" Well, you live here don't you?" Adrien asked.
" Yes, but you didn't answer my question. Why?" Marinette crosses her arms.
" I came here because I thought it the safest place to talk," Adrien said.
" Oh? What about my parents? You do realize that they're liable to come up here, like, any minute now," Marinette said.
" What?! Why didn't you tell me?" Adrien exclaimed.
" Relax, kitty. They're working late. It's Friday, so the bakery won't close till 9. And it's," Marinette pulled out her phone and checked the time, "5:30."
" You tricky bug. You wanted to make me freak out, didn't you?" Adrien glared at Marinette with a smirk.
" Maybe. Maybe not. Who knows?" Marinette said, laughing.
" You wanna laugh, huh?" Adrien smirked, confusing Marinette. Then he began tickling her.
" Adrien! S-stop! P-please!" Marinette said, laughing harder as his fingers poked her belly.
" Not until you say sorry, Purrrincess," Adrien purred.
"O-okay! I'm s-sorry!" Marinette shouted, kicking her feet. Adrien immediately stopped tickling her.
" Thank you." Marinette stuck her tongue out at him.
" Adrien, you're a dork. You know that?" Marinette giggled.
" I'm your dork," Adrien said, making Marinette blush like heck.
" Mars, I think you've got some competition for the reddest thing known to man!" Adrien announced, looking up at the stratosphere.
"HEY! That's not funny!" Marinette started playfully slapping his arm. Adrien laughed and grabbed her wrist.
" Do my comments always make my lady blush?" Adrien leaned closer to Marinette's face. So much so that she could feel his breath on her cheeks.
" So what if they do? And I'm assuming you mean in both personas, not just the one?" Marinette pushed Adrien's face back.
" Still refusing a kiss? I would've thought you'd want one from your crush," Adrien smirked when the red colour returned to Marinette's cheeks.
" Who told you about that?" Marinette questioned.
" Nobody. I just put the pieces together. You rejected me as Chat Noir because you were crushing on me as Adrien. Is that correct?"
Marinette looked down, finally realizing that for the past 2 years, they'd been caught in the world's biggest love square. And everybody in it was a different side of themselves.
" Are you sure? Cuz Alya's been threatening to tell you for about a year and a half now," Marinette stated.
"It's been that long? Geez. It seems like forever, doesn't it?" Adrien said. Marinette nodded.
" The reason I pushed your face away is because...well...I've never kissed anyone before and I'm scared," Marinette whispered. Adrien hugged her.
" There's no reason to be scared, Mari. You can trust me. I won't go past your limits. I can stop whenever you want me to," Adrien tried comforting Marinette.
"I know, but...I don't even know anymore," Marinette confessed. Adrien chuckled.
" All you do is put your lips on mine. And that's all," Adrien explained.
" I know. And you sound like you've done it before," Marinette noted.
" No. I haven't," Adrien said, " I've just seen a lot of movies. But I'd love to have my first." Marinette looked into his eyes, which would have put the Emerald City from the Wizard of Oz. Marinette smiled and stood on her tip-toes. She pressed her lips to his and wrapped her arms around his neck. He smiled a little and pulled her closer by the waist. She could have sworn she melted like a snowman in the desert. Tho the kiss only lasted a few seconds, it felt like an eternity. It was all light and simple, but it sent sparks shooting through their bodies and caused butterflies to escape in their stomachs. When they pulled back, Adrien's grin was wider than the one the Grinch had when he thought of stealing Christmas.
" will you wipe that grin off your face?" Marinette said playfully, making Adrien laugh.
"If I'm the Grinch, then that makes you Cindy Lou because, with you, my heart grows three sizes too big!" Adrien laughed.
" Nope! I'm me. Only me. And I will never be anyone other than me!" Marinette was laughing now, with Adrien. They didn't stop laughing until they heard a tiny voice saying "AWWW!" They spun around and faced a tiny res ladybug creature floating about 3 inches away from them.
"Tikki! What are you doing?" Marinette asked, clearly puzzled.
" I came over to get a cookie & then I saw your flirting fit with green eyes over there & couldn't help myself. You guys are just too cute!" Tikki gushed. Marinette rolled her eyes and handed Tikki a cookie. Plagg, who was watching from his plate of cheese, rolled his eyes too. And that's when Alya & Nino burst through the trapdoor leading to the balcony, panting like wolves returning from a hunt.
"You guys ok?" Adrien asked the duo. They looked at him quite irritated.
"We saw your moment with Marinette," was all Nino said. Oh crap.