What's this? Another Miraculous fanfic? I'm into too deep and can't stop now. This story will be probably be my most romantic of all time which is exciting. My stories always contain casual romance, but we're cranking it up here because Marinette and Adrien deserve it. I hope you all enjoy my new story! Reviews and criticism are greatly appreciated! :)

For Marinette, the bus ride to the museum was a dream come true and a terrifying nightmare. For Adrien, it was a bus ride to the museum. The two were partners on their class field trip. They had been assigned a large packet filled with questions about the museum's many exhibits. Their teacher, being the kind spirit she was, decided to pair her students with a partner to lessen the workload. Partners were picked completely randomly, which was how Marinette ended up with Adrien. Marinette thought her Ladybug luck must have been on her side when she saw her name get pulled out of that hat after Adrien's. If only she was able to use some of that luck to talk to Adrien…

Marinette sat silently in her seat, her cheeks already bright pink. She tried not to look over at Adrien in fear she might do something stupid. Instead, she stared straight ahead at the back of Alya's head, who was sitting in front of her next to Nino. "Just be cool," Marinette thought to herself. She concentrated on repeating these words in her head. She was so focused on this task, she hadn't noticed Adrien tapping on her shoulder. "Marinette?" he finally said. "Are you okay?" Marinette let out a loud cry in surprise. Everyone on the bus turned to her, causing her to turn red from embarrassment. "I-I'm fine," she said, cursing herself. "Completely p-perfect. Never been better."

"That's good. Would you mind handing me the packet? I wanted to look at the questions before we got to the museum." Marinette nodded her head and grabbed the packet out of her bag. She had been holding onto it since Adrien insisted he would lose it if he kept it. Marinette doubted that was true, but agreed to take it. She handed the packet to Adrien and for brief moment, their hands touched. His hands were warm and soft, like Marinette had expected. She imagined that models had nice hands and this proved she was correct. Marinette was disappointed when she had to let go. Adrien scanned through the packet looking at the questions. "These aren't too bad. Look at this one, I think we can answer it already." He leaned next to Marinette to show her. He was only a few inches from her face.

This was the first time Adrien had ever been this close to Marinette. She was actually very pretty. She had small freckles that dotted her nose and eyes as blue as the sea. They resembled Ladybug's in a way. However, Ladybug's eyes radiated confidence. While Adrien was admiring Marinette's face, she was admiring his (though she had done this many times before). She loved his soft, green eyes that were full of understanding, but also loneliness. His blonde hair seemed to shine and look perfect at every moment of the day. It was no wonder he was a model. Both of them realized that they had been staring at each other and awkwardly moved apart. For Marinette, this was a normal occurrence. She was used to her clumsy behavior in front of Adrien though she was always embarrassed and ashamed of it. To Adrien though, it was a new experience. He had never been close to a girl before, excluding Ladybug, and wasn't used to uncomfortable exchanges with them.

They were both quiet now, unsure of what to do or say. Marinette decided that it would be better to keep silent until they got to the museum. They had only been on the bus for few minutes and she had already made herself look like a fool. She prayed for the bus to drive faster.

Meanwhile, Chloe was sitting in the back of the bus next to her poor partner, Max. Her arms were crossed and she let out an angry snarl. How did Marinette end up with Adrien? She had been watching the two of them since they left school. It was pathetic to see Marinette be close to him. She looked like an idiot, always stuttering and blushing. Adrien was too kind to her. He should leave her in the dust or at least, that's what Chloe believed. "He should be my partner," Chloe muttered to herself. "I'm going to kill her when I get the chance." Max scooted over in his seat to get a little farther from Chloe. He didn't want to be nearby when she exploded. That wouldn't be a pretty picture.

The bus made it to the museum with no further problems. All the students happily hopped off the bus and were lead into the museum by a tour guide assigned to their class. He was a tall, good looking boy who was still in college and worked at the museum part time. He introduced himself as Anton and quickly captured the hearts of many of Marinette's classmates. Despite her undying love for Adrien, Marinette had to admit Anton was very cute. He guided the class into the main hall of the museum.

