"Bye, bye little butterfly, " Ladybug said as the age finished de-evilizing the latest akuma. Glancing to her right, she saw Chat Noir staring into the sky as the white butterfly flew away. He was smiling and had a calm look on his face. He turned to look at her and lifted his fist.

"Chat, about the other day," she started, wanting to apologize, but Chat cut her off.

"Don't worry about it bugaboo. I'm fine."

"Really?" she asked. It had been a strange battle. Chat had been completely focused and hadn't even let any puns slip through. She had told him to do just that as Marinette, but she hadn't expected him to be so calm about it.

"Really," he said. "I've been talking with one of my friends and she really helped me figure a few things out. I'm sorry that I was insensitive to your feelings."

"I see," she replied, remembering the conversations she had with him over the last week. They had talked about how constantly making your feelings known could make a person uncomfortable; especially when you didn't return those feelings. "You...you have a good friend there."

"Yeah, she's...amazing. I don't think I realized how much I like her."

"What do you mean?" Ladybug asked as her earrings beeped; they were almost out of time.

"Just that. She's amazing and means the world to me. I just...I think...I might like her, milady," Chat said as a blush formed under his mask while Ladybug's mind started racing. Was he really falling for her without her mask? If that was true, then Chat Noir really did love her. All of her.

"Are...are you going to tell her?" she asked, not sure how she would respond to a confession as her civilian self, but Chat shook his head.

"No. I still have feelings for you. And I don't want her to be a rebound. She deserves better than that." His ring beeped again and Ladybug knew her earrings were about to go off as well. "That's my cue. I'll catch you later!"

Ladybug watched as Chat disappeared off into the city. She pulled out her yo-yo and made way home as well. In the safety of her room, she dropped her transformation.

"Tikki?" she asked as she handed the kwami a macaroon. "He really loves me."

"You think he didn't?"

"Well, I mean, I knew he liked Ladybug, but I didn't think...I didn't think he would like Marinette too."

"You're the same person."

"But without the mask I'm..."

"Still Ladybug," Tikki said firmly, cutting her off. "You are still Ladybug without my magic. I only give you a suit, yo-yo, and a lucky charm. Everything else comes from inside Marinette."

Marinette walked over to the window and stared out towards the setting sun. Chat Noir had told her he was busy tonight, so she had time to think. She wasn't sure which bothered her more; Chat's confession or the flutter in her chest at the thought of it.