I do not own these characters. This story is inspired by an anime called Miraculous Ladybug, and you should definitely go watch it! :) It's the best show you won't regret it.


Ladybug sat perched on the Eiffel Tower watching over the city. She wished she had a sketchbook with her at that moment, the view was so surreal. The lights were reflecting off of almost everything since it rained, and she could see some people walking about all huddled up in coats with warm drinks. She watched as a mother and a father swung their little boy in between them, and smiled as she saw him run and jump into the biggest puddle she had ever seen, drenching him almost completely. She was thinking about swinging down and playing with him, but then her eye caught something. She saw a young couple running while holding each others hands, not having a care in the world. The boy picked up the girl and spun her around, sending her hat flying in the wind. Ladybug grabbed her own hands and wondered what it would be like to hold hands with Adrien. She wondered if his hands would be rough or soft, warm or cold. She chuckled at herself and looked back at the couple now chasing down the runaway hat. She remembered how warm he had felt when he hugged her, and how he had been talking to her more, but she pushed that idea out of her head. 'He's just your friend Mari, remember that, just a friend... but what if he started to like me back?' She looked down at the ground and lightly kicked the railing while holding her arms.

"Who am I kidding? That would never happen."

"What would never happen, my lady?" Ladybug jumped up and turned around with wide eyes. Chat had been watching her for a few moments, but she didn't know that. He had jumped up behind her while she was distracted by the little boy, and was positive she was going to go down there. He watched her hand go to her yoyo and saw the look in her eyes, but then she suddenly turned towards something else. He couldn't see what it was, but he watched as his lady showed different emotions on her face. She went from happy, to thoughtful, to happy again, but then she looked... almost sad. He wanted to know everything that was on her mind and to hold her and tell her it's okay.

Ladybug had composed herself and looked at him with a teasing smile. "You being late to the patrol kitty, even though you nearly were."

Chat knew that she hadn't been thinking about that, but decided to let it slide. She would open up to him with time. He gave her a charming smile and walked over to her. "Were you worried about me, my lady? Don't worry, if it's you I'm going to, I wouldn't dare be late." He winked at her and jumped up to sit on the railing to look over the city.

"Oh Chat," she chuckled. She didn't know what to say about that and stood on the railing next to him. She saw the boy still jumping in the puddle and smiled.

"Hey, wanna go say hi to the little kid? He's wearing a Chat Noir jacket." She smiled at him while saying so and his ears perked up.

"REALLY?" He always loved seeing little kids wearing something about him, it showed him that they cared about him as well, not just Ladybug.

"Yeah! Come on!" He watched Ladybug swing down gracefully and walked over to the boy. The boy noticed her the second she landed and was jumping up and down and screaming to his parents in excitement. He watched the parents get their camera to record the whole thing. Ladybug then hugged the boy and he asked her something, making her laugh and look up at Chat.

"COME ON KITTY CAT! SOMEONE HERE WANTS TO SEE HIS HERO!" Chat smiled and jumped down to play with the boy.

About half an hour later they were back at the tower already done with their usual routes and saw no sign of trouble.

"Would you like to head on home early tonight Chat?" Ladybug stretched and yawned. Usually she would have stayed no matter how tired she was but she realized she still had homework to do.

"My lady, am I really that boring?" He asked with a teasing smile.

"Haha no Chat, with you it's never boring," he smiled widely at that, "I just realized I had some homework to do is all."

'Damn I forgot all about mine.' He thought. 'Still, I don't want to leave Ladybug just yet.'

"Sure, but first you must answer some questions."

"Questions?"

"Yeah! Like 20 Questions! But nothing that could reveal our identities don't worry."

Ladybug pondered on it for a second and decided it wouldn't hurt to get to know a bit about her partner.

"Sure kitty, as long as you don't ask me out." She gave him a teasing smile and he faked being hurt, grabbing at his chest.

"Meowch! Lady that hurt!"

"Oh just get on with the questions already." She laughed and he sat next to her on the railing.

"What's your favorite food?"

"Anything sweet really. Especially cookies. You?"

Chat added that to his mental list about Ladybug. "All food. Literally everything. Food makes me so happy, I'll always eat it." (#LetAdrienEat2k16 p.s. if you haven't seen ep.16 yet mentally prepare yourself before doing so:)

"Of course!" Ladybug laughed. "Ask another question."

"Hmm, ok. What's your favorite color?"

"Pink, what's yours?"

"I like blue, green, and black. In no particular order."

"But which one is your favorite?"

He thought about it then smiled. "The color of your eyes."