"This is where you are all expected to meet at noon for lunch. You have free roam of the museum until then. Feel free to ask me or your teacher any questions you have. We'll do our best to answer them." He gave everyone an award-winning smile. He had shiny white teeth like Chat Noir's. Marinette smiled at the thought of her kitty. She wondered if he would enjoy spending a day at the museum. With that, all the students ran off in different directions to explore the museum.

"Where do you want to start?" Adrien asked Marinette. "How about the Egypt exhibit?" Marinette suggested. "I know a lot about that one."

"Same here," Adrien chuckled. Marinette had spent her fair share of time in Egypt themed exhibits during her fight with Pharaoh. Unbeknownst to her, so had Adrien. The two of them entered the Egypt exhibit and began to admire all the artifacts that had been laid out. In the center of the room was a sarcophagus with an old mummy inside. "It says he's thousands of years old," Adrien read off the plaque. "That's a long time to be dead." Then he ran over to a smaller sarcophagus that claimed to have a mummified cat inside. "Egyptians mummified their cats?" he questioned. Marinette walked up beside him and looked at the sarcophagus. "Y-yeah," she said, trying to contain her stammer. She wanted to show off some of her knowledge to Adrien. "The Egyptians highly valued cats and saw them as divine."

Adrien began to laugh. "I always knew I liked Egypt. This sarcophagus is purr-fect." Marinette stood there silent for a minute, unsure of what just happened. Adrien just made a cat pun and a terrible one. Adrien covered his mouth once he realized he had let some of his Chat Noir side slide out. Around giant crowds, he was good at being boring, well-behaved Adrien. Around just Marinette though, he felt more comfortable and at ease. However, he began to panic when Marinette gave him a weird look. But then she began to laugh. "That was good," she smiled. "But you could use some work. It felt a little forced." For once, she felt relaxed around Adrien, probably because it felt like she was teasing Chat Noir.

"And what do you know about cat puns?" Adrien pouted, though he had to admit he had forced that one. It wasn't as good as his normal, magnificent cat puns. "Let's just say I'm well acquainted with them," Marinette explained. "I know someone who happens to be a master."

"I'd like to meet him. He sounds "claw"some." Adrien gave Marinette a wink and she groaned. Both them failed to notice how casual they were being with each other. Adrien was joyfully letting out more cat puns and Marinette was laughing so hard that her sides were starting to hurt. "This is getting out of hand," Marinette giggled. She took a deep breath and tried to return to normal. "We need to get to work."

"Sure thing, Princess." Adrien cursed himself as he slipped up again. No one called Marinette "Princess" except for Chat Noir. If she figured him out, his secret identity would be blown. Lucky for him, she hadn't noticed since she had started to answer some of the questions in the packet. "Let me help," Adrien said, approaching her. He didn't want Marinette to get stuck with all the work. That would be unfair. Adrien failed to notice a pencil that had been dropped by some student on the ground. He stepped on it and went falling forwards, right onto Marinette.

The two of them fell onto the ground with a thud. The packet and Marinette's pencil flew out of her hands and slid across the floor. There was a pain in the back of her head from the fall. She gave a groan and rubbed her head. Then she noticed Adrien was lying right on top of her. He was so close that if he moved an inch down, they would be kissing. Both of them turned red. "I-I'm sorry!" Adrien cried, quickly standing up. He offered his hand to Marinette and helped her to her feet. "I-it's okay," Marinette said. "I… umm…." She didn't know what to say. Adrien Agreste had just fallen on top of her. Marinette was trying to process everything and Adrien was attempting to contain his embarrassment when there was an angry shout from the side of the exhibit.

"What's going on here?" It was Chloe, who must have abandoned Max and tried to find Adrien. She had seen Adrien fall on top of Marinette and she was not happy. "My poor Adrien!" she cried. She ran over to Adrien and wrapped her arms tightly around him. "You had to touch that disgusting girl. We need to get you cleaned up."

"Disgusting?" Marinette thought to herself. "What the heck? It's not even my fault he fell on me. Why am I the one being abused in this situation?" Marinette frowned and glared at Chloe. She wanted to confront her, but didn't want to look mean in front of Adrien. She knew that they were long-time friends. "Chloe, stop that," Adrien said firmly. Chloe gasped as she looked at Adrien. "Stop being mean to Marinette. It was my fault we fell and even if it had been her fault, your comments were unnecessary. You need to apologize." Adrien was sick and tired of Chloe harassing his classmates. He now knew firsthand how great Marinette was. He always knew she was amazing, but he had never got close enough to her to experience himself. Marinette didn't deserve crap from Chloe.

