Chapter 2

The next morning Marinette woke up a little earlier than usual. All she could think about was how Chat had come to her as Marinette not Ladybug. She had been surprised at first. He had shown up out of nowhere and needed help with some cat thing but she was more than happy to help her partner. She looked over to where Tikki was lying and decided she would wake her up later and got dressed.

When she got to school she was early so she sat down on the steps to work on a new design. She was so focused on her drawing that she didn't notice Adrian walking toward her and she barely noticed when he sat down next to her. He was watching her work in awe and was wondering how he had never noticed how cute she was when she worked.

"Hey Marinette. What are you working on?" she jumped a little when he talked and finally realized that he was sitting so close to her and most importantly Adrian was talking to her, he was interested in what she was doing.

"Hey Adrian. I was just working on a new design." It surprised them both that she hadn't stuttered. Then Adrian decided to push his luck.

"What or Who is the new piece of clothing for?" while he said this he leaned over so that he could she what she was working on better.

"Oh, Um I-uh- it's for a f-f-friend b-but it's a surprise f-for them." She suddenly slammed the book closed before he could see the drawing and stood up and ran off.

Adrian thought that maybe she is afraid of him or maybe what she is working on is for him or she just doesn't want anyone to see the drawing. He was hoping that she wasn't afraid of him.

"Hey dude." Nino shouted from just a little in bit in front of him.

"Hey Nino. Can I ask you something?"

"Sure dude, what's up?"

"Do you know why Marinette is so flustered and scared around me?"

"Dude you are so oblivious sometimes."

"What is that supposed to mean?" he was completely confused.

"Adrian dude she has a major crush on you."

"Really. If I knew that then I would have made it easier to talk to me." In a way he was over the moon to know that she had a crush on him, just plain old Adrian but at the same time he felt stupid that he hadn't noticed the signs and that he hadn't even stopped to consider that someone could like him at all.

The rest of the day was uneventful and Adrian didn't get a chance to talk to Marinette so he decided to drop by in cat form and ask for some scratches.

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Her trap door was open but her lights were off. She must have fallen asleep working on her latest project. He dropped through the trap door and landed silently on the floor. He looked at her bed but she wasn't in bed she had fallen asleep at her desk drawing her latest project. He looked over her shoulder and saw that her page was blank. He was busy puzzling over it when she suddenly woke up and punched him in the stomach.

After she realized that it was Chat she started apologizing like crazy.

"I am so so so so sooo sorry Chat. You scared me."

"It's ok. I probably shouldn't have been looking over your shoulder like a crazy person."

"Doesn't matter I would have punched you regardless. Now why are you here? I doubt that you need more scratches so soon."

"Actually I do need more scratches and it doesn't help that you are so good at it."

"OK kitty but why don't you ask Ladybug to give you scratches?"

"Because last night when you gave me scratches I had to resist the urge to lie back and to knead you and most importantly I had to resist the urge to curl up next to you. If Ladybug did it I would probably do all those things."

"Kitty you should have told me, you didn't need to resist."

"Really? Why not?"

"Because I know what cats like and if that helps you more then you are welcome to but remember when your ring beeps you are out of here. GOT IT."

"Yeah, OK and thanks."

"No problem Kitty."

Marinette walked over to her bed and sat down. Chat walked over and flopped down on her bed and looked up at her. She scratched his head and then between his shoulder blades. Chat started to purr and climbed into her lap. She scratched his head again and he started to fall asleep. When she stopped he woke up and realised that she had fallen asleep and then his ring beeped and woke her up and she chased him out the trap door but before he left he gave her a hug. She was stiff at first but then she relaxed and hugged him back. When his ring beeped again she pulled away and pushed him out.

After he had left she flopped on her bed and fell asleep thinking about how warm Chat Noir is.

When Adrian got home he flopped down on his own bed and fell asleep thinking about how amazing the scratches felt.