Marinette P.O.V.
"So after we finished strolling around, we sat down and he finally told me he wanted to be more than just friends with mutual feelings, he wanted us to be a couple!" Alya exclaims as she tells me about how Nino and her got together, I can't help but smile as I imagine my best friend in a romantic setting with the person she loves declaring their love for her.
"That sounds so romantic Alya!" I exclaim, we walk out of school as a fangirl expression comes onto my face.
"And then he..." she says but doesn't finishes as she starts blushing extremely.
"Wait, don't tell me you had your first... Oh my gosh Alya you did!" I fangirl and hold both hands to my cheeks as once again I imagine my best friend.
"Yeah she did dude, and it was just like this," Nino appears out of no where and after saying that he kisses Alya who happily kisses back.
"You guys are so adorable!" I say.
"They are, aren't they?" Adrien asks as he stands next to me, I jump and move a little away from him.
"Yeah they are! Well I have to go work on some designs, see you all later!" I say as I run away and go to my house.
"Miraculous Ladybug!" I say as the city restores to it's original state, I turn to Chat Noir and smile.
"We sure swept that up" Chat says, obviously making a pun since the akumatized victim was a janitor and fought with brooms.
"Haha, sure thing, Pound it!" we synchronize and fist bump.
"Great work as always m'lady" he says as he kisses my hand, his ring beeps.
"You should be going back kitty before your identity sweeps US away" I tell him.
"Will you be doing guard tonight?" he asks me.
"Of course, see you then" I tell him as I he leaves the scene and I go help the victim.
I sit on the top of the Eiffel Tower and appreciate the cool autumn breeze.
"Seems like your beauty is at it's PEEK tonight m'lady" I hear Chat Noir say as he arrives, like always cracking a pun.
"Well hello kitty cat, I wonder if I throw you from here, will you land on your feet?" I ask hypothetically, making Chat wear a fake scared expression. I giggle and motion for him to sit next to me as always.
"M'lady can I ask you a question?" he asks me.
"You just did," I reply teasing him.
"Very funny," he says.
"Ok, I will let you ask me one more question" I say with a wink. We make eye contact and I can't help but feel a small blush crawl on my cheeks, I can see a big blush on his face though.
"I want to ask you if I have a rival," he says to me, leaving me completely clueless as to what he wants to know.
"Sorry Chat but I don't understand what you're asking exactly" I tell him.
"I want to know if you like anyone..." he says as his face turns pink.
"Actually I do, but lately my feeling for him have seemed to start wavering. You see, I used to like him so much that whenever he spoke to me I would get so nervous that I wouldn't be able to talk to him and when I did it was just a bunch of words that made no sense, lately though, I realized my feelings were very much one sided. He sees me as nothing more than a friend, so even though I like him, my feelings seem to have come to a cool down point if that makes sense. I have more important things than worry about crushes, I have to protect our city, I have school, my friends, and of course you Chat" I ramble on.
"Well, enough about me, what about you? You're always flirting with everyone you see" I ask him.
"You are the only one for me bugaboo, I like no one but you," he says as he kisses my hand and winks at me.
"Doubt that kitty cat, I should get going, bye bye" I say and disappear into the night to my house as always.
"You are all excused" Miss Mendeliev says as she excuses the class ending our day. It's Thursday today so I'm going to go get boba tea with Alya, she tells me to go ahead so I stand at the entrance waiting.
"Mari!" she exclaims as she waves at me beckoning me to her.
"Girl I am so sorry but Nino just asked me out to go see a new comic book store, I know we promised to get boba tea together but..." she apologizes.
"No worries, we can go another time, I'll just use this time to sketch out some new designs or something" I say with a smile, Alya is my best friend and I can't help but feel happy for her now that she is in a relationship.
"I can make it up to you right now actually," she says with a smirk.
"Sorry to keep you waiting babe," I hear Nino say as he emerges from the classroom with Adrien behind him. He winks at her a little suspiciously but I guess that's how couples flirt.
"Hope you guys have a cute date, I guess I'll be going" I say with a smile, I turn so I can walk away but I hear Alya speak again.
"Wait girl, I want to make it up to you, I know you really wanted to try boba tea" Alya says.
"I-It's no big deal, really Alya" I say.
"Hey Adrien, you like boba tea don't you dude?" Nino asks Adrien who is still standing there.
"Yeah..?" Adrien says.
"We canceled our plans as well so you have some free time on your hands right?" Nino asks, I know where this is heading, I have a feeling this was planned.
"I guess," he says still not catching on, what an oblivious boy. No wonder he hasn't found out about me liking him.
"Why don't you go with Marinette to get boba then? I'm sure Alya will feel guilty about abandoning her friend otherwise" Nino says to him, he gives him that "do it for me" look that Alya gives me all the time.
