It was close to evening and Ladybug and Chat Noir were trying to stop a bus gone out of control. The driver shouted, "It's no good! The brakes are busted!"
Ladybug and Chat Noir landed on the bus' roof. "Ready, Chat Noir?"
"I'm always ready, my lady. Who needs brakes when they've got us?"
Suddenly, before the two of them could form a plan, the bus suddenly crashed into something and they went flying. The bus had crashed into a brick wall that appeared out of nowhere. Big-Head appeared from the other side of the wall, pushing a wheelbarrow with a bag of cement and bricks. "Who needs a break when you've got bricks?" He laughed as he ran off.
Ladybug and Chat Noir groaned as they got back up on their feet. "Oh, that olive-headed jerk," the feline hero said.
"Wait until I get my hands on him," Ladybug growled.
"So, uh, Ladybug? What would you say if you and I met up tonight for a little dinner? Rooftop style?"
Ladybug was surprised to hear that request. "For dinner? As superheroes?"
"Well, uh, yeah. That's right. We're only together when we're saving Paris. I mean, wouldn't you actually like to get to know one another?"
"I... That's so thoughtful of you, but I can't. I have to, uh, I already have plans with some friends."
"Well, if your plans end early, come and join me."
"We'll see."
"I'll be waiting, my lady."
Ladybug swung away with her yo-yo while Chat Noir smiled before leaving too.
Back home, Marinette was just finishing dinner with her parents. "It was delicious, sweetheart!" Sabine said.
"And for dessert..." Tom placed a large cake on the table.
"Wow! Uh, no thanks, Dad." She gently pushed the cake away.
"But is this not your favorite?"
"And it still is, Dad! But..." She stood up to give her parents a quick peck on the cheeks. "I told you I was going out with friends. We're gonna get ice-cream at André's—"
Her parents became excited to hear that. "Oh, Sweetheart's Ice Cream!"
"That was where your father asked me—"
"To marry him," Marinette interrupted her mother.
"He hid the ring in a scoop of vanilla ice-cream."
"And you almost swallowed it too!" Marinette giggled.
"They say that couples who eat ice-cream at André's will stay in love forever."
"By the way, Marinette, who are you getting ice-cream with?" Tom asked.
She stopped when asked that question and her cheeks turned red. "Oops, gotta go! Don't wanna be late, see you later, guys!" She ran out the door.
The scene was much different at the Agreste Mansion. Adrien sadly poked his food while he checked his watch. "There's no point in waiting for your father, Adrien. He'll be eating in his office," Nathalie said.
"Then what's the point of keeping me here if he's never gonna show up, Nathalie?" Adrien left the table without finishing his dinner.
"Don't forget to practice your piano before you go to bed," she called out.
"You could've at least grabbed the piece of Camembert on that platter!" Plagg said as Adrien entered his room and slammed the door.
Adrien tossed him a wedge of cheese. "Fuel up, Plagg." The boy then turned on piano music on his phone and placed it on the piano, making it sound like he was actually playing. "Adrien may not be allowed out of the house, but Chat Noir is!"
"You seem in a hurry to get stood up," Plagg said as he finished his cheese.
"She didn't say she wasn't coming."
"But she didn't say she was either!"
Adrien ignored the little kwami and called out, "Plagg, CLAWS OUT!"
"But I haven't finished digesting my cheese yet!" Plagg complained as he was sucked into Adrien's ring. In a flash of black, Adrien turned into Chat Noir. Chat Noir left his room by hopping out his window. He then leaped from roofs to roofs.
At the Trocadéro, Marinette met up with her friends. "Hey, Alya!"
"Hey, Marinette!" Alya said, giving her friend a hug.
"Where's Adrien?"
"Don't bother," Rudi said with a scoff. "Gabriel told him not to come."
Marinette sighed in disappointment. "Once again..." She cleared her throat and asked Nino to take her mind off Adrien, "So, do you know where André is today?"
"The deal with André and his ice-cream cart is that you never know where he's gonna be." Nino showed everyone a map of Paris on his phone. "You gotta follow his clues to find out where he's going to set up."
"Problem is, the guy likes a challenge," said Rudi. "You gotta really focus on the details he leaves in his clues."
