AN: Okay, yeah, I totally intended to get this posted before Nanowrimo started, but…on the plus side, I am writing a much longer Miraculous fanfiction for Nano and I plan to start posting that up here on this site very soon!

So, here are Adrien's thoughts to round out this two-shot! I have another short story planned that is based off of the Cat Blanc episode! Anyway, hope you enjoy!

Part 2: Adrien

Oh man, I really messed up somehow! The thing is, I don't even know what I did! Somehow I ended up making Marinette mad at me and now we might not even be friends anymore! How can I even start to fix this when I'm not even sure how it happened? As far as I know, I had done nothing differently around Marinette, but there must have been some reason. Plagg was right. Girls are so confusing!

Today had just been a total disaster! I didn't think that would be the case after finally convincing Nathalie to let me bring my friends along with me to the wax museum. I had thought it would be a nice fun day, but, as it turned out, the only fun thing had been fighting alongside Ladybug, my beautiful, smart, and resourceful, superhero partner. I could think about her all day, but now's not the time, not when Marinette was here with me in the car and I was running out of time to smooth things over with her!

"No! Don't leave me alone with him!" I could still hear Marinette's words that she had spoken when we were alone in the workshop together, the desperation in her voice to be anywhere but there with me. Well, now we were alone again (pretty much). Did she hate me that much? I had to find out!

I started to apologize to Marinette, because that would be a good starting point, right? As my luck would have it, Marinette decided to do the same. Marinette politely offered to allow me to speak first, but I told her to go ahead. That way, maybe I could learn what had caused this misunderstanding and remedy it as soon as possible.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have kissed the statue, but I didn't know it was you, and if I had, it wouldn't have been a prank because I—"

Oh, yeah, that stupid prank! Looking back on it now, I can't believe that I did that! It had been a dumb idea. I should've known that Marinette would probably not respond in the same way that I do when Plagg uses his pranks to cheer me up!

"No, no... It's my fault. When you left the workshop, I was so worried that you were mad at me...? It made me do the stupid prank, and..."

There, I had said it! Now Marinette would know how I felt and hopefully she would tell me that I was overthinking her actions earlier. I waited for Marinette's response and I'm pretty sure I stopped breathing, not even trusting myself to do it until I knew what she was thinking.

"Of course I wasn't mad at you! I'm sorry that I made you believe that."

What a relief! She didn't hate me after all! Yet, I could see hear her words from earlier. "You're not exactly a 'good friend,' you know?" When I had asked her what I was to her, if not a good friend, I never did get an answer. Maybe she would tell me now? Okay, slow down, one step at a time, Adrien! "Is that true?" I asked Marinette. "We're still friends, you and me?"

"Of course! But, to be safe, maybe we should stop playing pranks on each other."

I could not agree more! How silly it would have been to lose my friendship with Marinette over that stupid prank. Laughing, I responded, "I know, I'm not good with jokes." That didn't stop me from trying. I thought my cat jokes and puns were pretty great! Of course, then I pictured Ladybug. She would agree with Marinette. "The girl I'm in love with doesn't like them either."

I loved Ladybug, but she was always so serious, always telling me that there was no time for joking. Oh well, that would not stop me from trying! Someday, she'll probably fall for Cat Noir's charm and wit.

"The girl that you—? You're... you're in love with...?"

Marinette shifted to move a little farther away from me. Crap, now what did I do? I had just made a lighthearted comment and now she hates me again? Help! Please don't let me be back at square one! "Are you okay, Marinette?"

Her reply was short and rather to the point. "Yeah, yeah. I'm glad we're friends."

Yep, I messed up again somehow. We had just finally started to mend the rift in our friendship and now it seemed to have reopened. Now what do I do?

Unfortunately, before I could do anything, the car came to a stop outside of Marinette's parents' bakery. She got out of the car without saying a word.

I had to say something. The day could not end like this! What do I say? "See you tomorrow at school?" It was stupid, I knew. Of course she would be at school. Marinette never missed school. She'd come late sometimes, but she'd be there eventually.

