She saw Si Yung charging at her using his staff. She panicked and opened her small bag, trying to let Tikki fly out, but unfortunately but seconds later, she didn't fately she wasn't fast enough. What does this guy even want? She closed her eyes, not feeling anything hurt-- aside from her forehead of course.

Then, she heard a voice.

A familiar voice.

She could recognize that anywhere.

"Claws off! I'm the only one who can have the hand of M'lady!" She opened her eyes and saw Chat Noir fighting the man.

"A-Adrien?" She whispered to herself. Gosh, how lucky she was that he was here. Seeing him fighting for her right now, even if she hurted him in the past, makes her heart flutter even more. At the same time, why was he even here? How did he even get here? Was he stalking her?!

"Marinette, transform!" She heard her kwami yell. The teenager shook her head, stood up slowly yet carefully and ran outside, trying to find a hiding spot.

"Tikki, Spots on!"

***

Madame Bustier, may I please use the bathroom?" Marinette asked, raising her hand politely. Adrien raised an eyebrow at his classmate, unnoticed. It was true that he still was feeling a bit bothered about what happened. Imagine, being cataclysmed by the ribs, ouch.

You know? Despite all of that, he was still glad that Marinette was safe. Though there were two problems. One, we all know he was hospitalized, right? What about the girl who managed to steal his ring and is she alright? She did become an akumatized victim, but that doesn't mean that he won't care for her safety anymore. The other problem is, Hawkmoth. He has been pretty quiet ever since that day Adrien got hurt. What's up with that though?

Aside from all the bad things that had happened to him, there were also good events that occurred to him. He isn't saying that he doesn't enjoy his company, but it just seems uncommon for Gabriel to do.

Once he saw Madame Bustier send the bluenette her yes, Adrien looked at the girl and noticed she was placing macaroons in her small bag. He couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at her actions.

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It was no doubt that she was planning to transform.

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Might as well follow her.

"Madame Bustier! I need to go also."

That's how he ended up following the girl. It was true that he was surprised that the man has a miraculous, but he didn't let that distract him. After a while, the mysterious heroine that Adrien knew who was behind the mask. A lot of things did happen between them in the past, but it was a nice feeling that she was now fighting beside him.

"What are you doing here, Chat Noir?!" The girl yelled, while trying to tie up the villain who was rolling his eyes. "Fighting the villain, of course." He replied, making the girl groan. At this time, she had honestly forgotten about how she sided against him. What did happen before that caused this?

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"Marinette, a minute is all I asked from you!" Adrien said, grabbing the girl's wrist with a frown. Marinette just slapped his hand away from her and started walking away, clenching her fists. She couldn't believe it, she was so mad at him. So mad at the point where she just wanted to avoid him all day. Who could even blame her?

All this time, she thought Adrien was one of the people whom she could talk to whenever she's down. Though, it seemed like she was wrong. He was the one who spread those rumors about her! That's the reason why he wanted to talk to her so badly, just to take her down! But.... What could be the reason why he wanted her down?

"No! Lila showed me everything! Whether you like it or not, I'll make your life terrible like what you did to mine!" As she said that, she stormed out of the room, tears slowly running down on her cheeks.

Adrien ran a hand through his hair and looked at the two kwamis who flew out of his jacket. Plagg would've just joked about his situation right now, but he stood there, silent. What was there to joke about?

At first, Adrien was determined to get her memories back. Though looking at it now, no matter what they do, it is still the same old story. It seemed like Adrien really can't do anything without his Lady's help. He felt... weak. He doesn't even know how Lila managed to manipulate the girl that he did it. So much for a happy ending, right?

Then again, even if it hurts, knowing that the two of them would ignore each other for the rest of his life, her safety is still his number one priority. Despite having hatred from her, he won't mind it, after all he did deserve it for not being able to protect her when she lost her memories.

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Giving up isn't an option right now.

"Kid, I-"

"Not now, Plagg." He said, looking around the room, trying to find his bag. "I know Marinette's mad at me for an action that I didn't do, but" He paused for a second to grab the bag and pointed at it. "I know she'll have her memories back."

"This may sound stupid, considering how Master Fu's memories didn't come back, but I have a feeling hers will. Maybe, just maybe if her memories come back, she'll most likely regret her actions. She'll realize that she shouldn't have trusted Lila like that and she shouldn't have gone against me." He said as Plagg hid in the bag while Tikki was still at her spot.

"I don't want her to feel regret, since I still haven't lost hope that her memories won't return!"