i forgot to mention that ya'll can download the sims used for the cover photo. i forgot what packs i used, but they don't have any custom content. if ya'll wanna play with Adrien and Lucas in sims 4, be my guest. my origin ID is inudigifan201 (i literally use this name for everything). i also like to build houses and stuff so y'all can check those out too if you want. i would love to play sims for YouTube, but i don't have the hardware or software to do that. oh well, one day.

not much changed this chapter other than i combined more chapters again and fixed translations. i think the next chapter is where the big changes take place.

good news: mom got put on the list to get a new kidney! now the hard part, finding a donor (cuz she won't let me be the donor).

Volpina; thanks for the fixed translations!much appreciated. i was able to copy and paste them into word from your reviews of the original story.

anyway... enjoy the chapter.

~inudigifan201


Ch, 3. Noir meets Blanc

Adrien fidgeted in the limo. Something was bugging him. He wondered if he should have walked Marinette home. Was it too late? Was she dying? Dead? Raped?

The car couldn't go fast enough. He couldn't get away from Nathalie and the gorilla quick enough. He couldn't be with her soon enough.

The car finally reached the front gate to his house and as soon as it stopped Adrien unbuckled himself and bolted to his room. "I'm gonna take a nap." He called out as he ran. It wasn't the greatest excuse, but it was the only one he could think of. The love of his life could be dying in a ditch somewhere. His mind wasn't all there. He was running on pure adrenaline.

He made it to his room and locked the door behind him so no one could come in and see he wasn't there.

"Kid, calm down. She can handle herself." Plagg tried to reason with him.

Adrien shot his Kwami a scowl. He couldn't just stand around and do nothing. "Plagg, claws out!"

Within seconds he was transformed, out the window and on his way to the bakery. 'I'm coming Princess.' He sighed.

Marinette stuck her tongue out as she wrote down an answer to her homework. She tapped her pencil to her chin. "Tikki, is this right?" She held it up for her Kwami to look over.

Tikki read all the problems and answers given. "Looks good to me." She smiled.

Marinette put the paper down and smiled. "Then I'm done then." She stretched. "I save Paris all the time, but can someone save me from math?" She giggled.

Tikki giggled as well.

A thud alerted them to a new presence on her balcony.

Tikki hid in Marinette's purse as she stood up and climbed up the ladder of her bed to investigate. She opened the trap door and looked around.

"Hello?" She asked seemingly no one.

"Hello Princess." He jumped down from the chimney and gave her a toothy grin that sent a chill down her spine in the most terrifying way.

"Who are you?" She gazed into his purple eyes.

He gave her a small bow and a smug smirk. "The man of your dreams, but call me Chat Blanc."

She slowly stepped back toward her trapdoor so she could transform and fight the obvious akuma right in front of her. But, he snarled and grabbed her arm before she could get away.

"This time you won't resist me. And Chat Noir won't save you." He resumed smiling. "Besides, you won't want to be saved from me." He licked his lips.

A staff came out of nowhere like a boomerang hitting Blanc square in the back of his head and he let go of her without knowing it. Its owner smiled and hoped off the railing as soon as he caught his weapon.

"You ok, Mari?" Chat Noir looked her up and down to check to make sure there wasn't a scratch. 'I made it!'

Marinette nodded as Blanc snarled and walked over to the black clad blonde. She ducked into her room to escape and find a place to transform.

"Chat Noir, we meet again." Blanc growled as he rubbed his head.

"Again?" Noir raised an eyebrow. He then looked the newest akuma over. He was a complete inverse of himself. His eyes widened. Complete inverse? Attacking Marinette? "Lucas?" The only kicker was that he spoke perfect French verse Lucas's sprinkling in Italian every now and then.

"The name is Chat Blanc!" The akuma yelled. He then calmed down and gave his inverse companion a devilish smirk. "And I'm better than you at everything. Better fighter. Smarter." His smirk grew into a predatory grin. "Better lover."

Noir rolled his eyes. "I'm French." He then scowled. "And Marinette would never go out with you!"

Blanc chuckled. "Not with you in the way Adrien."

