Okay so I didn't update on the Friday no biggie, I've been all over the place lately, and so has my sleep schedule, for some reason I've been going to bed earlier, basically I've been getting tired before it's even midnight, now to some of you that's probably normal, but to me it's like...what why? XD

But anyways, I've been receiving a lot of reviews on DeviantART, which is surprising since I'd kind of expect FanFiction to have more reviews but eh oh well, I'm not demanding you guys review every chapter I'm just stating a fact. ;) So, looks like you guys might be in for one hell of a chapter. Well, hopefully I get to the part I want to get to in this Chapter otherwise this Chapter is going to be slightly longer. :D

Enjoy another Chapter of A New Creation! ^^

Miraculous Ladybug (C) Thomas Astruc/ Zagtoon

Chapter 11 – Acceptance

After jumping from roof to roof she finally made it to Adrien's house, she was having second thoughts on whether she should even check on him, and she felt like she was invading his privacy by doing this. But she knew that it would only take a moment to see how he was and she would be out in a hurry. It bugged her a lot that he had been away from school all week, it wasn't like him, her curious mind forced her to do this and she felt like there was no turning back now.

She landed outside his window, being sure to stay hidden, she didn't know what she'd do if Adrien caught her looking through his window, she would be so ashamed of herself and wouldn't be able to see Adrien again without thinking about that. Ladybug turned her head slightly, seeing that Adrien's windows were open to let as much light in as possible, she couldn't see him in his room at all. She had been in his room before but it had been a while, and things in his room had been changed around since then, but then she saw his door open.

Ladybug hid herself again and waited a moment, deeply hoping that he wouldn't come towards the window, and also hoping that it was him coming into his room, because she worried that he may have been absent for another reason other than being sick. After patiently waiting a few moments she turned her head again, she turned to see Adrien lying on his bed with his head buried in his pillow. It was an odd position to find him in, her first response was confusion, but then she could see his face for just a moment and saw how much pain and hurt was in his expression, it caused her heart to shatter, and she didn't know what to think.

He was feeling down, but about what? It buzzed her mind but she only came to see if he was doing alright, she didn't want to intrude more than she already did. She was about to leave when she could hear his voice, and she couldn't help but stay to listen.

"Ladybug I'm so sorry, I can't say it enough..." He cried, lifting his head from the pillow, before hiding his face again.

More confusion struck her mind, what did he have to do with her? He had been nowhere near her when she was Ladybug, what did it mean? Why would Adrien say that about her, he did nothing to hurt her, why was he apologising about nothing? It made no sense to her, and her mind refused to let her leave him alone until she knew all the facts. As much as she wanted to leave and let him be she wanted to stay too, feeling like she had something to do with why Adrien was suddenly absent.

Had he been crying this entire week, staying home from school because of something like this? Ladybug still didn't have all the facts, she felt like Adrien was making stuff up but his emotions were expressed so truly that it had to be something to do with her and him, she just couldn't make it out. She fought against her curious mind, she had to let him be, she knew at the same time she was quite possibly the reason why he was absent from school, but it made no sense. Why would he stay home because of her? He had done nothing to her.

She was about to swing herself to another building when her mind pieced together a possible answer. Could it be? Her mind thought curiously, she gasped as her heart skipped a beat, as retracted her yoyo and stayed close by the window. Was it a possibility? Her mind thought. Could Adrien be Cat Noir? It was the only thing that made sense to her, but she had to deny it, there was no way they could be the same person. Both Adrien and Cat Noir acted so differently it was almost impossible for them to be the same person. She refused to believe it, but at the same time it was the only thing that made sense why he was crying about her.

If he was indeed Cat Noir, she had a pretty good idea what he was crying about, in one way her mind wanted to accept her pieced together puzzle, but in another way she just wanted to forget about all of this and leave it be. But hearing his sobs made her heart ache to be by his side and assure him that she was alright, if he was Cat Noir he had been crying about her all week and that was why he stayed home from school. But in another way she could be thinking way off and it was something totally different, she needed to know.

