"....Chat Noir?..."

Two

Adrien threw himself feet first through the open window as his transformation wore off, the ethereal green light quickly moving from head to toe in reverse, replacing black boots with red converse and removing feline ears from his hair.

His leap into the school left him on the third floor of the building. Adrien checked his watch.

8:59.

Letting out a steady stream of incoherent curses, he took off down the hall. Reaching the stairs, he jumped feet first onto the rails, not even slowing. Adrien slid all the way down the rails on the balls of his feet, and tumbled into a standard safety roll when reaching the bottom.

Quickly hopping back up on his feet, Adrien bolted for his classroom.

Ten more seconds to think of an excuse...two more feet to open the door.

Adrien burst through the door at high speeds, gasping for breath. He opened his mouth to breath his excuse to the teacher but was cut off mid-gasp.

Adrien had slid into the room at top speed, and crashed into someone already standing at the front of the room (who was probably giving their own terribly thought of excuse), sending them both sprawling across the floor. The world spun for a good three seconds, neither person fully understanding what had just happened.

Adrien's vision stopped swirling and he felt a dull throb at the back of his head. "Ow..." He winced. "Did I fall off the roof again?...." his comment was met with complete silence.

Adrien cracked open his eyes only to see the most heavenly blue bell orbs staring back at him. His first thought was, My lady?

No...no. His lady's eyes were full of confidence and mischief, these were full of uncertainty. He then recognized the patterned floor around him and connected the dots.

He blinked at her, still gazing into her eyes. "Hello, Marinette."

The splash of freckles that dusted her nose were quickly and completely covered by a hot red blush. "Uh..H-Hi, A-Adrien..." she squeaked.

Adrien tilted his head at the girl. He could never understand why she liked him so much...

Marinette's face was turning redder by the second as nobody moved. "Marinette..." Adrien asked worriedly.

He then realized the very suggestive position the two of them were in, him straddling her on the cold tile floor, both arms on either side of her head. A pink tinge slowly crawled onto his face as he assessed the situation, then quickly jumped to his feet.

"Heh...sorry for running into you like that Mari..." Adrien laughed nervously, reaching down to help the poor girl to her feet. He was all too aware of the stares of his other classmates on his back, but chose to ignore them.

"I-Its okay." Marinette breathed, dazed.

Adrien rubbed the back of his neck subconsciously. "No, no really! It was my fault! I should have- I-I mean, I didn't mean to...I shouldn't have- s-sorry!" Adrien yelped, and rushed to his seat beside a surprised looking Nino.

Adrien sat down and proceeded to cover his head and face with both arms.

Nino glanced at Marinette, who still stood at the front of the class confused. He gave Adrien an odd look, who looked as if he wanted to slam his head against the wooden table multiple times.

STUPID, IGNORANT, RECKLESS BASTARD! Now everyone will think you're a perverted creep, you idiot! Adrien scolded himself mentally.

Nino spared another glance at his friend before his frown gave way to a sly smirk. Nino shook his head and gave Adrien a sympathetic pat on the back.