He had been in love! Marinette couldn't forget about it for the rest of the day. Even in the evening, after coming back home she was thinking about this discovery so intensively that she barely fell asleep. She still remembered it in the morning when she was preparing for the third day with Adrien.

Yesterday in the maze he had asked her similar questions that she had asked him before. And she had to run back and forth, because her answers mostly were incorrect. Finally, he sent her those two last questions, which she'd left for the end as well. When she in her naivete went to the left, she was wrong in both cases.

He had had someone. He had been in love once. And that someone confessed their love to him. So, why Adrien needed all this mystification if he had a beloved one? She was sure only about one thing – it wasn't Nino. Apparently, she was missing some information…

Why was she so moved by discovering a secret of his heart? He was almost a stranger for her! The news shouldn't spoil her day!

Even worse, she was aware that Adrien had noticed a change of her mood and became worried and sad. Was he afraid that she could take their fake dating too seriously? If so, she had to convince him at all costs that there was nothing to worry about! Even if it meant pretending for the whole day. Because that was the truth – she had to pretend that… Ugh! That wasn't a part of the plan! When and how had it happened?!

She sighed in defeat, leaving these sorrows behind. She went out to meet Adrien, who – as usual was waiting for her, leaning against the car. He still looked concerned, as yesterday. That helped Marinette to recover composure. She had to dance to their tune.

"So, where we're going today?" she asked light-hearted.

Adrien glanced at her in surprise.

"Uhm…" he hesitated, but finished after a while: "Fontainebleau."

"Really?" she exclaimed, and this time she was excited for real, forgetting about her yesterday dilemmas.

"This time we're going to visit the palace."

"Oh, I've thought you're taking me to the forest!" she joked, but avoided his sight.

"Not today. Nino said that he had enough all that walking in the nature."

"Yeah…" his friend confirmed, as only he got out the car. "All those games in mazes were too much for me. One more and I'll let you get lost for real."

"But seriously…" Adrien continued, and Nino just rolled his eyes meaningfully. "I think that we've got quite a lot of details for our story, so we can have some fun now."

"I'm in!" Marinette smiled to herself. She knew that in the palace they wouldn't have time to talk about that change of her mood yesterday.

She didn't wait for her fake boyfriend to open her the door – just got inside quickly with a hope he didn't notice she wanted to avoid his touch or look into his eyes.

Adrien didn't even tried to catch her anyway. He had got so mixed messages from her that he needed a moment to understand what had just happened here. He felt that Marinette's ease was fake. On the other hand he had an impression that she'd been honestly excited to visit Fontainebleau. Well, girls could be so complicated!

He sighed heavily and got in the car. Although he was sitting next to Marinette, he felt as if a glass wall appeared between them. There was no option that he could take her hand like yesterday.

The drive through the city was like a nightmare. There was a perfect silence in the car, and the tension could be cut with a knife. Nino looked from time to time at the rear-view mirror just to notice Adrien's glances at Marinette, who kept staring outside the window and not saying a word. What the heck had happened in that maze? He had been with them for the whole time and didn't see anything alarming. They were writing messages to each other and running back and forth. Happy like children.

Suddenly they became quiet and gloomy, and nothing changed so far.

The silence in the car was more and more unbearable. Nino realised that if he had to spend the next hour like that, he would prefer to kill himself instantly. He decided to act unconventionally, so he turned in the direction of the nearest petrol station.

"Nino?" Adrien asked suspiciously.

"I'll refuel the car." His friend muttered. "You're both unpredictable, so I have to be prepared."

After those words he got out the car.

Marinette glanced at Adrien sideways, but when she met his eyes, she immediately looked away. Soon after Nino's head reappeared in the car.

"By the way, do you want anything to drink? Coffee? Er… Tea, maybe?"

Marinette felt uncomfortable. Adrien had to tell him the story about her argument with Plagg.

"Latte, if that's not a problem…" she whispered.

"Double espresso." Her partner added.

"Great. I'll be right back."

"Do you need help?" Adrien asked quickly.

"I'll manage." Nino replied and before he shut the door, he said: "Be good!"

Yesterday they would have probably laughed, but today the joke wasn't funny for neither of them. Marinette even became more upset. She glanced at Adrien, wondering why he didn't want to stay with her alone.

"You told him, didn't you?" she asked finally.

"Ab-About wh-what?" he stuttered embarrassed.

"About tea."

"Tea?" he repeated in astonishment, feeling a relief that she hadn't asked about something else.

"You know… That I drink tea." she muttered, still avoiding his gaze.

"Oh, no, I didn't tell him that. Plagg told him."

"He must have had fun…" she commented with a hint of regret, because she realised that she probably had made a fool of herself that day.

"Why?" Adrien was surprised, then discovered what was between the lines. – Plagg spoke very highly of you. I'd say that you impressed him then.

"I thought you were making fun of me." she admitted reluctantly.

"Nino just wanted to be nice for you…" he whispered and risked taking her hand. He saw her looking down at their palms, but still not at him.

"All right." she nodded.

"Can… Can we talk about it?" he asked uncertain.

"About what?"

"About what is bothering you."

She didn't answer immediately. Why had he asked her about that? She tried to pretend being cheerful and content, but it was getting harder and harder. She was close to break down and to start crying, confessing everything that was hidden deeply in her heart. No, she wasn't allowed to do that. 'It's only fake dating' – she had to remember about that. So, she had no choice but pretend till the end.

"No." she finally replied and glanced at him.

She knew instantly that it was a wrong answer. She didn't have to see that frown on his face, as if she hurt him by her refusal. He released her hand and was about to withdraw, when she grabbed his palm and squeezed it, saying:

"It's about… I have to… No, I should put some things in order, you know?"

"Did I offend you somehow yesterday?" he asked carefully.

"What?" she was surprised. "How did you get that way?"

"I feel that something changed after our game in the maze."

"No, Adrien. You didn't offend me. I had great time, in fact." she admitted and added quietly: "Even too great sometimes…"

"I had great time too, Mari."

"Don't you think that it's a very thin line between the fake and the real things?" she asked suddenly, totally thoughtful, so she missed out his amazed look. "I've got lost a bit in all that…"

"I know that feeling. But you know what? I discovered something that could help you to solve that problem…" he smiled at her and gave her a wink, because he couldn't help being happy that she had shared her worries. And they weren't the kind he was afraid they could be.

"Well?" she finally looked at him.

"Just remember that we start our fake dating tomorrow, not earlier." He said smiling at her, and she answered with a smile immediately.

"Someone ordered coffee?" Nino interrupted suddenly, putting his two cups inside the car.

Adrien and Marinette broke their fascinated gaze and looked at their driver a bit dizzy. They reached for their coffee unconsciously, exchanging meaningful smiles by the way. Nino rolled his eyes as he turned away. He had a feeling that Plagg's perfect plan will fail even today…