The thought had occurred to chat that he was currently the only one in the squad to know everyone's identity. But what to do with this information.

The more crazy ideas he thought of the more crazy ways he could get them all into trouble. And real trouble at that. One wrong move with this information could lead to their identities being leaked to someone they didn't want to know. Like hawkmoth.

The more Chat thought about it the more it gave him a headache. Plus with Winter fast approaching he now had to decide how to make his move on Marinette. He had been using Alya to dig up some information on her. It took some convincing for Alya to give up the information and when she finally gave in and told him it wasn't the answer he wanted.

"Im sorry Adrien, she just doesn't seem to be into you like she was last year. I don't know whats happened. But don't give up because I don't think it would take much for her to feel for you again. I mean, you saw her when she had a fever. She was worse than Chloe"

Adrien repressed a shiver. Although Chloe was hs oldest childhood friend she was rather clingy. But then he knew that was over compensating for other secrets the blonde girl had.

It was times like this Adrien wished he had a confidant. Someone he could really confide to all these things. Someone to just bounce ideas off of. Instead he was reduced to transforming to Chat Noir and trying to run away from his thoughts. Literally.

"CHAT!"

He turned to the direction of the voice and realised he had managed to land on the roof across the street from the bakery. He smiled and although he had said he wouldn't pursue Marinette as Chat he wasn't about to pass the opportunity to speak to someone.

"Princess" he smiled as he landed in front of her bowing deeply "and what doth thou fair maiden need on this beautiful autumn evening.

Marinette rolled her eyes "If I knew you were in one of these moods I wouldn't have called you over" she smiled playfully and Chat knew banter was just their way of flirting.

She dropped down into her room and beckoned Chat to follow. This wasn't unusual but it did lead to Chat wondering if he really should be going in there after promising himself to stay away. 'Ah well whats the harm.'

Upon reaching the room he saw Marinette sitting on her chaise with tears running down her face. He stood a bit awkward for a second but realised she had invited him in and she obviously needed someone.

He sat next to her and put an arm around her. "Princess?"

"Im sorry Chat. I didn't mean to call you in to cry on you like this. Im so sorry. I'm so confused. I just don't know who to talk to and, I , well, I saw you and I just-"

Chat rubbed her back "its ok, just tell me, whats wrong?"

"Well, I'm... well, I'm part of this club you see and in this club there is a guy who really likes me but its an internet club so he doesn't really know what I look like only by my profile. You see? Well this guy has like me for ages but I liked someone in my class at school but this internet guy was around all the time and I got to know him really well and I fell for him. I fell hard. But now my friend Alya is asking me questions about my friend from class and she sort of told me that he might have a crush on me and now im so confused. I really like them both but they both know two completely different sides of me and its just gone all really very wrong."

She tucked her feet under herself and buried her head in chats chest. She had spent hours trying to think up of a way to tell her parents why she was so sad and the clear air on the roof had helped clear her head for the idea and then shed seen Chat.

Chat held her closer. He was pretty sure the internet club was a cover up. She could hardly come out and tell him she was ladybug and had fallen for him. It was however very gratifying to know that she had fallen for both sides of him just as much. Although, he already knew that.

"Well, it seems like we have ourselves a very similar situation." she stopped sobbing to listen but kept her head buried.

"As you know I am madly and deeply in love with my lady. Alas, I don't really know her all too well and sometimes she can be distant. I knew there was someone else she liked but I always had faith that she would see that we are destined." He sighed "But then I met someone."

Marinettes head snapped up and looked at him a mix of horror and shock and he just smiled at her. "Someone very close to me" he looked at her pointedly and she blushed a little.

"and now I find myself more and more attracted to this person. I realised-" he was treading on dangerous ground "i realised that her and my lady have a lot in common. Brave and smart and selfless and, well, creative. The more I saw what they had in common the more I realised, not only do I seem to have a type" he rolled his eyes "but that its ok to love more than one person."

He steadied his breath. "This- internet guy, - have you told him how you feel? Have you made a committed relationship with him? Met him without the protection of the screen? I think your missing only one key ingredient in all of this fiasco."

Marinette looked at him puzzled. 'Seriously, he thinks one thing will sort my troubles?'

"Communication." He smiled at her "meet him outside the computer screen. Behind the mask as it were" he smiled nervously not wanting to give himself away "you know. Maybe you will be surprised and find out his profile picture is really not a good likeness of him or that he has really really bad hair" he flipped his own hair which made her laugh.

"How much do you know about this online guy? I mean-" He could see Tikki behind Marinette with a face that could kill. She was waving her little arms across her self and outwards to signal him to stop.

He didn't stop.

"What it this internet guy and the guy from your class are actually one in the same?"

Marinette bit her lip. It was never worth toying with the idea that Adrien and Chat could be the same person. She wasted about 6 months of her life day dreaming about that reality only to realise she was setting herself up for absolute misery if it wasn't him. She definitely couldnt entertain that idea now. Although Chat was right. They really did need to reveal to each other and soon.

"Thanks Chat. I think your right. Not about the internet guy and being the same guy from my class but that I really do need to meet this guy, face to face."

Chats heart was beating a thousand miles a minute.

She shooed chat off with a pastry bag of goodies. Just as he was about to leave he turned and looked at her seriously.

"This internet guy... he isnt really an internet guy right?"

Chat was adorable when he looked nervous. She couldnt tell him outright. She just smiled and chucked a cushion at him. "Of course it is, what else would it be, now get out you stray"

He stuck a croissant in his mouth and smiled widely as he jumped out of the room and off to his own house.