Adrien raised his saber and pointed to his opponent and lunged forward, his sabre clanking with the other and he successfully disengaged his opponents saber.

Sighhhhhhh.

Marinette sighed dreamfully as she watched Adrien practice.

"Girl, you're watching him like a Hawk." Alya said looking up at her from her phone.

"I can't help it Alya! He's just so dreamy." Marinette said.

"Yeah, a total dreamboat who has a huge crush on you!" Alya said.

"A crush is a strong word!" Marinette said.

"That's why I used it! He likes you a lot Marinette, can't you see that?" Alya asked, Marinette gazed at her friend with a pout before returning her eyes to Adrien.

Said blonde had just removed his face shield and shook his hair, a few droplets of sweat hitting the cement floor, his strong green eyes met hers and he smiled as he waved at her.

"He waved at me!" She said to Alya as she waved back, Adrien replaced his mask.

"Of course he did! He's done more than wave at you girl!" Alya said.

"But he's never really shown so much attention to me! I don't know how I've handled it…" Marinette said twirling a strand of her hair around her finger.

"I know, he's suddenly really into talking to you, I wonder what finally got him…" Alya wondered aloud.

"I'm not complaining." Marinette said smiling fondly at Adrien's signature on her cast.

"Neither am I, it's about time that boy noticed you." Alya said.

"I know what you mean." Marinette agreed.

"Five minute rest." Mr. d'Argencourt said removing his mask and disappearing into the locker room, most of the team followed suit.

"Phew." Adrien said as he removed his mask again, he walked to the locker room and grabbed his water bottle.

"Are you almost done?" Plagg asked.

"Shut up Plagg, you have plenty of cheese to eat." Adrien said taking his towel and wiping his forehead.

"But it gets so boringgggg." Plagg whined.

"Good thing you got cheese to go with that whine." Adrien mused and shut his locker back.

"Dude, seriously?"

Adrien was surprised to hear the tone of voice from one of the guys, he peeked his head around the corner.

"Shut up man, I really want to do this." The other said. Adrien recognized his friend Marion, two other teammates next to him, who Adrien couldn't remember their names.

"I bet it's all for publicity."

"Leo you know it isn't, we saw the video. Ladybug got seriously hurt."

Now Adrien was really listening…

"I know but she's never gotten hurt like that before." Leo said crossing his arms.

"I know and that's why I wanted to take this letter to their statue." Marion said and stared at the envelope.

"I guess man." Leo said and walked out.

"Hey did you hear that…

/

...Chat Noir is doing an interview tonight by Nadja Chamack?" Alya asked.

"What? He is?" Marinette asked raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah dude, she asked him for an interview after everything cooled down from the Rabbiteer." Alya explained as she read the news from her phone.

"I'm shocked he didn't tell me." Marinette said.

"It's been a couple of days so he probably might tell you later."

"Maybe…"

/

"Ten seconds!"

Everyone rushed out and back into their spot of the gym.

"En garde."

Everyone stood in their position and raised their saber.

"Pret."

Everyone readied and pointed their saber at their opponent since they were about to attack.

"Lunge."

Just as Adrien looked to his opponent and began to lunge, he was distracted when he heard someone laughing, it was his Ladies and he dared a glance at the source and saw Marinette laughing at what it looked like something Alya had said.

"Eyes on me Agreste."

Before Adrien could blink, he was on his back with his opponents saber touching his chest.

"Alright, you got me." Adrien spoke as he was pulled to his feet.

"I'm exhausted." Adrien said and fell on his bed, Plagg zoomed off.

"I know." Came Plagg's reply.

"I want to see her." Adrien spoke.

"I know." Plagg replied and scarfed down a piece of Camembert.

"Can we go?" Adrien asked.

"Take a nap then we will."

"Mkay…"

Plagg looked at Adrien as the boy fell into slumber and sighed.

"Poor kid."

"Why didn't he tell me that he had an interview with Nadja?" Marinette asked looking at Tikki.

"I'm not sure Marinette, he might've honestly forgotten." Tikki suggested.

"I suppose you're right…" Marinette said and sat in her chair and looked at her wall of Adrien's pictures.

Knock knock

Marinette at her balcony door and saw Chat Noir, she walked to the window and let him in.

"Good afternoon M'Lady!" He said happily as he held up a rose to her, she smiled and accepted it.

"Hello Chaton." She said smiling as she put the rose in a small vase then sat back in her chair, Chat grabbed the chair and wheeled her to the lounge chair and plopped himself onto it, he sighed contently as he stretched.

