A/N: Hi everyone! Thank you for all your reviews! Here is the next chapter. There will be one more chapter to this story arc, but i have this story set up for at least 3 more story arcs after this, so lots more chapters. I hope youll stick with me as we go and I hope you enjoy this chapter!

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Chapter 13: Just to Have One Moment With You

Several moments passed in mostly silence. Both Marinette and Adrien crying as the events of the day washed over them. Marinette's mind tried to process everything that she had just learned.

She and Adrien had both broken each other's hearts all those weeks ago. They had both run to each other for comfort and for a few small moments, they had found it. She was sure she'd find herself squealing later on over the fact that she and Adrien had shared that night together, but right now there was too much emotion to be happy.

The memory of that day in the convenience store flashed through her mind. He had known since then about the possibility of her being pregnant. Chat had shown up on her balcony, no doubt in the hopes that Marinette would tell him, but she had pushed him away. So then, Adrien had helped her. He had decided to prove himself to be an amazing person time and time again. No matter how much she had tried to handle things on her own.

He never gave up trying to be there for me. She pulled back from their embrace and reached up to hold his face in her hands. His eyes were red and puffy and his face was wet. He kept his eyes downcast, as though afraid to look at her.

"I'm sorry." The words spilled from her mouth as soon as she opened it. "I was a coward for not telling you about everything as soon as I found out. I was so afraid of what would happen if I did. That you would hate me for being Marinette and Ladybug. That you might think I was playing with your feelings, but I wasn't. I never meant to." She pulled her hands away from his face and stared down at her lap. "I always cared about you, as Chat and Adrien. You were always there for me and I never wanted to lose that."

It was Adrien's turn to hold her then. He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her into his lap as they sat on the classroom floor.

Marinette buried her face in his chest. "I wish I had just told you everything to begin with."

Adrien brushed his hand against her hair, "I didn't exactly make things any easier on us." He sighed, "I could've just been brave and told you I was Chat. That would've cleared things up really fast, but I was scared too. I was scared you would find out that I was Chat and hate me for that night. I guess we both messed things up."

Marinette laughed against his chest.

"Marinette?" he asked softly.

She tilted her head and peered up at him, but when she saw the exhaustion in his eyes she pushed herself the rest of the way up. She sighed, "We probably have a lot we should talk about. But I think we both probably need time to process everything. And maybe a nap."

Adrien nodded. "That's probably a good idea. Can I come see you tonight?"

"Yeah," Marinette smiled at him. "I'd like that."

The two awkwardly disentangled themselves from each other and Adrien stood before holding out a hand to help Marinette up. As they headed to the door, Marinette looked down bashfully. "I'm sorry about Alya. She shouldn't have-"

Adrien held up a hand. "Don't worry about it. I have a feeling she and I will wind up talking about everything again later." He opened the door and was surprised to see Nino waiting just a few feet away watching a video on his phone. He looked up when they exited.

"Hey dudes, you okay?" Nino asked, walking over to them.

Marinette rubbed her arm, "Yeah, I think we will be." She looked around, "Where's Alya?"

Nino gave a nervous smile and rubbed the back of his head. "I told her it might be better if she went home. She feels really bad though." He held out his hand to Marinette and waited until she held out her own hand before he opened his. Two little ladybug earrings dropped into her hand. "I think these are yours."

Marinette nodded closing her hand over the earrings, grateful to have them back, but at the same time conflicted. "Thank you. Do you think Alya will be okay?"

The deejay gave a small laugh. "She'll be fine once she recovers from feeling embarrassed over her outburst. And, seeing the videos from today's akuma battle will probably make her feel a little better too."

Adrien grinned, "She was really great out there for her first time with the yo-yo."

There were two loud cell phone tones and Marinette and Adrien each dug in their bags for their phones. Adrien answered his first while Marinette checked her texts.

"Hi Nathalie," he answered. "Yes, I'm fine. I had to hide out with my friends because of the akuma attack. Marinette is safe as well. I'll make sure she gets home safely. Thanks, Nathalie. No, I won't be needing the car. Bye."

As he finished talking to Nathalie, Marinette sent a reply to her mom's text.

Yes, Mom. I'm fine. I'm with Adrien and Nino. Be home soon. Love you.

She looked up, "I should probably be getting home. I'll see you guys later?" She started to walk toward the school doors.

Adrien took a step forward then faltered. He wanted to follow her, to offer to walk her home but things seemed too complicated right now.

"Want me to see her home?" Nino offered, clapping his hand on Adrien's shoulder.

Adrien smiled, grateful to his friend. "Yeah, thanks. I don't want to make things any more awkward." He waved good-bye to Nino then peaked into his shirt pocket to see Plagg. "So, that could have gone worse."

After arriving back at her home, Marinette greeted her parents and hurried up to the apartment to grab some food. Tikki floated next to her as she searched the cabinets for something to eat.

