October 28.

It had been a whole two weeks since Marinette's run in with Nathanael.

And in those two weeks, the two teenagers spent that time getting time to know each other, it made Alya suspect that Marinette was keeping a boyfriend under her nose.

Unluckily for Alya, her devious plan from two chapters ago didn't work. She planned to get Adrien and Marinette alone at the Laser Tag place, but with the whole Akuma, it didn't work.

However, she caught Nate in her yoyo instead.

It was quite unreal how much she and him had in common, same television tastes, movie genres, almost same food tastes, but the one thing they would almost never agree on...

Was if Chat Noir was cool or not.

Of course Marinette thought Chat Noir was quite annoying and a flirt, being the girl of his dreams with the mask on.

But Nathanael thought Chat Noir was so cool because he was a hero, and he secretly wished he could be a masked hero so he could go see Marinette everyday without her knowing it's him.

They constantly bickered in the hallways, but they truly had a spark going, they soon became the talk of the school.

Which obviously, daddy's little angel Chloe wouldn't have.

The blonde swayed her hips while being hand in hand with Adrien, the girls of FDHS staring in awe and wishing they were beside Gabriel Agreste's prized possession.

Adrien, as per usual, gave a court smile and waved to all the ladies he passed by. He was too nice to turn anyone down.

He then saw Marinette and Nathanael, Mari and Nate standing right beside each other. The blonde was slightly confused at the two, since they never really connected the way they did two weeks ago. Nonetheless, he waved anyways.

"Good Morning, Marinette!" Adrien smiled and looked at the bluette, but teal eyes pierced his before she got a chance to say anything, let alone see him.

Nate was looking at Adrien with pure disgust, or more like protection. Sure the glance was less than 10 seconds, but it did catch the boy off guard.

"Adrien, let's go. Ms. Bustier wouldn't want us to be late, wouldn't she?" His girlfriend popped him back into reality, the two passing the group without a single glance.

What's his deal?

The model sighed and looked down at the marble floors, almost seeing his blurry fixated picture in it.

Ever since that party two years ago, Adrien has been pretty great, but in his heart, he really wasn't.

Don't get him wrong, Chloe was his friend and he did like her, but he didn't 'like her' like her. He's just being there for her because the two have been friends for a while and for him to cut ties with her would make her very upset. Adrien constantly reminds her that they are not dating, but Chloe insists that they keep the boyfriend/girlfriend status.

Yeah. More like Slave and Queen.

Or maybe Battle of the Riches?

Adrien thought both of them expressed his relationship pretty well. If only he could have the girl of his dreams, Ladybug, under his arm instead.

But as Chat Noir, he had been noticing that Ladybug wasn't as spunky as before when they started saving the earth. Of course Ladybug would turn him down and ignore his talk about personal lives, however it really made him upset that he couldn't help her at her worst.

It felt terrible to know that.

Now arriving in English, Adrien took his seat and Chloe took hers, but not without giving her boyrfriend a peck on the cheek first.

He gave his best fake smile and watched her sit down as Nino came and sat down beside him.

"What's got you down in the dumps, dude?" He asks, taking off his headphones and giving him a small side hug. "Something wrong?"

Adrien looked at him, trying his best to conceal his thoughts from earlier.

"What's up with Nate? He glared at me this morning and I have no idea why." Adrien asked, now noticing Nathan and Marinette stride into the room, giggling and laughing as the two took their seats. Alya giggled and teased Marinette about something Adrien couldn't quite make out.

"Glared at you? Dude, You've got to be seeing things." Nino looked at him as if he was on serious drugs. "To be honest, Nathan has probably been one of the happiest people ever since he and Marinette started talking. I don't think he could be mad."

"But that's exactly why he's mad though. I said hi to Marinette and he looked at me like I was the plague." Adrien looked at the bluette in front of him, the girl wide eyed and grinning happily.

Nino's eyes widened. "Dude. Are you jealous?"

Adrien looked at Nino with a questioning look. "Jealous? No. I'm just concerned about him being mean to me."

A pair of brown eyes wriggled in the blondes' direction. "Adrien. You totally like her. You wouldn't be so salty about him glaring at you- in a way protecting Marinette from you."

Adrien scoffed. "I don't like Marinette like that. She's just a friend." He took his pencil and scribbled on the paper in front of him.

Marinette was one of his first friends here at school. The two didn't talk much, only because he was always so unsure about her talking to him.

The way she trembled and blushed a fire red, the curls in her pigtails that shaped her face, the way she tried to look her best for Adrien Agreste- It was kind of nice.

She was different. A good kind of different. She made him feel special and not so stereotypical. Adrien felt as if Marinette was the highlight of happiness.

