"Come on Cat Noir! I've only got 2 minutes left!" Ladybug shouted over the screaming of the Parisians. "Just use it already!"
They were just about to defeat the Insanerator, the latest Hawkmoth victim, when Cat Noir decided that he wasn't going to use his Cataclysm. And at that moment, they really needed it if they wanted to defeat the villain.
"Why are you always so stubborn? We don't need it!" Cat Noir shouted back at her. He dodged two more crazed civilians and knocked down the villain. "HA! Take that!"
"CAT NOIR! Use your Cataclysm now!" Ladybug shouted as she was ambushed. "Don't make me-"
"FINE!" Cat Noir screamed at her before summoning his special power.
Cat pounded the ground beneath Insanerator and caused a huge crack to form under him. Insanerator tried to claw his way out, but while he was distracted Cat snatched his bow away from him and tossed it to Ladybug. Ladybug then used her Lucky Charm, a boomerang, to smack the bow in midair. The bow then snapped and a little black akuma fluttered out. Ladybug cleansed the butterfly and let it go before repairing all of the damage done by the Insanerator.
"Pound it." Cat Noir said closing his eyes and sticking his fist out. Little did he know that Ladybug only had 30 seconds left before changing back.
"Bug out!" Ladybug shouted as she zoomed of to her balcony right before switching back to Marinette. Marinette then jumped into her room hoping Cat didn't hear the hatch bang closed. He did. Cat jumped onto the balcony and open the hatch to find Marinette asleep on her bed. Uh-oh.
"Aaahhh! Help! Intruder!" Marinette screamed when she opened her eyes to a very surprised Cat Noir. The worst part of it was, how he immediately heard footsteps pounding up the stairs leading to Marinette's room. "Wait, Cat Noir?"
The pounding got louder.
"I… um… really have to… go… because-" BEEP! He glanced down at his ring that was now flashing. He then opened the hatch and scrambled out seconds before Marinette's parents entered the room.
"Marinette, what happened? Who was here?" Marinette's mom asked frantically dashing around, searching for the intruder.
"Sorry, false alarm. Cat Noir woke me up and I panicked. Sorry, again." Marinette said in a rush. "It won't happen again."
Marinette's parents nodded and hurried down the stairs and back to the bakery. Marinette sighed and silently scolded herself for letting the hatch for her balcony slam shut behind her.
"Tikki, you came come out now. It's safe." Marinette called as she slowly crawled out of her bed reminding herself she had algebra homework. "Just another day in the life of Ladybug and Marinette.
"I still can't believe that you were called an intruder!" Plagg said through his laughter.
"You think that this is funny? What if she called the police and told them I broke into her house?" Adrien complained. "You know that I'm not an intruder don't you, Plagg? Plagg? Hello, earth to Plagg?"
"Can't you see I'm trying to eat right now?" Plagg chomped loudly. "To be honest though, there is something about Marinette. She's hiding something. I can tell." Adrien just rolled his eyes at the little black cat. How could Marinette be Ladybug? They were so different from one another! The kwami didn't know what he was talking about. At least he thought so.
"Hey, Marinette! Guess what?" Alya said as soon as they saw each other the next day. Marinette thought for a second.
"It's Friday?" She asked hoping she was right. Alya shook her head no, and told her to try again. "Ladybug revealed her true identity?" Still no. She was happy about that part. Marinette shrugged, giving up.
"Yesterday, I got proof that Cat Noir likes Ladybug!" Alya squealed and shoved her phone into Marinette's face. On the screen was a picture of Cat Noir at the start of the fight, mid-pout with his eyes half closed. "Cat Noir is probably trying to kiss Ladybug!" Marinette rolled her eyes.
"Alya, he's about to pout! He's not trying to kiss her!" Marinette scolded her best friend.
"And how would you know that?" Alya questioned. Marinette couldn't think fast enough, and Alya looked suspicious.
"I… saw it too. Yeah, they were… right outside the bakery. I was… on my balcony! Watching!" Marinette said. She put on her biggest smile, teeth showing and everything. Alya bought it. Phew.