"The first time Mylène and I wanted André's ice-cream, it took us three hours to find his cart," said Ivan. "Remember, Mylène?" Mylène giggled in response.
Nino got a message on his phone. "Hey! Someone posted a photo! He's on his way to the Pont des Arts."
"Then let's hurry!" Rudi shouted as he and the others took off running.
Meanwhile, Chat Noir set up a table on a roof and placed a circle of rose petals around the table before lighting two candles. Now all he had to do was wait. And hope Ladybug would come.
André Glacé was at the Pont des Arts, singing a happy song as he opened his stand. "My name is André! André! Glacé! The sweetheart matchmaker!" He rang a bell, indicating business was open. "With one scoop or two, I'll find up for you with magical ice-cream flavors! My name is André! André! Glacé! The sweetheart matchmaker! With one scoop or two, I'll find up for you with magical ice-cream flavors!"
Marinette's gang found the majestic ice cream man and he was already giving out his treats to an Italiano couple. "Pistachio, vanilla, and strawberry! For lovebirds from Italy."
"Merci, André!" they said as they left.
"You're welcome, my friends. Enjoy André's ice-cream. May love never end!"
"Bonjour, André," Mylene said as she and Ivan approached the stand.
"Striking young Ivan and dear sweet Mylène! If you aren't still the cutest lovebirds I've seen!" The ice cream man handed them two scoops. "Chocolate, praline, and white nougat for you! A special concoction to keep your love true!" Nino and Alya were next in line. "Ah, these two I've never seen. This your first time here with me?"
"Yeah," Nino and Alya said at once.
"Coconut, banana, and a touch of passion fruit!" Rudi was next in line. "Oh, a newcomer? Is this your first time too?"
"Uh...yeah," said Rudi. "Talk about holly jolly."
It was then Andre realized something was missing. "Say, where is your love?"
Rudi's eyes widened. "My love? I..." He shuffled his feet into the ground awkwardly. "Oh, wow. I...actually never tried a shot at that."
Andre gasped. "Sacré dieu!" He quickly set to work on a new ice cream. "Here." He handed it to Rudi. "It is not much, but perhaps you might find your true love with this. Lime and cherry with a caramel dip. Strange. I've never made a chaotic scoop like this before."
Rudi gave the ice cream a weird look. "How is this supposed to find my true love?"
"It is said that anyone who takes a bite of Andre's special ice cream gets a vision of their true love," said Alya. "Give it a shot."
Rudi shrugged his shoulders and took a huge bite. His eyes widened.
"Well?" Nino teased. "Did you see a vision of your true love?"
"No," said Rudi through gritted teeth. "Brain freeze."
Everyone laughed. Everyone except Marinette, who sat alone on a nearby bench. "Why don't you go and get one, too, Marinette," Tikki whispered from the girl's purse.
"What's the point? Adrien won't be coming."
"He might not be here, but that shouldn't stop you from enjoying a yummy ice-cream and a fun night with your friends. And you could give me a taste, too!"
It was then did Andre spot Marinette. "And how about this young miss?" Marinette looked up in surprise. Tikki ducked into her purse. "The pretty one who sighs. I have a flavor just for her! It's sure to make her smile!"
"Uh... Me?"
"Who else?" Rudi asked after he got over the brain freeze.
"What is your name?" Andre asked as he escorted the girl to his stand.
"Marinette."
"Peach pink like his lips and mint like his eyes. Eat this, my dear, and your love will materialize!" He handed Marinette the pink and green ice cream.
She stared at the ice cream with uncertainty. It didn't feel right. She didn't have a lover to share it with. "Uh...um. No! I- There's been a mistake! I'm not in love with anyone. And I think I just lost my appetite."
Andre tried to cheer her up and said, "Why of course you are, my little one. When there's love burning in one's heart, André knows it from the start. Enjoy your ice-cream, Marinette. I know he'll be here."
Once again, she looked at the ice cream with uncertainty.
Marinette's male friends were a tad confused. "Green eyes like mint... Who could that possibly be?" Ivan wondered.
Rudi had a very shrewd idea.