Tikki watched as Marinette filled a bowl with leftover chow mein and filled a glass with milk. "I'm actually surprised you are even going to eat."

Marinette placed everything on a tray before carrying it up to her room. "If it weren't for the baby, I probably wouldn't eat with so much to think about, but the doctor said it's important I don't skip meals."

She began eating her lunch while she watched the news on tv. They were reporting on the earlier akuma attack and she was relieved to see that no one seemed to notice anything odd about Ladybug. "At least, I don't have to worry about that."

"What do you plan to do about being Ladybug?" Tikki asked quietly from beside her.

Marinette sighed, "I'm not sure. I mean, I know I can't be Ladybug anymore… but if I give up my Miraculous, I won't get to see or talk to you." She groaned and smacked her forehead with her hand. "And that is super selfish considering that the whole point of being Ladybug is to protect Paris!"

Tikki giggled, "Don't worry, Marinette. Everything will be fine."

They watched a clip play of Ladybug fighting the akuma. "Wow. Alya did really great today."

"Yes, she did. But you always knew she would make a good superhero." Tikki bumped her chosen's hand affectionately. "Maybe you can talk to Master Fu and see what he thinks is best until you can resume being Ladybug."

Marinette nodded, "Yeah, that sounds like a good idea." She leaned back with a deep breath. "Now, what to do about Adrien?"

"What do you want to do?" Tikki clicked the mute button on the control. "Does him being Chat change anything that you had already planned?"

Marinette closed her eyes for a moment before reopening them. "You know, Tikki? I really don't know what it changes."

Tikki flitted up toward Marinette's balcony. "Maybe some fresh air?"

"Yeah, maybe."

Adrien threw himself down onto his bed after barely touching his lunch. He gave a lovesick sigh that made his kwami gag.

"Please try to keep the mushiness to a minimum," Plagg groaned. "I am trying to eat." He took a large bite of camembert and swallowed the chunk whole.

"Plagg, don't you get it? This is tied as the biggest discovery of my life!"

"The first being?"

Adrien propped himself up on an arm. "The first being that I'm going to be a dad. The second being that I'm going to marry Marinette Dupain-Cheng who also happens to be…" his voice dropped to a whisper, "Ladybug."

Plagg rolled his eyes at the second sigh as the teen dropped back onto the bed. "Hate to break it to you, kid." Plagg floated over him, "But she still hadn't said yes to marrying you."

Adrien choked on his saliva, sitting up suddenly. "What? Of course she did!"

Plagg dropped down next to him. "At what point did she tell you 'Yes, I will marry you'?"

Adrien let his mind replay the conversations of the day. Then he clapped his hands over his eyes and threw himself back against his pillows. "She never said yes!"

"Sorry to burst your bubble."

Adrien moved his hands, "Plagg, you don't think this could be the deciding factor, do you?" he asked. "Like she was going to say yes, but then she found out I'm Chat Noir and she'll reject me? What if she doesn't even want us to fake date anymore? Or would it be real dating?" he groaned. "This is the worst day ever."

Marinette leaned against her balcony watching people on the streets below walk by, enjoying their day. "Tikki, how can everything seem so… normal? My life has changed so much in the last few hours, not to mention the last few months, but everything goes on like normal."

"It can be hard to believe. I've seen days where entire towns were destroyed and things went on like normal in the rest of the world. It's just how things work." The kwami watched her closely. "Marinette, what are you thinking? I know when you talked to Alya you had decided against marrying Adrien. But what about now?"

Marinette sighed, "I don't know, Tikki. I mean, I said no because I felt everything was based on a lie, but I guess it isn't. Adrien really is the father. Adrien really loves me. He really wants to be a part of our child's life." She pushed away from the railing and moved to pick up her watering can. "I think, I'm just not sure if he really feels enough love for me to be stuck with me for the rest of our lives." She poured some water onto one of her plants, realizing how she had been neglecting them.

"And what about you? Do you love him enough to see yourself spending your lives together? As a family?" Tikki asked.

Marinette moved to another planter. "I've always loved Adrien. I dreamt of marrying him, and while I never considered Chat seriously, he has been arguably one of the most important people in my life." She took a deep breath, "So yes, I guess I can. But that doesn't tell me anything about his feelings and I can't make a decision without being sure that this is what he wants too."

She swung around to the next planter and heard the sound of water hitting paper. "What's that?" she set down the water can before grabbing the folded piece of paper from the planter box.

"That looks like it came from your sketch pad."

Marinette carefully unfolded the paper and was surprised to see it was covered in neat handwriting. She lowered herself into a chair and began to read. The first lines were crossed out but she could still make out the words enough to understand.

Marinette, if something is going on please tell me. I know there's something you are (A/N: this part was crossed out but doesn't let me. The rest is normal.)

Marinette,

I want you to know I care about you. If you need to talk to me, I am here for you. I will do anything to help. Please, just tell me. I'll come by again tomorrow if you want to talk.

