Crazy
It's all kinda crazy.
I stared at the figure in front of me, his eyes softly closed, his hair messy against the pillow, and I wondered just… how crazy life turned out to be. I mean, being Paris' Ladybug wasn't even that insane in comparison to this. Him. Us.
He was that guy that everyone wanted: attractive, polite, funny. He was that guy I had a stupid crush on, you know, the crushes when you just can't sit still. He was that guy who, wherever he was, stopped the room. I mean, that's who he was. Adrien Agreste.
That's who he was at least. In no way am I saying he isn't those things, but who he turned out to be was just so… crazy!
I laugh softly and reach out to brush some of his hair away from his face, scrunching ever so slightly. His green eyes opened to look up at me, a smile gracing his face. "Hm," he sighed, maneuvering under the covers so that he was facing me. "Good morning, m'Lady," he said.
"Kitty," I greeted.
He turned silent, seemingly satisfied with just staring back at me.
Chat Noir wasn't ever Adrien to me, instead, Adrien was Chat Noir. Now, what I mean is, Chat Noir didn't suddenly become more appealing because he was Adrien, no, Adrien became more whole because he was Chat Noir. To fall in love with a best friend, with Chat Noir, it made so much sense! It was as if the whole world suddenly fell into place! Adrien was what I wanted, Chat Noir was who I trusted. And together… yeah. That's what I mean by, "crazy."
When I figured that out, on that insane winter night, I kinda fell. Hard. Fell in love—of course—but at the time, it really did feel like I fell flat on my face. A jittery crush, that fluffy feeling that tickle's your chest, was much softer than what I felt when I watched his mask disappear.
Flashback
"Please," he whispered, the air around us was chilly and still. "Please, m'Lady, I can't…"
"Chat Noir," I said, a bit more forcefully than I had wanted, "Don't you know curiosity killed the cat?" I tried to act playful, normally it was a great distraction.
"It's already killing me!" he stressed, stepping towards me, "I'll respect your own decision, you don't have to show me what under your mask, but I have to tell you who I am." My breath caught in my throat and the winder air suddenly got colder. "If something ever happened to me, I'd want at least someone to know who I was," he finished.
I watched him squirm in his spot across from me, probably trying to muster up the courage to show me who he really was. After standing in silence for a long moment, and after realizing that he wasn't going to drop it this time, I spoke up. "Why?"
"Why?"
"Why do you want me to know who you are?" I clarified.
He gave me a sad smile, "You know the reason, m'Lady…"
I did, didn't I? He loved Ladybug, the girl who saves Paris.
Maybe that's why I don't want to share our identities, I'd be completely losing Marinette. I would forever be known as Ladybug, and only in her shadow would I be Marinette. Not to mention that Adrien and I were getting closer, every day, becoming close friends, and knowing Chat Noir's identity seemed oddly… interfering with Adrien.
Before I could say anything else, a glow surrounded him, his mask and outfit fading off, and my eyes could do nothing but adjust to the returning darkness. But as soon as I made him out, I couldn't think.
It had been him.
All along. This entire time.
"It was you," I breathed out.
"I'm—" he started, but I interrupted.
"Adrien," I grinned, my stomach dancing and doing summersaults inside of me.
He raised his eyebrows, "Does my name proceed me that much?" he laughed. His shoulders were stiff with awkwardness and his eyes were glazed with insecurity.
So I smiled, "Okay, My move?" He looked at me surprisingly, his mouth parting to say something, but I beat him to the punch. "Tikki, spots off!"
And that's what really started our adventure together.
So, I'm planning on doing a series of one-shots, all Adrinette or Lady Noir (or whatever combinations these dorks have.) Hopefully, I'll be getting some family one-shots as well, so stay tuned!
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-LovelySheree