Finally managed an update whaaaaat

I hope nobody thought that I was dead whoops. I've just been really busy and I havent had the time to update any of my stories. That said, please enjoy this short chapter that I managed to pull out of my ass while I was procrastinating on doing work.

Was Marinette only interested in him because he was Adrien Agreste? All those photos she had hidden away as if it were a dirty secret set an uncomfortable feeling crawling through his stomach.

Adrien paced the length of his room, deep in thought and ignoring the noises that Plagg was making on his bed. While the embodiment of destruction was messing around with his phone, Adrien didn't have time to bother with Plagg's incessant texting.

Wait, what?

Snatching his phone away from the God of Destruction - the black floating evil incarnate had only laughed as he flew away, Adrien pulled out the chatroom that Plagg had tried to hide.

Buginette

Felix told me that you dropped by, you ok?

You

Got a little jealous that my brother treats your room like his own.

Buginette

Jealous?

Chaton, I didn't know you were so territorial.

You

There's a lot that you don't know about me, My Lady ;3

Buginette

Ugh, cat winky face?

Really Chaton?

You

You know what they say, you can take the catsuit off of the boy but you can't take the cat out of the boy

Buginette

I don't think that's how the saying goes

You

So when am I allowed to drop by whenever I want?

Buginette
Don't you already do that as Chat Noir?

You

But I want to go as Adrien

"Plagg! How could you send this to her?" Adrien yelled as he felt his face burning. Marinette probably thought he was crazy. Felix had every right to be in her room, he'd been her best friend for four years. Her parents knew more about him than they ever would of Adrien.

"She'll probably think that I'm a huge weirdo who wants to hang out in her room all day." Adrien grumbled as he watched the text bubble replay the three blinking dots. Marinette sure did take her time to come up with a reply.

Not that Adrien blamed her. He would have panicked if his crush aka Ladybug aka Marinette texted him asking for access to his room whenever she wanted. But Marinette didn't seem like the type of person to do that.

While waiting for a reply, Adrien set his phone aside to continue his brooding. Was Marinette only glad that Chat Noir had turned out to be Adrien because the girl had had a crush on the supermodel him this entire time?

It wasn't like the pair of them had had the chance to properly sit and talk about how their relationship now. Were they partners? Best friends? Something more? Adrien really wanted it to be something more.

"You know, you could just ask her for a patrol." Plagg suggested as he floated above Adrien's head, safely out of his chosen's reach. "A patrol?"

"Yeah, you're being all jealous but there's one thing that your brother can't barge in." the embodiment of destruction drawled. "You're right!" Adrien exclaimed as he dashed from his bed to the mini-fridge he kept stocked at his desk.

"Eat up, Plagg. Kitty's going on a prowl." Adrien held out a small slice of cheese that he plucked from the fridge.

Plagg only rolled his eyes before snatching the cheese from his chosen's fingers.

Buginette

Come over whenever you want then, Adrien.

My parents want to feed you more.

"You're too skinny." they say.

You

I love your parent's food.

Do you want to go for a quick patrol?

Buginette

When?

Right now?

You

I mean we don't have to go right now.

If you're busy.

Is my brother still there?

Buginette

Felix is in the guest bedroom.

I'm kind of free right now.

Meet you at the Eiffel Tower in 20?

You

It's a date.

Adrien bit his lip at his daring response, but no. That's exactly what Chat Noir would have said to Ladybug. If he wanted to win over Marinette, then Adrien would have to bring his A game.

And Chat Noir was a master flirt.

Or so he's been told. By Marinette herself during one of their late-night talks when Adrien couldn't sleep.

"Are you ready, Plagg? Transformme moi!" Adrien called out, clenching a fist when the familiar sensation washed over him.

Opening the latch to his window, Chat Noir leaped out into the night sky with a wide smile. Never noticing the figure watching him from a window. A curtain closing and hiding the peeper from view.

Ladybug was already at the top of the Eiffel Tower, duffel bag in hand. Chat Noir raised an eyebrow in curiosity.

"Good evening, My Lady." Chat Noir greeted with a deep bow and holding out for a hand. Ladybug rolled her eyes and allowed her partner to take her gloved hand in his and felt the gentle brush of his lips against her knuckles.

Ladybug felt her heart stutter at the sweet gesture. In the past, it was simply because no boy had ever paid any sort of attention to her, especially not one as handsome as Chat Noir (even with the mask). Now, well… Now that she knew that the boy behind the mask was the boy she had the biggest most embarrassing crush on.

Ladybug wanted to take a swan dive off the top of the Eiffel Tower just from the racing beat of her heart. At least then the adrenaline would have been warranted. Ladybug held onto the sigh that threatened to escape her lips. Chat Noir was such a suave gentleman.

"Alright, Chaton, where should we start off?" Ladybug walked over to the ledge and deftly jumped onto the railing, stretching her arms out on either side of her to help keep her balance. Chat cautiously walked over to her, unwilling to spook her lest she falls off the edge.

"Ladybug, I- I honestly had an ulterior motive for asking you here tonight." Chat Noir rubbed the back of his neck, looking away nervously.

