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The next day, school felt longer than usual. Marinette tapped her pencil against her desk, as she watched Ms. Mendeleiev rattle on and on about Physics.
Marinette couldn't get the thought out of her head that possibly Chat Noir could be somewhere in the same building as her, listening to class.
Chat Noir said that he looked a bit different than he did in his superhero form.
What could that mean?
Okay, relax.
First things first.
Marinette was going to have to narrow down every blond haired, green eyed kid in the school.
Not too hard, right?
Two hours later, Marinette sat down, exhausted at the lunch table next to Alya.
"Girl what's up with you?" asked Alya, taking a bite out of her apple. Marinette snapped out of her thoughts.
"Nothing, Alya." She dismissed. Alya raised an eyebrow and tilted her head to the side.
"You sure? You hardly paid attention in class." she pointed out. Marinette sighed.
"I just didn't get enough sleep last night," she lied. Alya nodded, satisfied with the answer, and turned away to talk to Alix.
As Alya chatted with Alix, Marinette pulled out a small notepad listed with the names of all the boys eligible to be Chat Noir. She pondered over what Chat Noir meant when he said he looked a bit different than he did in superhero form again. Marinette knew her appearance changed ever so slightly. Her bangs shifted from side bangs to front-facing bangs, and her hair color got slightly darker. Her voice even got a little bit lower. Perhaps Chat Noir meant those little changes.
At the top of Marinette's list was Adrien. And although Adrien had the looks of a model (he was a model, after all), and had blond hair and green eyes, Marinette could not see him making a pun.
But it was the best she had, so Marinette continued investigating.
If Adrien Agreste was Chat Noir, she had to be completely sure before she confronted him.
Adrien slowly chewed a spinach leaf from his salad, as he thought about Ladybug's clues.
The only girl who fit Ladybug's descriptions was Marinette.
She was clumsy, had freckles, and if Adrien had understood correctly-she was part French, part Chinese which technically counted as two different nations.
But it made absolutely no sense.
Perhaps it was because Adrien had seen with his own two eyes Marinette and Ladybug standing right next to each other after Ms. Mendeleiev had gotten akumatized.
But then again, Ladybug would go to extremes to make sure her identity was kept a secret. She could have easily created a clone of herself using the Fox Miraculous.
"Dude! You listening?" asked Nino, mildly irritated.
"Huh?" asked Adrien, blinking confused.
"You weren't even paying attention! There's an akuma," explained Nino.
"Seriously? Now?" asked Adrien. Why did the majority of akumas always happen during school?
"I-err-just remembered that my father doesn't like it when I'm not around under his supervision during akuma attacks. I'll just go tell Ms. Bustier." he lied.
Nino sighed, and directed his attention to Ms. Mendeleiev who was giving instructions across the lunch hall.
Adrien after informing Ms. Bustier, Adrien ran towards the exit of the school building and took a turn into an alleyway. He grabbed a slice of camembert as a thought entered his mind.
There was a big chance that he could probably test whether Marinette was Ladybug or not.
All he needed was a lie. And a big one at that.
