Marinette stirred in her sleep, she had been dreaming peacefully until it had started to become a nightmare. Chat Noir and her alter ego Ladybug were fighting an Akuma when everything happened so fast neither of them could react, Chat Noir had stood staring at Ladybug as his eyes widened and glanced down at the sickening sight of a hole that had been blasted through his chest.
"M-My Lady…" He said as blood began to pour out of his mouth and he fell down onto his knees, covering the hole in his chest weakly as he fell backwards, his back hitting the cold wet pavement. His vision became blurry and everything seemed so far away he whispered something that she wouldn't of heard being more than a couple steps away from him.
Ladybug ran to him once she was out of her daze, she knew there was no way he was going to survive this, no one could. She began to sob as she gripped his hand in hers "Chat! No! Please...please don't...don't die on me Chat!" She sobbed harder, he smiled his usual smile at her and repeated himself although this time it was even quieter. She stared into his bright green eyes with tears running wildly down her face as she sniffled, still sobbing. The light in his eyes faded slowly, and his breathing stilled.
"I'm sorry." Was all he had said to her.
Marinette awoke with a start she sat up quickly in bed, her heart pounding so fast, she let out a small sob even though she knew it was just a nightmare it felt like it was real, and it wasn't like her or Chat Noir were invincible, anything was possible. Even death.
Adrien's eyes opened wide as he was startled awake by a sobbing Marinette, he sat up quickly looking at her with such worry and concern, "Princess...What's wrong?" He asked gently as he lightly touched her cheek to turn her attention to him, momentarily forgetting that he was no longer Chat Noir but infact just himself.
Marinette slowly calmed down and rubbed the tears from her eyes before looking up into Adriens bright green eyes and freezing, "A-Adrien?!Y-You're Chat Noir?!" She asked stunned before her eyes began to fill with tears again as the thought of her losing him became even more painful. She quickly wrapped her arms around him and clung onto him, sobbing into his chest as he gently pulled her close and held her to him, rubbing small circles on her back and whispering sweet nothing to her to try and calm her down.
Eventually she calmed down and rubbed her eyes once more before slowly pulling away as a blush covered her cheeks, "I-I'm sorry for getting your shirt wet." She stuttered as she cast her gaze away from him embarrassed. He gently cupped her cheeks, forcing her to look at him, "Don't be sorry Princess. Will you tell me what your dream was about?" He asked as he stared into her eyes.
"I-I-It...I….Y-You…." She stuttered trying to force herself to tell him what her nightmare had been about, he continued to rub small circles on her back, calming her slightly. She took a deep breath and stared into his eyes, "Ladybug and you, as Chat Noir were fighting an akuma...A-And….You got hurt….There was a big hole through your chest….You were bleeding….A-And then you….You died…." She began to sob again, "I couldn't save you...And all you did was apologize." She covered her face with her hands.
"That's why you're crying Princess? Because...I died in your dream..?" He said stunned, Marinette sat in front of him uncontrollably sobbing because he had died in her dream and she couldn't save him. Did she care that much about him?
"Marinette look at me. Please…." He begged her as he slowly pulled her hands away from her face, she looked up at him as tears continued to run down her cheeks, "I will never let that happen okay? I won't ever leave you, so please don't cry over me so much." He said as he wiped her tears away with his thumbs, while trying not to cry himself out of joy that someone cared about him so much.
"Promise you won't leave me." She sniffled, "I promise." He said as he leaned in slowly and captured her lips with his own, she froze, her eyes widening, Adrien her long time crush had just kissed her. She loved him more than words could ever describe, she fell for Adrien a long time ago but as time had passed she'd fallen for Chat Noir too. Now as she closed her eyes and kissed him back with as much passion and love she could she realized that the boy she'd loved had always been right there beside her, through the toughest things and she hadn't even known and that he still didn't know who she was truly.
Marinette pulled away from him slowly, both of them trying to catch their breaths, Adrien grinned at her as a dark blush covered his cheeks "Adrien there's something I have to tell you…" Marinette trailed off as she glanced at the wall and then back at him, "What is it?" He asked puzzled as he stared into her eyes confused.
"Well...You see...heh...Maybe I'll just show you instead." She said before whispering "Tikki spots on." Marinette's transformation into Ladybug quickly happened, leaving Adrien staring wide eyed at her "Mar-Ladybug?!" He asked as an even darker blush formed on his cheeks, his Ladybug that he had been in love with all this time was the girl who sat behind him in class all along? She was the girl he had a crush on but hid his feelings because he thought she didn't like him for so long?
"I know I'm probably not who you were expecting to be Ladybug...I'm just so...So...Wrong…" Marinette mumbled, Adrien gasped as he gently cupped her cheeks in his hands "Don't say something like that, Marinette or Ladybug it doesn't matter, I love you okay? The girl wearing the mask and the one behind it are no different, it's you, and to me you're everything." He whispered as he pulled her into his arms. She de-transformed and hugged him back, "Adrien." She said.
