A/N: Yay, part two! And uh, I have an Ao3 account now! Find me at usachanbeccer! I have one story up as of now! Oh! Also look at the end of the fic for some important notes about this fic!
~Enjoy!
Marinette was still lying there when Adrien got back to her. From the looks of it, her clothes and body were free of any burns or other worrisome wounds. But, she was still unconscious.
"Plagg, is... is she?" Adrien's question trailed off, unable to finish before falling to his knees next to the girl, emotions lost to him.
"Chill kid, she's just unconscious," Plagg shrugged, floating over to rest on Adrien's shoulder, tapping on the Ladybug earrings, "you should give them back, kid."
Adrien gave a nod, and carefully released Tikki from the Ladybug transformation. Tikki gave him a grateful look before Adrien took out the earrings and gave them back to their original owner.
When Tikki reappeared, she shooed both boys away, claiming that Marinette was going to wake any second and this wasn't a good time. Adrien was upset, but he understood that she would need rest before he talked to her.
The next day, Marinette couldn't exactly put her finger on what happened yesterday, Tikki told her that the akuma had been taken care of and that her headache would eventually go away, but Marinette was still worrying about it. She couldn't even remember purifying the akuma, but there were signs that it had been purified, so she must have, right?
She didn't get the chance to think on it further when a light patter sounded above her head, too heavy to be birds and too late in the evening for it to be workers on the power cables.
Huffing, Marinette climbed up onto her ladder, crawled over her bed and up to the hatch to find out what in the world was above her bedroom.
When Marinette got on her roof, she was greeted by a nervous Chat Noir.
"Uh, what are you doing, Chat Noir?" She asked, her eyes wide with curiosity, why would Chat come to her, of all things to do and places to go, he comes to her house and seems to be looking for her if his nervousness was anything to judge by.
"Uh, I need to talk to you, Marinette." Chat looks anywhere but her, which worries Marinette. Chat was acting very unlike himself, she didn't know what to think, so she stayed where she was, peeking out of the hatch.
"Well, talk, I'm in my pajamas, so I'm not coming out," Marinette lied swiftly, she didn't trust him at the moment, if he were to pull something, she wanted to be near Tikki and an escape route.
"Marinette, how much do you remember of the akuma attack?"
"I... I was, I was at home, sewing a costume for a little girl I babysit. I don't know anything about it," It was Marinette's turn to look away, it wasn't a complete lie; Marinette really didn't know anything about the akuma, she had no memory after jumping from her window to rush towards the attack.
"Marinette, do you, not remember? At all?" Chat Noir seemed hurt, his cat ears seemed to droop alongside his shoulders and he slumped into the deck chair. This gave Marinette enough to come out of her room fully, Chat really did just want to talk after all.
"I'm, I'm sorry Marinette, I know you wanted to keep our identities a secret, but you told me yesterday. You saved my life and, and my kwami's life by telling me that you are Ladybug."
Marinette stopped in her tracks, Chat knew? How did, and why did she tell him? She looked at his wide, apologetic eyes and knew that everything he said had been true. And, and she couldn't remember a single detail. Chat's apologetic eyes turned to sorrowful ones, and he started to scoot off the deck chair, most likely planning to flee the scene.
"C-chat, I, I don't remember anything." Marinette admitted, closing the distance and placing a hand on her partner's shoulder, "but, I'm glad you told me what happened, Chat."
Chat looked up at her, eyes hopeful. Marinette smiled back, they'd get through this, together.
"My, my lady, I figure I should tell you what happened yesterday, but do you mind if I get more comfortable?"
"Of course, kitty," Marinette smiled, so Chat knew her identity, if anyone had to know it, she was glad that he knew.
Without warning, Chat Noir released his transformation, filling the small rooftop with a blinding green flash.
Marinette, startled, fell out off her heels and into a sitting position.
When Marinette collected herself she looked up and came face to face with- "Adrien?!"
"Heh, hey, Marinette, I uh, I thought it was only fair you knew who I was since, uh, you told me who you were...?" Adrien looked out of place, instead of the cool and collected boy Marinette knew from school, he looked completely exposed, nerves on edge.
Marinette couldn't believe her eyes, Adrien was Chat Noir? It made... it made absolute sense if she thought about it. Both boys were kind beyond their words, both had the biggest crush on Ladybug, and both were very honest and loyal, no matter the consequences. Marinette felt silly for not figuring it out sooner.
"Is, uh, is this okay?" Adrien coughed, pulling Marinette out of her head long enough for her brain to catch up to her situation.
Marinette began to laugh, grabbing onto Adrien's hand and tugging him into a hug. The boy was stiff at first, Marinette's laughter doing nothing to calm his nerves.
