Ladybug sat on the Eiffel Tower and stared up at the sky. She clutched the metal beam on either side of her hips and swung her feet. Chat landed behind her and looked around for an akuma, but found nothing. He sighed and sat down beside her. Chat scooted his hand closer to hers and lightly touched it with his pinky finger. Ladybug suddenly peered over at him to see a kind smile on his lips.

"I need to ask you something and be totally honest with me." Ladybug searched his glowing emerald eyes.

"Anything for you, m'Lady." Chat smirked at her and she rolled her eyes.

"I need you to be serious and focus." Ladybug sighed and Chat's smile fell as, he took her hand fully into his.

"I'll be serious." Chat concentrated on her with all of his soul. He knew what she was going to say and he knew how he should respond to it, but he didn't know if it was what she wanted to hear.

"Um…" She played with her fingers in her lap and bit her bottom lip, raking her teeth along it. "I was- in the car-" She looked over and searched his green eyes.

"Yes?" Chat leaned back on his palms, letting her hand go.

"Why did you lock my door when I said… ya know?" Ladybug didn't know if she wanted to hear his answer or if Alya was right. A part of her was scared that he would reject her or deny what she was getting at.

Chat sighed and looked around them. "Plagg, claws in." A green light flashed and she covered her eyes to protect them from the flash. She opened them to see Adrien sitting beside her instead of her kitty.

"Tikki, spots off." Ladybug let the red light envelop her and Adrien's eyes widened at her outfit. She looked incredibly cute with cat ears and in her Chat themed pajamas.

He shook his head and licked his lips, trying to pull his thoughts together to answer her question. "I don't know whether I should tell you now or later and I'm torn between the two. I've been torn between the two for years now, especially within these last twenty four hours. My actions speak louder than my words. I'm assuming Alya told you something to make you think or you wouldn't be here. Unless there really is an akuma and I'm just not seeing it." He smirked at her and she shook her head with her knees to her chest. Adrien sighed and drew one of his knees up, looking at the sky with her.

"Will you just tell the woman already? How longs it been, kid? I can only handle your pining for so long. " Plagg rolled his eyes and Adrien glared at him and threw him a piece of camembert.

"Plagg… shut it." Adrien rolled his eyes and Plagg grumbled as, he flew off to talk with Tikki.

Marinette searched his eyes with shaking blue bell ones and her lips parted at Plagg's words. Maybe Alya had been right. She watched Adrien fidget beside her. "Are Plagg and Alya right about you?"

Adrien tapped his bottom lip, sighed, and then slumped. "I wanted to take you out to a nice dinner to tell you, but nothing seems to be in my cards." He laughed and looked over at her. "But then again… I am the epitome of bad luck."

Marinette watched him with a blank expression and flushed cheeks. She was hoping that she wasn't overreading into things. That he really was saying what she was hearing.

"Look." Adrien shifted his body and faced her. He took her hands in his and looked deeply into her eyes. "Marinette. Um... " He looked down at her hands and smiled with a short laugh.

Marinette watched him peer back up at her through his bangs with a warm smile. "This is gonna be years and years of information. Do you want to head back to my place to talk about this?"

She suddenly realized what he had asked and she nodded. She wanted to get to the bottom of this whole thing. At least, she would know where they stood. Maybe not what had happened last night, but knowing how he felt was enough.

"Plagg, claws out." Adrien called out and Plagg reluctantly flew into his ring.

"Tikki, spots on." Marinette whispered and Tikki flew into her earrings while she giggled.

They made their way towards Adrien's apartment and landed on the balcony. They detransformed and Adrien opened the double doors to lead her inside. He walked over to the mini bar and took two bottles of water out, bringing them over to a nervous Marinette. "I'm guessing you don't want to drink after last night."

She took the cold bottle from him and nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I don't either. I shouldn't have done the two shots I did with Nino before I came to you." Adrien sighed and cracked open his water.

"So, you were going to tell me…" Marinette wrung her hands around her bottle of water. She was scared, but she knew that she needed to know if this was all because of his father or if he still had feelings for her.

"Years ago when we were teenagers… I would show you, as Ladybug, how much I cared about you. For me, it was love at first sight, but I respected you and how you wanted to keep our identities secret. But… I also loved you as Marinette. You're talented, creative, kind, strong, confident, clumsy…" He touched her chin with a warm smile. "Have a cute stutter around me. I love making you stumble on your words. Always have."

