Chapter Three

It had been a few days since Marinette and Adrien went and got ice cream at Andre's with Alya and Nino. Any outsider would have thought it was a double date. However despite the time it gave Adrien and Marinette to be together, nothing really changed in their relationship. Luka rubbed his temples. They have got to have some progress sometime. He thought. Surely they had to start admitting feelings for eachother at some point.

Luka's phone buzzed. He saw a notification named "Akuma Alert". Ladybug and Cat Noir would be on their way to save another akuma victim now. "Time to just sit and wait." He sighed. Hopefully they wouldn't need viperion, but it was more fun to help out than sit on the sidelines.

Kagami stifled a gasp. There was yet another akuma attack, and she was about to go home in her mom's billionaire car. It all seemed like a pretty normal day in her Parisian life until now. She saw Adrien duck behind a corner and transform into Cat Noir. He must have thought nobody was around, and now Kagami felt bad knowing that she wasn't supposed to know. Now it all made sense. Why he kept running away from her, why their relationship didn't work. Adrien was Cat Noir, and he was in love with Ladybug.

Well, for now she figured the best thing she could do was keep it a secret afterall. Despite the breakup, she and Adrien remained good fencing opponents and even friends. She wanted him to be happy no matter what. Kagami was even surprised with herself. She didn't care that Adrien was in love with Ladybug. In fact she was glad he had another important person to be there for him. She knew what it felt like to be lonely. Then that hit her too, she was also glad that she didn't care because it meant she'd moved on.

On the drive to her mansion, Kagami looked out the side window. They drove by the Seine, and Kagami's eyes caught the Couffaine's boat that Luka lived on. Just before the car drove her out of the view, she caught a glimpse of Luka playing his guitar. Despite the chaos outside from the akuma attack, he looked as serene as ever. She felt her heart flutter and her amazement return. What is this feeling? Do I like Luka? She wondered. She sighed when she lost sight of him from the car taking a turn.

The car parked and the doors opened for Kagami. She made her way to the gates that separated the mansion from the rest of Paris, and a sound caught her attention. Ladybug swung by and landed inside of a dumpster. A flash of pink poked out the cracks of the lid that she closed herself in on. Then to Kagami's surprise, Marinette lept out and ran down the street. Oh. This is interesting.

So now Kagami had yet another revelation, one of her first friends, Marinette, was Ladybug. Kagami pounced on her bed when she reached her room. She rolled over and thought out loud. "Marinette is in love with Adrien, who is Cat Noir. Adrien loves Ladybug, who is Marinette. They don't even know it, do they?" It sounded like the silliest thing ever, they were so blind to each other. "That's it, I have to get those two to admit their feelings and secrets to each other. There's no other way for them." Kagami sat up with determination. Marinette and Adrien meant the world to her, she was going to make sure they would get together and be happy.

Adrien flopped onto his bed and de-transformed. "Will she ever love me…" He moaned. Plag was fighting the hard urge to spill the cheese on her identity and crush on his civilian self. Plagg inwardly hissed that he couldn't get himself out of his holder's misery. "I know she loves you, just not in a romantic way. Don't you also love pigtails?" Plagg replied and questioned. Adrien looked up from his pillow.

"I'm still confused as to how I feel the same way for two different girls. I wonder why I get myself into such situations." Adrien replied with a groan and sigh. Plagg rolled his eyes. Oh my camembert! They are the same freaking girl! When will I get a break from all this moping?! Plagg retreated to his stash of cheese while Adrien took a quick nap.

A knock sounded on his door. "Adrien, time for your photoshoot." Natalie informed him behind the door. Adrien opened his eyes. He just laid there not wanting to get up, but when Natalie walked away he knew it was time to go. "Uh fine." Adrien said getting up and out of his moping. Time to make some poses and fake smiles. Pray that Lila wouldn't be around.

Adrien's phone buzzed again. "Akuma Alert" The second one the same day.

Marinette's phone buzzed and pinged with the Akuma Alert notification. She jolted and her hand jumped causing an unintentional line on her new dress design. "Ughh!" She growled, "Another Akuma. Thanks a lot Shadowmoth!" Tikki gave Marinette a sympathetic look. "Tikki, spots on."

A "Cataclysm!", "Lucky charm", purified butterfly, and "Miraculous ladybug!" Later Ladybug and Cat Noir parted. "Bye Kitty! She said over her shoulder. "Bye bug."Cat gave her a sad smile and wave as she zoomed away. Ladybug de-transformed quickly in her room before transforming again to go out for an evening run. A lot of time had passed since the akuma took longer than usual. Of course as usual, they always won. She figured it would be nice to get some fresh air, and if she were being honest, she hoped Cat Noir would be out to join her.

She started to accept the fact that she had feelings for both Adrien and Cat Noir. She didn't know how or why she fell for both, but she didn't imagine she'd be successful at picking one of them right now. Or convincing herself she didn't have two crushes, when it was so blatantly obvious. Maybe one day her heart would settle on one of them, for now, there was no rush. Ladybug was the guardian now, she didn't have time for romance anyway. Maybe she'd just let her heart do it's thing until the time was right. No action yet.