You took a long sip of your bottled water, which was helping in taking the heat away from your face. Sighing softly as you calm down,"man, that guy is too cute for his own good." You smile to yourself before looking at your backpack, opening it to check on your hidden kwami.

"I'm hungry." He immediately said as he saw your face.

"Feed me, now."

You roll your eyes at Drax,"there was a whole baggie of strawberries, are those gone??"

Drax only smiled and stayed quiet causing you to sigh in annoyance.

"Oh yeah, you have one new message."

You raise a brow at him and grab your phone that was next to Drax, unlocking it to see the message only to receive another message, making you check that instead.

"Huh? It's from Adrien.." you raise a brow, wondering why he texted you so suddenly when you just left him.

"Who?" Drax asked even though it was obvious he didn't care who it was.

"I was just fencing with him a second ago." You responded and read over the message.

The message read:

"Sorry, have to leave early. Same time tomorrow?"

You pout and put your phone away,"well, that was fun, wish he didn't have to leave though."

You zip up your bag, completely forgetting you had another message to check before Adrien's popped up.

"Hey! What about my fruit!"

You scoff and hush Drax,"I'll get you some after fencing!"

Drax huffed and crossed his arms with a pout,"jerk. I never get what I want." He grumbled as you closed your locker,"behave until I get back."

You ran back to fencing class.

Draxx waited until you were long gone,"no."

After Adrien left early, he went to the ceremony that was honoring him and his partners. Now, he was sure him and Ladybug would be commemorated, but Lady Violette?

He wasn't sure about that, but he hoped she would get the thanks she deserves. He already knew she was something.

Saving his lady especially before he could? Now, that's something he could definitely thank her for.

Although, he did miss when it was just him and Ladybug against the world.

Just him and his Lady...

Honestly, he didn't mind you too much. You already got his humor, ladybug could never..

He actually had the honor in talking to you before you two had to detransform, and from just those minutes of talking, you connected.

Hm...

"Excuse me, Chat Noir but Ladybug isn't here, neither is the new hero.." The artist looks at Chat Noir with a worried expression.

"Don't worry about them, I'm sure they'll be here any minute, I can handle the situation alone for now. I'm the one in charge anyways, you know?" Chat Noir smiles as he lied.

The artist frowned and took out a photo of ladybug and scratched his cheek shy fully,"it's just that..I wanted her to autograph this photo. She's amazing. She's so brave.. and smart," He smiles to himself as he touches the photo gently,"The way she always saves everyone."

He soon takes out another photo, holding the pictures side by side with a smile,"and that other hero, Vamp Violette! She's amazing too, I just wish I had more time so I could include her as well. I feel bad that I couldn't add her in. I mean, she's so pretty!"

Chat Noir raised a brow at him, not really liking how he talked about his Lady... and what about Vamp Violette?

The mayor stepped in and gazed at the excited crowd before them,"Perhaps the ceremony should commence. It might bring her here faster. And grab that other hero's attention."

"Please, I just one minute more, Mayor Bourgeois. They're going to come. I can feel it."

You huff, getting tired of losing by getting outsmarted by the other people who were sparring with you.

After recomposing yourself, you continued to try and win at least one spar. You didn't notice the only figure not in uniform sneak by into the locker rooms.

Marinette tip-toed by sneakily as she made her way to where your phone would definitely be. Opening the door, she realized how difficult it would be to even locate your locker.

"Oh boy.." Her red kwami, Tikki, comments after seeing all the lockers.

Marinette whines and starts to panic,"which one's hers?" She clutches her hair as her eyes widened, scared she won't be able to reach your phone in time before your practice ends.

"Oh! Maybe if you call her, her phone will ring." Tikki smiles at Marinette.

"Nice Tikki!" Marinette immediately grabs her own phone and listens for a ringtone in each locker.

"Hurry, they're finishing up!"

Marinette finally finds your locker and tries to open it,"It's locked!"

Before Marinette could panic again, Tikki rushes into the locker and opens it with ease.

"Ta-da!"

Marinette immediately grabs your phone out of your bag and tries to open it.

Seeing no sight of Ladybug or Vamp Violette, they decided to move on with the ceremony, not wanting to wait any longer.

Mayor Bourgeois stood in front of the concealed statue as he spoke,"It's only proper for Paris to pay homage to those who protect us from evil! Ladybug and Chat Noir" He moved and gestured to the unveiled statue, making the audience gasp in awe.

Everyone stared at the statue in awe except the one who made it, he looked at the ladybug and sighed in disappointment.

Chat Noir smiles up at the statue as he walks over to the artist,"These statues are amazing, but one thing's off. I'm actually taller than Ladybug." Chat Noir spoke as he rested an arm on the man's shoulder.

The man was unphased by his touch and looked down sadly,"Ladybug didn't show up..Neither did Vamp Violette..I just..I just wanted to express my adoration for them. I wanted to let Ladybug know that I put everything I had into her statue. I'm sure if they took a little time to get to know me, they can see how much we have in common. Our devotion to the things we love."

Chat Noir realized that this was more that just simply idolizing a hero, it was obviously a crush and he didn't like it one bit,"Hey, don't mean to burst your bubble, but you know Ladybug and I, we're a thing you know?" He smirks at his own lie.

