Marinette was a little late arriving to Alya's house, but what else was new?

Alya almost screamed when she opened the door and saw her. "I'm so glad you made it!" she said, hugging her best friend. "I knew you wouldn't bail on me."

"Yeah, I got all my work done early so I figured I should stop by."

"Come on in," Alya said, leading her into the kitchen. "The snacks and drinks are here, and everyone's in the living room."

"Awesome, I'm going to grab a drink," Marinette said.

"Come join us when you're ready," Alya said, going to the other room.

Marinette checked out the drink options. Water, grape soda, lemonade...

"Hey Marinette," a voice said behind her. She jumped and spun around, coming face to face with Adrien.

Her mouth fell open at seeing him there.

"Uh... uh... Adrien," she sputtered out. "Wh... what are you doing here?"

"Well Alya invited me," he said, putting his arm to the back of his neck.

"But you said that you couldn't make it."

"Oh yeah, I know. I just said that because I thought you wouldn't show up if you knew that I would be here."

Marinette blinked at him. "Uh... that's... not true."

Adrien paused. "Marinette, you've been avoiding me all day," he said slowly.

She stared at him for a second before looking down. "I, uh..." She paused. "You're right. I'm sorry. But come on, you have to admit that this is weird."

"Yeah I know," he admitted sheepishly.

"I'm sorry," they both said simultaneously.

Marinette looked back up at him. "No, I'm sorry. I'm sorry I freaked out yesterday. I just..." She looked down again. "I just didn't know how to react. I'm not angry with you, or anything like that. I was just... surprised? I don't know."

"I'm really sorry Marinette," Adrien said. "About everything."

"It's okay," she said quietly.

"So, uh... we're still... friends?" he asked cautiously.

Marinette met his gaze again. "Of course."

Adrien broke out into a big smile. "Awesome."

She gave him a small smile and nodded. "I'm going to grab a drink and go join the group."

"I'll come with you."

Marinette picked up a lemonade and walked to the living room, with Adrien following. She stopped, however, when she saw what was on the TV screen.

Everyone was taking turns playing the dancing game.

"You have got to be kidding me," Marinette said to no one in particular.

Alya waved her over. "Marinette, over here! You can play next."

"No no no no no," Marinette kept repeating as she and Adrien went over to Alya. "I am not playing this game."

"Oh come on, no one cares if you're not good at it. It's just for fun," Alya said.

"I'll play with you Marinette," Adrien said, smiling at her.

She looked at him with murder in her eyes. "I don't think that's a good idea," she said through clenched teeth.

"It's okay Marinette," their classmate Kim interrupted, smirking at her. "I would be afraid to follow the performance that me and Alix just gave too. I don't want you to be embarrassed."

"Is that so?" Marinette asked. "And exactly what score did you guys get?"

"We got 95%," he boasted.

"95%? Wow, that's very impressive," she replied dramatically.

"Yeah, we're pretty much unbeatable," he continued.

"Hmm, you know what? Maybe I will try it. I mean, it's just for fun, right?"

"That's right. The important thing is that you have fun," Kim said.

Marinette smiled sweetly at him and turned towards Adrien. "Shall we?"

Adrien could barely contain his laughter as he nodded.

They made their way to the TV and Marinette used the controller to select the song.

"Uh, Marinette. You're on the advanced level. Why don't you pick an easier one?" Alya suggested.

"I figured that we could use a challenge," the girl replied, putting the controller down and getting into position next to Adrien.

"You ready, Princess?" he whispered over to her.

Marinette responded by glancing at him with a smirk.

The song started and they sprung into action, moving in sync with the choreography. It wasn't long before the crowd of friends around them stopped chatting to watch. They were amazed at how good the pair was doing. Eyes grew wide and mouths fell open as they continued dancing.

As the song ended Adrien and Marinette struck their final pose. The room was completely silent as they looked up at the screen.

"Come on, come on," they muttered.

Their score popped up.

100%

Both Adrien and Marinette screamed, turning towards each other. Adrien reached out while she jumped into his arms, wrapping her legs around his torso and putting her hands around the back of his neck. He held her up, putting his arms around her waist. She tilted her head down to press her forehead against his. They both had the biggest smiles on their faces as they looked at each other.

After a perfect moment, Marinette's face suddenly dropped, remembering where they were. Adrien's face dropped too, and they both slowly turned to look at the people staring at them.

Everyone's mouth was hanging open. Kim looked like he was going to have an aneurysm.

Adrien lowered Marinette down to the floor and they stepped apart from each other.

"Uh, great job Adrien," Marinette said, extending her hand out to him.

"Great job Marinette," he replied, shaking her hand.

After the hand shake they both spun around and walked off in different directions. As Marinette made her way past Kim, she innocently remarked "That really was fun."

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Everyone had a blast at Alya's party. Especially Adrien, who took every opportunity to be as close to Marinette as he could. Oh how he missed their one-on-one time together. It had only been two days, but it felt like an eternity.

When he saw that Marinette was leaving, he accompanied her outside. "We can give you a ride home if you want," he told her, gesturing towards the waiting towncar.

"Oh, you don't have to do that," she said. "I don't mind walking."

"No really, I insist," he said, putting his hand on her shoulder.

She paused for a moment and then shrugged. "Okay."

Adrien smiled and opened the car door, letting her climb in first. He followed her inside. "To Marinette's, please," he said to his bodyguard, who grunted in return.

For the first minute of the car ride, no one said anything. Marinette stared out of the window as they drove.

Adrien finally cleared his throat. "I uh, still can't believe we got 100%."

Marinette turned to him. "I know, right?" she said, excitedly. "The look on Kim's face was priceless!"

"Yeah, we really shut him up." Adrien chuckled. "But I'm a little disappointed though."

"What? Why?" she asked.

"Because we've completed the game. It won't be as much fun now that we already know everything."

"Huh, you're right," Marinette said. "I hadn't thought of that. I guess we'll just have to find another game then."

Adrien's heart skipped a beat. She wanted to find another game to play with him. That had to be a good sign, right?

"Yeah, I guess we will," he said, trying not to sound too excited.

The car pulled up to Marinette's house. "Thanks for the ride Adrien. I'll see you tomorrow?" she asked.

His heart sank a little. Tomorrow? But what about tonight? Didn't she want him to visit her?

"Uh yeah. I'll see you then."

She smiled and opened the door. "Thank you!" she called to Adrien's bodyguard, before climbing out.

Adrien watched her walk around the car and wave back at him as she went inside.