"Apologize," Adrien repeated in a stern tone. Chloe's eyes widened in disgust and she began to cry. "I won't apologize. I hate Marinette." She turned to Marinette and gave her a hard push. "Stop getting in my way and trying to steal Adrien. He could never like someone as pathetic as you." Chloe's make-up had started to run from her tears and Marinette thought Chloe looked more pathetic than Marinette ever had. Black lines ran down from her eyes. She looked like an Egyptian ironically. "Chloe, I'm sick and tired of this nonsense," Marinette shouted. The authority in her voice shocked Adrien. Marinette was really mad. He had never seen her this upset.

"Not only are you being mean to me, but you're making Adrien feel bad!"

"Shut up!" Chloe screamed as she slapped Marinette across the face. Adrien was getting nervous now. If he didn't do something, this would turn into an all-out fight and he knew Chloe would win. Marinette didn't seem like the type to hurt people, even if she was being attacked. Marinette touched the cheek Chloe slapped and looked up at her with angry eyes. However, she didn't do anything. Marinette knew it would be unwise to push Chloe any further than this. All of sudden, Chloe raced out of the room, sobbing. That girl always turned herself into the victim though she was clearly the aggressor.

"Marinette, are you okay?" Adrien asked. He pointed at her cheek and Marinette nodded. "I'm fine," she sighed. "I hope Chloe is okay too. I didn't think she'd get that upset." Adrien stared at Marinette in awe. Chloe had smacked her and Marinette was still worried about her. He had never met someone with as pure a heart as Marinette. Marinette knelt down and picked up the packet and her pencil. "We should get back to work. We still have a lot of questions to answer." They decided to move on to another exhibit. They both had enough of Egypt. The medieval exhibit would be there next destination. Oddly enough, both of them had experience in that area too.

As they walked, Marinette tried to keep herself calm. She had caused a scene in front of Adrien. It would be a long time until he forgot that fight. She wondered if he was upset with her or thought less of her because of her actions. Adrien and Marinette were quiet as they wandered through the museum. They entered the medieval exhibit and sat down on a bench to begin working.

Suddenly, there was a series of screams from somewhere in the museum. People came running into the exhibit hall in a panic. "What's going on?" Adrien exclaimed. He stood up and tried to run against the crowd of people, only to be pushed down to the ground by one of them. Marinette quickly jumped up and grabbed his hand. She was so worried about what was happening on, she didn't feel nervous about touching Adrien. Marinette's ears perked up when she heard a chilling, familiar voice echo through the museum. "My dear Adrien, where are you?" the voice chanted. Marinette's blood ran cold. "Adrien, we need to go. Now!" Marinette pulled Adrien behind her as she sprinted to the museum's exit. If she was right about what was happening, Adrien was in serious danger.

The museum's main lobby was crowded with people trying to escape. There was hardly any room to move. "Marinette, what's happening?" Adrien asked. He held on tight to her hand. He didn't want to be separated from her. He had a feeling something bad was going to happen. "You need to get out of here," Marinette explained. "Get as far from the museum as possible. It's dangerous."

"What about you?"

"I'm getting out to, but I need to make sure you're safe first." Adrien was taken aback by her words. Wasn't the boy supposed to be the hero? Adrien felt more like a damsel in distress than a hero. He hadn't expected Marinette to be so worried about him. "Let's get out," Adrien said. The crowd had died down as more people made it out of the museum. The two were about to make their escape when they heard the voice of their worst nightmare.