Noir raised an eyebrow. "What? Adrien? I'm not Adrien." He glanced around hoping he'd believe the lie.

Blanc smirked as he grabbed Noir by the bell. "P-lease. You are Adrien Agreste. Don't even try to deny it." He chuckled again as Noir scowled. "I told you I'm smarter."

A soft thud sounded and both boys looked over to see Ladybug swinging her yo-yo.

Blanc gave her a wicked smiled. "Ah, welcome to the party Ladybug." He then winked at her. "Or should I say Marinette?"

Ladybug just stood there, dumbfounded. Did Chat Blanc really figure out her identity and reveal it to Chat Noir? What did Chat Noir think? Why wasn't Chat Noir freaking out? He now knew who she was! Or did he not believe the akuma victim?

Blanc just kept giving her that creepy predatory smile. Noir scowled at him as a low growl escaped his throat.

Blanc wasn't even paying attention to Noir anymore. He didn't see the black fist flying toward his face. He cried out in pain and let go of the blonde.

Noir smiled and took the opportunity to knock the black-haired boy off his feet and off the balcony.

Blanc, on his way down, managed to grab Noir's tail and drag him down with him. They wrestled in the air and Blanc slammed Noir down into the pavement below.

Ladybug gasped and swung down to her injured partner. "Chat Noir!" She called out as she landed and ran over to him. "Are you ok?" She helped him up.

He gave her a weak smile. "A little roughed up, but I'll be fine." A sharp pain then shot through him from his crotch. Tears welled up in his eyes as he tried not to scream in pain.

Blanc chuckled as he lowered his boot.

"Cheap! Shot!" Noir pointed at him with the hand he wasn't using to shield his injured area.

"Ouch." Ladybug quivered.

Blanc grabbed her hand and kiss it. "Let's ditch this loser and I'll show you what it's like to be with a real man."

She snatched away her hand. "Chat Noir is not a loser." She scowled at him.

Blanc shrugged. "If I kick his butt, would you change your mind Bella?"

She crossed her arms and gave him a smirk. "I'd like to see you try."

Blanc smiled wickedly and opened his mouth to say something, but a swift kick to his side sent him flying into a nearby building.

Noir stood in his place and offered her a weak smile. "You didn't hear the part before you landed on the balcony… right?"

She became confused. "No… the wind was in my ears."

He nodded. "Good, cuz I don't want you to hate me."

She rolled her eyes. "You're my partner. I don't think I could ever hate you… unless you kill someone."

He shrugged. "I'm highly considering killing him." He pointed to Blanc getting up and grumbling with his thumb.

"We don't kill." She scowled at him. "No matter how creepy."

He rolled his eyes. "Yes dear." He smirked and gave her a wink.

She slapped her forehead with the palm of her hand and groaned.

Blanc charged at Noir, but Noir saw him coming out of the corner of his eye and quickly grabbed his baton. He flung Blanc across the street.

She looked back at Noir as Blanc cursed as he flew. "So, you obviously heard what he said about me, you don't believe him right?" She smiled nervously.

Noir scratched the back of his head. "Actually… I already knew." He braced himself for the lecture he was about to endure.

She just stood there and blinked at him. "What?"

He opened one eye. "I figured out your identity all on my own."

Her eyes widened and her jaw dropped. "And you didn't tell me?"

He scratched the back of his head again and gave her an apologetic look. She had to admit, he was kinda cute when his ego wasn't blown out of proportion.

"Because I figured it out today." He sighed. "I saw your civilian self in red for the first time and you said something to Lucas that just made all the pieces of the puzzle fall into place." He blushed.

She raised an eyebrow. She spent all morning with Adrien and Lucas. She did wonder how Chat got to her so fast when Lucas assaulted her though. Something then clicked in her brain. "Adrien?" She almost whispered.

He nodded and blushed uncontrollably to confirm.

Her eyes widened and her jaw dropped. "OH MY GOD!" She called out and blushed uncontrollably.

Ladybug just stood there as Blanc charged at Noir and the two dueled with their batons.

