Marinette confessed to Adrien - only to her her fragile heart broken. People were forced to go against her and bully her by Chloe Bourgeois. The only ones that actually stood by her side was Alya and Nino. Adrien didn't bully her - he just never talked to her. But then suddenly out of nowhere Adrien walks up to her and asks for them to start dating, for them to be in a relationship. Though it only hurt her more when she found out that he had been using her.