-ADRIEN-

Adrien lay on his stomach. He had just made it out of the shower, it was a bit more painful than usual, but it was worth it to him.

Nino had wondered why Adrien was in a happier mood than usual these days. It had been five days since he and ladybug had been together and shared each other passionately one minute at a time.

They had seen each other the night before, for their nightly patrol, but didn't talk much about their last encounter.

Adrien sat up, and pulled his shirt over his head. He winced as the fabric of his shirt brushed against the deep scratches on his lower back.

Plagg looked at Adrien and shook his head.

Adrien looked at Plagg with a horrified blush.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" He asked, his voice shaking slightly.

Plagg floated up to Adrien's shoulder with a grin.

"Was it worth it?" He asked, his eyes motioned to the scratches across his back.

Adrien sighed, a dreamy smile tugged at his lips as he remembered the events that happened.

He couldn't help but to feel a little guilty.

He had been carried away, he went a lot more eager than usual, and it was because of his own pace that caused ladybug to scratch him up the way she did.

He pressed his lips together and looked to Plagg and shrugged.

"Shes always worth it." He replied.

Plagg rolled his eyes.

"Oh please..."

Adrien chuckled at his response and rubbed his temples.

He knew that revealing their identities to one another could be risky, but he could keep a secret if he wanted to.

He wouldn't tell anyone who she really was, and it was killing him that he didn't know who she really was.

She had said to give her time, but could that time come any faster?

He grew more and more impatient by the minute.

-MARINETTE-

Sweat beaded at her hairline.

Her stomach had curled into knots, and her body had felt weaker than its ever been.

Her body tensed as she gripped on the sides of the toilet bowl.

She shook as she vomited violently, her body threatening to give out on her that very moment.

Her mom knocked on the door.

"Marinette... Are you alright?" She asked, her ear nearly pressed against the door.

Marinette panted, she stood up on shaking legs and began to rinse her mouth.

"I'm okay, mom." She breathed as she wiped her face and stepped out to meet her mother.

They had both descended the stairs towards the shop on the first floor.

Her dad had began to beat the eggs into the bowl.

"Would you mind stirring this up?" He asked, and started to push the bowl towards her.

With a smile, Marinette received so and began to stir the eggs.

Her father went to the back to retrieve other ingredients, while her mother started to set the display cakes.

Marinette whisked the eggs as best as she could.

The aroma of the batter immediately caused her body to tense.

She clamped a hand over her mouth and ran back upstairs as she became violently ill again.

Her mother paused and watched Marinette with a grimace as she ran up the stairs, her face almost a green color.

Marinette had finished and groaned.

Her brow furrowed as she began to swear and she wiped her forehead with her sleeve.

Tikki slowly emerged from the fabric covering her neck. She had done well hiding the fact that she was almost choked to death, and with a little makeup, the scar it left was barely noticeable.

"Marinette, are you alright?" She asked, her eyes huge with curiosity and concern.

Marinette breathed in deeply.

"I don't know what is wrong with me today." She replied shakily. "I think I may have caught a bug" she breathed.

Tikki frowned at Marinette.

"You should get some rest. Explain to your parents, I'm sure they'd understand."

Marinette breathed steadily before nodding and cleaning herself up.

She only made it halfway down the stairs before she felt weak and ill once more.

She looked at her mother who was on her way up the stairs.

Marinette pressed her lips together as she looked at her mother apologetically.

Her mother looked at her with wide eyes.

"Marinette... You look a bit green. Are you alright?" She asked.

Marinette nodded, and swallowed before speaking again.

"Y-yeah... I think I came down with something." She whispered, her voice quivering.

Marinette couldn't tell what was wrong with her, but she had been eating a lot lately and was easily subjectable to food poisoning.

That could have been likely. She wouldn't doubt it.

Her mother slowly climbed up the stairs and touched Marinette's face.

"Sweetie... You're sweating... Do you need anything?" She asked, her worry etching more into her features.

