This one-shot is so cute I can't- I just finished reading this and I just had to share it with you guys. It's a reverse crush. Adrien likes Marinette (Marinette still likes Adrien though) The story is called Changing For Her by AgresteBug. The link will be in the comments of course. I hope you enjoy as much as I did ❤️
Fidgeting with the black beanie on his head, he told Nino under his breath, "Please, stop staring at me."
Nino moved closer to him in the small space of their seat, his hand reaching for the beanie, "I want to see."
He swatted Nino's hand away, "I said no. It was a dumb idea." Adrien muttered, feeling his face flush as he thought about why in the world he ever thought listening to Plagg was a good idea. The mere fact that Plagg had pushed him to do it should have been a red flag. It was like he hadn't learned anything from the last time he'd taken Plagg's advice.
"G-Good morning Adrien."
"Eh, for you that was like a seven." Alya said teasingly, earning a hard glare from their pigtailed friend that the Ladyblogger fully ignored.
Adrien smiled at her, knowing he couldn't control the loving face he was making. "Good morning Marinette."
She smiled and his heart melted a little more. Ever since the magic that blinded him had been removed, he knew the truth. Marinette was his Lady. He thought he was in love with her before, but finding out who she was underneath the mask? That's when he really understood what being in love meant. He had spent weeks working up the courage to ask her out, but was also taking baby steps knowing how nervous she was around him.
It was getting harder and harder to keep it a secret that he knew, which is why he'd listened to Plagg about this terrible idea in the first place.
Marinette pushed a stray strand of hair behind her ear, her eyes quickly making contact with his before she looked away, "That's, uh, that's a nice beanie. I like the little ladybug on the side."
He touched it fondly, "Oh, thanks." He added it lightly, "Just... trying to take some inspiration for courage. No one's braver than Ladybug, except our everyday Ladybug."
Marinette's face flushed and she giggled nervously, "Y-Yeah. Br-Brave."
She rushed passed to get to her seat behind him, and he saw Nino grinning knowingly. Adrien whispered it to him quickly, "Not a word."
Nino's grin only widened. He held up his hands in surrender before leaning back casually and putting his hands behind his head. "I didn't say anything dude."
"You didn't have to. I can see it all over your face." Adrien accused.
"Sunshine, what's with the beanie?" He felt the beanie get pulled and tugged it back down quickly.
"No-Nothing! Just, keeping warm." He lied, turning to see Alya staring at him with pursed lips.
"Uh huh." Alya started off slowly, "You look plenty warm with your face all pink like that."
Nino snickered, but came to his defense, "Leave him alone Als. Maybe mister model is just having a bad hair day."
Marinette scoffed. "As if." He heard her whisper.
"Maybe you should take the beanie off for a bit until you cool down." Alya suggested, before she smirked, "Unless there is something you don't want us to see... or maybe a certain, someone."
Adrien glanced at Marinette's confused stare before he turned to Nino, "Traitor."
"I didn't say anything!" Nino said, crossing his arms, but was still smiling. Alya chuckled, "Who do you think put the idea in his head? I'm guessing you went through with it?"
Adrien deflated, letting his head fall to his desk, "Yeah. It's bad... really bad."
Alya laughed loudly, "I didn't think you'd actually do it Agreste! Bonus points for you for showing some guts! Your dad is going to murder you!"
Adrien groaned, "He doesn't know yet. The stylist I asked to do it promised she wouldn't say anything."
"You did something to your hair?" Marinette asked concerned, finally piecing together what was going on.
He groaned, feeling the heat warm his cheeks, "Yeah."
Nino added it lightly, "He thinks it will make the girl he's crushing on notice him. Since the last guy she dated had a similar look." Before he knew what was happening, the beanie was pulled from his head, revealing the blue underneath.
"NINO!" Adrien yelled at his best friend's betrayal, swiping as he tried to yank the beanie from his hand and failing.
"Apparently," Alya added without so much as skipping a beat, "She has a thing for dyed hair."
Marinette's smile faltered, "Oh... that's, uh, great. Just great."
He groaned, running his hand through his hair knowing his face was on fire, "It looks really bad huh?"
"No, no it looks really great." Marinette said quickly. "I, I think the frosted blue underneath looks really nice with the blonde. It makes the blonde look almost platinum the way it's ombre from blonde to the cool blue underneath. It's not too bright or harsh to look at it." She reached out to take his hair gently between her fingertips, and he tried not to turn into a puddle at her touch, "You look like you belong in a kpop video."
"That's a good thing, right?" He asked slowly. Alya snickering as she nodded, "A few boy band members from a group we like did something similar a few years ago. Your stylist must have drawn inspiration from them. I'm sure your crush will be impressed."
