Title: Rendezvous

Subject: Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir

Summary: Marinette and Adrien have long talk with their kwamis about revealing their identities and all that will intales, both the heartache and the hardships of the Ladybug and Chat Noir teams of the past.

Miraculous is an animated series produced by French studios Zagtoon and Method Animation in collaboration with De Agostini Editor S.p.A. Created by Thomas Astruc.

Genre: Romance

Characters: Ladybug and Chat Noir

CHAPTER 5: LadyChat? Or is it BugNior?

The battle wasn't much of one if you had ask either one of them; using "Lucky Charm!" seemed like almost a waste in her opinion. The victim this time was a young boy about 8-10 years old, apparently there was some sort of scuffle in his after school program with a group of friends of his, "Chat Noir? Miss Ladybug? What happened, where am I?" The kid was scruffy with a red sweater with dark blue shorts that was way too big for his body.

"It's okay hunny, you just got akumatized; but it's fine now," Ladybug answer offered a hand to help him off the ground; he sprang up past her arms and hugged her tightly around her petite waist. "Can you tell us what happened?"

"I'm not sure, we were heading out to play kickball and we were picking teams, I remember getting upset that I got pick last after the girl! Can you believe they picked me over a girl?!" LB huffed her hands on her hips as she pouted down at the little brat, he cringed himself backwards releasing her.

"That's not really something to be upset about..." Ladybug crossed her arms turning away from the boys,

"You don't understand!" She turned her head and saw the anger the kid was feeling, "The team captain's was my best friend! He was suppose to pick me first, it wasn't fair!"

Ladybug turned back and began to kneel in front of the boy until Chat Noir took over, "Listen kid, just because he's your best friend doesn't mean you get special privileges, you have to trust that your friend knows what he doing, he must've done it for a reason."

Suddenly another boy about the same age caught up with the trio, "Michael are you okay? What happened to you?!" He gently placed his hand on his friend's shoulder, but "Michael" soon shrugged him off; stomping his foot, turning his back on him. "Look I'm sorry I didn't pick you first for kickball, I thought that if I picked Sora that maybe she'd like me more; I didn't think it would hurt your feelings like that, I apologize..."

Michael turned his head back, then punched his friend in the arm, "Dude I told you don't bother with her, she already likes Samantha!" He put his arm around his shoulders as they laughed. After a few autographs from a couple of the babies that weren't too shy to walk up to the pair, they all ran away waving back at the superheroes. "Bug out!" Both her and Chat Noir sprang up on the nearby building then began to hop from rooftop to rooftop; once they were far enough away they stopped to talk.

"Well that was odd dontcha think?" She asked Chat tapping her finger against her chin.

"Nah not really, boys will be boys; that happens all the time. I remember when I was little; with my parents gone all the time I only had Cho- one friend to play with. Majority of the time it was just the two of us and our care takers." Chat walked over to the edge squatted down, overlooking the evening scenery. "She'd get mad if I started playing with anyone else..."

Ladybug dropped her arms to his sides as she listened to Noir's sad story about his younger timeline; throughout the years he had been telling her bits and pieces of his life and some in the present; he was some sort of famous actor and his father worked around the clock. Most of the time he was home alone with his nanny and butler, Noir's story always reminded her of Adrien and how he was always home alone with Nathalie and the Gorilla.

'Adrien...I wonder how he's doing...I haven't heard from him for the rest of the day, I wonder how his hang out with Kagami went, and I was with Luka...' Heavily blushing as she rested on her face in her palms trying not to think that night they spent together, soon without realizing a slow melody came flowing through her ears bringing her out of her thoughts. She peered over the side and saw that they were close to downtown were there was a cafe with a musician playing in front of.

Tonight it appeared to have a young lady trying her hand at the violin, "Eh um..." Standing arm stretched out Chat Noir prompted her to come close and dance with him; Ladybug giggled as she quietly sauntered over clasping his claw and allowing him to pull her close. "You know...I don't have a lot of time Chat..."

Noir gently closed the distance between them holding her right hand and hoisted in the air, then wrapping his arm around her hip. "I know M'lady, this won't take long." As they both got older they had more time with their miraculous powers after each use, so instead of 5 minutes they now have 10 minutes. The music was slow, from the sound of it, she played what sounded classical, Ladybug placed her hand on his shoulder and began to sway to the tune. She had been there before, as Marinette her dance with Adrien at Chloe's party when she was attempting to be "nice."

