Marinette sat in her room, thinking about what would happen next now that her duties as Ladybug were over. Though she did have one more thing to do before she could tell Tikki their work together was over, at least for now.

The whole point behind her motivation was to tell Adrien that she was Ladybug… Or tell Chat Noir that Ladybug was Marinette… It was complicated.

She hadn't fully decided how she wanted to go about this yet. She didn't actually think that she would get this far into her plan, let alone this easily

Marinette paced back and forth in her room, trying to come up with something suitable. Some sort of plan to tell Adrien who she really was.

"You should just tell him! What's wrong with being plain honest?" Tikki asked from the edge of Marinette's loft.

"Tikki I can't just tell him! What would I say? 'Oh hi Adrien, I know that you're Chat Noir because I'm actually Ladybug and I've been in love with you this whole time!'" She mimed. "I can't do that!" Marinette paused. "Actually wait a minute, that's a brilliant idea! Thanks Tikki!"

Tikki wasn't sure what just happened, she knew Marinette well enough to know she wasn't actually going to just plain tell him, so what was she up to?

Marinette felt a little bad about her plan, but it was cleve. Hopefully Adrien would see the humour in it like she did.

Marinette took some cookies from the stash for Tikki and the two left for the park. Once she arrived she took out her phone to text Adrien.

Marinette 7:23PM - "Adriend help! There's an akuma in the park and I can't escape!"

Suddenly her guilt hit her all at once. This was a little extreme, he wasn't going to be happy about this. Was it going to be worth it? Marinette took a deep breath and hit send. She hid herself away from the other people and transformed.

She could feel her hands start to sweat, her anxieties about her plan only grew.

Ladybug waiting for Chat Noir in an alleyway between his house and the park. Soon enough Chat Noir appeared as usual and Ladybug used her yo-yo to meet him.

"LB! Where's the akuma? I didn't even get the alert, did you?"

They both jumped down from the rooftops and ran though the park. As they ran Ladybug looked at Chat, "Chat Noir, I'm actually also Marinette and I've been in love with you since we first met."

Chat stopped dead in his tracks. "You what?"

Ladybug slowed down to meet up.

"You staged this whole thing just to tell me this didn't you?" His voice was cold and his expression serious.

Ladybug's heart sank. She wanted this second chance to end just like he'd told her. When he was Aspik and suddenly told her he was also Chat Noir and that he was in love with her.

"Chat it's true!" She called out to him. She could feel her eyes starting to well with tears. Please. She wanted to right all her wrongs. She wanted to disappear, take back everything she'd done and start from the beginning again. What she really needed was a third chance.

"This is a disaster." She muffled into her hands.

Chat sighed. "Yeah."

A silence fell between them. For once, Ladybug didn't know what to do.

"There's no akuma is there?" Chat broke the silence with his question.

Ladybug shook her head in response. "Sorry."

Chat clicked his tongue, then extended his staff. "I've gotta go." He took off into the night.

Ladybug didn't know what to do. She didn't want to chase after him and make things worse. She soared across Paris only to stop when she was back in her room.

"Spots off."

Marinette fell onto her chaise lounge and let her tears flow.

Tikki came over to try to console her, "You should try to talk to him again."

Marinette wiped her tears and nodded.

They heard a knock at the trap door, then the squeak of the hinges. Tikki hid just in time before Sabine poked her head through the door.

"Marinette?" She called out, her voice brimming with concern. "Honey are you okay?" Sabine climbed the final few stairs and stepped into the room. She noticed Marinette's red eyes and wet cheeks and gave her a hug.

"Did something happen with Adrien?" Sabine asked while trying to soothe the pain in Marinette's heart.

Marinette hugged her mother and cried even harder than before.

After Sabine managed to calm her down Marinette asked, "What should I do Maman?"

Sabine pet Marinette's head and smiled. "You should talk to him. If you really love each other then you'll be able to work through whatever this is."

Marinette blew her nose and wiped the tears from her face. "But what if he doesn't love me anymore?"

Sabine laughed, "I've seen the way he looks at you. Everything will work out."

Marinette took a deep breath to help compose herself. Sabine kissed her forehead and went back downstairs.

Marinette took out her phone and stated to tap out a message.

Marinette 8:47PM - "Adrien I'm sorry, I want to talk about this."