Whenever I give these kinds of things set updates and I tell people then I get really stressed out when I don't post them on time. I guess it's just me freaking out as usual...XD But anyways, some of you really liked my second interpretation of the reveal, if you're wondering why I said second then you obviously haven't read my 'Revelations' story XD

I know I'm a little late with this chapter, I've just been preoccupied with other things and I feel real bad for not updating these sorts of things on time, that's why I don't usually make schedules for these, I just upload them whenever I feel like it but usually if I do it that way, sometimes these things could go for weeks without an update.

But anyways, here's the Chapter nonetheless, hope you'll enjoy it! ^^

Miraculous Ladybug (C) Thomas Astruc/ Zagtoon

Chapter 12 – Unbearable Silence

Although both Adrien and Marinette were relieved that Hawkmoth wasn't creating akuma attacks lately it worried them both that his absence could mean something terrible, he was still out there being evil, but none of them knew what was going on. They loved that Hawkmoth wasn't sending out akumas but at the same time it worried them both deeply.

The weekend went past with a breeze, both Adrien and Marinette were able to get some schoolwork done, Adrien had rung up Nino to send in his homework that he missed, but he didn't tell exactly why he was away, all he said was that he caught a bug and he should definitely be back at school the following week.

Marinette on the other hand was starting to get ahead in her homework, Sunday night she finished the last of it and decided to do some extra, feeling a strive of motivation to get more work done before she went to sleep, however this made her stay up late and cause her to fall asleep at her desk yet again. Marinette wondered if Adrien was going to be at school the next day, but not long before she collapsed, she received a text from Alya assuring her that Adrien was going to be at school tomorrow and that he had fallen ill the previous week so that was why he was away. Marinette sighed in relief, shaking the worry off her.

Her symptoms were still all over the place, only 2 months into her pregnancy she already felt like she was being tortured everyday in some way from the symptoms. It would be either a long time in the bathroom, losing the contents of her stomach, headaches, sore back, or feeling moody every now and then. She hated it and knew that it was going to be another long seven months before she would have to endure the worst pain of all not long before the miracle of life was handed to her.

She imagined Adrien by her side, with these new thoughts about him being Cat Noir she slowly began to accept that she liked both his personal life and superhero life, but she felt like she needed much more time to grasp the overall concept of after three years of working alongside him her crush was around her almost all the time, it was almost too unrealistic to believe for her.

The next day at school was going to be not just rough for her, but rough for Adrien too as he had been absent all week last week and questions might be asked, he knew he could pull it off by just saying he had fallen ill, for a majority of the week he remained in his room on his bed, every now and then getting up to do is daily needs, but other than that it would seem convincing enough for him to say that he fell ill. Marinette worried about him, wondering if he had enough time to process everything while at the same time remaining content and focused on his work at school, she hoped he could handle it.

So as the next day arrived, Marinette woke up only to find herself in her bed where she was not supposed to be since she fell asleep at her desk. She saw a note attached to the railings of her stairs. It was from her father reminding her to take care of herself and the baby, he and Sabine didn't want her to overwork herself even though she knew now things were only going to get hectic from here on out.

With a loud yawn and a stretch, Marinette greeted her kwami as Tikki stretched also; smiling at how adorable Marinette looked as she yawned. "You look cute when you yawn Marinette." She complimented with a giggle, flying down the stairs, waiting for Marinette to follow.

A little while later while Marinette was having breakfast, she was flipping through her phone before she felt her gag reflex suddenly kick in and she couldn't eat anymore breakfast, she immediately darted for the bathroom and threw up the remainder of her breakfast into the toilet. Marinette felt in some way that she was losing weight because of this but at the same time she hated that she threw up almost every morning. It had been like this for almost four weeks and she couldn't handle much more of throwing up, the inside of her mouth was feeling burnt to a crisp every time she felt the acid in her stomach rise and gush out her lips.

After rinsing out her mouth, she put the remainder of her breakfast in the trash and went to get dressed; the starving feeling in her guts drove her insane. As she got dressed with only her underwear on, she looked at the mirror, knowing that she was in her eight week now she wouldn't be showing for a while, but as she rubbed her lower stomach she couldn't help but feel a very small hard bump close to her private region. It was the beginning of her pregnancy bump, she started to realise that because of her slim body that she was going to show through very quickly than most other expecting mothers, and especially since she was only seventeen.

Sabine embraced her daughter, knowing the pain she was going through very well. "Don't worry Marinette; I know you're strong enough to make it through this. And remember we're always here for you." She assured with a smile, before planting a soft kiss to her forehead.

Marinette sighed with a smile in response, thanking her mum again for her and Tom's support towards her pregnancy, but then she remembered that now she truly knew who the father was to her child, she stated to worry whether she should tell them about it. Would they think less of him now because of what he did to her? Marinette felt the conflict and war start in her mind; she was glad that her mother didn't ask her then and there for the father's name, but she knew it wouldn't be long before she would have to tell them it's Adrien.