Chat Noir was Adrien! Adrien was Chat Noir! He had figured her out earlier that day. He kissed her! She stood there and babbled on like a fool about her crush on him to HIM! She probably sounded so stupid. He probably laughed at her after she left the studio. She could probably never show her face anywhere ever again. Part of her wished she could have stayed oblivious. Although, part of her felt a bit relieved. Like a burden was no longer on her shoulders. And, maybe (humongous maybe) he still liked her back. Although, she didn't want to get her hopes up.

Chat Blanc was obviously Lucas. She only knew one guy that spoke Italian… aside from Adrien and his growing list of impressive talents.

Lucas was trying to prove himself to her… Adrien was protecting her… Lucas hurt Adrien… LUCAS HURT ADRIEN!

She then snapped back to the situation at hand. That sleaze ball had to go down! Adrien might have thought she was a joke now, but she still had feelings for him… both sides! Especially after how he ripped Lucas away from her earlier and how pissed he looked. She was very well aware that she wanted to kiss that scowl. She was also very well aware that she always felt something for her leather clad dork. She had to cross out half a diary entry on the subject of giving Chat a chance if Adrien wasn't around. Well, it seemed like she didn't have to choose anymore. ADRIEN AND CHAT NOIR WERE THE SAME PERSON!

A scowl formed on her face as she lassoed her yo-yo around Blanc's ankles and flung him into a nearby building.

To say she was pissed was an understatement. This jerk hurt her crush… no, HER PARTNER!

Noir blinked for a second as he looked her up and down. A pleasing chill went down his spine. If he didn't want to beat the snot out of Lucas, then he would have picked her up and whisked her away so his lifelong rival couldn't find her or hurt her ever again. An uncharted private island with a house on it for just the two of them would be perfect. Then they could talk things out between them and get over this awkward phase they were currently in and they could grow old together.

But, unfortunately, they had more pressing matters to attend to at the moment. He'd have to whisk her away later.

Adrien was five when he was playing in the back yard of his mansion when a boy his age was escorted to the mini playground. The whole set up only had one child in mind as Adrien swung on his little swing all by himself. He didn't notice the other boy because he was in his own little world daydreaming of pirates and the seven seas like in the book his older cousin had read to him the day before. He enjoyed spending time with his older cousin. Felix was so smart and cool, and never cared about being seen with a baby like him. He really looked up to him and hoped one day he could be as cool as Felix. But, today was not that day.

The other boy pushed him out of the swing and started swinging himself.

"Hey!" Adrien dusted his loose green sweater and jeans off. He left his green shoes alone. "I was using that!" He looked the boy over.

The boy had black hair and hazel eyes. He wore a pair of overalls with a red plaid long sleeve shirt underneath and red shoes.

The black-haired boy stuck his tongue out at the blonde. "It's my turn." He spoke in broken French.

Adrien rolled his eyes. "You didn't ask first."

"You were on it long enough." The boy continued to swing.

Adrien crossed his arms. He was getting irritated. "It's my swing."

"I'm the guest." The boy retorted.

Adrien's cheeks puffed out as he clenched his fists. "Dad!" He yelled at the top of his lungs. He then stormed back into the house and looked for his father. "Dad!" He called out again. He soon found the man he was searching for. He was with another man.

The other man looked like an older version of the boy on his swing.

"Dad!"

The older Agreste man looked down at his son. "What is the matter Adrien?"

"This is the famous Adrien I've heard so much about? He looks just like his mother." The other man smiled evilly.

Gabriel nodded. "Adrien this is Mr. Bianchi. He and his son Lucas will be staying with us for a week while they are here. Play nice."

Adrien pouted. "Ok dad."

A swift kick to his stomach pulled Noir out of his musings. He looked up and noted the foot belonged to Blanc.

Blanc lowered his foot and gave his rival a smug smile. "I'm still better than you blondie."

Noir stood up and flashed him a model worthy smile as he flipped his hair. "No." He closed his eyes. "You've always been just a copycat." He reopened his eyes and scowled as he grabbed his staff and lunged forward.

Blanc grabbed his staff and blocked the attack.

They were soon back to using their staffs as swords and dueling with them as so.

Suddenly, Blanc smiled wickedly and his left hand started to glow purple. Noir's eyes widened as he avoided the glowing hand. Blanc's hand did land on a nearby mailbox.