"Comfy?" She asked, he hummed and yawned.

"I'm exhausted my lady." He spoke and snuggled into the pillow that was on the lounge chair.

Marinette looked at the boy laying on her lounge and noticed that he looked so tense, his hair was in his eyes and he looked honestly exhausted. She frowned lightly and wheeled closer to move his bangs from his eyes, he opened his eyes.

"My Lady?"

Marinette ran her fingers through his hair and he immediately melted to her touch. She giggled and continued to run her fingers through and scratch behind his ears, he almost began to purr.

"Do you like that?" She asked honestly.

"Yesssss." He moaned quietly, Marinette blushed but continued.

"So…"

"Hmm?"

"Were you going to tell me about that interview?" Marinette asked, Chat opened his eyes.

"I forgot to tell you. I'm sorry." He answered, Marinette nodded.

"What are you…going to tell her?" Marinette asked.

"I know they'll ask what happened to you and where you are now, I'm going to tell them that you did get hurt but you're recovering with your family and that you'll be back when you're fully healed." Chat replied.

"That sounds good…" She said.

"I won't tell them who you are Marinette, I meant it when I said I'll take your secret to my grave." Chat said.

"I know, I trust you." Marinette replied.

"I trust you with my life." Chat replied and brought her hand to his lips and placed a gentle kiss, Marinette blushed lightly.

Knock knock.

"Marinette?"

Marinette and Chat Noir stared at each other in horror before Marinette hauled Chat to his feet and all but shoved him into her fabric closet, he fell back against the wall and was covered with fabric.

"Y-Yes Maman!?"

Marinette's mom raised her trap door and held out a plate of macaroons.

"Your father made some extra." She said and Marinette accepted the plate with a smile.

"Thank you!" Marinette spoke happily and kissed her mom's cheek, her mother smiled and pulled the door closed as she left.

Marinette sighed in relief and set the sweets down before rushing to her fabric closet, Chat Noir was covered head to boot in fabrics of many shapes, colors and designs.

"I'm so sorry!" She said and helped unbury him, he laughed.

"It's alright! But I suppose you had the situation….covered?" He spoke with a grin, she stares at him.

"I'm half tempted to leave you in here." She said standing.

"No wait Marinette! Don't leave me here!" He begged, Marinette giggled and cleared away the fabric enough for him to finally get out of the closet.

"It's so messy in there, I need to organize it…" She mumbled.

"Yeah…I kinda made everything fall to the ground…" Chat said scratching the back of his head.

"It's alright, I'm not that tall anyway so you saved me from climbing my butt of there." She said closing the door.

"I'll gladly help your butt up there."

Oh.

My.

God!

Did I just say that!?

Did he just say that!?

"U-Uh..I mean..I-I…!" Chat fumbled over his words and blushed.

"Macaroons!?" Marinette blushed and thrust the plate to him, he blushed and took a macaroon and bit into it, he hummed in content.

"It's delicious." He said, Marinette smiled.

"Thank you, they're my dad's specialty…"

"Awesome! It must be great being able to eat sweets like this everyday!" Chat Noir said.

"You get use to it so I don't eat them much anymore…but I love to bring them to my friends and I always bake cookies for Tikki."

Said Kwami was chowing down on some Macaroons, her stuffed cheeks made Marinette giggle.

"Your friends sure are lucky!" Chat Noir asked going for another Macaroon.

"Haha, they were really excited!" Marinette said smiling and almost sighed dreamingly.

"Does my Lady have a look of adoration!?" Chat asked, the girl blushed.

"N-No!"

"Who's the prince trying to steal away my princess!?" Chat asked standing, Marinette laughed and waved her hand at him.

"Keep your voice down!" She said laughing again.

"I'll fight any guy! Who is he!" Chat said, half playing around half deathly serious, Marinette continued laughing.

"No one you have to worry about silly Kitty!" Marinette said wiping a tear from her eye.

"I have to protect what's mine from any bad guys."

"He's no bad guy, actually he's completely perfect in every aspect." Marinette said smiling fondly at the pictures of Adrien on her wall, Chat followed her gaze and nearly choked on his own spit.

"C-Chat?" She asked.

"W-Who is this guy?" Chat asked.

"Mm, probably every girls heart throb."

"Y-You like Adrien Agreste?"

"Are you kidding? I love him." Marinette said smiling but then frowned.

