"I can't argument against you, but can you please stop saying it?" He said before he changed to pajamas and went to bed. He would probably never have the guts to just hug her, and then his memory filled with the hugging scene with him and Marinette and his face turned red and he turned to his side and tried to sleep instead of thinking about her which was really hard to do and it took a while before he got sleepy. While Plagg had gotten full and now was lying beside him on the bed.

"Tikki, I'm starting to become worried for Chat noir. He was really not himself yesterday, he wasn't flirty or cheerful but rather sad like something was hurting him"

Marinette said to Tikki after Chat noir had left, she stared out the window even after she couldnt see him anymore. she sighed while leaning on the wall, it didnt seem like it was only rhe shoulder that made him like that. Tikki looked at her partner that was lost in thoughts.

"Well he did come here to see you when he was feeling down, thats for sure and maybe its something from his real life thats bothering him."

"that's true..."

marinette said and thought about what Tikki said and looked up at Tikki.

"W-why whould he come to me if hes down? you're thinking to much! its just for his shoulder... thats only it... beside he barely knows Marinette..."

Marinette said flusteres, and Tikki just giggled deciding to tease her partner again.

"Well he does seem to care for you, the way he reacted and was worried when you separated from Adrien and transferred into ladybug, remember? Chat was trying to find marinette before you stopped him"

Marinette remembered, she didn't think to much at that time but now when she think about it he did seem worried and she felt her cheeks becoming a little warm so she slightly coughed before speaking.

"He only did that since he's a hero you know, he probably saw me and just wanted to make sure she wouldn't get hurt. That's it, you're reading into it too much"

"But he looked very worried, even after you told him you fixed it. Beside before that when he came here the first time with his injure he was looking at you tenderly and quite softly, even the second time he came he said 'he wanted to come here' you know?"

She said and giggled leaving Marinette to her thoughts as Tikki went to bed and sleep leaving Marinette as she was holding her hands over her face, Her heart was beating a little faster by now then before. He had been so vulnerable when he came, it was very unlike him but he wanted to go to Marinette when he was down.

She sensed a feeling of warmth and a smile crept onto her lips, even though he has always been a flirting, cheerful and cheesy he does have a softer and more fragile side to him. Marinette was starting to see him in a new light compared to before, she sat down on her bed and started to roll her thumbs as she was thinking of him.

The way he had come to her for comfort and help, it made her happy that he was trusting her so much even though it's as Marinette and not with Ladybug. She remembered his words about Adrien and started to feel sad again, Chat noir was opening up to her more and relied on her but Adrien didn't. That's how she felt, that no matter how much she wants to, there is a chance that he wouldn't rely on her.

She laid down and sighed, no matter how kind and encouraging Chats words were about how Adrien probably view her she knew that couldn't be true. She almost felt like crying as she wanted to be able to make him feel that he can talk to her, let her help him, let her be the shoulder he could cry on when no one else is there. But some dreams might be to far no matter how close they are, at least that's how she felt at that moment.

The next morning when she got woken up by Tikki again she had no energy what so ever to do anything, and just pushed Tikki away and turned in her bed wanting to continue sleeping.

"Wake up Marinette! You'll be late again!"

Tikki said and tried everything, screaming in her ears, dragging her blanket of her, pull her hair, squish her check. So when she pinched Marinette she sat up to close to the edge of the bed and fell down hitting her head on the floor, while she was lying on the floor holding her head tears starting to form before she stood up.

"What was that for Tikki!"

Marinette said rubbing the sore place, she was tired and looked at her alarm.

"You're gonna be late Marinette!"

When Marinette realized she threw on her outfit, and while fixing her hair real quick she tried to find her handbag.

"Tikki why didn't you wake me sooner!? And why wasn't my alarm on!"

she said and finally found her bag and threw it over her shoulder and ran down stairs with Tikki following right behind her.

"Well I didn't turn it off this time, and I tried to wake you up! But you stubbornly refused to wake up!"

Tikki said flying beside Marinette as she reached the kitchen, her mom saw her and handed her a sandwich and smiled again.

"Late again Marinette?"

"Sorry mom! But I have to run!"

"Okay, you need to be more careful Marinette! but good luck!"

