Chapter 2

Adrian's POV

Chat Noir couldn't believe what he was hearing. He knew Marinette liked him, there were times he thought that maybe he liked her, but he was so in love with Ladybug it was hard for him to even notice Marinette. Adrian had no idea Marinette thought of him this way. He felt terrible, all this time Marinette was sad because of him. Even seeing her as Chat Noir felt wrong. He just wanted to get to know Marinette better. He really did like her. He cares for her, it wasn't that he didn't want to give her a chance, he just wasn't fully over Ladybug.

"Marinette…" Chat Noir didn't even know what to say.

"I'm sorry, ah I shouldn't have told you this is weird!" Marinette said cover her face with embarrassment. Chat Noir moved in closer to Marinette and pulled her in close to him.

"It's okay Marinette, I'm glad you told me" he said as she looked up at him, there eyes met. Something about the way she looked at him, made it hard to breathe. He never realized how beautiful her eyes were. He always thought she was cute, but something about the way her eyes shimmered in the moonlight made him weak in the knees. He leaned in closer towards her, with their face inches away.

"Bleep! Bleep!" Chat Noir was about to de transform.

"Uh…well I guess I should get going" Chat Noir said awkwardly moving a few steps back.

"Okay…Goodnight" Marinette said a bit speechless.

"Goodnight Marinette. You should probably get some sleep" Chat Noir said as he disappeared into the night.

Adrian finally made it back to his house, right when he made it into his room he de transformed.

"Ah…I'm dying, I need food! Where is my camembert!" Adrian heard his kwami say.

"Sorry Plagg, just a second" Adrian said trying to find the smelly cheese for his Kwami.

"What business do you have going to see Marinette at this time?" Plagg said lecturing Adrian.

"Jeez Plagg I just wanted to see her" He said blushing a bit.

"So, what you like her now, what about Ladybug?" Plagg said taunting him.

"No! I mean…I don't know. You know how I feel about Ladybug" Adrian said as he gave Plagg his camembert. He made his way to his bed and fell back.

"I'm so Stupid!" Adiran said to himself.

"Oh come on, Don't be upset. Why do you even let those two get to you? Just worry about Adrian" Plagg said trying to be comforting but failing as always.

"Plagg this is serious I love ladybug, but oh my god Marinette. I almost kissed her! How can I face her tomorrow at school? What am I going to do? Aruugh!" Adrian said putting his face into his pillow.

"I mean why don't you just be with Marinette, since Ladybug doesn't want you" Plagg says a bit bluntly.

"Plagg! I don't know…Marinette is in love with me, and I'm a fool. How could I hurt someone that has always been so kind to me? She truly is amazing, but I can never get Ladybug out of my mind" Adrian says back to the kwami.

"Your too dramatic for me, you really need to live a little" Plagg replies.

"I'm dramatic? You're the one that freaks out If you haven't eaten in 5 minutes" Adrian yells back. Suddenly there was a knock-on Arians door.

"Knock! Knock! Adrian everything alright in there?" Said Natalie, his father's assistant.

"Yes, I'm fine, I was just talking to myself while playing a game!" Adrian lied to cover up the fact he was talking to a magical cat. Both scenarios made him sound crazy either way, just one was more believable then the other.

"Alright, you should probably get some sleep. You do have school tomorrow" Natalie said on the other side of the door.

"I am, Goodnight!" Adrian said.

"Goodnight, Adrian" She said as she eventually walked away.

"That was a close one, I bet she thinks you're crazy" Plagg says making fun of Adrian.

"Plagg would you shut up, your no help. Can't you be empathetic for once?" Adrian says getting a bit upset.

"Ah…Adrian I'm trying, but you know I'm not good with these things. Hey I'm sure everything will workout with Marinette and Ladybug, just be yourself. I'm sure everything will be fine" Plagg says trying to make Adrian feel better.

"What do you mean workout? Ladybug doesn't want to be with me as Chat Noir" Adrian said.

"Well Marinette wants to be with you" Plagg says.

"Yeah, but I…I mean I don't know if I'm ready to move on from Ladybug" Adrian says back to the cat.

