Marinette had only managed to put her first step inside the school building when she felt a presence behind her, "Hey, Marinette." Startled to her wit's end she turned around in what could be best described as an apprentice acrobat's attempt to not fall from a tightrope. Nowhere near as gracious nor elegant as she hoped. Also, had Adrien been this sneaky and quiet with his footsteps before? She had barely felt him until he had been literally making his presence known.

Realizing she had yet to answer to the blond, she waved a hand before letting it drop lamely to her side, her face pulling into a side grin that probably looked a bit too psychotic to be considered relaxed.

"Hey, Adrien." Okay, good job, that sounded steady. Keep it up.

"Ready for that date tonight?" The mention of the double date had her deflating slightly, was that the sole reason he had approached her?

"Yeah, I'm ready. It's going to be interesting for sure." Interesting was a nice way to put it, she knew it was a recipe for disaster, why had she agreed to it? She of all people should know how to be responsible, including with her feelings, she was Ladybug for crying out loud!

"I think it'll be nice. Luka, Kagami, you and I are friend now. It'll be much better than when we went ice skating, don't you think? We won't have to separate into the couples cause we all just know each other."

"Yeah, I think it'll be great, although I'm not sure just how comfortable are Luka and Kagami with each other, but I think that's the least of our worries." She shrugged, while he looked down at her curiously, brows knitting as he nitpicked at what she had said.

"Then what's our biggest worry?" Previously she would have considered his confused expression, but now all it did was make her scramble as she looked for something to say as his head slanted to the side.

"It-It's just a figure of expression, Adrien." Her hand coursed through the air by her side as she tried to wave off his question, her cheeks getting pink as the blond registered her excuse.

"Oh, okay. Marinette, I was wondering, do you want me to pick you up for the date?" Pick her up, why would her offer that? It's not like they were each other's date. No, they were dating other people. He was with Kagami. She was with Luka.

Taking a step back from the blond she took in a breath of fresh air, one where the smell of cologne didn't linger enough to muddle her senses. The action made him visibly nervous, as he faltered in his movement forward, deciding to stay in his place after a few seconds of indecision.

"No, it's okay. I'm sure Luka will be able to pick me up. Just make sure to pick up Kagami, and we'll meet you at the bistro." He nodded slowly, as his hands housed inside his jean pockets. "It's actually a restaurant, father changed the location."

"That's fine, just send me the directions, okay?" He looked like he wanted to say something else, but she didn't give him the chance because before he could even bring himself to say it she had been all the way to the other side of the courtyard.

Marinette felt shaken to her core, what had that been? She knew she shouldn't run away from him when all she intended was to be friends with him, but when it comes to matters of the heart, who can control it?

She had barely registered when Alya came around and lead her to the classroom. Only a slight nudge at her ribs took her out of her trance, "Ouch! Alya, what was that for?" The brunette grimaced at her as she gripped unto her side. Alya had managed to hit right between two of her ribs, making the hit more painful than the brunette had intended. "Sorry, you were just really distracted and the bell had just rung."

"Oh, thanks then." Rubbing a bit more at her side, Marinette dug out her notebook and pen for the class that was about to start. She felt a slight poke at her arm, making her turn towards the offender. "What?"

"Penny for your thoughts?" Alya leaned in, making sure that whatever it was that Marinette had on her mind wouldn't be heard by anyone else. "It's nothing, Alya." The brunette frowned at her friend's denial.

"I haven't seen you this distraught since you-know-who started dating you-know-she."

"That sentence doesn't even make sense." Her friend nudged her again. What was up with Alya and nudging today? Like who gave her coffee?

"You know I can't say." The brunette gestured dramatically with her eyes glancing towards the blond sitting just up front the bluenette. Marinette lifted an eyebrow as she acted as though she had no idea what her friend was talking about. In turn, Alya gestured with her whole body pointing towards the blond, making Marinette scramble to make her friend stop with the gestures. "Real secretive, Alya."

"You were ignoring what I was saying." Frowning, Alya scooted closer to Marinette, before glancing at the front of the classroom where the teacher had now started the lesson. "I just want to be sure you're okay." She whispered, taking Making Marinette's hands in a loose grip, "Alya, I'm fine, just a bit stressed. I'll tell you tomorrow, okay? Promise."

Marinette knew that she was dying of curiosity from what it could be that plagued the bluenette's thoughts, but she also understood that she had t ogive her friend her much needed space, so with a nod and another secretive glance towards the blond, Alya turned around and payed attention to the lecture.