Her mom said and laughed at her daughter before Marinette came down to the shop and rushed out, and after running as much as she could handle she finally reached her school. Classes had already started and she was preparing herself mentally for the scolding she was gonna receive, she crouched down as she approached the door. And slowly looked up and inside the classroom, and the teacher was looking at the blackboard.

She slowly opened the door and tip toed towards Alya and the seat beside her, until she heard the tapping of her teachers foot and immediately and placed her hand behind her head.

"Well why are you late Marinette?"

The teacher asked her, while having her arms folded and still having her foot tap the floor. Marinette started to scratch her head while it sunk towards the floor and started apologizing.

"I'm sorry... I overslept cause of my alarm, It won't happen again though. . . . Probably..."

She said and smiled sheepishly and the teacher sighed before telling her to sit down and so she does and quickly while Alya was looking at her holding her laughter in, which made Marinette stab her elbow into her best friends side so that she was now half-almost-laughing and half-almost-crying while muffling her cough from the force. Marinette apologized silently to her since she didn't mean to really hurt her but Alya just smiled.

"So why are you really late?"

Alya whispered to Marinette while smirking, the ideas she get and the amount of energy she put into them always amazes Marinette.

"It really was like I said, I went to bed like normal and when I woke up my alarm wasn't on."

"okay if you say so"

Alya said causing Marinette to roll her eyes and then refocus on the lesson, well as much as she could trying hard not to look at Adrien or thinking about Chat noir and what happened yesterday. The memory of Chat seeing her photo collection caused her face to go so red and she tried to hide behind her book, she mentally scolded herself for thinking about that and tried to forget it.

Adrien felt a little guilty at the moment, thinking that it's cause of his visit last night that she was late this morning. But he knows he has to find someway to talk to her alone, wanting to make sure she doesn't feel the way she had told him, or Chat noir, that she did. He still doesn't understand how she could think that, as he had never thought so before. He placed his head on his hand and sighed causing his best friends attention to turn to him.

"What is up, buddy? Could it be... Love problems?"

Adrien turned quickly towards his friend who were making suggesting looks and tried to brush him off.

"W-wha-? no, why do you think that?"

His best friend didn't believe him and clearly showed his doubts on his face before he smiled.

"Well you were sighing while having a longing look on your face"

Adrien just lightly pushed him, and gave half a smile towards him before he pointed towards the teacher to show that they should focus but his best friend just smiled at him and then looked at Marinette then back to him and tilted his head causing Adrien to just turned toward the teacher and ignore him. He didn't want to answer that when he feels this way at the moment, he felt guilty towards his friend but it's better to wait with it for now.

After the lesson was over the students left the classroom, Adrien wasn't sure if he was ready to talk to her, like what should he say? how can he show her that he does care and depend on her without making it awkward or weird. And how can he talk to her alone when she's mostly around Alya, he doesn't even know how he has been able to lately either. He looked at Marinette as she was walking with Alya not knowing how to feel or what to do.

"Just go up to her and say you want to talk to her alone"

Plagg said popping his head up from Adriens inner pocket, which made Adriens go wide.

"What? I can't just do that"

He said to his partner while looking away from Marinette who was sitting on a bench now with Alya, but plagg just kept on talking.

"Why not? You want to talk to her right?"

"Yes, but I can't just ask for us to be alone, it would just be awkward and beside only Chat Noir would do something like that"

Adrien said and wished he was Chat Noir right now, he looked at Marinette again and sighed while his thoughts were a mess where he didn't know what was up and what was down. Plagg just giggled to himself and so the day continued, where Marinettes thoughts were going back and forth between Adrien and Chat noir, especially about what Chat said about Adrien.

'That's not true, he really enjoys talking to you. He've always wanted to talk to you like you do with your friend'

'There is no way he could dislike you or find you annoying because you're an amazing person, and I bet he has a lot to think about but he really wants to be your friend. So believe more in yourself okay?'

those words where what came up the most in her mind, she smiled at them mostly while trying to hide it from Alya of course. But something about the way he had said it made her a little happy, but also how he really believed that Adrien actually would feel like that also made her happy. She had never thought about Chat Noir like this, it was nice seeing that side of his.

