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Flashback...Monday afternoon, Feb.13

He took a deep breath before getting out of the car. There were only going to be fifteen minutes before lunch break was over. That was going to be his excuse to try and make it to class on time if he got trapped again. He'd already had six girls come up to him in the morning and between classes, saying how much they really liked him. He had opened his locker twice and had found it the first time filled with cards, the second time filled with flower petals. He had no idea how whoever did it had managed to get the petals in there. It was actually a little unnerving to think about.

He barely made it inside the building when he was stopped. He saw the card in the girls' hand as she asked to talk to him. He only took a few steps to the side with her before she held out the card, explaining about how much she admired him. That was new at least. The girl had taken off before he could give her a response, but he wasn't complaining. He read the card quickly, smiling slightly. It wasn't an over-the-top declaration of love, just an honest note about how much she admired his work with modeling and how she wished him happiness.

He put the note in his bag, Plagg saying it low, "Ugh, not another one. It's not even Valentine's Day yet."

"It is only going to get worse, you know that." He whispered, making his way across the commons. He saw a quick flash of pink before he was being pulled away from the stairs and towards the locker room. He was pushed behind some lockers and her small hand went over his mouth as she peered around the corner. He heard the increase of footsteps before a voice said it quickly, "I know Adrien was here! I saw him walk in!" "Doing this together was a stupid idea." "Speak for yourself." "I'm not going to let anything stop me." "Me either!" There were at least five girls outside the locker room door, looking for him he realized.

When the voices passed, the small hand moved from his mouth as she let out a soft sigh, "I'm so sorry about practically dragging you in here. I overheard them talking about you and knew they were going to hunt you down when you got back."

He couldn't help but smile at her, "You are a lifesaver Marinette. It's not even Valentine's Day, and I still can't get away from it."

She smiled, fiddling with the end of the braid over her left shoulder, "It was nothing. I know how much you absolutely enjoy the next few days."

He groaned slightly, but smiled at her sarcasm, "Oh yeah, it's my favorite time of the year."

They laughed together for a second before he told her seriously, "Really, thank you. I'm seriously debating not even coming to school tomorrow after the way today has already gone." Especially because he knew that none of the girls who had come up to him today were his Lady. She had said forty-eight hours, which would include Valentine's day tomorrow, but she knew how tomorrow was likely to go. If he didn't find her today, he wasn't going to get the chance to look for her civilian self tomorrow. He honestly just, wouldn't have time, and neither would she.

The joy in Marinette's eyes dimmed slightly, "O-oh, you aren't going to be here tomorrow?"

"Not if I can help it." He said as a promise, even if that meant spending the day as Chat Noir. He and Ladybug were no doubt going to be needed all day anyways. Last year they'd had over a dozen akuma's on Valentine's Day alone. Hawkmoth was no doubt going to try and break his record this year just to mess with them. To wait for them to mess up so that he could try and get his hands on their miraculous.

"Oh, that's, too bad." She said softly.

He smiled at her, "Hey, don't worry. It's just one day. I'm not going to forget my friends that fast."

She looked up at him, worrying her bottom lip. He asked instantly, knowing what that meant, "Hey, what's the matter? Why are you upset?"

She shook her head quickly, "No, no I'm not upset. I'm fine."

He looked at her sternly and she caved, "Okay I'm not fine. I thought, I didn't think it would be like this."

He asked confused, "What do you mean?"

"I know how much you hate Valentine's Day, and that all those girls throwing themselves at you makes you uncomfortable." She grabbed his hand suddenly, holding it gently in hers, "And, I don't want to be one of those girls. You are one of the best friends I could have ever asked for, but I, I can't keep pretending anymore."

He felt his heart pick up speed, internally starting to panic, "Pretending?"

She squeezed his hand, telling him quickly, "It's nothing bad, I swear!"

He felt himself relax a little, "Oh, good, that makes me feel a little better, but I'm still confused."

She took a deep breath and looked straight into his eyes, "I'm in love with you Adrien. I have been for a long time, and I can't keep pretending like those feelings aren't there. I feel like I'm about to burst if I hold it in anymore."

His heart dropped, "Marinette,"

"I know you've always told us that you were in love with someone, and I have always respected that. You are entitled to love who you love. I just, I can't keep it to myself anymore. You are so special Adrien, in so many ways. Your friendship has meant the world to me, but my feelings for you go so much deeper than that."

She kept her eyes cast down, "I'm not perfect, and I am a total klutz. Words have never been my strong-suit, but I need you to know that this wasn't some overnight change. I can't even tell you when the exact moment was, but there were little things that led up to it that made me realize how much you really meant to me." She smiled at the ground, "It was in your willingness to help your friends, and in your smile despite all the rules and strict schedules. It was in the way you always look out for the people you care about, and the way you cherish those people. It was there, in the way your eyes shine when you are genuinely happy, and in the little lucky charm you made for my birthday to show how much you really cared."

She finally found the courage to look up with a soft smile, "It was your puns that made me cringe and want to laugh at the same time, and your kindness when you held your umbrella out to the girl who judged you far too quickly. Those are the things that made me fall in love with you."