"Thank you, but you've got it all wrong. I don't have a-" Marinette stopped when she heard someone whistle. Everyone turned to see someone who looked an awful lot like... "Adrien?" She asked hopefully. The boy certainly dressed like Adrien. But then she looked again. He had brown hair not blonde like Adrien's. The boy's friend, the person he was whistling to, ran up to him, accidentally bumping into her and knocking the ice cream out of her hands.
The ice cream man gasped. "André's ice-cream has always melted hearts. But the magic will only work if you eat it! I'll make you another one."
Marinette held up her hands. "Thanks, but it's really not necessary."
Andre held up an identical ice cream. "Yes it is, my dear. See here? My ice-cream has brought everyone together. Every famous loving couple in Paris! Edith and Marcel, John and Serge, Olive and Tom! Your loved one is out there! Somewhere! All you need is to believe in the magic of André's ice-cream!"
Ivan was still pondering on the mint flavor of Marinette's ice cream. "Who has green eyes? You think we know him?" He asked Mylene.
Rudi couldn't stop himself from singing, "Adrien and Marinette sitting in a..." Marinette suddenly shoved her ice cream in his mouth and he immediately felt the brain freeze. "...tree..."
"Marinette!" Alya exclaimed, shocked.
Marinette looked at her friends, red in the face with embarrassment. "I...I...I gotta go!" She ran off with her friends chasing after her.
Rudi stayed behind, still stuck in place due to the brain freeze. "Me and my big mouth...again."
Andre looked disappointed in himself. "But André's ice-cream always melts people's hearts." He held up his scoop. "Or at least it used to." He started crying.
Rudi could feel the poor man's sorrow and he walked over to him. "Mr. Glace, it's not your fault. I provoked her."
Andre looked up at him. "Provoked her?"
"Yeah. The boy she loves? Kind of a sensitive subject matter." He turned to look at the direction Marientte ran off. "I gotta apologize to her. Oop!" He paused and laid some money on the table. "Forgot to pay." He took off running, leaving the ice cream man alone in his sadness.
"Did I...also provoke her?" he wondered. "She didn't even give my ice cream a chance."
The circular window to Hawk Moth's lair opened and butterflies swarmed around him. "A thwarted artist, his shattered dreams and the collapse of his whole little world. Quite chilling." He grabbed one of the butterflies and turned it from white to purple. "Fly away, my little Akuma, and freeze the heart of this ice-cream maker!" The butterfly flew out the window and over the city.
Meanwhile, the ice cream man was still despondent. "I don't understand. It's never failed. Ever." He was so busy feeling sad that he never saw the butterfly absorb itself into his scooper.
His face went blank as a baritone voice spoke in his head. "Glaciator, I am Hawk Moth. Revenge is a dish best served cold. Since they refuse to let you melt their hearts, I'm giving you the power to melt their entire bodies instead! I only ask a little favor in return: Get me Ladybug and Chat Noir's Miraculous and Big-Head's Mask of Loki."
Andre smirked. "Ladybug, Chat Noir and Big-Head flavored ice-cream? It's a deal, Hawk Moth. I'll even give a triple scoop!" Black smoke enveloped him as he transformed. When the smoke dissipated, in Andre's place was a giant snowman made of forty-two flavors of ice cream. People saw this and screamed. "Hello! How about some ice-cream? Will that do? Enjoy it, it's just for you!" Glaciator fired ice cream from his hands, turning them into ice cream. He approached a couple who held each other close in fear...
But nothing happened. They looked up in confusion to see Glaciator lower his hand before turning the other direction, calling out, "Marinette! Where are you?"
Night fell as Marinette plopped onto the bed and groaned with regret. "What a disaster! I ruined the whole night for all of my friends! I was mean to André! I'm so lame."
Tikki tried to console her. "You're not lame. You just overreacted a little. Just let it go. Tomorrow will be a new day!"
"I'll never get to eat ice-cream with Adrien." Marinette walked out to the balcony, holding a picture of Adrien. She looked down at it before letting it slip from her fingers and be blown away. Tikki watched her with concern.
Meanwhile, Chat Noir was still waiting for his ladybird beetle to come. "She loves me," he said as he blew out the candles. "She loves me not. She loves me. She loves me..." He didn't finish blowing out that last candle. He looked up and saw, across the street, Marinette's house.
"Hello?"