"There you are, Adrien." Marinette and Adrien turned around to see Chloe. There wasn't much that had changed about her. Maybe it was because she had so much evil in her body, she didn't need much help from an akuma to cause havoc. Her clothes were different. Instead of her normal designer brand outfit, she was wearing a long, yellow dress. It looked like something out of a fairy tale. She had a shining crown on her head and an evil look in her eyes. Marinette tried to figure out where the akuma was, but nothing about Chloe stuck out to her. "Are you trying to leave?" Chloe taunted as she approached the pair. She looked at Marinette and snarled. "And look what the trash dragged in…"

Marinette knew she needed to get away so she could transform. An akumatized Chloe was probably the most dangerous villain she could imagine. She had to leave. "Chloe, stop this!" Adrien yelled. He stepped in front of Marinette, attempting to protect her. Chloe was focused on him, not Marinette. "Don't protect her!" Chloe shrieked. She waved her hand and a mysterious force seemed to pick up Adrien and toss him to the side. "Adrien!" Marinette cried. She tried to run over to help him, but was stopped by Chloe. "Not so fast. I want my revenge." Chloe waved her hands again and the ceiling of the museum started to crumble to pieces right above Marinette. Before she could react to what was happening, a giant piece of stone from the ceiling fell onto Marinette, pushing her to the ground. It landed on her arm, crushing it.

Marinette began to scream. The pain in her arm was unimaginable. It was like everything was being crushed and ground into tiny pieces. "Isn't this fun?" Chloe joked as she approached Marinette. Marinette shook in fear. She didn't know what to do. Tikki was in her purse, but there was no way she could transform here. Even if she did, Ladybug couldn't get the stone off her arm. She wasn't that strong.

Adrien watched the stone fall onto Marinette. He wanted to immediately rush to help her, but knew he couldn't do anything as Adrien. He stood up and ran behind a nearby wall. "Plagg, hurry up! Marinette's in trouble." Plagg appeared and for once, he seemed to be focused and ready for action. "Claws out!" There was a green glow from behind the wall that neither Chloe nor Marinette noticed. Chat Noir was ready for action.

"Chloe, stop!" Marinette yelled. Her voice was full of desperation and fear. Chloe wouldn't hesitate to kill her while akumatized. Chloe had an evil smile and cheekily replied, "Time to take out the trash."

"Wait right there!" a voice said from behind her. Chat Noir stood there with his staff in hand. "I think you might be the trash here," he joked. Chloe growled and waved her hand. Rubble flew at Chat Noir, but he easily deflected them with his staff. "You'll have to do better than that," he smirked. He prepared himself for another counterattack when he realized that Marinette was still trapped under that rock. Her face was pale and she seemed to be in a lot of pain. Chat Noir passed Chloe and sprinted towards Marinette.

"Where are you going?" Chloe snarled. "Your fight is with me. Ignore that little pest!" Chat Noir approached the stone crushing Marinette. "Everything is going to be fine, Princess," he whispered to her. "Leave it to me." Marinette gave no response. Her body was in too much pain to speak. "Cataclysm!" Chat Noir touched his hand to the stone and it turned into dust. Finally, Marinette was free.

"Get out of here quickly! Ladybug should be here soon and we'll take care of this mess." Marinette slowly stood up and began to run towards the exit. She was worried about Adrien, but she needed to get away and transform. Adrien would be safer if Ladybug was there. In addition, she didn't want to leave Chat Noir alone with Chloe for much longer. Marinette ducked outside and found a small, hidden area to transform.

"Tikki, spots on!" she groaned. Her arm was in so much pain, but she couldn't let that stop her. Tikki came out of Marinette's purse and looked at her friend in terror. "Marinette, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, but I need to transform. Someone needs to stop Chloe." Marinette transformed into Ladybug and bolted back into the museum. Chat Noir was dodging more attacks from Chloe. He appeared to be getting tired. "What took you so long, LB?" he exclaimed when he his lady entered the hall. "I was busy," she remarked as she charged at Chloe. She needed to locate the akuma and get it purified. "Chat Noir, keep her busy!" Ladybug ordered. Chat Noir nodded in understanding and went in for an attack. He swiped his claws at Chloe, knocking her tiara away. "My crown!" she cried, bending down to pick it up. She was vulnerable, but Ladybug didn't know where the akuma was. She tried to think about things that Chloe kept on her person. Things that would be a perfect hiding spot for an akuma. Then it struck her. Chloe always wore the same necklace. Marinette had never really noticed it until now.