He squeezed her hand, trying with everything he had not to cry. Why did she have to be so amazing? Why did she have to love him this way? He had been pushing down his feelings for her for over a year, and now to find out she felt the same way... and with Ladybug finally ready to give him a chance too. Why was this his sick luck?

His stomach turned. He hated himself for what he was about to do. His heart was practically pushing the air out of his lungs, making it nearly impossible to speak as he got it out slowly.

"You, you are one of the most, amazing, genuinely kind and most beautiful girls I've ever met. I can't believe that, someone like you would even be friends with someone like me, much less feel something more." His throat felt dry, and he felt a strong bite start at the back of his eyes as he held back the tears.

"I'm, amazingly lucky to have someone like you in my life." He let go of her hand, the words leaving a bitter taste in his mouth, "And I, I'm so sorry Marinette but I, I can't return your feelings. I'm in love with someone else."

He watched the tears fill her eyes, even as she smiled sadly, "No, don't apologize, I get it. I can't compare to her, I always knew that."

He told her quickly, "That's not it. There is no comparison. You are amazing in your own way. It's just that she,"

"has your heart." She said knowingly, making him nod in silence as the tears fell down her face. She closed her eyes as she looked away, "I always hoped that I was wrong, that you saw me as more than a friend," she sniffled, "but deep down, despite that hope, I always knew your heart belonged to someone else."

She wiped the tears away in vain as more easily took their place, "I wanted to be wrong. I wanted to believe you and I wanted you to prove me wrong." She looked back at him, saying it sadly, "I told you that you wouldn't love me the same Kitty. And I hate that I was right."

It took a second for his mind to register her words, his eyes widening as he realized what he had just done, "M-m'lady I,"

"Don't." She said in hurt, "That was the truth. You don't really love me. You never did."

He felt like every nerve ending in his body suddenly went into overdrive, filling him with a pain he didn't know was possible. She turned quickly to leave, making it to the door before he found the will to move, "Marinette wait!"

She rushed out into the hall as he went after her. "Marinette please!" He begged as he tried to catch up, "Please, let me explain,"

"There's nothing to explain." She said, stopping and turning back to him sadly, "You are in love with her, I know that, but that doesn't change your feelings for me, the feelings that don't exist. It's been one-sided for a long time."

He said it instantly, "That's not true."

"Yes it is." She said as stared into his eyes. He could feel her heart breaking, the way his was breaking seeing that pain on her face, "You broke your promise. You didn't see me. You've never seen me."

She turned and walked away, but this time he couldn't make himself follow after her. The tears in his eyes fell as he stood there, crumbling to pieces.

He had lost his Lady, and he didn't have anyone to blame but himself.

...Friday back at midday break, Feb.17

Nino asked when he went quiet too, trapped completely in that moment where he had ruined everything, "So, are you planning on breaking up with Lila then? If you are in love with Marinette?"

He wanted to glare at Nino for even suggesting he had anything going on with Lila, but settled for genuine shock when he saw that Nino actually looked sincere.

He said it hard, "I'm not breaking up with someone I'm not even going out with in the first place. I don't know what Lila has been saying this time,"

"She said you asked her out on Valentine's Day, and you guys just hadn't told anyone yet to avoid the media." Nino said quickly before asking, "You mean it's not true?"

"NO IT'S NOT TRUE! I'M IN LOVE WITH MARINETTE, I'D NEVER GO OUT WITH THAT LIAR!" He yelled as he stood angrily. He made his way back inside, Nino catching up to him quickly, "Dude, I didn't know."

"It's not you. I'm sorry for snapping at you." He said softer before adding it annoyed, "I want to say I can't believe this, but I can."

They walked into the commons, seeing Alya at Lila's side, a hand on her arm as Lila said it with fake kindness, "You need to move on Marinette. You are making a scene, and after that horrific display before Valentine's day to try and take Adrien from me,"

"I didn't try to take him from you! I can't take what was never yours to begin with!" Marinette said angrily, "I don't care what lies you want to spread anymore,"

Marinette leaned forward slightly, an uncharacteristic wicked smirk on her face, "you are a lost cause not worth the time or effort, but you won't talk about him that way! I'm not going to stand here and let you get away with talking about Adrien like he's a trophy you think you've won! You don't know the first thing about him! He is kind and gentle, and smart and funny. He cares about his friends, and about protecting people. He just wants someone to look at him and see him for who he is, to see how much he loves anime and romance stories like the amazing dork he is, and who is willing to stand up for him when no one else will. He deserves someone who can show him everyday that he is loved despite his flaws, not for his looks or stupid money or obnoxious fame that he wishes he didn't even have!"

Marinette closed the gap to Lila, getting right in her face as she said it hard, "Lie until your last breath. I don't care about what you make anyone think about me, or how they think you are some saint," she got closer, her bluebell eyes on fire as she stared into Lila's scared face, "but don't you dare, try to drag Adrien down into your lies with you ever again."

Lila asked harder, but her voice was shaking, "Or you'll what?"

Marinette stepped back, smiling sweetly. It scared him to the core.

