I'm back, people!
Hooooooo big break but I'm back to writing!
Hope you like this little DJWifi prompt that I wrote for orangebunnit on Tumblr!
Enjoy~

"I haven't slept in four days…", Alya groaned as she slumped down on her seat, a stack of paper slamming down on her desk. Marinette sympathetically clapped on her shoulder as Alya hid her face in her arms, smiling softly.

"Had trouble finishing your report, huh?"

"Why did I ever agree to that…?!", the girl's muffled voice broke as she wrapped her arms tighter around her head, her hair falling over her lower arms at the movement.

"Because you're the only one who could've done that on time. And the school's grateful, Alya! Now we have a bomb report on our charity event and the magazine we have the contract with will kiss your feet!"

Marinette giggled as another groan came from the hair fort Alya had built up around herself.

"Yeah, hopefully so. That'd be the only thing making up for giving us the task too late. 20 pages, girl! 20 damn pages and I'll be damned if they decide to cut anything out from that!"

Her best friend was about to respond but as soon as Alya heard two male voices stepping into the classroom and her hand stiffened on her shoulder she knew she wouldn't be able to have a conversation with Marinette anymore.

Unwillingly, she lifted her head, tired eyes meeting the golden ones of her boyfriend. Nino chuckled as he sat down in his seat, propping his elbow up on her desk as he held her gaze.

"Hey Alya! Good morning! What's up, why looking so tired?"

Adrien grinned as he rounded the desk and sat down in front of Marinette, looking up to them.

"Does it have to do with the report they assigned you to write?", he asked innocently, causing a slight smile on Marinette's face and an eyeroll from the girl in question.

"Ugh, yeah… I haven't slept since Thursday last week. Well, there was this Akuma attack that I totally couldn't miss on Friday and I just had to stay up-"

"Naturally.", Adrien nodded knowingly, a smug grin playing on his lips.

"- And then they assigned this report to me on Friday so I got right to collecting all info about that which cost me all night plus the Saturday! Man, sometimes the kids from the lower classes are really annoying when talking to celebrities."

"And you're obviously one.", her boyfriend laughed, leaning up to press a mocking kiss on her nose. Alya playfully pushed him back, shrugging.

"Well, they do follow the Ladyblog. Some wanted to ask how often I met Ladybug already-"

"… And of course, you had to tell them everything about that.", Marinette mused, pulling her eyebrows up.

Some more classmates began filing in and Alya couldn't stifle a long yawn as she nodded, pointing her finger at Marinette.

"Exactly! And then I finally got to writing – and I wrote the hell outta that thing, I'll have you know – and before I knew it my alarm rang. That was this morning."

Nino lifted the top pages of her report, nodding at her approvingly.

"You really outdid yourself, babe. That's amazing!"

Alya leant back, rubbing over her face and then stretched, yawning once again.

"Well, yeah, I slaved over this, okay? It better be good!"

Nino frowned as he now kneeled on his bench, taking a better look at her face. She really did look tired. Her eyelids were drooping and her dark circles under her eyes were definitely more prominent than ever. He huffed, pulling his eyebrows together.

"Wow, you're not even exaggerating. You look completely exhausted."

Alya slumped forward again and propped herself up on the table, blinking slowly at him.

"… Well, why would I lie? I got half an hour naps in between, two on Saturday and one on Sunday, otherwise I'm running on caffeine and energy drinks. Oh, and the iron will that I naturally inherited from-"

"Sure.", Marinette commented dryly as Nino got out of his seat and calmly asked Adrien to cover for them. The blonde couldn't hide a puzzled expression as he nodded, then Nino grabbed his own jacket and took the step up to Alya's desk.

"What're you doing?", Marinette asked as Nino gestured for something from her.

"Taking care of my girlfriend.", the boy replied, shrugging casually as Alya slowly began blushing, "Now, can I have your key, please?"

Marinette already began grinning as she pulled the key out of her bag, handing it to Nino. He grabbed it and, without missing a beat, suavely dropped to his knee as if he was proposing to Alya, holding up Marinette's key.

"Will you, Alya Césaire, take this key of your best friend's house and skip school with me?"

Alya's mouth dropped open as she looked down to her boyfriend, obviously both flustered and shocked.

