Marinette was so burnt out from all the responsibilities after becoming the guardian.
"Hey, you ok Marinette?" Adrien said, he didn't know why but seeing Marinette like that just made him sad. "You look burnt out..."
Marinette's eyes widened for a second, and she blushed. "Y-yeah..." Marinette looked at Adrien and knew he wasn't having it. "I just have so many responsibilities and I can't tell anyone ... I just want it all to end..." She was at the verge of having a mental breakdown.
"Whoa, calm down Mari, you can get through them." Adrien hugged her, before pointing to the door. "C'mon, let's walk together to the class."
Even though she had so many problems, she atleast finally talked to Adrien without stuttering.
Alya smiled a little when her friend came to the class, talking with Adrien.
Marinette sat next to Alya and they still had some minutes left before Mrs. Bustier came.
"Soo, I saw you two~~," Alya said, trying to make her laugh.
Marinette smiled weakly but also gave a sigh. "At least I won't have to lie to you when there's an akuma." Marinette groaned. "Hawkmoth is just... So desperate that he akumatized a small boy who didn't get the toy he wanted."
Alya just hugged her and smiled.
The class had ended, and Nino and Alya had to leave together, leaving Marinette and Adrien.
Marinette was sleeping, her hair wasn't even in the usual pigtails, it was just down her back.
She looks cute.
Adrien shook his head, and sat down next to Marinette, and fixed a strand of hair that was hanging from her cheek.
"Mmm..."Marinette slowly opened her eyes, realizing what Adrien did.
"Adrien...?" Marinette said as she yawned. She still hadn't come back to herself. "What are you doing?"
"Oh... I... Just fixed your hair a little, sorry…" Adrien chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck. She woke up!
It was then finally, that Marinette realized what was going on. "O-OH, T-THANK YOU HANDSOME- I MEAN NOT HANDSOME... I-" Marinette covered her face blushing, but Adrien hold her hands. "T-thank you."
"It's nothing," Adrien said, looking at her for a few seconds. "Besides, you look beautiful..." Adrien realized what he said and covered it up with "...When you let your hair down! Yeah..." He chuckled.
Marinette just giggled and thanked him. "We should go, your driver is probably waiting." She said with sadness.
"Oh, actually I got permission, so I can come over, I hope it isn't any trouble?" Adrien said, hoping she would answer yes.
He didn't know why but she reminded him of her mom, kind and beautiful, but that wasn't probably the reason he was thinking of her for a time now, right?
"Y-yeah! No problem... Not at all!" Marinette said.
"Let's go."
Adrien looked around the bluenettes room, there was still the old photos of him, but it was mostly covered up by Luka.
He didn't know why but he just felt as if his heart got crushed.
"You two seem to be very close..." Adrien said, not showing his face.
"Huh? Oh y-yeah about Luka..." Adrien was still feeling sick, he didn't know why. "We... Broke up."
Adrien turned around, eyes wide. "Why?"
"B-because..." Marinette looked behind Adrien to see her kwami, looking at her. "B-because..." She just sighed. "Because of a secret. I can't have any boyfriend, because of it..." Marinette was almost crying again.
Tikki just sighed and flew back to her hiding spot with the other ones.
"Marinette... You can talk to me, I'll listen carefully, promise!" Adrien hated seeing her like this.
"I... Can't A-Adrien, I'm sorry I just can't..." She was crying. "I... I just want all of this to end, I can't deal with it anymore..."
Adrien looked down at his jacket for a second, knowing Plagg knew what he was going to do.
Plagg just sighed, carefully going to the kwami box.
"Plagg, why are you here?" Tikki asked.
"Adrien is going to reveal himself to make her feel 'safe', I can't stop him, he already made up his mind." Tikki just looked at him with a 'Really?' look.
"Marinette..." Adrien said, sitting next to her, adjusting her hair. "I... Have something to tell you..."
Marinette stopped crying, was he going to confess? "Y-yeah...?"
"Plagg, claws in."
Marinette's heart skipped a beat.
Marinette's hands fell to her lap, she couldn't move...
Chat Noir... Is Adrien Agreste...
CHAT FUCKING NOIR IS ADRIEN AGRESTE!
Marinette was getting so red that she knew if someone saw it they would think she's dying.
"Mari, I'll protect yo-" Adrien couldn't even finish his sentence, when Marinette hugged him. "Whoa, Princess! Slow down!"
"Adrien... It... was you!" Marinette said sobbing, her voice muffled because of Chat Noir.
The earrings...
Chat Noir's body stiffed up, he couldn't say a single word.
Marinette then stopped hugging him to see why he stopped, then noticed he was looking at her earrings...
"No... Way... Right?" Adrien said.