But she wanted to leave too, she had stayed long enough and had to leave him be, she hated to invade his privacy, and she felt like staying any longer would only make her feel worse about being in his personal space. She felt her gut start to churn, she knew it was now that she had to leave, her sickness from the pregnancy wanting to escape through her lips caused her to suck in her lips and head for the nearest bush, she couldn't hold it in any longer. Without even thinking about her whereabouts she threw up in the bush far to her right, not realising that Adrien had full view of her if he were to look up.

Adrien heard some ruffling of bushes from outside, as one of his windows was open to keep the fresh air flowing, he lifted his head up, his vision blurry from the tears but soon his eyes focused and then he could see the love of his life emptying her stomach contents just outside his window. He gasped and dried his eyes, Plagg hid away by this point, being resting by Adrien's head the entire time.

"Ladybug!?" He cried.

Ladybug heard her name, and in the moment her mind processed the familiar sound of that voice, she shrieked, turning and falling down to her knees in shock. She looked up for just a moment to see Adrien staring right at her through his window, tears of deep embarrassment clouded her eyes as she covered them, prepared to leave and forget she ever did this. It was the worst thing she let Adrien ever see; all she wanted to do in that very moment was leave and forget everything. But as she climbed back up to her feet and reached for her yoyo, Adrien called out to her.

"Wait, stay please!" Adrien pleaded, his hands pressed firmly against the window, his eyes still wet from the tears. "I need to talk to you."

This was getting all too serious for her to handle, her mind was slowly starting to accept the pieced together puzzle. She wanted to deny it, he couldn't be Cat Noir, but there was too much evidence by this point. She tried to think of other reasons why Adrien would be like this, and why would he want to talk to her, she only saved him a few times as Ladybug and he rarely saw her which made it all the more confusing to not accept that he was Cat Noir.

She retracted her hand from her yoyo, turning to face Adrien's worried and saddened face, she could feel the shame of him seeing her do that in front of him overwhelm her, she wanted to forget everything in that moment, but at the same time she didn't want to leave Adrien like this. Wiping the tears of embarrassment from her eyes, she took in a deep sigh, turning her body fully to face him, Adrien turned away slightly, feeling nervous seeing Ladybug when he was like this, but then he made his way to the window to open it more so she could come through.

The moment he opened the window, Ladybug kept her face down hidden from his eyes in shame from what he saw a moment ago, she climbed in the window and did not look up at Adrien, she could feel his emerald eyes staring at her. She hated for doing that in front of him, it was the worst thing she done, but in another way she was relieved she didn't do that in front of him at school, it would have been much worse than this.

There was a moment of silence, the two teens standing a few feet apart from each other, both looking down for a moment before they looked up simultaneously, blushing in that instant as their tears slowly dried. Adrien spoke first, feeling that from Ladybug's shame in the bushes from before she wasn't going to speak up first. This was it, he had to tell her everything, she was in his room and he was crying about her and she saw it all, he could only assume so. This was a revelation he had been waiting for a long time, but in a way he didn't want it to be forced like this.

It was a revelation that was bound to happen at some point, but he didn't expect it to happen now. The pregnancy enforced it, they couldn't work together as parents if neither of them knew who each other really were, and that's when his mind started to wonder about who Ladybug could really be, was it possible that she was a girl he already knew? In some ways her face always seemed so familiar to him for some reason, as if he had seen her without her mask before, but he didn't know where.

"I feel like this is where I should tell you...who I really am..." He started to confess, his eyes half closed as he looked at Ladybug, who still had her head hanging low.

This was not how things were supposed to happen at all, all that Ladybug wanted to do was check on him to see how he was doing; now she was going to get so much more out of just wanting to see if he was alright. Her heart raced, she could feel it coming, her mind pieced it together already, but hearing the words slip out his lips would confirm it once and for all, there was far too much evidence pointing to him being Cat Noir, it was too late to doubt it, she felt the tears coming, this was it.

Adrien turned his head slightly, looking over to where Plagg was hidden, Plagg peeked his head up, looking at Adrien with concern, but seeing the seriousness and sincerity in his expression meant that he had to come into view. This was the moment that Ladybug would know about who he really was. The little black cat kwami flew towards the pair and then stopped, floating close to Adrien's head and ensuring that Ladybug got a full view of him.

