When five miraculous were given away, each temporary chosen expected Ladybug to swing by and retrieve them to take them back to the guardian when this mission was complete.

Ladybug did come for Marinette when she needed the butterfly to be de-evilized, but there hadn't been a Miraculous cure yet.

The people of Paris grew worried that their two sweethearts wouldn't come back. After all, it had been a couple of days.

Marinette did go back to school but remained in the back where she felt she could avoid the people she called her friends.

Occasionally, Nathanial went to sit next to her, which she appreciated.

Chloe was still being mean to her, but whenever Alya or Adrien tried to go up and talk to her best friend (Marinette), she would shoo them away and give a smile to her.

And unfortunately, Lila came to school. She tried to twist everything up and play the victim. The good news was this liar had lost her 'friends'. Even her boyfriend Adrien who had broken up with her the minute he was home. As said by Nino.

The Ladyblog erupted with little sightings of Ladybug and the other heroes.

Anyways, to this day, Marinette sat alone once again. She gazed at the beautiful blue light blue sky.

Adrien gave her a gentle look. Luckily, Chloe wasn't around to stop him from going up to her. So, he made his way towards her with a gentle smile. "Marinette," he said gently. He would sit next to her. He didn't want her to go running off again.

"Do you need something?" she took her gaze off of the window of the outside. Then back at him with emotionless eyes.

"I-"

"If you're going to try and apologize, I'm not forgiving you just like that. But I'll appreciate it." she looked down and smiled to herself.

He grabbed her hand like how Viperion did but held one of her hands with both of his hands. One underneath and one on top. "I just want you to know how sorry I am. I should have listened to you. I was just so focused on Lila and I forgot all about you." he kissed the back of her hand gently.

A light blush spread across her face. "You sure did forget about me. It could happen again, you know." she remained not to trust him. Well, at least she could talk to him as a friend. Nothing more.

Adrien thought the blush that spread across her face meant anger. He wasn't sure how to interpret female emotions. "I'm sorry if I angered you."

"You didn't. Don't mind me. As Lila would put it, I'm just the peasant girl." she pulled her hand from his gentle grasp. "It's alright now."

"I don't want you to get akumatized again!"

Nathanial walked into the room minutes before class was about to begin. He may be a quiet person and all, but when he saw the sight of Marinette sitting next to Adrien, he didn't believe his eyes. 'Maybe giving him a chance.' after all, one person couldn't stay mad at another forever.

"It won't happen again. I promise."

"You just said it could happen again. Let me protect you. I want us to become friends again. You were the best fan of mine that I've ever had. Please." he gave her pleading eyes.

And that didn't seem to phase her. "Things like this don't just fix themselves right away. These things take time." she took a deep breath. "You were that stupid to not even notice my crush on you. Sure your other fans also have a crush on you too, but I didn't want to date you just for your looks or the fact that you are a model. I didn't want the light of being Adrien's girlfriend. I fell for you when you gave me that umbrella. Your kindness led me towards you." she got up from her seat and excused herself to the restroom. Tears welled up in her eyes.

Nathanial kind of just gave Adrien a glare. He wasn't really someone who could speak up like Marinette. He admired her though. The way she used to stand up against Chloe and help anyone who needed it. She tried to prevent people from getting akumatized. She brought people together.

The blond sighed. This time, he couldn't take her silence. He couldn't handle her rejection of their friendship. As the school bell rang, Adrien ran out as the teacher walked in.

"Adrien!" the teacher would call out to him. But he just ignored her.

He would go to the boy's locker room and allow Plagg to fly out freely. "What do you think I should do? I'm truly sorry for what I've done."

"You can't really force these things." the cheese-loving cat kwami said. "Now give me some camembert. Plagg is hungry."

"Would you stop thinking about cheese and give some word of advice here?"

"Kid, if you really want to woo her, you gotta be persistent. The ladies love it."

"How many girls have you wooed over?"

"None.." he mumbled. Then hid when he heard footsteps that didn't belong to Adrien.

Adrien looked around and saw Marinette walking towards him.

"Adrien.."

"Yes, Marinette?"

"I...I'm sorry for not forgiving you earlier. I really can't push myself to trust anyone at the moment here. I mean if I betrayed your trust in me, I would bet you would be in the mood of non-forgiving." she was sure he probably hated her. And she also made the stupid mistake to come into the boy's locker room just to talk to the boy who had her heart once.

"I understand," he said with a gentle smile.

She silently cursed to herself about his stupid smile. "I didn't want you to get akumatized either."

He looked down at her. "Even if I got taken by an akuma, I would never hurt you."

She blushed again. "We should be getting back to class. I don't really want to deal with having lots of homework." she walked out.

And Adrien stood there like an idiot. He was now falling in love with her.