Marinette stood suddenly as she jerked her hand back, "I, uh, forgot my, in my locker... something." She rushed out of the room, Alya calling after her, "Marinette wait it's not-" she groaned, pulling at her face in annoyance as Marinette disappeared out of the door, "what you think. God damn it!"
Alya's piercing honey gaze landed right on him, "Don't just sit there go after her!"
"But she,"
"Thinks you are in love with someone ELSE!" Alya screamed. It only took a single heartbeat, a single second for her words to have true meaning. The only reason Marinette would be upset thinking he would be in love with someone else meant... "I'm the other boy." He whispered, his world making more sense in this moment than ever before.
He grabbed Nino by the front of his shirt and shook him, saying it excitedly, "NINO IT'S ME, I'M THE OTHER BOY!"
Nino's head lolled back and forth as Adrien shook him in his euphoria, "Dude, stop, shaking, me. Marinette?"
Adriens stilled, his heart falling to his stomach, "Marinette." He let go of Nino and jumped over the desk calling after her, "MARINETTE!"
"FREAKING FINALLY!" He heard Alya shout behind him as he rushed down the hall to find her. He heard sniffling as he poked his head into the locker room. It only took him a second to find her sitting on the ground with her head buried in her knees.
"Marinette." He whispered. She hugged her legs tighter, not looking up at him, "I'm fine. I just need a second."
He sat next to her, saying it softly, "Okay. We'll take a second then."
"Alone." She insisted, trying to make herself smaller.
"We are alone." He promised.
"Adrien please,"
He admitted it after a few seconds passed, "I know why you're upset, but will you let me explain?"
"You don't have to explain anything." She sniffled, her words muffled by her knees. "You deserve to be happy. If she makes you happy," she looked up, tears rolling down her cheeks as she smiled far too brightly, "then I'm happy."
He cupped her face, gently thumbing away her tears, "She does make me happy. Happier than any other person in the world." Fresh tears fell and hit his hand, and he smiled softly.
"She's genuinely kind and caring, wickedly smart," she looked down, and he whispered it lovingly, "and she's one of the most talented designers I've ever known."
Her eyes snapped to his and he let her know the truth, "But what really drew me to her, is how recklessly, and ridiculously brave she is. She fights to protect the people she loves, and fights harder to protect the city she calls home." He blushed seeing her eyes widen, "From the first time I saw her stand up to the class bully, then again when a new threat almost took her away forever," his voice turned longing, "and from the day she stood on the Eiffel Tower, and told Hawkmoth he would never win."
He let his forehead touch hers, "I've been completely, stupidly, madly in love with my everyday Ladybug, my lady, my purrincess."
"Ch-Chaton." She whispered.
He smiled embarrassed, "Even going as far as dying my hair at the advice of her best friend, just to see if she could ever look at me as someone she could lov-,"
Her lips met his, his entire body giving out as they crashed to the floor. Her small body pressed against his, her scent drawing him in until it was all he knew. There were no words to describe the feel of her soft lips moving against his, the smallest of cues keeping them perfectly in sync.
A beautiful hum left her, and his hands tightened at her waist where they rested. Fingertips brushed the exposed skin of her back and she shuddered against him as her fingers threaded through his hair. "Adrien,"
He kissed her harder, not realizing how hearing his name whispered like that would so thoroughly lock his heart in place. He was hers, he'd always been, and he always would be.
"GO MARINETTE!" Alya
They startled apart, Adrien lifting his head to see the upside down world behind them. Alya, Nino, and half their class were watching them with triumphant grins. He scowled at them, and Marinette told them annoyed, "It's rude to interrupt people having an important conversation."
He chuckled, and patted her side softly. She whined but moved so that she wasn't straddling him anymore. They stood, both of them with only slight blushes of embarrassment on their faces, and Nino grinned, "I guess the hair dye worked."
Marinette took his hand and smiled lovingly, "Dye your hair back please. I love my knight exactly the way he is."
Adrien lifted their entwined hands and pressed a kiss to her knuckles, "Anything my princess desires."
As everyone shared their excitement about 'Adrinette' finally being a thing, at least that's what Adrien thought he heard someone say, Nino nudged his arm, "I still think it worked. You're welcome."
Adrien gently tapped his fist to Nino's with a smile. Dying his hair may have been what broke down the last of the wall between them, but the love he had for his princess went so much deeper than looks. It was the love he knew that would last a lifetime.
I'm sorry I haven't posted anything I'm literally in Florida (from New York) I'm officially in love with Adrien being in love with Marintte.