Not long later, she was on her way to school. Shortly before she left her father knew she didn't eat by the way she walked a good pace out the door, knowing that she would usually be in a hurry to get to school and seeing that she still had time to get to school. He offered her a nice fresh baked cookie as a quick delicious and sweet breakfast, Marinette scoffed the cookie down and sincerely hoped that it would stay down for the remainder of the day, she left the bakery with a smile, waving to her father before she walked towards the crossing.

Her mind started to think about when she would see Adrien, since they both knew who each other were now; things were going to be entirely different for the both of them. Nothing had really been established between them, but somehow they still had feelings for each other, they hadn't truly had the time to talk about them one on one. She hoped that it would remain the same in some way that no one else would get suspicious but at the same time every glance she would give him it would be an entirely different feeling.

All weekend she had been thinking about all the times that she spent with him as Ladybug and while had was Cat Noir, it made so much sense sometimes that Cat Noir was Adrien, all the times that Adrien wasn't around when Cat Noir was and then vice versa, and those times when Adrien was with her as Ladybug, she could feel the mutual feelings rise between them, somehow deep down she knew that he felt the same way about her.

He was in love with her heroic side while she was in love with his normal side, it was a matter of conflict but in a way she felt like the two of them could somehow make it work. Learning from Tikki she knew that Ladybug and Marinette were not two entirely different people but one and the same. She had to think of Adrien and Cat Noir like that too, as they were the exact same person.

After crossing the street, she saw some students hanging around outside, and saw Alya talking to Nino. She decided to leave them be and patiently but at the same time anxiously wait for Adrien's car to arrive. Marinette checked the time, knowing his usual schedule he was usually here by now, but after checking the time on her phone she heard the sound of a car pull up. She looked up and not long after the car was pulled to a halt, Adrien appeared from the back seat, smiling with content as he grabbed his bag and slowly slammed the door shut.

He looked around, smirked as he saw Nino talking with Alya but then when he saw Marinette out of the corner of his eye, his cheeks went of fire and his muscles tensed, remembering all that happened on Friday made him feel extremely conflicted inside, and now was not the time to be talking to her, especially in front of the school and their friends. Adrien knew she was looking at him, and she more than likely had similar thoughts to him. Her eyes looked up at his and her entire face changed colour, it being tinted a light shade of red as he walked on past her, locking his eyes on her before he looked forward and went up the stairs into the building.

It wasn't long later that Alya rushed to Marinette's side, nudging her elbow with her own with a teasing smirk. "So, Adrien's back, looks like you'll be telling him how you feel about him this week, and no excuses girl. It will happen." Alya stated firmly, crossing her arms and widening her smile.

Marinette gasped at the sudden realisation that now Adrien was back Alya was going to make her confess her feelings for him, but in a way she had sort of already did that, but she couldn't tell Alya that, she would need proof of that being true. She didn't know how this was going to work by already knowing he felt the same way about her, she knew he wouldn't be shocked at all to hear that, realising that fact already that she had feelings for him for so long.

"But not today right?" Marinette asked, giving a nervous grin as she placed her hands behind her back tightly.

Her best friend rolled her eyes, knowing Marinette was going to put it off for the first couple of days and eventually put it off altogether, but Alya was determined to see Marinette conquer her fear and finally confess to Adrien about her feelings. He had been single for so long, something had to be up if he wasn't in a relationship, and Marinette telling him about her feelings might just trigger something, Alya could feel it.

"Fine, but I know you'll try and put it off for the rest of the week, so don't think I know you that well to do that. You will confess to him this week, and that's final." She informed, standing up firm with a wicked grin, teasing Marinette a little with her suggestive teasing look.

Marinette groaned in response, ending in Alya cackling in laughter. Not long later, the bell rang for class, so they all headed to their lockers. Marinette was surprised to see already that Adrien had gathered his things and was already on his way to class, she felt that in some way he was avoiding her, but the more she thought about it the more it started to make sense. However she felt like she was over thinking it, it could've just been a coincidence.

But after what happened on Friday, she wouldn't be surprised that Adrien was acting this way around her, he knew that he couldn't do anything out of the ordinary without causing questions to be raised from everyone else. She assumed that when they were both alone that's when he would start talking to her. She begged for that moment to happen, but knew that since they were about to go to class that wasn't going to happen.

So a little while later, Marinette and Alya had their books for their first class of the day and headed off to the classroom, as they both walked in, Marinette wanted to avoid looking at Adrien but her feelings couldn't help it, she desperately wanted to see that face, the face that she had seen so much before, half the time with a mask covering half his face and the rest without the mask.

She still felt like coming to terms with accepting that Adrien was really Cat Noir was going to take more than a couple of days to grasp. They had been working together side by side in both their secret lives and real lives for three years, they had been around each other so much that now all they wanted to do was spend time together after knowing who they really were.

As class went on, Marinette shot a few glances down at him, at the same time feeling him look up at her every now and then, sometimes thinking of excuses to just turn around and look at her. Adrien felt like talking to her in front of others after what happened was a nightmare, after finding so much out about her that she was Ladybug and she was carrying his child, it was extremely difficult for him to act normal around her now, desperately wanting to talk to her about this he knew he had to wait for the right opportunity to talk to her.

