Disclaimer: I do not own Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir.

It was night time in Paris as Ladybug and Cat Noir were fighting against Dark Hound (an akumatized dog).

Ladybug used her Lucky Charm; which transformed into a giant dog bone in order to distract the giant canine in order for Cat Noir to Cataclysm the dogs collar and release the akuma.

"Time to de evilize" said Ladybug triumphantly as the darkened butterfly was purified, Ladybug waved goodbye to the now white butterfly and used the Miraculous Ladybugs in order to fix the damage that Dark Hound caused in Paris.

"Pound it" the two heroes said as they fist bumped and the now de-akumatized puppy ran back home to its owner.

"Another night, another job well done m'lady" Cat Noir said but Ladybug started to look depressed which made Cat Noir feel concerned "what's wrong, was it something I said?"

"Do you know what tomorrow is Cat Noir?"

Cat Noir was puzzled "Friday?"

"No" Ladybug said in a sad tone "it's the 14th tomorrow, it's Valentine's Day"

"Oh right, but why are you so depressed m'lady?"

Paris had a reputation of being the most romantic city, but Ladybug wasn't feeling very romantic.

"It's about this boy I'm in love with" Ladybug said "A while ago he told me he was in love with someone else"

Cat Noir felt sympathy for Ladybug and decided to help her out "maybe we can talk about this somewhere else that's not in the middle of a public street" he said as Ladybug nodded and they both moved up to the roof of a near building.

"Okay m'lady, we've got a lot of time left since we defeated Dark Hound really quickly. Tell me about this boy you're in love with"

"Why, you're not gonna Cataclysm him are you?"

"No of course not" Cat Noir replied "m'lady we've been through a lot since we first met and you saved me multiple times; like the time I got hit by Dark Cupid's arrow, the time when I got transformed by Reflekta, the time we lost our memories and the time when I got akumatized into Chat Blanc by Hawkmoth; heck we even swapped powers once. But after all those times the one thing I enjoy seeing every time we work together is seeing you happy, and if that means that you will always love someone else instead of me than I must act like the bigger man or cat in this situation. So I'm gonna help you out with this"

Ladybug started to smile "wow that's really mature of you Cat Noir"

Cat Noir smiled and shrugged "Hey, I owe you"

"I have liked him for a very long time, but every time I'm near him I sometimes get nervous and even a bit clumsy"

"Really?" Cat Noir replied in confusion "You?"

"Yeah. I once sent him a scarf for his birthday, but he doesn't know it was from me. I also sent him a Valentine's card and forgot to sign my name on it"

Cat Noir started to get a strange feeling. A feeling that this felt a bit familiar to him, but all he could do was to listen and nod.

"What's his name?"

"His name….." Ladybug replied nervously "His name is Adrien Agreste"

In his mind; Cat Noir was completely shocked as Adrien Agreste was his civilian identity. He did all he could to keep his composure because he knew that the last thing Ladybug would want is to find out that the guy she was rejecting was actually the guy that she loved.

"I normally wouldn't ask you to help me with this but we've been through a lot and we're both at the level where we can trust each other. So what should I do Cat Noir?"

Cat Noir was a little flabbergasted but he thought of what advice to give her.

"Next time you see him you say something like "Adrien, ever since I met you I have had feelings for you but until now I've had trouble expressing them to you" and maybe even recite the Valentine's Day card you game him last time. You can also improvise a bit if you want"

Ladybug felt relived and even started to show a bit of confidence.

"Thanks Cat Noir that really helps" Ladybug said and then her earrings started to beep. "I gotta go, next time I see you I'll tell you how it goes. BUG OUT!"

As Ladybug used her yoyo to swing off, Cat Noir looked on and sighed "good luck m'lady"

After hearing his miraculous start beeping Cat Noir managed to get home before his miraculous timed out and he transformed back into Adrien.

Adrien's kwami; Plagg flew towards the mini fridge in Adrien's room and used his translucency ability to open the door and get some cheese to replenish his energy.

"I know they all say not to eat before bed, but it impossible to resist a tasty camembert"

After changing his clothes, brushing his teeth and washing his face; Adrien just looked at his bathroom mirror in silence.

"Yo Adrien, are you ok?" Plagg said as he started to lay back.

"Plagg, I think I might know who Ladybug could be" Adrien replied which made Plagg almost choke and fall off his pillow.

"Really?" Plagg said "Who?" Plagg already knew Ladybug's secret identity but a spell had prevented him from telling Adrien about it.

"A girl in my class; Marinette Dupain-Cheng" Adrien replied

"What makes you think it could be her?"

"Everything she said on the rooftop after the battle tonight made my brain feel like many cogs working together at once"

"Weird analogy, but ok"

"What I mean is that once she said my name I was able to start putting the pieces together think about it after the time I fought Puppeteer for the second time, I told Marinette that I was in love with someone. She was the only girl I ever said that to" Adrien said as he started looking at the picture of Ladybug on his phone and his school class photo side by side "Now that I look at it; Marinette and Ladybug look exactly alike and their voices also sound the same. I'm so stupid that I didn't recognise this earlier"

Plagg just sat by and listened, still knowing that he couldn't say anything as Adrien got into bed to lie down.

"She doesn't know that I'm Cat Noir as I remember that she gave me the snake miraculous and I became Asvik. I did reveal my identity to her but she got captured by Desperada and I had to use the Second Chance to rewind time, which means she forgot all about it"

"What was with the name Asvik anyway?" asked Plagg "No offence but that sounds like it could be made into a joke name that would sound disgusting"

"What are you talking about Plagg oh…, well that's just great next time I use the snake miraculous I will have to come up with a new name. Anyway I think we are going off topic here"

"Oh well, it was just a bit of guy humour. So what are you going to do?"

"Tomorrow is Valentine's Day; so at school tomorrow if Marinette comes up to me and repeats the same things that "Cat Noir" told her then I'll know that she is Ladybug"

"Then what are you going to do if your hunch is right?" Plagg said "You're gonna tell her that you're Cat Noir?"

"Of course not, well not in front of the school anyway. Because in the slight chance that I am wrong it would result in me making myself look like an idiot, embarrassing the both of us and revealing my secret identity to the entire school. I think I'll take her to the park where it can be more private, ease her into it and then tell her. What do you think Plagg?"

As Adrien rolled over to look at Plagg he could see that Plagg had fallen asleep and was snoring loudly, which made Adrien look annoyed. Adrien then looked at the ceiling and sighed.

"Good night Plagg" Adrien said as he shut his eyes and drifted off to sleep.