Marinette gasped as he slowly began to untangle years of confusion. He slowly removed his hand from her chin and his expression became serious. "I was afraid… of losing you as a friend, if our relationship didn't work out. So, I never asked you out or... told you how I felt." He shrugged and rolled his head to the side with a warm smile and lowered eyelids; before, his expression became serious again. "I didn't want to lose what we had and when I found out you were Ladybug… I was afraid of you rejecting me like you had for years as Chat. I was scared of losing not only the love of my life, but my partner and best friend. So… I hid it from you. When I said Ladybug earlier to that red dress… it wasn't because I only saw Ladybug. I see Ladybug in you daily as Marinette. I see Marinette in Ladybug. You're one in the same Mari. Just like Chat and I are one in the same." Adrien chuckled at her with a warm smile. "Just because you're slightly less clumsy doesn't make you not Marinette when you're Ladybug. I love all sides of you. If I didn't have feelings… I wouldn't have been jealous last night, I wouldn't have kissed you, and I wouldn't have slept with you. I'm assuming we slept together. I was going to try to find out what Nino knew, but I got called by a certain best friend of yours." He gave her a knowing smile and a wink.

Marinette giggled at him and threw one of his pillows at him. He chuckled and caught it, setting it beside him on the bed. "Look, the point is that you are the woman I want. I thought about locking the door to keep you from leaving. To tell you how I felt, but… I didn't mean to actually do it. Which is embarrassing to be honest with you." He rubbed the back of his neck and blushed, peering up at her through his messy blonde hair.

She worried her bottom lip with a smile and touched his cheeks, bringing her lips down to his. The kiss intensified and she was soon straddling his hips with her tongue swiping along his. Adrien softly moaned against her lips and the way her hips moved along his. He gasped as, she pulled away and looked down at him with a smile. He raised his hand up and brushed her dark hair behind her ear, while his thumb grazed her cheek. She held his wrist with her hands and closed her eyes in bliss. "I guess I owe you an explanation too."

Adrien let his hands slide from her hips, as she got up from his lap. He yanked her back down onto him and captured her lips again. "You don't have to tell me. I know."

Marinette giggled and shook her head with her forehead pressed to his. She licked her lips and slowly opened her eyes to peer into his. "No, I have to."

Adrien kissed her one more time for good measure, before he slowly let her slide from his fingertips. "Okay. I'll listen. Go ahead." He peered at her through his long eyelashes.

"I have liked you since you gave me your umbrella. I was scared that you would reject me if I told you and my nerves got the best of me. I- I found myself stumbling on my words around you because I didn't feel good enough for someone like you. I didn't think you would like me back. I was scared of you turning me down. And when you stopped flirting with me as Chat Noir when you found out it was me… I got more worried that you didn't like what you saw. And I- I tried to deny our connection by saying it was about the stress of right now with your father and with the footage and-" Marinette's voice trembled and broke with each word, as her nerves bubbled up her throat. "I love you, Adrien. With and without your dark past and I'm sure you have some really fucked up shit, but I'm willing to take it on with you. To take on what is happening right now with you. To discover the truth of last night with you. I want to love all parts of you. To see all parts of you. The good, the bad, and the broken. I- I want to be there for you. I-" Adrien interrupted her with a deep emotional kiss and tears falling down his cheeks. His body trembled and he held her tightly, not letting her go. He never wanted to leave this woman alone. Never wanted her to be anywhere, but in his arms. No one had ever spoke those words to him. Not even his own mother when she had been around. He truly felt loved and was not ready for how much that would make his heart swell.

"I love you too, Marinette. I know we're supposed to be dating for publicity reasons, but…" He ran his fingers through her hair and watched her tears fall. "I never saw it as fake. I don't see it as fake. I don't want to see it that way. I wanted to ask you over dinner, but…"

Marinette didn't even let him finish. She pushed him back onto his bed and kissed him hard on the lips. "YES! Yes, a millions times yes!" She giggled and deepened the kiss, while he chuckled and held her cheek in his palm.

"About time!" Plagg suddenly yelled out with Tikki beside him.

"Oh… shush Plagg. They were gonna be honest eventually. You have centuries of patience in you." Tikki rolled her eyes and spun around in a circle in her excitement. "I'm so excited for you two! Now you'll be able to work even better together as a team!"

Adrien slid Marinette's jacket down her arms and frantically moved his soft lips and tongue against hers. Marinette moaned and slid his shirt up his abs and he broke their kiss long enough to pull it over his head; before, he pulled her back down to him with a groan.

"I'm gonna go try to gain my appetite back." Plagg cringed and flew off to his camembert stash, while Tikki smiled warmly at the couple; before, chasing after the other Kwami to give them space.

