A/N: Holy cow! So sorry for the delayed posting, had a lot of stuff come up. 5 Comments, 21 follows, and I'm so tired I forgot the other number. Hope you enjoy.

Chapter 5

They pull out of their kiss and look at each other. "I…can't believe this…how didn't we figure this out sooner?"

Plagg flies off the desk. "Are you serious? I've facepalmed so many times I can't even count…and that's just in one day. I mean you guys literally leave the room at the same time, show up late all the time, I've SEEN Tikki out several times, for example: Twice when you were in the library and at the park with Lyla, in the same day I might add, when Marinette tripped down the stairs into you causing Tikki to fly out of her bag, when you were hanging for your life with Antibug she transformed by a giant window AND when she pulled you in as Marinette…like really…your head was turned towards her and everything…you couldn't see through the bars…and then…"

"Ok Plagg we get it, by the way Marinette meet Plagg." He gestures towards his flying kwami.

Marinette smiles and scratches his head. "Nice to meet you Plagg." Tikki flies off, wiping a tear from her excited eyes, and floats near Plagg. "Adrien meet Tikki." Adrien scratches the back of his head.

"Nice to meet you Tikki."

"Oh, trust me, the pleasure is all mine! I've been waiting for this moment for forever! You guys are so cute! I know I told Marinette that no one must know your identities…but it was ultimately your decision to figure out what you wanted to do. Glad you finally decided to make it known to each other, just be careful to keep the two worlds separate so your identities are kept safe. The last thing we need is Chat saying Marinette's name in front of civilians."

"You're definitely wiser than Plagg, no wonder Ladybug always has the upper hand against me…and the villains of course.

"Hey! I take offense to that…" Tikki pats Plaggs back.

"Surprisingly he is wise, he's just good at hiding it." Plagg narrows his eyes at her.

"You guys have any cheese or what? It's all fine and well that you guys had snacks, but I've had nothing Adrien! It's been…more than an hour. Oh, the humanity…" Tikki pinches Plagg.

"Leave them be, it's almost time for dinner." Adriens stiffens.

"Dinner time already? Father is going to be mad…although he probably hasn't noticed that I'm not there…he's even busier than normal this week." Plagg looks at him with sad eyes, with Tikki looking between Plagg and Adrien.

"In that case Marinette, why don't you ask if he can stay for dinner?" Tikki sits on Marinette's shoulder.

"Great idea Tikki! You're welcome anytime…that's one of the many things my parents said…I'll go tell them!"

"What? No, it's ok you don't have to go to that trouble really!" Adrien tries to hide his excitement. Tikki and Plagg quickly hide.

Marinette's parents bust through the trap door. "Are you kids getting hungry? It's almost time for dinner and I've made way too much for just us." Sabine looks at Adrien with a mixture of hope, happiness, and uncontainable excitement. Marinette narrows her eyes at her mom, questioning her very good timing.

"Yes! That would be awesome!" Adrien smiles and follows the parents' downstairs with Marinette following close behind.

"I hope you kids are hungry!" Adrien practically drools at the sight. On the table sits freshly baked bread with steam coming from them, bowls of fresh lettuce and toppings, a cheese platter, grilled ribeye steaks, and potato fries. Sitting off to the side on the counter sat several pies that are cooling off from the oven.

"Wow…this looks amazing…I hope you didn't go to any extra trouble for me."

"Not at all dear, we do this often!" Marinette gets ready to say something, but stops when she sees the challenging look her mom gives her. "Here, you guys take a seat. I'll get you something to drink." She motions to two chairs sitting abnormally close to each other.

"I'll take water Mama, thanks." She looks over to Adrien.

"I'll have the same thank-you."

She hands out the drinks and joins them. "Thanks for joining us tonight Adrien, please make yourself at home and don't hold back!" He slightly chuckles and imagines his father's reaction if he saw what he was having for dinner.

"Oh, don't worry, I won't hold back! This is probably more food than I eat in…a week!" He chuckles and the parents share a secret look of concern. They dig in and keep the conversations light and pleasant.

"Ok I hope you saved room for dessert!" Sabine quickly jumps up and gathers the plates while Tom gets dessert ready. Adrien smiles and slides his hand into Marinette's under the table. She blushes and looks at him. To her surprise, she sees a blush on him as well. A lot has happened in a short amount of time between them, they're still not use to the attention of each other.

"Alright. We made four different pies, so we put two different ones on each of your plates. You must try some of each one and let us know which one you like the best!" On Marinette's plate sat an apple and cherry pie. On Adrien's plate sat a chocolate and an egg custard pie. He digs into the chocolate pie first. "Oh man…this is so good…" He digs into the egg custard pie and is pleasantly surprised. "Wow I've never actually had an egg custard before, it's delicious!"

Sabine smiles. "Great, you must try the other two too!" Marinette slides her plate over and he takes a little chunk of each one.

He blushes, "Mmm, these are good too!" She boldly sneaks some of the chocolate cake, which happens to be her favorite.

Tom beams. "Great! Now which one would you say is your favorite? We're trying some new recipes for the bakery.

"Honestly, I love them all, they are amazing!"

"Papa, I don't know how but the chocolate pie seems even better than before." He beams.

"Excellent. Here's a box of goodies for you to take home when you're ready to leave Adrien, just grab it from the counter when you're ready to leave. We have to head to bed if we want to be able to wake up in time to get things rolling in the bakery."

"Thanks for inviting me for dinner, it was delicious. I've had many fancy meals, but I must say nothing comes close to what you have here. It was so good I'll probably be dreaming of it tonight." Sabine hugs him.

"You're welcome over anytime, really. Anyways, I'm going to head to bed. Goodnight." Marinette hugs and kisses her parents. Her dad whispers in her ear about how light he sleeps and she blushes.

"Papa! Goodnight! Honestly…" They retreat to their room. "Would you like to come up and hang out for a few before you head home Adrien?" He yawns and stretches.

"I should really head out, this is my night to patrol…"

"True…or we can patrol together?" She suggests.

"Or, we can keep watch of the Ladyblog, snuggle, and watch a movie?" He counters.

She has an internal battle and puts her hands on her hips. "I…uhm…well…but…" He wraps an arm around her waist and she caves. "Ok, but a VERY close watch on the ladyblog…can't be slacking even though we're…well…we know each other's secret?"

"More like involved on a romantic level." She blushes and he scratches the back of his head.

"Is that your way of asking me to be your girlfriend?"

"If we put a label on it, then yes I guess I am."

"All right then…boyfriend…" She gets a little breathy at the word boyfriend and it all hits them at once. Adrien being cat noir, him returning her feelings, and all the hardships they've already faced together as crime fighting partners. She gets butterflies in her stomach. She wraps her arms around his neck, leans her cheek on his shoulder, and whispers 'partner' in his ear. He shudders and hugs her closer, with his arms around her waist.

"Partner."

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