"Sure, I mean if it's fine with you Marinette" Adrien says to me, I blush tomato red.
"I-If it doesn't bother you I'm fine with going" I can hear my voice go squeaky.
"Well then, I can go at ease, see you two!" Alya says, and with that both her and Nino run off.
"They are so cute" I say as I watch them.
"I know right" Adrien says to me with a smile.
"They seems so in love and they're really compatible" I tell him.
"I agree" he nods, "well, shall we get going?" he asks me.
"Sure," i say with a smile.
We walk to the boba shop and buy our drinks, Adrien offers to pay for mine but I don't let him. We take a seat in one of the tables inside and sit there for a while in silence.
"So, how are the designs for Jagged Stone going?" he asks me a bit nervous.
"They're going great actually, he's having his first fitting tomorrow afternoon," I say as I sip at my boba tea.
"You want to be a fashion designer right?" he asks me.
"Yeah, I love fashion so I design most of the things that I wear, I hope that maybe one day if I work hard enough I'll be able to work for Gabriel Agreste" I say forgetting that Adrien is his son.
"I'm sure that with your talent my father will hire you," he says to me with a genuine smile. I can feel myself melt but try to keep calm. We spend the rest of the afternoon talking and it's really fun when I actually get to have conversations with him and not just pour out random words and hope a sentence can be made.
"Hi Marinette!" I hear someone say. I turn to see Nathaniel with a boba tea and his sketchbook.
"Hi Nathaniel! What a coincidence, care to join us?" I ask before asking Adrien.
"I wouldn't want to bother you two" he says shyly.
"Nonsense, right Adrien?" I ask him, he does look a little peeved for some reason, do they not get along?
"No bother at all," he finally says, I guess it was my imagination.
"You look really nice today Marinette, are you wearing a new jacket?" he asks me.
"I'm surprised you noticed, but yeah my jacket is new as well as my shirt," I say, happy that someone noticed. He laughs and I can't help but smile at how sweet he is even though I don't reciprocate his romantic feelings towards me.
"You are very talented Marinette, just perfect to work in my fathers company" Adrien says making me blush.
"Not only are you talented but also very beautiful, I want to use you as my muse" Nathaniel says to me as he points to hi notebook. I blush even harder.
"Wow, I've never been drawn nor painted before, I'm not sure I would be the ideal candidate," I say.
"Of course you would, I would put you on many magazine covers! Modeling your own creations of course" Adrien says, I'm not sure if I can get a darker shade of pink.
The slight argument/battle continues making me go different shades of red, it gets to a point where they are both pulling one of my arms which begins to start bothering me. Finally I stand up.
"Sorry to have to leave boys, but I have to go work on some designs, have a nice afternoon" I say as I leave.
Adrien's P.O.V.
Marinette leaves the boba shop claiming she has to work on some designs leaving me and Nathaniel alone in the boba shop. For some reason he seemed to peeve me when he was flirting with Marinette which is very weird.
"Look Adrien, it's no mystery that I have feelings for Marinette, and you don't. So stop playing around acting as if you like her when you don't, I want to attempt to win her heart, but I can't when you do nothing but PLAY with it, so leave her alone or stop leading her on when you don't like her" Nathaniel says angrily as he gets up and leaves the boba shop.
I sit there contemplating, what does he mean by leading her on?
Marinette's P.O.V.
"MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!" I exclaim as I see the city of Paris restore, I hope the scratch on my cheek disappears but no it just cleans up the blood, I can't believe that after such a nice afternoon with Adrien, well sort of,an akumatized victim would appear.
"Pound it" me and Chat say.
"Ladybug are you okay?!" Chat asks me as he comes to me worried.
"I'm fine Chat, just a scratch" out victim became a werewolf and scratched me.
"That's quite a unique scratch you have there," he says to me.
"It's okay, since I AM Ladybug it will probably disappear after our next win" I say to him.
"Are you sure you're okay?" he asks me clearly worried, I look into his green cat eyes and can't resist but to kiss him on the cheek.
"Well, I have to go, bye kitty cat" I say as I leave him standing there and I return to my house.
I wake up and get dressed, I use the bathroom and remember I have a scratch on my face!
"Tikki what am I going to do?!"I exclaim.
"It will disappear after your next win but for now you can use make up!" Tikki says.
"You're a genius Tikki!" I say as I give her a hug. I apply some concealer I have and rush out the door hoping not to be late for school!
A/N: Thanks for your nice reviews! I hope you enjoy the story so far, most of the chapters are pre-written so as long as you like the way the story arch is written chapter will be uploaded regularly, criticism and ideas are more than welcome!