Listened to all of your guy's reviews, and yikes were there spelling mistakes. I don't know how i didn't notice them when I proof read. Lets just pray I got them all, whoops.

Also, stay tuned, next three chapters will be coming out soon!

"Pound it!" Chat Noir and Ladybug ended the battle with their typical fist bump, smiles on both of their faces. Ladybug narrowed her eyes as she watched her partners smile turn into a devious grin. He opened his mouth, hand on his hip with his typical swagger, but was swiftly interrupted from saying one of his punny pick up lines.

Both of their eyes widened as their miraculous's beeped, signalling that their time was running out.

Ladybug rolled her eyes as Chat dramatically bowed in front of her, a defeated look on his face. "Until next time, my lady." He hummed, bringing her hand to his lips.

Instead, Ladybug pushed his face away with ease, a small giggle escaping her mouth. "Settle down, Kitty." She teased, giving him a quick wink before she took out her yo-yo and searched for a good place to transform.

After finding a secluded ally Ladybug transformed from Ladybug and back to Marinette. She caught Tikki in her hands as she collapsed from exhaustion. "Oh, im sorry Tikki! I don't normally like running it that close! Don't worry, I have some sweets in my purse." Marinette let out a short laugh as Tikki hopped into her purse, wrestling to open the package of cookies. She mentally noted that she'd have to sneak a couple treats from the bakery to her room to make it up to her.

Meanwhile, Chat Noir was jumping across rooftops, finally stopping behind a bus stop bench. Little did he know, Marinette was standing in the ally behind him, mouth agape in shock. She decided to stay hidden, knowing how suspicious it would be for her to be out this late.

Marinette's eyes widened as he looked both ways down the street before beginning to transform. She almost called out to him to stop him, knowing how crazy it was to transform in the middle of the street. It didn't matter how late it was, it was extremely reckless of him.

Her words died on her lips as she watched the green lights fade away. Where Chat Noir once stood, Adrien Agreste took his place.

Marinette watched as Adrien shoved his hands in his pockets as his kwami rested in his jacket, munching down on some cheese. Her eyes didn't leave his body until he turned down a corner, presumably heading home. "Marinette? What's wrong?" Tikki asked, poking her head out of her purse as she noticed she wasn't moving, or breathing for that matter.

Adrien is Chat Noir..."

Marinette stayed up late thinking everything over. She should feel happy- ecstatic, really. She liked Adrien, and he liked Ladybug, which means that he likes her! Except it wasn't that simple. Adrien likes Ladybug, not Marinette. To Marinette, they're nothing alike, despite what Tikki tried telling her. Ladybug is confident, brave, while Marinette is a shy, bumbling fool. It would be so much better for the both of them if she just pretended this never happened.

So that's what she did. Or at least, tried to do. Marinette went to school the next morning with less then two hours of sleep. If Alya noticed how exhausted she was, which she must've considering her messy bun and dark circles under her eyes, she didn't mention it. She thought she made it through the day without a single comment... That is until Chloe noticed her attire. "Ew, you look disgusting. Did you even brush your teeth this morning?" Chloe pointed out, laughing madly as she turned to Sabrina.

Marinette didn't have the effort this morning to fight Chloe off with a sarcastic remark, so instead, she rubbed her tired eyes with her hands as she spoke. "Of course I did, Chloe." Marinette murmured, obviously surprising them with her short reply. She was surprised at the sound of a familiar voice, making his way over to the group.

"Just go eat lunch or something, Chloe. It's obvious Marinette didn't get enough sleep. Besides, I think she looks adorable." Adrien chimed in, surprising everyone. Marinette looked up at him with wide eyes, face heating up. She quickly looked away as Adrien sent her a friendly smile and a wink. Chloe and Sabrina stormed off with no more then a few muttered words. "Mind if we join you?" Adrien asked, sitting down at the table Alya and Marinette were sat at before he even received an answer.

It was clear he was just asking for the sake of being poliet, but Marinette couldn't help the urge to reply. "Sure. Just keep the compliments to a minimum." She teased, before she covered her mouth with a gasp. He was just being kind as he defended her, a extra little shove at Chloe, but Marinette couldn't help the comment that escaped her mouth. Why was she acting like she was talking to Chat Noir? Marinette looked around the table at everyone's reactions, all of them similar to hers. Adrien's face went from confused, shock, to a sheepish smile.

