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Ionic Bonds

  "Marinette, get up!" The red kwami yelps into her ear. 

"I'm up! I'm up!" The girl's messy blue hair is knotted and dresses her face. Her head bangs the ceiling. "Oww.." she rubs her head hastily, knotting her hair more.  The girl was tired from fighting a villain all night. The bluenette stumbled down her latter and ran to her chaise which held a series of outfits, she selected the one she found most fitting, a pair of sweatpants and a pink cropped shirt. "How much time do I have, Tikki?" Marinette asks the kwami. 

"Class starts in 15 minutes!" Tikki responds, joining Marinette at the mirror, the girl was brushing out her knotted hair. 

"Now... where are my pigtail holders...?" Marinette begins scowering around the room, she never remembered taking her hair out, yet they were no where on the bed. 

"C'mon Marinette, you're going to be late!" Tikki encouraged, using all her strength to lift Marinette's bag to her hands. 

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  Marinette's seat continued to be empty a few minutes before class. Everyone was discussing their nightmares. Adrien sat with his head buried in his arms, wanting to fall back asleep. He didn't sleep a lot, he just thought. Plagg was in his bag, napping in a camembert box. "Rough dreams last night dude?" Nino asks, moving his head to Adrien's ear. Adrien just moaned a yes and continued closing his eyes, mind blank. Blocking out all of last night. 

"I'm here!" Marinette falls through the door as the bell rings. The bags under her eyes were not concealed, her bangs messily placed, and her hair lay on her back, a light curl where the pigtail holder would normally hold them up. Alya laughs in amusement. Adrien doesn't even bother to look up, Marinette was always late. 

"I like your hair down!" The blogger exclaims as Marinette takes the seat next to her. Marinette smiles and nods, she was tired. Ms. Bustier claps her hands to begin class. 

"Alright students- Marinette, Adrien are you awake?" Both of their heads shoot up to the teacher, Marinette had a blush on her face while Adrien had an embarrassed smile.

"Yes, Ms. Bustier," they say it at the same time, Marinette didn't even acknowledge that it was Adrien who she called to as well. At least the quick movement got her brain moving again, she thought about last night. She thought about Hawk Moth- wait she knew where Hawk Moth was... she just had to wait until an akuma showed up so the window could open. About an hour into class Marinette raises her hand.

"May I go to the restroom Ms. Bustier?" Marinette asks, she was going to tell Tikki to notify Plagg, Chat Noir's owner, that when there was an akuma to meet at the top of the most famous bakery in Paris. The teacher nods and Marinette slips out, her purse in hand. 

"Tikki, I know that you know where Plagg is. I need to to tell him to notify Chat."

"About what, Marinette?" The kwami asks, making her way to Marinette's eyes.

"I know where Hawk Moth is. Tell him to meet me on the ledge of the Eiffel Tower, after school hours." The kwami nods.

"I will be back soon Marinette," Tikki says flying through the stall door. The creature did not have to go far but Marinette did not need to know that. 

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  "Plagg!" Tikki whispers as she enters Adrien's bag. The black kwami rises from the camembert box where he was earlier, sleeping. 

"What Sugarcube?" The green eyed creature asks. 

"M-" bubbles escape Tikki's mouth. "Ladybug knows Hawk Moth's location. She wants Chat Noir to meet her at the Eiffel Tower after school." The black kwami's ears perk up. 

"Does that mean we are going to see Nooroo soon?!" He flew around Tikki in circles, it had been a while since he had seen his best friend. Tikki nodded, smiling. 

"Now I must get back to my owner." Tikki said, going below the floorboards so she could go into Marinette's bag unnoticed. 

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   "So if you mix Lithium and Chlorine, the ionic bond between them creates the compound element Lithium Chloride." Ms. Mendeleev finishes, concluding class for the day. Marinette was finishing her notes, at lunch she checked on Tikki, who told her that Plagg had been notified. 

"C'mon Marinette, you can finish your notes at home," Alya whines as the bell rings, the bluenette taking her sweet time on completing her notes on Ionic Bonding. 

"I am almost done and with my luck I would forget everything we just learned and there is no way I would attempt to understand your notes," Marinette says eyeing Alya before bursting out into laughter, her hair flipping up as her head moved to the back of the chair. 

"What is so funny guys?" Adrien and Nino were standing by their desks, bags packed. 

"Someone won't finish up." Alya says looking at Marinette who had her hair shielding her from Adrien as she wrote down more information. Nino got an idea.

"Yeah Marinette hurry up, we can't leave without you but Alya and I have a date!" The dj smiled nervously as his girlfriend gave him a thumbs up. 

"I could stay with Marinette, I don't have to go to my locker today so I have a few minutes before my ride arrives!" The innocent blonde suggests, mesmerized by how shiny her hair was. 

"Great!" Alya and Nino jinxed as the blogger slipped out of her chair, making her way to Nino. "See ya tomorrow!" They waved as they left the classroom. 

Adrien took a seat next to Marinette, smiling. The idea of meeting Ladybug on the Eiffel Tower evacuating his mind. Marinette looks up at him flustered and mutters a hello before sweeping her hair behind her shoulders so he could see what she was writing. Her pencil paused as it mentioned the number of valance electrons in Nitrogen. Adrien see's this. "It's one." He smiled, scooting a bit closer. 

"Th- you, thank, y-you." Marinette manages as she adds a one in the place of the blank space. Adrien's phone  rings.

"That is probably my bodyguard." Adrien sighs, he wanted to spend more time with his friend. He notices Marinette stop on another element. He gets an idea. "Marinette, do you need a tutor? I don't mean to sound rude or anything but I could help you!" He stammers, spending time with Marinette would be a lot more entertaining than sitting in his room alone. 

"Do you think your father would let you?" Marinette asks, she didn't stammer, didn't blush. His father, was her idol, yes. But when they spoke of him Marinette forgot about Adrien's eyes, the thought was just replaced with concern for the boy. 

"My father wants me to get more credits and tutoring would help that!" Adrien says as he answers the phone. "Gorilla, could you notify Nathalie that I found someone to tutor for those credits my father wanted me to get?" Adrien requests. The bodyguard answers with a grunt. "Alright, I will be out momentarily! C'mon Marinette we can just go to my place!" He grabs her hand and she scrambles for her iPad and pencil blushing at his excitement. Neither kwami attempted to remind them, they were already with each other. Neither was exactly waiting right?