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Marinette pressed up onto her toes and leaned in, closing her eyes as she kissed Adrien on the lips.

His eyes widened at the kiss, but after a second he slammed them shut. A moment later his hand shook slightly before opening up. The dark purple phone fell to the floor with a clatter.

Once on the floor, the phone turned back to its normal appearance as the akuma came out of it.

Back in his lair, Hawk Moth breathed a sigh of relief. "It's just as well," he muttered to himself. "Now fly on, my beautiful akuma," he commanded. "Go find another heart to evilize!"

The akuma flew up into the air as Adrien lifted his hand and put it to Marinette's cheek as they kissed.

The black butterfly circled around once before heading towards the hallway. It didn't have to go very far to find a new target.

Kagami got to the top of the stairs and looked around. No sign of Adrien or Marinette. She would have to find them quick, otherwise he'd miss his bout and be disqualified. There was no way that she would let that happen; she wanted to defeat him fair and square.

Walking up to a classroom she glanced inside. Her heart sank when her eyes landed on Adrien and Marinette, who still had their lips locked on each other.

And suddenly it felt like time had stopped. Falling to her knees, tears came to her eyes and anger surged through her veins. Before she even had the chance to think about what to do, the akuma landed on the sabre that was clenched in her hand.

Inside the classroom, Marinette slowly pulled back from the kiss and opened her eyes. She didn't know what to expect, but she was surprised to see a normal Adrien looking back at her. After blinking, she glanced down and saw his phone on the floor. Relief washed over her as she met his gaze again. "Adrien, you're okay," she whispered, a single tear falling down her cheek.

He nodded, not taking his eyes off of her. "Yeah."

She smiled up at him.

Returning her smile, he was about to lean in and kiss her again but stopped at seeing her expression change.

All of a sudden her smile disappeared and her face fell. "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry Adrien," she cried, backing away from him.

Adrien shook his head. "No..." he tried to say, reaching out towards her.

"I'm so sorry," she repeated. "I didn't know what to do." More tears came out.

"No Marinette," he tried again. He didn't want her to be upset. Not only did she not do anything wrong, but there was also an akuma flying around somewhere. The last thing he wanted was for her to get akumatized.

She kept backing away as he moved closer. "I'm sorry," she said again. "Please don't hate me."

That comment got Adrien to stop. Never in a million years would he hate Marinette. She was far too wonderful. He was about to tell her exactly that but the door burst open, causing him to jump.

Marinette jumped too and quickly looked over to see who burst into the room. She stopped breathing at seeing the akumatized villain.

"Adrien Agreste!" Riposte shouted, pointing her sabre arm at him. "How dare you betray me by kissing her?"

His mouth fell open for a moment before he tried to speak. But Marinette spoke first. "No Kagami, this isn't Adrien's fault," she argued as she slowly moved in between them. "I kissed him."

The villain snarled. "I saw the whole thing and he was kissing you back!"

"No, he wasn't," she whispered, trying to contain her tears.