Marinette gasped and turned to see Chat Noir sitting on her chimney. "Chat Noir?"
"Sorry." He hopped down from his perch and stood next to her. "I didn't mean to frighten you."
"What are you doing here? Don't you have like superhero-y things to do?"
"No, I don't feel like being a superhero tonight. And I also don't feel like being alone tonight. Would you mind if I hung out here for a little while?" She smiled and nodded. "Marinette, right? We've bumped into each other before."
"Yeah, a bunch of times." No! Don't say you're Ladybug! "I mean- yes! We have. One time a super villain fell in love with me. Talk about bad luck."
Chat Noir chuckled. "Seriously. I seem to have bad luck in the love department myself."
"Really? What kind?"
"Well, tonight, I had this special surprise all planned for Ladybug."
Marinette was shocked to hear that. "You're in love with Ladybug?!" For real? "So what was this special surprise?" She asked as she and Chat Noir looked out at the view of the lit up city.
"It doesn't really matter. 'Cause she never showed."
"Sounds like you and I both need a bit of cheering up tonight."
Chat Noir raised an eyebrow. "You've gotten your heart broken, too?"
"Yup."
Chat Noir had an idea. He held out his hand to her. She looked at it in confusion. "Trust me. But first, close your eyes." Marinette smiled and allowed him to carry her bridal style over the roofs and streets.
Rudi walked up to the front door of the Duepen-Cheng's bakery, holding a note in his hand. "It's not much, but it's better than nothing."
He was about to slip it under the door when the ground suddenly shook. He looked up and saw a giant ice cream monster with a perpetual frown marching down the street. "I think I dreamt of something like that when I was a kid," he said as he reached into his bag and pulled out the Mask. "IT'S SHOW TIME!"
Meanwhile, Chat Noir set Marinette down and told her to keep her eyes closed. "Okay. Open them."
Marinette saw a beautiful sight: the balcony was covered in rose petals and dimly lit candles lined the railing. "Wow! Chat Noir, this is... beautiful!" She noticed the feline hero was still looking glum. "I'm sorry."
"Why? It's not your fault."
"No— Yeah— I mean— What I mean is I'm very sorry for you because, um, you prepared all of this and then... she didn't show."
"She told me she might not make it but I had my fingers crossed. I really wanted her to come."
Marinette felt even more ashamed. Chat Noir put so much work into this only to get stood up. She walked over to him and put a hand on his shoulder. "Maybe she had a really good reason for not coming. Like, a problem or something."
"You're only saying that to make me feel better."
"Yeah. I mean— No! I mean—" Whatever she was about to say next, she stopped when she saw a giant ice cream ball heading straight for them. "LOOK OUT!" Chat Noir saw it and whacked it away with his staff. Then she picked up Marinette and jumped away and hid behind a chimney. They looked and saw a giant snowman of ice cream marching down the street.
"Marinette, party pooper, you're looking so sad and surly, but Glaciator will make it all better. Don't you worry!"
"What on Earth is that? Another supervillain in love with you?" Chat Noir asked the girl.
"No! That's André the ice-cream maker!"
"The Sweetheart's Ice-Cream guy? He isn't looking too sweet right now."
Marinette felt another pang of guilt. "It's—It's a long story."
Glaciator began to shoot ice cream up into the sky, causing it to rain down onto the people. He sang a twisted version of Andre's song as he did, "I'm Glaciator, the mean ice-cream man. Escape my fury if you can! I melt your hearts, but I was wrong, now I'll freeze your bodies so long!"
Chat Noir returned to Marinette's home and placed her on the balcony. "Go inside, Marinette. I'm gonna lead him away from you."
She pulled him into a hug. "Thank you for giving me a good time."
"It was the least I could do," he said as he left.
Tikki popped out of Marinette's purse. "Wow, I've never seen the sensitive side of Chat Noir before."
"Yeah, maybe I was wrong about him." No time to dwell on that, though. Time to change. "Tikki, SPOTS ON!" Tikki got sucked into the earrings and in a flash of red and black, Marinette turned into Ladybug.
Chat Noir landed on a car in the middle of the street. He looked around to see the people frozen solid by the ice cream. Then he called out to Glaciator, "Hey, Snow Dude! Looking for me?"
