Marinette laid on her bed and sighed.
She knew who hawkmoth was.
Hawkmoth knew who she was.
And she still hasn't told Chat.
The Bluenette was a nervous wreck. Every time somebody talked to her she jumped. Every time she walked past the Agreste mansion she panicked. She couldn't even talk to Adrien anymore in fear he knew too. Tikki was really strong in all of this, but you could tell she was scared too.
"Marinette!" The bluenettes mom called from downstairs. "somebody is here for you."
"Probably Alya," Marinette mumbled. As she quickly went downstairs, as Tikki hid.
But it was most definitely not Alya.
It was Natalie. Gabrials assistant. Holding an I-Pad face timing Mr. Agreste himself. Marinette froze.
"Hello Marinette Dupain-Cheng," He said through the tablet. "I'm requesting to meet you tomorrow, about an hour after school. To talk about...your designs." Marinette nodded. Knowing he wasn't going to want to talk about the designs. "Perfect," Gabrial said snapping Marinette out of her thoughts. "That is all then. Good day."
And with that Natalie turned and left.
Marinette went upstairs quickly and flopped on her bed. And cried. Tikki flew over and landed on the pillow. "Hey, what's wrong."
"H-He is going to take my miraculous..." Marinette started. "He wants to meet tomorrow to talk bout fashion.' She said using her hands to put quotations around fashion.
Tikki froze. For once, she didn't know what to say. They sat there for a while before Tikki finally spoke.
"..Go on patrol tonight. talk to Chat. He can help."
"How?!" Marinette yelled. Tikki flinched a little "Tikki I'm sorry I didn't mean to yell..." Marinette quickly mumbled.
Tkki laughed sadIt's "Its fine. But seriously. Talk to him. He actually might be able to help in more ways than you know."
Marinette nodded. "Tikki?" The kwami looked up at the blue-haired girl. "Spots on"
Ladybug swung through Paris, heading straight for the Eiffel Tower. She saw the black cat from far away. Her stomach did backflips as she landed on the tower. There was no easy way of telling him. Sh was terrified herself. She had no idea how Chat would respond.
"Hello, M'Lady." Chat Noir said with a bow.
"Hey, Chaton." Ladybug said quietly. Chat frowned. It wasn't like his lady to be so quiet.
"What's wrong Bugaboo?" Chat said with his annoying nicknames, trying to lighten up the mood. Ladybug scowled at the nickname.
"I told you not to call me that."
"Sorry Bugaboo."
Ladybug laughed at her partner.
"There you go! I got a laugh out of you." Chat said with a smile. "Now really what's wrong."
Ladybug froze. She heard Tikkis words in her head, telling her to tell Chat. But how.
Oh, its nothing Hawkmoth just might steal my miraculous tomorrow and there is nothing I can do about it because he knows who I am. You know... normal hero problems. She thought to herself.
"M'lady..." Chat said concern coated his voice.
"Hawkmoth knows who I am." The blue haired hero said quietly. "I figure out who he is, and in the prosses, he figured out who I am. He wants to meet me tomorrow, and I can't say no...he might hurt the people I care about.." Ladybug felt tears form in her eyes. She normally tried to be strong in front of her partner, but this time she couldn't stop herself. "Kitty I'm scared." Ladybug felt the hot tears roll down her cheeks. "Chat please say something."
Chat still said nothing. Instead, he hugged Ladybug tightly. He never wanted to let go. He wanted to protect her from hawkmoth. He wanted to protect her from the world.
"Who are you really M'Lady. If I know, we can stick together in civilian form." Chat said softly. He knew how Ladybug felt about sharing their identities. Ladybug nodded and buried her face into his chest.
"Tikki spots off."
Chat closed his eyes and a blinding flash of light surrounded them. With his eyes still glued shut, he whispered so quietly it was almost inaudible.
"Plagg claws in."
Both teens stood in the civilian form, hugging each other tightly, eyes shut.
"Oh come on look at each other already! Thi a boring... I want cheeseeee." The black kwami said as he flew towards Tikki. They each other.
Marinette opened her eyes first.
"A-Adrien?"
When the blonde heard his name he opened his eyes.
"Marinette!" He said picking her up and spinning her. The bluenette laughed.
"Your not upset or anything?"
"No!" Adrien answered truthfully. "I couldn't imagine a better partner!"
This made Marinette smile. Not a fake smile, like the one she has been wearing since hawkmoth figured out who she was. This was a genuinely happy smile.
"Wait," Adrien said. "Who is hawkmoth?" Marinette face fell.
"I-its...I- well.." Marinette tried and tried to find a way to tell Addrien it was his dad, but it just hurt. She remembered how happy he was when he thought his dad gave him the scarf. He thought so highly of his dad and wanted to spend quality time with him. To figure out his dad was Hawkmoth would ruin him.
"Marinette?" Adrien said, snapping her out of her thoughts.
"Its..." She inhaled. "Gabriel Agreste."
She looked at Adrien. His face was blank.
"Adrien please talk to me."
Adrien looked at her. "Is it bad I'm not surprised?"
Marinette's face fell.
"Cha-"
"I'm going to talk to him," Adrien said.
"You cant," Marinette said suddenly, her mind thinking of everything that could go wrong.
"I can and I will. Your M'Lady, the best thing to ever happen to me. I swore on cats honer I would protect you. So thats what Im doing.