"Really?" More disappointment.

"Yeah, we're like this." He held up two intertwined fingers. The artist glared at Chat Noir at that and hummed,"so then...Vamp Violette is single?"

Chat Noir tensed and took a step away from him,"uh, no! She's actually spoken for already too." He smiles sheepishly. The artist raised a brow at him,"with who?"

Chat Noir tenses before he shrugs,"that's personal and you know us, we can't be giving away our personal information." He smirked, proud of his pretty believable lie.

The artist scowled and stormed off, disappointed and annoyed. The negative emotions caught a certain someone's attention.

"What does she even see in him?"

"They're coming! Forget the phone!" Tikki warns.

"I haven't erased the message yet!"

"We're out of time! We really have to get to that ceremony! Come on!"

Marinette grunts in frustration and shut your locker quickly before the doors to the locker rooms suddenly opened, making Marinette hidden behind the door so she won't be spotted.

"Wow! That was rough." You sigh in frustration as you made your way to your locker, taking off your helmet. Marinette gasped at the sight of your beautiful facial features and immediately ran out of the room.

After changing out of your fencing attire, you grabbed your bag and checked on Draxx who was sleeping. You rolled your eyes at the sight, he can sleep through anything.

Zipping up your bag, you made your way out of the building and started to head home.

While walking, you glance around before reaching for your phone.

"Huh?" You halted and looked in your bag more, where was your phone?

Your hand scanned your bag for a good moment before you glared at your knocked out kwami,"Draxx..!" You whisper yelled, not wanting to draw attention to yourself.

He didn't even budge,"Draxx!" You shook him a bit to get him to wake up, no luck. You huff and left him alone, wondering if you left it back at the school.

You groan out in frustration and turned around, rushing back to your school.

To your luck, the school was closed already. What if you transformed and broke in? No, Draxx said you can't transform for your own personal gain.

"Oh, great!"

"(Y/N)?" Someone caught your attention.

You looked over at whoever called your name and saw Adrien in his uniform near his ride.

You blink in surprise,"wha? Adrien? I thought you left?"

He tensed and chuckled nervously,"oh yeah! I uh..I did, but I guess I thought I had time to come back? I felt bad, you know? For leaving you? I just needed something, but uh, I guess I'm too late, huh?" His rambling and nervous antics seemed a little familiar.

You raised a brow at his nervous behavior and smiled,"okay? Well, I guess I lost my phone, think I can get a ride?"

Adrien blinks and looks at his driver, hoping he would say yes or well, nod.

The gorilla looking man looked at Adrien and then you, you were smiling nervously at the driver, in hopes he would agree. The man released a sigh and nodded slightly before he got into the car.

Adrien gasped and smiled happily before looking at you, surprised the man agreed. You smiled and walked over to him as he opened his car door for you.

"My lady," He smiles as he held the door open for you.

You giggle,"oh my, such a gentleman."

On the ride home, Adrien was on the phone with some pretty woman with a red streak in her hair who handled the scheduling for him.

"She's hot." You comment, making her stop talking.

"Adrien, who is that?"

Adrien tensed, glancing at you in slight surprise,"uh, that's my friend, (Y/N), Nathalie."

Hee expression somehow became even more stern,"what are you doing with a friend?"

"Oh, we're just dropping her off at home-"

"You were supposed to come straight home after your fencing classes, we cannot waste any time-"

"And he will, he's just being polite. Something you should learn." You mutter towards the end after intervening, her strict attitude agitated you.

You caught the woman's eyes glance in your direction with a scowl on her face before looking at Adrien,"hurry up and come home immediately after dropping off your..friend. Your father won't be too happy once he finds out you're behind schedule." She hung up soon after.

You rolled your eyes and glance over at Adrien who sighed and put his phone away before looking at you with an apologetic smile,"sorry about that, (Y/N), didn't mean to put you on the spot like that."

You smile and felt sorry for him, now seeing how he was treated, you wondered why he was such a sweet boy despite the stress he must have on his shoulders,"hey, you don't need to apologize, we're all good." You gently grab his hand, which he tensed at,"you know, you're really sweet for giving me a ride even though you knew the psycho secretary or whatever would blow up for you doing that."

Adrien looked at you in surprise before a red tint covered his cheeks,"oh!- Uh, it was no problem, really! You obviously needed a ride home and you didn't have your phone, so it was only right that I should help!" He rubbed the back of his neck with his other hand as he didn't want to let go of yours.

You simply stared at him and smiled fondly, not knowing how to thank him. Unknowingly causing the blonde boy to blush more and shift under your gaze,"heh, boy is it getting hot in here?? O-or is it just me??" He laughed nervously before asking the body guard that was driving to turn up the air conditioning.

You laugh and retract your hand,"you're such a goofball. Oh hey! There's my house." You point out the window in the direction of your home.

Once the car pulled over, you got out of the car and waved at Adrien,"thanks so much for the ride, see you later!" You shut the car door and head to your house.

The model watched as you left the car and waved one last time to which he slowly waved back in return before you disappeared into your house.

The blush didn't leave his face for a while.