After this chapter I'll be going to weekly updates. also the chapter will get longer soon.


After deciding to stay up late to chase another conscious tug, the next morning Adrien was tired and falling asleep during English. And sitting in the front, however easier it was to pay attention had its disadvantages.

"Mr. Agreste," his teacher said irritably," will you please refrain from sleeping in class? "The woman asked him.

Adrien nodded," sorry Miss Bustier." his face flushed, he began looking for a pencil to write with.

He went to turn to Nino to ask but a bright blue pencil obscured his vision from the left. The blond turned, it was Marinette, she looked nervous and her cheeks were a light shade of red as she held out the writing utensil.

Adrien smiled," thanks Marinette," he said, the poor girl looked like she was about to faint.

Adrien sighed, he really wondered, especially on days like this, what he'd done to make her so scared of him. That was seriously the only reason he could think for her to act like that and it made him very uncomfortable.

Maybe he should pop in as Noir to ask the Purrincess why she was afraid of him. Or afraid of Adrien...? This double life thing was starting to confuse him.

"For this project we're working in pairs," Adrien heard his teacher say, he and Nino looked at each other and fist bumped," pairs you don't normally work in," the teacher finished.

"Ach," Chloe scoffed," Miss, can't I work with Sabrina? We work best together," she sneered

"No Chloe," the teacher said," I have reason to believe that certain groups that normally work together aren't divvying work evenly," she said giving Chloe a pointed stare.

Chloe scoffed and looked to the left her head raised in derision, her gaze settled on Adrien, suddenly the blonde knew where this was going.

He turned backwards," Hey, Alya want to work together?" he asked.

The girl looked surprised," Sorry Adrien I'm already working with..." her eyes darted slightly," Nino!" she said grabbing the boys shoulders.

Nino looked back confused, " huh what?" the girl with ombre hair flicked his ear discreetly, "Oh! Yeah," Nino agreed," we're working together."

Adrien tried to not let his shoulders slump," but Marinette needs a partner!" the girl chirped happily."

The blue haired and blue eyed girl in question made an odd squealing/eep noise. Something in her eyes Adrien found oddly familiar in a vague indescribable way, while he mostly thought about how objectively adorable that noise had been.

"Oh please," Chloe said at Adrien's desk," Adrikins doesn't want to work with miss dreary. He wants to work with me, "she said putting a manicured hand on her chest her eye lashes fluttering. "Don't you Adrikins?" she asked putting herself all over him.

Adrien didn't even turn to acknowledge the bottle blonde he used to regard as his friend," hey Marinette, you're cool being my partner right?" he asked.

The girl's bluebell eyes widened," yeah," she got out nodding.

"Cool," he said giving her thumbs up," sorry Chloe," he said none apologetically, "but I think Lila needs a partner." The girl in the back didn't look pleased at his recommendation, but she was also one of the few people remaining without a partner.

Chloe scoffed and sauntered away in a huff, towards the brown haired girl, they gave each other matching glares and seemed to come to a silent agreement before begrudgingly sitting next to each other.

Adrien shot a smile at Marinette, the girl blushed nervously. Adrien winced he'd hoped to avoid this he really didn't like that such a sweet girl was afraid of him.

"Want to work tonight?" he asked.

The girl stared blankly at him, Alya jabbed her side not so discreetly, Marinette started to nod," She'll meet you at seven thirty," Alya pitched in.

"Okay!" Adrien nodded happily as the bell rung," see you then."

As he grabbed his bags and left the room he heard Marinette mutter," Okay," in an almost dazed tone.