Marinette trembled slightly as she began to smell the cupcakes down below baking.

She shook her head.

"Just rest..." She breathed, fighting another urge to vomit.

There was nothing left to vomit, she was simply vomiting water and acid by this point.

Her mother nodded and grabbed Marinette's trembling hand and led her straight to bed.

Later that day Marinette felt a bit better enough to make the half day of school.

Her sickness almost immediately washed away, although she did feel sore more than half the time.

Marinette began to cross the street carefully when Tikki emerged from the flap of her purse.

"I see you're in a better shape Marinette." She said with glossy eyes.

Marinette giggled softly.

"I feel a lot better." She replied. "I guess it was just a morning bug."

Tikki nodded and immediately submerged back into her purse when the two of them spotted Alya step off the bus.

Marinette smiled as she reached the other side of the street.

It had been awhile since she's seen her friend. She was inwardly cheering at how much better she was feeling. She was glad that she made the decision to return to the rest of the class.

Everyone was just returning to class from their lunch breaks.

Alya and Nino were usually the first ones to return.

Marinette never really questioned it.

She had always suspected that Alya and Nino had something going on, but never pressured Alya about it.

"Alya!" Marinette called softly from the corner.

Alya spotted Marinette and waved.

Within moments she was at her side and the two of them began to walk towards class.

Marinette had a hard time concentrating.

She felt an immense pain in her chest.

She occasionally sipped the bottle of water she had stashed in her bag, but it was in vain.

Alya noticed Marinette fidgeting, and slowly turned to face her.

"Marinette... What is the matter with you?" She whispered harshly.

Adrien silently heard the harsh whisper and turned slightly.

Marinette caught a glimpse of him, and gulped with a deep blush.

She immediately composed herself and waved shyly at him.

He smiled and waved back before turning his attention back towards the instructor.

Marinette sighed in relief. He was just so beautiful.

She couldn't help but to feel the slight tinge of guilt as she thought back on her rendezvous with Chat Noir.

After all, Adrien was who she was really in love with.

At least, she was convinced she was.

She looked at Alya with an apologetic expression, the blush still in her cheeks.

"Nothing, I just have heartburn." She breathed.

Alya rose a brow.

"Heartburn?" She whispered back.

Marinette nodded and waited as the teacher took a break in her words.

Once she spoke again Marinette turned her head towards Alya.

"Y-yeah... I was really sick this morning. I was puking almost every five minutes." She replied truthfully.

"Maybe that's why I have it."

Alya gave her a strange look and shrugged it off.

Marinette shook her head and rubbed her temples.

She continued to drink her water, the heartburn failed to die down until later.

When the last bell rang to dismiss the class, Marinette felt as if it were in vain.

She couldn't concentrate at all, and she was beginning to feel a little ill.

She slung her back over her shoulder.

She stumbled a bit and was slightly pushed forward as someone bumped into her.

"Oh, sorry Marinette." Adrien said softly.

Marinette gulped and turned her head.

He gave her a small smile and patted her shoulder.

She looked at him, her eyes wide and her face turned pale before it went into a green shade.

Adrien's expression slowly turned into one of concern.

"Are you alright?"He asked curiously.

Alya slowly touched Marinette's shoulder.

"Y-yeah... She's just feeling a little ill this afternoon." She said softly.

Marinette continued to look at Adrien, her heart pounding in her ears and her stomach tight.

"I hope you feel better." He told her thoughtfully. His green eyes immediately connected with hers.

Marinette could feel her stomach turn.

This wasn't good, this wasn't good at all.

No matter how bad she wanted to move, her muscles locked her in place. She inwardly screamed as Adrien simply looked at her with a genuine smile.

Alya was simply about to pull Marinette off to the side, but it had been too late.

Within a few seconds, the contents of Marinette's stomach was on Adrien's shirt.

Adrien took a few steps back, his shirt covered in vomit, some of it dripped down his shirt and on to his chest and stomach.

