That night all Marinette could think about was Cat Noir.
Were they a thing?Did he think they were a thing?Why the heck am I calling it a thing?Marinette could barely get any sleep. All she knew was that she had been comfortable. Her head on his shoulder. His arm around her. Oh no!Realization had finally struck her (it hit me in the face). She was falling for him...big time!She wanted to talk to Tikki about it but she was worried that Tikki would do her "I told you so dance" and bat her eyes and make kiss noises even though she knew that kiss noises weren't happening anytime soon.
"What should I do?"she thought to herself in the middle of the night. Tikki woke up to Marinette thinking to herself out loud.
"What are you doing Marinette?"Tikki said hovering around Marinette's lap rubbing her eyes sleepily.
"I'm sorry Tikki that I woke you up but I just can't get any sleep"Marinette said wide awake.
"Were you up all night thinking about a special someone?"said Tikki batting her eyes all innocent like.
Marinette was wrong.
"Okay fine maybe I was."Marinette confessed"But that doesn't mean anything...!Right...?Right?Does it?"Marinette started freaking out.
Tikki gave Marinette a blank face.
"Relax Marinette, just go with your gut"Tikki said encouragingly
"Whether it's Adrien or Cat Noir, I'm sure you'll make the right decision"her kwami said cheerfully with a reassuring smile. How much longer could Tikki pretend not to know?
"A-Adrien!Oh no!I didn't think about that!"Marinette said almost falling out of bed.
"Oh boy"said Tikki rolling her eyes
Then Marinette heard a tap on her window. It was Cat Noir!
"Hide Tikki!"Marinette said quickly as her kwami searched for the nearest hiding spot. Marinette plastered a fake smile and signaled for Cat Noir to come in.
"Why on earth are you awake so early in the morning?"Marinette asked him.
"I can say the same for you my Princess" Cat Noir said.
Ever since Cat Noir had started visiting Marinette they become closer. Even though he didn't have the single clue that she was Ladybug.
Marinette crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. After a moment of silence Marinette finally got the courage to pop the question.
"What are you doing here anyways?"she questioned quickly. Cat Noir's ears dropped and he avoided looking at Marinette as if he had something troubling him.
"Are you okay?"Marinette asked her friend. Finally he spoke up.
"No one has ever asked me that question before"Cat Noir said reluctantly,
his head slowly looking up from the ground. It wasn't until now that Marinette started to become concerned about Cat Noir.
"Y'know" Marinette said with a soothing voice standing up and walking to where Cat Noir had been sitting "you can tell me what happened" she sat down next to him.