Well, here it is... I hope you like it. I don't own any of the characters; just the plot. I will aslo post more stuff about this onto my tumblr if you wanna find me: dontlookatmeitwashim literally the same username I use on here... ENJOY!

Chapter one

No one was paying attention to the teacher's lesson… Most of them were already lost within their own minds due to the announcement that was given this morning. Marinette was one of them… Gabriel Agrsete agreed to a competition being held two weeks from today, two weeks to design a formal gown and formal suit for an upcoming Masquerade Ball. The winner will not only have their designs model for the Agrsete Magazine? But they will also win an internship with the designing God himself.

Marinette was going to win this, she needed to win this; her future depended on it… For the next few hours, all the designer did was sketch in her sketchpad; trying to make up the perfect outfits. She had notes about what material she would use, if they were going to have beading or not; just endless problems that she was trying to solve.

She was so lost within her mind that she didn't even notice that Adrien had turned around in his seat and asked her a question. She only kept drawing.

Alya rolled her eyes and elbowed her best friend. "Mari!"

"Ah!" The nudged caused her pencil to slide across the page; ruining whatever design she was drawing. Marinette looked over at her friend with narrowed eyes. "You just ruined my design…"

"Sorry about that, but Adrien here was just asking you if you were going to enter the competition." She smiled slyly, knowing her friend was no longer going to be angry at her when she mentioned her crush.

Marinette blushed and turned to the blonde that was studying her closely. She tried to think of the words she was going to say but all that came out was gibberish, before she stopped herself; took a breath and nodded. "Yes!"

"Great, I just know you're going to do great!" He grinned, he leaned forward and caught a glimpse of her sketchpad. "Actually, if those are only after two hours? The real thing is going to be amazing… I have no doubt that in my mind you're going to win."

Adrien turned to Nino, who had suggested they went to get lunch while they still could. The model agreed and waved goodbye to the two girls.

Marinette felt like she was going to die… Her crush thought she was amazing, that her designs were amazing! She could barely contain herself… that was until a certain blonde scoffed loudly.

"Like a loser like you could ever win?" Chloe and Sabrina laughed. "If the Agrsete line ever show lined your designs? They would go bankrupt!"

Glaring at Chloe, Marinette sighed and stood up to leave for lunch. "Whatever you say, Chloe… Just remember what happened last time you tried to win a competition."

The blonde blushed in anger and was about to say something back, but wasn't able to do because Marinette and Alya were already gone…

Alya had watched her best friend, it was amazing that she didn't look up from her sketchpad even once to look at Adrien. She was so focused that by the last bell of the day? Alya had to drag her out of the school.

"So, are you inspired?" The blogger asked on the walk home, trying to catch a glimpse of the design.

Marinette nodded, grinning at her creation. "Oh yeah! I've thought about if I should theme them and what exactly they should be… And well I was thinking about Greek mythology and came up with a Persephone and Hades costumes."

The designer turned her sketchpad towards her best friend who gasped. It was a deep red dress that looked like an ancient greek dress, but instead of loose fitting? It would cling to the wearer's hips then gently fall to the ground. The bodice was cut that it was dangerously low, but still didn't show anything. The straps lead into a train that was about two feet behind the dress, there was a corset that looked to be made out of twigs and flowers, leading down to the hip and up just under the breasts; wrapping around her body. Flowers, vines and twigs clusters at the end of the train and slowly disappeared leading up to the straps. What gave its unique look was the fact that the flowers weren't colorful at all; they were dead and black…

Alya had never seen anything like it before… It was beautiful; then she looked towards the men's costume where Marinette had already used Adrien as a model. It was a black on black suit that looked like it would end up being well fitted for the model. And draw the outfit together, there was a cane with a skull for the handle.

"I still have to design the mask, but other than that? I'm done!" Marinette grinned, turned the page and started on the masks. "I'll see what materials have at my house before I buy anything new, but I know I need to buy materials for the masks… I should be able to start on the suit tonight and finish by the end of the week-"

"Your something else, Marinette." Alya patted her best friend's head with a laugh. "Just don't overdo it, okay?"

Rolling her eyes, the designer nodded; opening the door to her home. "Don't worry, I'll be fine!"

Marinette raced up to her room, ready to get things started. She opened her closet and was looking through everything she did have

"Marinette, don't forget that you have patrol with Chat Noir tonight!" Tikki flew out of the purse and floated in front of her friend's face.

"I know, Tikki." She laughed, taking out the black fabric out. "I'm just going to be working on it for a few hours… Then we can go and patrol."

Tikki should have known better… She fell asleep after an hour and Marinette ended up working throughout the night. Which caused a certain black cat to go wondering about.

He was actually looking for Ladybug, worried why she wasn't at patrol that night; but during his wondering the black cat had caught sit of a well-lit room during the late ours of the night. It was Marinette's room.

Curious, Chat landed on the balcony and peered inside…

On her desk was Marinette sleeping soundly with her hands still on the sewing machine, ready to work again when she woke up… It was a sight he couldn't resist. He sneakily opened the door and walked into her room.

He didn't pay any mind to the poster on the walls, his only focus was on the girl that was sleeping in front of him. Kneeling down to be level with her, Adrien couldn't help but smile at how cute she looked.

Slowly and carefully, he shifted her body to his; hook his arm underneath her legs and carrying her to her bed. It took quite some skill to climb up the latter, but he did perfectly without waking her up. He placed her in the bed and tucked her in; brushing her hair back once the task was done.

