First Miraculous Ladybug Fanfic! This idea just popped into my head while eating ice cream. Hope you enjoy!

All characters belong to our extremely awesome Hawkdaddy!

She was fidgeting with her fingers ever since she started her walk to school; her blue eyes were wide open and her breathing was quick. Marinette Dupain-Cheng was certainly nervous.

"It'll be alright Marinette. How can he say no?"Tikki said.

Yeah, maybe Tikki is right, Marinette thought as she met up with Alya at the school main door. She was expecting a "hi" from her friend, instead Alya began to question her.

"Are you ready?" she crossed her arms across her chest and looked at the secret superhero straight in the eye.

The navy blue haired girl looked at her, clearly confused. "Ready? For what?"

Alya let out a squeal. "To ask Adrien out of course!" she looked more excited about that idea than Marinette was.

"I never told you that…" Marinette whined as she covered her blush with both of her hands. She would remember if she told Alya all about the plan, and she bet her secret identity that she didn't tell the journalist.

The brown-red head giggled. "You've been mumbling about it all week last week!" she exclaimed.

That's when it hit; Marinette had been talking to Tikki about it over and over. She mentally face palmed herself for not being a bit more discreet. She let out a sigh.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you, I just… I just wanted to this on my on you know. I realized that if I want some progress with Adrien, I had to stop being nervous around him." she concluded.

Alya was near to dramatically tears and hugged her best friend. "Oh I'm so proud of you!" she said, the pride in her voice could clearly be heard.

Marinette hugged back, she smiled. "I've had a good teacher!" she said, they both laughed.

"Hey girls! What's up?" Nino asked as he walked towards the girls. Both of them waved at Nino. "Adrien will be here any minute now." He teased with a cheeky grin.

"Nino!" the Chinese-French scolded with a blush.

Alya and Nino were actually good friends, it was wasn't long after that Nino began to help the journalist try to get the designer and the model together for good.

Nino once told Alya that he was getting tired of Adrien being so oblivious. "It's just so frustrating!" He said once.

Adrien's car pulled up on the sidewalk and the boy climbed out of the vehicle. He smiled widely when he saw Nino, Alya and Marinette.

"There he comes…" Nino and Alta cooed. The designer rolled her eyes and clutched her books tighter to her chest. "Good morning." He said once he reached them.

She felt excited, nervous, thrilled; it wasn't the same thrill she felt as Ladybug, but it was a kind of thrill that came up when she played out all the scenarios her mind would create, it was a thrill that felt like hope. All Marinette whished now was that Chloe or Hawkmoth wouldn't interrupt her plan. I hope my good luck is on my side today, she thought,

"Good morning Adrien." Alya and Nino replied instantly, but Marinette hadn't uttered a word, Adrien was wearing the scarf she made for him, she was just glad that he was happy.

Hope, it was something she wanted everyone to have. She never gave her hopes down for Adrien, she knew it was possible, she could make it possible. Marinette gave Adrien some hope when she said nothing about her making that scarf, she gave him the hope that his father actually cared for her, that his father loved his son…

"You okay Marinette? You look a bit flushed." Adrien brought her back to reality and flushed a bit more.

"N-No, I-I'm fine, I-I just feel a little… hot, yeah. It's warm today." She mumbled.

Adrien looked at her funny, it was actually cold that day. The sun was only providing them with light instead of warmth; that was the reason why Adrien had brought his scarf. "Oh yeah, very warm." He said as he winked at her. Marinette's heart fluttered when he did that, she managed a small smile.

"Adrieen~" That was Chloe, she was running towards then and she dragged him away from his friends, the model let out a sound of annoyance though.

"Hey… Chloe." He said, the annoyance and disappointment was clear in his voice, his childhood friend (If he were to call her like that,) was always dragging him away at the wrong times.

"Hey Adrien~" she cooed with a flutter of her eyes. Adrien swore he saw mini hearts float behind her, and that made him uneasy. "I was hoping you could sign… this?" she asked him hopefully as she held out only a small fragment of the roll of paper she had in her arms. The blonde frowned, this was the second time she asked him this, he knew it was a poster of him because they recently released one last Friday. Plus, last time she wrote something on the poster he didn't know about and made some other girls feel bad, he didn't want that to happen again.

