"What was all that?" Tikki flew out when Chat disappeared.
"I don't know, but I'm happy he came back." Marinette replied.
Tikki giggled. "At least you didn't clam up like when you talk to Adrien. And I'm glad you didn't reveal yourself to him. It's good that that priority is first to you.
"I'm over Adrien, Tikki, I promise, I'm not wasting my time on him anymore. He'll never notice me. I'm me when I'm ladybug, maybe it's better that way. Chat loves me, so why can't I fix my mistakes for him?" She suggested.
"Marinette, you just told Chat to give up on Ladybug." Tikki pointed out.
"I don't know, maybe there's time. I've made a mistake not noticing that he has real feelings for Ladybug..." she paused.
"You mean... you?" Tikki added.
"Yeah? I'll talk to him... next patrol... wait, PATROL, I COMPLETELY FORGOT!" She shouted. "Transform me, Tikki!"
As soon as she was fully covered in the red spotted spandex, she picked up her yoyo ready to swing out, but it buzzed in her hand. Voicemail...
"Ladybug?" She heard Chat's voice. "I know you're mad at me, but I need to talk to you. Please get back to me when you can." It rung off, and she called him back. He picked up.
"Where are we meeting, then?" She got straight to the point.
"Ladybug? You want to meet tonight?" He gasped.
"Wouldn't want to waste time... how about Trocadero?" She suggested.
"Be there in 5, bugaboo. Um, I mean Ladybug." Wow, he corrected himself. That wasn't nearly as fun.
She flew out of the window with the aid of her small yoyo towards Trocadero.
The Eiffel Tower was a spectacle. Both to be in and look at. It was almost midnight, so it was lit up. Marinette knew she'd be tired tomorrow for school, but it wasn't something new.
She stood against a pillar, until she heard some yells and hoots of joy. Chat Noir landed right in front of her, and they stood in silence for a few seconds.
"Ladybug, I-"
"Chat Noir, I..."
They both spoke at the same time, then laughed.
"I don't think I ever really got to say... that I loved you Ladybug." Chat started again.
"Loved?" She repeated. Maybe she was too late.
"I've given up on you, Ladybug. I... think I like someone else now. Well, I don't know if I like her, but she listens to me and I want to tell her who I am. You know Marinette DuPain Cheng? I'm telling her my identity." He said the last sentence with confidence.
"Okay." She said simply, and shrugged. She didn't mean it, because Tikki would kill her, but she had to say it to get his attention.
"No, Ladybug! I'm not letting you tell me what I can and can't do anymore. We're partners, we're equal. Wait, what did you say?"
Ladybug laughed at him. "Chat, I'm sorry..." she found it hard to say. "I'm sorry I didn't know your feelings were genuine."
"Oh.. well thank you, Ladybug but it's okay now. But I'm not asking you if I can tell Marinette. I'm going to do it, no matter what you say." He declared.
"Chat Noir. I know you might love this girl but it still isn't safe for people to know our identities. They could easily get akumatised. And Adrien already knows your identity, and I still don't know why you told him." She explained sadly.
His urge to call off his transformation right there and then was rising, to prove her wrong. But he kept it in. "I knew you weren't going to 'let' me." He sighed. "You have a point, but you obviously don't know Marinette! She's the most positive girl I've ever met."
"And how is she going to feel when you put your life in jeopardy every day to save the world?" Ladybug almost shouted. She had to calm down. "And how about Adrien?"
"Why are you so worried?" Was all he could think to say.
"Why aren't you?" She shot back. "I never told anyone, Chat, no matter how much I wanted to. I didn't even tell you when I wanted to. And you want two people to know?"
He stood speechless. She wanted to tell him? When? He shook his thoughts. No. I'm not fooling myself anymore. He thought. "I'm sorry, ladybug." He bowed, took a step back and thrust himself backwards with his baton.
If it was possible, he felt worse. He struggled to keep in the tears as he once again threw himself onto his bed face first, straight after calling off his transformation.
As if it was routine, Marinette ran into school, late from sleeping in. She barely slept last night, keeping what had happened on her mind.
When she got there, the roll call was happening, and she sat immediately in her seat next to Alya.
"Girl, you look like a train wreck. What happened?" Alya exclaimed.
Marinette lay her head on the table sideways. "I didn't sleep much." She muttered, half awake.
"You look just like that one." Alya laughed quietly, pointing at the seat in front of Marinette. In it, Adrien was sitting with his head in one hand, yawning.
As if on cue, he turned his head and looked at Marinette with curiosity, but turned back to the front once he saw her looking at him.
"Don't be..." a yawn interrupted her sentence "silly, Alya. I'm just tired."
A/N After the marichat balcony scene already premiering, well I'm really happy but it's hard to write this when there's already something similar that's canon. I will of course continue but I need to make sure it is not the same.