Chat

Marinette stared silently at the letter. It was obvious from the words that this was from a while ago, but…

"The night after I found out. When I locked Chat out, that must be when he wrote this and then…" she took a shaky breath, "And then he came to my rescue with the doctor office and at school and did everything to be there for me even with me being stubborn." She laughed and was surprised to find there were tears on her cheeks. "Tikki, he really does love me, doesn't he?"

The kwami nuzzled her cheek. "I'd have to say he does."

The teen nodded, "Then I think I know what I want to do."

After fidgeting the entire afternoon, Adrien managed to barely make it through his Chinese lesson and homework before forcing down food at dinner. He then paced his room anxiously until the sun had completely set.

"It's eight-thirty. Do you think that's late enough?" he asked Plagg.

The kwami shrugged, "I don't know. You humans with your confusing words. Should've just made an appointment."

"Plagg!" Adrien shook his head, then reached out and bumped the kwami gently with his fist. "Thanks for trying to keep me distracted all afternoon. But it's time to go, let's hope my bad luck doesn't effect me tonight."

"Don't get all mushy again. You'll be fine," he muttered.

Adrien grinned, "Plagg, claws out!"

Soon, he was soaring above the Parisian rooftops until he found himself across from Marinette's balcony. He watched her room for a minute. The light was on, but he couldn't sense any movement inside of the upstairs bedroom. Maybe he was here to early. Maybe I should take a lap or two around the city first. He felt an electricity through his body that he supposed could be attributed to nerves. He extended his baton to take the first leap when be caught sight of movement.

His heart leapt instead of his body and he changed his direction toward her balcony before jumping over to it. He landed softly and stepped over to the trap door before knocking. I hope her parents aren't with her, that would make this difficult to explain.

He heard footsteps and the sound of creaking wood before the trap door was pushed open. Marinette peered up at him through the dark. Her face was tinged pink and she was breathing hard. But her smile that reached up to make her eyes sparkle, was what made him feel like swooning.

"H-hey, Marinette," he greeted and he hated himself for how breathless he sounded.

She blinked up at him for a moment, "Hi, um, hi Chat."

Chat held out a hand and helped to pull her up onto the balcony. He watched as her free hand tugged at one of her pigtails.

"Um, if you want to detransform, Tikki is inside and she and Plagg could hang out while we talk. Tikki said he likes cheese."

Chat chuckled, "Yeah, that's an understatement. But sounds good." He took a breath, feeling nervous about detransforming in front of her. Which was funny considering he had already been far more naked with her. "Claws in."

A green light whirled around him and then the black costume was gone, leaving only Adrien Agreste.

"Finally! You two enjoy your awkward conversation," Plagg teased before darting into the bedroom below.

Adrien rubbed at the back of his neck. "Sorry about him. He's a bit of a pain."

Marinette fidgeted, trying to adjust her shirt and not focus on the boy in front of her. "It's okay. I mean, he's fine. I'm- you're fine." She groaned. And now I'm stuttering again. She looked up at Adrien through her lashes and saw he was smiling down at her.

"Sorry, I guess I'm kind of nervous," she stepped to the side and gestured to the chairs nearby. "Do you want to sit?"

Adrien nodded, "Yeah! I mean, yep that sounds good."

Marinette noticed the way he wasn't looking at her directly anymore. "Are you, um, nervous too?" she asked, taking a seat. A part of her couldn't believe she was asking Adrien Agreste/Chat Noir if he was nervous since she didn't think she had ever really seen him be nervous.

Adrien sat on the other chair and stared at his hands as he twisted his miraculous. "Yeah. I'm pretty nervous too. I guess I wasn't very good at hiding that, huh?" he gave her a grin before it faltered again.

"Well, I think we need to talk." Marinette cleared her throat, "About a lot of things. Since our situation seems to have, um, changed."

The light dimmed in Adrien's eyes and he looked away. "Oh, right." He swallowed hard, "Are we breaking up?"

Marinette stared at him. Was that really what he thought? He already knew she liked Adrien, so why would this make them break up?

"Actually," she could feel her face warm. "It's kind of the opposite?" her statement came out as a question and Adrien's head snapped around, his eyes locking onto hers.

"What?" he breathed out the word.

"I, um, well. I never gave you an answer about the whole marriage thing. And while I still think we are too young for that, I have wanted to marry you for a long time. So, if it'll make things easier for you and keep your father happy, then… yes."

Adrien stared at her, mouth dropping open. He was silent long enough that Marinette started to worry she had done something wrong. "I mean, only if you want to. If you don't then we can wait. Not that we have to get married. You don't even have to-"

Two strong arms wrapped around her as Adrien nearly tackled her in a hug. "Yes. Yes, I want to marry you too." His breath tickled her ear as he spoke. "Marinette, I love you too."