Cat Noir successfully used his cataclysm on the classroom door, and one by one lowered all of the students out of the window so that they wouldn't have to run past the fighting happening in the gym.
After everyone was marked safe, he ran back inside to look for Marinette. It was a gut instinct that told him to run after her when she left class. She just didn't look well. Her face had been beet red and she looked like she was going to vomit. He had only just reached the girl's bathroom when their Principal came storming through the hall.
He knew Ladybug was fighting and soon he would be back at her side, but Marinette was too special to him. He had to find her.
As he rounded the corner towards the girl bathroom, he stopped a bit awkwardly outside of it and knocked. "Is anybody in here?" he yelled. When no response came, he slowly opened the door but found the room completely empty.
He looked down at his hand. He had used the cataclysm early and was already a paw light down. "Claws in!" he yelled, and his kwami Plagg circled in front of him.
"Is it over?" Plagg asked, clutching his stomach, "I didn't think we won yet."
"We didn't," a now normal-looking Adrien answered. "Here's some cheese, let me know when you're ready to go again."
Plagg flew towards the very small piece of cheese that Adrien had pulled out of his pocket. He thought about complaining, but Adrien looked a little too worried.
"What's wrong, Adrien?"
"I can't find Marinette," Adrien sighed. "I really hope she's ok."
"You really like this girl, don't you?"
Adrien paused to lean against one of the sinks. "It's… complicated. When I'm with Ladybug, all I want to be with is Ladybug, but when I'm with Marinette, I feel like I want to be with her too. I know you can't like two different people. It's been messing with my head for a while now."
"Ok, first of all, you can definitely like two people," Plagg answered in between bites. "Second of all, what were you going to tell Marinette after class then?"
"I was going to…" Adrien paused to look in the mirror. A slight blush was creeping across his face. "I was going to maybe see if she wanted to go to the movies with me."
Plagg's eyes widened. "So, you're choosing her?"
"Well, kind of." He scratched his head. "I think spending more time with Marinette will help me really figure out my heart. Plus," Adrien smiled, "she's so kind and fun, I know we'd have a good time."
"Ok, then," Plagg replied, swallowing the last bite.
"So, I need to find her. I need to make sure she's ok."
"She is ok!" Plagg rolled his eyes, "she's busy fi-uh," he paused. Adrien was blinking at him. "I mean she probably ran away, let's transform!"
"She fi…" he narrowed his eyes, "fi-what?"
"I was going to say fighting, but that's just silly! Because she should leave that to you!" Plagg laughed nervously, "let's go, Cat Noir time!"
Adrien stared at him. Plagg was never this hyped to transform and he really hadn't given him that much cheese. Something was up… but it could wait. "Claws out!" he yelled, and at once Plagg swirled around him and he turned back into Cat Noir.
Running through the gym, he stopped short when he saw their Principal in his normal form. Ladybug had changed the akuma back to normal and was waving it goodbye.
"You missed the bye-bye," she laughed, "I liked it when we said it together yesterday."
"Sorry, M'lady," Cat Noir bowed. "I had to change back using my power so early. Didn't think you'd finish this so quick!"
"I feel like myself today, Cat Noir," Ladybug spoke confidently, with a much bigger smile on her face. "But, speaking of changing back…"
Cat Noir gulped as Ladybug jumped off the stairs to join him on the gym floor.
"I know I said I want us to reveal who we are to each other, but that wasn't fair. I would like you to know who I am, but if you're not ready to show me who you are, then that's more than ok. You should take all the time you need, and if in the end, it makes you too uncomfortable, then don't worry about it."
Cat Noir shook his head in awe. Ladybug was truly amazing. Getting over her was going to be difficult, but considering he had started falling for someone else, that didn't mean that it would be impossible. "You're a great friend, Ladybug, but…" he smirked, "a reveal is coming your way soon. I hope you're ready!"
She laughed. "I will be, Kitty! Until next time." With that, she copied him and bowed and then ran out through the school doors.