Adrien...

Why was she still thinking about him, it was over she had her chance, many chances with no progress. Now with all of them soon out of high school and starting their lives shortly in the next few months; she thought that she had more time. However when Kagami came around things got progressively worst. "And dip..." Ladybug came back from space when her head was dropped down behind her, "Chat, how do you know this song?"

"I've had to play this piece for a piano recital back in the day..." He was so talented, not to mention all the great things that he does as a superhero; it seems like his out of mask activities included: actor, genius at physics and now he can play piano too? was this guy too good to be true? Granted he wasn't Adrien but he was a very close second, wait she shouldn't be thinking like that! Chat Noir is a wonderful man all on his own and doesn't need to be compared to anyone else; he's really come into his own over the last four years.'

Ladybug was having such a good time dancing with her kitty, he lifted his arm to lead her through an air loop they made together; 'Why haven't I notice his eyes before now? I mean when he was Mister Bug they were really green...'

"Noir? Don't judge me, but your eyes, your real ones, they're actually green right?" Chat shortly stopped in mid-spin and looked down with a brow upwards,

"Yes M'lady, although I'd like to think that they're paw-sitivly envious emerald..." he chuckled. Okay that was funny, there was that high confidence she both admired and was envious of, Ladybug wished she could've expressed her feelings without fear like her Kitty. The way he told her that time at the museum,

"Y'know M'lady the worst the situation the more I realize how amazing you are!"

"How do you do that?"

"Do what?"

"If I mean so much to you how is it so easy for you just say all these nice things to me even in the worst situation? The really important things are the hardest things to say isn't it?

"It's precisely when something is important to say that it's important to say it, no matter what."

Ladybug slowly removed her hand out of his paw placing it on his other shoulder; in turn he grasped her waist completely, she engulfed herself in his space and sighed deeply as they connected placing her head on his chest and his chin on her head.

'Why does this feel so familiar?'

Could she have a life with Chat Noir? Marinette had been so blinded by the Adrien's golden light that she ended up getting burnt by it, all the while leaving Chat in his shadow. It was time to move on, but was she ready to reveal her identity? No they couldn't do that, although as the new guardian she did need to know every miraculous users identity in case something were to happen, not that she didn't already know who everyone was, except one. There was no way she could offer as much wisdom as Master Fu, but she could offer all her support.

"Promise me one thing Chat Noir," They stopped, "Promise me that if we were to share our identities nothing will change between us, our relationship won't change and nothing will stop us from being superheroes no matter what! Paris needs us until we defeat Hawk Moth!" She asked sternly glancing up at him, her kitty only tighten his grip on her and simply replied, "Yes my love..."

Ladybug placed her head back against his tone chest and sighed again, "...And if we were to end up together, settle down, start a family; even then we can't retire. Remember what Bunnyx said, we have to keep fighting for the sake of the city..."

Chat tensed up at the new sensation but wasn't complaining at all, she seemed to be doing that as of late, surprising him at random. Suddenly Ladybug was becoming more affectionate towards him: letting him kiss her hand when they got together, letting his arms or hands linger on her body a bit longer if he had to touch her for some reason; even now a few years ago he would have never gotten her to slow dance with him like this. What had changed?

Being close now he was able to cross his arms around the small of her back then placed his chin on the on the nip of her neck, 'Tee Hee shorty...' He opened his eyes in just enough time to not only notice that they were awfully close to a wall but the song was coming to an end, he pulled himself away from LB to catch them against the wall, he still had her in his arm when he placed his hand against the wall making sure they didn't crash.

Ladybug finally noticed that they had stopped and where they were now, "What happened, how did we get here?" She looked around laughing slightly.

"I wasn't paying attention where I was taking us, my bad." Mini-bug soon joined in the joke as she stared up at him with her big blue eyes.

BEEP 5 minute warning BEEP

Both of them giggled, Chat hadn't used his Cataclysm so he had a lot more time to lag around; he bent down staring hard in her face, without even realizing it they were inches away from each other. Ladybug could smell his civilian cologne, Noir had the scent of pastries up his nose. "I have to go Kitty..."

