Marinette left out a sigh as she leaned back in her desk chair. Balancing a pencil on her nose she tried to think up something to draw. She had so many new clothing ideas, yet none seemed to flow onto the sketch book before her. So instead of pushing her brain to make it draw down the ideas she had. She decided to just chill out and try to balance a pencil on her nose. It worked better than she expected to say the least.

"Oh my lady~" A voice sung from above her. Blinking she tilted her head back to see Chat standing over her, a toothy grin on his face. Her nose twitched causing the pencil she had worked so hard to balance, to fall. "I'm sorry, did I interrupt a moment between you and this pencil? If I am unwanted I can just come back."

"No!" she called out interrupting him. Chat blinked his green eyes, a happy smile on his face. "I mean, no Chat. You're fine." She smiled moving her hand up to pet him. Stopping she thought about her actions. Up till now it felt as if she always treated him like some playful kitten, but he was a human after all. At least she thought he was a human. Really he could have been some furry she was secretly friends with and that's why he snuck around to see her. Maybe they had some odd relationship and she was secretly sleeping with him well lying to her best friend about it!

"My lady?" Chat asked, slightly worried. His hands held the back of her chair up, keeping her from falling backwards. Marinette blinked, her blue eyes still on Chat. She had started to think such crud thoughts that she had forgotten that her hand was half way to the side of his face. Her cheeks burned a light red as she sat up turning in her chair. Chat sat the chair back down, taking a step back as to avoid getting his legs knocked out from under him.

"I'm sorry! My mind started to wonder! I've been doing that a lot since I was released from the hospital last night! Oh goodness. I am so sorry!" she called out bowing her head. Chat chuckled as he stretched out his hand, laying it softly on top of her blackish/blue locks. Marinette lifted her gaze but not her head. Peeking through her bangs she watched as he laughed at her. She had started to really wonder what type of bond they had, had before her accident. "Chat?" She asked, her voice breaking slightly.

"Yes, princess?" he asked pulling his hand back. He seemed to be worried, almost as if he had thought he had hurt her. As much as her head hurt it wasn't that easy to set it off. It mostly happened when she forgot about her wound, itching it or rubbing it on accident.

"I know this sounds bad, but... What kind of bond did we have? Was it just a simple friendship or am I just... Putting fake memories into my head to make myself feel better?" she asked. Chat turned his gaze away from her. A frown pushing it's way onto his face as he thought back. How many times had he asked himself that question. Had his lady ever liked him the way he had liked her? If it was him who had taken the blow like he had planed, would she have told him they were just friends? Or would she tell him they were team mates, the Yin and Yang of this crazy world.

"Don't ever fear asking me questions Marinette." Chat stated as he moved back, taking a seat on her couch. "We were... Well complicated. I like to think we were friends, but I feel like you wanted us to just stay partners. To be honest I have the biggest crush on you, but it's as if your heart belongs to someone else..." Chat muttered.

"Are you talking about Adrien?" Marinette asked. Chat seemed to perk up at her words, his ears twitching as he watched her. Marinette smiled sadly to him, getting up from her seat and making her way to where he sat. Chat moved a little to the side as she took a seat, only to be greeted by a warm hug. She pushed her face into his chest as she hugged him, her hands holding her arms as she held him around the waist. Chat felt his heart pound in his chest at the small action. He never expected her to hug him, at least not like this.

"Adrien... So... That's who it is..." Chat muttered moving to hug her back. Marinette never answered him, she never responded, she never denied his words. As Adrien he was on cloud nine, screaming and cheering at the thought of having Marinette to himself. As chat however, he felt like his world was ripped apart. A part of him hoped that she would like him better this way. He wanted her to like him as this funny, outgoing, pun happy, mess up. Not some golden child with daddy issues.

"If I had to pick right now between you and him? I would pick you. It's not a matter of who I find better looking. I hardly know you two. To be honest I don't know a lot about Adrien, he hasn't talked to me really. I don't know if it was something I had done, or if it's the guilt of what happened but it's really starting to piss me off." Marinette growled pulling away from Chat.

"Huh?" Chat asked a look of horror coming to his face. Marinette stood up from her seat, crossing her arms over her chest.

"I mean think about it." She said looking at Chat with a look that could kill. "People keep saying I liked him, they say that I was with him when my accident happened, they keep telling me things about him. I just don't understand! What's so great about him. He seems like some perfect child and I just don't understand! Why was he with me? Me of all people? I mean have you met me!? I'm a mess up, I trip over my own two feet, I am always late for school, I drop things all the time, and as far as I know I speak like Yoda when around him!" Marinette yelled in anger.

"Yoda?" Chat asked with a forced smile. He truly wasn't sure what was happening right now. Was he to make her feel better about herself, or was he to fear her? There were so many emotions floating around his brain. A part of him rather excited to see her so mad.

"I'm just saying. I don't think he will ever like me in the same way I ever liked him." Marinette sighed. Chat laughed awkwardly at the thought. If only she knew what he knew. "I'm not a model, I fall all the time, I am just some huge mess up! Someone like me can never have someone so perfect as Adrien Agreste!" she stomped her foot before stopping her rant. Everything seemed to stop in that moment, including her anger.

