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Chapter 2

She couldn't believe this was happening. Marinette Dupain-Cheng was going to be spending the next four hours on a tightly packed bus sitting next to Adrien Agreste. In her head she went over breathing techniques, she needed to relax otherwise this opportunity was going to become a disaster. Part of her cursed Alya for getting her into this mess, while another part of her knew she owed her best friend big time. Adrien could sense how nervous Marinette was, he felt a little bad for her and hoped he could do something to make her more comfortable.

"You can relax, Marinette," He gave her a toothy grin, "I don't bite... hard."

Marinette choked and despite her awkwardness she let out a cute giggle. Adrien liked it, her soft laugh, it was something he didn't hear often as Adrien and wanted it to keep going. Time to let out some inner Chat Noir, he decided.

"Purr-haps we could play a game, to paws-sibly kill some time?" He winked.

Her mouth slightly dropped, did Adrien just say cat puns? She shoved him gently and laughed more, "What's with everyone and their cat puns?" Marinette shocked herself at the strength of that sentence.

"I'm just being claw-ver" Adrien responded, "No need for the cat-ittude."

She giggled more and covered her mouth to contain it, "D-don't be dumb Adrien, that was awful!"

He pulled out a notebook and pencil from his bag, "You mean claw-ful?"

The two played various paper games including tic-tac-toe and hangman. An hour had already passed and Marinette was proud of herself for getting along so well with Adrien. He also seemed to be enjoying himself. She looked around the bus and noticed almost everyone was asleep. Alya was across the aisle from them with her head on Nino's shoulder and his arm around her while they shared earphones and snored softly. Chloe and Sabrina were towards the front, snuggled with each other looking actually kind of cute. The teacher had an eye mask on and she too slept, with her head uncomfortably against the window. Beside Marinette, Adrien yawned. She then realized how tired she felt, her and Chat Noir had been out fairly late the night before.

"D-do you think we should get some rest too, while we have the chance?" she asked him, her voice a whisper now as she was aware of those sleeping. The thought of them snuggling like Alya and Nino made her blush, even though she knew it was unlikely.

He nodded, "Yeah, I was up pretty late last night and should probably get some sleep." Adrien picked up a large blanket from the floor by his feet. He shook it gently to get any dirt off, and Marinette saw that it was a Pokemon print.

"That's cute!" Marinette giggled even though she really meant it. She loved Pokemon when she was younger. Now she wasn't as into it, mostly because her time was more invested in crime fighting and fashion.

Adrien laid it across both of their laps, "We can share if you'd like! It's plenty big." She nodded and thanked him, her cheeks getting more flushed.

Both were unsure of how to sit, so they just sat straight up, slightly leaning against the other.

…

"Shut up Nino!'

"You're getting this on video right?"

"Yes, now shush before you wake them! Oh crap, she's waking up.."

Marinette opening her eyes and looked up at Nino and Alya who were holding their phones up in her direction. She was about to ask what they were doing when movement on her lap caught her attention. Her mouth dropped open, and despite her inner screaming she couldn't move. In her lap lay Adrian, curled against her stomach with a sweet, content smile on his face. Marinette's hands were in his hair and on his back, his breathing was soft and relaxed and under her hand she could feel.. purring? It wasn't obvious like Chat Noir did, but there was definitely a gentle rumble escaping his throat. The frozen girl's face got redder and redder by the second, she tried to move but she couldn't.

Adrien grunted and whispered, "More?"

Nino snorted and began to cackle, and Alya punched him.

"Marinette," Alya giggled, "You were petting him in your sleep. And I think he wants you to keep going."

She looked down at the beautiful sleeping boy. He did look peaceful, and as the shock started to fade Marinette realized how nice he felt there curled up against her. With a sigh, mostly to release the breath she was holding, she began to scratch his head and rub his back. Adrien's hair was so smooth, the golden locks falling gently through her fingers and reflecting off the sunshine outside the bus window. Her other hand shyly felt his back, he was so warm and his back was way more toned than she expected. Her face burned, but she closed her tired eyes and tried to fall back asleep despite her very proud friends watching her. As nervous as she was, something felt so right about him being there.

Not even 15 minutes later, Adrien began stirring. Dread came over Marinette and she had no idea what to do. Keep touching him? But what was he going to think? She looked over to Alya for help, but the girl was back to snuggling her boyfriend and playing some game on her phone.

"So comfy," Adrien moaned and he snuggled his face into Marinette, "and mmm cinnamon."

Alya and Nino looked up, and in unison said, "Oh my god."

Marinette let out a squeak and then Adrien's eyes flew open wide. He sat up, jumping slightly off the bus seat and his face turned tomato red. Marinette gave him an awkward smile and tried to speak.

"I-I'm sorry, you just seemed so comfortable and I don't know I didn't want to disturb you and your hair is SO soft and I- ahhh!" she shrieked and covered her face in her shaking hands.

To her surprise, Adrien started laughing.

"I'm really sorry Marinette," he started and she looked at him through her shielding fingers.

He nervously ran his hand through his tousled hair. With another laugh he sighed and Marinette internally swooned at how cute he was blushing. Alya and Nino were giggling across from them and Adrien raised an eyebrow.

"You didn't," Adrien gasped.

Nino wiggled his phone mockingly, "maybe I did," he sneered.

Adrien chucked his shoe at Nino's face. He barely dodged it and he laughed harder, "You should see the video Alya took!"

"I'm sooo embarrassed," Marinette whined as she slumped down in her chair.

Then Adrien paused, ignoring Nino's kissy faces, and turned to look at Marinette. His cheeks were flushed and his eyes were gentle yet piercing.

"Really, I'm sorry Marinette. I don't know what happened but I feel really bad and I'm sorry I've made you so uncomfortable.."

"No!" Marinette yelped, "You were fine! Please, I'm just flustered but I-I'm not upset with you, Adrien."

He smiled at her happily, then pulled a 3dsXL out of his bag, "You like Pokemon right? Can I watch you play?"

She accepted the offer and for the rest of the bus ride they sat together like friends, laughing and talking.

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"Everyone, gather your things up and get ready as we are going to be there in 5 minutes!"

The view outside was beautiful. No longer were they anywhere near building or cities. Just pure nature. The sky was clear and sunny, and outside were miles and miles of fresh, forestry trees. Up towards the front Marinette could hear Chloe complaining about how the long ride ruined her makeup. Everyone was starving and many needed a restroom.

They pulled into the campsite. There were 8 cabins spread widely in a large circle, perfect for two students per cabin plus an extra for their teacher. In the middle was a large bricked building, visibly the bathrooms and showers. On the right side was the female sign and on the left was male. Between each cabin was a fire pit and a picnic table. The road was dirt, but the rest of the area was lush green grass. Surrounding the campsite was lots of trees, full of leaves and some had low enough branches to climb. There was a trail leading into the woods in between the 4th and 5th cabins, something about it looked mysterious despite the warm atmosphere that the rest of the campsite held.

After the students unpacked their belongings into their cabins, everyone gathered by the bathrooms.

"I'm sure you're all as hungry as I am," said their teacher, "So it's best we eat lunch before we go over todays plans!"

She opened up three coolers and let the students each pick a sandwich, drink, and bag of cookies. Then they dispersed to different tables. Marinette sneaked a cookie into her purse for Tikki. Adrien, Nino, Alya, and Marinette sat together next to the girls' cabin, which was the 5th one and next to the trail.

They were just finishing their sandwiches when they hear a gut wrenching scream come from the woods.