Adrien's POV

I would give anything right now to be outside. I would legit give my own hand. Just let me ouuuuuuuuutttt.

"Blah blah blah blah, blah, blah, CHAOS!" Adrien awoke. Natalie was getting worked up over the current wars and nearly shouted 'chaos'.

"Adrien, were you even listening to a word I said?" Adrien nodded.

"You were talking about (Some war) and how it affected (some country) and how it lasted (some number) years." Natalie eyed me suspiciously.

"Very well Adrien. It's now 2 and you have your free time until English at 2:30." I'm pretty sure I screamed or did something. All I know is that Natalie will never like me again. I skipped to my room happy to be finally free of that torture, even if it is only 30 minutes. Now I had plenty of time to think over last night. Maybe Plagg will remember stuff.

"PLAGG!" He was up and about, thanks to the camembert I stored in my closest. "You need to help me. What happened last night?" Plagg suddenly appeared from the closet holding a ginormous piece of cheese.

"How would I know? I was too busy keeping you transformed! Not that it worked," My eyes widened.

"WHAT!?" I was desperately trying to think where I went after I got hit. "Plagg, where did I go? Did anyone see my identity?"

"Ummmmmm. Kid, I'm pretty sure it was this one girl, but I don't remember very well. Maybe I am imagining things. Hopefully." I paced the room more anxious then ever. I needed to figure things out, and I'm pretty sure I knew where to start.

MARINETTE'S POV:

So. Adrien. Is. Chat. Noir.

Let me say that again

ADREIN IS FREAKING CHAT NOIR.

No, that doesn't make sense. How? What? WHEN?

Then it hit me. DOES THAT MEAN ADRIEN'S BEEN IN LOVE WITH ME AND I REJECTED HIM?!

No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no. THIS IS A DISASTER! "Tiki! What am I going to do? I can't go on patrol anymore! What if I mess up and he sees me? OMGOSH. That's why he didn't look at me. It was because he was in love with Ladybug this entire time and obviously he wouldn't look at a girl like me!"

"Marinette, you do realize that you and ladybug are the same person?" Tikki went over to give her master a hug.

"I wasn't supposed to know his identity. And I can't tell him 'I like you and I know you like me because I know your chat noir and that you love ladybug and I'm ladybug' BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE!" Tikki decided it futile to comfort me anymore and left towards my desk to search for something up on the computer. You could say I freaked out for an hour, but I like to call it thinking out loud.

AN HOUR LATER

"Okay, calm down. Think this through. Oh gosh, I need fresh air. Tikki! SPOTS ON! YA!" (And all the transformation jazz stuff). To be honest, I have no idea where I'm going, all I know is that this is too much to process. Obviously, I couldn't catch a break as my ladybug phone buzzed to show Chat Noir calling me. Huh, I wonder why he's transformed. WAIT. CHAT NOIR WAS CALLING ME. ADRIEN WAS CALLING ME. I jumbled to phone in my hands, the phone not seeming to want to stay in one place.

"Hi, Labybug it's. No. I mean, It's ladybug. But you already know that. Obviously. So, why... umm.. calling. Why are you calling? Obviously, it must be important because your important. Wait, no. I mean. No you are important, but that's not what I meant. Arg, I'm such a mess."

"Ladybug? Are you okay?" I blinked. Why hadn't I noticed this before? His sweet tone definitely matched Adrien's. But why act so different transformed then at school? Who was the real him?

"What up?" I said as smoothly as I could. I couldn't break down in tears now. Oh no! What if he knows I know his identity? Well, Marinette knows his identity.

"I was wondering. I can't really, um.. Oh gosh. I can't remember anything that happened yesterday because I'm pretty sure I drank alcohol and now I forgot everything and my Kwami is no help because he was passed out for most of it." He babbled then took a breath. I chuckled softly. Same old Chat Noir. Who is also Adrien. Ahhhh, why are things so complicated? It's not like being Marinette was any easier.

"Huh? Marinette?" My eyes widened. HOW MUCH OF THAT DID I SAY OUT LOUD?

"Um, what? I didn't say anything." But I could tell his gears in his head were already turning. If I said my name, he was bound to put the two and two together.

"Are you...saying Marinette is the key?" His stupidity is astounding.

"Ummm. Yeah! Sure." I honestly don't know what he meant by 'the key' but it was better then him figuring out my identity.

"GREAT! Thanks, Ladybug!" And he hung up. I figured that was all for my 'fresh air' and headed back to my balcony. I de-transformed and just stood there looking out at Paris. It looked so different when I was in my civilian form. I couldn't focus on the scenery though as my thoughts were on Adrien. How was i supposed to face him at school the next day?

"Marinette?" I squealed and jumped and the next thing I knew, I was falling off my balcony screaming my head off. And then, I was in his arms, being carried back to my room.

"I'm so sorry!" CHAT NOIR was in my room, practically bowing in a way to show his apologies.

"Ad- Chat NOIR? What are...what are you doing here?" I looked around and saw Tikki was safely hidden. I took a shaky breath. "Are you okay?" please say he doesn't know I know his identity!

"I need your help. A little birdy, or bug, said that you know what happened last night." OH NO. I said that didn't I? Ah, crap.

"Ummmmmmmmmmm. What do you mean?" He frowned.

"So... you don't know?" His big eyes looked into mine. And that's when it hit me. I loved him, but I couldn't be with him. Not unless he loved my civilian form. And that's when I found my goal. To see if Chat noi-...err.. Adrien, could love me. Both sides of me.

"I DO! Just... you'll need to come back later. Can you come by tomorrow? Today's not a good day." I don't know why I said that. All I knew was that I needed time to figure things out and I couldn't act on my goal without a plan.

"Of course, Princess," And then he left without another word. Ahhh, Heart! STOP FLUTTERING!

OKAY, THAT's another chapter. I don't know if anyone actually reads the author notes, but it's fun to write anyways.

I'm not entirely sure where I'm going with this story, I just needed a place to vent my miraculous fan part of my soul on paper. (Or computer)

RIGHT, so. Yeah. Love yall

Sally

P.S. Is it normal to have a crush on a fake superhero? Cough cough, I love chat noir, cough

P.P.S. Thanks, Agiani for the review! I'll keep it in mind when writing.

P.P.P.S: Yes, everything happened in under 30 minutes. It's a story. Deal with it.