Adrien left the mansion in a huff. He was fed up of Nathalie, fed up of the Gorilla and his father. He just wanted away from it all. So, naturally, he ran to the first place he could think of, the park.

Arriving at the entrance of the park, he was swarmed by little kids who were rushing to get in to play on the merry-go-round. He couldn't help but smile at their little faces lighting up when they saw the horses on the small attraction. He watched on as families, friends and even lovers were there in the park, enjoying themselves with no consequences. He sighed, wishing his father would be less restrictive and let him do what he wished to do.

And do you know what he wanted to do right now? Climb the big tree that was on the edge of the park, bringing a large area of shade over the green grass. A prime area for people to have a picnic. He took long strides over to the bottom of the tree, fists clenched. He stood face to face with the bark. He tilted his head up to look through the branches and leaves. It looked so high...

How on earth could be be scared? He jumped from buildings and way higher places than this, he even fell from higher than the Eiffel Tower once!, on a day to day business when he was his alter ego, Chat Noir, but never as Adrien. Unless you counted the rock wall which decorated one side of his room.

He placed one hand on a small jutted area and reached with his other hand to another, pulling himself up enough to reach another nob in the tree. Before long, he had found a decent rhythm (he did slip several times but no one needed to know that, this part of the park was practically empty) and was up into the branches and leaves. Taking a break, he sat on one of the larger boughs of the tree and looked down.

Biggest mistake.

He was a lot higher than he realised and with the lack of people below, it just made the ground seem even further away than before. His hands gripped onto the branch for dear life. Oh god, he hoped Nino wouldn't find out about this, his friend would ridicule him for life, after congratulating him on doing something reckless of he decided to get down as fast as he could and then the thought of Nino finding out grew small in comparison to this question.

How does one get out of a tree?

He looked for any signs on how to get down but found none. How the hell did he manage to get this far up. His hands gripped the wood so tight that he swore the bark would have his nail imprints engraved in there forever.

"Are you alright up there?" A voice called down from below. He turned his attention to the source of the voice, finding safety in the voice. Someone found him. Looking down, he saw a very familiar girl from his class, her black blue hair in two pigtails.

"Marinette!" He sighed in relief.

"A-Adrien!" She squealed in shock. She didn't realise it was her crush that was stuck up in the tree. "W-why are y-you up there?" She asked him, stuttering in nervousness.

"I... Uh... I kinda climbed up here and now I'm stuck." He admitted, rather than trying to come up with some heroic excuse like someone needed to get their cat out of the tree. He almost laughed at the irony of that thought, he technically was a cat. He could almost see her rolling her eyes at the boys action before a blush returned to her face.

"I-is there a-anyway that help can I...I mean! A-anyway I can help?!" She fumbled, feeling the Alya in her head facepalm at the girl's actions.

"U...uh... Aside from the obvious of saving me from this tree-like hell, do you have any food on you? I haven't eaten in what feels like weeks." He said with a nervous chuckled, releasing one hand warily to scratch his head.

"I-I can G-get you some f-food!" She said. "I'll be right b-back handsome... I mean Adrien!" She panicked before sprinting away from the tree with a flustered look of her face.

She got to the bakery and slammed open the door.

"Mama! Papa! Have you got any food left that I could take for a friend?" She asked her parents, both at the till. The shop was rather quiet at the moment so both were enjoying being out of the heat of the kitchen.

"We have some cookies but that's it. They are slightly stale as they are left over from a few days ago but still perfectly edible. You and your friend enjoy!" Sabine stated.

"Thank you Mama! Where are they?" She called, looking around the countertops inside the blistering hot kitchen, most of the ovens on with various baked goods inside, ranging from bread to the most delicate of cinnamon buns.

"They should be on the counter, next to the fridge sweetie." Her mother said, poking her head in to see her daughter searching, pointing at the small tray. "There is also a spare box if you would like."

"That would be perfect mama." She smiled in return, scooping the sweet treats into a box near the exit and trotting out, giving her parents a kiss on the cheek before rushing to save her ad- she meant just Adrien. "I'll be in the park!"

Meanwhile, Adrien was contemplating whether he should just turn into Chat. Plagg sat on his shoulder while he shook his head at the boys idea.

"Being Chat wouldn't help here. Trees and cats are a big no no." Plagg explained, not looking down himself. "It's our fatal flaw, we cannot go up a tree. It truly is a curse."

"I swear if you manage to help me out of this hell I will give you a box of Camembert."

"While that would be absolutely delightful, no can do."

"But Plaaaaggg-" he started moaning before he heard footsteps below him. "Quick hide." He said, the Kwami entering his shirt.

"A-Adrien? Are y-you still there?"

"Yeah... And no closer to saving myself."