As he was making his way out, Chat stopped at her desk and looked at what she was doing. She was making a suit jacket and it looked almost done at the looks of it… From the corner of his eyes, he caught the glimpse of her sketchpad and once again his curiosity took over him and he opened it. He flipped threw it until he landed on a page that had a gown and suit.

He was floored… She was able to create something more astonishing with only a few hours than his father did in three days. If Marinette Depain-Chang ever decided to start her own fashion label? She would ruin Gabriel Agrsete.

Hearing the designer stir, Chat thought it best to leave now before he got in trouble. But he already was when he saw that lit room, because the whole way home? He couldn't think of anything but Marinette.

"Can't get a certain designer off your mind, Adrien?" Plagg teased, already heading for the smelly cheese.

Rolling his green eyes, the teen went to go change into his pajamas. "I just think that she has some amazing talent, that's all."

"And the fact you carried her up to her bed and tucked her in doesn't mean anything." The Kwami deadpanned.

Adrien's cheeks turned crimson, unable to say anything back; he went to bed and tried to fall asleep. But it seemed that more he tried not to think about Marinette? The more he did. He only knew the few basics about her, which was nothing really. But he did know that she was a nice, kind person that everyone loved.

She seemed to get along with everyone but Chloe… And him. Adrien was convinced that she still had a distaste for him ever since his first day; but after giving her his umbrella he thought it would fix everything. He just so desperately wanted to her friend but it seemed she never has a real conversation.

That's when he decided that tomorrow? He was going to ask if Marinette wanted to hang out.

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The next day, Adrien walked into class and saw that Marinette was already in class… Asleep.

He couldn't help but smile, knowing that she must have been exhausted from all the work she had done last night. Walking over to Alya, the two smiled at the sleeping girl.

Placing a hand on the blogger's shoulder, Adrien laughed when she jumped a little. "Late night?"

"You have no idea…" She laughed, taking out her phone and going through her pictures before landing on one that was sent from Marinette. "Apparently she only got three hours asleep before she got up and started working again. She sent me this before school started…"

Looking at the picture, the blonde was taken aback because there on a mannequin was a dressed with a shirt, tie and suit jacket and in the background was pants ready to sow. "She did in one night?"

"She very determined to win this competition," Alya explained, putting her phone away to look at her best friend with pride. "This is the chance she been waiting for… If she was able to get an internship with your dad? Well, it would be a dream come true for her."

Adrien studied the blunette closely, completely amazed by her determination… A wonder thought came to his mind. "Hey, send me those pictures and if you could? Get some of her sketches."

"Why?"

"I'm going to show them to my dad." He grinned, taking his seat when he saw Nino enter the door.

His best friend raised an eyebrow at him, and Adrien quickly explained; not wanting him to think he was making a move on his girl.

Nino looked excited to think that he has taken such an interest to Marinette. "Dude! Are you serious? Like that would be the coolest thing ever! I've known Marinette for a long time and all she ever wanted was to become a designer! If you do this? She would probably die, especially if it's you."

Adrien cocked his head to the side, a little confused. "Why? I'm her friend, helping a friend out is what you're supposed to do."

"Oh, right, friends." Nino laughed nervously, almost blabbing to the oblivious model that Ms. Dupain-Chang had a crush on him for months now. Sighing, the dj patted his friend on his back and smiled. "You know Adrien? You're a really awesome friend."

Blushing, the model thanked his best friend and turned in his seat; ready to get class on its way.

"Ms. Dupain-Chang, could you please join us for class?" Ms. Bustier looked to the sleeping girl.

Being the good friend she was, Alya elbowed Marinette in her side; causing her to sit up straight.

"Flowers and beads!" Marinette shouted half-asleep, making the class to laugh.

Chloe snickered, already having a snide comment to make. "Did you spend all night working in your parent's bakery or were you just trying to study because you obviously have no idea what's happening?"

Glaring at the mayor's daughter, Marinette shook her head and turned away from her; not letting her get to her.

"Or maybe you were trying to make up some new horrible clothes? Or trying to fix to what happened to your face!" Chloe and Sabrina laughter together, the teacher unable to stop them in fear of what Chloe's father would do to her.

Marinette stared down at her desk, trying to contain her anger; but then there was a voice that cut Chloe's bullying off. "That's enough, Chloe, just do your homework."

It was Adrien, he had stood up for her. Adrien Agrsete.

Her cheeks turned five shades of red before she settled on one; making Alya giggling in the process.

Chloe gaped, but scoffed and turned to Sabrina to talk in hushed tones while the model turned in his seat to give Marinette a kind smile. "Glad your awake, I hope you aren't pushing yourself too hard for this project."

"Well, uh, n-no not too hard." She stammered, her brain transforming into goop as they spoke.

Alya rolled her eyes and scooted next to her best friend. "Which is Marinette Code for; pushing too hard… Girl, you need to rest or your gonna end up fainting where you stand!"

"I'll be fine! I just want to finish this project as fast I can, I'm just so inspired that I have to get it out of my head and in reality!" Marinette's blue eyes looked so beautiful and passionate; they reminded Adrien a lot like Ladybug; when taking down akumas.

"We just worry about you," The model said before turning back into his seat.

Marinette whipped her head to Alya, asking silently if that really happened and by the squealing look? It did. The designer was on cloud nine…

TA DA! Yeah, if you are familar with my other fanfics, then I am truly sorry... I Haven't posted a new chapter for anything in a while... But yeah, I wasn't in a really good place since August and I'm finally feeling back to my old self! so yeah! Tell me what you think and how I should go with the story!