Glaciator turned and accused him, "Bad kitty! Where have you hidden Marinette?" Glaciator fires ice cream at Cat Noir, but he dodged and jumped onto a roof. The ice cream monster kicked a car that hits Chat Noir, sending him flying and screaming. Ladybug quickly appeared and made a net with her yoyo, catching the cat hero.
"Hello, Kitty. Did the bad guys leave you cold?" she asked as she let him down.
Chat Noir just frowned at her. "How was your amazing evening with your 'friends'?" he asked sarcastically.
Before she could respond, Glaciator stomped toward them. "I've never tasted superhero flavor before. I can't wait to serve myself a double scoop!" He fired more ice cream at the civilians and the two heroes tried to save them, although it was too late for some of them.
Hawk Moth spoke in Glaciator's mind. "Don't forget what you promised me. Give me Ladybug and Chat Noir's Miraculous and the Mask of Loki!"
"I'm a man of my word, Hawk Moth." Glaciator shouted out, "Come out now, or I'll bury Paris in an entire layer of ice-cream!" Suddenly he let out a scream as he felt incredibly hot. "HOT! IT'S TOO HOT!" He turned around to see Big-Head holding a flamethrower.
"What's wrong, Andre? Feeling runny?" he joked.
"Andre has melted! I am... AUGH!" He screamed again as Big-Head blasted him again with the flamethrower and did not stop until he was nothing but a puddle on the ground.
Ladybug and Chat Noir arrived just in time to see the mess. "What have you done?!" Ladybug exclaimed.
"Made things easier," Big-Head said with a shrug. He pointed to the ice cream scooper in the middle of the sticky puddle. "And I'm guessing the Akuma is in there?" He walked over to the scooper and was about to stomp on it when suddenly a tendril of ice cream wrapped around his leg and threw him into a car. "Ooh," he groaned. "I knew it was too easy."
Ladybug and Chat Noir watched in horror as the puddle transformed into a giant blob of ice cream with a skull-like face. Glaciator let out a roar of anger. Big-Head gulped. "I think I got fudge in my pants."
"Oh good," said Chat Noir. "I thought it was me."
Glaciator stuck out a tongue of ice cream at the heroes, but they managed to dodge it. A couple was about to get hit by the tongue only to sigh in relief when the tongue stopped inches from them and retracted back into the ice cream glob's mouth.
The heroes saw this from the chimney they were hiding behind. "Did you see that," Big-Head asked. "He left those two alone."
"It looks like he's leaving the couples alone," said Ladybug.
"Too bad for us," Chat Noir said grumpily.
Big-Head looked from Ladybug to Chat Noir. "Uh...is there something going on between you two?"
"No, there isn't."
Ladybug explained her plan, "You don't understand. We know he doesn't attack couples so we could pretend—"
Chat Noir's anger only grew. "Pretend?"
"To be in love."
"Sorry, Ladybug, it's not cool to play with people's feelings."
Big-Head could feel the tension between them. "You know what? I'm just going to fight the Akuma the old fashioned way." He took off running and landed in the middle of the street. "Oy! Cornetto!" The ice cream blob turned his attention to him. "How'd you like two scoops of raisins?" He took a pair of scoops out of his pocket and flung raisins at Glaciator. "And how about a dash of hot sauce!" He pulled out a bottle of tabasco out and popped the top off with his teeth.
The cartoon psycho grinned as the sauce started talking. "By the powers of naughtiness, I command this particular drop of hot sauce to be really, really hot!"
He gulped down the whole bottle and tossed it aside. "Wait for it," Big-Head said. Suddenly his face turned from green to red and smoke started coming out of his ears and nose. "Whoo boy!" Finally, he couldn't take it anymore and belched fire from his mouth, making Glaciator roar in pain. Unfortunately, some people got caught in the crossfire and screamed as they caught fire.
Ladybug and Chat Noir saw this and quickly used their yo-yo and staff to blow out the fires before anyone got badly burnt. They were still arguing though. "Are you mad at me because I didn't show up?" Ladybug asked.
"What do you think?" Chat Noir snapped.
"I didn't mean to hurt you."