It wasn't long before his own face started to turn green.

Alya's eyes widened in utter shock as did his.

"Oh my..." Before Alya could say anything Marinette immediately bursted into tears.

She reached out towards Adrien but immediately tensed and hovered over. She began to vomit once more, only this time Adrien moved out of the way, a stray of vomit splattered just in front of his shoes.

Marinette had upset herself so much, she vomited again.

Alya immediately pulled Marinette away.

"We're sorry... I'm gonna get her home. Throw that shirt away." Alya suggested ushering her out of the class.

Nino began to gag immensely.

"I'm gonna be sick, I'M GONNA BE SICK." He gagged.

"Dont just stand there, get a janitor before I do it too!" Adrien retorted.

Their voices faded out as Alya walked Marinette home.

Marinette had felt so embarrassed all she could do was cry.

She couldn't even change her clothes on her own.

After having her cleaned up Alya sat on the bed with her.

Tikki remained in her bag, itching to come out, and help Marinette. She had never seen her cry so much before.

Marinette let out a little sniffle and looked at Alya with puffy eyes..

"Are you done? You've been crying for hours." Alya sighed and scratched her head.

Marinette nodded and rubbed her cheeks.

"I'm so embarrassed..." She said softly, her chest heaving as she began to start another fit of crying.

Alya immediately held her face.

"Hey, no. Don't think about it, I'm sure Adrien would laugh about it later." She assured.

Marinette gasped in air as she let out another choppy sob.

"He-hates-me!" She cried.

Alya immediately stood up and grabbed Marinette by the shoulders.

"No, Marinette, he doesn't. Let's go to the movies... Let's do something to get your mind off of things." She assured softly.

Marinette looked at her with glossy eyes.

"I... Wanted to ask Adrien to the movies." Her lip quivered as she began to cry once more.

Alya groaned and rested her head in her hand.

"Girl... Girl... Girl..." She sighed.

Marinette stood by the popcorn stand next to Alya.

Her parents were nice enough to let her borrow some money for the movie tickets and snacks.

Alya bought them two movie tickets and Marinette eyed all of the snacks on stand.

She licked her lips as she began to randomly pull snacks out. She ordered two large drinks and an extra large bucket of popcorn with extra butter.

Alya stared at Marinette with wide eyes as she was rang in and cashed out.

She hoisted some of the snacks to Alya who gulped at the massive amounts of snacks.

"Come on... The movie is about to start." Marinette spoke as she began to make her way down to the assigned screen.

Marinette squeezed into the rows with Alya beside her.

As she sat down, Marinette immediately ripped open an ice cream pop and dunked it into the popcorn bucket.

Alya stared at her with an almost horrified expression.

Marinette didn't notice. She was too busy munching down on as many snacks as she could.

The movie was midway in when Marinette had to excuse herself once more.

Alya waited behind and continued to watch.

When it had taken a long time, Alya slowly slipped from her seat to check up on her.

Marinette hovered over the toilet, her face green and her eyes watered.

Alya slowly opened the stall, and leaned down to rub her back.

"Are you okay?" Alya asked.

Tikki, who was just comforting Marinette before Alya came in, slowly submerged herself back into the bag she was always kept in.

Marinette looked up at Alya.

"I think I ate too much." She breathed.

Alya shook her head.

"Maybe it was the mix of things. Girl, you've been a mess today. If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were pregnant." She sighed.

"Now let's get you cleaned up." She added and slowly helped Marinette off the bathroom stall floor.

Marinette gulped at Alya's choice of words.

She didn't know the few things she's got into involving Chat Noir. So, in a sad sense she didn't know any better.

Marinette shook the thought from her head as she inwardly felt so stupid.

There was no way she could be pregnant.

Not ever! Never ever!

...Could she?

A/N: Ooooo things are starting up now. It's about time. As you can see, I'm a cliffhanger junkie.