"Watch it alley cat." She gave him her usual look after he says things like that. The face that says 'Oh my god that was so cheesy if it was from someone else I would blush but it's you and I'm so done" look. But she still gave a small chuckle so he knew she wasn't mad at him.

"Aw my lady, but you have the most beautiful eyes in the world!" He practically screamed it to the world too. She covered his mouth and told him to hush while laughing.

"Sorry, is your boyfriend going to hear me and beat me up? I think I could take him." He meant it to be a teasing joke, he had said things like that before and she would usually brush it off and just say she doesn't have a boyfriend, but she was quiet. He was punching the air pretending to beat someone up when he noticed it. That look. She had the same look on her face as she did earlier, almost sad and thoughtful.

"Ladybug? What's wrong? I'm sorry, I know that joke was pawful." He was hoping that another bad pun would bring her smile back but instead she just stood up.

"I think it's time I went home Chat. Can I take a rain check on the game?" She was playing with her hands and was looking down at the city, where she had seen the couple earlier. She was wondering what it would be like to have Adrien look at her like that, but she kept telling herself he would never feel that way about her. Chat stood up and quickly pulled her in a hug.

"Of course, my lady. You know I'm here if you need someone to talk to." He stepped back on the railing getting ready to leave.

"Thanks Chat, I know. See you tomorrow." He winked and waved before jumping of and she watched him jump throughout the city. 'I don't think I can talk to you about this though kitty.' She spent a few minutes looking out at the city and she was already starting to feel better. Looking over Paris on beautiful nights like this always make her smile no matter what. She pulled out her phone and took a picture then swung into the night.

A few minutes later she was ready to jump onto her balcony and into her room below but then she saw him. The black alley cat sitting on her balcony lightly knocking on the door to her room. 'What the-. Why is he here?' She dropped into the alley and undid her transformation.

"Tikki, why is he here? Do you think he knows?"

"No no, maybe he wants to say hi to Marinette?"

"Maybe, but he better be quick about it. I have to do my homework." She walked towards the bakery to try to sneak in.


'Hm, maybe she isn't home?' Chat was about to leave when he heard the door open. He then smiled and waved at Mari.

"Chat Noir? What are you doing here?" Mari stood on the ladder, hoping he was quick.

"Just checking in on the princess, may I come in?" He watched as Mari froze for a moment but then she gave a small smile.

"Ah, sure." She climbed down the ladder and waited for him to come down. 'Did...did he just call me Princess. What in the world?'

He came down and pretended this was the first time he had been in there. "Wow! Everything is so pink! It looks nice!"

"Ah, thanks. Not to sound rude, but what brings you here?" She began to pull out some school books and placed them on her desk. He walked over to her and put his arm around her shoulder smiling at her.

"Like I said! Just checking in on my princess. Oh! Kitten!" He jumped on over to the kitten sitting on Marinette's bed and began playing with it, failing to see that slight red on Mari's cheeks. 'Why does he keep calling me Princess? He doesn't even know me. Well, he knows Ladybug, but why would he call plain Marinette a princess? Wait...am I blushing?' Mari hid her face and sat down to try and concentrate on her homework. But for some reason she was too aware of Chat's presence. 'Stop it! It's just Chat! Concentrate you can do this!'

Chat looked up from the bed and saw Mari looking thoughtfully at the homework. He picked up the kitten and walked over to her, then leaned over her shoulder to see what homework it was. 'Ah, physics. She has trouble in that class sometimes.'

"Would you like some help?" Mari suddenly felt very warm and she turned towards him in surprise. He looked at her and they were so close their noses were almost touching. Chat's eyes widened and was about to move, but then he noticed how blue her eyes were, he could get lost in them. She started blushing and rolled the chair away a bit and looked back at her paper.

"No, no. It's alright, I'm just not very good at physics." Mari was calming down and started trying to answer the first problem. He started to blush a bit and walked back over to her bed to lay down the kitten. 'Why am I so flustered? It's just Mari! It's just those big, blue eyes. I know I've been that close to her before when I saved her from akumas, but I never really looked at them. Maybe I'm getting flustered because they are the same color as Ladybug's. Yeah...that's why.' After convincing himself of that he walked over pulling another chair up.

"Don't worry Princess! I am here to save you!" He grabbed the paper and read it over. Mari once again blushed at him calling her that and this time he noticed when he turned to explain the problem to her.

"Are you alright? Do you have a fever?" He put his hand on her forehead and leaned in a bit trying to see if she was any paler than usual. This caused her to just blush more and she looked down at her knees. 'Mari get it together girl! It's Chat! Why are you even blushing!? It's not like it's Adrien doing this to you. Maybe I'm blushing because I want Adrien to be this close. Yeah...that's why.'

