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Marinette thought for a second, if she didn't tell Adrien she was ladybug, then her identity would remain secret, but she did promise to tell the truth... so what should she do? Just realizing that Adrien was still awaiting an answer, Marinette silently hoped that Ladybug's luck rubbed off on her and asked, "How do you know this?" And she certiantly wasn't as confident as she sounded. "M'lady, we go out on patrol together every evening, and I caught some similarities between your civilian and superhero forms." Adrien said.

Marinette's eyes widened in realization, "Wait... so you're saying you are Cat Noir?" Marinette made sure to say this quietly, in case there were some eavesdroppers on their conversation.

"Yeah... and I can prove it to you... ask me anything."

"Okayy... " Marinette thought for a second, then said, "When we were fighting the Copycat, how did I say I could tell the real Cat Noir from the fake one?"

"You said that once you realized which cat was really in love with you, it was a no-brainer." Adrien said confidently.

"Wow... so you really are Cat Noir..." Marinette said, and the nervous feeling she had just a little while ago was replaced by admiration and a hint of shock.

"Speaking of cats and you, a certian cat fell for you the day we met..." Marinette could tell Adrien was referring to himself.

"Really? That's how long it's been?" Marinette asked.

"Yes, and I didn't know if you felt the same way, so I didn't bother asking." Adrien replied.

"Adrien... remember that day you lent me your umbrella?"

"Um... yeah. What about it?"

"That was the day I... Yeah."

"Really? Wow."

Many thoughts were racing in Marinette's head at once, such as for so long she had wanted Adrien to notice her, when she knew him for what seemed like forever already. He was already one of her best friends, and she didn't even realize. Also, how had he found out she was ladybug?

"Soo... Wanna go get something to eat? Ice cream?" Adrien asked, breaking the silence. Marinette agreed and they both went to find Andre. Marinette and Adrien found Andre surprisingly quickly, and Andre got them ice cream. "Ah, I knew you two were a perfect match the day I saw you, and look at you now! Andre is never wrong when it comes to couples!"

Marinette giggled at the comment from Andre, and thanked him for the ice cream. Adrien also thanked Andre and went with Marinette to sit under a tree in an area where it was quiet and there was nobody closeby. Later, Plagg and Tikki came out of their hiding places and started playing together. Marinette and Adrien watched them, and as the two ate their ice creams, they talked about times they met as Ladybug and Cat Noir versus times when they met as Marinette and Adrien and currently, Marinette was talking, "So now I'm thinking why was I nervous around you in my civilian form when I'm hanging around and playing with you in the evenings out on patrol? Now it just seems silly." "Yeah... but that was before you knew my identity as Cat Noir" Adrien agreed.

"Well, talking about patrol, would you like to come with your favourite cat to fly across the city looking for danger? Or do you want to drop it for today?" Adrien asked. "Nah, let's go for patrol." Marinette answered. In the real world, Adrien was standing up and calling Plagg to come with him. In Adrien's head, though, he was having a huge party and dancing his happy dance all over the place, clebrating his first time going out for patrol with the knowledge of ladybug's identity.

Marinette also called Tikki to come to her purse, and suggested that they both go to her house. Adrien cheerfully said yes and quickly texted his dad, "I'm at a friend's house for the evening, I'll come back before 10." Adrien didn't wait for his dad's reply and went with Marinette to her house.

Once they got into Marinette's house, Mrinette greeted her parents and asked if it was okay with her parents for Adrien to come into her room so they could do "homework" together. Marinette's mom insisted that they take a tray of cookies with them, so Marinette, Adrien and a tray of cookies were off to Marinette's room.

Once both friends had gotten into Marinette's room, Marinette locked her door, then put down the tray of cookies on a table. Meanwhile, Adrien admired the art gallery of himself pasted all over Marinette's wall. Once Marinette noticed, she turned bright red and rushed over to try to hide the photos from Adrien's gaze. "Nothing to see here!" Marinette exclaimed. "I kinda already saw them, Marinette." Adrien grinned sheepishly. "I-I really gotta take these down" Marinette said as she carefully but quickly started to take down the photos and clippings of Adrien.

Adrien however, couldn't get it through his thick skull that that you aren't supposed to start investigating a bedroom without permission and kept poking his nose around. He saw a small handle on the roof, so he pulled it. A huge chart unrolled in front of his eyes and stared at it. That chart looked familiar, it was Adrien's weekly schedule. "Um... Marinette, do you like spying on people? 'Cuz it certiantly looks like it. "You weren't supposed to see that!" Marinette pulled down on the handle, then released it, which rolled up the chart.

Adrien couldn't help it, he laughed. Marinette turned an even brighter shade of red, fuming with rage. "Okay, okay... calm down, Marinette... I wont tell anyone, promise!" Adrien attempted to calm Marinette down, and it worked, for the most part. "Don't judge me, and were good." She said, more like ordered though. "Deal" Marinette's face turned back to it's original color and she went over to the table, grabbed a cookie, and ate it. Tikki ate one too, and so did Adrien. Plagg refused to eat cookies, since he was on an "only cheese diet".

After Tikki and Marinette had finished eating, Marinette asked that her parents not disturb her.

"Tikki, spots on!" Marinette said, and she transformed into Ladybug. "Your turn, kitty." She said.

"Of course M'lady, Plagg, claws out!" And Adrien transformed into Cat Noir. They both went out onto the roof of Marinette's house and took off into the sky.

Meanwhile, in another place...

A lonely teenage boy with dark hair, a red hoodie, and blue jeans ran as fast as he could away from two bullies that were constantly teasing him for having no friends. Once he got to a spot far away from those two bullies, he sat down on a nearby bench. The boy picked a flower from the grass. "Why don't I have any friends? How am I any different?" He asked himself. Then, a few moments later, a black butterfly with glowing purple highlights flew over and dissolved into the flower in the boy's hand.

"SuperVirus, I am Hawk Moth. I will grant you the power to make anybody your friend, all you have to do in return is get me Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculous." Hawk Moth said.

"Of course, Hawk Moth, let's do this!" And as he stood up, a black and purple cloud covered the boy's body.

Cliffhanger! Expect to see the next chapter in about a week, maybe less...

~Cap'nJS