Ladybug couldn't believe what she was seeing; her mind went blank in that moment. Adrien had a kwami, just like she did, but this kwami was much different, and she could see how Adrien and this kwami could merge together to create Cat Noir, the full green eyes, the tail, the cat ears, it all made sense. This was a tear jerking, heart wrenching moment that she was definitely not expecting to happen today, her emotions got the best of her as she realised that all this time the guy she had a huge crush on she had spent so much time with, and what made her collapse to the ground was the fact that she was having his child.

From what was meant to be a simple checking on him, turned into finding out that he was her partner as Cat Noir, and finding out that she was carrying his child, that she and Adrien were to become parents.

"It was you...all this time it was you!" She cried, hiding her swollen red eyes from him, deep feelings of shock, hurt, regret and sadness. "Adrien...I'm ever so sorry about this happening...I never knew it was you all this time!"

Adrien could feel the tears returning to his eyes, seeing how much pain Ladybug was going through emotionally right in front of him made him feel heavy with guilt, he fell to the ground with her, wrapping his arms around her tightly in support and comfort, closing his eyes as he took in deep breaths, knowing it must have been a lot to take in. But at the same time Adrien wondered why Ladybug made such a big deal about knowing who Cat Noir really was, did she know him in her personal life? Was Ladybug actually someone he knew underneath the mask too?

"Don't worry, I'm here for you. But please I must ask...how have I made you this upset? Who are you underneath the mask?" He asked, lifting her head up with a deeply worried expression, seeing how much Ladybug was trying to cover her heavy emotion printed all over her face.

It was too painful for her to bear already; she didn't know if Adrien could handle what he was about to witness. They were both students who went to the same school and were going to become parents, they fought alongside each other, were great partners, were an unstoppable team, and all this time they were both around each other so often in both their normal lives and secret lives.

She lifted herself up to her knees, keeping her head lowered as Adrien scooted a little way's away from her to get a full picture, he heard her mumble something before a brilliant flash of pink light brightened his room up, illuminating everything with a soft bright shade of pink for just a second until Adrien saw with his own eyes who the love of his life was underneath the mask.

With a sniffle, Marinette looked up, she saw the look of shock on his face, as she was expecting, but at the same time with so much new overwhelming information her mind was collapsing with all of this happening at once, and she didn't know what to expect anymore. Marinette buried her face again between her knees, Tikki sat on her shoulder in silence, Marinette felt so ashamed of herself and heavy with guilt that all this time after dreaming that she would someday be the mother of his children it was truly going to happen, but why did she feel so upset about it?

In Adrien's eyes, he saw the girl he'd always see be a clumsy girl around him, the girl that lived in the bakery and whenever he saw her early in the school morning she would always smell like fresh baked pastries. After all this time, the love of his life was right in front of him the whole time he was at school, now he was slowly starting to see how much Marinette was trying to grasp his attention because she liked him so much, that's why she was so upset about him being Cat Noir, because she loved him.

"Marinette...it was you this entire time..." He breathed, looking down, slowly closing his eyes as he let the reality hit him.

He felt so oblivious to her feelings for him, this entire time they both had feelings for each other, but it wasn't going to work because of their secret identities, and for the fact that they supposedly loved someone else which made it impossible for either of them to be together. Now both of them could see the reason why nothing was happening, it was all because of their secret lives that they didn't know about up until this point. Everything made so much more sense now, and somehow neither of them were smiling about it, but Adrien felt like he should be happy about this, knowing that she liked him in return, but at the same time, finding out after all this time that Marinette who was one of his good friends at school was also the love of his life.

And now he knew who was really carrying his child, he helped her by mistake create another human being inside of her, she was his classmate, a good friend, and now that he knew who she really was she was also the love of his life, he couldn't help but embrace her, feeling that would lessen the tension that was going on. He knew Marinette needed the hug, although he didn't know her as well as he knew her as Ladybug, he knew that those valuable aspects of her were also part of her normal life, and that was all he needed to know about her.

