Later that night, a nervous Ladybug swoops down on an unsuspecting Chat Noir, who jumps high in the air after being startled from behind.
"It's no fun when the shoe is on the other foot, is it?" laughs Ladybug.
"Bite me," replies Chat Noir. "Are we in better spirits, Bugaboo?" he asks.
"Yeah, I had a talk with my civilian bestie, and got a lot of stress relief." She looks at him and says, "I'm sorry about being so cross today, my boyfriend and I broke up recently because I had to keep making up lies and lame excuses to leave him so I could transform. He knew I wasn't being honest with him. And I got to thinking I'm never going to be able to have a boyfriend and a serious relationship because it's so dangerous to them if Hawkmoth found out about it. And I kinda freaked out about it."
"Same here as a matter of fact. My girlfriend and I broke up too, a few days ago for the same reason. I'm not a good liar or deceiver, so she knew I wasn't being truthful with her either. Which kinda sucks, y'know, having to make up some reason to transform without being seen."
"We can talk about that later. But right now I want to talk about something else, but I'm afraid you'll get mad or hurt. Promise me you'll at least hear me out, okay?"
"Okay lay it on me."
"I kinda told my best civilian friend my secret identity. She knows I'm Ladybug." Her eyes are on his, pleading for understanding. "I wanted to tell you but I'm so scared you'll be disappointed that's it's me under the mask. I was so stressed out, it was like I had to release some of the strain I'm under. Can you forgive me?"
Chat is stunned. Thoughts and feelings are swirling around in his mind as he processes this information. She told someone else but not me? She doesn't trust me as much as I thought then. After all this time, I guess I've finally got the confirmation that her feelings for me are not so different from mine for Kagami.
Aloud, he says, "I don't understand. You had to vent to somebody, I get that, but why didn't you talk to me? I wanted to help, you know that but you wouldn't say anything to me and I don't know why." He pauses to consider, then says, "it's going to take some time for me to come to grips with all this. I think I'll call it a night. Good Night, Ladybug." And off he goes, into the Paris night, leaving a very worried partner.