Hi! So, I was supposed to finish this one yesterday. Instead I had a killer of a headache and slept most of the day.

Anyway, this one is finally done! It's a bit more crack-sih, like the first chapter. I have 6 more ML fics planned, so I'm going to start on them now.

Enjoy!

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100% Done

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He stared about the class in panic. There was no way out. He was trapped.

And there was no way in.

If Ladybug did get Alya's message, there was no way for her to get inside. Well, actually there was. He had no doubt that as soon as she got here, Bio Hazard would let her in, or go out to meet her. This was a trap, after all. And that would be his chance to get out.

Thankfully, as long as he behaved, he should be able to sneak out. And he had to behave, or else he would be trapped down. Several students, including Chloé, Nino, and Kim had been stuck to their seats. After Nino had been stuck down simply for bouncing nervously in his seat, everyone had been sitting properly and patiently.

Bio Hazard had spent most of the time glaring at them all, occasionally showing them certain chemical reactions that would have been cool any other time, but were practically horrifying with her threats hanging over them. At one point she had allowed (demanded) Alya to take out her phone and post to the Ladyblog. Oh yeah, this was so supposed to be a trap... if the 'bait' thing hadn't already clued him in. At least Ladybug would know. There was no doubt that Alya would have warned her in the last message. And surely by now someone would have issued a Code Akuma and evacuated the school.

He could still faintly hear the sound of cellphones going off around the class. Even when he wasn't transformed, his hearing was still pretty good. It was easiest to hear Alya and Marinette's phones go off behind him. He chanced a glance back to see Alya looking at her friend determinedly, and Marinette looking panicked and annoyed. Seeing him looking at them questioningly, Alya went back to her phone.

A few seconds later, he received a text. His eyes flicked up to Bio Hazard to make sure she wasn't looking before pulling the phone out of his pocket and glancing at the message. It was from Alya.

'Mari thinks the Akuma is in her coat,' it said.

He glanced at the evilized teacher again, studying her. She was right. The coat was the only thing that hadn't changed drastically. Even her glasses were slightly different, having gone from black to purple, with sharper edges and a streak of luminescent green along the edge of the arms. The only change to the coat was that it maybe now was slightly longer. And he knew their teacher wore it around a lot, even after work hours hand finished. He looked back at Alya and gave a slight nod.

Alya once again went back to her phone. Then, a moment later he heard a phone vibrate across the room. His head snapped over to Chloé. Seeing as her arms were pinned down by whatever it was Bio Hazard had used to stick her to the chair, Sabrina stealthily grabbed the phone from her friend's pocket and showed it to her. He quirked and eyebrow, wondering what Alya could be texting Chloé for, when suddenly the blonde girl broke the silence that had fallen over the room.

"Hey, you floating fashion disaster!" she shouted at Bio Hazard. The Akumatized teacher snapped her head towards the interruption. "I demand that you release me right now!" Bio Hazard hovered over to where Chloé was, a scowl on her face. "Do you have any idea who I am?! I am Chloé Bourgeois, daughter of Mayor Andre Bourgeois!"

As the girl continued to rant on, Alya very quietly slipped out of her chair. Marinette went to grab at her, but just missed. Her hands clenched into fists, the poor girl looking like she was terrified for her friend, at the same time as wanting to throttle her. Alya snuck out from behind the desk and made her way to the front of the class, being careful not to be seen. Then, once she was behind Bio Hazard, she started creeping forward.

Adrien's eyes widened when he realised what was happening. Alya had asked Chloé to create a distraction. She was trying to get the coat. Other students had noticed what she was trying to do, and they were joining in trying to keep Bio Hazard's attention to that side of the class. As a result, half of them were now stuck down to their chairs as well. But they kept yelling, kept making distractions. When it seemed like Bio Hazard was going to throw something a little more dangerous at someone, someone else would grab her attention.

Slowly, Alya reached out to the coat. She was close enough. She just had to grab the hem and rip it. If she could do that, then at least the Akuma would be freed. Her hand grazed the fabric, clutching onto it. But at that moment, Bio Hazard felt the movement and whipped around, grabbing Alya by the throat and holding her up in one fluid motion.