Blanc continued to smile as the mailbox and the surrounding sidewalk disintegrated before him. "Interesting." He then turned and glanced over at the bakery. "Princess…" He looked back over at Ladybug.

She shuddered at the sound of the nickname. "You don't call me that."

He chuckled anyway. "Go out with me. Or…" He raised his hand and it began to glow again. "I'll destroy this fine establishment." He held his hand out to the bakery.

She gasped. There was no way she was ever going to go out on a date with Lucas/Chat Blanc! But, she also didn't want her parents other pride and joy destroyed. "I… ah…" Her words failed her.

"She will never go out with a jerk like you!" Noir hissed. "Especially jerks who threaten innocent people and small businesses."

Blanc cackled. "Well then…" He began to walk back to the bakery. "Maybe this will change her mind." He held up his glowing hand.

Ladybug snapped back into reality, lassoed him around the waist and pulled him away from the bakery. She looked him square in the eyes and scowled. "Don't you dare touch that bakery!" Fire exploded in her eyes as she spoke in a cold and unforgiving tone.

Blanc whistled and smiled. "I've never met a Chica that is both intimidating and sexy at the same time." He wiggled his eyebrows under his mask.

Her face exploded with red as she continued to scowl. "Ew! Get away from me!" She kicked him in the crotch.

Blanc gritted his teeth and smiled. "Feisty, deadly, sexy, and strong… I'm in love."

Ladybug gagged.

He stood up and grabbed her hand to kiss it. "Marry me!"

"Ew! No!" She pulled her hand away and slapped him in the face with her other hand in one fowl swoop. "I want nothing to do with you!"

Noir tapped Blanc on the shoulder. Blanc looked back at him and Noir punched him in the face. Blanc fell to the ground unconscious and his glowing hand hit the street they were fighting on. The street began to dissolve into nothingness.

"Where's the akuma?" Ladybug asked.

"I don't know." Noir looked Blanc over.

The sidewalk under Ladybug's feet disappeared and she began to fall.

"Princess!" Noir called out as he grabbed her arm. Once he got her on his back, he used his staff to get them away.

They landed on a building's roof and she got down.

He looked her over. "You ok?" He caught his breath.

She nodded.

"He didn't hurt you, did he?" He gave her a weak smile.

She shook her head as a tear ran down her face.

His smile faded.

"No, but look." She pointed to where they were fighting.

He gasped as his eyes fell on the nothingness that used to be the street… the bakery… the bakery was gone! The bakery, the street it was all gone and the nothingness only grew larger.

He knelt down on both knees and began to cry. "It's all my fault. I'm so sorry. This wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for me. I'm so sorry."

She wiped away her tear. "What are you talking about? You didn't know he could… it's not your fault."

He stood back up. "But your parents! The bakery! It's all gone and it's all my fault." Tears ran down his face.

She took in a deep breath, exhaled, raised her hand, and smacked him across the face. "It's not your fault!" She yelled. She then deflated. "It's mine." She almost whispered.

His tail and ears drooped. "No, it's not." He argued with her calmly.

"If I had just giving him what he wanted in the first place then we wouldn't be in this mess." She sobbed.

Fire erupted in his eyes. "What!? OH HELL NO! What He wanted was to use you for your body and then when he got bored of you, toss you out like trash! You deserve better than that!" He almost yelled. "I know him. I know him all too well." He took a deep breath to calm himself down. "We grew up together."

"But you said your only friend was Chloe." She wiped away her tears.

He shrugged. "I was never friends with Lucas." He explained. "We've been at each other's throats ever since we were little." He sighed. "You know how you and Chloe can't get along and she just gets under your skin in the most annoying ways?"

She nodded.

"That's Lucas to me." He chuckled. "He's my male Chloe… my rival."

She nodded again. "Let's get that akuma."

Noir nodded. "Let's take him down."

Adrien sipped on a glass of milk as Nathalie plopped a stack of magazines on the table in front of him. He smiled as his face graced the cover on a good portion of them. It was his second-time modeling for his father and he held a sense of pride. His father was happy…ish and things were starting to look up for him.

