HI, i'm new at writing Fanfiction, so spare me pls. I do go to college so this will be updated whenever I can and not on a certain schedule, sorry ahead of time. I hope everyone reading likes this story. I appreciate any comments, ideas, corrections to anything I have, misspelled or grammar. I also live in the U.S and don't really know much about the outside world, except for what the show has shown me, so again, pls spare me. [I do not own Miraculous Ladybug.]

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Chapter 1: The "Surprise"

Marinette went through all of high school not telling Adrien how she felt, and Adrien never caught on. Even after all the attempts and hints that Alya and Nino dropped his way. Now her and all of her friends are off to college. Marinette is studying at a college with Alya, but Alya is studying journalism, while Marinette is studying fashion. Nino is at a college close by, studying his music and doing gigs on the side. While Adrien… well, hawkmoth was defeated a year ago and now with the new news of who hawkmoth is, Adrien has been taking care of the family fashion business. While Alya and Marinette are still close as ever, the full gang hasn't hung out since their last year of high school due to their new busy lives. Marinette is hasn't completely moved on from Adrien, and will always have those feelings, but she realizes that the relationship she always wanted may never come true. Even with Hawkmoth being defeated, Ladybug and Chat Noir still do patrol as well as fight any small crimes to keep them busy while also helping out the city. They also didn't want to let go of their second life because it gave them break from their normal lives and they didn't want to lose each other.

The day started out on a Friday, Marinette went to all her college classes and walked the halls with Alya. They only separated from each other when they had to go different ways for classes. After their last class, they would meet up and go to their favorite coffee shop to talk and study.

"Girl, why do you look so down? It's the end of the week! All our classes are done with and you have a whole weekend." Alya scolds her friend

"I know, I just don't understand why I need to take physics? You know? How does that even apply to fashion. It's the hardest thing ever!"

"Yeah, I understand. I'm not enjoying my class either, too bad we don't have the same class, I'd be able to help you."

"I really wish I had a tutor I understood, every tutor I have tried doesn't explain the subject clear enough."

"I could always ask Nino to see if Adrien could help you, Mari?"

"What? NO! I could never ask of that. You know how busy and how much he has been going through, I couldn't possibly bug him with a simple thing like physics."

"Okay, but if it comes down to you failing that course Marinette I'm telling Nino."

"I promise I won't fail."

The two friends continue their walk to their favorite destination and get in line for coffee. They continue their usual conversations about classes and their day. As the line starts to move, Marinette of course gets distracted and bumps into the person in front of her in the line. She practically shouts "Sorry!" as she takes her hands off the person she plowed into. After her two embarrassing moments, she finally looks up to see who the sorry fellow is that she sadly ran into and….

It was Adrien…

Out of all of the people in the world, out of all of the people she hasn't seen in a year, it was him. He was standing there next to Nino in line. He was so tall, taller than she remembered. He was also more chiseled, as if he was doing more to look even better for the photo shoots he had to keep up with.

Marinette's heart stopped as she realizes this, it was her all-time crush. The guy she has been working so hard to forget about and move on from.

"Alya, Marinette!", Nino says excitedly, "Just in time. We were going to meet you at your favorite booth, but it looks like you caught us in line, haha!"

Alya snickered a little at Marinette being reunited with the love of her life like this.

"It's okay Marinette", Adrien laughed at her outburst and red face, "It's nice seeing you two again, I missed you all so much!"

"We missed you too Adrien!", Alya said and gave the blonde boy a big welcome back hug, "How long are you back for?"

"Well, as long as I want, and if you all will have me of course" He shyly rubbed the back of his head. He knew he had been gone for practically a year, and just showing up back into his group of friends might be a lot to ask for.

Marinette composed herself, "Of course we will have you, Adrien. We did really miss you and would all love to have you back in our lives." She said with a sweet smile and gave him a gentle welcome back hug too.

Adrien blushed hard. He has never been this close to Marinette, she is more confident and mature now. It was also nice having her be able to make a full sentence around him. Although he never understood why she couldn't in the first place.

When they broke apart, Alya gave Marinette a 'way to go, girl!' look.

"I was going to surprise you girls with Adrien, but you kind of spoiled it. I really thought I timed it right, but when I got here the line was long. Adrien has been here for a week and we have been catching up. He said he wanted to catch up with everyone again, so I brought him here to meet you dudes." Nino explained their occurrence at the coffee shop.

"Well if you want to meet up with Mari, she needs a physics tutor." Alya says and the two girls shoot each other sassy glares.

"No, I don't! I promise I'll be fine. Alya won't believe me." Marinette says defeated and tries to explain herself.

"I'd be happy to tutor you, Marinette.", The glowing blonde says, "I love Physics. Plus, it would give us an opportunity to spend time together." He gives her a friendly smile and she blushed a deep red again.

"uh hehe, well I wouldn't want to waste our time on that! You know our catching up time together on physics. Plus, I know you have been through I lot and I wouldn't want to add more to your plate and…." Marinette started to ramble on. Even though she got rid of the stammering around Adrien, she was still a rambler.

Adrien placed a hand on her shoulder to cut her off and said, "Really, Marinette, it would be no problem. How does tonight sound?"

"Tonight's great" she said breathily while staring into his eyes. How does he do that. He always brings her into a love-struck trance. She was almost over him and it was within seconds that he brought her back into her Adrien love obsession.

Everyone got their coffees and sat at the booth Alya and Marinette usually sit at. The night went on where they shared laughter, stories, embarrassing stories of Marinette on Alya's end, Marinette trying to change the subject of the embarrassing stories Alya had on her, and so on. They all had a lot of fun catching up and the night felt like it was over so quickly. It was around 5pm when Alya got a call from her parents reminding her she had to baby sit this weekend so her parents could attend a cooking event.

Alya sighed, "Whelp, that's my cue, Ladies." She joked at the group, as the guys were slightly offended but still chuckled along.

"Let me walk you home, babe." Nino called out as he too stood up from the booth and waved his goodbyes to the two left of the group.

And with that, Adrien and Marinette were left alone.

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