How do I get myself into these situations? Adrien thought to himself as he read the paper in front of him. It was lyrics to a song. A song that was extremely embarrassing to him. It was also a song that he had somehow been convinced to sing to Marinette. You may be wondering how poor Adrien had agreed to sing this cheesy song to the quiet girl that sits behind him in class. Well, you can blame the terrible twosome of Alya and Nino.

Adrien had been interested in the Marinette for some time. She was interesting, yet also mysterious. He couldn't help but be drawn to her even more when he discovered how kind, talented, and caring she was. For a while, he did feel like he was betraying his precious Ladybug, but he knew that it was silly. Ladybug was his partner and he knew she wanted to keep their relationship professional. Though it hurt him quite a bit to accept this, he respected her wishes and knew it was time to move on. That was where Marinette came in.

Adrien was sitting with Nino in their now empty classroom after school discussing his new found feelings for their friend. Nino of course was a supportive friend and was all for Adrien asking her out, but the problem was how to go about it. Adrien had never asked a girl out before. Sure he had flirted lots as Chat Noir before (not that Nino knew that), but he was to ask a girl out for the first time. Nino was throwing out lots of different ideas and asking plenty of questions.

"Do you want it to be more casual? Or do you want it to be big and special? Like do you want to express your undying love for her? Or just move slowly into things?" Nino's eyes were laser focused; like this was the most important question of his life.

"Well…I wouldn't go as far as to say I want to 'express my undying love for her'," Adrien mocked Nino putting up air quotes as he did, "but I do want it to be more special. Marinette is amazing, and she's so shy I don't know if she thinks she's as amazing as she is. I think it has to be special for her…" Adrien had a love sick grin on his face and Nino patted his friend on the shoulder.

"You definitely got it bad, my friend. Wanna play it rom-com style and serenade her?" Nino was teasing of course, and Adrien laughed. That was when another voice cut in.

"That's a great idea! Marinette would love that; she'd absolutely die of happiness!" Alya had run into the room from where she had been eavesdropping in the hall. She grabbed at Adrien and Nino's arms excitedly and Adrien's eyes grew wide.

"How long have you been out there?" Nino asked putting his hands on the bouncing girl's shoulders to calm her down.

"Pretty much the entire time, and don't worry Adrien. Marinette I'm sure would go out with you. But you have to serenade her! It'd be so cute!" Alya was bouncing again and talking rather expressively with her hands.

"We were just joking about the whole singing thing, Alya. Right, Nino?" Adrien was extremely embarrassed and nervous. He looked to his friend for help to see Nino actually considering the idea. Nino had a wicked grin on his face.

"Well…it would actually be a good idea. Marinette definitely seems like the kind of girl who would absolutely love a guy serenading her~"

"Exactly! You have to do it Adrien! Nino and I can help you! It would make Marinette so happy!" Adrien looked back and forth between Nino and Alya. Both of them had a mischievous look in their eyes. While Adrien would have almost immediately said no to Nino, Alya was a different story. Alya was scary when it came to getting what she wanted, and it was even worse when Marinette was involved. Adrien sighed and thought for a moment. If anyone knew what would make Marinette truly happy, it was Alya. So maybe this wasn't a bad idea. Adrien knew he wasn't a bad singer, and he did like the idea of doing something romantic…

"…Alright. I'll do it, but you have to help me. I'm not good at this kind of stuff and—"

"Perfect! Let's decide on a song! Nino, you can get us music right?" Adrien was cut off by Alya's excited rambling. He knew he was going to regret this.

And guess what. He was really starting to regret this. He had already memorized these lyrics, but as he walked to Marinette's house he couldn't help but feel the need to reread them. Tonight was the night. He was meeting Alya and Nino underneath Marinette's balcony (Nino insisted it was the best place to do this). Adrien was so nervous about making a fool of himself in public. Alya has insisted everything would be fine. Marinette's parents were out tonight and Alya had already confirmed that Marinette was currently enjoying the warm night time weather by sketching on her balcony. As Marinette's house came into view, Adrien saw Alya and Nino standing underneath Marinette's balcony whispering. Nino had a boom box at his feet and Alya was clutching her phone excitedly. Adrien knew Alya would end up filming this, he just hoped she kept it off her blog. Alya waved him over excitedly and he came over to the two of them.

"Are you ready?" Alya was smiling big and Adrien just nodded shyly.

"As ready as I'll ever be. And you're sure she'll like this?" Adrien answered handing over the lyrics to Alya as Nino got the music ready. Alya pushed Adrien into a spot where he would be easily visible to Marinette. All too soon the music was playing. He saw Marinette's head pop up when she heard the music, and then Adrien started singing.

You're insecure, don't know what for. You're turning heads as you walk through the door. Don't need makeup, to cover up. Being the way that you are is enough. Everyone else in the room can see it, everyone else but you.

Baby you light up my world like nobody else. The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed, but when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell. You don't know, oh oh, you don't know you're beautiful. If only you saw what I can see, you'd understand why I want you so desperately. Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe. You don't know, oh oh, you don't know you're beautiful. Oh oh, that's what makes you beautiful.

Adrien had been looking down embarrassed as he sang but as he finished the first verse, he looked up to see Marinette's face was bright red. He began to worry that she was mad at him before he saw the small smile at her face. He continued to sing the rest of the song, never once breaking eye contact with the girl above him. He got lost in her sapphire blue eyes, and didn't realize the song had even ended to he heard Nino clapping and Alya calling Marinette down. Adrien once again began to panic as he saw Marinette appear outside of her family's bakery. This was it. This was what everything has been leading up to.

Marinette shyly stood in front of Adrien, blushing dark. Adrien's face was just as red as he scratched the back of his head.

"Um…that was really sweet of you, Adrien. Thank you, uh…Alya said you wanted to ask me something." Marinette looked up expectantly and Adrien took a deep breath. Here it is. The question that he had been practicing out loud and in his head for the past week.

"Marinette, would you like to me with go out?" Adrien rambled out. He noticed Nino holding in laughter and Alya shaking her head. Marinette looked confused, and that was when he realized what he has said.

Fuck.