He came to the last issue and his eyes widened and he spit his milk.

His black hair was styled just like his. His outfit was a complete inverse of his own. Even the way his eyebrows and smile gave off a smirk rubbed him the wrong way.

He pulled out last month's magazine from his bag and compared the faces.

"That jerk!" He spoke under his breath. He picked up both issues and ran to his father's office.

"Father!" He burst through the door and slapped both magazines on the desk much to his father's annoyance. "Lucas is copying me!"

A few years later, Adrien and Lucas were posing back to back for the photographer.

"So, you'll never believe what happened to me last night." Lucas began after the shoot. At least his French was getting better.

Adrien rolled his eyes as he picked up a water bottle and began to quench his thirst.

"I met this cute girl last night and she totally let me sleep with her." Lucas continued. "I really like French girls, they're so easy."

Adrien spit out his water. He choked a bit but got his wind back. "You just flew in yesterday and you already met someone and slept with her!"

Lucas shrugged. "What can I say, I have a way with women."

Adrien wiped his wet face with his sleeve. "We're 13… we haven't even started puberty yet. We shouldn't even be concerned with girls yet."

Lucas chuckled. "Of course forever alone Adrien would say that."

Adrien tightened his grip on the bottle crushing it in his hand. "I'm not forever alone!" He gritted his teeth.

Lucas rolled his eyes. "Right. I bet you won't be able to get a girl in your pants by the next time I come back to Paris."

Adrien tossed the bottle in a trash can and crossed his arms. "And if I don't?"

Lucas chuckled. "Then you'll be forever alone." He stated matter-of-factly.

Adrien rolled his eyes. "I'm not taking that bet because it's stupid. Besides, the only girl I know is Chloe, and I don't want her anywhere near my pants."

Lucas chuckled again. "So, you're gay?"

Adrien's face turned beat red. "What?! NO!"

"If you're not gay…" Lucas gave him a smug smile and raised his eyebrow. "Then how come you don't want this Chloe girl?"

"Because I don't like her like that." Adrien crossed his arms again.

Lucas laughed. "You're too much Agreste!"

Adrien rolled his eyes. "Whatever. If… no, WHEN I get a girlfriend, she will be someone I just can't live without. And when we do it, it will be when we are married. Will take our time and get to know each other and then when I sleep with her it will be special." He smiled and sighed. "And we'll grow old together."

Lucas laughed his head off. "That romantic attitude will never get you laid."

Adrien crossed his arms. "Because I want an actual relationship. So I guess I'm a bit romantic, but at least I know what I want long term. That special someone to spend the rest of my life with. Is that so wrong?"

Lucas laughed some more. "You watch too much of the anime and read too many books."

Adrien rolled his eyes. "No I don't." He spoke under his breath.

"Lucky Charm!" Ladybug tossed her yo-yo up in the air. A red rose with a black stem fell back down. "Alright, I'm lost. How is a rose gonna help us?" She was confused.

Noir shrugged.

Ladybug put the rose in her hair so she wouldn't lose it, but something was bugging her. It wasn't the fact that the bakery was gone, she hoped Miraculous Ladybug would put it and everything else back… she hoped anyway. It wasn't Adrien being Chat Noir, sure she was still in shock about that, but she was beginning to accept it. Although, he was being quiet… too quiet. That's it! That's what was bugging her!

"Are you ok kitty?" She looked over at him.

He was crouched down and scowling at the nothingness below that finally stopped consuming buildings.

"Chat Noir?" She called him again.

He didn't move.

"Adrien!" She almost screamed.

He finally looked up at her. His cat ears flattened when his eyes met her's. "I'm sorry… did I do something wrong?"

She sighed. "I just want to know if you're ok… you got really quiet on me."

His looked back at the nothingness. "He's gone. I thought I punched his lights out, but he's gone."

She shrugged. "He's an akuma, hawkmoth probably woke him back up." She put a hand on his shoulder and looked out herself.

A pleasant chill went up his spine to the touch. He blushed and gulped hoping she wouldn't look at his face.

"But are you ok?" Too late, she was looking him in the eyes.