"W-What?" Chat asked nervously.

"I know he'll never return my feelings. He sees us as just friends…but I feel he's starting to like me though…or maybe that's just me overthinking it and getting my hopes up." Marinette spoke.

"H-Have you tried talking to him?" Chat asked, Marinette shook her head.

"I still get so nervous, I just recently got better at talking to him." Marinette said.

"Well…guys can be…oblivious sometimes so when you're more comfortable, try to…express it?" Chat said unsure, he couldn't believe he was giving relationship advice to Marinette for himself.

"That…actually sounds like good advice! Thank you Chat!" She said smiling, Chat smiled. I hope to see her be this relaxed with me and just not with Chat.

Beep Beep

Chat grabbed his baton and looked at the time.

"It's time for me to go. I have to feed my kwami before the interview tonight." Chat Noir spoke.

"Alright, I don't know what your Kwami likes but you're welcome to take the rest of these Macaroons with you!" Marinette said smiling, Chat happily accepted.

"Stay safe out there Chaton." Marinette said smiling and handed Chat the bag of sweets.

"I will my Lady, I'll see you soon?" Chat Noir asked.

"Definitely!"

Chat brought Marinette's hand to his lips for a lingering kiss.

"Till we meet again." He spoke and disappeared.

"Don't be bemused! It's just the news! Tonight we have one of Paris' most beloved heros! Please welcome Chat Noir!"

/

Marinette looked nervously at the screen when Chat Noir's appeared, he smiled and waved to the camera.

/

"Thank you for having me." Chat replied.

"Thank you for joining us! We're sure you're very busy." Nadja spoke.

"A little more than recently but it's nothing a strong guy like me can't handle!" Chat Noir said flexing his muscles as he leaned back against the couch.

/

Marinette shook her head and Tikki giggled.

/

"Of course but I'm sure you know why we asked for tonight's interview." Nadja began gently, her face soft and caring, Chat noticeably tensed.

"I do." He replied.

"Please share with us what you can Chat Noir, what happened to Ladybug?"

Chat Noir looked at the picture that appeared on the screen next to them, Ladybug's stunning smile shining and he smiled sadly.

"During our fight with the akuma "Rabbiteer", Ladybug was struck by a shot from their cannon and she was knocked out." Chat Noir began.

"Is it true that she lost her transformation?" Nadja asked, the picture of Chat Noir holding the unconscious Ladybug in her civilian clothes appeared next, Chat swallowed.

"Yes." He replied.

"You protected her identity, this footage from the Ladyblog by Alya Cesaire shows you hid her face from being seen."

"I did." He replied.

"What happened next?" Nadja asked.

"I couldn't leave my Lady injured like that so I rushed her to a healer, she was kept safe and was properly taken care of."

"You left the Akuma behind?" Nadja asked.

"Yes."

"And you returned to fight him the next day? How did it happen? No footage was recorded of the battle." Nadja asked.

"The Akuma was in his wand and I captured the Akuma which is now purified." Chat said.

"How?"

"That's a secret." Chat spoke with a wink as he brought a finger to his lips.

A few girls squealed in the room and audible shushes were heard, Chat Noir flashed a smirk.

"I bet Ladybug would be jealous if you were flirting with the girls!" Nadja said with a laugh.

"My lady knows my heart is only for her." He said with a genuine smile, Nadja smiled gently.

/

Marinette blushed profusely.

"Your heart is only to me?"

/

"So it hasn't been flirting all this time?" Nadja asked.

"It hasn't." Chat Noir smiled.

"Where is Ladybug now Chat Noir?" Nadja asked.

"She's recovering with her family." Chat replied.

"How fantastic!" Nadja replied, Chat nodded.

"Yep! She'll be back on her feet in no time! Watch out Hawkmoth! My Lady and I are stronger and better than ever!" Chat Noir announced.

"You'll give Hawkmoth a run for his money!" Nadja said with a smile.

"I'll continue to protect Paris and rescue and help any civilian that Hawkmoth has possessed!" Chat Noir said, there was quiet clapping.

"Anything else you'd like to say to the millions of viewers watching?" Nadja asked, the camera zoomed to Chat Noir.

"I would like to thank all the people of Paris for believing in me, I swear I will protect you. I'd also like to thank Alya Cesaire and Nino Lahiffe for setting up the small gathering at our Statue, Ladybug and I have read your letters and we thank you, you've all been very kind to us and the letters and gifts meant more than anything to us, thank you for letting us protect you."