Back again by... 3 demands? I really appreciate the amazing reviews, and so soon after I uploaded it! Here is the new chapter, this time from Adrien's point of view! Enjoy~ Midnight
He looked at her long and hard when she turned back to the board and started blatantly ignoring his existence.
It had come as a very nasty surprise when she had woken up referring to him as Chat Noir, like her and the cat boy hero hung out all the time. He could understand that she was still half asleep, but something about the familiarity of her response was just so unnerving somehow, like she had done it hundreds of times before. Granted he had done the same sort of thing for ladybug a few times now, when they have finished fighting and have gone to rest on a roof somewhere for a few minutes afterwards she quite often started falling asleep actually, it was adorable.
He knew that Marinette had never talked to Chat Noir, he would have remembered that, and she had never been an akuma. He sighed slightly and turned himself forward as well, tearing his eyes away, still occasionally throwing curious glances her way. What really bothered him though was her final comment rather than anything else, because it wasn't like she knew his identity or anything she had just been sleep addled. No her final comment about ladybug liking someone else really hit home.
He had never even considered the possibility that she might have a crush like his, but on somebody else entirely.
It made him horrendously sad in any number of ways.
Had he been making her uncomfortable all this time? Had she not wanting to say anything about her love life just so that he didnt feel hurt at all? of course there was no guarantee that what Marinette had said was true, but now the thought was in his head he couldn't rid himself of it.
He glanced at her again. Marinette was similar to ladybug in a lot of ways, same hair, shape, movement. But her personality was completely different, much too shy and withdrawn to compare to the confidence that ladybug exuded from every pore.
He smiled slightly remembering the hat competition with Chloe, she had her moments when she shone as bright as the sun, she hadn't even stuttered back then when talking to him and the group of judges. Smugly showing them the thread design and completely throwing Chloe under the bus. If he hadn't already been in love with ladybug, he'd have fallen for her right there and then, he thought. That confidence was exactly what she was missing in everyday life.
He shook his head, absently writing down the answer to number five, she may be similar but she would never come close to holding his heart as long as ladybug was around. He resolved himself to asking about her love life next time they met up on patrol.
He knew that they don't talk about their personal lives with each other despite being very good friends, but surely that wouldn't be an issue with this one right? Its not as if they would know each other in their daytime life anyway, he definitely would have recognized her.
With a determined expression and a faint grin that would have set Marinette swooning if she wasn't so busy ignoring him, he buckled down to finish the rest of the maths questions, thinking about all the excuses he could use when he would talk to her to know these details as he went along.