"Alya!" Marinette shrieked.

"What do you think you are doing out of your seat?" Bio Hazard growled menacingly. Alya tried to say something, but could barely do more than attempt to gasp in more air. Bio Hazard tightened her grip on her throat when she didn't answer. "Alright, class, who can tell me what effect hydrochloric acid has upon the human body? No? No one? How about a demonstration, then?"

Hydrochloric acid... that was a highly dangerous chemical. It was an instant contact poison, and would even start corroding the bone...

Fuck.

Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!

He had to do something. He had to do something now!

He stood, not knowing what he was going to do. Only knowing that he had to do something – anything to protect his friend. He was about to charge towards them when suddenly a red blur speed past him. He watched in surprise as a yo-yo wrapped around Alya and pulled her back away from the Akuma. A familiar red clad figure stepped in between her and Bio Hazard, a furious glare on her face.

There was a collective gasp from the class, especially from those in the back, some crying out in shock.

"Don't you dare touch her!" Ladybug hissed.

Adrien blinked, looking at the room to see where she had come from. But everything was still sealed, there was no way she could have gotten in. That was when he noticed that someone behind him was no longer there. Marinette...

...Holy shit! He - he was right. Marinette was...

"Ladybug," Bio Hazard snarled.

"Alya, are you alright?" Ladybug asked without looking behind her, keeping her eyes locked on the villain.

"Y-yeah," Alya stuttered, her voice quiet and raspy.

"Good." Suddenly she turned around to face her, an exasperation that he was well used to clear on her face. "Then what the hell were you thinking?! I told you not to do anything! I told you to stay in your seat and leave it to me and Chat, but noo! You just had to go in and put yourself in danger, again! Honestly, Alya! All we had to do was wait for Chat Noir and I could have done something without having to transform in front of the entire class!"

"Um..." Alya said, still staring at her friend with wide eyes.

He knew Ladybug well enough to know that she was actually angry. She was furious with her friend. But she was terrified as well. She was so terrified that Alya was going to be hurt. She was so scared that she had just exposed herself to the class and possibly to Hawkmoth. And that only made her angrier. She didn't want anyone to know who she was.

She was so angry that she had stopped paying attention to Bio Hazard, and the Akuma was silently letting some sort of chemical form in her hands, ready to throw at her. Instinct kicking in, he raced at her, tackling Ladybug to the ground and forcing them into a roll. He landed on top on her and his eyes grew wide as he watched two balls of chemicals hit the desk in the path of where she had been, setting it on fire.

"Adrien!" she squeaked. Quickly, he got off her and gave her a hand up. Seeing that Bio Hazard was starting to create more chemicals, she took a protective step in front of him. "Quick, get out of here," she said to him.

He snorted. "Not likely." With a smirk, he transformed. There were more gasps from around the class, but she was so focused on Bio Hazard she didn't even turn to look at him.

"Adrien, get back to your seat where it's safe! I can take care of myself."

"I have no doubt that you can, but I insist, My Lady." At the sound of his nickname for her, she whipped around, her eyes wide. When she saw him her mouth popped open, a soft gasp escaping her. He shot her one of his wide grins before nodding back to Bio Hazard. "So, what are we going to do with this toxic waste?" She didn't say anything, just continuing to stare at him in shock. He rolled his eyes. "You know, Princess, now might be a good time for a bit of luck. You know, before she disintegrates us. Or worse, starts giving us maths problems."

The joke seemed to snap her out of her stupor enough. A small grin touched her lips and she turned back to their teacher with a nod and a small 'mm'.

"Ahh!" Alya squealed from behind them. "Ladynoir is totally canon now!"

"Alya!" she cried in annoyance.

"Would you all be quite!" Bio Hazard snapped. "Everyone back to your seats! And as for you two. I'm confiscating your Miraculouses."

"Yeah, good luck with that," Chat said. "And coming from me, that doesn't really mean much."

"Yeah, he's all kinds of bad luck," she quipped, shooting him a wink. "Lucky Charm!" Without warning, she threw her yo-yo up in the air. It was barely a second after she'd clipped her weapon back on her belt that the charm fell into her hands. "A... floatie ring?"

