With this being the last bit of dessert Adrien knew that his 'date' was about to be over. He grabbed Ladybugs hand more firmly, leaving the tart behind, and brought it to his lips for a kiss. He heard another ragged breath from her and chuckled.

"My lady, it looks like our 'date' is almost over. However I don't want it to end."

Marinette felt her face flush and her heart rate quicken. "Kitty," she said quietly, "you know we can't see each other outside of our masks. If we knew who the other was it could affect how we fight together. We agreed to leave separately."

Adrien nodded. "I know but, we don't have to be together out of the masks tonight. I'll leave first and transform. I'll head to the Arc de Triomphe and we can meet up there after you transform. We can hang out together and either stargaze or talk some more."

Marinette thought for a moment. It would be nice to hang out with Chat Noir for a bit. They could go separately and avoid finding out who each other was.

Sensing her reluctance Adrien continued. "I know I left the rest of my evening open just in case the date went well and 'she' wanted to continue to hang out together. I would assume that you, planner that you are, may have done the same thing. Am I right?"

After a pause and a heavy sigh, "Yes kitty," Marinette agreed. "I did leave my evening open in case things went well." She paused again and Adrien held his breath. "Ok. You go out first and I'll meet up with you in about half an hour. I need to do stuff first." Like get my heart under control, she thought.

"That's fine my lady. Even though we don't have to pay, I'll need to move my car so I don't get a parking ticket. Please give me about 5 minutes before you leave if you can."

The server brought their coffee finally as Marinette ate the last tartlet. "Well, I guess leaving will have to wait for a moment. We should finish our coffee first."

Marinette had lifted her coffee and taken a mouthful as she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Mari, I knew you would have a good time. Wasn't he a complete sweetie like I said?" Alya was standing behind Marinette, beaming with a grin from ear to ear. If Adrien didn't have the blindfold on he would have been blinded she was so sun-shinny happy. But instead he had just taken a sip of his coffee and proceeded to choke on it after hearing Marinette's nick name.

Nino piped up from behind Adrien, "Yo, Adrien dude, are you alright?" Nino then proceeded to unhelpfully pound Adrien on the back.

Now Marinette started to choke on the mouthful of coffee that she had been too frozen to swallow.

"Mari!" Exclaimed Alya. Both Alya and Nino tried to help their friend recover from the coffee.

When Adrien felt a little in control of himself he pulled off the blindfold and stared at Marinette as she reached up to take her blindfold off too. Adrien's heart dropped as he saw the look of sheer terror on Marinette's face. She turned to Alya and started stammering.

"A-Alya?! Wha- what is going on?" Marinette and Adrien both seemed to notice at the same time that the restaurant was empty except for the four of them.

"Nino, what is all this?" Adrien fixed a cold hard stare on his best friend.

Alya answered for him. "Well my mom has been co-owner of this restaurant for the past couple of years and she's wanted to change up the menu for a little while. Since the place would have been closed tonight and this weekend, she was going to have the four of us taste the new dishes. I got the idea to have the two of you go on a 'Blind Date'."

Adrien watched Marinette. He didn't think she heard a thing Alya had said. He watched as Marinette seemed to panic and grow close to tears. Was him being Chat that big a problem? Was it the other way around and 'Adrien' was the problem with their super-hero relationship?

"Dude, we just got tired of seeing the two of you dancing around your feelings and unintentionally hurting each other. Adrien, you obviously care about Marinette as more than a friend but you just can't admit it to yourself, you've turned down countless other ladies and have kept to yourself. And Mari, you have been so crazy about the boy since the first year of highschool, that you keep hangin' on to him without letting him know you want more." Nino stated the cold hard truth to them.

"After all this time you guys need to either let each other go or take the next step." Alya continued. "This is hurting both of you. And we love you both so much that we don't want to see either of you hurting anymore. You both deserve to be happy."

By now Nino had moved beside Alya, showing he supported her in this attempt to get their friends together.

Marinette's mind was running amuck and she didn't hear Alya and Nino very clear. Adrien was Chat Noir. Chat Noir was in love with Ladybug. She loved Adrien, she loved Chat Noir? Did Adrien like her as Marinette? Did he love her just because she was Ladybug?

Some of what Alya and Nino had said finally reached her brain and of course so got some of it wrong as she was overthinking things. She looked up at Adrien as he stood up from his chair. Was she leading Adrien on? Was she? He cared for her more than he showed? He actually liked her and kept himself from other women? She couldn't take it in right then. He now knew that she had been in a full on crazy/stalker crush for him since that first day. She had to get out.

Adrien watched the emotions race across Marinette's face as he got up from his seat and moved around the table to stand beside her. She watched him every step of the way.

Just before he could kneel down beside her she jumped up. Marinette grabbed her purse and and ran for the door. "I'm sorry! I just can't.. I can't do this now," she yelled as she fled.

Alya was shocked for a moment then she barked "Adrien! What are you doing just standing around. Go after her! You two are the biggest dopes I have seen, you both like each other. Just give it a try. Go after her, don't just let her run away!"

Adrien had watched the woman he love run away. He had watched the girl he had grown fond of flee. Determination set in. She was not getting away now that he knew both her halves.

Adrien looked at Alya standing there, giving him a death glare that said if he didn't move his ass she would beat it for him. Nino just looked on like him thought he was being stupid for standing around. "Thank you for showing me how stupid I've been. Now I'm going to go get her and fix this. We'll be back." He ran from the restaurant, grabbing his jacket as he went by his seat. He saw her running down a street. Dodging through the crowd.