Author's Note: I've been working on this for a while because I saw so much potential in this prompt so I took my time. Also, who would of thought I would post a part of NSLL within 4 days of the previous part? Hope y'all enjoyed! (Requested by an Anon on Tumblr)

Background Info: This is pre-reveal and definitely pre-dating!

Her luck seemed to be running out today, and the school day was barely beginning. First Marinette forgot to grab extra hair ties as she bolted out of the house to school, only to realized it wouldn't be starting for another ten minutes. Seeing no sense in going back across the busy road, she ate her light breakfast on a bench nearby. After a few moments, she decided to start on her homework, only to realize she left it on her desk in her room. The only good thing thus far was the homework wasn't due for another three days. When her best friend, Alya, finally arrived at school, Marinette rejoiced, as she was very bored sitting in front of the school with nothing but games on her phone to play, and not surprising to Marinette, her phone was dead.

"Well don't you just look grumpy?" The red head laughed slightly, "If you frown anymore, I'm going to have to call you Grumpy Cat."

"Please don't."

"You having a bad day already? I don't think I've seen you this upset since we were little and you weren't allowed to help your parents bake."

"This morning has just been hectic, I hope my luck gets better soon." As if someone was working against the secret heroine, the tie to her left ponytail popped off and was no longer a functional elastic accessory, "Are you being serious?!"

"Wow, calm down. It's not like this is the first time this has happened to you," The darker skin girl smiled softly as she took hold of the half Chinese girl's shoulders, "You have your extra elastics, right?"

"I bet you can guess the answer to that one knowing my luck today," Marinette smiled sarcastically, "Of course not, do you have any with you?"

"Girl, since when do you know me to carry around hair ties, I'm always bumming off you for some,"

The bell rang signaling students to proceed to their first hour classes, and Alya helped her destressed friend up off the bench, "Come on, I'm sure someone in class has one you can borrow."

To avoid looking like a total mess, Marinette pulled the hair band from her right ponytail and slipped it on her wrist, "Here's hoping..."

The duo asked everyone they knew with long hair in the hall for a hair tie, all were lacking such accessory and anything near the desired objects. As the two entered the classroom, Marinette flopped in her seat and threw her head down on top of her crossed arms, and Alya asked around for her friend. The ravenette heard her friend sigh, "Chloe, I know we don't like each other and Marinette isn't your favorite person in the world but,"

The blonde smirked and laughed, "Little Miss Marinette is in dire need of a hair elastic? I know and I happen to have an extra."

"Would you just let Mari borrow it?"

"Let me think...no! Like I'd do anything nice for her," Chloe laughed again, "do you know who you're talking to?"

Before the glasses clad girl could do anything, the usually peppy girl sighed, "Just leave her be, Alya, I'll just suffer the day with my hair down. Not much we can do."

The tardy bell was about to ring when Nino and Adrien walked in the room. Both noticed the frowning girl where their cheerful friend normal sat, "Alya," The cap wearing boy called as said girl sat down, "What's up with Marinette?"

"She's just having bad luck today, I think her nickname should be Grumpy Cat today."

The pale girl twisted her head toward her friend with furrowed brows, "Don't you even dare joke about my bad luck."

"It would seem you and Chat Noir are a matched made in heaven considering your crappy morning."

"Alya, I'm not afraid to snap you with my intact hair tie, don't even compare my bad morning to Chat Noir's luck."

"Wow, no need to get your claws out, girl!"

While the two bickered and Nino laughed at the them, no one noticed a certain blonde model staring at the grouchy girl. Her dark hair seemed to move in slow motion as she changed position, how did he never realize how beautiful she was before? Sure, her hair in her normal twin tails complimented her round face, giving her an adorable child like appearance, but with her hair down? She looked like an angel sent from heaven. He honestly didn't know how long he was watching her until they locked eyes. From then, he lost even more time taking in her eyes. He always thought her eyes were grey, but they're actually a gorgeous blue. He had seen blue eyes before, seeing as Chloe was usually close enough for him to see her irises, but her eyes were unique yet so familiar. Opposed to Chloe's icy blue orbs, Marinette's eyes had a sky blue tint that entranced the bad luck hero. Even though he was mesmerized by her, he didn't detected the flash of fear in her eyes.

"A-Adrien?"

Her voice even became angelic to his ears, pulling him out of his trance, "Yeah?"

"You were staring at me," Her face turned a beautiful shade of pink, "Are...Are you okay?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah," He smiled at her, causing her face to deepen in color, "You look really nice today, you should let your hair down more often," He turned around to see the teacher preparing for today's lesson, thinking maybe he should ask Marinette to lunch today.

"O-Oh, thank you," Her voice just above a whisper, making Adrien certain he was going to ask her to lunch today. She began twisting a piece of her loose locks and turned to Alya, who had a giant grin on her face and winked at the ravenette.

"I think you're luck is changing, Mari."