"Well you never know what it will be like until you give it try…I mean for all you know Marinette could be Ladybug" Plagg said knowing that deep down he knew Marinette was ladybug, he tried to play it off as a joke.

"WHAT! Plagg! You really think so?" Adrian Shouts with excitement.

"No! I mean it was a joke…I have no idea who Ladybug is, I was just trying to cheer you up. Sorry it was a bad joke" Plagg says regretting what he said before.

"Some cruel joke. Either way I can't get either one out of my mind" Adrian said.

"Okay lover boy, I am off to take a cat nap. I'll be expecting my camembert in the morning" Plagg says making his way to his little bed.

"Whatever Plagg, Goodnight" Adrian says back.

"Goodnight Adrian" Plagg says yawning he eventually shuts his eyes and falls asleep. Adrian Went to turn off his light. He laid in bed for a moment thinking about Ladybug, but then he thought about Marinette, how beautiful she looked tonight. How she made him feel, and how he really wanted to kiss her and feel her soft lips against his.

"Oh my god!" Adrian thought to himself. As he started to feel a little too excited. He eventually had to shake off the feeling, and he closed his eyes and tried to get some sleep.

The next morning Adrian arrived at school. He was a bit nervous, about confronting Marinette. He couldn't stop thinking about last night and how he wanted to kiss her.

"Sup Adrian? How is it going? Did you get my text last night?" his friend Nino asked him. Adrian looked at his phone. Realizing he never had a chance to look at his phone yesterday, because he was too busy saving Paris and seeing Marinette.

"Hey Nino, sorry I didn't even look at my phone last night. Something came up you know my dad always wanting me to do stuff for a photoshoot" Adrian said trying to cover up what really happened.

"That's alright I was wondering if you wanted to hangout tonight? Ayla wanted to know if you wanted to come see a movie tonight with us. Oh, and Marinette will be there" Nino asked his friend. Normally it wouldn't bother Adrian that Marinette was going to be there. It made him a bit anxious.

"Oh...um yeah sure I'd love to go see a movie with you guys" he said to Nino.

"Awesome, so we were thinking about going about 7:00 is that okay?" Nino Asked.

"Yeah, I'm sure it's fine, I don't think I have anything going on today" Adrian said hesitantly, trying to think if he had anything going on. It was Friday after all, and his father usually didn't need him for anything Friday. He just hoped that there wasn't going to be another akuma today.

"Cool dude!" Nino said getting excited.

Adrian and Nino made it to their homeroom and they sat down waiting for their teacher. Adrian saw Ayla and Marinette walk in the classroom and they sat below them as usual.

"So, Adrian are you coming with us tonight?" Alya asked Adrian as she turned around in her seat.

"Uh yeah of course!" Adrian responded.

"Awesome! It's going to be great!" Alya said with excitement.

Adrian saw Ayla whisper something to Marinette. He wanted to say something to her today, but just seeing her made him feel a little shy. Which was unusual, he knew Marinette was always shy around him. This also made him feel like an idiot, he should have known how she felt. She always seemed so calm and easy to talk to when he was Chat. He enjoyed the conversations he had with her as Chat, Marinette had a great personality and it was something he admired about her. She was kind and sweet, but she always stood up for herself and her friends. In some ways Marinette did remind him of ladybug. It was weird, a lot of things she did reminded him of ladybug. He then started to think about Ladybug. Maybe it was time he let her go. Marinette was an amazing girl. He should try and give her a chance. Over the years they had a great friendship. She always went out of her way for him. Especially when she made him that lucky charm. He always carried it with him. So, he wanted to make her one for her birthday. Adrian thought about it, and how maybe he always liked Marinette, but never gave her the chance because of Ladybug. Ladybug was amazing, beautiful, smart, and someone that everyone looked up to in Paris. Ladybug was way too good for him. As long as he could be by her side and save Paris with her that was all that mattered. With Marinette it felt real, Marinette was also beautiful, smart, kind and super talented. Maybe it was time he went for someone that could return his feelings.