Ayyyyy! I actually updated in a decent time frame XD Some stuff that I've been working on for a while now is about to come together big time and I'm super excited for it! It should be happening in the next week or two and I'll let you know when it actually drops. Anyway, enough of my vaugeness, on with the story!

I do not own Miraculous Ladybug.

Tikki crossed her arms as she waited for his response. Plagg felt sick with guilt. Surely this was the big mess up that ended it all. He'd messed up already. His body felt cold and clammy while his head felt hot and dizzy. He should just get it over with and rip of the band-aid. She was definitely mad at him. So it surprised him when she suddenly reached forward and grabbed him by the shoulders.

"Plagg, breathe. Please breathe. Your face is turning purple."

He suddenly realized that he hadn't taken a breath the whole time they'd been standing there. He gulped in a lungful of air.

"Okay, good. Now just talk to me. Why do you have two computers?"

"I- um- Well, you see, I wasn't entirely sure how you felt about me in the beginning, but I really liked you and I wanted a chance to see you, so I left my computer at your house so I'd still have a chance to see you."

Her face was still impassive. "So you lied to me?"

He winced. "Not initially. I really did just have the one computer in the beginning, but then things got busy at work, and I need to finish up some stuff from home, so I bought a second computer to could take care of that."

"Why didn't you just bring your first computer home?"

He looked down, toeing at the carpet with his shoe. He felt like a five-year-old caught stealing candy. "'Cause I wasn't sure if you'd let me come back if I took it out."

A fist tapped against his chest, causing him to look up. Tikki gave him a wry smile. "That was stupid and unnecessarily complicated. Please don't do anything like that again. I know words aren't your strong suit, but try to talk to me and don't do stupid round-about things like leave computers at my house just to hang out."

He risked giving a small smile. "I don't think I need to do that anymore."

She raised an eyebrow at him.

Plagg sighed. "But I promise to work harder at sharing my feelings."

She pulled him in for a hug, letting her head nestle snuggly against his chest. "Good. Then you're forgiven."

He wrapped his arms around her in turn. The feeling that he was going to do something bigger to mess up still loomed on him, but he pushed it away for now. She was here; this was now. This wasn't like growing up where everyone had ulterior motives. He didn't think Tikki was capable of ulterior motives. Her face was a total open book.

How long they stood together like that, Plagg wasn't sure. He was sure that it was the growl from his stomach that interrupted the moment.

Tikki pulled back with a small laugh. "We should probably eat before the food burns."

The food was safe, and they both settled in on Plagg's couch since he'd neglected to buy a kitchen table. As a bachelor, he'd eaten most of his food either on his couch or at his desk. He made a mental note to get one, though Tikki didn't seem too upset by the turn of events. They'd finished eating, and she was currently tucked against his side. Her head was resting against his shoulder, and she kept nosing him whenever she moved. He was about two steps from death, but at least it would be a happy death.

As he felt her breath ghost against his neck he suddenly remembered something. "Hey, Bug?"

"Hmmm?" She tilted her head back and now it was her lips that were brushing against his neck instead.

Gosh darnit! Didn't she know what she was doing to him? Judging by the smirk he could feel her mouth curling into, he was inclined to believe she was doing this on purpose. What was he going to say again? Oh, right. "You remember at Comic Con when you were sleep talking? I was just wondering if you really had sniffed me before, and if so, when?"

He would have thought her meep of embarrassment was adorable if it hadn't resulted in her pulling away from his neck to curl up into a ball beside him. "Please forget I ever said that!"

He pulled her small form into his lap and hugged her. "I think we both know that I'm far too curious for that."

"Curiosity killed the cat."

"And satisfaction brought it back."

She made an inarticulate whine and buried her face into his chest. Her little cowlicks tickled his chin as she did so. How was someone this adorable?

"I'm just going to keep asking. Come on. I think it's cute, and I'm really curious."

She looked up at him with a pout. "Do you remember that day during the Lila Incident when we had that big break through and figured out she was a spy?"

"Vividly."

"You kissed me on the cheek in victory. That was the first time, alright?"

"First time? You did it again after that?"

