A/N: First year of university is over. I'm dead tired. I've noticed a lot of little errors such as "heat" instead of "hear" which are mostly due to not having the time to properly edit. Hopefully now that I have more time there will not be as many errors. Also a reminder that all my social media is linked in my profile. Thank you to everyone that has commented and encouraged me so far!

The next time Marinette and Chat Noir saw each other was not on her balcony, but instead under a table in the library.

Akuma attacks at the school were very common, so common the school had one of the counselors take special courses and workshops that focused on teenage emotion state. Marinette was used to finding a way to separate herself from her friends so she could find a private place to transform. She was used to ducking behind shelves. She was used to slipping into empty classrooms.

Marinette was not used to Chat Noir grabbing her and diving under a table.

Chat had one hand over her mouth, the other was wrapped around her waist. Her back was pressed firmly against his chest. He peaked his head out from under the table to make sure the Akuma had left the library before looking down at the girl in his arms. If was then that he realized just how tight of a grip he had one her.

Chat quickly let her go and said, "Sorry, I didn't mean t-"

Marinette cut him off before he could ramble into apologies. "It's okay. You were just trying to help me. Now go help Ladybug."

"Okay, just stay here. I don't want you running off and getting caught in all that. I'll see I for I can come check on you after everything is fixed up."

"I'll be fine. Now go. I'm sure Ladybug needs you there."

A smile spread across his face at her words and she could see the happiness in his steps as he went after the Akuma. That boy had it bad and Marinette new it. It hurt a little knowing she didn't feel the same way. She secretly hoped he never confesses to her so she can never break his heart. But no matter what, seeing how happy she makes him warms her up inside.

Marinette crawls out from under the table and takes a quick look around. Luckily all the students must of tried to leave the school when the attack began so the library was empty. Just in case, Marinette hides behind a bookshelf before opening her purse.

"Okay Tikki, spots on."

Ladybug raced to meet up with Chat Noir. She had full confidence in her kitty but she would rather he not have to fight alone for too long.

As soon as she locates Chat and the Akuma, she hears the Akuma scream, "I've had it with your fake sob stories! I may be specialized but I'm not here for you lying brats."

Oh the irony. The one akumatized this time was the very counselor that was mean to help the students.

"Sorry if I left you alone with the Akuma for too long Chat, what do you know about her so far?"

"No worries bugginette, I was purrfectly fine. As for the Akuma, it's a counselor calling herself Tearjerker. Sounds like a lot of students would make up fake stories to get out of class and she was tired of them taking up her time when she had students with real problems that needed help. I think the Akuma is in her clipboard."

"Alright then let's get to work."

Tearjerker was relatively harmless. The most she could do was make people break down in tears and spill their real insecurities but it was rather easy to stay out of her range.

Until Chat slipped too close to Tearjerker.

Ladybug could see the tears forming in his eyes. As he tried to get back out of range she heard him mutter, "I'm scared my friends don't actually like me."

As much as it hurt to hear him say that, Ladybug had to focus on the Akuma at the moment. She would just have to do her best to finish up quick so she could have a talk with Chat. She didn't know why he felt that way but she did not want him to ever feel like that again.

One ruler Lucky Charm later had a clipboard broken in half and a purified butterfly.

A second later any damage caused by the Akuma has been repaired.

"Love to stick around but I have somewhere important to be. See ya later."

As much as Ladybug had hoped to talk to Chat in the little time they had left with their transformation, he left she could even say wait. She realized that the important place he needed to be might be looking for Marinette in the library so she quickly went off to detransform.

As soon as Adrien's transformation dropped, he started to make his way to the library. The akuma had stayed pretty far from the library but Adrien still wanted to make sure Marinette was okay. He didn't even make it to the library before he saw Alya showing Marinette the video she took of the fight.

He was relieved that she was okay.

It wasn't until later that night that Adrien realized that Marinette had not given him a hint.