Hello beautiful people! About those Easter eggs from last chapter...Tikki mentions several names (Louis, Emma, Felix, and Bridgette) and if you haven't picked up on it: Louis and Emma are two of the three names Marinette wants to name her future kids, and Felix and Bridgette are the original 2D anime characters that Adrien and Marinette replaced for the 3D animation.

Chapter 10

Adrien burst through the doors of the boys' bathroom and locked the main entrance door behind him. He tossed his bag on the ground by one of the sinks, earning a yelp and scowl from Plagg as he flew out in the open.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Plagg grumbled, "I'm very fragile, I'll have you know! So don't go throwing me around like a ragdoll," the black kwami crossed his arms and turned up his nose at the blond model boy.

Adrien cocked an eyebrow at the black cat creature before finally glancing up at the mirror; his jaw dropped in shock as his emerald eyes widened at the guy staring back at him. He slowly brought his hand up to his nose, bewildered by the red and puffy bulge that resided there.

"M-Marinette said it wasn't that bad!" the model croaked, touching his finger to the blood dripping from his nostril.

"Well, it's not like your nose fell off…" Plagg rolled his cat eyes as he floated next to his charge.

"I'm bleeding!" Adrien cried, "Father is going to kill me…wait, I-I can't see Ladybug like this!" Adrien grabbed a paper towel and ran it under some lukewarm water before dabbing the welt on his face and wiping away the blood.

"Relax, kid, the mask will hide it," the petite cat kwami retorted as he flew into the backpack to retrieve the homemade Chat Noir mask. Plagg dropped it in Adrien's hands, who put it on to see it did, in fact, cover up the swollen nose.

"But, I still look like me—as in I still look like Adrien," Adrien mumbled, studying himself in the mirror.

He reached into his shoulder bag and pulled out the black blazer and green tie, as well as the clip-on cat ears, and laid them out over the sink. Adrien yanked his pink tie off and tossed into the opening of his bag before donning the green necktie and black suit jacket. He fastened the buttons down the front of his jacket and secured the ears Marinette made in his blond locks. He stood back to look himself over, an unsatisfied look manipulating his facial features.

"It's the hair," Plagg piped up.

"Huh?"

"Here, let me," the kwami stated with a smug grin on his face. He charged for Adrien's head, causing him to flinch, but Plagg landed in the model's golden hair instead. He tossed around and disarranged the blond locks until it looked like Adrien just rolled out of bed. The black cat backed away from his handiwork and gave a nod of approval. The boy spun around to look in the mirror again and was extremely pleased with his appearance.

"I think that did the trick, Plagg," Adrien squealed with delight, meticulously examining his reflection and running a hand through his wild hair. He scooped up his backpack and slung it over his shoulder before heading towards the exit. "Now, to join my lady on stage."

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Marinette charged into the girls' bathroom and checked under the stalls to make sure she was alone before locking the entrance door. The last thing she needed was someone walking in while she was changing. Marinette had stopped at her locker on the way to drop off the rose from Adrien as well as swap her ballet flats for her shiny black heels; in Tikki's opinion, running in heels wasn't the most graceful picture, at least when Marinette did it. The ladybug kwami told Marinette to wait before putting her heels on, but the bluenette's stubbornness ignored Tikki's suggestion.

"Okay, okay, okay…" Marinette mumbled to herself shakily as she placed her purse on the rim of the sink, slipped off her baby pink dress, and turned it inside out—something she also should have taken her heels off for—before pulling it on again.

Unlike the 'Marinette dress', the 'Ladybug dress' was a bright red, much like Ladybug's suit, and was covered in medium-sized black spots. While the two dresses had the same form-fitting bodice, strapless sweetheart neckline, and swooping back, the Ladybug dress' skirt was layered with ruffles up to the waist. Where the ruffles stopped, a thick, black ribbon was tied around into a bow in the back. Marinette glanced up in the mirror with an approving smile about how the finished dress looked.

Marinette shuffled over to her pink pouch and pulled out her ladybug-print mask and red gloves. She secured the ladybug mask on her face and slipped on the red gloves that came up to her elbows. The blue-haired girl looked up at the mirror before taking her bun out and letting her loose curls hang down at her shoulders and frame her face. She recalled Chat saying her hair looked nice down, so maybe he'd think Ladybug's hair looked nice down, too. Wait, why should it matter what Chat Noir thought?