"Yes Marinette?" He asked as he pulled back slightly to stare into her eyes once again, "I love you too." She said as she pressed her soft lips to his, causing his eyes to widen slightly before he melted into the kiss. She ran her fingers through his blond locks as he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her as close as he could so that they were completely against each other.
Their make out session was cut short due to screams being heard from outside, Marinette pulled away from Adrien as her face was a bright red and she began to catch her breath once again, Adrien pouted slightly since he had been enjoying their kiss. Marinette giggled as she got up and asked Tikki to transform her, Adrien got up slowly after and had Plagg transform him, he pulled Ladybug in for a quick kiss, "Let's hurry this up so we can get back to what we were doing shall we?" He asked with all the confidence he usually had as Chat Noir.
Ladybug booped him on the nose and grinned, "For now let's worry about what's going on outside okay Silly Kitty?" She asked as she quickly made her way outside with him following close behind her. They hopped across roofs until they found the source of the screams that had been heard. Some small children had been captured by an Akuma that was running rampage through the town.
Ladybug sighed as she and Chat Noir hopped onto the ground, "Chat you take care of those kids I'll go after the Akuma and you can join up with me after!" She said as she quickly ran off after the Akuma.
Chat quickly took care of setting the children free using his Cataclysm and making sure that they were all alright before chasing after Ladybug and the Akuma. He arrived there just in time to see Ladybug flung through the air in the opposite direction of him and land with a hard smack against a wall before slowly sinking to the ground in a slumped mess. His eyes filled with worry before they travelled onto the Akuma and filled with rage, nobody hurts his Lady.
Chat Noir had trouble fighting this Akuma, not only because he didn't have help from Ladybug because she seemed to have been knocked unconscious, but also because this Akuma was stronger than all the other ones they had fought before. After what seemed like forever though he eventually gained the upperhand and defeated them, he then quickly ran over to Ladybug "My Lady!" He said as he gently lifted her head into his lap before he paused and raised his gloved hand, his glove was covered in her blood.
His eyes widened as he began to shake her gently "Ladybug! Wake up! Please!" He pleaded, "Please wake up." He said as he lifted her into his arms and began to carry her off, her transformation wore off and he could see more clearly how beaten she had gotten from her fight with the Akuma.
He hadn't come away unharmed either though, he was covered in bruises and cuts the same as she was, except his one eye was bloody and puffed up so much he wasn't able to open it. He took her to a hospital where doctors quickly took care of her as he told them that she had been caught in the crossfire of his and Ladybug's fight with an Akuma because he couldn't tell them that she was Ladybug.
He left her only because he had to, he went to the nearest hospital bathroom and de-transformed before going back to her room where she lay asleep in bed with bandages over her wounds. "She should be fine, a minor concussion but she should wake up anytime soon." The doctor said then left them to be alone.
"I'm so sorry Marinette...I should have gotten to you sooner.." He mumbled as he held onto her hand and laid his head beside her on the bed. He jerked his head up when he felt her squeeze his hand, "No need to be sorry Adrien you came as soon as you could." She said smiling until she noticed his eye and the rest of him as a frown formed on her face.
"You're hurt…" She said as she slowly sat up, fighting the urge to fall back onto the bed or clutch her head because of the sudden pain that she felt. She gently touched his cheek with her fingers, "I'm fine don't worry about me Marinette." He said as he took her hand in his and kissed the top of it.
"Of course I'm going to worry about you." She said "I'll bandage you up at my house since you haven't gone to get help here." She said as she leaned forward and kissed his forehead causing a blush to cover his face. "O-Okay." He said momentarily losing his cool becoming shy.
She giggled slightly as she slowly stood up, "Are you okay to be getting up? Maybe you should rest some more, or get a doctor to check you out again." He said worry obvious in his voice and eyes. "Adrien I'm fine." She said as she stumbled slightly, luckily he was there to quickly catch her, he gently lifted her into his arms bridal style and carried her out of the hospital with her protesting the whole time. "A-Adrien I can walk myself!" She squealed blushing a dark shade of red. "I know but I like carrying you Princess." He said cooing adorably at her.
She sighed and gave in as she wrapped her arms around him and buried her face in his chest, "You're so warm." They whispered at the same time, causing both of them to look at each other with wide eyes and then burst out laughing. "You're amazing." He said as he kissed her cheek and carried her inside her house and up to her room. Her parents were out of town for a baking competition and wouldn't be home for another couple of days.
"So are you my Silly Kitty." She giggled as he turned his head away from her, a very obvious blush on his face. He gently set her down on her bed and then sat down beside her, "Okay let me take care of those wounds of yours." She said as she stood up and got a first aid kit and began to clean and bandage his wounds.
Once she was done he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her close and onto his lap, burying his face in her shoulder as she wrapped her arms around him. "I love you Marinette." He said.
"I love you too Adrien." She giggled.