"5 more minutes..." LB wasn't paying attention when Noir grabbed her face and brought it up to his, getting ever so much closer, she could feel the heat emanated from his cheek his darted back and forth from her eyes to her lips.

"Chat?" she asked nervously. That made him halt but continued forward, he didn't miss his target yet he didn't go for it either, instead he planted a small peck on her cheekbone before heading down her jawline before resting at her neck below costume cover. Ladybug gasped at this feeling, memories of Chat Noir and Marinette came flooding in her mind, his arm wrapped around her so delicately as he touched her most sensitive area while kissing all over.

BEEP 4 minute warning BEEP

"Times up Kitty..." Ladybug smiled up as he pressed his forehead against her, Chat grasped her arms and squeezed them gently before he kissed her nose. He let her go and walked over to the edge of the roof, getting ready with his staff. "Are we still meeting up for the patrol-?"

Ladybug pushed herself off the wall and began to stand with Noir before she noticed something on the ground; she squatted over it and picked up a small colorful bracelet. It was made from red string, with eight beads which was bent into a loop on one side when the bracelet is not tied onto a wrist.

"Of course M'lady, wild akumas couldn't keep me away from you!" Chat glanced over and noticed that she was distracted with something small in her hands, "Oh whoops, sorry LB that's mine, kinda my lucky charm...ha ha" He snatched the trinket from her fingers and stuffed it back in his pockets.

"How do you mean? Wh-where did you get that from?"

"Oh this? A girl from school made it for me; she's really talented!"

"So she's a friend of yours huh? D-Do you like her?"

"Oh yeah totally, she's a really great friend!" Noir bought out his lucky charm again and began to finger it with his thumb, "It seems like ever since she came into my life, its been an adventure. She's smart, loyal, creative; kinda reminds me a lot of you M'lady. I'm so cooped up all the time at home, but thanks to her I've got a lot more friends now, and I get to go out and have a life. I've even made one of these for her birthday a few years ago. She's just this great light in my life that I never want to burn out..." Noir finished his thoughts by bring the charm close to his chest, while shutting his eyes.

BEEP 3 minute warning BEEP

With a sigh Chat place his present back then grabbed his baton from behind his back, "Well I better be off, but don't worry Bugaboo you're still #1 in my heart." Kneeling down Chat grasped her hand, winked up at her then quickly kissing her good bye. Ladybug watched with shocked face as she watched her parent helicopter away, she found herself slinking down to w-sit on the roof, squeezing her own bracelet in her hands, "A-Adrien...?"

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A dark haired beauty was pacing around her bedroom racking her brain from thoughts of the last few days; Chat Noir once again almost found out her secret identity, but luckily for her he thought her school was that of an elementary school, hopefully seeing both her and Ladybug was enough to keep Chat from suspecting Marinette from being ladybug. With the help of Master Fu and all the miraculous kwamis she was able to get outta there before Kwamibuster handed them all over to Hawk Moth.

Marinette soon calmed herself before sitting down at the sewing desk restarting her project."Did you say something Marinette?" Tikki was reading the funny pages on her owner's day bed, she floated up quickly.

"Oh no it's nothing Tikki..." Marinette was focusing on her next slue of problems; Adrien would be off her back trying to find out her secret identity, but now she wanted to figure out who CN was! It never bothered her before, nor did she care to want to know, but why? Up until now she had always said, "their identities must remain secret," but she could help but question a few things. Adrien kept addressing Ladybug as 'his lady', as well of a lot of his actions and mannerisms were just like that old alley cat, but there's no way.

Marinette quickly grabbed her phone and look through her pictures, she was looking for the one Alya had given her of Adrian "dressed up" as Chat Noir. Going up her stairs, she quickly grabbed the newspaper clipping then went back to her desk to look at them for a side-by-side comparison, "No he can't be... that's impossible..." How could she been so blind, not see it all this time? 4 years and she's never noticed! How could you have? Adrien and Chat act like two different people!

