Adrien woke up to the feeling of his cell phone vibrating under under an unfamiliar pillow. It wasn't his usual alarm, or set time to wake up. Infact, this was almost an hour earlier than he would normally wake up. He sat up, blinking the sleep out of his eyes and letting his vision adjust to seeing once more. When his eyelids decided to stop being so heavy, he was able to see his surroundings more. All around him were barely familiar pink walls and furniture. The teen removed his blanket and noticed that he was wearing the same clothes he had fallen asleep in. Within moments, Adrien began to remember what had happened the night before. His running away, and how he ended up in Marinette's bedroom.

He didn't know when Marinette would wake up, but judging by her track record of running late for class, Adrien had a feeling that he had plenty of time to get dressed. He reached into his duffle bag, which was on the floor next to the chaise he had slept on, and pulled out fresh clothing for the day. Seeing as it was his safest bet, he ducked under the loft to where the desks were, and very quickly ditched his old, dirty covered clothes, for the fresh ones. He then gathered his school supplies in his usual satchel. The real issue out be getting out. From what he noticed, the only way onto that rooftop terrace was the hatch above Marinette's. Adrien looked around at the windows in the room. That would work.

Before leaving, he wrote a note and left it on top of the dresser. Once again, he thanked his ability to transform into Chat Noir so that his brilliant escape plan would work. He swung around rooftops to a small cafe he knew opened early in the morning, just a half-mile away from Marinette's. He had stopped by it many times on his way to different photoshoots, but he'd never gone as Chat Noir. This was going to the quite the surprise for whoever had opened up shop today.

Sitting in class so early was an interesting event. Since he had gotten there so early, Adrien watched everyone walk in at different times. He had never known how early, or late, each of his classmates got to school. Normally, even when he had gotten to school relatively early, he and Nino would stand in the courtyard until the first bell rang. But Adrien didn't want to just awkwardly wait alone until his best friend showed up.

Max was the first to wander into the class. Others soon followed behind though. Nino walked in around the usual time and immediately slid into his seat. "Yo dude." He kept his voice at a whisper. "What ended up happening last night? You ok?"

"Yeah. I, uh." Adrien stopped himself before saying too much. "I found a place to crash last night."

"I guess that's good." Nino tapped his hand against the desk in a slight rhythm. "Are you going to go back home tonight or no?"

"I don't know yet." Adrien whispered.

"I guess it depends on if you can stay where you did last night again, huh?"

That thought had hit Adrien already. He couldn't intrude on Marinette again. She was nice enough to let him stay over once. They weren't any more than just classmates. She didn't even need to let him stay the first time around, let alone another night. That was too much to ask for.

Speak of the devil, the exact pig-tailed girl he had been thinking about walked in, Ayla at her side. The two girls were laughing about something when they walked into the room, but they were too far into the conversation to figure out what exactly it was they were talking about. There was a brief moment where Adrien could have sworn he made eye contact with Marinette, but neither said anything about the matter.

Class went on as usual. Thankfully enough, no one seemed suspicious of Adrien for any reason. It was very nerve wracking, knowing you were trying to keep such a big secret, and that you could get caught at any moment. But, he had done a good job of making himself as normal as possible. He had all of his homework done, he was well rested, and was acting the same as he always did. Keeping his running away secret would depend on his own ability to stay tight lipped, a lot of trust in Marinette, and prayers that his father wouldn't contact the school.

As the morning classes went on, and none of the teachers brought up needing to speak with him about anything, Adrien was finally able to let out a stiff breath he had been holding. It wasn't until lunch break, when he felt a tap on the back of his shoulder, that his chest constricted once more.

"H-hey." Marinette said, her usual flustered expression on her face. "Um…. You…. You said you found a guide stud- er…. Study guide for physics in the library right? Could you show it to me?"

Adrien knew very well that he had never mentioned any such study guide, but it didn't take a genius to figure out that this was Marinette's best attempt at discretely saying she wanted to talk to him. "Sure. I've got time to show you now if you want." Adrien watched as the small girl just nodded her head, grabbing hold of her backpack, and swinging it over her shoulders. With as calm of a smile as he could muster, Adrien said a brief nothing to dismiss himself from Nino, and grabbed him own bag, before beginning to leave the classroom with Marinette at his heels.

It was an awkward walk to the library. Neither of the two teens said anything to each other, or even looked at each other for that matter. Thankfully, there were never many people in the library during lunch break, so it wasn't hard to find a nice, secluded corner, hidden among the bookshelves. But when they did stop, both teens just awkwardly leaned against the stacks. Adrien didn't know what to say, or what he needed to say. He wasn't the one who ended up breaking the silence though.

"You left early." Marinette was looking down at her feet. "I saw your note though."

"Oh. Yeah." Adrien lifted a hand to scratch nervously at the back of his neck. "Thanks again for last night. You really saved me there Marinette."

"No, no. Happy to help." The girl waved two hands in front of her chest with a little frantic nervousness. The air around the two teens very quickly went still again though. "I am curious though…. How did you get out this morning?"

Adrien froze. He hadn't even thought of how to explain it. In the early morning hours, he had just transformed right into Chat Noir without even thinking about how Adrien would have been able to leave. "I-uh…. I kind of just uh…. I tiptoed through your apartment." He began lying through his teeth. "I was careful to make sure I didn't run into either of your parents and left through the apartment door, not the bakery…." There was a moment where Adrien just silently begged that Marinette wouldn't be able to pick up on his lie.

"Next time, do you think you could just wait until I wake up, and leave through the terrace?" Marinette said. "I don't want to risk you running into my parents."

"Wait…. Next time?" Adrien wasn't quite sure he had heard the girl right.

"Well… Unless you have another place to stay…." The bluenette's face was bright red as she stared down at her pink sneakers, which suddenly had a lot of interest in the libraries wood floor. "Y-you don't h-h-have to stay with me….. If you don't want to I mean I would understand it is kindofweirdtostaywithagirlinyourclas-"

"Marinette!" Adrien stopped her rambling with two hands clamping down on her shoulders. He couldn't stop the smile the appeared on his face. His gaze was met with two, very surprised, blue eyes, and a shut mouth. "I do need a place to stay again tonight," He began. "But I don't want to trouble you. I can go somewhere else, easy."

Marinette looked to the side for a moment, before making eye contact with the boy in front of her. "If you could go somewhere else, you would have gone there last night. Don't lie to me. If you need my help, just say it."

Adrien was honestly taken aback by Marinette's forwardness. He couldn't get a wrap on this girl. In just moments, she went from stuttering and rambling, to calm and collected. Interesting.

"Just climb up onto my terrace like you did yesterday. I'll leave the window unlocked so you can get in."

"Marinette, you really are a lifesaver, you know that?"

Marinette shook her head. "You don't need to thank me. Just don't get caught."