"You know, one day I'm just going to take you to a beach," Chat joked, thinking of all the times Lucky Charm had given her something water related.

"Maybe another day, Kitty," she said, glancing about the room, looking for something she could do with the Charm. He could tell just by looking at her the moment she had gotten the idea. He looked at her, waiting to know what she needed. "Over there," she told him, directing him to the spot with her eyes. "I'm going to need you to get her over there in a moment."

"You got it!" he told her, leaping away.

Quickly, she tied her yo-yo to the floatie and threw it out at Bio Hazard. The woman swatted it away with a sneer and it sailed up, over the support beam on the roof, and back down to land at her feet. She made a show of her move failing, when really it did exactly what she wanted.

"Is that really all you have?" Bio Hazard goaded. "Hawkmoth made you sound so talented, but you're just pathetic. You need a better teacher!"

Marinette gave Adrien a small signal and he began to laugh. "What? Like you?" he teased. "I don't know. You aren't really a good teacher. It's a good thing I find physics easy, otherwise I'd be screwed!"

Bio Hazard growled, making new chemicals form in her hands and started towards him. She hovered over the floatie on her way past, and Marinette gave a harsh yank on her yo-yo. The floatie hooked onto Bio Hazard's feet, sliding all the way up to her waist and trapping here there.

"Chat, now!"

Nodding, Chat dashed forward, and grabbing the tail of the coat he raked his claws down it. It shredded to pieces in his hands and a black and purple butterfly fluttered from it. Quickly, she de-tangled her yo-yo and threw it out to catch the Akuma. Once it was cleansed, she let it go with her customary goodbye.

"Miraculous Ladybug!" she called, throwing the floatie up into the air. Her healing light began to spread through the room, fixing the burning desk and removing the chemicals that had trapped the students and sealed the doors. Black bubbled around Bio Hazard and she turned back into their teacher, looking horribly disorientated. Automatically, they held out their hands for a fist bump.

"Mission accomplished," he said with a wink. Marinette smiled at him, a faint blush covering her cheeks and he blinked in surprise. He'd never seen her react like that before – at least, not as Ladybug.

Suddenly, whooping and cheering began to come from their classmates. Their smiles fell as they remembered what they had just done, and realised what was probably coming next. Their entire class had seen them transform. They knew who they were, and they were probably going to have a lot of questions... especially Alya.

Adrien placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder. And just like always, one look at the other spoke so much more than words ever could. They both took a deep breath, and let their transformations drop. It was the first time they had seen the other do it, and it left them a little breathless. But even without the masks, they still had that same reassuring smile.

Though a little exhausted, their Kwami landed on their shoulder, giving the other a smile and small wave. Tikki nuzzled her head into Marinette's cheek in support and affection, before flying back into the purse where a cookie awaited her. Plagg just grudgingly went into Adrien's pocket with a grumbled 'You owe me so much cheese...' That made Marinette smile and Adrien just shrugged and shook his head. She knew that it meant 'that's Plagg for you'.

Finally, they turned to face the rest of the class. They were quiet now, still looking slightly surprised. May of them were looking happy, or impressed, or confused... or in Chloé's case, annoyed.

Alya straightened up, taking a step forward, and they prepared for the barrage of questions and betrayed looks. Instead, she walked over to Chloé and held out her hand.

"I believe that you owe me 150€."

Chloé grumbled for a bit, then she dug into her bag and handed over a small pile of notes to Alya with a sour expression. Alya said nothing, just pocketing the money before turning back smugly to Sabrina with her hand out. The girl just sighed before doing the same as her friend.

They watched in bewilderment as their classmates began hunting in their bags or pockets for cash. Nino was already holding his out, a huge grin on his face. Max had gotten out his tablet and started stating amounts that everyone owed.

"Wh-what's happening right now?" Marinette said, completely baffled.

Alya turned to her gleefully. "I knew it! I knew it!" she cried, still collecting up money. "See, while these idiots were betting on you two getting possessed, I've suspected you two of being Ladybug and Chat Noir for months. So when they started betting, I got angry and bet that you wouldn't be possessed because you're the heroes of Paris. And I was right! Ha!"