"Nino! Hey, man." Adrien called to his best friend as he got out of the car. Nino waved and jogged over to him.
"What's up?" Nino asked when he had reached the car. "Look what Alya sent me." Adrien took his friend's phone and saw the picture of him mid-pout. He make a face and handed the phone back. DING! The first bell rang signalling that they only had 5 minutes before morning class started. Both of the boys dashed up the steps trying to get to the classroom first. Knocking down Marinette and nearly tripping Alya.
"Nino! I need to talk to you!" Alya called as they passed the girls. "It's urgent!"
"Sure, wait here Adrien." Nino told his friend as he walked back to talk to his girlfriend. "What did you want?" Just then Alya spun around and grabbed Adrien and dragged him over too.
"What do you have to say for yourselves?" Alya questioned. It was quite clear that she had no mercy for them, and she wanted an answer now. "I'm waiting!"
"Alya, we didn't even touch you." Adrien said. "What's the big idea?"
Wrong answer.
"Marinette, did I hear him wrong? Did he say that they didn't even touch us?" Alya asked. Uh-oh, this was bad for the boys. Nino shook his head no as fast as he possibly could. Marinette, on the other hand, was nodding. "Well, you just wait."
"Adrien, I hope that you're taking notes for the test on Tuesday. And not doodling." The teacher said. "Right?"
"I… um…" Adrien started. "Yeah, that's what I'm doing."
"Then you wouldn't mind if I checked your notes making sure that they are correct." The teacher said loudly grabbing his notebook. "Oh my, these notes are wonderful… if this was drawing Ladybug class." The entire class snickered.
"Give it back! It's mine anyways." Adrien said trying to grab back the notebook. "You can't just take it!"
"Okay, you can have it… and a 5 minute note-taking session after school." The teacher confirmed. Snickering again. Man, was his face red. DING! "And your 5 minutes starts… now." As everyone shuffled out of the room, Plagg came out of his hiding place and sat right in front of Adrien. The door was left ajar so he could just make out the words be right back, sorry, and phone from one person and hurry from the other. Just then Marinette walked in 5 seconds before Adrien realized someone was coming back into the room. And Plagg was still sitting on the desk.
"Ma-Marinette!" Adrien stuttered as he through his bag over Plagg. In reality he wasn't scared at all, except that she might've seen Plagg. "What are you doing here?"
"C-C-Cat Noir?" Marinette asked eyes wide with shock.
"Look at the time! 5 minutes sure does fly by! See ya!" Adrien called over his shoulder as he ran out of the room, leaving poor Marinette startled and surprised at what she had just seen.
Later that afternoon, Ladybug called Cat Noir to the park near the Eiffel Tower. She wasn't surprised when he showed up and asked if there were any baddies around.
"No, I just wanted to talk… " Ladybug said hesitantly, "… Adrien." Uh-oh, this wasn't good. She had figured out who he really was. Ladybug saw the look of terror in his eyes when she said his name and she knew, in an instant, that she had to tell him. So she changed back.
"I-I don't know what to say… " Adrien said with his mouth wide open in shock, not believing that Marinette was standing right in front of him.
"Please don't freak out… " Marinette said looking at the ground. Cat Noir then changed into Adrien who took her chin in his hand, forcing her to look him in the eyes. He was smiling that cute smile and then… he started laughing. Hard. Marinette was so shocked that she just stood there, frozen.
"This can't be happening! I get to see my Bugaboo whenever I want! This is amazing!" Adrien laughed, putting his arms around her and hugged her. This was the best day ever!
"Wait, when we put on our masks, it's strictly for business. No exceptions!" Marinette scolded the blonde boy. "And let go of me!"
"No problem! See you for city patrol tonight!" Adrien yelled as he dashed down to meet the car waiting for him.
"Can't wait." Marinette sighed.
This is my first fanfiction, and I hope you enjoyed! Please leave reviews and tell me what should happen next time! Bug out!