Marinette however, tried to pay attention but failed miserably. She was going to fail her classes if this continued any longer, it's not like she had any other time besides school to catch up with everything else. How could she? But it's not like she could tell the school about her… extracurricular activities. 'Yeah, prof, sorry I couldn't turn in that work. I wasn't paying attention to class and then I had no time to catch up because I'm a superhero' Yeah, that'd go amazingly.

She sighed as she looked at the notes she had managed to make for the lesson. It was mostly scribbles and she wasn't sure she understood them all that well.

"Girl. Marinette!" The whisper yell was loud enough to make the bluenette jump in her seat, and she looked around making sure that no one had caught her blunder. "What?"

"Pay attention, Ms. Bustier is going over the project we have to present in two weeks." A project? Just her luck!

"What is it about?" Alya turned to her while sighing exasperatedly, "I'll pass you the notes later."

Marinette nodded smiling thankfully at her friend, before turning her attention to Ms. Bustier. "Okay, you all will have up until the Friday that's coming up in two weeks. I will need you all to make a proper research, and because I've only given you two weeks instead of a month I will be letting you pair up. Just don't leave it to the last minute because depending on the country you get you might not find information as easily."

"Now, would you guys prefer to choose your partner, or that I choose for you guys?" Marinette tensed as she thought of all the ways this could go wrong if she was paired with someone like Chole, even worse, Lila. Then an energetic chorus of 'Let us choose' could be heard around the classroom, to which the Ms. Bustier smiled and nodded. She instantly calmed down, of course the class would prefer to choose the pairs. "Okay, then get in pairs and I'll continue explaining after you've chosen your partner."

Marinette didn't even have to think about it, she knew she would partner up with Alya, there was absolutely no doubt about that. So, with the confidence of knowing she had her friend to partner up with she turns to the sight of a blond head next to her. "Oh gosh, where's Alya?"

He pointed towards the seat in front of her, who now housed a brunette instead of a blond. How had they changed places without her even noticing?

"Sorry, give me a minute." She got off her seat, leaning up to the front, her chest pressing uncomfortably against her chest and ribs. "Al, what the hell is going on? I thought we were going to be partners." Alya had the audacity to look bashful as she turned around to face the slightly aggravated bluenette. She wasn't prepared for this sudden turn of events!

"Nino jumped on me before Ms. Bustier had even finished talking, he gave me his puppy eyes saying that he really wanted to make this project with me, how was I supposed to say no?" Alya pouted, as she pointed towards a Nino that looked like he had just done his job correctly. She glared the boy, before turning towards her partner for the project.

"Sorry, had to settle something." With the traitor.

"Settle something?" If Marinette knew any better she would've thought his voice sounded teasing, but ignoring it she turned her attention towards the front of the classroom, as Ms. Bustier explained the details of the project. Once she had finished explaining, Marinette looked at her notebook, staring down at her notes once again hoping they'd somehow decipher themselves, she wasn't even sure if she had been writing French.

"Let me look at your notes." She was the hand reaching for her notebook before she heard the voice and at the sight she jumped on her seat, putting as much distance as possible between the two. "Oh, sorry, you startled me."

"Sorry, I didn't mean to, I swear." He put his hands up, his eyes big as he was startled by her reaction.

"It's okay, I was thinking that we could just research on our own and then you could send me what you've found and I'll make it coherent." She knew how busy he was, and although she too had a lot on her plate, honestly there were times she wished she could stop time.

"You don't want to do it together? I thought we could go to each other's houses interchangeably and do it like that, you know? It'll be like hanging out while doing our school work." Adrien wanted to hang out with her? Genuinely? The thought of Adrien wanting to truly be friends with her made the corners of her lips lift involuntarily. It didn't sound half as bad as it had when he had called her 'just a friend' back in what feels like so long ago.

"That's fine too, I just didn't want this to take too much of your time, but if you're okay with it, it's fine then." The list of countries that Ms. Bustier had passed around reached their table, and it was then that Marinette realized that she still had no actual clue on what the damned project was about.

"Adrien, wha-what's the project about?" She felt sheepish telling her project partner that she didn't know what the project, which she had offered to make mostly by herself too, was about. "You weren't paying attention?" She shook her head in answer, "No, I was just with my head in the clouds."

"That's fine, I'll explain, let's just pick the country for now."

"Okay, which countries are available?" He glanced at the extensive list, ignoring the ones that were picked by their classmates. "Let's see, Russia, Mozambique, Colombia, Germany, Philippines and Cuba. Which one do you prefer?"