"I'll c-come up in a second, though it m-may be d-difficult, w-what with having f-food."

"You have food? What is it?" He asked quickly, the thought making his stomach rumble. She giggled at the large growl as he held his stomach, composing himself.

"Just s-some left over c-cookies..." She said, nervousness setting in again. She managed to place the cookies on the first platform of sorts as she climbed up, manoeuvring the box then herself until she was level with him.

"H-here. If y-you don't l-like them, I'm s-sorry..." She said, looking away as he bit into one. "D-do you like I-it?"

"Marinette... I have just tasted heaven. And you say these cookies weren't fresh?!" He said shocked, looking at her with sparkles practically shining in his eyes.

"Y-you really like t-them?"

"Of course!"

"You could m-maybe come over to the b-bakery sometime to t-try some of the o-other stuff we, well my parents, make. Then we could do something afterwards, only if you wanted to of course. Ah, who am I kidding, why would you want to spend time with clumsy old Marinette?" She spoke quickly, pace increasing gradually as the words went on.

Adrien processed what she was saying in his mind. Marinette had buried her face in her hands, the red tinge creeping past her fingertips. He could almost hear her saying 'stupid' over and over again at herself.

"That sounds awesome." He said. She looked up slowly, eyes wide in disbelief.

"R-really?"

"Yes, it sounds really fun."

A large smile appeared on her face, eyes lighting up. Adrien had to gulp, repressing the blush that warned to appear on his face because she looked so cute like that. Wait, when had he ever thought Marinette was cute?

Marinette only wished she could carry on a conversation but she had no idea what she would say to him. She looked down and felt herself get a similar problem to him.

"Do you not know how to get down?" He asked her. She groaned and proceeded to hit her face off the trunk of the tree. "Don't worry! We can stay stuck up here together. Someone is bound to find us eventually."

"I can call Alya." She offered, not stuttering for once.

"Sure, go ahead." He said. Marinette reached for her purse and pulled her phone out, careful not to reveal Tikki to him. She didn't want anyone to know, not even her partner, so why should her crush find out?

She pressed dial on Alya's contact and the phone started ringing.

"Hey Mari, what's up?"

"H-hey Alya... I was wondering..."

"What happened?"

"If I w-were to hypothetically be s-stuck up a t-tree with A-Adrien, would y-you come help u-us."

"Do you need me to be your Ladybug?"

"Yes..." She heard Alya burst out laughing at the situation.

"I'll get a ladder." She said before hanging up.

"What did she say?" Adrien asked, only hearing Marinette's side of the conversation and Alya's laugh.

"She's c-coming to save us." She said. He sighed in relief.

"I can't wait to get out of this goddamn tree. Never again. No matter how much my kids want to climb a tree, I will never accompany them."

"You want kids?" She asked, slightly surprised. He blushed slightly as he scratched the back of his head.

"Y-yeah. I always thought the idea was nice. The only name I can think of at the moment though for them is Hugo."

"H-how funny." She commented. He raised an eyebrow. "T-that's what I thought about naming my son."

"That's surprising we have that small detail in common. Next thing I know you'll want a few cats." They chuckled and he almost didn't hear the mutter under her breath.

"One chat is enough." He smiled slightly at the small comment.

A clang hit the bottom of the tree trunk as the two teens jumped in shock.

"Your Ladybug and Chat Noir have arrived." Alya said, Nino standing next to her. They held the base of the ladder as they positioned it in a good enough place for them to get down.

They touched the ground and Adrien hadn't ever felt so relieved in his life. He noticed Alya and Marinette walking off, Alya looking incredibly proud and hugging the dark haired girl, cheers erupting from her.

"What's that about?" Nino asked, taking the ladder down.

"Not sure." He shrugged as he helped his friend take the ladder back to Nino's garage.

"You asked him on a date?!"

"N-not really a date b-but to hang o-out at my place."

"And he said yes?!" Marinette nodded sheepishly as Alya's arms wrapped around the girl.

"We finally have progress." She grinned. Marinette was also going to share with her the choice in names but decided to keep that to herself. A nice detail to share between the two of them. They made their way to the ice cream stand, to celebrate the fact Marinette managed to talk to Adrien and managed to get a 'date' with him.

-two weeks later-

"Are you kidding me Chaton?" Ladybug asked as she noticed Chat stuck up in the tree. The skin on his face was all red in embarrassment. She face palmed as she tossed her yoyo up and landed beside him. "This is the second time I've had to try help with something like this, you know that right?"

"I'm sorry... It's a Chat thing."

hey look I updated, finally! I hope you enjoyed it, this was based off a prompt my lovely friend gave me and since today is her birthday, I had to finish it and dedicate it to my Bugaboo, Happy Birthday Korra! Feel free to review or whatever if you like!