"Morning, princess," he smiled as Marinette emerged from the bakery. He was leaning against the car door. "Ride or walk?"

"Walk. We aren't rushed." She smiled at him as he tapped on the car door, signalling to gorilla the decision. He walked over to her and wrapped his arm around her as they headed off to school.

"Are you ready for this?" he asked, slightly concerned knowing that they were about to upset a lot of teenage girls.

"Ready for what, exactly?" she raised an eyebrow at him.

"Well….Chloe….Lila...that brown-hair girl two classrooms down…" Marinette laughed, making him do the same.

"Are you going to run off with any of them?" she asked, teasingly.

"Nope. I'm all yours." He confirmed, "But if I do, I will be yo-yoed to the top of the Eiffel Tower."

"So you were listening to me last night!"

"Did you think I wasn't?"

They started to turn the corner, the school was just a few more buildings away. Suddenly, Marinette pulled him back.

"Having second thoughts, love?" he asked, worried she was losing her nerve. But looking down a her, it was obvious she wasn't. Instead, she was grinning up at him.

"No, but a reassuring kiss would be nice." He happily obliged her, mindful not to get too caught up in the kiss seeing as they still needed to get to school.

Pulling back, he clasped Marinette's hand in his. Together, they turned the corner and approached the school. As they walked up the steps, Adrien could tell that the students hanging out front had already spied them and were whispering to each other.

"Who gets akumatized first over us dating, Chole or Lila?" he whispered in Marinette's ear as they walked up the stairs.

"I'm hoping for Lila. I would really like to punch her in the face for that photo."

"Me too. I bet before lunch."

"Nah...by the end of first period." She countered.

"Loser buys ice cream?"

"You're on, kitty!"

Adrien pushed open the school door and they stepped inside hand in hand. The sharp, piercing scream sudding told him that he had bet wrong.

"Well...at least I have a good allowance." he commented, making them both laugh.