Adrien opened his mouth to say something, but closed it again when he found himself at a loss of what to say. He did this several times as they watched Alya smugly skip around the room, collecting her prize. Finally, he grabbed Marinette by the hand and started dragging her to the door.

"We need to talk," he said flatly.

Nino watched them leave with an amused grin on his face. He turned to the rest of the class.

"So, who was it that bet they'd get together round about now?"

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Adrien and Marinette didn't return to class that day. At first they had found an empty class to talk in, but when the bell rang and a new class filed in, they had decided to leave. Since he didn't think anyone would bother them, he had texted Gorilla and they had gone back to his place.

They had stayed there for hours talking away and messing around. In the freedom of his room, their Kwami were free to zoom about and talk with them too. It had taken a while to warm up to the idea of each other being their crime fighting friend, but slowly the conversation moved on from the serious, awkward things into their usual joking and banter they shared as their alter egos. Only, now when Adrien flirted, she flirted back, which though he found surprising at first, he grew to enjoy quite quickly. At one point, they had even started doing challenges, like scaling his rock wall out of costume and stuff like that.

Nino and Alya didn't stop texting them the entire time. They mostly ignored their beeping phones as their friends sent them a bunch of questions. Alya had said that she understood that they were talking themselves at the moment, but that she expected to have a serious conversation with Marinette later that night. As well as sending them a list of all the reasons she had suspected them of being the heroes. And they had been assured by the two of them that even though they were upset they hadn't been told, they completely understood why.

What really grabbed their attention, though, was when they received a total of 17 texts from both Nino and Alya asking if they were going out yet, along with comments of 'You both like each other, just hurry up and do it!' and 'It's painful to watch you two, so just go out already!' And as embarrassing as it was, they both agreed that their friends were right.

It had taken a fair amount of stumbling, and a bit of blushing and fumbling, but he had managed to awkwardly ask her out. She had squeaked back a yes so quickly he'd been a little stunned and it had taken a good minute for him to actually realise she'd actually said yes. He'd acted like an excited idiot after that, and it hadn't taken long for Marinette to move past her timidness and start teasing him again. He'd teased her back, and soon they were had moved so close together that all he'd had to do would be to lean forward and close the small gap between them. He was so close to pressing his lips to hers when a loud beep came from his phone and he let out a groan of annoyance.

The text had said 'So, have you asked her out yet?' He'd almost thrown his phone across the room, but instead he'd sent back 'Yes already! OMG dude!' hoping that he'd stop texting.

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It was still a few more hours after that before Marinette sighed and admitted that she should go home. Adrien didn't want to be apart from her yet, and he really didn't want to be alone in his big empty house. That was why they were now walking down the street to Marinette's house, their hands laced together and wide grins on their faces.

"Mama, Papa! I'm home!" she called as she opened the door to the bakery. The door swung closed behind them and they stopped short when they saw Nino and her father standing at the counter. Nino was in the action of handing Tom a large bundle of cash. Far too much for what he would normally carry on him. They both looked guilty, like a child sneaking cookies.

"Ah… what's going on?" she asked cautiously.

Tom just stared at her in surprise a moment before a sheepish grin spread across his face, looking between her and Adrien. "Ah… Congratulations?"

"Papa, why are-"

"What's going on in here?" Sabine said, emerging from the back, confused about the noise and awkward silences. She stopped when she saw the bundle of money Tom was clutching, then she looked at Marinette and Adrien and their joint hands. Back to the money. To Marinette and Adrien. Back to the money. A delighted grin grew on her face. "You won the bet!" She looked back at her daughter. "Congratulations, honey!"

Marinette's mouth fell open when she realised what was going on. They had made a bet on when she and Adrien would get together. Her parents had bet on when she would get together with Adrien! Her face suddenly went red from embarrassment and anger. A frustrated growl escaped her lips and her grip on Adrien's hand tightened.

"Follow!" she commanded.

And with that, she stalked off to her room, dragging her boyfriend behind her. She was so done with everyone today. Just so fucking done.