"Depends, what exactly do we have to talk about?" He looked down at his notes, "Important turning points in their history."

"I don't know, something a bit easier and that we're most familiar with." He quirked his brow, as he smiled. "Don't want to make too much effort?" She didn't want to say she was being lazy about this project, but time was a commodity she didn't always have. Choosing a slightly 'easier' country would help with that.

"I just want to make sure we'll have an easier time with this, it'll help the research go a bit faster, don't you think?"

"You're right, how about Germany? We could write about the post-second world war period." It actually sounded good, of course he'd be able to make a good choice. "Yeah, that's a great choice, there will be good information on the internet. Yeah, let's go with that one."

"You guys done?" A voice came from behind them startling the two, and it was then that Marinette noticed that they had been getting closer and their knees were touching, carefully after writing their names next to their chosen country she slowly moved her body way from Adrien, making sure their knees didn't touch anymore as she turned to Ivan, who was paired up with Mylène.

"So, we'll meet up after class to figure what we'll do a little better, right?" She couldn't help but laugh a bit at his sudden forgetfulness. Looking down at the couple that sat down at the desk in front of them, she made sure that Alya was distracted, sure enough the pair was too busy giggling among themselves. "We already have something today on our schedule today, did you forget?"

"Right, the dou-" she shook her head rapidly, almost sure she had almost given herself whiplash. "No? I'm wrong?" He looked down right confused by her actions, and his face just made her wish a hole would just open up and swallow her whole. "No, you're right, it is that thing you mentioned." He just nodded and turned to look back at his notes, before the bell that signaled the end of class, and the end of her act of foolery. She better buy that jester outfit if this was how it would be for the next two weeks.

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When Adrien had asked Nino to pair up with Alya so that he could pair up with Marinette he hadn't thought about the consequences and the Pandora box that would open with a certain little annoying being called Plagg. Sure, he had received a weird look from Nino when he had asked, but that had been it. Nino knew that Adrien was with Kagami, Nino respected that Marinette and Adrien were friends. But Nino didn't know he visited his friend as Chat, and apparently according to annoying magical beings that changes the whole scheme of things. What a load-

"You could've just paired with Nino and then offered to do a group type thing." He sighed as his kwami kept talking with his mouth full with his cheese of choice of the day. "That wouldn't have worked, every pair has a different thing to re- Plagg no! Stop that! The cheese is getting all over my bed sheets." The tiny god shrugged before staring at his holder, "Aren't you late for that thing you have with your friends?"

"What? No, it's literally just past four." Still a tad uncertain, he picked his phone that laid on his desk and glanced at the time, a big five glaring at him with his tardiness. "Oh, no. Kagami's going to be so mad." He ran to the bathroom, took a quick shower and ran to his closet in record time. "What should I choose Plagg?" He approached the closet door, zeroing in on the laid-back kwami. "I don't know, why don't you choose what you always wear?" Well, so much for a little help.

"I can't just wear my casual clothes, it's a double date. I'm sure Luka and the girls will go all dressed up. Should I wear a vest?" Only silence responded back as he looked at the dark grey vest in his hand. "You're right, too much." He opened another drawer, pulling out some dark grey chinos. "Okay, I can work with this." He moved to the other side of the closet, browsing thought the big selection of dress shirts. Settling on a light grey long sleeve shirt that would look perfect rolled up.

All dressed up, he pulled out some white sneakers to complete the look. He tossed a final look at the mirror, before deciding that his outfit was good enough, he may not have his father's eye when it comes to fashion, but he knew he still looked good. "Let's go, Plagg. Don't want to be late."

"Or else someone will be in a whole lot of trouble~" Ignoring the kwami, he moved to open his vest, only to find none. Right. Pocket, damn it. Letting the kwami settle himself on his pocket, he made his way out of the house. "Going to pick only Kagami, right?"

"Yeah, Plagg, only Kagami. You saw how Marinette reacted when I told her I could pick her up." Plagg snickered, remembering how the girl had run away before his chosen had been able to say anything else. "she probably broke a world record trying to run away."

"Ha. Real funny, Plagg." A small smile pulled at the corner of his lips regardless at the memory of the petite girl running so fast it looked more like a blur than anything.

The ride to Kagami's was relatively quick, their usual greet with a kiss on the cheek and him opening the door for her. As they made their way to the restaurant his father had picked out for their date, she turned towards him. "Why did your father choose such an extravagant restaurant? There was no need, I don't think Luka and Marinette would feel all too comfortable there."