So the day walked by so slowly and so they were at their final lesson when the final bell rang and school was over, Adrien hadn't had a single chance yet to talk to Marinette. While everyone was standing up to walk away, Marinette stayed down on her seat for a while. Adrien walked outside and it was raining outside, he walked to the entrance but his ride wasn't there.

His phone bleeped and it was from Natalie, his fathers assistant, which said that they will be there in 20 minutes cause of the rain and a small business. Adrien leaned against the wall when Marinette came out, she hadn't really noticed him while lost in her thoughts. She stopped and looked at the rain and sighed and looked down, Adrien looked at her a little before he called out to her.

"Hey Marinette, are you going home now?"

Marinette jumped when he spoke to her causing him to feel a little awkward, but she looked up at him and smiled a little weirdly.

"Oh, um, yes! that was the plan... N-nice weather right?"

She couldn't even herself believe what she was saying, he looked at her and laughed and she actually laughed with him to. It felt good to talk to her, hear her laugh. She looked at him again before she turned to the rain and then the sky.

"um Marinette?"

She looked at him again. And seeing the rain behind him reminded him of his first day at school when he saw her outside when it was raining and they first became friends.

"Yea?"

"You know, I've never really had any friends and so when I came here I meet Nino who became my best friend and I meet you back then... and I've seen you as my friend since then, and I even wanted to be able to talk to you like Alya does... I know you want to help me, and I just wanted to thank you. So... Thank you, for caring for me"

Marinette was looking at him with wide eyes, his heart was beating faster while he looked at her, but Marinette was just frozen in place. She had never thought that he had actually seen her as his friend, she had always wanted to talk to him and be his friend and for him to actually think like that made her so happy. She remembered Chat noirs sentence again and giggled.

Adrien looked at her as she giggled, almost believing she as giggling at what he had said.

"Are you laughing at me?"

Adrien asked and Marinette turned towards him first a little flustered before she chuckled once before looking at him.

"It's not you, it's just a person told me something that I didn't completely believed in but what he said was true."

"What did he say then?" Adrien asked

" 'He've always wanted to talk to you like you do with your friend', he was right"

She said and smiled, it took Adrien a second to realized that she was talking about what he said the other night, he looked towards the rain and blushed.

"Do you remember that first day? When I thought you were the one who placed that gum on my seat?"

Marinette said carefully since she wasn't trying to make him uncomfortable or anything but she felt that she wanted to tell him this as well.

"Well of course, but I know it was just a misunderstanding"

Adrien answered and looked at Marinette slightly confused as to why she brought that up, and she looked at him before giggling a little.

"Well i'm happy you knew that, and sorry for not listening to you at first. But on that day it was raining like it does now, and I have also since that day wanted to talk to you more and more and be friends with you. So I guess we're alike"

Adrien eyes went wide from that, and he felt himself blush and placed a hand over his mouth to hide his smile. He was very happy right now, he had completely forgotten about Ladybug right now, he just let this moment be and so he turned to Marinette and saw her slightly blush as well. She looked upwards towards the sky and smiled, then back to him with her grin on her face before she turned back and then started to run back home before Adrien could say anything.

He slowly sat down by the wall, plagg finally came out from Adriens bag and giggled.

"Well, seems like your 'not-my-crush-or-girlfriend-just-my-good-friend' has had the same thought as you. Like before, I'm surprised you didn't hug her on the spot"

Adrien just laughed, he pushed Plagg away and kept on thinking about her words. She had felt like he did, she had wanted to talk to him like he had wanted to. He felt happy, and more energized right now. He was lost in his thoughts with his grin plastered on his face that he didn't notice when his car that was gonna pick him up had arrived until he heard the horns that jerked him away from his thoughts. He stood up and felt his cheeks becoming warmer and walked to the car ignoring Natalie and her questions.

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Okay, I'm so soooo sorry for the LOOOONG delay on this chapter! .

I hope that you're not mad and will enjoy this chapter!

Please send me suggestions for the content of the future chapters, or write if I wrote something wrong or if something was out-of-character so that I can fix it and of course improve the story line.

I once again apologize for the long wait but I hope you like this! ;-;