The moon was at its highest peak and its light shining as bright as ever, as if it was causing the masked heroine to glow with a radiant beauty. Adrien stared at her for some time in awe. She had just saved him from a group of large men that had attempted to kidnap him, most likely for ransom. Who knows what could have happened to him if he was overpowered by them. But she stopped that she was able to save him just in the nick of time.
"L-ladybug?" He was still trying to grasp the situation properly, he obviously knew what she was doing out at this time. She was patrolling the city. And had happened to cross his path.
"Are you alright? You're not hurt?" She asked, her eyes were filled with worry, if she hadn't saved him when she did she would have probably blamed herself. For not protecting him if he was taken.
Adrien noticed this, and replied back to her response quickly. "Y-yeah, I'm fine thanks to you." He stuttered a bit and felt quite embarrassed that he did.
Ladybug gave a sigh of relieve. "Thank goodness," She grew silent for a short moment. "I'll take you home, it's not safe to walk though this part of town alone during this time of night." One look from the city above and he knew exactly where he was. And by the looks of it he was extremely far away from home.
"Yes, yes please." He felt defenseless in her arms she seemed so much more beautiful under the night sky, and to be able to be this close to her, it was like a dream come true.
"Alright then, hold on tight." It was quite difficult to do so, she would usually use both hands to maneuver her yoyo that helped her get from place to place. But she managed to get him home the whole time he held on to her while she swung building to building he was able to see the world from her prospective, the wind in her face every time she motioned faster, much different from when he would use his baton. It was nice to feel to see things from her prospective. By the time they arrived to the Agreste estate Ladybug wasn't quite sure which room was his, since she had never actually seen the inside of it.
"It's the only window that's open." He figured she needed help with that. Most of the estate had its windows closed for the while day and night. He would feel like he the whole place was stuffy even though it was rather large and empty. So he kept his window open being able to feel the wind in his face. To hear the sounds of the city, it made him feel like he wasn't alone.
She put him down carefully, Most of the windows took up most of the wall. And it was rather difficult to land, right after placing him down she sat on the windowsill. They had been swinging for quite some time. She hadn't had a good look at his face the whole time she was getting them both there, but when she did she noticed he was a bright shade of red.
"Are you sure you're okay, you're a bit red." Adrien averted his gaze.
"I-I'm fine," She was asking him again, he felt like he was going to burst, she was right in front of him and she moved closer, placing her hand on his forehead.
"Sorry, just wanted to check if you had a fever or not." She leaned her body back a bit, thinking she was probably making him feel uncomfortable. "Well, I suppose since you're now home safe and sound, I should get going." She was leaving, he didn't know what to do before he knew it the words where flying out of his mouth.
"Wait!" He reached out as she stopped all of her movements. "At least. Let me thank you properly, for saving me back there." He didn't know what he was doing he didn't even know how to properly thank her for that. "Why don't you come in?" He was inviting her into his room he really didn't know what he was doing anymore.
"Are you sure? Is it alright?" Adrien nodded as Ladybug stepped into his room. She had never been in here as Ladybug nor as Marinette, when she took a closer look at it, his room was huge, twice no probably three times larger than her own.
"It's fine. You can take a seat if you want." He motioned to the large white sofa in front of them. "I-I'll. I'll be right back." He rushed to see if Plagg was anywhere in sight. He found him sleeping on his pillow, luckily for him Plagg was barely noticeable. And then thought, how was he going to thank her, how could he possibly! He had practiced writing poems for so long, solely for this moment, and yet, one thing came to mind, he wanted to give it to her. It was something he was always attached to, something that belonged to his mother. She had once told him to give it to the person he loved the most. But now wasn't the time to give her that, not as Adrien. Despite always flirting with her as Chat Noir, Adrien had never been in love before Ladybug. He never actually thought about it he was always too busy with fencing and piano lessons and learning different types of languages to fall in love. He came back with a small box, around the size of his palm. He was glad he had this and that he collected things similar.
"Here you go." He handed her the box as she held it in her hands ever so gently. There was a sparkle in her eye, she had never gotten anything from anyone as a thank you gift before. Mainly because she didn't expect one. "You can open it if you want, not trying to pressure you or anything." He said nervously. Ladybug Giggled thinking how cute he was when he was nervous.
As she slowly opened the box inside was a heart shaped crystal that was a light pink color. "This this is, beautiful!" She was shocked the crystal was so small and so gorgeous.
"It's actually a rose quartz, they aren't hard to come by, but I thought you would like it." She was speechless.
"Are, are you sure I can have this?" She was surprised that he would want to give her anything let alone this.
Adrien smiled nervously, "Of course you can have this."
She faced him as she gave a huge bright smile to Adrien. "Thank you." The blond felt his heart skip, he had never seen Ladybug so happy.
"You know I-" He stopped his sentence when he heard a sudden sound come from his door. Someone was knocking.
"Adrien, are you still awake?" It was Natalie probably wanting to talk to him about next week's schedule.
"Sounds like my cue to leave." Ladybug said while standing up slowly. "Thank you again." She said holding the box close to her chest. She walked over to Adrien and gave him a small kiss on his cheek. She then swiftly made her way to the open window. "I hope I see you again, when you're not in danger." And with that she was gone.
She just felt like screaming into her pillow the whole night. Why did she do that, was that even necessary? She would hug and giggle while holding the pillow just thinking about it but at the same time she just wanted to scream her head off for doing something that caused her heart to flutter.
"Tikki, it did that really happen? I wasn't dreaming was I?" Tikki was already half asleep, exhausted from the day's events.
"Yes, it happened. Now Marinette try to get some sleep." Tikki rolled over to the side maybe hoping she could actually get some sleep.
But Marinette couldn't sleep she was overjoyed. She still couldn't believe it. But then she thought for a moment. He probably likes Ladybug hu. She was content with that yes, but what would happen if he found out she was also Marinette. Would he still like her? But then then there is also Chat Noir, isn't this just dandy, she was now stuck between the two.
"What do I do now Tikki, I still love Adrien but then, I also like Chat Noir." In the end she knew she can't love only one. She would have to make a choice. But she decided she'll deal with that later on when the time comes.