"Cat Noir, on the left!"

The cat turned and, without stopping, hit one of the attackers with a pole with all his might. Thanks to this, they were able to break away and gain time to summon the Fox Talisman to their aid.

The Cat Noir costume shimmers so beautifully in the sun..

"Lady Bug, look out!"

He ran up to her and, covering her with himself, repelled the attack.

How brave he is... and caring.

"Hurry up, let's hide in this school! Then I will find Al... the Holder of the Fox Wonder Stone, and together we can win!"

Lady Bug ran to school, Cat Noir followed her. But there was a trap waiting for them in the center of the hall.

"Cat, I need to contact the Al... holder!"

"I'll cover you! Cat Noir replied, rushing to the attack."

What? Risk it for her again? Well, no!

Lady Bug grabbed his wrist.

"No, Kitty, please don't go! "

He smiled faintly, grabbed his Lady's wrist and pulled her aside.

"Then follow me."

Lady Bug loved it when he took the initiative.

Cat Noir opened the door to the broom closet and went in there. Lady Bug dived in after him, closed the door, and, turning a hundred and eighty degrees, found herself face to face with him. He was painfully close, so close that she could smell his skin mixed with the scent of his perfume. The perfume seemed vaguely familiar to her, but she didn't think about it, and didn't want to think about it. Now her thoughts can only be occupied with him, only by the fact that she can only reach out and touch him, can only bring her face closer to his face and their lips will touch. Lady Bug wanted to put her hands on Noir's shoulders, but before doing so, she looked into his eyes. There she didn't see anything even close to what she felt herself. There was only a slight puzzlement and a smile in his eyes. And she stopped. This look brought her back from heaven to earth, she remembered that she had to stop Akuma, but first she had to call Alya and ask where she was.

Lady Bug was disappointed. She took out a bugphone and dialed her best friend's number.

Marinette stuffed all the textbooks she had scattered on the desk to find the right piece of paper into her backpack and threw it behind her back, heading for the exit of the classroom, but Adrian, who was sitting in front of Marinette, stopped her as she passed him.

"Nino, I'll catch up with you. "

Nino nodded, not looking surprised, and left the classroom.

Alya wasn't at school today because she got sick. After school, Marinette was going to visit her and at the same time bring her lesson notes and homework.

"Marinette, I wanted to ask. Are you..busy Saturday night? "

"I don't think so. And what? "

"Would you like to take a walk in the park with me?" Let's watch the fireworks together."

"Ahh... uh... well, okay. Are you sure you want to call me?"

"Yes! In the sense… we spend so little time together. I'd like to go out with you more often. "

"Oh. Good. Until tomorrow? "

"yes"

A few weeks ago, Marinette would have been overjoyed - Adrian invited her for a walk just the two of them! But now she easily agreed, could easily talk to him and even trust him with her secrets (well, not everything, of course). After all, now her heart belonged to another guy. Why was she so blind before?

In the evening, a text message came from Adrian. He offered to go to a cafe on the way to the park. Marinette agreed.

"I can't wait to meet you."

The girl was in a stupor. Oh, no! Did she agree to a date with Adrian Agreste! And if Cat Noir finds out? It can't be, it should just be a walk! Friends! How did it turn into a date?

"Adrian. Sorry. Don't get me wrong, but I can't go on a date with you. I'm in love with another guy."

Adrian has deja vu. The second time he falls in love with a girl, and the second time the girl refuses him because she likes another one. Is this a curse?

"Girl, are you crazy?!?! "

Marinette increased the distance between her ear and the phone until Sezer stunned her.

"Alya, is it worth yelling like that?"

"Yes!! You've been pining for Adrian Agreste for so long, and now that he's asked you out, you've turned him down! "

"But I acted according to my conscience! I really don't love Adrian anymore, and I don't want to give him false hopes! "

"May I ask the name of your new lover?"

"Cat Noir," Marinette purred.

"Oh, it seems Lady Bug shouldn't have pushed him away, right?"

Lady Bug saw Cat Noir from afar and headed towards him.

"Hello, Kitty. "

"Hello, Lady Bug."

Heart skipped a beat.

She was put into a stupor by his address to her (he no longer called her "my Lady"!) and a disappointed voice. She didn't ask why he didn't call her his Lady. His Lady even then, in the broom closet, began to realize that the Cat Noir was cooling down in relation to her.

"What happened, Cat Noir?"

"It is not important," - he muttered.

"No, it is important, Cat Noir! We're a team, I care about you…"

The cat smiled warmly and looked at her. "Thank you, Lady Bug. I'm glad I have a friend like you."

The second blow.

"The girl I like... refused to go on a date with me. She said she was in love with someone else. "

The third blow.

Not happening. Lady Bug has neglected Cat Noir for too long. His heart is no longer hers.

Alya had been ill for a week, and besides, she infected Nino, who visited her every day, while Marinette visited her friend only once, when Alya was not so sick yet. Because of this, Dupain-Cheng felt like a terrible friend, but Alya said it was good that Marinette didn't go to her and didn't get infected either.

During lunch, Marinette sat alone at the table and listlessly picked at a salad with a fork.

"Can I?"

The girl raised her head and saw Adrian in front of her with a tray. And only shrugged her shoulders indifferently. Agrest regarded this as an agreement and sat down next to her. He had noticed for a long time that something was wrong with Marinette, she was so depressed. He wasn't in a good mood himself.

"Is something wrong, Marinette? You're so sad."

She only vaguely shook her head in response, saying, never mind.

"It's okay, you can tell me, we're... friends."

Marinette looked up at him.

"A guy courted me for a very long time, but I... pushed him away because I was unrequited in love with another. And finally I fell in love with him, and very hard, but he.. he made it clear that he no longer feels the same way about me."

It was painful for Adrian to look at Marinette in such a terrible state.

But now he realized that he has a chance, since the guy she likes is such a dumbass and does not see what a awesome girl gave him her heart, he can try to please her.

He only needs one date. That's all he needs to prove to Marinette that he's worth the risk.