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Adrien's POV

I had never been more terrified in my entire life. I was about four seconds away from asking my princess out, officially, when her best friend Alya sauntered over. She had a glint in her eyes that screamed,

"Do it Agreste, I dare you!" I panicked, so I just said hello and turned to walk away. That's when I heard a snicker come from Alya. I whipped around, offended but determined.

"Marinette!" I yelled and closed my eyes.

"Yes?" She answered in her angelic voice.

"W-will you go out with me? Like on a date?" I blurted out. What was I doing? Since when did I stutter?

"Really? You want to go on a date with me?" Marinette squeaked. She was cute.

"Yes, unless you don't want to, of course."

"Oh, she definitely wants to." Says Alya with an overly smug expression on her face. I frowned at her.

"Alya! ...well I guess that's true. I'd love to go on a date with you." Marinette slowly spoke, trying not to trip over her tongue.

"Great! When are you free?" I said, excited. Her face was bright red at this point.

"I'm free both tomorrow and Saturday, and I think I might be free Friday, but only in the afternoon."

"How about Saturday?" I spoke evenly, trying not to let her notice my fear.

"Saturday works for me!" Marinette practically squeaked.

"Great! See you then!" I turned and walked away. A very loud cheer could be heard through the school yard. I couldn't tell who it was, but I had a guess on who it was.

-Time Skip-

Akuma! I could hear the sirens. Another one, and so soon?! This was not good. This had never happened before, no akuma had appeared in such a short time frame from the last. When I transformed and got to the scene of the fight, Alya our friend and reporter was already there. Marinette, or Ladybug, was also there, fighting the akuma. It was a flying akuma, that called itself sandman. It was blueish- purple, and appeared to be a young boy. Just as I was about to leap into battle with my lady, she was struck by the akuma's weapon. My heart stopped. She had no visible injuries, but as I watched closer, she began to slow down. I leapt into battle to help her. I landed next to her, facing the akuma.

"My lady? What's the plan?" She didn't answer. I turned to my left, looking at her, and there were dark circles under her eyes. She yawned, and her eyes became glassy. And then she collapsed. Her eyelids drifted down as I held her close to me. I lowered her to the ground and looked at the now charging akuma with a snarl. I bared my teeth, growling, and leapt at the cursed akuma that had defeated my lady. But he hadn't defeated me, so I gave him all that I had. I swung my staff, connecting it with the sandman's waiting hand. I was flicked away like I was a pesky bug. I immediately ran back to protect Marinette. I stood over her. I wasn't going to let him near her. But I spoke too soon. I was hit with a blast myself, and I immediately became drowsy. The last thing I remember is being dragged away by Alya, and poor, poor Marinette getting carried away by the Sandman. I failed. I failed My Lady. She was gone.