He blushed even more. He didn't deserve her. So sweet and kind and worried about him. But something brought him back to his senses.

"But… but your home… your… your parents?" He tilted his head. "I should be asking if you're ok."

She pointed below. "My parents are fine, look." He gazed down and found Tom and Sabine helping people avoid the nothingness. "They made it out." She smiled, although he could hear the sigh of relief in her voice.

He stood up. "I'll get that butterfly for you." He was about to jump but felt a tug on his tail.

"You're not going alone." She let go and crossed her arms as he turned around. "And not without a plan."

He sighed. "No."

She blinked and raised an eyebrow. "What?"

He crossed his arms and gave her a stern look. "I don't want anything to happen to you and Lucas is just too dangerous."

She fumed a little. "You think I want anything to happen to you?" She began to poke him in the chest. "You are my partner, my best friend, my…" She blushed and stopped poking him.

He raised an eyebrow as he rubbed his chest to nurse the spot where she poked him. He then blushed when he realized what she was about to say. "Oh my god! You still like me!" He smiled wide as his tail formed a heart.

Her face was redder than her mask. "I… I…"

He closed the gap between them and tilted her chin up so they could look each other in the eyes. He gave her a soft and warm smile as he grabbed her hand and gave it a light kiss never taking his eyes off her's. "I love you too. Both sides." He let her hand go. "and I will never let anyone ever hurt you."

God! He wanted to kiss her on the lips, but he knew he was already pushing the limits. If he played his cards right, she might let him kiss her senseless later on. He wanted to see her with her hair down again, the strands loose over her shoulders. The image that came to his mind made him blush furiously. The wind blowing her hair about gently, her eyes wide and innocent, her lips parted ever so slightly, the sundress she wore earlier that day also moving with the breeze. It was such an innocent image, but he felt like just thinking of her like that was a sin. Kissing her senseless also invoked the same sinful guilt. But, he didn't care. He was lost in her eyes and didn't want to budge.

He didn't notice, but she had placed her hand on his chest. Her lips were parted ever so slightly and she wanted to kiss him too. But, she knew now was not the time. Besides, she wanted their first real kiss without the masks. She didn't count Dark Cupid or earlier that day because she kissed him to break a spell and he kissed her out of jealousy. She just wanted to share one kiss with him without an ultimatum. But, that would have to wait.

Neither hero noticed the white clad akuma on the rooftop with them.

Blanc gave them a slow clap and the heroes broke away from each other after noticing how close their lips were and how their eyes were half lidded.

"Moving in on my woman. You've got some nerve Agreste." Blanc gave him a scowl that could freeze anything in its path.

Noir pulled Ladybug behind him and held out his arms. "You are NOT going to harm her. Over my dead body!"

Blanc chuckled coldly as he snatched his baton from his back. "I will gladly send you to your grave."

She slapped her palm to her forehead. "Oh for the love of…" She sighed. She then looked up and noticed how the light caught on Blanc's bell. The purple gleam signaled to location of the dark butterfly. "Noir! His bell!"

"Huh?" Noir tilted his head and noticed the gleam too. "Got ya!" He called out as he grabbed his own baton and charged at his inverse.

The two cats clashed batons. Ladybug looked around trying to figure out how to use the lucky charm she got, but nothing was coming to her.

"You really think she wants you?" Blanc laughed as their batons clashed again. "Every woman who knows what's good for them knows I'm the best."

Noir scowled. "You can have any other woman in the world, but Marinette has my heart." He kicked his inverse in the stomach. "and don't you dare touch her."

Ladybug blushed and her heart skipped several beats. Not only was her partner the boy she was in love with, but he clearly loved her back. He only declared his love for her twice in the past ten minutes and he made a note to call her by her real name and told her he loved both sides of her. Perhaps her daydream about a family with him wasn't too crazy after all.

Blanc laughed again as he held his stomach. "Love is for fools."

Noir stood straight up and began to laugh as well. However, his laugh was lighthearted and earnest, not threatening and creepy. "Then I must be the biggest fool of all." He stopped and gave his inverse a scowl. "But you already knew how much of a hopeless romantic I am." He then gave him a wicked smiled. "Which means you also are highly aware that I will do anything for love."