Class passed on with a breeze, but for Adrien and Marinette it felt like torture half the time, not being able to talk to each other about Friday since then made it all the more unbearable for them to talk normally to each other. Marinette was glad that Alya was too clueless and focused on her work to even notice that Marinette was behaving a little differently when she responded to Adrien.

Shortly before class ended, Adrien asked for an eraser, after using it he placed a piece of paper with something written on it in his hands, as he handed the eraser back to Marinette, he made sure that Marinette saw the piece of paper too and that she read it secretly. Marinette quickly behaved normal as the teacher walked on by in that very moment; after she was in the clear she opened up the piece of paper and read what it said.

I can't be like this much longer; we need to talk in private. Stay in class when the bell rings.

Marinette's eyes widened as she realised that she was going to be talking to Adrien very soon, she looked at the time and saw that there was only ten minutes left of class, she turned to Alya who was still deeply focused on her own work, she didn't even turn her eyes when Marinette stared at her, panicking as she thought of what she was going to tell Alya when she was going to stay behind in class.

As soon as the bell rang, Adrien didn't move but instead continued to do more work, seeing that he had been absent for an entire week, he had the perfect excuse for why he was staying in class. Meanwhile as Alya packed her things she saw a nervous Marinette sit there staring at her book on the desk.

"Aren't you going to pack up girl?" She asked, concerned and confused with a raised eyebrow.

Marinette hummed as she looked up at Alya, blanking for a moment before her mind processed what Alya just said to her. "Oh, I stayed up late last night doing this work, now I've only just realised it's all wrong. I'm going to stay back a little to fix it all up." She explained, smiling with her lips half sucked in nervously.

"Oh, well alright then, I guess I'll just hang out with Nino and Adrien."

In that moment, Adrien explained to Nino that he wouldn't be joining him for break just yet, as he was behind in his work and needed to stay behind. This caused Alya to widen her lips into an excited smile.

"Oh, looks like you'll be doing work with Adrien in class...all alone just the two of you." She teased, sitting on the desk winking and smirking at Marinette.

Marinette giggled shyly as she looked down at Adrien, realising that what they were going to talk about was going to hit deep and it was going to help sort out this entire situation. Her expression remained serious and nervous from that point on, but luckily by that point, Alya simply nudged her in the elbow in a tease before she headed off walking alongside Nino.

It wasn't long later that the entire class began to leave, the teacher did question the pair why they had chosen to stay in class, but both gave a similar response and she took the excuse, leaving the door wide open as she left, reminding them that the last person out had to close and lock the door. And then, the room fell silent.

Both Adrien and Marinette continued to do a little more work, Marinette was less focused on her work though since now was going to be the part where Adrien would start talking to her. After everything that happened her heart still beat a million miles an hour, he was going to talk to her one on one about all this while they were at school, she knew he was struggling to keep it together, she was too, but also fighting her raging hormones was really getting on her nerves.

Not long later, Adrien caught Marinette off guard as he spoke up and then proceeded to move next to her. Marinette jumped when she felt the sudden closeness of his body to hers. Her face entirely red but then she felt her emotions take hold and she began to cry, before Adrien could say anything to do with why he wanted to talk to her, he comforted her saying that everything was going to work out in the end.

"Marinette, I know it's hard for both of us right now. But we need to work something out today, I don't think either of us could act like this forever, even if we're able to keep out superhero lives a secret from everyone, your pregnancy has such a huge affect on me I can't hold it in unless we work something out together."

Adrien's words were kind and meaningful to her, but at the same time they caused Marinette to raise an eyebrow in confusion, remembering what he told her on Friday that he would be with her every step of the way, support her in any way he could and help raise the child. They had it all sorted out already, why did he need to raise the topic when they had sorted it all out?

But at the same time Marinette understood why he brought up the topic, lately the two of them had both been feeling conflicted and confused by this sudden shocking news about each other's secrets, and they had to sort it out together so they could act normal around others without having to suffer every single day. They both knew that it was only going to get worse so working it all out now was their best option.

"I can't either; I really need your help with this. I really can't do this alone, but how do we make this work in front of others too? Eventually I'll start to show through and everyone will be asking me questions...I would have to come clean about it." Marinette explained, feeling more tears drain down her face.

Adrien knew that the road ahead was going to be extremely bumpy for the both of them, and he knew that telling everyone exactly what was going on was harmful to their secret superhero lives, so they both had to think of a way to tell people a sort of idea what was going on without revealing the whole truth.

I may have made things more complicated there but I need to keep this story going along somehow. So, what about Hawkmoth and his mysterious absences? To be honest I was leaving him out on purpose not because of the plot, but after writing this Chapter I've thought of a more interesting way to write the next few chapters...hehe

Well, thanks for reading the chapter; hopefully the next one will be on this coming Friday. ^^