To have something change, could mess him up big time.

Nino, now noticing Adrien's uncomfortable aura, changed the subject. "Anyways, Are you ready for basketball practice after school? Varsity Playoffs are next week."

Adrien's eyes widened as he smiled. "I've been practicing all week. I'm sure any opposing teams will have a little competition."

Adrien loved basketball. Other than fencing, he felt so at ease when he played, and he could also let loose and have a little fun. Almost letting out some of his inner Chat Noir as he did so.

Nino was also part of the team, along with Kim and Ivan. The four of them were known as the Francois DuPont offence squad.  They were known as unbeatable, thus Adrien not worried at all about losing.

"Are you planning to host an party after we win the playoffs? More likely a Halloween Party? Finals is the day before."

Oh right. Halloween was a thing.

Adrien loved Halloween, but it was also an issue since he couldn't go as Chat Noir. Life would have been so much easier if he could, but people would get the hint in a snap.

"I suppose, if my dad wasn't such a grinch." Adrien shrugged as Nino rolled his eyes.

"I'm sure if your dad says no, Chloe will be planning something." Nino replies, gesturing to his so called girlfriend.

"She'll probably plan something." Adrien states, fiddling with his pencil.

After a couple of minutes of silence, Ms. Bustier claps her hands and Adrien is lost in his own world.

In a world of baby blues that belong to the girl in front of him.

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"Let's go, Adrien!" He hears Chloe shout, his girlfriend wearing a short cheerleading mini dress and matching pompoms.

He gave her a small wave as he looked at his other teammates, who are now his enemies in this practice rep, and gave a sly smirk. Adrien was ready to dominate.

Before everyone on the team was set up, he gazed around the bleachers, seeing the whole school ready to watch them practice.

Correction. Almost the whole school. There were two girls that were missing, but Adrien was sure they weren't coming.

Focus on the goal, Adrien. Win and get the ball in the hoop.

breathe. blink. breathe.

TWEET.

The ball almost came out of no where as small midget Alix Kubdel rushed away with the ball. For a small girl, she was not to be underestimated.

She flew across the court, Adrien yelling countless commands to Nino, Kim and Dylan (OC MK) Trying to keep his eyes on the ball.

Can't let the other side win.

He then saw Connor (ALSO AN OC) dribbling the ball down the court and went for the attack. Adrien's hand reached up high before he could shoot on the net, and grabbed the ball. The crowd cheered his name, as he gave a wave and went on his way down the court.

He could feel the adrenaline pumping through his body, feeling the surge of shock and energy.

He would shoot on the goal.

At least that's what he thought before Alix stole the ball back from his hands.

Shit.

His head was so out of it. Usually he's so on top of it but today all that was spinning through his mind was little blue pigtails and a ginger mop.

Nathan and Marinette.

Why should he even care about them? He has a girlfriend and he never liked her like that. Marinette was just a friend.

However, why did Nathan become so protective of her? It's not like Adrien was a danger to her... Was he?

Adrien pushed those thoughts away from his mind as he came back to reality, noticing Kim calling his name, signalling him to pay attention.

Adrien was wide open, his blockers weren't every good, which was kind of the downside of his team. More practice? He'd write that down later.

The ball was now secured in his palms again,  as he went for the goal.

His runners skidded on the floor as he made his final leap, his feet leaving the floor and his hands shooting up.

The ball left his fingers as he landed on the ground again, waiting for the girls to start screaming again.

But this time it was shrieks of horror. A large gasp followed.

What?

His mind came back to reality and saw a bluette on the floor, her nose running a crimson.

Nino walked behind him along with Kim, both placing their hands on his shoulders.

"Wha-What happened?" The blonde stutters, seeing Alya scream and shake her senseless.

"Basically..." Nino starts. "I don't think you've had worse aim than this."

Kim chuckles. "Straight in the nose."

Adrien went pale faced and ran over to her panicked, hoping she was okay.

Oh shit. Maybe he was right.

Maybe he was a danger to Marinette.

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A/N: Finally this bitch is up. UGH. I'm having such writers' block but also I've had band all week, BUT TODAY ITS OVER! (Sad but not sad?)

Anyway, I'm going to try and be more faster with these updates, however I am leaking another book out today, ITS ML so please be on the look out for it!

Both ML books will be updated constantly, and If you want my Smash and or my STARCO books to be updated, please PM me.

So yeah. Hyped for you guys to read my other book, I LOVE THE STORY SO FAR AHHH.

And hopefully I figure out wtf I'm doing with girlfriend hahah

Until next time, Peaches.

(A confused and anxious) Ember 💕


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