I don own Miraculous Ladybug or any of the characters in this. But I hope you enjoy this fanfic all the same.

Chapter 1

Well today couldn't be any more boring for Adrien at this point. Classes were over but he was stuck at school for a while. Normally, he'd be in one of his private lessons at this point but all of his tutors were unavailable at the moment. His Chinese tutor was out of the country, his piano instructor was out sick, and his fencing teacher had an injury which prevented him from fencing. Even his own ride home was running behind schedule because of engine troubles. So it was safe to say that Adrien would be spending his time at school until something changed.

Currently he was waiting inside just walking around the halls. School didn't close until after a few more hours because of different club activities that occurred after school. He thought about participating in those clubs but none of them caught his interest. All he could do was wander aimlessly until someone contacted him to take him home. Seeing that there was no one else around, Adrien allowed Plagg to leave his pocket, and asked the kwami, "Do you think I can still make it home if I walked?"

"I'm pretty sure your arrival time wouldn't be an issue," the cat answered, "The problem is your dad's response to you leaving without a chauffeur."

Adrien groaned at the answer, remembering what Plagg meant. Last time the chauffeur was late with picking up Adrien, he decided to walk home. That didn't go so smoothly with his father since he ended up grounding Adrien for a week. His only way out of that was by changing to Chat Noir. And his only opportunity for entertainment that way was visiting Marinette.

Ever since the incident with Evillustrator, Chat Noir would almost always make a stop by Marinette's place. Visiting her as Chat Noir was one of his favorite things to do since her behavior around Chat was different than around Adrien. Around Adrien, she would stutter and shut down, and generally act like a complete mess. But if she was visiting with Chat Noir, she was confident, bold, outgoing, and not afraid to tease him back. The difference would always baffle him until he remembered that she didn't know the two were the same person.

"Yeah fair enough I guess," Adrien agreed, "But What is there to do? There's not a lot of people here."

Plagg shrugged, "I don't know. Improvise I guess. Use your imagination. You're suppose to be smart, right?"

At that remark, Adrien just stuffed Plagg back into his pocket, and went back to meandering through the halls. He only stopped when he heard a pleasant sound reach his ears coming from the auditorium nearby. He recognized it as a young woman singing along with a song but he couldn't catch the words. As he moved closer to the source, he began to realize what it was he was hearing. It was Marinette sitting down and designing while singing along to her music. And she truly had the voice of an angel in Adrien's mind.

The young blond became entranced by her singing. If she was a siren, she'd have him wrapped around her finger for sure. He found himself begin to unconsciously smile just listening alone. He managed to keep himself hidden long enough to listen to her sing three different songs with three different moods. It was actually by the third song that she began to get up and dance to the music.

All Adrien could do was watched as she let the music take her away. That was until he moved a little too close and ended up coming out of his hiding spot. By the end of the last song, Marinette saw that he was listening the whole song. When she noticed him there, she yelped in surprise at his presence and suddenly the girl that would become a stuttering mess had returned to greet Adrien once more. Thus she quickly tried to break the silence, and stuttered out, "A-Adrien…how…how long w-were you…were you standing there?"

"Well since three songs ago," Adrien answered honestly, "Though I wish I arrived earlier. You have a beautiful voice."

Marinette's face turned a deep red while her heart soared at the comment, "Oh…Uh…thank you. I-It's nothing special though. At least not compared to you."

Marinette paused as her mind thought Oh god. Did I just say that out loud? She looked to Adrien to see how he'd take the compliment. In her eyes, he certainly had a good poker face. She was just about to get ready to apologize for making things awkward between them. But Adrien spoke first, "How about we test that theory?"

The bluenette's expression shifted from concern to confusion, "What do you mean?"

"Well I think we should find a good duet song for us to do," Adrien said as he pulled out his own phone to search for a good song.

Based on what she was singing earlier, it was hard for Adrien to choose one. He knew that Marinette was a Jagged Stone fan based on the fact that she designed numerous things for him in the past. But Jagged didn't have a lot of good duet songs for them to try. Thankfully he found a song from a popular musical that they could try. He showed the song choice to Marinette, and asked, "How's this?"

Marinette glanced at his phone, and said, "I love that one."

Adrien then looked for the karaoke version of the song, as soon as he found it, he tapped the play button. He started the singing, and even began to dance along with the music, mostly in an attempt to get her to join him. Thankfully she did join in, and he even noticed a smile which made him try harder. He felt lucky that he was blessed with a good voice though he could already tell hers was better. But he felt like the magic came when Marinette sang her part of the song.