"N-no haha, I'm alright." She pulled his hand from her forehead and turned towards the homework. Chat did the same and spent the next thirty minutes helping her understand the homework while trying to throw in as many puns as possible.


Adrien was pacing the floor in his room as Plagg ate an insane amount of cheese. Usually Adrien would watch the amount he gave him so he wouldn't end up sick, but he was so wrapped up in his thoughts that when Plagg asked he just given him the whole tray. He thought about what Nino had said, and he was starting to think he really did like Marinette. All day he had been noticing all these things he hadn't noticed before. How soft her hair looks, how brave she was in saving the kitten, how cute she looks while concentrated, how perfectly she fit when they hugged. Well, he always thought of her as pretty and brave, but today he was really seeing it. He always admired her fashion skills and designs also...wait, the design. 'She had a design of my scarf...I swear it was mine. But my dad gave it to me...maybe he asked her to make it? No, no he wouldn't have.' All of a sudden, he remembered when his class held a contest for the best hat, and that Marinette had won. But he remembered something else that she had said as well. That her work has a special mark, her name sewn in. He sat up quickly and ran to his dresser, throwing the drawer open and quickly looking for the scarf.

"Where is it?! Come on!" Plagg looked up from his haven of cheese, and flew over to him.

"Adrien?"

"My scarf? The one my dad got me? The one that made me so happy cause it wasn't a stupid pen! It wasn't from him was it?" Adrien went back to looking and Plagg sat on the dresser with a somber expression, deciding to stay quiet. Adrien finally found it, he held it for a few moments. He debated if he should even look for the signature or not, and just keep pretending like it really was from his dad. He didn't want to know the truth. 'No, if it really is from Marinette, she deserves a thank you. I have to know.' He looked along the seams slowly and carefully, and right at the end of the scarf he saw it. Marinette. He held the scarf softly and sat on the ground slowly, with a sad expression on his face.

"...Marinette." He whispered.


"Oh Tikki, what's with me tonight?" Chat had left a few minutes ago before his transformation wore off and she was getting ready for bed.

"What do you mean Marinette?" Tikki flew over to her and looked at her carefully.

"I mean why was I blushing at Chat? It's just Chat! And I'm in love with Adrien! I never blushed before as Ladybug why now?"

"Hmm. Maybe it's because Chat accepts both sides of you? And wants to get to know Marinette better?"

"Maybe. But he doesn't even know I'm Ladybug. Once he finds out I am he's going to be so disappointed." Mari turned off the light and laid down in bed, hiding her face in the pillow.

"Marinette! Don't say that! He would love it I'm sure!"

"Why would he? Ladybug is brave and graceful and strong, and I can't even talk to a boy."

"You are Ladybug, Marinette. You are brave, graceful and strong! You are just shyer without a mask on."

Mari sighed. "Yeah, I guess that's true. But I still don't get why I was so flustered to be around him."

"Maybe...you like him?"

"What do you mean? Of course I like him, he's my partner."

"I mean, like like." Mari blushed from head to toe and turned to look at Tikki.

"What? HAha no way uh-uh not happening. I like Adrien."

"Don't push away the idea of Chat, Mari. Chat obviously has feelings for you."

"No Tikki...he's in love with Ladybug. He would never love me. Neither would Adrien." Mari turned away and closed her eyes to rest.

"Goodnight Tikki, thank you for talking with me." Tikki looked sadly at Marinette and flew towards her bed under Mari's.

"Goodnight, Marinette."

Mari laid there for awhile unable to fall asleep. She kept thinking about what Tikki had said. 'What If I do like Chat? But why now? Adrien and I just started to get closer why would I develop for feelings for someone else now?' She started thinking about all her times with Chat. All the times they've fought together, and all the times he has thrown himself in front of her to protect her. She remembered all the times he would kiss her hand and would hug her like she meant something. How his hand felt against her head earlier, and about how he was so close she could feel his breath brushing over her face, how warm his lips were when she had kissed him to break Dark Cupid's curse. She started to blush and touched her lips. 'Oh my god...I do like Chat. Oh no. I always felt obligated to keep things professional and secret with the mask on I never let myself think like that. Oh god. But I really do like Adrien a lot. What in the world am I going to do?' She huddled up into her blankets and tried her best to go to sleep.


I've realized that my chapters are rather short I'm sorry! I also realized I wrote one day in for chapters but from now I'll just do a whole day in one chapter haha I think it'll go smoother that way, Thank you so much for all your support! Hope you enjoy this chapter :)