This is my first ML fanfiction, so please review! Thanks!

*I don't own Miraculous Ladybug, the characters, or setting. I only own the plot of this fanfiction.*

Once again, it was raining outside. As the bell rang, all the students started dashing outside in hopes of escaping the rain. That is, all of them but three.

"Hurry up, Marinette!" Alya exclaimed impaitently. "If we don't get home soon, the rain will get harder and my phone will get wet!"

"Okay! Okay!" Marinette replied, frantically digging through her locker. "I know I had it somewhere!" Finally, she found a navy blue umbrella in her locker and grabbed it. "Okay! Let's go now!"

As the two friends rushed out, each starting to open their umbrellas, Marinettte stopped. Outide, waiting in the rain for his driver to pick him up, umbrella-less, was Adrien. Alya stopped running when she noticed what her friend was staring at, and grinned. She nudged Marinette towards him and whispered, "Now's your chance!"

Marinette looked horrified. "No way!" She whispered back. "I'll only be able to sutter and look awkward around him. Besides, what if he thinks I'm a creepy stalker?!"

Alya shook her head. "There's no way I'm letting you run away from your crush just when Chloe's not clinging to him!" she retorted. "I'll meet you at your house.

Marinette struggled with her decision. If she did go to him, she could turn herself to a stammering mess. But if she didn't, she would be abandoning her crush just when he needed her...

She took a deep breath. "Okay, here I go," she muttered to herself. Alya looked at her proudly for a moment before dashing off to Marinette's house.

It was freezing. It was cold and wet to say the least. Adrien couldn't imagine a past rainy day that was colder than this day. Except for that one day he met Ladybug. Adrien smiled at the thought. Of course, that day wasn't as dreary as today, because of two certain blue-eyed heroines. Meeting Ladybug, his one and only crush (and hopefully lover) made the stormy day turn to a sunny one. And to add to that, he had turn Marinette from person who despised him to a friend! And all because of one umbrella. Adrien sighed. How he wished he could be holding an umbrella right now. Chat's bad luck must be rubbing on him, from the broken car that the Gorilla had to fix, to the missing umbrella. Suddenly, it stopped raining. Adrien was confused. If it stopped raining on him, why not outside? He looked up and was surprised to see a navy blue umbrella above him.

"Where did that come from?" he muttered, utterly confused. Suddenly, he heard a soft familiar giggle.
"From here," said the voice behind him. Ladybug? Adrien turned around so quickly she almost fell down if he hadn't caught her. But instead of the heroine, it was Marinette. He helped her regain her balance as she nervously giggled.

"Um...s-s-sorry for surprising you," she apologized, and then mentally cursed herself. Stop stuttering!

Adrien shook his head. "No, I should be the one sorry for turning too quickly. I thought you were someone else," he admitted. "But anyways, weren't you suppose to go home?"

Marinette smiled and replied,

"Well, I was going to, but then I saw you waiting here by yourself, so I thought it would be nice if you had some company."

Adrien looked at her in shock. Why would she just stay out in this cold, miserable rain just to keep him company, when she could go home, drink hot chocolate, and relax?

"Thank you Marinette, but why?" he was unable to keep the question silent.

Marinette looked away shyly, looking a bit red despite the blue weather.

"Well.." she hesistated to answer. "I guess it's to return the favor."

"Favor?" he asked confused.

Marinette nodded. "Ever since you gave me your umbrella when you first came, I didn't know how to repay you. Even though I was cold towards you, blamed you for the gum on my chair, and argued with Chloe who was your only friend at the time, you still gave me your umbrella without hesistation or regret. So now, it's my turn."

Adrien was silent for a moment, but then said,

"You know, Marinette, you must be the second heroine here, besides Ladybug. The way you always save a classmate from Chloe's taunts always ."reminded me of Ladybug."

Suddenly, Marinette had a strangly familiar amused grin on her face as she whispered so quietly, Adrien almost didn't catch it,

"You don't even know half of it."

Adrien decided to brush it off, knowing that they weren't words meant for his ears. Instead, he made the biggest mistake of his life. He made a pun.

"You know, Marinette, if Chat Noir was here, you know what he would say?"

"What?" Marinette, who was now looking up at the rainy clouds, absentmindedly asked.

"'Thanks for saving me from this cat-tastrophe right meow, purrincess!'" Adrien snickered.

Marinette groaned. "Seriously Chat? Three puns in a row?" she laughed until she realized what she had just said. Adrien froze.

A large flash of lightning crashed.

"Oops..." Marinette whispered, eyes widening.

"Um... My Lady? Princess?" Adrien slowly asked.

Tikki flew out from Marinette's bag. "I guess it's no use keeping it a secret now," she sighed.

Plagg came out from Adrien's bag. "Of course it was the puns," he rolled his eyes.

Marinette was still in her state of shock.

Adrien, who had finally recovered, grinned sheepishly at her and awkwardly laughed,

"I guess the cat's out of the bag now, huh?"

And that's the end of my one-shot! I hope you enjoyed it, and please leave a review!