"Yeah, this lover's quarrel sounds interesting and all," said Big-Head as he dodged Glaciator's tentacles. "But maybe you could perhaps put a sock in it and help me?"
"STAY OUT OF THIS!" Chat Noir shouted.
Big-Head blinked. "That actually hurt a little." A car slammed down on his head and sprung up and down like an accordion. "And so did that," he said in a daze. Three teeth fell out of his mouth.
"And I also had a surprise for you, too!" Chat Noir shouted at Ladybug.
"I really am sorry," she said.
Chat Noir lowered his head. "No. I'm the one who's sorry. Maybe another time?"
Big-Head suddenly landed between them. "Are you two done?"
"No," said Chat Noir. "But I am willing to give Ladybug's idea a try."
"What idea?"
"Just watch," said Ladybug as she pulled Chat Noir by the hand and they ran in front of Glaciator. He took one look at them and was about to squash them with his tentacles when Ladybug pulled Chat Noir into a hug. He stopped. Hawk Moth's voice rang in his mind. "Glaciator, fire! Now's the time! Freeze them! Forever!"
Glaciator was about to crush them again when Ladybug gave Chat Noir a peck on the cheek. He looked stunned. "Wha-?"
"It's all part of the plan," Ladybug whispered.
Glaciator stopped his attack again. "I can't, Hawk Moth! They look so... in love."
"NOW!" Ladybug threw her yo-yo through Glaciator's mouth then pulled it back when she felt something solid. "I felt something hard in there. I don't think Andre turned into the monster! He's inside it!"
Glaciator tried attack them again, only to be stopped when Big-Head breathed more fire on him. "AUGH! STOP THAT!" And again. "STOP THAT!" And again. "HATE!"
Ladybug saw another problem. The heat from the fire was making the people Glaciator were starting to drip. "We've got to take care of Glaciator before all these people totally melt away! Lucky Charm!" She twirled her yo-yo in the air and its magic created...a bike helmet.
"Well, it looks like someone's going for a ride," Chat Noir said with his usual humor back.
Using her Lucky Vision, Ladybug highlighted a bench, a bus, a motorcycle, a lamppost, signposts, Chat Noir's belt and his staff. "Chat Noir, I need you to grab three signposts and tie them to your stick. We're gonna make a propeller!"
Chat Noir gave her a weird look. "A propeller?"
Big-Head suddenly landed between them with a thud. "A propeller?"
Ladybug groaned. "Beggars can't be choosers. Big-Head, can you make a giant pinwheel?"
Big-Head didn't know where she was going but he did as he was told and took out a pinwheel the size of an ATM machine.
Glaciator sang as he approached the heroes. "A popsicle freeze is coming your way! If you don't pass my press! I'm Glaciator, you can't run from me! Handover your Miraculous!"
Next, Chat Noir tied the pinwheel to the motorcycle's wheels with his belt while Ladybug wrapped her yo-yo around two lampposts and Glaciator, trapping him. Glaciator strained, trying to escape and fired ice-cream. Ladybug hopped over the bus, got on the motorcycle and starts it, making the pinwheel spin. "Do your thing, Chat Noir!"
"CATACLYSM!" Chat Noir disintegrated the bus, and exposed Glaciator to the pinwheel. The pinwheel blew strong winds that made the ice cream start to fall off Andre's body.
"This is taking too long," Big-Head said as he grabbed the pinwheel off the bike and blew into it, creating a hurricane wind that sent the ice cream flying across the city. In Glaciator's place was Andre, looking dazed and confused. Ladybug ran up to him, snatched ice cream scoop from him and smashed it, releasing the Akuma. "No more evil-doing for you, little Akuma. Time to de-evilize!" She captured Akuma and purifies it. "Gotcha!" Then she released the now purified butterfly. "Bye-bye, little butterfly." Then she tossed the helmet in the air. "Miraculous Ladybug!" It exploded in a wave of black and red spots that returned everything to normal while Glaciator turned back into Andre.
"Pound it," the Miracle Heroes fist bumped.
"Sacré dieu! How enchanting!" Andre ran up to them and gave them a hug. "Saved from the cold by a couple of super lovebirds!"
Hawk Moth swore as the circular window closed. "Ladybug, you've melted all my plans! But someday, I will triumph, and it will taste of such sweet revenge!"