"Grab her necklace!" Ladybug shouted. Chat Noir went in for another strike and tried to grab Chloe's necklace. Chloe grabbed his arm beforehand and threw him back against the wall. Apparently, she had super strength. "Where's Adrien?" she demanded. "Far from here," Ladybug taunted. "He didn't want to be anywhere near you." She tried to keep a confident face though her arm was screaming in pain. It was lying limp at her side. Everything Ladybug did would have to be with her other arm. Chloe lunged at Ladybug, prepared to give her a good punch. It was a good thing Chloe didn't think her actions through. Ladybug tossed her yo-yo and it wrapped around Chloe's feet. She pulled it tight and Chloe fell to the ground. Ladybug ran over and pulled the necklace off her neck. The silver chain broke into pieces as it came off Chloe's neck. Ladybug slammed the necklace's gem onto the ground and a purple butterfly emerged.

The butterfly was sucked into Ladybug's yo-yo and turned a pure white. "Bye-bye, little butterfly," Ladybug sighed as the butterfly flew off. "Now it's time to clean up this mess. Miraculous Ladybug!" Everything around Ladybug returned to normal. The ceiling fixed itself and the museum became clean. Chloe returned to normal and was lying on the ground, very confused. Unfortunately for Marinette, her miraculous powers hadn't healed her injuries. Perhaps they didn't work on Ladybug or they just couldn't fix everything. Marinette's injuries were still there in full force. She needed to get to a doctor soon.

"My lady," Chat Noir said, running up to Ladybug. He gave her a hug as thanks, but instead of being playfully pushed away as expected, Ladybug screamed and a few tears fell from her eyes. He had pressed against her arm. "What's wrong, LB?" he said, panicking. "Are you hurt?" Ladybug grabbed her arm and groaned. Just touching it caused her pain. The pain was spiraling out of control. She was beginning to black out. "Chat Noir…" she mumbled before she passed out.

She awoke again, lying on a museum bench. Her eyes slowly fluttered open. Her vision was blurry, but everything was beginning to clear. Ladybug looked up at saw Chat Noir leaning over her. In fact, she was lying across his lap. "Finally awake?" he grinned. "What happened?" Ladybug moaned. Her arm still hurt like hell, but her better than average healing abilities were starting to kick in. "You passed out," Chat Noir explained. "Why haven't you detransformed?" Ladybug wondered. She thought to herself how lucky it was that she hadn't used her "lucky charm". If she had, she would have detransformed a long time ago. Chat Noir gave her a worried look. "Are you feeling better?"

"Yeah. I think I should be leaving. Are all the people in the museum okay?"

"Yes, it's completely vacant now. They closed the museum for the rest of the day."

"What about Adrien?" Chat Noir got goosebumps at the mention of his name. He never knew Ladybug knew about Adrien's existence. "He's fine," Chat Noir replied. "He went home with the rest of the students here on that field trip."

"That's good." A small smile danced on Ladybug's lips, confusing Chat Noir. His lady seemed to care a lot about his other identity. Maybe it was just her normal concern for the citizens of Paris. Chat Noir shook his head to try to snap out of his thoughts. If Ladybug didn't love Chat Noir, there was no way she would even give Adrien the time of day. She sat up and got off of Chat Noir's lap. "I'll see you, kitty. Thanks for letting me take a little catnap." She began to run away towards the exit.

"Get well soon!" Chat Noir called to her. She winked at him and disappeared. He sighed to himself. It was hard not to be worried about her. He didn't know how she had hurt herself, but she was in much pain earlier. Would she make it home okay? That was when Chat Noir remembered Marinette. He hadn't seen what happened to her after she escaped the museum. Chances were her arm was broken after being crushed by that rock. He suddenly got concerned about her.

"It's all my fault she was hurt," Chat Noir thought to himself. "Chloe was after me and Marinette got caught in the crossfire. I have to do something to make it up to her." Since there was no one at the museum anymore, Chat Noir detransformed. Plagg came flying out of Chat Noir's ring and landed on the floor. "Jeez, that felt like forever," Plagg complained. "Sorry," Adrien apologized. "I wanted to keep an eye on Ladybug. She was seriously hurt."

"What about the shy girl?"

"Huh? Oh, you mean Marinette. I think she's fine, but I want to check on her." Adrien walked over to a nearby trashcan and pulled his bag out from behind it. He hid it there after he fed Plagg some cheese after using "cataclysm". He grabbed some more cheese from the bag and tossed it to Plagg. "Eat up," he smiled. "We have one more stop before we head home for the night."