A Christmas Miracle
Thoughts
Haha surprise! I actually had both chapters typed out already so double update!
But I normally update in week-long periods.
Marinette fell back on her bed, dazed from the events that had happened earlier.
"Tikki, what happened?" she asked breathlessly.
Tikki blinked and pursed her lips.
"Hmm. Let's see. You and Chat Noir gave each other three clues on a slip of paper in hopes of finding out each other's identity. Do you realize how risky this is?" she asked, though it sounded more like she was yelling.
Marinette sat up and blushed.
"I do! It's just that-if Chat and I are somehow connected in our civilian life, then maybe Hawkmoth is too!" she explained.
"Plus, I've done some real thinking about us revealing our identities, and I've realized that Mastur Fu was a bit strict. And since I'm the new Guardian, I've decided we can reveal our identities!" Marinette grinned.
She fished out the slip of paper Chat had written his three hints in, and read it.
I'm gifted with looks worthy of a model.
I look a bit different in my civilian self than I normally do in superhero form.
I am notorious for my puns
Marinette had to roll her eyes at the last one, as she wondered who Chat Noir could be.
Adrien?
No. She chided herself. Adrien couldn't make a pun for anything.
Sighing, Marinette folded the paper, and tucked it into her diary.
"It could be Adrien, but I guess I'll have to see at school tomorrow. Doubt it ,though." she sighed.
Adrien did look like Chat Noir though. Alya had even said it herself.
Marinette would have never guessed she would be in her room, on a week-long timer to figure out Chat Noir's identity!
Adrien flopped on his bed, grinning from ear to ear.
"I did it, Plagg! She finally agreed for us to reveal our identities!" he laughed.
Plagg stuck his tongue out.
"Like I care. I'm gonna go eat some camembert." he shrugged.
Adrien rolled his eyes, and refrained from saying something snarky as he took a glance at the piece of paper Ladybug had given him:
I am madly clumsy
I have freckles
I am a blend of two different nations.
Adrien had to scratch his head on that last one, and mulled over the other two.
I'm madly clumsy.
Adrien already knew that she was clumsy. She had told him on the first day. He just hadn't thought that it carried over to her civilian self as a thing that stood out. And freckles? Half the girls in Paris had freckles.
Adrien frowned.
Why did Ladybug have to be so vague all the time? Couldn't she have said something easier? Like, for example what school she went to? Adrien could only assume that she went to his school. However, for the time being, his mind flopped to Marinette.
Marinette.
Just thinking about her put a smile on his lips.
Adrien hummed to himself as he bit his lip.
Could Marinette be Ladybug?
A year ago, he would've said that was crazy, but now Adrien wasn't so sure.
Getting over Ladybug had opened his eyes to a world full of so many other brilliant girls that he hadn't noticed before.
But Adrien would be lying if he said that he wasn't up for that date that Ladybug had offered him.
Shaking his head, Adrien let out a small chuckle.
He was probably crazy, thinking Marinette was Ladybug.
Sure, Marinette was brilliant, pretty, smart, and quick-thinking.
But Ladybug was Ladybug.
She was original!
It just seemed wrong for Marinette to be Ladybug, despite his love for the bluenette.
Sighing, Adrien flopped back on the bed and grinned wolfishly.
Despite the fact that Ladybug's clues were puzzling, Adrien Agreste knew that somehow, her identity was right under his nose.
