"Pound it!" the two Parisian heroes exclaimed in unison, pounding their fists together. Chat Noir gave Ladybug a full toothed smile, as if assuring her that she did, in fact, amazing as usual. This sent a red hue against her pale cheeks, fiddling with her thumbs to muster up the courage to congratulate him on his work on helping her capture the Akuma.

I love you. It's what she thought every time he flashed her that damn smile. It made her fall deeper in an abyss of her undying love for the mysterious blond in a leather cat suit, she couldn't take it anymore, she had to tell him how she felt.

"Chat I-"

Beep, beep her earrings chimed, leaving her in a silenced rage, cursing the 5 minute rule of her using her Lucky Charm.

"Chaton, I have to go. I'll see you around! Bug out." There was almost a sadden tone to her usually bubbly voice. Chat had noticed - he had always noticed when his partner's tone was different. He didn't want to pry any personal information out of her.

"See you then, my Lady." his charismatic voice sent a chill up Ladybug's spine.

"U-um yeah..! I'll later see you! I mean-" she was always so clumsy with him when there wasn't an Akuma. She was constantly tripping over her words, he probably thought so low of her.

He only laughed the same laugh that she fell in love with, it wasn't a mocking laugh, it was a reassuring chuckle - which always made her feel less embarrassed. She nodded at him one last time before throwing her dotted yo-yo up, swinging through out the rooftops of Paris.

Finally reaching her home, taking a successful dive into her balcony. Her tired kwami falling into the palms of her hands, feeling sorry for her kwami; Marinette fetched the stash of cookies she kept in her purse, feeding Tikki one cookie so she wasn't as tired.

"I'm sorry Marinette," the red bug apologized, feeling bad once again. Tikki couldn't hold in the transformation anymore - leaving Marinette distraught after every Akuma attack. Though, Tikki knew deep down, Marinette was so shy around Chat, it's always been hard for her to talk to him normally when there wasn't a huge distraction.

"It's fine, Tikki. I was just going to chicken out anyway.." She emotionally accepted the fact that she was just too.. Clumsy.

Opening her trap door, leading to her room; she dashed to her computer - spinning around in her deep pink chair. The computer flashing Marinette's desktop background - a collage of Chat Noir, with different heart designs spread throughout the image.

There was a dead silence between her and her kwami. Marinette laughed to break the silence. But it wasn't a cheerful laugh, it was almost.. Depressing. Too depressing to stand.

"Marinette?" Her kwami's voice rang in concern.

"It's just, he has so many fangirls. It makes me almost too jealous to bear it." She begrudgingly admitted. "Most of them are so gorgeous. Some of them are even models." She gestured her hands to the computer, in a spiteful manner. "He's just so perfect, Tikki.. Why did I ever think he would like a girl like me anyways? I'm just.. A normal highschool girl." She face planted into the desk of her computer, too upset at her over thinking to say anymore.

Tikki rushed to Marinette, lifting her face up by her freckled nose. "Marinette - you are more than just a normal girl," Tikki almost had a mad expression on her face - it scared Marinette. She'd never seen Tikki so upset. Tikki continued to stare into Marinette's cerulean eyes, which were puffy from holding in jealous tears.

"You're kind hearted, you always want to find a solution for everyone. You even save Chloe from time to time. You design wonderful clothes and accessories for someone at such a young age. You aren't a normal girl, Marinette. You're Ladybug, you're a hero of Paris! And you'll never know how he feels unless you tell him." A smile finally stretched across both Tikki & Marinette's faces.

"Thanks, Tikki. I guess I can try." She smiled wider. Try.