That was when he felt a true connection with her. And this time, it was between them both without his mask on. There was no clumsy, shy girl who looked nervous whenever he entered a room. This was the real Marinette that he always wanted to see. And that's when another realization dawned on him. But before he could dwell on it further, the song ended, and the two found themselves holding each other close at the end.

As they slowly pulled apart, Marinette spoke up, "That was…incredible."

"I was about to say miraculous," Adrien said with a warm smile, "We should do this again some time."

Marinette nodded in response, "I'd love that."

Suddenly, Adrien's phone rang which caused him to completely pull away from Marinette though he was reluctant to do so. He answered the phone to find that the person calling him was his chauffeur. The man let Adrien know that the car issue was resolved, and that he'd be over to pick him up in 10 minutes. Adrien confirmed that he'd be waiting for the driver outside, and hung up. He turned his attention back to Marinette, saying, "Sorry. That's my ride."

Marinette nodded, and said, "That's okay. I understand."

"Oh before I go, here's my number so we can chat over the phone," Adrien said as he wrote down his phone number and handed it to Marinette.

As the bluenette grabbed the paper, Adrien added something else, "By the way, I got invited to a special event featuring Jagged Stone, and my father is allowing me to take someone else with me. I offered to Nino, but he had something else with Alya that day. Would you like to come with me instead?"

Marinette froze with shock, "You mean…as in…a…a date?"

Adrien hesitated before answering. He was just hoping to hang out with her more as a friend while he was Adrien Agreste. It wasn't intended to be anything romantic or anything close to a date. But he felt something inside of him eagerly wanting to scream out that she was correct. So he answered, "Yeah. It'd be a date if that's okay with you."

Marinette's own hesitation made him feel worried. He didn't know if he said the wrong thing, or not but it seemed like he made a mistake. However, his thoughts were interrupted when she said, "Absolutely I'd love to go on a date with you," her blush darkened, "I mean yes. I'd never miss an opportunity like that," her eyes widened, "No that's not what I meant either."

She then took a deep breath, and said, "I'd be happy to go on a date with you."

Adrien smiled warmly once more, "Great. I'll text you the details when I have all of the info. Bye Marinette."

Just as he left he heard her call out, "Bye Adrien."

As soon as Adrien got into the car meant to take him home, Plagg softly berated him for all of the dancing while he was still in the boy's pocket. It only stopped when he realized that Adrien was lost in thought. Which left him with a good opportunity to tease him about the girl singing though to be fair, Plagg did enjoy listening to her as well. But the jokes needed to wait since they had stopped at the Agreste house. Only once they were in the privacy of Adrien's bedroom did Plagg commence the torment, "So did you kiss her yet?"

Adrien finally broke his train of thought, "Kiss who?"

"That blond brat from your class," Plagg deadpanned, "Who do you think genius? Marinette!"

Adrien blushed heavily, "What? No. She was just a friend. Besides, she can't be interested in me."

"She Just Agreed to go on a date with you dummy," Plagg spoke again, "And it certainly looks like you want to kiss her based on your blush there."

"She just had an amazing voice. That was all."

"You said she had a beautiful voice."

"Well it is true."

"She also seems cute."

"Yeah she's certainly cute."

"And has a good head on her shoulders."

"I'll say. She certainly knows what she's doing."

"And she's always there for her friends."

"She's the friendliest person I know."

"Which helps that she'll become your girlfriend."

"If the date goes right."

That last statement made both boys pause. They slowly glanced over at each other during the silence. Adrien's face became even more red from blushing. Plagg looked at him with the biggest Cheshire grin he could muster. Then the teasing continued, "So you do like her."

"Shut up and eat your Camembert," Adrien retorted as he stared out the window.

He then began to think on what Plagg was talking about and how he responded to each statement. It was true that he thought Marinette was cute if not beautiful enough to be a true princess. It was true that he enjoyed Marinette's passions and how she freely talked about all of them. And it was true that he found it sweet that Marinette would always put everyone else before herself in any circumstance. The fact that her singing voice was a gift from God was practically the cherry on top in the package that was Marinette Dupain-Cheng.

Maybe he did have a crush on Marinette. And the rest of the day, Adrien couldn't stop smiling because of it.