"My father's known for wanting the best of the best. It's expected of him to go over the top."

Kagami shrugged, "I know all about that." She smiled lightly as she leaned closer, taking his hand, joined hands meeting at the middle. "How will they get there?"

"Marinette told me she'd figure it out," he turned to look at Kagami that already had her gaze on him, "told me to send her the link, I did so the moment I got home." She quirked a brow at his last comment.

"She hasn't said anything about it? Has she even read the message?" Had she? He took his phone out, searching for Marinette's contact name, and opened their shared chat, only to realize that she hadn't opened his message yet. "Guess not."

"Let's hope they don't mind eating there. They're not used to that kind of luxury." Adrien knew that that restaurant wasn't the type Marinette and Luka frequented, but all he wanted was for them to be comfortable.

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Marinette wasn't sure why she had expected Chat to appear at her room before her date, but his lack of presence let itself hugely known. She bit her lip as she glanced at the mirror, taking into account the totality of her outfit. She hadn't been sure how to dress, but the moment she saw the message that said La Tour d'Argent at the top of her notification bar, she knew she had dress up a bit more than she would've given other circumstances. She wasn't all too happy with the choice, but she fully knew that Mr. Agreste had made that choice.

She turned around her vintage pink cocktail dress flowing down her thighs, swirling around with every turn she made. She had settled for the same flats as her first date, not trusting her clumsy self, much less at an expensive place.

She had already texted Luka with the details of the location for the date, and they deemed it wasn't too far away, at the very least they could go on his bike comfortably. Grabbing a silver necklace, she clasped it around her neck with a slight difficulty. And she took her hair out of her usual pigtails, letting her hair fall on top of her shoulder, brushing along her shoulder blades with every turn of her head. Without Chat's help, she couldn't do any braids so loose hair was the next best thing.

Grabbing her purse, she made her way downstairs where she would wait for Luka to arrive. Five minutes had gone by when she heard the doorbell, signaling her date had arrived. She heard her maman open the door as she rushed to greet her boyfriend, fully conscious that they were a tad late. Once she caught sight of him, she smiled at how awkward he looked in his slightly more formal outfit.

"Luka, you look great." He grabbed her hand and leaned down to plant a chaste kiss on her cheek, "Well, you look beautiful." A blush spread across her cheeks when suddenly she heard a giggle to her left. "Maman, I think we'll leave now, okay?"

"Okay, darling. Also, Luka dear, bring her back around 10." Sabine hugged her daughter one last time before pushing the couple out the door. "Got it Mme. Dupain-Cheng."

"So, I called for a taxi to come pick us up, hope that's not a bother."

"Hadn't we agreed that your bike was fine? I don't want to make you waste more money than necessary, the cost restaurant itself will enough to burn through my savings from commission."

"Well, it's no bother, besides I thought you'd prefer to get there without your hair all mussed up." She looked down at the dark tresses of hair as she took a small chunk, twirling the soft locks between her fingers, before letting it go as she looked up at him. "You're right, thanks Luka."

The taxi arrived just a few minutes after, and the rest of the ride was mostly silent until they arrived at the restaurant.

Marinette had recognized the car parked near the restaurant, taking a deep breath she stepped out of the taxi once it got in front of the restaurant. "I suppose they're already inside, right?"

"I guess, let's go in." The couple were starting to enter through the gate, when they heard a car door open and close near them. "Guys, we were here in the car, waiting for you guys." Marinette turned towards the couple that was approaching with a smile. "You could've just waited inside, perhaps even ordered already." Adrien shrugged as his smile was now directed to Marinette.

"It's not as fun without all of us, right?" Sparing a glance towards Kagami, she noticed that the girl did not look all too happy to be there. "Good to see you, Kagami." At the mention of her name, she smiled lightly, "Good to see you too, Marinette." And with a nod she gestured towards Luka, "You too Luka, nice to see you."

"Now that we're all here, let's enter, shall we?" Adrien offered his hand to Kagami, who took it gingerly, Luka and Marinette following the two into the restaurant.

The interior of the restaurant was the definition of luxury, chandeliers that twinkled with light hung from the ceiling giving off the height of luxury. Gold mantels covered each and every table, adorned with small delicate lamps and candles scattered along the room. Room to ceiling glass windows let the little remaining sunshine filter through the room, bathing it in a warm delicate light, while letting a wide, open view of the Parisian sky.