So are you... As Ladybug you're not so clumsy, not as nervous talking to Adrien? If he's as trapped at home as much as he says he is, then I don't blame him for breaking out into a different persona... 'I cant be in love with Chat Noir, hes too flirty with annoying puns and his cheesy grin and sexy green eyes, talented hands... his ravishing mouth... Bu-but hes also brave and loyal, he's is always there for me, in every sense of the word, but what about Adrien?! I love Adrien! I couldn't image dumping Adrien for Chat Noir, unless...same blonde hair, same green eyes and they're both in love in Ladybug...Adrien is Chat Noir isn't he?

'That means if its true I've been rejecting "Adrien" as Chat Noir all this time! That also means those kisses I've shared with "Chat" over the years, they've been shared with "Adrien"! Also also that means I'm in love with Chat Noir and he's in love with Ladybug who is me!'

Watching as she slumped herself back into her work chair; the ladybug kwami floated to her owner's side, "Marinette, what's wrong?"

"Tikki, didn't you tell me once that if anyone found out my secret identity, I couldn't be ladybug anymore?"

"Marinette you know the answer to this, to protect your friends and family from the forces of evil."

"But why is that," Across town, a teenage boy and his kwami were having the same conversation, "I mean it's not like our friends and families aren't put in danger every other day NOT knowing who our identities are, so what difference does it make."

Plagg couldn't find himself able to concentrate on his wheel of cheese with all this interrogation, "You're not suppose to know okay?" Soon a triangle went missing,

"Yeah, but what's the big deal?

"The Ladybug and Cat miraculous are two of the most powerful items in all of history, the ladybug miraculous is that of creation and birth where as the cat miraculous is one of destruction and death, two halves of one whole, yin and yang. Other Ladybugs before you; not many but some, they have fallen in love with their Chat Noirs'. They've ended up telling each other their secret identities as well as their feelings. Shortly after that, the couple would get married, stop fighting crime and decided to have a family. Without a Ladybug and Cat Noir the world would find its self in ruin until another perfect pair was found again.

"No way are you serious, you're saying that eventually I'll end up with Chat Noir not matter what? Okay so I get that, but what's wrong with us being together, wouldn't that make us a strong superhero team? Seems like the best plan of action right since I've practically given up on Adrien, I mean Bunnyx told us that we run an adult team of superheroes so that must mean we've all told each other our secret identities, I honestly can't image a bunch of grown-ups running around saving Paris and not knowing each other in real life."

Making an infinity symbol of the air, Tikki was getting antsy with all Marinette's questions, "Not necessarily, other times the Bug and Cat got together then broke up, which hurt the teamwork immensely; revealing your identity could be fatal for Paris, if it doesn't have their superhero duo to save them."

"Well that doesn't have to happen to us; we're still in high school, we would have plenty enough time to get marriage and whatnot. Just because I have another ladybugs have done that doesn't mean that has to happen to me right?" Marinette finished going back to her work.

Tikki floated by her charge's face and patted her sweetly on the nose, "Marinette, I'm your kwami and I love you and as the new guardian you have a responsibility to Paris, the world and also to yourself; I'm so your friend and I'll do everything I can to make sure you don't get hurt. I know how you feel about Adrien and I understand your new developments with Chat Noir and while I can't tell what to do, I'm only here to guide and support you in all your endeavors as Ladybug. Now if you feel deep down that you want to reveal yourself, that choice is up to you, I don't know what the future holds, to an extent, but I know here and now that you're one of the best Ladybugs that I've had the pleasure of serving with. You're bravery, intelligence and your kindness, makes your the perfect Ladybug!"

Marinette, stopped her sewing again to hold her hands out for Tikki to land in, she gave her cute baby kisses all over her big ol' sweet little noggin, "Thanks Tikki, I love you too! You're kind, sweet, super smart and, you're one of my best friends and I'd be nothing without you!"

"That's not true! I just give you superpowers, it's all you in the suit!"

Then it suddenly rung in her head, 'I'm the one in the suit, I'm not Ladybug without Tikki and Ladybug is me! It doesn't matter who's in the suit because deep down it's the true person underneath, whether it be Adrien or some other guy!'