Blanc seemed confused. "What are you so smiley about?"

"Hum." Noir held up the silver bell. "Because love conquers all."

"Huh?" Blanc looked himself over. Sure enough, his bell was broken off. "Why you little!" He began to charge.

"Cataclysm." Noir smiled as the black energy covered his hand and destroyed the bell in one fowl swoop, releasing the butterfly.

Ladybug threw her yo-yo and caught the akuma before it could get away. "No more evil doing for you little akuma." She released the now white butterfly. "bye-bye little butterfly." She then held up the rose and shrugged as she threw it up in the air. "Miraculous Ladybug!"

She watched as the nothingness dissipated and her home and the rest of the street returned. She gave a small sigh of relief as she turned to face the boys.

Lucas was now back to normal and scratching the back of his head. "Dove sono? Come sono arrivato qui?" (Where am I? How did I get here?)

Noir held out a hand to help him off the roof top. "Eri un akuma e hai fatto un bel po' di casino... Mi dispiace. Avrei dovuto gestire meglio la situazione" (You were an akuma and you made a real mess of things... I'm sorry. I should have handled the situation better.)

Lucas blinked up at the super hero. "Adrien?"

Noir nodded.

Lucas began to laugh, but it was friendlier this time. "Chat Noir è quel mingherlino e romantico senza speranza di Adrien?! Questo è troppo!" (Chat Noir is the scrawny little hopeless romantic Adrien?! This is too much!)

Noir rolled his eyes. "Glad to see you're feeling better."

"Sì." Lucas chuckled as he found the fire escape. "Later Gatto nero. This is a new one."

"You can't tell anyone!" Noir called out to him.

"No one would believe me anyway!" Lucas continued to laugh.

Noir sighed as he looked back at Ladybug. "Crazy day huh?"

She nodded. "Yeah." Both of their miraculous began to beep.

"I have to get home." He scratched the back of his head and frowned. "I'm sure father has broken down my door and sent out a search party by now."

She giggled. "Alright, see you later then."

He gave her a small smile and salute before he jumped down and head for the mansion.

She sighed and headed home herself.

Chat Noir sat on the railing to Marinette's balcony as he watched what he could see of the city below. The sun had set and things felt some-what back to normal.

Marinette came up from the trap door with a watering can. But, the sight of the boy on her balcony caught her attention more than her thirsty plants.

"Hey." She set the watering can down and leaned on the railing next to him.

"Hey." He gave her a warm smile.

"Get off the railing. You're gonna fall and hurt yourself." She sighed. "And I really don't feel like going to the emergency room today."

"Yeah, good point." He half chuckled and did as he was told. He then found himself getting lost in her eyes again. He leaned forward.

"Wait!" She pushed him back. "De-transform first."

He blinked at her. "Why?"

She tucked a loose lock of hair behind her ear and blushed. "Because someone might see us and it would be easier to explain if we were caught. Besides, everyone knows I have a crush on you as Adrien. If people saw me kissing you as Chat, questions will be asked."

He nodded and completely understood as he remembered the photoshoot from that morning. He then got an idea and gave her a devilish smile. "On one condition Pur-incess."

A feeling of dread overcame her. "What?"

"I wanna see you with your hair down again." He smiled wide as his tail formed a heart.

She blinked at him. "That's it?"

He nodded.

She shrugged and complied with his request by taking her hair ties out causing her twin tails to fall to her shoulders. She then shook her head to even things out. "Ta-da." She giggled as she assumed she looked ridiculous with her messy, fluffy hair.

"Claws in." He blushed and his voice cracked. Plagg flew out of his ring and the familiar rush of energy came over him. He scratched the back of his head and blushed after it was over and he was back in his civilian clothes. "C-can, can I kiss you now?" His voice continued to crack, which made him blush more.

She blushed as well and gave him a soft smile. "Yeah." She nodded and giggled.

He smiled softly as he leaned in again, gazing into her eyes once more.

She placed her hands on his chest to prop herself up so she wouldn't fall by standing on her tiptoes. Why did he have to be so tall?

