Adrien Agreste was calm, collected, and reserved...usually. And today he hadn't thought it was going to be very different. That was, until class started. Chloe had been all over him, just like any other day that ended in 'Y', and Nino had been enamored with Alya just the same, however, what happened next made him stop thinking about all of that. Black hair, today pulled into two twin braids on either side of her head, falling down her neck and over her shoulders, her bangs fell just above her eyes, framing the blue bell orbs, her sweater gracefully fell down one of her freckled shoulders, it was pink unsurprising to him, considering that it was her favorite color, however the black cat on the front of the sweater was very different than normal. Her shorts weren't too short and didn't show off too much skin like the type of shorts Chloe would probably wear, instead they stopped mid thigh, showing off just enough leg that Adrien was afraid that he wouldn't be able to look away. Yes, Adrien knew this girl, and right now he knew her better than he ever had, seeing skin he never knew he wanted to see. This girl was none other than Marinette Dupain-Cheng, the girl who even after three years of friendship still had a problem forming a sentence around him.

Adrien reluctantly pulled his eyes away from the raven haired girl when he felt an elbow lightly nudge his side. Looking to his left Adrien met Nino's eyes, who's knowing glance made the light pink blush on Adrien's cheeks turn darker and spread onto more territory.

"What?" Adrien asked, leaning back against his seat as Marinette passed him to get to hers.

"What do you mean what?" Nino smiled, crossing his arms and leaning on them over his desk. "Dude, you were totally checking out Marinette!" Adrien blushed harder.

"Shhh!" Adrien hissed, leaning forward in his seat. "And I was not." He whispered.

"Whatever dude, but I would get that staring under control before she starts to notice." Nino said as the teacher walked in to start class.

Marinette was exhausted, after last nights Akuma attack she had gotten barely two hours of sleep. That morning she didn't even bother trying to dress herself, instead pulling her hair into two twin braids and walking out the door in what she had fallen asleep in the night before.

When she had walked into the class room she felt Adrien's eyes on her like a fire that burned her skin. As much as she had always wanted Adrien's attention she never imagined the burn that accompanied it. It took everything she had not to walk right back out of class and hide in the bathroom for the rest of the day. Quickly Marinette made her way to her seat where she immediately felt Alya's eyes glued to her.

"Girl, what are you wearing, not that I don't dig the new style, but this is quite the change." Alya said, looking at her exhausted best friend.

"I was so tired this morning I couldn't get dressed, I literally slept in this Alya." Marinette said, laying her head down into her crossed arms.

"Well what ever the cause, it was definitely a good choice," Alya poked Marinette, making the raven haired girl raise her head to look at the redhead. "Because Adrien was totally checking you out when you walked in this morning." Marinette felt the hot blush dust her cheeks and once again buried her head in her arms.

"No way Alya, he was probably just embarrassed for me." Marinette said with a sigh. Though the thought of Adrien thinking she was attractive caused the blush on her skin to burn even hotter.

The rest of the day Adrien was painfully aware that there was a beautiful girl sitting right behind him, a girl with beautiful pale skin, hair as black as night, and legs that continued to plague his mind. The way they moved when she walked, the pale skin, the obvious muscles that could easily wrap themselves around his waist as he-

Okay Adrien! That is enough, stop thinking about Marinette's legs and the way that they were so touchable, and probably soft under your hands as you stroke them as you kiss her perfectly pink lips-STOP IT! You're in love with Ladybug, say it with me, Lay-Dee-Bug! But Adrien wouldn't deny that Marinette was incredibly cute.

When Adrien transformed that night he didn't know where he was going until he landed on a familiar balcony, the yellow light flooding out of the windows. Great, after all day of his thoughts being plagued by the raven haired girl he had to end up at her house. You know Adrien, this is not helping your statement of "I'm in love with Ladybug" Adrien thought. Giving a sigh of surrender, Adrien made his way to the window, however he didn't expect what he saw. Sure the lights were on, but there was Marinette, her arms crossed over her desk, head buried in her arms. She was wearing the same clothes she had been wearing that day, and Adrien still found himself staring at her legs, which were crossed under her. Adrien thought about calling it a night and and going back home, letting the girl sleep, but as he looked at her, she didn't look very comfortable. Adrien didn't know if his next actions were just him wanting to be near the girl or what, but he knew exactly what he was about to do.

Silently Adrien opened the trap door to Marinette's room, quickly descending the ladder to her bedroom, not taking his eyes off of the sleeping girl as he did so. As he got closer to her he took in more of her sight. Her hair was loose, falling over her shoulders and her lips were slightly parted as she breathed calmly, a pink tint on her cheeks. When Adrien touched her, he did so like if he were to lay the full weight of his hand on the girl that she would break. Slowly and carefully Adrien lifted the tired girl into his arms, one arm under her knees and the other under her lower back. She stirred lightly and Adrien froze, afraid he had woken her, but when her eyes remained closed he continued. Cautiously Adrien turned out the lights and ascended up the ladder that led up to Marinette's bed. Laying her down on the soft mattress, pulling the blankets up across her small body. As he turned away to leave, he stopped. He couldn't move. Turning to see what was hindering him, he saw that Marinette had grasped his arm, holding it tightly. Marinette cracked open her eyes, her blue orbs meeting green. Gently Marinette pulled at Adrien, indicating she wanted him to lay down.

"Stay...warm." Marinette said before closing her eyes again and assumably falling back to sleep as her breathing steadied again. Adrien smiled, he could spare a few minutes maybe. Adrien gingerly moved Marinette's sleeping form over and crawled in next to her, surprised when Marinette curled up against his chest, wrapping her arms around his torso. Adrien smiled into her hair, giving a soft kiss on the top of her head before closing his eyes, falling softly into the warm embrace of sleep, happily nuzzled against Marinette.