"Yeah..." She closed the door and disappeared quickly into the bakery.

The ride back to my home was short, but I hung my head the entire time. It did not feel like I had fixed anything between me and Marinette. Our friendship still felt as fragile as it had this morning in the workshop, ready to break at any second.

Nathalie was waiting for me when I got home. She had a schedule planned out for me, as always. I dismissed it by saying that I did not feel well (which was not technically a lie) and opted to retreat immediately up to my bedroom.

Once I was upstairs and had shut the door of my bedroom, I plopped down onto my bed. For awhile I just lay there with my face buried in my pillow. Even Plagg stayed quiet, though I could sense him nearby. Plagg was never really one for talking about human emotions, but he could be a good listener when he wanted to be.

Today had been exhausting and I felt drained from all that had happened. That is saying something, coming from me! I was no stranger to busy schedules and the exhaustion that came from them!

"Perhaps some delicious Camembert will cheer you up, Adrien?" Plagg offered.

Flipping around to lay on my back, I acknowledged my Kwami. "No, thanks, Plagg. I'm good."

Plagg shrugged. "Oh well, more for me!" He dropped another piece of the stinky cheese down his throat. How could he eat that stuff?

I shut my eyes and pictured the car ride home with Marinette. There must have been something I missed, some reason why Marinette had gotten so upset again. Visualizing as much detail as I could, I tried to figure out what I could have missed the first time. As far as I could tell, though, there was no indication.

"Plagg, do you know why Marinette got so sad when I told her that Ladybug doesn't like my jokes?" It was a long shot to ask my Kwami about this, but I figured I'd try anyway. Seriously, what did I have to lose?

Plagg dropped another piece of cheese down his throat and munched on it while he answered me. "I wasn't paying attention. Did you actually tell her that Ladybug doesn't like your jokes?"

"Uh, no." I rubbed the back of my neck in slight nervousness. "We had been talking about not pulling pranks on each other anymore. I had said that would be fine because I'm not good with jokes and the girl that I'm in love with doesn't like my jokes either."

Plagg thought for a moment. "I don't know anything about girls. Maybe she misunderstood what you said?"

"I don't understand. Why would that matter?" Marinette was my friend, so why would that make her sad?

Plagg flew closer to my face. "You can be so dense sometimes, Adrien."

I shrugged it off, but maybe Plagg was right. "Yeah, well, I haven't exactly had much luck with all of this. I mean, even when I openly admit how I feel, I still get rejected."

"Maybe it's time you stopped focusing so much on Ladybug and try thinking about what Adrien wants?" Plagg suggested with a shrug.

Rising up from my bed, I walked over to my desk and sat down in the chair. Leaning my head back to rest on the top of the chair, I slowly spun it around. "You know I just can't do that Plagg. Ladybug will always be the only one who truly has my heart."

"Well, then I guess you will just have to get used to being rejected, then." Plagg shrugged and then went back to his Camembert. "That is the good thing about cheese. It will never reject me."

I sighed again. Plagg made this all sound so easy, as if I could just forget about the girl of my dreams without any problems at all. How easy for him to say! Kwami don't feel love, at least not in this same way that humans do.

It didn't matter, though. Even if I wanted to follow Plagg's advice, there was no way that I possibly could. The heart wants what it wants and it was impossible to try to deny it that pleasure. The girl that I love is Ladybug. I had loved her from the moment we met and my love for her could only grow stronger with each day that we worked alongside each other. The girl that I love is Ladybug, always was and always will be. Forever, no matter what.

So, there you have it! Adrien was never thinking of Kagami (but we already knew that, right?). Now, I just can't bring myself to ship Adrien and Kagami at all! I can support Marinette and Luka, but I most definitely prefer Adrien and Marinette together, so that will be the pairing that creeps into most of my stories. Just don't expect any Adrien and Kagami, like, ever! Haha.