"Look Chloe, you know how I feel about autographs. No." he said firmly. He raised his hand to stop Chloe from saying anything else and left with no other words. But he could hear the complaints and cries of frustration that were directed towards Sabrina, like she was at fault. Adrien grimaced at that; he didn't like that about his friend… she was always bossy towards the others. I feel bad for her, he thought.

He opened his locker and started to take his books out.

"Psst! Got any cheese?" Plagg asked from inside Adrien's shirt. That kwami cat was always hungry for cheese.

The boy sighed and smiled as he gave his kwami some cheese, Plagg let out a sound of joy as he swallowed it whole.

"Now let's get to class lazy cat."

By the time Adrien had a free period, lunch time had already passed, and Marinette knew exactly where he liked to go in that free time. She knew no one else went to the library because they had other things to do. But Marinette had a priority, and it was to talk to Adrien.

She excused herself from Alya and Nino, saying that she needed to use the washroom. It wasn't a complete lie, but she needed to talk to Tikki. She closed the door and locked it once she was sure that she was the only one there.

"Tikki! I don't know if I'm able to do it, if I had the mask on it would be much easier." She grumbled. The red kwami pet her head.

"But Marinette, you are Ladybug, she is part of you, and she's inside of you, you make her feel alive." Tikki said as she looked at her human with a warm smile.

"But it's your magic too, and people don't know who I am, they don't know that I am plain old Marinette…"

"Mari, you are her and she is you. All you have to do is to believe in yourself, you are brave and strong. Marinette is a brave, intelligent and strong girl, and you are so much more than that. No go and tell Adrien what you want to tell him and get over it. The worse he can say is no, but I doubt he'll even say that. Now go Marinette!" Tikki ordered sternly, which made the Miraculous holder salute and walk out of the washroom. Tikki hid in her jacket quickly before she left, she needed to help Marinette.

I can do this, I can do this, Marinette chanted inside her head. She walked inside the library before heading out towards Adrien's favourite section. She turned around a corner and saw him there reading casually. Okay, this is your opportunity, Chloe, Nino and Alya aren't here, and it's just you and Adrien. The thought that she was alone with her crush made her blush immediately. She took a deep breath before walking towards him. "A-Adrien?" she said.

The blonde looked up from his book and smiled brightly when he saw who was talking to him. His scarf was covering his ears and mouth, so he lowered it; but his smile never disappeared. "Hey Marinette, did you enjoy lunch?" he asked.

At lunch, Marinette had brought a few treats from her parent's bakery because Alya asked her to bring some. Little did the young baker know what her best friend had planned. She invited Nino and Adrien to eat with them, she also said that Marinette brought sweets for all of them.

"I like sweets." Adrien had said to her when she took them all. Some were shaped in ladybugs and cats, the others were just random. "Especially ones like these." He had also added when he picked up two ladybug cookies.

"Yeah, it was fun." Marinette replied as she looked at the book Adrien was reading.

"I still need to work on my reading in Chinese…" the blonde muttered. "I get lost sometimes, but practice makes perfect." He said.

'"O-of course, i-if you ever need help, you can always c-call me…" she stuttered. Did I just say that? Oh my God I just said that! Marinette thought in surprise. I guess Tikki's speech did help.

"Oh right, you're mom is Chinese, right?" Adrien said, when he's shy classmate nodded he grinned."I could stop by one day." He said with a chuckle.

"S-sure. T-that'll be great!" Marinette said, a little to excited. "So um…" she started.

"Yes?" the green eyed boy asked with curiosity. He knew that she didn't just come here and say hi or anything.

"In two days there'll be a baking competition, I'm going to enter and I was wondering… would you like to come?" she went tensing up in every word she said until she was hiding half of her face in her jacket, plus she had her eyes closed. She was glad she didn't stutter at all, but she had certainly spoken fast.

