Marinette POV
That JelliBlob was the scariest and most destructive of all the other akumatized villains. Slimy as it was, we got it under control, Cat Noir and I. He is always making those jokes. Purrrrrty corny. Sorry. I had to.
Right after we killed the akuma and I had done all my de-evilizing whatnot, he looked at me. His green cat eyes, the cute little nose, just... he finally seemed somewhat hot to me. I had 3 minutes left. He had 1.
"Well, time to get going-"
"Wait! Chat Noir!"
"What, LoveBug?"
"I want to... see you. As a person, not a superhero."
"Oooh, LoveBug is in a jokey mood!"
"Oh shut up! But, look, I was thinking about your offer about seeing each other without the mask..."
"Oh yeah! Wait, you're serious?! Of course! Sure! Great, or erm, I mean yeah that's cool!" He seemed so giddy, it made me smile. "But, why now?"
"Well... I just thought and... its no big deal. Just cause!" I smiled awkwardly, hoping it covered up my scared expression. Chloe had told me things. That Chat Noir was ugly, gross, a hater. Why I believed her, I don't know, but I did.
"3..2.. 1.. Plagg, COME ON!" His little cat, Plagg, had popped out and started sniffing.
"What's that all about?"
"Cheese... Camembert, to be exact. Sorry. Plagg, I'll feed you LATER!" I note the familiar voice, and just as I look up...
"ADRIEN?!"
"Huh? You know me? You are?"
"Holy shit... uhh... I am puddle, er, no, pupil, at the same school you go too. I'm, uhh, er, am in your class-"
"Hey Marinette!" says Tikki, bright and happy as always. "Is that... PLAGG!? Marinette, you showed yourself to Chat Noir? Ooooooh... but hes a hottie! Not Plagg. He is still... Plagg The new Chat Noir though... " Tikki looks him up and down, and the 4 of us laugh.
"Marinette!?" says Adrien. He was delightfully surprised. "You're Ladybug?! But you're, like, regular." He mutters something under his breath, and then smiles happily and giddily.
"Want to come to my place? For croissants?" I ask in the awkward silence. It seems like the right thing to do. I can tell him then, there, my feelings.
Adrien's POV
"Sure!" Boy, was I happy for food. And Marinette, Ladybug, is so beautiful. I would have never imagined someone so calm, so peaceful to be that badass superhero. Wow. My mind was melting for her.
As we walked to her house, we told each other the whole stories; the man who gave us the powers, our little friends, (if only Plagg ate cookies!) There, at her house, I'd tell her. I liked her. And Ladybug. And- you get it.
We sat down, helped ourselves to some croissants since her parents were gone (thank god!) and Marinette promised to pay them back. ("Its no big deal!") I spit it out. "Marinette, I have to tell you..."
"I like you." I say, at the same time as Marinette.
"What?!" we say again in unison.
"Let me explain." I say. "I love Ladybug and you are Ladybug and I love you and please like me back and you do and or do you and-"
"Shhhh" She puts a finger to my lips. "I like Adrien, er, Chat Noir, er, you. And its all fine. Because you like me back."
Narrator POV
As they climbed the stairs to Marinette's room (Marinette running ahead to take down all the pictures of Adrien), he wondered how this all happened. How evil akumas came to exist, how Tikki and Plagg came about, or even HawkMoth himself. He then realized not to dwell on the past; just to think about the future. Marinette on the other hand- well- lets just say she is caught up in the moment, and has never in her life felt so warm and happy.
