Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness! I have never before received such a wonderful response to anything I've written, I'm so glad you guys like it ^-^ To say thank I wanted to post the next part early. Hope you like it!

Real quick, let me just talk to the wonderful people who commented as guests:

LemonzRInZeAir- I know! Every time I'm just like, "just kiss already!" And thank you, you're very kind

Lilly- Yeah, that sunshine child is just a little special

mikrolurker- well now you get to!

To anyone I may have missed responding to. I'm sorry, it wasn't on purpose.

I do not own anything Miraculous Ladybug

The next day Adrien trudged up the steps to school with a heavy heart. He was going to have to see Marinette, the girl who stole his lady's heart, and he wasn't sure he could keep his emotions in check when he did. He was happy for her, for both of them, but it just hurt to have his hopes and dreams of a future with the person he'd been convinced to be his soulmate crushed. He was a little upset and confused as to why Marinette had given her birthday present away to Ladybug.

When he'd tried to talk to Plagg about it, he had exclaimed, "I can't deal with this!" and dove into his school bag, refusing to come out or respond to anything Adrien tried.

Then he saw her talking animatedly to Alya, and something strange caught his eye. Attached to the little side purse she always wore was the charm he'd given her. But hadn't Ladybug. . .

He walked up to her. "How did you get it back?"

Marinette screamed and turned around. "Adrien, hi. Talking, what?"

Alya covered her mouth to keep from laughing, but Adrien was too focused on Marinette to care. "Your charm. How did you get it back?"

Marinette's brow furrowed in confusion, and it seemed her concern was enough for her to finally get out a coherent sentence. "I never lost it. It hasn't left my side since you gave it to me."

"But I saw Ladybug with it last night!" Adrien exclaimed.

"You saw Ladybug!" Alya said, whipping out her phone to start interviewing him on the experience.

Adrien, however, was too busy watching Marinette turn pale and her eyes fill with panic. "N-

No you didn't. You must have been imagining things. Time what oh late going!"

She took off, but Adrien couldn't follow her to get more answers because Alya wasn't about to let him go without getting some of her own. He made up a story about how he thought he'd seen Ladybug near his house last night, but by the time he finally got free, the final warning bell was ringing, and they barely made it class on time. Which meant he couldn't talk to Marinette. That did not mean, however, that he was even slightly paying attention as he mulled over everything Ladybug had said last night and everything Marinette had said and done this morning.

Had Ladybug gone to visit Marinette that night and given the charm back? But she had acted like it was really important, so Adrien couldn't see her doing that. There was also the fact that Marinette had said the charm had never left her possession since he'd given it to her. Yet he had definitely seen Ladybug with his charm. He had made that by hand for Marinette and had been so proud of it. He would know that charm anywhere. Was Marinette lying to him? Was Ladybug?

But what reason did Ladybug have to lie about the charm? He had seen the look in her eyes; there was no way that anyone could fake that level of pure adoration and love. Adrien's head felt like it was going to explode as he tried to figure it all out.

Finally, his brain took pity on him and gave him a thought. A wonderful thought. An impossible thought that, if true, would make all his dreams a reality. The mere idea had him about ready to burst out of his seat and turn to Marinette to ask her if it was true. Just as his patience was about to burst though he was saved by, of all things, an akuma .

Once again, thank you all so much for your warm welcome to this silliness of mine. It means a lot.