Her whole face flooded with red and her arms began to flap about in panic. Between her fly-away hair and the red sweater she was wearing she looked like an adorable, spastic bug. "You just sat really close to me when we were playing videogames sometimes, okay? It's not like I ever went around deliberately sniffing you or anything, but you smell good and I like it so I would notice it. Now, can we please stop talking about this?"

His grin was about to break his face. He was sure of it. He caught her squirming face between his hands and brought her up to his mouth. He was smiling too much so the kiss was awkward, their lips not quite connecting right. She let out a squeak of surprise.

Her shock didn't last long. Tikki unraveled from her ball of embarrassment and straddled him. His heart was pounding too loudly in his chest to tell if hers was doing the same.

From her position she was now taller than him, and she used that to lean in and deepen the kiss as her hands came up to tangle in his hair. Plagg's own hands came up to grab her by the waist and pull her flush against him. One hand remained in place to keep her there while the other splayed out across her spine and travelled up her back over the sweater, trying to feel as much of her as he could.

A pounding on the door caused them to both jump and Tikki tumbled off him with a shriek. They stared at each other, wide-eyed and panting. Someone banged on the door again, and Plagg growled, getting up from the couch and marching over to the door. If it was his doorman again, he was going to make that man's life absolute chaos.

He wrenched the door inward, letting it slam into his wall. "What?"

"Well, hello to you too," a sassy voice said.

It took him a moment to recognize the red hair and fox-like features. "Trixx? What are you doing here?"

"Tikki invited us," another voice said.

Plagg then noticed that there were four others. The three from the night of the break in at Agreste Industries, Tikki's friends. The fourth was his doorman who looked like he was about to die of laughter. Plagg hoped it was long and painful.

"When did I invite you?"

Plagg glanced to his side to see that Tikki had joined him in the doorway, her clothes only slightly rumpled.

The blond one, Pollen, held up her phone. "You sent a text two days ago asking us to help out help out lover-boy over here with some work thing, and then the next time you texted me, you tell me that you're going over to his place tonight. Clearly this was an invitation so we could plan whatever it is he needs help with this time."

Tikki was pinching the bridge of her nose, and Plagg was seventy percent sure Pollen had deliberately misinterpreted Tikki's text.

"I was telling you I was going on a date. Not inviting you to tag along. How did you even find this place? I didn't give you the address."

"You left your Find My Friends app open," Pollen said with a shrug.

"Should I escort them out then, Sir?" his doorman asked with a wide, shit-eating grin.

Plagg tightened his grip on the door frame to keep himself from hitting the man. He was deliberately causing trouble to stir up gossip. Some part of himself whispered that he'd be finding all of this quite funny if it wasn't happening to himself. "You should have called me before sending them up. I was busy."

His doorman smirked. "Clearly."

What was that supposed to mean?!

He could not, for the life of him, remember the name of the timid, purple haired man in front of him.

"U-um. If we're interrupting, we'll just leave. I'm sure Pollen misinterpreted the text."

Tikki sighed. "It's fine, Nooroo. You guys might as well come inside since you made it all the way here. I was planning on doing this tomorrow, but this is fine I guess."

Plagg sputtered at that, but everyone else ignored him and shuffled in. Well, Trixx and Pollen stalked in like they owned the place and Wayzz gave him a glare before marching past. Nooroo was the only one who shuffled. His doorman gave him a saucy salute before heading back to the elevator, looking far too proud of himself. Once the others were all inside, he resigned himself to no more kissing for the rest of the night and shut the door with a heavy sigh.

Plagg gave a small shout of fright when he turned around to see Nooroo standing unnecessarily close.

Nooroo jumped as well and began to utter a stream of, "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry."

Plagg held his hand up to get the other guy to stop. "It's fine. You just startled me is all. Can I help you?"

"Um- I- Uh- You- You have a little something- right here." He used his own face and indicated a spot in the left corner of his mouth.

Plagg reached up to wipe away said spot and looked down, expecting to see a bit of sauce or something from dinner, but found that was not it at all. He suddenly understood why his doorman had looked so smug. He was also pretty sure he knew why Wayzz had looked ready to hit him. He felt his face heat up.

Smeared across his finger was a streak of bright pink lip gloss. The exact same shade as Tikki's.

Hope you all enjoyed! Have a great day!