"Mari, I don't want you to think that I don't understand about you being in love, the pinning after someone so close and yet so far away, missing them all the time despite seeing each other everyday in one way or another. Wanting nothing more then to be in their arms and they in yours, embracing so tightly you believe and hope that this time you'll melt into one being, because that's how it feel sometimes-being one with each other..." A small tear fell down Tikki's cheek as she looked away,

"Tikki, have you been in love before?" She didn't say anything, just continued not to look at her, "Are you still in love?" The little cutie, flew out on Marinette's hands and went to the window sill, "It's Plagg, isn't it?" She watched as Tikki pulled her little knees to her tiny chest and made a pint-sized sigh. "You two are the two halves of the one whole, creation and destruction, yin and yang... Chat and I keeping you two apart by keeping our identities a secret, aren't we? That's why were aren't suppose to know our identities because the Ladys and Kitties got together and it was only be a matter of time before they gave you two up to live normal lives, ripping you apart again..."

"No Marinette! This is the duty that Plagg and I were born to do, we've been doing this for centuries and we've gotten used to it."

"It's not fair Tikki! Not only am I not suppose to tell my most trusted partner and best friend who I really am, but I'm also keeping my other best friend from her own true love!" Mari felt tears start to whelp and sting her eyes, she sat down again as she held her face in her hands. Tikki came back to Marinette's ear,

"You and Chat are not keeping us away from each other, these are our jobs, we're here to protect you both. If and when the time comes that the two are ready to reeal yourselves and you guys are meant to be together, then it will happen, and Plagg and I will be together again. No point forcing it."

"Que sera, sera" (whatever will be, will be)

Adrien was on his computer photo shopping a picture of Ladybug; lining up in the colors of her skin around her mask and slowly erasing it,

Both halves of one whole, yin and yang.

'That would explain why we kissed that day of the school trip to the Tour Montparnasse; we must've fallen in love with each other naturally, considering neither one of us had our memories...' "So in the end, no matter what, I'll end up with Ladybug?"

"I'm not making any promises kid," Down with a another slice of cheese that was too big for his head, Adrien looked back to see the back of his kwami, then went back to his picture, he was matching the tones in her right cheek.

"It is interesting that both Ladybug and I both lost our miraculous on the same day when Refleckta came back around; that wasn't so bad; I got to meet Tikki. Its funny because that the same day that we helped Marinette with her new clothes line of France. It's just so weird that Ladybug was also at Collège Françoise Dupont the same day you were fooling around, if it wasn't for the fact that I saw her and Marinette together I could've sworn...

"Adrien stop it I'm not going to tell you anything no matter how much you bribe me, my none existence lips are sealed!"

Taken back at the sudden outburst; one again he went back to the photo being so close to being done, "Plagg, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you mad. I just really want to know who she is; being so close to her every single day, telling her face to face how strongly I feel towards her and she not returning my feelings. You would think after all this time I would stop, but I can't-just something about Ladybug makes me want to show her what I'm made of; her eyes makes me want to be a better man. Something in her smile brightens up my day, I'm the one she's destined to be with."

Plagg glanced back at his owner, he was hurting he was truly hurting; the girl of his dreams and the girl he was meant to be with were both loving and killing him a the same time. He wasn't much of a romantic nor did he care to start to become one, but he couldn't stand watching his charge suffer so much.

"Have you ever been in love Plagg? It's painful; sometimes it's good to know what your hurt feels like, it lets you know that you're alive and not just some husk walking around existing. All you want to do is be by their side; knowing that you get to see that person that you would do most anything for. The fact you both depend on each other, trust each one another and at the end of the day it feels so nice and warm just to have them next to you."

No he had been in love a long time ago, a small cute kindhearted soul with giant mystical eyes, even though she was stern she was loving all the while, always keeping him in check to kick him in the butt whenever he needed, and "Sugarcube..."

There all done...

The model had finally completed his masterpiece, zooming out of the detailed picture what he saw was nothing but pure shock. There she was in all her Ladybug glory: blunette hair color and in two pigtails, cute face smiling brightly with her adorable freckles underneath shimmering oceanic eyes, The way she takes charge in tough situations arise, the devious plans she comes up with in the middle of danger, that sort of clumsiness as she swings confidently to save Paris for all evil doings. "Marinette?" Adrien kicked his chair from behind him, somewhere in his mind's eye he knew there was something special about her, but this was no way that he could've ever thought it was this!

