Guess who totally forgot they even had a story here until they got some new followers?! :') Not completely sure where to go what with the new season just making us feel all the feels and destroying my plans for this story BUT I'm back and deleted all my future storylines and reread what I've got and we're now going in another direction yes! Enjoy ;)

Marinette crossed the road over to school for the afternoon classes. Her parents had been fussing over her injury and the events at the school carnival, so she had decided that she would head over to the classroom to chat with Alya before class started. Marinette had also been thinking about Chat and how to help him recover from his possible heartache. Should she get him a gift? No, that's too romantic and he might take that the wrong way as he had for everything else. Anything lunch or dinner or otherwise food related could have the same consequence. What else could she do?

Not for the first time, she felt nervous at the thought of seeing him again that night for their patrol. And now mixed with that anxiety was the guilt that maybe by treating him as a good friend, she had let him get too carried away by his feelings. She wanted to believe that perhaps he was just a flirt and his feelings didn't run that deep, but he hadn't even come to check on her after the attack…

'Hey Marinette! How are you?' Came a voice from just in front of her. Correction: an Angelic voice from heaven.

She had been so lost in thought she hadn't even noticed herself climbing the school steps, or noticed when Adrien came over to greet her.

'Woa-hi Adrien' She managed to get out, with her cheeks turning the usual rouge just from seeing Him and saying his name.

Adrien in turn was feeling a little guilty, he'd seen her looking a little stressed as she limped up the school steps and remembered that as Chat Noir he'd forgotten to check up on her after the akuma attack. He'd have to remember to come visit her tonight before he met with Ladybug.

'How's the knee? I saw that you got carried off by Chat Noir.'

Marinette was a little surprised, she didn't remember seeing Adrien around when that had happened. She brushed it off though.

'Oh yeah um its ok now. Thanks though. Um, you? Happened ok?'

'Yeah I'm fine, Ladybug saved everyone like usual. By the way Marinette, I was wondering, have you ever considered teaching sewing to someone?'

'Sew...ing?' Marinette was caught off-guard by the random question. 'Um, I guess not really? I guess, I, euh, I could teach, if you want a lesson? But I'm not as talented as the people who work in your shoots.'

Marinette could feel the butterflies growing in her stomach as she thought about tutoring Adrien in her favourite thing. Maybe their hands would touch as she guided him through a step, and then one day he'd create her a beautiful dress and then they'd be married and oh my gosh they could create tiny little outfits for the hamster and

'Great! But it's not for me, it's for Nathaniel.'

Of course it wasn't for Adrien. Marinette felt the redness of her cheeks increasing. As if the literal model son of the most famous and rich fashion designer in the world would need sewing lessons from a nobody like her. The butterflies in her stomach stopped fluttering and she could feel the cold hands of embarrassment gripping her stomach instead.

'Oh…?' She managed to get out.

'Yeah I was talking to him earlier and apparently he's interested in learning about it, so I thought that since you both already know each other it would be a great idea if you taught him. And I've seen your designs Marinette, you're a brilliant designer already and you're very kind, so I'm sure you'd be a great teacher!'

Marinette now 10/10 red cheeks, and had both butterflies and embarrassment inside her, somehow they managed to cancel each other out long enough for her to think clearly. She set aside the compliments from Adrien for now, they would be properly daydreamed of throughout class this afternoon, and thought about the possibility of teaching Nathaniel. He wasn't Adrien of course, but he was a nice guy and it would be interesting to get to know him better. Plus, Marinette was not the type of girl to turn down a friend who wanted help.

'Ok, yeah, I think it would be fun.' She replied, smiling a small, shy smile at Adrien.

'Great! I'll tell him that I've found him a teacher!' Adrien said, grinning widely and feeling happy at his success. 'Thanks Marinette.'

As he walked away, Marinette's smile turned a little rueful. If only he would be that happy about spending time with her himself. She felt her heart ache a little as it yearned for her to follow him, to be with him a little longer. Out of the two main boy characters in her life, why did the one that liked her have to be the wrong one?

Nino watched as Adrien finished talking to Marinette by the school entrance, and started to walk towards him.

'Yo, Adrien, what's up?!'

Adrien went forward to greet him too.

'Hey Nino! Sorry but I've got to talk to Nathaniel right now. I'll see you in class!' And he started moving quickly up the staircase, leaving a surprised Nino alone at the bottom.

Nino hesitated for second, unsure of what to do next after such a short conversation.

'Ok dude.'

Perhaps he could walk with Marinette to the classroom. He turned back to look for her but saw her heading into the girls' bathroom. Nope. Ok, time to head back to the classroom to see Alya.

As he climbed the staircase that led to their classroom on the other side of the school, he tried to shake off the feelings of loneliness that had just hit him. He realised he hadn't felt this way since the first week of school that year, since before he had met Adrien.

'Nope, I'm not lonely again, Adrien is still my man and I've got my girl Alya too.'

As he walked into the classroom he saw Alya hunched over her phone like usual typing away furiously into her phone. He walked up to her and started to look over her shoulder to see what she was typing. She noticed him then and quickly turned off her phone, spinning round to face him and give him a quick kiss on the cheek.

'Hey babe!' She said brightly.

'Hey! What were you doing just then?' Nino asked her, curious about this 'Benjamin' that she'd been messaging. He couldn't remember anyone that she knew caled Benjamin.

'Oh, you know, Ladyblog stuff, the usual.' Her eyes slid away from his for a second, and alighted on the board at the front of the classroom. 'Oh yeah, did you get the homework done?'

As she continued talking about how difficult question 5 had been and brought out her notebook, Nino noticed how she quickly slid her phone back into her bag. Nope, I'm not alone, this is fine.