"Ah-… Uh-… N-No?! Obviously not?! Skipping school, Nino? I mean-… For what even? What do you want with Mari's keys anyway and-… Uh-…"

Nino smirked and stood up again, grabbing Alya's hand and her jacket, nodding at Marinette and Adrien who were both already laughing.

"I interpret the clear no as a yes.", he smiled, pulling the tiredly and not very effectively resisting Alya to her feet. He wrapped the jacket around her shoulders and grabbed her bag as well, leaving the report on her desk for Mari to hand in, "C'mon Alya, you're dead on your feet and I'll take all the blame. Let's go!"

Alya still tried pulling away but eventually gave in, sighing and letting herself fall against her boyfriend's shoulder.

"Fine… Mari, cover for me?"

"You bet! Adrien and I got it under control. And I'm sure Miss Bustier will understand, Alya.", her best friend nodded confidently and showed her a thumb up, "You did awesomely on the report. You've earned the rest."

Alya sighed another time and was obviously still in conflict about that but Nino softly pulled on her hand and kissed her forehead.

"Only until lunch break, promise. Then we'll be back for math lessons with Miss Mendeleiev and I'm sure Miss Bustier won't have anything against you being absent for the morning. It's okay, promise."

Finally, she gave in and let herself be pulled out of the classroom, numbly waving back at Marinette before walking down the stairs and interlacing her fingers with Nino's.

"I'll blame all of this on you, just so you know.", she mumbled, already feeling her head slumping against his shoulder. He lightly chuckled and brushed over her cheek with his free hand, nodding against her head.

"Don't you worry, Alya. Blame is all on me, promise.", he reassured her and she felt him pressing his lips against her forehead once again.

They quickly left the school and crossed the street to the Dupain-Cheng bakery, entering through the side entrance. Nino nodded at Marinette's father with a conspiratorial wink as he closed the door again, earning a smile from the big man. He and Alya climbed up the stairs to the apartment and Nino removed Alya's jacket from her shoulders to hang it up on the wardrobe, then he led her up into Marinette's room and finally to her best friend's bed after pulling her shoes off.

"Alright, and in you go.", he whispered, lifting Marinette's blanket to wrap it around Alya's body the best he could without getting his childhood friend's sheets dirty with his shoes. Alya flopped down in the sheets, humming contently as she allowed her eyes to close as soon as she was engulfed by warmth. She felt the mattress being pushed down on either of her side as her boyfriend leant up, pressing a sweet kiss to her forehead.

"Just sleep, we'll pick you up at lunch break again.", he mumbled against her skin and she frowned, pushing the blanket down again to capture him around his neck.

"Stay…", she slurred, not bothering to open her eyes again as she held him down with her.

"Alya, I got to get back to the lesson… I have to cover for you, remember?"

She shook her head, not letting him go as she pulled him further down, feeling him reluctantly letting himself down on his elbows instead of propping himself up with his hands.

"Adrien's covering. Mari's also covering. Let them have their moment and we'll have ours. If you're already taking all the blame you should at least be part of this."

He chuckled, turning his head so that his cap fell off and his nose pressed against her neck.

"What, is this your revenge?"

She shrugged, nuzzling closer to him and letting one hand slide up to be buried in his hair.

"… Ya…", she whispered, nodding stubbornly.

After a few moments she felt him sighing, then he moved his legs and two objects fell to the floor beneath Mari's loft and crawled upwards to rest his head on the pillow, wrapping his arms around her to hold her closer.

She shifted around until he could get underneath the blanket with her, then she melted against him, pressing her nose against his collarbone.

"… Better…", she mumbled, her gentle fingers weaving through his hair. He smiled at his adorable girlfriend, taking her legs between his to snuggle her in completely.

"Well, if you say so. I already put an alarm on lunch break so we'll be back for math. That okay?"

She nodded and waited a few moments, listening to his even breaths, then she quietly spoke up again, her mind already slipping away to a well-deserved sleep.

"… After all you asked me to skip with you."

He laughed and her drowsy mind decided that this was the most soothing and wonderful sound she had ever heard as his throat vibrated against her forehead.

"That's true, Alya. That's true. And now, sweet dreams."

She merely hummed as a response, her breaths getting deeper as she fully fell asleep.