Adrien's POV
I really want to know what's bothering her but I can't just force her to tell me something she's not ready to express which is why I chose to respect her decision. I want to know why she hadn't come to any of her classes even though I did the same but hey I had a PURRfectly good reason. (you really should be expecting more of that) and now that I see her sitting on a bench all alone looking so bewildered and lost in thought, I decided to ask her what's wrong and was surprised to here her mutter a word with not a single stutter. Not that I'm calling her afraid or imagine her as a girl who stutters everything, to be honest I really don't like it when I hear her stutter. I feel like she imagines me as someone you should fear and I don't want her to think that.
So after giving her an offer of comforting and listening to her she responds with a single nod. I walk away giving her one final smile to let her know I'll always be willing to listen to what she has to say. And to my surprise she calls after me. I walk back to her asking "Hey Mari, anything you want to say?"
I see her starting to get flustered and as much as I want to give her a smug look, I had to hide my cat noir personality. "N-n-nothing I really don't have a big p-problem, I'm just really stressed out with balancing you know uhh... Certain things"
As I hear her say 'certain things' I immediately remember the sort of 'things' I had to deal with as well. Being Cat Noir is hard although it's very enjoyable but coming home to see a stack of homework waiting to be completed is the complete opposite of thrilling. I really was tempted to respond to her by saying she had no idea what I was dealing with and that if she was in my position she would be even more stressed than she already is.
So I decided to go with the safe route and say, "You know Mari," as I see her flush as I say her name in a different manner as I would usually say. "I've also been missing my classes and I always end up getting over a stack of homework left to do all on my own" I try to think of anyway to possibly make her heavy load a light one and I only think of one idea that will definitely benefit us in many ways.
"Marinette, after school is over, we can walk over to my house and complete our homework there that way we won't be alone when doing it, we'll have company and we'll even get to know each other even more than we already do" I really wish that she accepts the proposition because something about her just makes me want to know her even more... It's like I know her... But in a different way and through a different person.
I see her contemplating whether to say yes or no and to my surprise she didn't take very long, she answered with an enthusiastic yes and I sigh a sigh of relief. Now there's definitely something to look forward to whenever I'm missing classes... I might even do it for fun just to spend time with her.