"Something wrong princess?" Chat asked, acting as if he was walking on egg shells. Marinette seemed so spaced out it was almost scaring him. Standing up he put a hand on her shoulder, wondering if he should try to snap her out of it. It was like she was spaced out, as if she was watching some kind of movie in her head. Blinking she glanced up to Chat a slight realization swimming in her shining blue eyes.

"No one has told me his last name yet." She whispered. Perking up at her own words she turned running to her desk. Shuffling through the papers on her desk she pulled out a small pile of pictures. "Agreste! He's my favorite fashion designer! Chat, look, look!" Marinette called out turning with the pictures of Adrien. Chat had a smile come to his face, feeling a little awkward at seeing the pictures of himself. Marinette ran over to him forcing him to sit back on the couch as she shuffled through them, finding one picture of Gabriel Agreste. "Him, him!" she cheered well pointing to the picture repeatedly.

"You must really be a big fan of his father?" Chat asked more than said, still feeling a little awkward. It was true he knew that Marinette knew his father, in fact she seemed like the type who would follow all his work. Helping her to inspire her own clothing line. To be honest he loved Marinette's clothes and on a few occasions wanted to show them off to his father. He wanted him to see how talented she was, for her to have her dream job as a designer for him. Yet, he could never bring himself to do so. He worried the work would ruin her, take away the smile he came to love so much.

"I am." she said a little more calm. "That means, Adrien is his son." Marinette smiled, she was so happy. But Chat didn't feel the happiness. He could get so jealous sometimes. To think she got so excited over someone as rude as his father. He was selfish, he wanted her to remember him, he didn't want her to waste her thoughts on him of all people. "Chat, you're such a great person." she chimed as she stood up, a smile still on her face.

"Why me? I'm reckless, stupid, and I got you hurt..." he muttered bowing his head. Marinette left out a sigh as she sat back down letting the pictures rest on her lap as she put a warm hand on his shoulder.

"You're a great person to me. Isn't that worth something? I don't care if you're reckless. No one is perfect and as far as I know you're pretty smart." she chimed pushing his arm playfully. "But what do I know? I mean I did lose all my memories for the last year. I'm just going off what I know at the moment." she winked. Chat felt a smile come to his face, his body reacting faster than his mind. Before any of them knew what was happening Chat's lips were against hers. The pictures on her lap falling onto the floor and scattering in the process.

The world seemed to stop at the small action. Everything went far to slow and it felt like a few hours had past, but really it was only a few seconds. As soon as it clicked in both their minds Chat stood up, a dark red blush coming to his cheeks as he stuttered over his words. Marinette slowly lifted her gaze to where he was now standing. His arms waved in all different directions as he tried to recover himself.

"I have to go!" he yelled out before rushing for the opening to the roof. His body felt like it was on fire, his mind rushing, alarms ringing, people in his brain yelling at him to run to get out well he still could.

"Wait!" Marinette called out as she took hold of his wrist. Chat swallowed the lump that was in his throat. Turning stiffly he seen something, something he hadn't seen in her eyes for the past few days. It was as if a part of her knew this wasn't the first time this had happened.

"No, no. Really I have to go." Chat said pulling at his arm to free it. Still she didn't leave him go and that made him panic more. He tried to tug it away but man, he never knew Marinette had such a strong grip.

"Chat stop! You're not just going to kiss me and run away like some little kid! We're two teenagers. Act like it." Marinette hissed. Chat wanted to just curl up in the corner and die. He really didn't want to be on the wrong side of this battle. At first he found it kind of hot but now he was scared for his life. "Why did you kiss me?" she demanded to know.

"Because I like you." he squeaked out in a response.

"Why did you do it now?" she questioned.

"Because I wasn't thinking." he could feel her grip tighten around his wrist. His brain was fogging over, he felt as if she would pick him up and throw him across her room like he was some rag doll.

"So you kissed me because you weren't thinking?" she asked to clarify.

"Yes ma'am." Chat squeaked as he sucked in a breath. He had almost forgot what true breathing felt like.

"Don't try to be so formal with me. God, guys are so hard to understand." Marinette sighed leaving Chat go. He took a few steps back, his heart pounding against his chest. "If you liked me why didn't you tell me before?" she asked him. Chat really didn't know how to answer her. Truthfully he never told her because he feared how she would react.

"I... I didn't tell you before, because I'm not good enough for you." Chat said without thinking. Marinette looked at him, her eyes shining in the dim lighting of her room. "Your heart always belonged to him. You always thought about him, even when you were with me, I knew you were thinking about him. I didn't know who he was but I knew he won your heart. I was nothing compared to him. No matter how much I tried, I knew you always liked him more. I don't know why you did..." Chat admitted. "But I feel as if I do now. He's the son of your idol, he's smart, charming, good looking, he's everything every girl wants." Chat finished.

"Chat..." Marinette whispered.