As soon as their breath mingled between the small space between them, they closed their eyes. Their lips touched.

It was as if the craziness of the day melted away, the entire world melted away. It seemed like they were the only two people alive.

He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer as she wrapped her arms around his neck. Her fingers ruffled his hair as his hand moved up and down her back.

They finally came up for air and gazed into each other's eyes, both of them blushing profusely and smiling like idiots. They both began to laugh a little and rested their foreheads on the other's.

He hummed as he swayed side to side.

"What are you doing?" She rested her head on his chest, closed her eyes and got off her tip toes, still smiling.

"Enjoying the moment." He sighed. "It's hard to believe this is all real."

She giggled. "Tikki has pinched me at least four times, considering how much my arm hurts, this is all real."

"Tikki?" He tilted his head even though he knew she couldn't see him.

"My Kwami." She breathed her answer.

He smiled and rested his head on her's. "My Kwami's name is Plagg… he's the reason I smell like camembert all the time."

"His favorite food?"

"Yep." He sighed. "So…" He began. "Does this mean we're dating or something or do you just want to stay just friends?"

The speed at which she removed her head from his chest would have given anyone whiplash. She raised an eyebrow at him. "We have kissed a total of three times, twice today… the last being more of a make out session." She shrugged, but continued. "We both expressed how much we like each other, I have been crushing on you since we met and you… well I don't know how long you've liked me…"

"Since the moment we met." He shrugged and blushed.

She raised her eyebrow again. "And you want to stay just friends?"

"No…" He blushed even more.

"Good." She crossed her arms. "Because we are gonna hold hands, go on dates, make out, cuddle, make out, goof around, make out, hang out and make out."

He counted on his fingers. "You said make out four times."

She blushed. "You're a really good kisser."

He blushed, smiled sweetly, and pulled her back into a hug. "So… this does mean I'm your boyfriend!"

She smiled as well and hugged him back. "And I'm your girlfriend." She buried her face into his soft shirt. "You big dork."

He smiled even more as he buried his face in her hair and held her tighter.

The morning sun shone down through the sky light. Marinette sleep soundly and Adrien hugged her from behind and his face rested on her shoulder.

Tikki and Plagg were both curled up in little balls on another pillow.

All four of them were the picture of peace… until an alarm started to go off.

"Can somebody shut that off?!" Plagg wined as he folded his ears down with his paws.

Tikki buried herself under a stuffed animal. "Five more minutes."

Marinette groaned as she reached for her phone and noticed a hand on top of her's. She looked over her shoulder and softly smiled.

"Morning." Adrien smiled as well.

"Morning." She almost burst into laughter as she cut off her alarm.

His perfectly quaffed hair was a complete mess, his shirt and jeans were wrinkled beyond belief and he was missing a sock.

Her hair had seemed to be licked by a cow in the middle of the night and was lopsided to say the least. Her shirt rode up her belly revealing her navel and some muscle. Her capris must have gotten the same memo because they had ridden up half way up her calves.

He titled his head and gave her a love-sick kitten smile.

She giggled. "What are you looking at?"

"Only the most beautiful girl in the universe." He sighed dreamily.

She blushed, rolled her eyes, and gave him a light push as she giggled some more. "You're such a flirt."

"Is it really flirting if it's true?" He rolled his eyes as he continued to smile and gave her a small kiss on the cheek.

"Marinette!" Her mom called from the living room below. "Are you up?"

Marinette paled. Not only did a boy visit her in the middle of the night, but he also slept over. And that boy was Adrien Agreste! And he was still in her bed! Sure, they were both fully clothed and nothing happened, but still. If her parents walked in on them at that moment… she didn't even want to think about it.

"Yeah mamma I'll be down in a moment." She looked back at him. "You need to leave now before my parents see you."

"But…" He blinked. "I thought your parents liked me."

"They do, but you slept over last night without them even knowing." She explained as she slid down the ladder and found his shoes and jacket. She picked up a cookie from a plate on her desk and climbed back up handing him his clothes and shoved the cookie into Plagg's mouth. She then gave Adrien a light kiss. "See you at school." She then opened the trap door above them and pretty much shoved him out.