Been a bit slack with a lot of stuff lately, this story included, but because I'm back on my studies, the last semester in fact of two years. So before you jump to conclusions about assuming I won't have time to do this story anymore, it was the fact that I was on break that I wasn't able to organise my time to do things like this because I like sticking to a schedule and during that six week break I had…scheduling did not exist to me anymore…XD

So I'm hoping that now I'm back on a proper schedule I'll be able to organise my time better and find time to work on this instead of deciding to put it off another day and then it just doesn't get done for several weeks. But anyways, I hope you enjoy Chapter 2 of this story, and thanks to all of you for the positive feedback! :D

Miraculous Ladybug © Thomas Astruc/ Zagtoon

Chapter 2 – New Reactions

"Go for it girl, click yes!" Alya demanded, shaking the back of Marinette's chair in excitement.

Marinette didn't exactly like how Alya was behaving to her, it seemed all too much like she was up to something devious, but at the same time she knew Alya was just trying to help her friend out and be supportive. So, without any further hesitation, she clicked on yes and before she knew it, she was there in a chat room with Adrien, she thought her heart would be racing and her face heating up, but none of that was happening, maybe it was because she was hiding behind a screen.

However, once Adrien had said something to her, Alya squealed in excitement as Marinette's face went as red as a tomato, her teeth clenched as she realised that Adrien had said the first words to her.

"Hello there."

Marinette said there in silence, Alya pushed Marinette in closer to the screen. "Well, go on then! Say something back!"

It was beginning to get on Marinette's nerves that Alya was being so pushy about this, she grunted in slight pain as Alya gave her a small push closer to the screen. "Alya! I can see the screen just fine!" She exclaimed, really beginning to feel like Alya was too committed to this.

She took in a deep breath and sighed, knowing that this was a huge step, she had no idea how Adrien could agree to this sort of thing too, it didn't exactly make sense in her mind. But she decided not to let it complicate her mind and stuck with responding to whom she assumed was Adrien.

"Hi"

The moment she pressed enter, she heard Alya scoff in disappointment. "Just hi? Girl, say more than that! Ask about his day to keep the conversation going!"

But before Marinette could say anymore, he had responded.

"How are you?"

Marinette felt relieved that she wouldn't be stuttering in front of him because they were both behind a screen, it was one of the only good things that came out of doing this, she could actually think about what she wanted to talk about without freaking out or shaking or stuttering.

This conversation continued for some time, but remained dull from Nino and Alya's perspective, from Adrien and Marinette's it was confusing and nerve-racking. By the time they knew it the conversation was over, Nino had to go home and so did Alya, both Adrien and Marinette logged off from the site, and continuously questioned why their best friends would make them do that.

"Tikki, it just doesn't make any sense…. he can easily talk to me in person…this whole online chatting thing seems weird. I mean, it does help me talk to him without my stammering and everything… But we didn't even ask if we were really who we were thinking, what if I'm talking to a total stranger!?" She cried, hands clenched in her hair in a panic.

The little kwami gave her a gentle pat on the shoulder. "Don't worry Marinette; I'm sure you're talking to Adrien, why would Alya be so on board with it if it wasn't him?" She explained, making sense of what Marinette was thinking about.

Marinette knew Tikki had a point, but at the same time, it all still felt extremely confusing. Why would Adrien be on this site? How could he be on the site at the same time as her and talk to her even though he could just as easily talk to her in person? Thousands of questions battled her mind, it began to overwhelm her, but it was getting late so she decided to focus on other things before going to bed thinking about what was going to happen at school when she saw Adrien?

Things were certainly going to seem different when she was around him.

Meanwhile, Adrien was feeling like this was some sort of prank Nino was pulling on him just to get with some girl whom Nino supposedly knew but Adrien felt like Ladybug didn't know Nino that well, but he can't tell for sure since he didn't really know her secret identity.

"I don't know why you're so fond over Ladybug; she's just the same as everyone else." Plagg exclaimed, stuffing his mouth full of more cheese.

Adrien narrowed his eyebrows at the little kwami, knowing Plagg didn't care much for love, but ever since he met Ladybug, his thoughts on her never change. That incredible girl behind the mask, so determined, so confident and bright, and willing to do anything to protect everyone from harm. He was the perfect girl, he sighed dreamily as he thought about her qualities, and she almost seemed to have no flaw, the perfect girl for him.

"She's the most amazing girl I've ever met; she's not like other girls. Her top priorities aren't looking pretty and going to the mall everyday to shop for new clothes, she's a real girl whose top priority is to help protect Paris from Hawkmoth." Adrien explained, his voice tinted with gleams of hope and happiness.

The little black cat kwami gagged at the thought of Adrien and Ladybug being together, it sickened him to almost the point of not being able to eat, but once he smelt the delectable aroma of camembert he acquired his taste back again.

Adrien decided not to think too much of it, he felt like there were too many questions left unanswered that would only keep him up all night. There was no way the girl she was talking to was indeed Ladybug, he knew no one knew her secret identity so how could Nino know about Ladybug? He knew she wasn't Ladybug all the time and that she had a personal life...unless he was talking to Ladybug's secret identity?

No, he didn't let his mind jump to that ultimate conclusion, he didn't even know who Ladybug really was, or who this girl he was chatting to online really was or what she looked like. He didn't even know if this girl went to the same school as him. It felt all too suspicious to him, but it was getting too late into the day to start thinking about something this confusing and complicated, so he left it at that for the night and caught up on some much needed rest.

The next day, Alya and Marinette had arrived in class and were waiting for the teacher come in to start the class. The moment Nino and Adrien came in, Marinette couldn't help but rub her eyes twice as she just thought she saw Nino wink and give Alya the finger guns. Was something going on between them?

"What's with you and Nino?" Marinette asked, leaning in closer to her best friend.

"Nothing girl," She replied confidently. "We're good friends that's all." Alya said with a warm smile.

There was definitely something up with Alya and Nino, she wasn't sure if it was linked in any way to the online chat thing from the previous day, but she could tell that there was something going on. Then, he thoughts quickly changed when he saw Adrien look at her with a warm greeting smile and wave. She held her breath, before she waved with a wide nervous smile.

Things seemed to still act the same as before, did he even know he was chatting to her online now? It was too early to make assumptions, and she was too afraid to ask him about it. Before she could think more into it, the class had started.

But it was definitely something Marinette wasn't going to permanently stop thinking about until she had all the answers.

There's another chapter for you! So sorry about not updating this sooner, I'd say why but I think I'm getting too repetitive with how many times I say sorry and say why I didn't update sooner. Well, I think you guys don't care why I didn't update it sooner, the important thing is that I finally updated it.

So, I'm trying out some new things with this story, and I've already got good ideas for the next few chapters. And I do apologise if this chat thing seems confusing, especially on Adrien's side, I'll try to explain it better in further chapters. ;)