Adrien was wondering why was she so nervous, but he stood up and put a hand on her shoulder. That made her react; she looked up at him and blushed in both embarrassment and how close he was. "I would love to Marinette. Especially if I'm able to try more of your goodies." He said with such a charming smile that Marinette would have fainted.

Her lips curved into a huge smile and she hugged him tightly. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" she said. Adrien was taken by surprise, but when he was about to hug back, Marinette took a few steps back. "Oh! I'm s-so s-sorry! I-I didn't… uh… I didn't mean to!" she excused herself. Oh my, he might hate me… she thought. She jumped slightly when his warm arms wrapped around her and kept her close. Her cheeks turned a bright pink colour but she hugged back.

"You don't have to say sorry Marinette; you were excited and happy that I said yes. There is nothing wrong with that." She said as he looked down at her, he didn't let go though.

"Thanks." Marinette said, this time, she held his arms and leaned back to look at him. "Really, thanks. You don't know how much this means to me." It seemed that she managed to gather up the courage to speak to him without even a stutter.

"Anything for you P—" Adrien stopped himself before he let the word 'Princess' slip out of his mouth. "Anything for you Marinette, anything for a friend." He said. Marinette blushed and grinned slightly, she let go of him.

"See you in class!" she said as she left with a slight bow of her head. She ran out of the library.

"Okay." Adrien replied before she left, he chuckled before pulling the scarf up again. He inhaled and closed his eyes when the scent of vanilla reached his nostrils. Marinette also smells like vanilla… he though as he got lost inside the book he was reading.

"I can't believe that you did it!" Alya squealed once the bell that gave end to school rang. "And you didn't stutter! Oh my! You're growing up Mari!" she was excited indeed. "We have to go get some dinner tonight, whatcha' say? Dinner at my house?"

"Sure Alya. Be there at 6. Bye!" Marinette replied.

"How was school dear?" Sabine, Marinette's mom, asked for perhaps the fifth time.

"Huh? Oh! It was nice… incredible…" she sighed as she looked somewhere with dreamy eyes.

"Well you look very happy today Mari. Make sure to stay that way." Tom, her father, said with a smile. He kissed her forehead.

"I'm going to have dinner with Alya today, she wanted to 'celebrate' my progress with Adrien." The designer said with a smile and a blush, even his name made her flush.

"Sure, just remember to be here before 10."

"Yes mom!" Marinette replied as she climbed up stairs to her room. Once she knew no one was going to climb she called Tikki to come out. "Tikki, thank you so much! Merci beaucoup!" she said as she nuzzled her kwami.

"It was in you, it was always in you and it'll always be when you need it." Tikki said. "You did all the job, but you're welcome either way."

"I'll make you the best cookie I can ever make! I'll make you anything Tikki!" Marinette said as she danced around her room happily. The red kwami giggled, happy to see her human so happy.

That night, after having dinner with Alya, Ladybug walked over the rooftops, she was still full and she didn't want to get sick from a tummy ache. Though she kept her eyes open, her mind kept on drifting off to Adrien, the hug, what he said, how he said it… his eyes. She occasionally shook her head to clear her thoughts, but they just didn't go away. What she did couldn't get out of her mind, and they way he reacted. She sighed as she stopped and sat at the edge of the building, she kept her mind busy by looking at the stars.
"Good evening my Lady." Chat Noir greeted with those charming grin of his.

"Hi Chat." Ladybug said glancing at him for a short time and returning her gaze to the stars.

Chat stopped breathing that instant, his Lady's eyes were shinning with so much happiness, and the light of the moon didn't help either. He could just see how the light landed perfectly on his lady, he couldn't help but blush. "Y-you…" he cleared his throat. "You seem happy today milady, more than happy I guess." He said.

Ladybug blushed but smiled. "I had a good day today Chat, how about you? How was your day?"

"Fairly good, great I guess." Chat Noir replied while rubbing his neck a bit nervously. Perhaps I should tell her right now, it seems like a good moment… Adrien thought as he took a deep breath. JE t'aime… je t'aime… Just tell her that, it's easy, je t'aime.

