"Bien joué!" The two masked teen hero's said as they bumped fists.
"You did great today" Ladybug complimented her partner.
"All in a hero's day of work" Chat said with a sly grin.
That feeling was present in her heart again, the very one that made her look at him with a different perspective than she ever had before.
These feelings had been re-occurring so often now, that Marinette didn't know how she truly felt about Chat anymore... Her heart still longed for Adrien, but her mind hopelessly reminded her that it would never be possible.
She brushed these thoughts aside and returned back to reality. Chat glanced at her curiously, moving closer to her.
"Is everything alright Ladybug? You've been acting a bit different lately." He said as he put his hand on her shoulder.
She glanced at his hand. "To be honest with you, I'm not completely sure…" She said as she looked away shyly.
He dropped his hand and glanced at her again. And before he knew it, he hastily pulled her in close but ever so carefully.
Ladybug didn't protest, but simply looked at him.
They gazed longingly into each others eyes.
Oh how he could get lost in the vast blue sea within them.
Unexpected to them both, he did the unthinkable, he leaned in and kissed her.
She stood without response, exhilarated by the moment.
He slowly dropped his hands from their stance and pulled away from their embrace.
His eyes withheld a look of wonderment and terror as if he was shocked at what he had just done.
She immediately snapped out of her trance-like state.
She didn't want him to possibly think she didn't want him, when in fact she wanted him more than she'd ever known.
Ladybug then did the very thing she never thought she would do, she abruptly pulled him in and passionately kissed him back.
Not out of force or obligation as she once did when Dark Cupid cast his magic over Chat, and she had to kiss him to break the spell. But simply because she wanted to, she needed to… She had yearned for this for so long.
He moved his lips back in confusion but hesitantly returned her kiss.
A strong feeling that she had never felt before surged through her- like fire and passion and something else… Needless to say, it felt entirely different than the first time she kissed him.
And just like that, it was over.
He pulled away from her and stared, eyes widened in shock.
She gasped breathlessly as they glanced wordlessly at each other. Her heart beat erratically with each passing second.
Breaking the silence, Chat quietly said, "I've waited so long to do that" with a nervous laugh.
She blushed and looked down, rethinking about her actions, and what she had just done.
Her thoughts rushed through her head, making her question whether or not what she did was right.
Slowly, she touched her lips, the fire still blazing inside.
Her thoughts continued to rush through her mind; her feelings were clouded and confused.
And for reasons unknown to herself, her body took off and she found herself running away from him. Leaping across the buildings, and into the distance ahead.