The group sat along one of the windows, Luka sat down next to her, Kagami in front of her with Adrien by her side. A waitress came along the table, leaving four menu pamphlets at the table.

Marinette wasn't sure what she had expected when she saw that they were going to have their date here, but it sure wasn't the price she had envisioned whenever she heard people talk about how expensive it was here. Would the money she brought along be enough?

She leaned closer to her date, trying to whisper as low as possible so that the couple in front of them wouldn't hear what she had to say. "Luka, this is a tad too expensive, don't you think?" Luka looked down at the menu, before looking up at her with a smile. "It's fine, I have some money from a gig we had a while back."

"Luka, I don't want you spending your money on me like this." She felt his hand reach out to hers under the table, "I know, but we deserve it, don't we?" A smile graced her lips when she heard someone clearing their throat. Across from them a sheepish Kagami kept her gaze on the menu, while Adrien had his gaze fixed on the couple.

"I was thinking we could order one of the entire table options in the menu." Marinette glanced at that section, skimming along the options, eyes almost bulging out when she saw the price per person. "Adrien, that's far too expensive."

"It'll give us the best dining experience, it's a pretty good deal actually." Marinette thought that a three-hundred-euro dinner course was hardly considered a good deal. "I'm sure you mean well, but we can't pay for that."

"That's okay. Actually, I hope you don't mind, but I was hoping you'd let me pay for you both." Kagami next to him nodded along his words. Had she known of this?

"That's far too kind of you, but I don't think we can accept that." Adrien noticeably deflated at her words. "Are you sure? I just want you guys to enjoy the dining experience without having to worry about money."

"That is true, Marinette. We don't want you to feel excluded, we want all of us to enjoy the food equally." Marinette looked up at Luka who had been staring at her for a while now. "Luka?" He shrugged, a small smile on his lips, letting her know it was her choice.

"Okay, but I'll let you commission anything you want, got it?" Adrien nodded, wide smile in place. "And I'll offer you a small concert anytime you want." Luka added in.

"Okay, so how about we order Les Renomées de La Tour?" Kagami, nodded as she closed her menu, "Sounds fine by me." The rest of the table nodded while not even wanting to look at that price tag…

"Adrien, it was very surprising when I heard you had suggested a double date between us, what exactly made you come up with such a suggestion?" Luka's words surprised Marinette, they had been cordial, but she knew better and she could tell from his voice that he was testing the waters, for what, she didn't know.

"Just a friendly outing between friends, I was sure we'd enjoy ourselves going out as couples." That sounded just like what Kagami had told her, and perhaps regardless of what Kagami thought, it was merely the truth.

"Would've thought you'd ask Nino and Alya first."

"I do plan on asking them, but Alya and Kagami get along as well as Marinette and Kagami. Plus, you and I get along just fine. Although it might have been imprudent of me to ask you on this outing when you've just recently started going out." Marinette felt Luka's hand tighten around hers in what she could best describe as an attempt to comfort her. And suddenly, she understood the underlying tenseness in his voice. He had been trying to protect her from getting hurt during this date.

Leaning closer to him, lips nearing his jaw, "Luka, it's fine. I'll be fine." With a deep breath and a sigh, he nodded. "Fine, you know I trust your judgement, for the most part at least." He grinned at his jest, as she nudged him softly on his side for his slight teasing.

"So, Luka I've heard that you've been having gigs more often with Kitty Section. I'm glad you're finally getting recognized."

"Well, it's a matter of the whole group really, but thanks Adrien." The waitress came around to take their order, and they fell into a conversation Marinette would best describe as dull. When their food arrived, silence reigned between the group. Plates full of delicacies that she hadn't ever thought of consuming, made her palate explode with delicate and amazing flavors.

She couldn't help but stare at the couple in front of her. Kagami leaned close towards Adrien, with him staying mostly in the same place, neither moving away nor leaning in. The pairs had fallen into smaller conversations as she talked along with Luka, making it feel less of a double date and more like she was on a date with Luka.

It was when Kagami moved to wipe away a smudge near Adrien's lips that Marinette felt her heart wrench painfully. How many times had she imagined herself as the one in Kagami's place? Far too many to count, certainly. She would be lying if she said it didn't hurt, gosh it hurt so fucking bad that she wished she could lay in bed and be held in a warm embrace,

Trying to find that comfort, she took Luka's hand in hers once again, lightly intertwining their fingers, although the position felt too uncomfortable making her untangle their fingers to just clasp at his hand. His hands were warm, but just not enough, perhaps she had gotten too used to the warmth of a certain feline hero, his hand was always so warm that it brought her comfort.