"Silly kitty," she huffed, out of breath from her laughing fit. And although she never saw it, Adrien's face lit up as he relaxed into the hug and the two went well into the night, talking and being closer than they had ever been, with or without masks.
The next day, Marinette had a spring in her step, things were looking up in her life and she couldn't wait to feed Alya the story she and Adrien had crafted that morning at around one.
"Alya! Good morning!"
"What is this, Marinette showing up before the bell?! Are you sure you aren't an akuma?" Alya laughed, slinging an arm around her friend's shoulder and leading the girl inside to their lockers.
"I'm fine, I just, I had a great night last night!" Marinette giggled, twisting the combo into her locker to put away her books for the afternoon.
"Really, why's that?" Alya asked, going to her own locker a few down to do the same.
"Well, I final-"
"Marinette! Good morning!" Marinette turned to see Adrien and Nino walking over to them, a similar spring in his step as he pulled Marinette into a side hug that turned into ruffling her hair.
"Adrien! I actually had time to brush my hair this morning, you jerk!" She laughed, shoving the boy off as he also giggled.
"Uh, girl, are you sure you're not an akuma?" Alya stared at the two with wide eyes, glancing at Nino who shrugged.
"I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen the texts, these two became friends over physics, of all things."
Marinette nodded, "I was going to tell you before someone interrupted me!"
"Sorry, sorry, but yeah, we hung out for a while last night, and something just, clicked! I can't believe we haven't hung out before. I'm paws-itively sure we would've been best friends by the first week if we had!"
"Was... was that a cat pun?" Alya stood there, mouth hanging open, what was she seeing?
"Ugh yeah, inside joke." Marinette groaned, slamming her locker shut and walked away, "see you in class, dork!" She waved, forcing her blush down as Alya raced after her, tackling her and dragging her to the bathroom.
Nino whistled before turning to his locker, "man you should not have interrupted Marinette!"
"Girl, explain, now! Yesterday you couldn't even look at him and now you're FLIRTING WITH HIM!?" Alya was passing, scaring some of the younger students, causing them to flee from the bathroom as fast as they could.
"Uh, yeah, he stopped in at the bakery and I was doing physics, but he corrected my equation, so uh, yeah. It just kind of happened? We swapped numbers and we texted back and forth as I tried to figure stuff out..."
"But, you two are like, very touchy feely with each other, that doesn't happen over text, girl." Alya huffed, sinking into the chair.
"Yeah, I didn't think so either, but that's just how he is," Marinette shrugged, leaning on the chair.
"And, I decided that, I don't really know him, so why try and date him? Why not be his friend first?"
Alya looked up at Marinette, and she knew that Marinette was being truthful.
"Okay, well, I won't question your methods, however long the plan might take." The two laughed and went to class, barely beating the bell as they sank into their chairs.
"Marinette, can I talk to you for a second?" Adrien led the girl to a secluded corner near the science wing.
"Hey, what's up?" Marinette asked, looking up at Adrien with a small smile, it was still weird, thinking of him as her crush and her partner. She hoped she would get used to it after a while.
"Well, I was just thinking, why did we tell everyone we're just friends?"
"That's what we are, Adrien, just friends. For now." Marinette sighed, last night she had told him her true feelings, and he told her his. After that, Adrien asked her to be his girlfriend, and she declined, for the moment.
"Adrien, we need to get to know each other, the full person we love, you know that." Marinette scolded, fixing him with a glare.
"I know, I know," Adrien put his hands up in defeat, "it makes sense in my brain, but in my heart, it hurts." Adrien hung his head and sighed, Marinette's heartstrings tugging and pulling inside her chest. She knew exactly what he was talking about.
Marinette stood on her tiptoes and gave a small peck on his cheek, causing the blond's head to pop up and look at her wide eyed.
"How about a compromise? We be friends for two weeks, and then you may ask me out on a date if you still want to. And we can talk about it after that, okay?" Marinette giggled at the way Adrien's eyes lit up and he began to bounce as if he were a child you told could have five pieces of candy from their favorite candy store.
Marinette laughed and grabbed his arm, tugging him to their waiting friends with a light blush on her face, there was no doubt in her mind that in two weeks time, she was going to be asked out by the Adrien Agreste.
A/N: Hey, so this is just an update thing, I'm going to put this story on a little hiatus, I'm going on vacations really soon and I want to give this the attention it deserves so I'm putting it on hold until after my vacations. I'll still be on with a drabble here and there but just, not Lucky Guess until I get back from both of my vacations. You can still send in ideas if you want and I'll get them asap! Sorry everyone, I want these to be the best they can! Thanks for understanding!
~Usachan!