"S-Sorry. I-I didn't mean to call you adorab- not that you aren't adorable! Oh god..." Adrien rambled, thinking how much of a fool he was to make that comment. Marinette could barely speak to him and yet he called her adorable! He was surprised to be cut off from his rambling by a giggle from Marinette.

Marinette waved her hand, trying to calm him down. "It's fine, I was just teasing." She admitted, giving Adrien a wide smile to reassure him. He seemed to relax more, a small smile forming on his lips.

The rest of the lunch hour went on with a flash, eventually Nino and Adrien both got up to go back to their lockers. As soon as they were out of sight Alya was latching onto Marinette's arm with strength she never imagined her having. "What the hell is going on?" Alya asked, no, demanded, to know.

Marinette ripped her arm from Alya's grasp and rubbed it as she winced. "Ow... What do you mean?" She moaned, looking at her friend with a hint of annoyance.

Ignoring her pain, Alya continued. "How do you go from barely-able-to-complete-a-sentence to teasing him in the matter of a day?" Alya asked, latching onto Marinette's hands instead. "Girl, you have some explaining to do!"

Marinette cringed, realising her mistake. Keeping her secret from both Adrien and Chat Noir is going to be a lot harder then she first thought.

"Marinette, are you sure you should keep this from Adrien? I'm sure he'll like you just as much as he likes Ladybug!" Tikki tried to reassure the young heroine, but to no use. Marinette gave Tikki a short look, letting her know exactly how she felt.

She walked around the room with a large box, taking down magazine clippings of Adrien. She was no where near done, but the box was already half full! It made her blush as she realised how her crush was borderline creepy. Taking down the posters hurt, but she couldn't just keep harbouring feelings for someone who was never going to love her back. "Marinette, c'mon... If you keep this attitude up, you'll be akumatized!"

Marinette scoffed as she unpinned another photo of Adrien. "I-I'm not mad. Or sad. I feel... Indifferent... Empty." She admitted, pausing to let out a short sigh. "I'll be okay, Tikki. Just because I can't date Adrien, doesn't mean I can't be friends with him. This is great, really. Without all these feelings standing in the way, I can finally get closer to him, right? I mean, im not as nervous around him anymore! Not as comfortable as I am around Chat, but I can get there!" Despite her words, she couldn't bring herself to feel all that excited.

Tikki let out a heavy sigh after Marinette had finished her rambling. "Oh, Marinette..."

Today was one of the worst days of Marinette's life and it wasn't even lunch yet. The day started off with a detention slip due to her being late for the third time that week, not even to mention she came in soaking wet due to the rain. She tracked in mud and was sent back out to clean herself up, Chloe made sure to snicker loud enough for her to hear.

"Are you kidding me?" Marinette hit her head against her hand with a groan, completely fed up with the day. "I failed the test. Again." Marinette added, turning her head to look at Alya as they began to walk outside for lunch.

Alya rolled her eyes but placed a hand on her shoulder anyways. "Maybe you should do less sleeping in and more studying." Alya teased, causing Marinette to stick her tongue out at her, childishly. "But I think I have something that will make you feel better." She added, a devilish grin on her face.

"Oh yeah? What is i-" Marinette was cut off by the sound of her own screaming, falling down the stairs due to her own clumsiness. She would of hit the ground pretty hard too, if it wasn't for Adrien catching her.

Marinette looked up to meet Adrien's eyes, complete panic and horror written across her face. Adrien had one arm on her shoulder and the other on her waist, causing a blush to rise on her face as he gave her a friendly smile. "Nice to see you drop in." Marinette could see the Chat-like grin in him, she had to hold back the urge to roll her eyes at his pun.

Marinette brushed herself off after Adrien helped her stand straight, his hands still on her. "S-Sorry." She apologised, surprised at the stutter still in her voice. She thought she was past that.

Adrien, finally taking his hands from her, let out a small laugh as Alya and Nino joined the pair. "Oh, hey Alya. Sorry, but I got Nino for lunch today." Adrien bragged, wrapping his arm around his friend.

Nino cringed, slightly. "Sorry bro, promised Alya i'd come over." Nino apologised, watching as Adrien took his arm from him with a pout.