"I'll make you wish you had never laid eyes on him." She said with that sweet smile still on her face.

God he loved this girl.

"Adrien." Lila called out to him in surprise.

Marinette instantly turned, her cheeks flushing as their eyes met. He slowly walked over to them, Alya asking point blank, "Adrien, you can clear this up. Will you just tell Marinette that you are dating Lila, and that she really does know you better than anyone? You guys have been through so much together and Marinette is trying to make it seem like,"

He held Marinette's eyes, saying it instantly to cut her off, "Lila doesn't mean anything to me. She's a liar who thinks she is going to use me to make herself look good. I would never go out with someone like her, not when my heart is already with someone else who does know me, and who loves me for me. Despite how much I've hurt her all this time."

Marinette looked down as Lila grabbed his arm, "Don't be like that Adrien. I know you wanted to keep it a secret for as long as possible so the media wouldn't hound us but,"

He pulled his arm out of hers roughly, "Don't. There is no you and me. There will never be a you and me. I wouldn't have asked you out, even in my most desperate moment. I spent almost all of Valentine's Day hiding out." And dealing with akuma's, "I didn't have time to ask out the one person I wanted to, and that person wasn't you."

Lila's facade was slipping, "It's not like there is anyone else who could even compete for your heart Adrien."

Marinette said it angrily, "He's not a damn prize Lila!"

"I'm not a damn prize Lila!" He said just as angrily.

They looked at each other again in shock, realizing that they had said it at the same time.

He gave Marinette a small smile as he said it, "But you are right. There is no one who can compete." He took a few steps closer to stand at Marinette's side, hoping that she could see how much he meant it. "My heart belongs to Marinette, it always has."

He gently pushed a loose piece of hair out of her face, staring into her beautiful eyes as he said it, "There is a reason I haven't dated much, and the one time I did, that it didn't work out. No one can compare to her."

Her eyes were glossy as she held back tears, and he ran his thumb over her cheek softly, his voice lowering as they became lost in their own world, "No one can keep me up at night, or make me smile just by thinking about them. No one can laugh and warm my heart, or cry and cause mine to break."

Her lower lip was trembling, and he grabbed her hand to pull her closer, "No one can look at me, and see me past the glamor to who I am. No one accepts me despite my flaws, despite my mistakes, despite how much I've unknowingly hurt them,"

The tears in her eyes fell as her eyes closed in pain. He wiped them away gently, whispering it as the pain in his own heart clenched inside of him, "No one except you, the only girl in the entire world who can make my heart feel like its being torn in two," he let his forehead rest against hers, "without realizing all this time that the girl I loved, and the girl I was falling in love with, were already one and the same."

Marinette's voice cracked as she whispered his name longingly, "Adrien,"

He knew this wasn't a good idea, but right now, he didn't care one bit. He was going to make sure that everyone understood loud and clear, and without question where he stood. Including her.

He leaned down and pressed his lips to hers gently in front of everyone, only feeling her hesitation for a second before she started to kiss him back stronger. He pulled her closer as her small hands wrapped around his neck, willing her to understand the truth in his heart, willing her to understand how much she truly meant to him.

Reluctantly he pulled back without moving his arms from around her waist, smiling at her before looking back at Lila, "Was that clear enough?"

Lila stomped her foot, practically seething, "She is a worthless little nobody who doesn't deserve you! She is just going to use you to further herself, to make herself look good! She doesn't care about you at all!"

"Marinette doesn't need me to make herself look good, or further herself." He said simply and without hesitation, hugging Marinette closer to him.

"She's designed Jagged Stone's last three album covers. Has won the last four contests my father has put out on her work alone. She even started her own online store last year that gets traffic she has earned by how hard she works. Her heart goes into everything she does, and if it is one thing I have always known," he looked back at Marinette, telling her softly, "she is the only person in this world who has ever cared about me, and seen me for me."

He looked down ashamed as he said it, "That's the way I should have seen her from the beginning, instead of pushing down my feelings for over a year because my eyes blinded me to what my mind had already tried to tell me."

Marinette blushed slightly and he smiled at her, "That, is the truth."

Lila scoffed, "You'll regret this."

He told Lila easily, giving her an uncaring smirk as he let go of Marinette, only to take her hand and stand in front of her protectively, "Not even for a second."

Lila stormed off, and Alya looked between them in shock, "I can't believe, I thought Lila really,"

"Cared?" Adrien said huffing, squeezing Marinette's hand as she stood next to him, "Only about herself."

"So, you and Lila never,"

"Never." He said cutting Alya off. "I don't know why you believe her so easily. It's never made sense to me."

"Lila's not a bad person." Alya said softly, Adrien holding back his smirk as he caught the way Marinette rolled her eyes in silence. He knew that she and Alya had come to a silent accord after a while where Lila was concerned. Alya wouldn't talk about Lila to Marinette, and Marinette wouldn't try to prove how much of a liar Lila was.

There was a sudden loud cackling above them, and he instantly moved to stand in front of Marinette as they all looked up. There was no doubt in his mind who the darkly dressed girl with glowing purple eyes was.

Lila.

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