"Marinette, are you alright?" She looked up at the blond that had addressed her, noticing that now she had all eyes on her. Had she been making a weird face again? "I'm fine."

"Right, you know you can just tell me anything, okay?" She nodded, noticing how Kagami looked away, staring out the window that showed the now darkened Parisian sky. "So, I was thinking. I noticed you guys came here on a taxi. I could give you guys a drive back to your houses. That wouldn't be a problem, right Marinette? Considering that earlier today you didn't want me to pick you up for the date." Kagami turned towards Adrien, slight discomfort showing through her features.

"You offered to pick up Marinette for the date? What for?" Adrien looked confused at the sudden shift in tone of his girlfriend. "Yes, I see nothing wrong with that. We were all going to the same place. Besides, I was planning in picking up Luka as well." Kagami stood up, leaving her napkin next to her plate, "You really are just so oblivious."

"Kagami?" The bluenette turned her gaze towards Marinette ignoring as the blond caller out to her, as she offered her hand to Marinette. "I need to go to bathroom; will you accompany me?" Marinette glanced at the rest of the table. Luka had fallen silent, and just nudged her to encourage her to stand up. Adrien however, looked surprised at the sudden comment from his girlfriend.

"Sure, I'll go with you." Standing up, she turned towards the guys before taking her leave, "We won't too long, guys." The two girls walked towards the bathroom. Kagami went straight to the sink, staring at herself in the mirror, Marinette caught her gaze through the mirror.

"Kagami, did you want to say anything?"

"I guess an apology should be in order. I should've never agreed on this date. It's no good for any of us."

"Adrien wanted it, I suppose none of us can say no to him." Turning around to look at her directly, Kagami shrugged before walking towards her. "I suppose, but that should change, don't you think? Let Mr. Blondie see the reality of things." The teasing grin on Kagami's face wasn't a common appearance, but never the less a pleasant one.

"Are you making fun of your boyfriend?"

"There's no harm done, besides he really is so freaking oblivious, it's exasperating." Marinette couldn't help laugh at the memory of all the times she had tried to let the model know of her feelings, he really was extremely oblivious, perhaps to a degree of exasperation.

"Oh, I would know about that, all right." Kagami chuckled at her words before walking to the door, glancing back at Marinette when she didn't follow. "We should probably head back, don't want the boys thinking we've died over here. Or worse, we've decided to ditch them and we ending up becoming lovers." Marinette wasn't sure if what she had just heard Kagami say was a joke or not, but that didn't stop her from laughing at her friend's words.

The ride back to their houses was relatively pleasant. She sat next to Luka with Kagami on the other side of the car, while Adrien sat at the passenger's seat. Once they arrived at Kagami's house, the girl gave Adrien a kiss extremely close to his lips as she bid him goodbye, one for which Marinette had to turn away from for the fragment of a second. Before heading to leave Luka at Liberty. Why she was the last one they had decided to leave? She had no idea. Okay, she had one idea, and it was most likely the most veritable reason. She technically lived closest to Adrien.

When they reached the Seine, where Liberty would usually dock, Marinette got out of the car right after Luka, wanting to talk to him in privacy away from certain eyes.

"Luka, thank you for tonight."

"It's a pleasure always, are you alright?" She shrugged before leaning close to him, resting her head on his shoulder. "I will be." She felt his arms circle around her, as she looked up at him, suddenly aware just how close they were. She felt Luka lean closer to her and she closed her eyes softly, lips pressing against the corner of her lips.

Marinette didn't know if she felt grateful or disappointed that he hadn't tried to kiss her, but she guessed he hadn't done so because they weren't privy to other's eyes in that moment. "Thank you, see you later okay. Good night."

"Sadly I wasn't able to leave you at your house like I told your mom." She giggled at his pout, "It'll be alright, don't worry." With a kiss on his cheek she bid him goodbye, before turning around to the car.

Ahhh, the back and forth of trying to get over someone, it's not easy I'll tell y'all that.

Did Nino allow for Adrien and Marinette pair up because he thought that would help clear up any confusion for his very oblivious friend so that no one gets hurt in the long run? Yes. Such a good friend, man.

Ice been trying to post this chapter since Wednesday, but my laptop wouldn't let files (still doesn't), so I'm posting this with my phone, welp.

I'm so happy that you guys enjoy my fanfic, I had been pondering for a really long time if I should even try and I'm so glad I finally did! Thanks so much for all your comments, you're all way too nice, love y'all