"All my hard work down the drain," Tikki sighed as her chosen let her blue-black locks fall to her freckled shoulders. Marinette, in return, gave the red kwami a loving smile.

"You can help me fix it afterwards," Marinette offered with a smile before turning back to the sink. "Hold this for a sec, please," she said as she passed Tikki her smartphone. She turned her pink purse inside out so the red inside was now facing out. Her kwami dropped the phone back in the pouch before Marinette clicked it shut.

The Parisian girl started for the door but before she unlocked it, she felt something tug at her hair. Marinette pivoted around to see Tikki wearing a smirk on her adorable spotted, red face. The blue-haired girl shot the kwami a look of confusion, causing the bug-like creature to speak up.

"Forgetting something?" she voiced.

"Again? I don't think so…I have everything like I did before I left home," Marinette shrugged. Tikki gestured to Marinette's neck, painting on an even more bewildered expression onto the girl's face. Marinette touched her fingers to her chest and felt a cold metal chain hanging from her neck. "My necklace! Thanks, Tikki!"

Marinette fumbled with the clasp in back to remove the necklace, but it took a helping hand, or rather, paw, from the ladybug kwami. Tikki tossed the cat necklace into the void that was Marinette's purse before exiting the bathroom. "Now to see my silly kitty."

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Marinette fiddled with her dress' ruffles as she stood shyly outside of the closed gymnasium's doors. She peered into the gym to see the crowd of people waiting—some patiently and some impatiently. Marinette wasn't all that surprised that Chat Noir hadn't shown up yet, after all he tends to be a tad late to the battlefield.

"Evening, M'Lady."

Marinette jumped at the hushed voice and spun around quickly only to be greeted by a masked blond. She instantly recognized her homemade Cat Noir mask and ears, provoking a smirk of satisfaction to wander onto her lips.

"You clean up nice, Kitty," Marinette joked as she crossed her arms and shifted her weight to the side.

"And you look beautiful as always, Ladybug," Adrien replied, the sight of his lady taking his breath away. "But, I didn't think it was possible for you to look even more radiant, like you do tonight." He knelt down on one knee and took her gloved hand in his bare hand to kiss her knuckles. The blond was most surprised that Ladybug actually let him kiss her hand instead of the usual 'push-him-away-by-the-nose'.

"Th-Thank you," Marinette blushed slightly, pulling her arm back to her side. She noticed that Chat Noir hadn't moved his right hand from behind his back, and before she could question it, Chat spoke up.

"This is for you, M'Lady," he swung his right arm around from behind his back and presented a rose to the bluenette. It was a single red rose with a black, lacey ribbon tied around the stem. "Happy Anniversary."

"That's what I forgot!" Marinette brought her red-gloved hand to her Ladybug mask and let out an exasperated groan. Adrien looked at her, confused, and was about to say something before his lady cried out again, "I completely forgot the present I made for you! I'm such a-"

"Hey, it's fine, don't worry about it," Adrien assured, grabbing his masked lady's attention, "Besides, seeing you is the best gift I could ever ask for." He extended his hand that was clutching the red rose out to Marinette.

"Aw, Chat, don't make me blush," she giggled before reaching her hand out to accept the flower, but the blush had already crept onto her cheeks.

Marinette hesitantly took the rose from the masked Adrien, their fingers brushing, and she noticed something else tied to the flower's stem. She studied the silver, infinity ring woven into the black ribbon and stared up at the blond, wide-eyed.

"I-It's a promise ring…" Adrien sheepishly said, scratching the back of his head, "…to represent that…one day…w-we'll be together," he looked down at the floor, avoiding his lady's gaping expression. The silence between the two was deafening, and Adrien was too embarrassed to meet his lady's bluebell eyes. Maybe I went too far with the ring? he wondered, Maybe I overstepped my boundaries? I mean, it's not like I actually proposed to Ladybug, but it still might have been too much…

"Chat, I-"

"Dudes and dudettes, Ladybug and Chat Noir will be here any second now!" The gym erupted into cheers and applause at the DJ's announcement. Marinette turned to Adrien only to see him right by her side with his elbow jutted out to towards her.

"Shall we, M'Lady?" Adrien beamed.

Marinette stared at him a moment, before looping her arm around his and grinning widely at her kitty. She grasped the red rose in her other hand and rubbed the promise ring between her thumb and forefinger. "Let's do this." The two pushed open the doors together and entered the gym, almost deafened by the shouts and cheers they received upon walking in.

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