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It was three in the morning and all Marinette could hear was the sound of the raindrops knocking on her window and roof and the pair of silent breathing. It was so simple, so light. But it satisfied her to no end. It was hard to find a guy who actually cared these days, but a guy who was willing to stay with a girl who had nothing compared to what he had? As rare as an Aurora Borealis at the Equator. Or maybe as rare as a snow donut. Yeah. A guy like that was as rare as snow donuts.

But she was a lucky one, having to get a guy just like that. She had absolutely nothing compared to Adrien Agreste who also happened to be Chat Noir. Well, she had a little upper hand on Chat, she was stronger, she always claimed that. But financially? No. Physically? Oh it was adream to be as good looking as Adrien and as so darn hot as Chat. Everything else? He was Adrien Agreste, who could compete with that?

But he was there, still transformed as the superhero since the people were still there, stranded since the rain started pouring heavily since midnight. He was on her bed, right arm sprawled to her side as she rested on his chest, happy to hear the calming thump of his heart beating against her ear. He paid no mind to her that Marinette was sure that he was asleep. Well he was absurd if he was awake at three. He was not an artist who happened to have the same sleeping patterns as her.

"Princess you still awake?" He whispered

Okay rephrase that. He was absurd because he is awake at three.

"What are you still doing up?" She asked weakly, snaking her arm to lay across his stomach, "You should be sleeping, alley cat."

"I could say the same thing to you." He pointed out

Marinette chuckled a bit, the vibrations from her throat sending tingles to Chat's body.

"I'm used to this, minou. This is my usual designing time." She reasoned, "Three am is definitely created for artists."

"I can agree." He responded, "But you should seriously go to sleep."

How can she? Her mind was racing with thoughts since they got in that position four hours ago. Her mind was asking her questions about her and Chat. He clearly did not deserve a girl like her. A girl who was lying and having secrets to her almost boyfriend. She wanted to call him her boyfriend, to be honest, right then and there, and smother him with "I love you"s until both her mind and mouth was occupied with the thought. She wanted to force ir all out. But how can she? She was hiding being Ladybug from him. It was, most likely, the only thing that could save them from all the pain and hardships.

Did she trust him? Yes. Did she know that he would keep it as a secret? Yes. Did she know that it would do him harm if anybody else knew that he knew who Ladybug was? Definitely.

That was why she could never tell him about her superhero identity. It would make him confused. She had been hanging onto the last string of hope here and she was not about to cut it off.

"Is there something in your mind? You can talk about it. You seem… busy." He started

"Oh yeah that, no I was just thinking about homework." She lied, oh how she hated lying.

"Homework? Princess classes ended yesterday." He told her, "You passed your last final project, remember? The dress?"

"Yeah. Right." She muttered

Wow her lying skills were terrible now. What happened to it?

"There's something bugging you, Princess. Tell me, please, so we can fix it." He put his arm at her back, rubbing it lightly

"I can't tell you, Chat. I just can't." She responded

"So whatever happened to no secrets? Look, don't even think that I'm Chat Noir. Think that I'm Adrien Agreste. Think that I'm your best friend in the whole wide world whom you'd keeo no secrets to." He suggested

"This… this secret. It's really big. I don't want you to hurt from it." She bit her lip before she could say anything more

"What was that, best friend? You're willing to let your best friend know about your problems? Well that's fine." He said

She looked up at him, blue eyes meeting green and instantly turning her heart into a puddle. He could always pull the best reactions from her anytime, anywhere, in any given situation.

"I-If you're my best friend," she sighed, "you'd give me the privacy I want."

"Princess, I'm done with the secrets. Okay, if you don't want to, I'll go first. I miss my mother so badly. My father still treats me like his employee. Nathalie could care less these days. My physics professors are killing me. I am basically flunking in my subjects." He took a deep breath, "I love you so much that I want to be your boyfriend but I want to give you the freedom you deserve."

Marinette frowned then pecked his lips once. She pulled away and sighed, "I'm having a hard time keeping up with my job at the boutique. I overheard my co-workers talking about how I'm going to be jobless by the end of the month. I don't know how I can find another job too pay for the rent and university. I feel like my professors aren't trying hard enough for me. I feel that maybe I'll be unemployed and an undergraduate for the rest of my lonely, miserably life." She shook her head, "I'm-. My own partner doesn't have a clue what I've been up to." Chat furrowed his brows at this, "My best friend is getting suspicious about my sudden disappearances at night. I-." She closed her eyes shut, "I can't do this, Chat! I can't tell you!"

"Wait, your partner? Sudden disappearances at night?" He asked, "Princess what have you been up to?"

She took a deep breath and continued, "I'm scared that my almost boyfriend will hate me once he figures out my secret. Chat I'm scared!"

He pulled her closer, petting her hair and letting her nuzzle to his neck. She gripped whatever she could from his chest, which was basically nothing, as she tried to steady her breath and heartbeat. She practiced this for so many times and it had been so easy. Who knew this would be hard? Maybe this was why Chat never wanted to tell her his identity.

"I feel like this has happened already." He spoke, "Only it was me with the secret. You remember what you did back then when I was in the exact same place as you?"

"Mm?"

"You never let me down. You never showed that you were disappointed when you figured out who I was. Princess, I'd do the same. Please." He continued, "Trust me on this. I won't hate you or hurt you. I can never do that."

Marinette closed her eyes and whispered, "I'm Ladybug."

Chat's eyes went wide as he stared at her ceiling filled with glow-in-the-dark stars. He stopped petting her hair and almost stopped breathing if only he did not need it. His mouth hung open and he did not know what to say.

"W-What?" He said finally after an eternity of letting her wait in her suffering silence, "What did you just say?"

"I said I'm Ladybug." She repeated, now with more strength in her voice

So his ears did not make that up. Marinette was Ladybug. Ladybug was Marinette. Ladybug was his Lady. Marinette was his Princess. No wonder he took falling out of love with Ladybug so lightly. It was because he was falling in love with Marinette. Who was Ladybug, his Lady.

He grinned so wide that he was sure his face would be ripped into two, "You're not joking?"

Marinette winced at his sudden strong tone, "N-No."

"You're Ladybug!" He grinned wide, "Yes you're Ladybug! You're not lying! You're Ladybug! I fell in love with Ladybug's civilian self! This is so precious."

"So-."

"'So', what? Princess you're my Lady!" He hugged her tight, kissing the top of her head, "Oh gosh I'm the luckiest bad luck in the world right now!"

"You're not mad?" She asked, meeting with his eyes again

"Why should I be? We should have a party, Prin-, my La, my Princess!" He replied, "I'm so glad we had this talk!"

Marinette sighed in relief. She felt so light. She felt so satisfied. Now Chat knew that she was Ladybug. Now Adrien knew that she was Ladybug. Now he knew that he was loving the two sides of Marinette. Now he knew that he had the best of both worlds. Now…

Marinette frowned in dread.

Now he could make puns with both sides of her.

Oh no.

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Okay wow yay! I'm so happy!

Also teN POINTS TO CAT SON!