Alya found this the perfect opportunity to swoop in. "Well, that's okay, you can just have lunch with Marinette instead." She suggested, shoving Marinette forward towards Adrien.

Adrien gave Marinette a big grin as a reply. "Sure. What do you say, Marinette?" To Adrien anything sounded better then being stuck with Chloe.

He watched as Marinette fidgeted slightly, hands behind her back. "Well, I was planning on going home for lunch if you'd like to join me. We could play video games or something." She suggested, giving him a shy smile.

Adrien's grin grew wider, hoping he'd get the chance to finally beat her. "That sounds awesome! See you lovebirds later." He waved Nino and Alya a quick goodbye before the pair headed off in the opposite way. "So, how do you think you did on the test today?" Adrien asked, breaking the silence. It wasn't uncomfortable, but it was getting there.

Marinette groaned and covered her face. "Totally failed." She told him, the despair clear in her voice.

"Rough day?" He asked, eyes going from her still-damp hair and back to her. Marinette's blush deepened as she nodded her head, eyes going to her feet from embarrassment. "Here. I think I have something that can help." Adrien added, digging into his pocket.

Marinette's eyes widened in shock as he handed her the lucky charm she gave him. "You kept that?" She asked, staring at the charm in awe.

Adrien nodded, a proud smile on his face. "Never leave home without it!" He bragged, placing both hands on his hips. "I meant to give it back, sorry about that." He added, looking away with a small, sheepish smile.

"No, no!" Marinette was a little to quick to reassure him, quickly taking a second to get a hold of herself. With a suddenly confident smirk, she handed the charm back to him. "If we're playing Ultimate Mecha Strike III, I think you might want to hold onto this."

Adrien looked at her with wide eyes, surprised by her boldness. His shock was quickly replaced with a confident grin of his own, clenching the charm in a fist.

"You're so on!"

"You sure you don't want to play again?" Marinette teased after winning the battle for what seemed like the millionth time. "Maybe i'll even go a little easy on you." Adrien glared daggers at Marinette, but he couldn't deny how much of a good time he was having with her. He was surprised how fast she seemed to warm up to him. Before, he thought it was best not to hang around her too much because of how nervous he made her. Was she just intimidated because hes her favourite fashion designers son? Though Marinette's not someone to shy away from people from stupid titles.

Adrien was about to answer but Marinette's mother cut her off, calling them down for dinner. "Oh, I hope you don't mind eating here." Marinette gave him a sheepish smile before heading down to the dining room. He was quick behind her, a bounce in his step.

His mouth nearly watered at the sight of the table. He wasn't used to this much food, not even to mention the taste. Adrien couldn't help but thank the family multiple times that meal.

"Don't worry, sweetie, its no big deal. It's our treat, really. We're not used to Marinette having a boy over." Sabine gushed, causing Marinette to choke on her food.

"Mother!" Marinette shrieked, giving her warning glare.

To Marinette's surprise, Adrien chuckled at her moms words. "Well, thank you anyways." He thanked, once more. Truth be told, Adrien wasn't used to being full and god did he love the feeling.

Tom Dupain let out a hearty laugh, which Adrien had to admit, the way he laughed reminded him of Santa Claus. "Well, you're welcome here anytime." Adrien felt his grin grow, pleasantly surprised with how kind Marinette's family was.

Marinette, who was currently pretending to look at the time, was not. "Oh, would you look at that, better leave or we will be late for school. Bye, love you!" Marinette was dragging Adrien out the door before he could say anything.

Marinette's journey home from school was cut off by the sound of screaming. She quickly ran behind a tree and opened her bag, smiling down at Tikki. "Tikki, spots on!" She whispered, transforming into LadyBug. A devilish grin rose onto her face, already feeling the confidence that came with being Ladybug. She threw her yo-yo and swung her way towards the noise.

On her way towards the chaos, she ran into Chat Noir, and from there they continued towards the akuma.

By the time the fight was over, the sun was beginning to set behind the mountains. Today was one of their longest akuma battles yet and the effects of that battle were reflected clearly onto both Chat and Ladybug. "Pound it." They both spoke, not holding nearly as much enthusiasm as the words usually do. Chat gave Ladybug a short goodbye before racing away, heading towards the Agreste Mansion. Now that she knew he was Adrien, it was so obvious to her how he was Chat Noir. They were complete copies of one another, how she didn't notice it before, surprised her.

