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"You do know that it's rude to spy on people, don't you Marinette?" Adrien's voice echoed behind the spying blunette. She jumped slightly at the sudden intervention and flushed a deep red colour.

"Oh-Oh Uh, Um, yeah?", she finally managed to get out once she got over the shock.

"So who are you spying on anyway?", Adrien asked, with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes.

"Um..um..no..one?", she replied uncertainly.

Adrien strode over to her side and looked through the stair railings himself. In front of him, some distance away were Alya and Nino.

"So, what ship name do you have in mind for the two of them?", he abruptly asked.

"Wha- Uh um.."

"Oh come on! You can tell me! Mine is Alino."

Marinette giggled before replying sassily, "Nice one but mine is better. DJWIFI. Like the sound of that?"

Adrien could only stare at her. Sure, he had heard her talk to others like that but with him, it was for the first time.

'Maybe she is finally getting comfortable around me.', he thought.

He flashed her a smile and she responded back with one herself.

"Mmh. Yours is kinda better. Hey! Look at Nino! He's all flustered. Man! He is never gonna hear the end of this!" Adrien exclaimed excitedly.

"And Alya will kill me if she knew that I was spying on her. That's kinda her job!" Marinette laughed.

"Anyway, enough to about those two. Now, what about us?"

"Wha-What mean you do?" Marinette blurted out.

"Actually, that's what I came here for. When do you think we should work together again?"

Realisation hit Marinette hard in the head. 'Right the project!', she thought.

'Umm..how about to-today? Same time?"

"Sounds purrfect."

Silence.

"Did you just make a cat pun?" Marinette asked, with an accusing glare?

"Maybe..", Adrien gulped.

Now it was Marinette's turn to just stare. Adrien awkwardly cleared his throat and added, "Umm..Chat Noir fan."

Marinette snapped back to her senses and exclaimed, "Oh! Yeah! Mm..That's right!"

The sound of the bell ringing echoed through the courtyard. It was soon filled with swarming students as it was time to go home.

"Walk with me?"

"S-Sure. I love you. I-I mean- I'd love to."

Adrien chuckled, finding her adorable. Again, wait, what?

The two of them walked outside together. It was cloudy out, the sky darkened. Then, lightning struck.

"Hm. It looks like it's going to rain. Be sure to reach home timely. Wouldn't want you risk getting a cold." Adrien said.

Marinette hummed in response as she waved at him. Adrien got in the limo and speeded away, leaving a sighing Marinette behind.

"Looks like your common interest in seeing your best friends together helped break that wall of awkwardness, huh?", Tikki chimed in.

"Hmm.." was all that Marinette said.

"I'm so proud of you Marinette."

"Thanks Tikki."

"Now, hurry up and take his advice! We won't have a sweet blond boy with an umbrella to help us this time!"

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"I don't think he is coming Tikki.", Marinette said as she looked sadly out the circular window.

"Oh Marinette, I'm sorry."

"Hmm..", the blunette mumbled as she got going.

"Where are you going Marinette?", Tikki asked, concerned.

Marinette didn't reply. Instead, she picked up her sketchbook and her art supplies. Then, climbing up to the balcony, she set it all aside on a small table.

"Marinette?"

"The weather is beautiful out here." was all with which the girl replied, as she strode over towards the edge of the balcony to lean on the railing.

Tikki flew in next to her holder and watched her sigh and close her eyes in content, her bluish-black hair swaying with the cool wind. It indeed was beautiful out there. To some it might just look like the 'situation before' of a downpour but, in reality, it was so much more than that. It was miraculous.

"Soo.."

"So, I'm going to sit out here and design.", Marinette finished.

She sat down and put the pink sketchbook in her lap, and a pencil in her hand. Now all that she did was stare into space. Tikki watched her chosen like this for quite some time. Internally, she was debating whether she should call out to her or not.

The poor kwami was caught off guard when Marinette suddenly started scribbling away. As she busied herself in her work, Tikki decided to leave her be and went inside.

After quite some time and infinite scribbles later, Marinette was finally satisfied with the draft dress. Now all that was left was for Adrien to put forth his ideas. It was team work after all.

Tired, she decided to close her eyes for some moments before heading back inside. But when that moment turned into an hour, she didn't know.

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Adrien got free from his surprise photo shoot. Apparently, the photographer found this weather to be the perfect scenario for the photoshoot. He now strolled aimlessly in the park, having some free time as a part of the deal made with Nathalie in turn of this unplanned event.

"Plagg, I really need her number."

"Whose?"

"Marinette's"

"And why's that lover boy?"

"Because I need to have a means of communication with her, when not at school. I couldn't even inform her about today. She must've been waiting."

Plagg didn't reply. Instead, he just munched on his Camembert cheese. Adrien rolled his eyes and looked up at the cloudy sky. It indeed was beautiful. He knew now why the photographer planned the surprise shoot. It was miraculous.

"Say, Plagg , you're all fed, aren't you?"

"Why do you ask kid?"

"What do you say about a tour around as Chat?"

"Wait, no--"

"Plagg, Claws Out!"

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The black cat themed superhero jumped around from roof to roof, in the city of Paris. Subconsciously, his actions brought him to the Dupain-Cheng bakery. After all, his mind was weirdly taken over by a certain girl living here.

He noticed her sleeping, sitting in a chair, her sketchbook in her lap. She looked so peaceful and so adorable. Chat smiled to himself and jumped on the balcony silently.

Approaching her, he gently whispered in her ear, "Purrincess~".

He expected a shriek, a small scream or any type of startled reaction. But what he didn't expect at all was a punch.

Marinette, even in her half asleep state, realised her actions, but just moments too late. She quickly covered her mouth and gently approached the cowering superhero. Chat recovered from his shock awhile later and looked up, smirking.

"I never knew that princesses could punch that hard."

"Well then, why do you think I'm always late? My parents avoid trying to wake me up you know.", Marinette answered sassily.

They both laughed until Marinette's guilt kicked in.

" You aren't hurt, are you?"

"Is the purrincess worried about mew?" Chat asked flirtatiously.

"You wish, Chat Noir."

"So, why were you asleep out here anyway?"

"Huh, Oh well, I was designing and got tired. So I meant to close my eyes for some moments but I guess it backfired when I fell asleep."

"You were designing?"

"Uh..yeah."

"Can I see it?"

"Umm.."

"Pawlease"

Chat picked up her sketchbook in his gloved hands and flipped through that pages. Marinette really was talented. Her designs were amazing! What caught his eye though, was the dress that she was apparently designing.

"Wow Marinette! This is really good!"

"Thank you Chat! It's for a project but I still think it's incomplete somehow.."

Chat felt his insides squirm in guilt. So she was working on the project alone.

"Is this an individual project?"

"Oh no, actually it's a group project."

"Then why are you working alone?" Chat asked, anxiously waiting for her reply.

"Oh, um my partner and I did make plans to work together but he didn't come.", she said in a small voice.

"Oh I see, so he ditched you?"

Marinette's eyes widened and she shook her head and hands vigorously, denying Chat's assumption.

"Oh no no. I'm sure he had work to do! He is a model after all. He's not the kind to ditch someone!"

Chat was on cloud-9 when he heard this. Even thought his civilian self didn't show up, she still wasn't mad at him. She really had a heart of gold.

But then, the guilt of her working all alone weighed down in his stomach. Determined to set the record straight, Chat grabbed Marinette's hand and said,

"So purrincess, let's finish this project together. Shall we?"

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