A nervous tick that Ladybug now recognized as something Adrien was always doing, it served as a reminder that underneath that superhero costume it was her classmate and crush. That these two, totally different personalities actually belonged to the same person.

Chat Noir was filled with nervous energy and it was obvious in the way he constantly shifted his weight. He looked away and the faux ears on his head twitching almost as if they were real.

Hopping down from the ledge, taking a seat instead, Ladybug gently patted the space next to her in invitation. The faux ears perked and Chat Noir wasted no time closing the distance between them.

Clamoring almost childishly, Ladybug held back the giggle that tried to escape. "What's on your mind, Chaton?" and in a show of trust, Ladybug leans against Chat Noir, entrusting him to make sure that she wouldn't fall off the edge. It felt oddly reminiscent of when Chat Noir would bring Marinette around Paris, holding the dark haired girl tight in his arms as he swung around with his baton.

How embarrassing it was now that he knew it was Ladybug he'd been carting around Paris in the dead of night. A stab of insecurity ached his heart, but looking into the same blue eyes, the eyes that had never judged him - even when he came over in the dead of night from a nightmare, unable to sleep until he could see that Marinette was safe and sound.

It seemed like his subconscious was more aware of Marinette's alter ego more than Adrien had ever been. Marinette as a civilian was hardly ever found in the thick of things, it didn't make sense of how his dreams always seemed to portray his shy classmate in the center of all the danger.

The danger that Ladybug always seemed to find herself in. The image of Ladybug had always been replaced by that of his helpless civilian classmate Marinette. Adrien needed to learn to trust his guts more.

"My Lady, I-" he started nervously, twiddling his gloved fingers as he tried to focus on anything that wasn't this awkward situation that he had created. Ladybug, bless her heart, only kept silent as Chat Noir tried to find the words to explain his thought process.

"Are you glad.. What I mean is, are you really alright with the fact that I'm Chat Noir?" it was so soft it was barely a whisper. If Ladybug hadn't been paying attention to Chat Noir's every movement, she would have missed it entirely.

"I wouldn't want anybody else as my partner, Chat Noir."

"Even if you had like a hundred photographs of my civilian self stashed in your room?" Ladybug's bright red blush was hidden by her mask, but she could feel the heat traveling through her entire face.

There was absolutely no way she could hide her embarrassment from her partner, so there was only one thing left to do. Tell him the truth.

"Chaton, I'm not going to lie to you." Ladybug started, worrying her bottom lip with her teeth. "I had a pretty huge crush on your civilian self for years. But, Felix came back and I realized that hey, I haven't been actually been a good friend to you." she winced, "I was so focused on getting you to like me, I never got to know the real you." Ladybug admitted, she could feel her entire face heat up in embarrassment. Chat Noir could only look at his Lady with mouth agape and eyes wide.

Chloe was right… Marinette really did have a crush on him.

"I-I was wrong to put you on a pedestal in my mind. I'm sorry Chat, I really don't want you to think that the only reason why I'm happy that you're my partner because I used to have a massive crush on your civilian self." Ladybug averted her eyes, suddenly feeling way too shy to keep the eye contact.

Ladybug had never dreamed in her years of crushing on Adrien Agreste that she would have confessed her feelings to the boy in question, at almost midnight and at the very top of the Eiffel Tower. The old Marinette would have probably have had a stroke and tossed herself over the edge from just the thought of confessing.

But it was more than just admitting that she had feelings for her pretty blond classmate with the most beautiful green eyes and perfect smile. This was her best friend. The one person she trusted above everything to catch her when she fell. The one person who would never judge her for her insecurities as a public figure. And now this same person who had been supporting her is seated in front of her with his own insecurities plain in his eyes.

He didn't think that he was good enough to be Chat Noir, now that Ladybug knew his identity.

And suddenly this conversation was bigger than just her confessing her feelings. It was about being there for her best friend while he tried to get over his insecurities.

This was not just pretty boy model Adrien Agreste with the kind eyes and sweet smile. This was Adrien, Chat Noir, and the best friend and ideal partner anybody would be lucky to even know.

"Chat Noir, even if you had been anybody else other than Adrien Agreste, I would have still wanted the boy who's behind this mask to be my partner." Ladybug sat up, tapped the portion of his mask that covered his cheek and got off the ledge with a pout.

"This boy in front of me is the one person who has saved my life so many times, I can't even keep count. Even if it had been Chloe, brat extraordinaire herself under this mask the entire time, I would still want her as my Chat Noir."

"I want you as my partner." She held his hand, the one with the ring, and brought it to her lips, kissing the ring gently.

"I asked you to find me, and you did. Thank you."

Chat Noir crushed Ladybug into his chest and suddenly tears began to fall.

He was good enough. He had been the one who was Ladybug's partner. Ladybug still wanted him to be her partner. Chat Noir was enough. Adrien was enough. Ladybug- no, Marinette didn't want him just because he was Adrien Agreste.

She wanted him because he was the one who had been by her side for all these years. She wanted him because he had proved he deserved to be here. He had gotten to this point with her through his own efforts, his own hard work. It was Adrien that had gotten shot by Dark Cupid, Adrien that had been tossed halfway across Paris because of Puppeteer.

And Ladybug was here. Marinette was here.

And she wanted him.

"Wait, used to?"

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