"For once, can't the lesser of the two win? For once I found someone who liked me for me. For once I thought I had a chance to be with someone who could look past who I was and like me for how I act. But just like everything else it came crashing down. I love you Marinette, no matter if you forget me, even if you change your name and move out of Paris. I will love you, I can't change that and neither can you." Chat said looking away. He couldn't look at her, he didn't want to. He couldn't bring himself to see the disgust on her face, it would have been to painful.

Before he could react he felt two warm hands on his cheeks, pulling his head down, and a soft kiss being placed on his lips. Blinking a few times he slowly melted into the kiss. His arms wrapped around her waist, pulling her closer as they kissed. He had always dreamed of the day she would kiss him like this, but he didn't think it would happen when she forgot everything. It felt almost wrong to him, he wanted to win her over yes. Just not in this way.

Her arms wrapped around his neck pulling him down more into the kiss, moving onto her tip toes in the process. Something about it just seemed so right and she didn't want to stop. At first she just wanted him to shut up but now she was enjoying herself. Pulling away from the kiss the two paused for a moment before opening their eyes. Their breaths mixed together for a moment as they just stared at each other.

"Now please, just shut up." she smiled. Chat smiled back, slowly leaving her go. Once she was back onto her flat feet she cleared her throat. Putting her hands behind her back she cast her gaze off to the side, unable to look at him just yet. "You're still special to me, Chat. You're someone I trust. To be honest, I'm surprised I hadn't kissed you sooner. You just seem so kissable when you're acting like that." Marinette giggled as she brought a hand to her lips.

"You think? I try to pride myself on looking Purr-fect for my purr-incess~" Chat smirked. Marinette slowly lifted her gaze up to him before snorting, laughing at the others puns. "I mean we have been playing Cat and Mouse for a while, but I still like to think I'm the cool Cat~" he chimed. Marinette still laughed covering her mouth as she tried to calm her giggles.

"I guess you can say, the cat is out of the bag~" she chimed back. Chat had stars in his eyes as he left out a small gasp.

"I love you." he whispered. Tackling her into a hug the two fell onto the floor, Chat being extra careful about her head on the way down. He snuggled her happily purring as she rubbed his back, still laughing at the terrible puns.

"I had a feline this might just happen." she said rolling her eyes. Chat couldn't help but laugh at this one. It was so odd to hear, his Ladybug, talking like him. His, Ladybug? He had been so caught up in the moment he had forgotten she wasn't Ladybug, this was Marinette. Who was he to keep mixing the two together. Sure they were the same person, but he should at least respect her enough to keep the two as their own people. Ladybug wanted to show off how smart and amazing she was. Marinette was creative and just wanted to fit in. Ladybug was loved by all of Paris, held on a pedestal. Marinette was a normal girl, with a normal life, just trying to get by in the world.

"As much as I hate goodbyes. I need to get home." Chat smiled, pulling away from her. Marinette gave a small frown at the words, she didn't want him to leave just yet. She still had questions for him, she still wanted answers. "But before I go. These belong to you." Chat smiled moving to take the earrings out of his pocket. Holding them out Marinette softly took them, looking them over with a smile on her face.

"Thank you Chat. I felt as if something were missing." she said moving to put them in, only to be stopped by his hand.

"Wait till I leave okay? Just do this one thing for me." he smiled. She nodded her head as he got up, helping her back to her feet. "Thank you princess." he smiled turning to jump for the door that lead out onto the roof. "I'll see you again tomorrow night. Till then don't do anything reckless." he smiled. Giving a small two finger salute he jumped up, his staff expanding as he flew up. The door shut with a soft click behind him, leaving Marinette to smile fondly to where he had just been standing.

Looking down at her hand she left out a sigh. Undoing the back of her earrings she put them in, a happy feeling spreading through her body at the familiar feeling. Once they were both in she was blinded for a moment by a red light. Flinching away from it she waited till it was gone before turning to see a little red flying ladybug before her.

"Marinette!" it called out in glee. Marinette left out a small yelp as she scooted back in horror. The ladybug slowly tilted it's head in worry at the others actions. Just then a shoe went flying it's way. Leaving out a small gasp it flew to the side, just missing the shoe by an inch. "Wait Marinette! Listen to me for one moment!" she screeched. "We've went over this before!" she cried out.

"Went over this before?" Marinette asked with wide eyes. The small creature nodded it's head as it floated farther into the air. "You know me?" she asked in shock. "Of course she knows me. I'm so stupid, they belonged to me. The earrings are mine. Chat said they were. How stupid am I." Marinette grumbled as she laid back on her floor. "Please explain this to me!" she cried out. The small bug nodded their head, floating closer to Marinette but not to close.

"It would be my pleasure." she chimed with a smile. Marinette could only look at her, slight horror in her eyes.

'Damn you Chat!' she screamed in her head. 'When I see you next, I am going to murder you.'

A/N: I hope this chapter wasn't to bad. I wanted a little romance, but not to much. I tried to make it longer but I also want to put Tikki in her own chapter. So R and R!

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(Updated 10/27/18)