You better not mess up. That was Plagg communicating with his human. Don't mess it up human.

"My lady?" he asked. The super heroine turned to face him; a warm smile adorned her face; that only made Chat more nervous.

"I… Je t'ahh… je t'ah… um. Wouldyouliketogoonadatewithme?" he spluttered out as he looked at her, his eyes wide. I messed up…

The heck was that Adrien? What happened to "je t'aime"?, huh? It was simple! Je t'aime! Silly human. Plagg told him, if he wasn't in the Miraculous ring, the kwami would be scowling and asking why he didn't choose cheese instead.

But the teenager didn't seem at all mad or anything, she still kept her smiling face on. "Sure, why not?" she said with a giggle. "Silly cat." She added.

If Adrien's cat ears were real, they would spring up they would be twitching at the tip, but his tail was held high. Yep, he was happy. "Thank you milady!" he exclaimed. "Meet me up in La Tour Eiffel Friday night at 8. Bye Ladybug!" he said before he sprinted back home, running across the rooftops like a real cat would. He was grinning all the way.

Ladybug just nodded and waved as he left. She actually said yes! She said yes! Yes! Adrien was more than happy.

You were this close to failing Adrien, very close.

"Oh come on Plagg! I did it!" Chat exclaimed as he threw his hands in the air. He let out a whoop of excitement.

You owe me a llooot of cheese boy… if it weren't for me helping you, you wouldn't have been able to do that.

Chat jumped into his room and released his transformation. His cheeks were bright red and Plagg was sure that the blonde boy's cheeks would ache by so much smiling. "Yes! I'll give you all the cheese you want Plagg!" he grabbed the kwami and began to spin and run all around the room. He was more than happy, he laughed out loud with glee, tears of happiness slid down his cheeks as he did though. Plagg was getting dizzy but didn't say anything, he didn't see the boy smile genuinely that often and he knew Adrien needed more of that.

His laughter could be heard throughout the whole mansion, Gabriel Agreste was at home that day, Nathalie not far from his side. Behind them were some very important fashion designers from around the world, they were having a very loud conversation but stopped when they heard Adrien's laugh.

Gabriel could be cold, distant and sometimes cruel with his son, but he did all of that for his own good, he loved his son like any father would. He and Nathalie actually had a ghost of a smile on their lips to hear such rare sound.

I'd like to hear that more often. Gabriel thought as he explained that the laughter was from his son to his associates, they nodded and smiled.

He needs to do that more often. He needs it. Nathalie thought as she decided to give Adrien his favourite meal for dinner. Perhaps it looked like she didn't care that much about Gabriel Agreste's son, but the boy was still a child and like every woman, her mother instincts had kicked in. She had decided to be professional around the family; she didn't want to lose her job. She decided to resist the urge to be more dedicated towards Adrien, but sometimes she managed to forget those instincts and become cold and distant to the young Agreste like his father sometimes.

Plagg hadn't said anything to disrupt the boy's moment of joy. He knew that Adrien was like a black cat, lonely and unloved. That was why the Kwami choose him; Adrien could be a free black cat, not a caged one.

But Ladybug didn't know that Adrien was Chat Noir, thing would be different if she knew, very different… But as Marinette, she could hear what Adrien told Nino about his life at home, she always felt bad but was too shy to give him company.

When she got to her family's bakery, she released her transformation, passed Tikki a few sweets and danced around the room a bit, singing a bit to herself. Yes, she was still giddy about Adrien.

Tikki was frowning as she munched on her biscuit. Marinette wasn't paying attention to the poor cat, oh she was in big trouble.

"You heard Chat Noir tonight, right?" Tikki asked trying to sound casual.

The un-transformed hero stopped in cold. "Ehehe… No. I was a little distracted. What did he say?" she asked as she played with her ponytails nervously.

Tikki swallowed what she had in her mouth and rubbed her tummy. "He asked you out on a date at La Tour Eiffel on Friday at 8." She closed her eyes, already waiting for Marinette's screech.

"WHAAAAAAT?!"