This explained everything, the way she was always helping people, her tough exterior when it came to her friends and family, she was smart, creative, tenacious and resistant. Perfect quality for Ladybug, "Plagg is it true? Is Marinette really Ladybug?"

Plagg floated in front Adrien's face, pointing his little numbs, "Look kid, I'm NOT going to say that she is and I'm NOT going to say that she isn't! In fact, sine we're being honest, I'm also NOT going to say that 'your friend' Marinette has the biggest crush on you! You don't know anything at all because you're NOT supposed to know anything what so ever and if Tikki finds out that you know what you're NOT supposed to know she's going to kill us in ways that I don't even know about...and I'm the kwami of destruction!

Adrian was frozen; all this information confused and confounded him even more then an akuma ever could, "All this time, she liked me as much as I liked her, but she doesn't like the other me: however I love the other her... What am I going to do?" Adrian quickly remembered his time as Cat Noir, and all he'd done "hanging out" with Marinette, 'She and I did so much pervy stuff that night, she trusted me, Marinette let me touch her in ways I've never touched anyone; well her and Kagami...'

Oh right Kagami.

What was he going to do about her, she came over so forcefully and just attacked him, and honestly it wasn't that good. He was going to have to deal with her later, he was more worried about the love of his life. Oh gosh how was he going to tell Ladyb- Marin- MariBug? Ladyette? that he got another blowjob from Kagami, what would she say, would she forgive him? Would she ever blow him again to get Kagami "cooties" off his shaft? Adrien stood up his computer chair; shaking his head of all his dirty thoughts; what time was it? Half an hour, he walked over to his couch and flopped down, somehow that released stress of the cushions allowed him to smell hints of his and Ladybug's sex, he soon blush remembering that night.

'When Marinette came over as Ladybug, I asked her for a blowjob and she did it without question; so does that mean Marinette's been in love with me this whole time? That time at her birthday, what about when she kissed me on the cheek that one time? Since the day we met?! Which was the same day we got our miraculous and I first time met Ladybug. Why have I not noticed before? Marinette's continually nervous around me like at the wax museum; but as Chat Noir she's relaxed, calm- like she's hanging out with an old friend not and world famous superhero.'

They're all the same people, but under costumes personalities were different; finally coming out of his brain coma Adrien pointed loudly at Plagg,

"If Ladybug is Marinette and she loves Adrien and then she's in love Chat Noir because he's me! It has to work out, I love Ladybug and Marinette is Ladybug so that must mean I love Marinette too! I mean I don't not love her, I just never saw her that way because she was always so twitchy and nervous around me, plus I was so infatuated with Ladybug but seeing that they're the same person..." Adrien rushed over to his poster bored where an old sticky note from Marinette was pinned up, then dash to the drawer next to his bed and took out his heart-shaped folded piece of paper.

'They are the same...' Adrien took both in his arm and squeezed them tightly, "I've see what she's capable of when she's out of the mask and not so nervous around 'me', maybe if I tell her w-we can be together-"

Plagg floated furiously in Adrien's face, "No no no no no no no no! You guys aren't supposed to know each other secret identities! I told you that already!"

"But didn't you just said we were destined to be together? How can that be if we never tell each other who we are?"

"I-I don't know okay? I don't know how it works it's been a long time since I've encountered this; all I know is that a few Ladybugs and their Chats ended up together. It's not because they revealed their secret identities, that much I can tell you."

Teenage model boy slammed his fist into his table, "This isn't fair! I know who Ladybug is, why not skip all the nonsense and let us-"

"Because you can't be superheroes if you two are together!" Plagg shouted back.

"What- why is that? Is that some bullshit rule? How cruel-! Are you saying that after the Ladybugs and their Chat Noirs got together that they were no longer able to be superheroes?!"

"They got together, had families; and in order to protect said families...?"

"...They had to stop being superheroes..."

"I'm sorry kid that's just what happens." Adrien began to cry, but he had to remember he had to control his emotions to not get akumatized, "Look Adrien I can't say that what happened back then won't happened to the two of you guys nowadays, and remember what Bunnyx said that you two will still be together in the future. You are a different from the other Chat's and whatever happens happens, but do I know is that the world will always need you two." Adrien wiped his face as Plagg landed in his hand, unfortunately he didn't get a chance to get all his tears out before his alarm went off. "Times up kid..."