Ladybug yawned. They had been at this patrol all night. Luckily for her it was the weekend and she knew with utmost certainty nothing would be going on tomorrow. She had asked Tiki just to be sure. Five times. Much to her own chagrin when she was reminded each time (gently) that there was absolutely nothing to worry about. Her parents had things handled in the shop. Alya was out of town with her family. She had no unexpected visitors or expectations of her. She fully intended to catch up on some much needed sleep and her homework.
"Yeah, being pretty must be tiring." Chat said. "You must be exhausted, My Lady, because you're beautiful."
She choked on her own spit, staring at Chat in mute horror. He just said that with an absolutely straight face - well, minus the smile he always wore but he didn't seem to be teasing her. She quickly looked away so he couldn't see that her face now matched the red of her suit. She thanked whatever higher power there was that it was dark out. Unless Chat could see in the dark. Then she just wanted to crawl into a hole and die.
"No, I'm exhausted because it's been a long day. I think I'm going to call it a night, Chat Noir."
"Oh... Well, goodnight Ladybug."
She grabbed her yo-yo and prepared to launch off into the night but she heard the disappointment in his voice. It gave her enough pause to look at him and smile. He meant well. He just expressed himself through his flirts. That was all, she kept telling herself. It's not like he actually loved Ladybug. He didn't even know her. No, it was more like he was in love with the idea of loving her. If he knew who was behind the mask, he wouldn't feel the same.
"Goodnight Kitty."
A swing of her yo-yo and she was quickly making her escape from the embarrassment. Her face burned all the way home from Chat's comment.