"I'm sorry I did this to you..." He cried softly, biting his lower lip, hoping it would stop his tears from overflowing.

Marinette looked up, seeing Cat Noir in his eyes, knowing all too well now that she had been around him so often, and that he shared those feelings for her as well, it made so much more sense why Adrien was still single after all this time, she understood why he wasn't dating anyone, it was because he was in love with her secret alter ego. And the same was to her but the opposite, they both understood perfectly why their relationship wasn't working, but now he felt like it could work, then his thoughts returned to the little being in Marinette's body.

Feeling confidence and determination in his blood, he dried his tears and rested his hands on her shoulders, looking down at her still flat stomach, but knew that there was something alive in there, that in several months will appear in Marinette's arms and he was willing to be there to support her in any way possible. Then his thoughts shifted to whether they would be together now, now that he knew all the facts and that their feelings had been mutual all this time, his mind wondered if this meant that they were together now.

But if that wasn't the case, he would respect that, he'd still be willing to support her as he was a big part of this as much as she was. He didn't want his child to feel neglect from its father much like he has been going through for the past several years himself. Adrien didn't want his child to feel that same neglect as he did, he was going to be there for his child.

"Marinette, I want you to know that no matter what you say, I will be there for you every step of the way." He assured her, determination swept across his face, before gazing into her heavenly blue eyes, causing him to smile adoringly at her.

Marinette couldn't help but smile, she felt her happiness begin to dominate, although there was still so much her mind had to process about all of this, she felt happy that now she had all the support she needed to help get through this pregnancy. Her mind started to relax itself and shift aside the shocking thoughts to help calm her down, she needed to stay as calm and less stressed as possible, and it could be bad for the baby.

"Thank you." She cried, hugging him tightly as her tears began to slow down. "Thank you so much Adrien."

Adrien returned that hug, feeling their mutual feelings intertwine one another. He was going to be there every step of the way, no matter how much fighting, stress and struggle it took, he was going to help Marinette in any way he could to help raise their child, whether it'd be together or not he was willing to help in any possible way.

After breaking from the hug slightly just to look at each other in the eyes, they could both feel their lips getting closer, desperately wanting a kiss, their eyes closed as they prepared themselves for the sweet touch of each other's lips when suddenly there was a knock at the door.

They both gasped in a panic, the sound of a voice was quickly followed after the knock, seeing that Marinette wasn't going to have enough time to transform and leave, Adrien guided her to the bathroom and quickly slammed the door before someone walked into the room, not much to his shock, it was his father again asking why he had missed an entire week of school.

"Adrien this isn't like you, you haven't even told me why you chose to ditch your schedule to sit in your room all day, this is very unacceptable, I expect more from you. This is not the son I raised." Gabriel exclaimed, gesturing out to Adrien, greatly disappointed and annoyed that Adrien had missed an entire week of his schedule over what he presumed was nothing.

Adrien tried to plead with his father, but knew it wouldn't work. There was so little his father could do to punish him as he felt like his life was far too controlled as it is, but at the same time he felt like his father was the most powerful person aside from Hawkmoth in his life. "Look father I'm sorry, can't we just forget this week ever happened? I promise I will be back on top of things starting first thing tomorrow."

Not long afterwards, Gabriel accepted Adrien's apology and expected him to be up and early to start catching up on his week late schedule. Marinette came out of hiding several seconds after Gabriel left his room. They both sighed in relief before they approached one another. Adrien was about to speak when their kwamis spoke up first.

"You two need some time apart." Tikki stated firmly.

"I know it sounds wrong but Tikki's right, both of you need some time to process all this." Plagg added with a nod.

So with that, Marinette transformed back into Ladybug and left Adrien's room, extremely shocked and moved with how that entire moment went out. It was only meant to be a quick check but it turned into something much deeper.

I think I kind of neglected the kwamis in there a little but I did try to include them where I could because I don't want to forget about them, it's just that the story isn't really focused around them it's focused around Marinette and Adrien. So anyways, I hope you're all satisfied with that Chapter! But wait, there's still more to this story? Oh boy there certainly is! This story isn't over yet! More exciting things to come! :D