Later, Chat Noir led Ladybug to the balcony he planned to take her earlier. "What do you think?"
"It's beautiful, Chat Noir."
"Aren't you glad you finally came?"
Ladybug looked at him sadly. "Listen, I don't wanna play around with your feelings. It would be the same as lying to you. I don't wanna do that. You're more than a partner, Chat Noir. You're my friend. And I'd never wanna lie to a friend."
"Why do you think it'd be lying?"
"Because there's this boy I..."
Chat Noir's eyes widened in shock. "There's a boy? Who is...?"
"It's— I can't tell you who it is. We can't know anything about each other. Our identities must remain a secret. We're both superheroes, Chat Noir. We don't have a choice."
"They looked at each other sadly in silence. Then Chat Noir smiled before he gave Ladybug a rose.
"I get it, Ladybug. Your friendship means everything to me." He kissed her cheek. "You can keep the rose. It goes with your costume." He then turned to leave and jumped over the roof. Ladybug smiled.
Adrien returned to the bedroom and plopped down on the bed with a smile. "The only way to get over a heartache is to eat a whole bunch of cheese! Shall we?"
"I don't have a heartache, Plagg."
"Great! So then... no cheese fest?"
"Perhaps Ladybug will love me someday. I mean, like, I love her. I have to believe. In the meantime, her friendship is the best gift of all."
Plagg stuck his tongue out. "Blagh! All this sweet talk is grossing me out! I need Camembert!"
The next day at the Canal Saint-Martin, Andre opened his ice cream stand and he got his first customer of the day. "Ah, Rudi! Tell me, did you find the love when you took a bite out of my ice cream?"
Rudi scratched the back of his head. "Honestly, the brain freeze was so powerful, I couldn't really find anything."
"Well, let's try it again. And this time, eat it in small bites, please?" He handed Rudi his ice cream. "Lime and cherry like her eyes and lips with a caramel dip like her hair."
Before the boy could get the chance to give it a lick, Marinette appeared. She seemed to have a more cheerful demeanor than she did yesterday. "Hello, André."
"Hey, pretty Marinette! Can I offer you some ice-cream? To eat this time."
"Of course! How else would I know if your ice-cream is really the best in Paris?"
While Andre prepared Marinette's ice cream, Rudi decided to talk to her. "Listen Marinette, about the whole sitting in a tree thing..."
"No. I'm sorry. I overreacted."
"Still, I shouldn't have gotten into your business with Adrien like that."
Marinette gasped. "Y-You know?"
"Honestly, I'm surprised none of the other boys at the school has figured it out." Rudi chuckled.
"Uh...would you mind not telling anyone about this?"
Rudi gave her a smirk. "Actually I might use this as ammunition in case I want something from you." Marinette gasped again. "Ha, ha! Just kidding."
"Viola!" Andre handed the girl her ice cream. "Peach pink like his lips and mint like his eyes!" She took it from him and gave it a lick.
"It's delicious!"
"Do you still think it doesn't lock two loves together?"
"Never say never. Have a good day, André!" With that, she walked to the end of the bridge.
"See you again soon, my dear!" Andre said with a wave. Then Adrien walked to the stand. "Another customer! Welcome! Would you like some of André's Sweetheart's Ice-cream?"
"Is your ice-cream really magical?"
"What do you think?" Andre asked as he tapped Adrien's chest.
"I think you have to believe."
"You're spot on, son!" Andre quickly prepared the ice cream and handed it to Adrien. "Strawberry with black chocolate chip! Blackberries for her hair, and blueberry ice-cream just like her sky blue stare! On the house." Adrien gave it a lick and he smiled. "There's love in your eyes! André can see it clear as day! This love is true!"
Adrien smiled again. "Have a good day," he said as he went back the way he came and to the car where his bodyguard was waiting.
Rudi smirked. Then he looked at his ice cream thoughtfully. "Mr. Glacé?"
"Hmm?"
"Their love, it's not what they expect, isn't it?"
Andre chuckled. "That's the thing about true love, mon ami. It's not what you expect. If it was, my ice cream would taste dull."
Rudi looked at the ice cream again. Then he smiled. "I guess I got a chance too. Somehow." He gave it a lick.