Ladybug swung her way back to the bakery and transformed back to Marinette. She took a long, deserved shower after making it home. With her hair still wet, Marinette sat up on the roof with music playing, low enough to not disturb any neighbours. Tikki was fast asleep inside, surrounded by sweets. She laughed just thinking about her in her sugar coma. Marinette closed her eyes and leaned against the railing as one of her favourite instrumental songs came on, the sad but hopeful melody calming her.

Marinette's peaceful silence was quickly disturbed. "Princess?" Chat Noir called, causing her to jump and let out a yelp. "Woah! Didn't mean to scare you." He apologised, but was clearly keeping in his giggles.

She scowled at him, crossing her arms over her chest. "What are you doing here, Chat?" Marinette asked, tapping her foot with annoyance. Despite knowing he was Adrien, it didn't make him any less infuriating.

Chat shrugged as he walked across the railing, a smug look on his face. "Just in the neighbourhood and thought i'd stop by to see my favourite civilian." He teased, pinching Marinette's cheek in the process.

She pushed his hand away with a roll of her eyes, running a hand through her wet hair. She knew his excuse wasn't true. Her house wasn't on the way to his from where the akuma fight had finished, so he went out of his way to see her... Marinette.. Not Ladybug... "Seriously, Chat." Marinette gave him a frown, to show how serious she was. "What's wrong?" Chat looked at her with a raised eyebrow, coming off as unknowing until his demeanor broke. He let out a sigh and leaped off the railing to lean against it.

"Can't a guy who just so happens to be a superhero, come hang out with a claw-some gal?" Chat asked, his smile widening at the pun. Marinette punched him in the arm, hard. "Ow! Okay, I deserved that." Chat moaned, rubbing at his arm. "Damn, you throw a punch." He added, cringing slightly.

Calming down from her small fit of laughter, Marinette calmed down and looked at him with a nervous frown. What was his angle? Why was he of all people coming to see Marinette? "Shouldn't you be hanging out with Ladybug or something?" She asked, folding her arms over her chest. "There was just an akuma battle, wasn't there? Aren't you tired?"

Chat shrugged dramatically, taking her question as an invitation to take a seat on one of her lawn chairs next to her. "I'm actually feeling pretty claw-some!" He answered, a smug grin on his face. "As for Ladybug? I think I bug her too much." Before he could continue with his puns, Marinette punched him in the arm again. "Why must you make me suf-fur." He added, placing a hand on his heart as he acted wounded.

"Enough with the puns, I can't take it." Marinette groaned, falling back in her chair despite the small smile growing on her face.

Chat gasped, sitting up straighter in his seat. "What? But puns are the cat's meow!" He argued, crossing his arms over his chest, dramatically.

"You are really stressing meow't." Marinette covered her mouth in shock, surprised with herself. She looked at Chat at his eyes widened and mouth opened in shock. "Don't you dare ever mention this to anyone." She demanded, stomping her foot to prove her point.

Chat's open mouth turned into a devilish grin. "You like puns!" He cheered, standing from his seat for dramatic effect. "You totally like puns! Oh my god, this is hilarious." Chat continued, falling back in his seat with a laugh. Annoyed, Marinette took the closest thing to her and threw it at his face, which just so happened to be her lucky charm. "Ooo. What's this?" Chat asked, holding it in his hand as he waved it back and forth. "Some sort of hypnotising device?" Of course he was playing clueless.

Marinette rolled her eyes and yanked the charm out of his hands. "It's a lucky charm. Adrien must of forgotten it here." She told him, although it sounded more like she was telling herself. Chat didn't miss the small smile that grew on her lips.

Chat pretended to look interested. "Ooo. Are you going to give it back to him?" He asked.

Marinette shrugged before pausing, examining the charm some more. "Well, technically its mine..." She admitted, although she knew he was just playing dumb. She could play dumb, too. "Do you think you could somehow get it back to him without him knowing he left it for me?" Marinette asked, playing naive.

"Ah, I think I can take this request from the wonder-fur purr-incess." Chat told her, taking the charm from her before bowing, dramatically. "I'll be sure he gets this at once!" He adds before doing a backflip off the roof, just to show off.

Marinette crossed her arms over her chest as she watched Chat run off into the distance.

"I can totally do this." Marinette told herself with a smug grin.