Marinette rolled her hips along his arousal and he quickly shoved the hem of her tank top up and over her head. She moaned and quickly undid his jeans, slowly sliding the zipper down on them. He lifted his hips to help slide them past his hips along with his boxers, setting him free. She gasped at the sight of him and he smirked up at her with a very Chat-like grin. She bent down to flick his top lip with the tip of her tongue and curled her fingers around the length of him. He groaned and ran his tongue along hers while their lips moved against each other in a hungry kiss.

She felt his fingers graze her hip, pulling her pajama pants down her hips and thighs. He moved his hips in time with her hand and she felt her panties get wet with each reaction to her touch. She slid her legs from her pajama pants and he slid his fingers along her panties and carressed her through them. He looked up at her with heavily lidded emerald eyes and flushed cheeks, while he panted.

He slid her panties down and she slid her legs out of them for him. Adrien gripped her hips and pulled her up to his face. She squeaked as, he flicked her clit with his tongue. He slowly circled her swollen button and she rolled her hips and gripped the blankets above him, as she cried out. He gripped her thighs and pulled her down further onto his lips and sucked on her sensitive clit; before, he flicked it once with his tongue and she uncurled around him as her orgasm took her under. He smirked and kissed her gently on her sensitive clit, before he let her climb back down him. She peered down at him with rosy cheeks and giggled, while she bit her bottom lip.

"What?" Adrien chuckled up at her as his cock flexed against her ass.

Marinette shook her head with a smile. "Nothing." She grazed his cock with her pussy and he suddenly cleared his throat and adjusted his hips. All he wanted was to feel her on him and surrounding him with her scent and body.

She rolled her hips and slowly eased herself down onto his hard cock. Adrien bit his bottom lip and slowly let it go from his teeth, as he looked at her with heavy hungry green eyes. He gripped her hips and slid his hands up her stomach to her breasts. He cupped them and ran his thumbs over her peaked nipples. She arched her back and sank down onto him with short movements of her hips. Adrien groaned as he felt her walls tug and squeeze on him.

"Marinette…" He sighed and she fell forward onto her palms. He took one breast into his mouth, while his fingers worked on the other one.

She cried out and rolled her hips against his, letting him pump in and out of her. He panted and watched her ride him. She arched her back, moved her hips in a circle, rolled along him, curled her toes and picked up speed, crashing up and down onto him.

Adrien suddenly flipped them to where she was on her back and he braced himself above her and stole her lips with his own, as he pumped harder into her. She wrapped her legs around his hips and dug her nails into his upper back. He groaned at the sharp pain from her fingers raking down his back and shoulders. She gripped his upper arms and peered up at him with parted lips and sparkling sapphire eyes. "I- I can't. Ah!" Marinette panted and felt herself begin to tip over the edge again. "You're too good at this."

Adrien smirked down at her and placed a kiss on her lips. She wrapped her hands behind his neck, pulled him down towards herself, and deepened the kiss as, she screamed out against his lips and came again, coating him. He moaned and slammed his palm down onto the blankets and pulled them into his fist as, he felt himself go over the edge with her.

Marinette panted in time with him until he slowed his pace down. He pulled out of her and rolled them over. Adrien held her to his body and pulled the grey comforter over them; while he caught his breath.

"So, what are we doing about this dating thing with your father?" Marinette sighed and licked her lips, as she tried to calm down.

"That's what's on your mind right now?" Adrien looked at her in shock. He thought she would be daydreaming about what had just happened, not about their problems.

"Sorry. It just came to mind. Um…" Marinette was embarrassed about it. It wasn't the best time to bring it up and she knew that, but her mind was still racing with multiple ideas and questions.

"We do as he says until this all blows over. But right now… we should go get cleaned up." Adrien chuckled and shook his head. He stood up and walked towards his bathroom and she followed him. "You have very odd moments to be thinking about certain things."

"I said I was sorry…" Marinette worried her fingers together and peered down at the floor.

Adrien smirked and turned around with towels in his hands. He handed her one and she wrapped it around herself, while he wrapped one around his hips. "Just picking on you, bugaboo." He softly placed a kiss on her lips and rubbed her cheek with his thumb. "You know I love you. Even if you pick off moments to think of stuff."

Marinette pouted and slapped his bicep. "You're one to talk, Chaton!"

Adrien chuckled and rubbed his arm with a wince. "That hurt."

"You deserved it, dirty kitty." Marinette put her hands on her hips and he laughed harder, leaving for the bathroom to start the shower.