya's Ladyblog.

"Hey guys, I need advice on something quite urgent," Adrien finally mustered up some courage to ask the group. Nino, Marinette and Alya all smiled at him as if they were glad to help him out. "it's about a girl..." he continued feeling his cheeks flush red as he scratched the back of his neck awkwardly. For some reason Marinette went a bright shade of red as well, which confused Adrien because it was him needing the advice not her. Alya and Nino exchanged glances and smirked at one another nodding once. They both stood up simultaneously and excused themselves.

"Well me and Nino should head to Biology together, but you can talk to Marinette about it on the way to physics," And just like that they walked off, probably a little bit too fast, because it made Adrien feel suspicious. He quickly shook off the emotion and then looked back at the small blue haired girl.

"So do you think you could help me out?" he asked breaking the silence. Marinette went all different shades of pinks and reds, and if he was completely honest, if he wasn't infatuated with Ladybug, he'd say it was almost cute.

"Y-yeah. What'd y-ou need help with?" She managed, as he was looking intently into her eyes. Her bright sapphire orbs were gleaming happily in the sunlight. She kind of looked like she was freaking out a little, but Adrien had no idea why.

"Well I'm in love with a girl, and have been since I met her when we were 14. I've tried so hard to get in a relationship with her but she just keeps rejecting my feelings, and sends mixed messages back. What should I do Marinette?" he explained as they began to walk slowly up a set of stairs towards their next classroom. The bell rung abruptly and students in the corridor below began to disperse as they walked off in different directions to their classes.

Marinette looked at him dead in the eye. She thought this situation sounded familiar in a way but she brushed that thought away as quickly as it came and continued to gaze into his emerald green eyes. "Well personally, I think if you've told this girl how you feel about her and she's only rejected you constantly, then maybe you should move on and find someone worth your time. You could like somebody who seems like the light to your darkness, but if they don't treat you that way, you need to find someone elsewhere who will." she finished, surprised that she didn't stutter a word of it. She also felt pretty guilty because she was being a bit of a hypocrite. She could only hope that by being there for him, he'd realise one day

Adrien, however only continued to smile. He was glad that Alya and Nino walked off and that Marinette was the one to give him advice. He trusted Marinette, it was a very familiar sense, it almost reminded him of his lady. They both walked into class and sat down together, much to Chloe's disgust, who stormed to the other side of the room and sat next to Sabrina, spite and bitter resentment written all over her makeup caked face.

As the lesson progressed, Marinette grew curious. Who was the girl he was madly in love with? And more importantly who would be stupid enough to reject THE Adrien Agreste?! Everything about him was flawless, he was a model for gods sake! Everything from his golden hair to his intimidating emerald eyes was perfect. He was also a very nice person, willing to help out and stand up for people if he needed to, which was what made Marinette love the gorgeous blonde model even more. She could see no reason for anybody to reject him!

Whilst the teacher had her back turned writing notes on the board, Adrien also felt his mind begin to wander once more, and made a mental note that he would have to stop doing this. He wondered about the raven haired girl beside him, and all the time they'd been in high school together. He was curious as to why she was always so nervous around him and why she could never seem to form a comprehensive sentence in his presence. It also made him curious as to why when he asked for help that she seemed to give him a coherent answer without thinking, as if all the other times didn't matter anymore. He'd also seen her stand up for their classmates in their time of need, up against people like Chloe, displaying quite a bit of confidence. Whatever the case was, he liked this confident Marinette and he wanted to get to know her better.

This had been one of the first days since he met Ladybug that he hadn't been constantly thinking about her, he was surprised how much that this seemed to bother him last night but how little it did so now. It was true she did cross his mind a few times that day, but not nearly as many as she usually did.

For the rest of the day, Marinette and Adrien hung out together during the school hours, for some reason Alya and Nino seemed to be avoiding them. Neither of the two seemed to mind much though. Apart from a few awkward silences, they both shared some pretty insightful and interesting conversations, something they were both not used to. Adrien knew Mari was quiet, but he'd always thought she didn't like him at all because of the gum incident when they first met. And now that she'd come out of her shell, he was seeing a whole new side of her. He wasn't going to lie... he liked it, and he liked it a lot.