A/N: Hello Miraculers. I've been on a roll here with racking out multiple chapters of fanfics tonight! I hope you enjoy this slightly longer chapter. The next chapter, which I'm planing to be a little longer, I'm going to try writing tomorrow, so you won't have to wait long, unlike my other story, Insecurities.
After another fatherless dinner, Adrien returned to his room. As walked over to his window, looking out at the starry sky, with a crescent moon just about to set. "Hawkmoth Jr," Hawkmoth spoke into the model's head. "I need to detransfom and live my civilian life for the night. I'll notify you when I'm back. Good night."
"Good night," the teen replied with a smile. He finally had a father-like person in his life who actually paid attention to him. It felt so great, that it overpowered Adrien's worry that he was now helping his enemy hurt normal civilians, and possibly his own crush.
Adrien wondered to himself if he'd be able to use his Miraculous while akumatized without some weird magical explosion occurring. He walked back over to his bed, and picked up his ring, sliding it back onto his finger right ring finger. To his surprise, Plagg appeared once more, with only worry to be seen on his face.
"Adrien! What did you do?! You know Hawkmoth never actually means what he tells his victims!" Plagg exclaimed.
"Shut up, Plagg! I think he actually means it this time. Unlike his other akuma, he's not just forcing me to go and search for Ladybug and well, me! He's treating me like I'm his son!" Plagg was about to counter his master, but Adrien stopped him and continued: "If I can do this right, I may end up with a better father, heart of the girl behind Ladybug's mask, and maybe even my mom coming back, Plagg. I know this is dangerous, but I'm going to try, and there's no stopping me from trying!" Adrien then called out his transformation words, and Plagg was sucked into the Miraculous.
The transformation went on like it normally did, but it felt even more powerful than ever, with the added the power of the akuma. The model opened his window and bounded away towards the Eiffel Tower where he found his lady standing near the top of the monument, staring out at the city below. He quietly climbed up to her, and softly landed next to her with a bow.
"Hello, my lady," he grinned.
"Hello, kitty," she greeted back with a confident smile which slowly turned into a distressed cringe while looking at her partner. "Cat Noir, what's happened to your eyes and hair?" She walked closer, and grabbed a small tuft of his hair between her thumb and index finger.
The hero grabbed his own bangs, and pulled them down to see. His hair was now an even paler blond, like his father's. He quickly smirked back, "I changed it so you would come over here and touch it." Ladybug immediately let go, and stepped away from him with a raised eyebrow and disbelief.
"Then tell me what happened to your eyes," she demanded. "They are now more of a dark, swamp green."
"I don't know. Maybe they change with the weather?" the cat shrugged carelessly, wishing he could tell his love what happened to him. The red superhero looked at him suspiciously, but sighed, and let it go.
"I wonder when the next akuma will be coming. It's been awhile," the girl stated, looking back out at the city looking for any sights of noticeable akumas.
"Yeah, I wonder to," the boy responded, guilt stabbing his heart.
The two became weary of standing, so that sat down on the edge of the tower together, silently looking at the stars. Adrien scooted a little closer to the girl next to him, and put the hand he was leaning on behind her back.
"Do you know what I wish," Cat Noir spoke somewhat aimlessly.
"What do you wish?" Ladybug restated back to him.
"I wish we didn't have to keep our identities secret, well, at least from each other," the male hero finished.
"We know that can't happen. The only reason we'd ever learn each other's identity is if it is a complete emergency, or if Hawkmoth gets one of our Miraculouses," Ladybug sighed.
"I guess," the boy sighed back. "I just wish I could get to know you when you are at school or doing more normal stuff, since we only see each other when we are transformed."
The two sat around for a few more moments, and then Ladybug got up, yawning.
"Well, it's pretty late, and I need my sleep since I take a while to wake up," Ladybug explained, preparing her yo-yo to throw.
"Yeah, it's pretty late for me too, and I'm going to have a big day tomorrow," Cat yawned back, equipping his staff.
The two said their goodnights, and set off in their own directions. After reaching his room again, the model detransformed, dived back into his bed, and immediately fell asleep.
Over in Gabriel's office, Gabriel stared out of his window, smiling at the sky, still processing the information he has just discovered through seeing a slightly altered Cat Noir leap out of his son's window. Nooroo floated beside his master also amazed by the situation.
"Well, Nooroo, I now know I have easy access to Cat Noir's Miraculous, which I'm glad my son hinted to me through telepathy," the human beamed.
"That is one of my worries," the kwami cringed. "Your son being an akuma while using his Miraculous at the same time may injure Plagg, his kwami."
"You shouldn't worry, Nooroo. I'll tell Adrien in the morning that I, Hawkmoth, know he is Cat Noir. I will not hint to him that I, as Gabriel Agreste, his terrible, unjust father, know his little secret."