"Why do you keep doing that?!" Ladybug exclaimed, her eyes glittered by the tears that had appeared in the corners of her eyes. They just had defeated another Akuma.

The Akuma was a strong one, one that literally played with fire. The victim apparently had gotten really upset when their gingerbread houses had burnt in the oven and for some reason it wanted to burn all the houses in Paris as revenge. In battle the Akuma had been shooting blazes at the heroes, trying to burn to ashes. Ladybug and Chat Noir were able to dodge it all quite easily until the Akuma had cornered them and shot a blaze towards ladybug. The flames reached her quickly, so if it wasn't for Chat Noir she would have been hit pretty badly. She had been pushed out of the way by Chat Noir, causing him to take the hit instead. The suit did protect him, however he had some burns over his face.

"Because I care for you!" He said as stood in front of Ladybug. He hated fighting with her.
"You could have had died!"
"But I didn't!"
"You got your face burned pretty badly!"
"It got cured in the end!"
"What if it didn't?!"
"Then I would have been glad it wasn't you who got their face burned!"

Ladybug stood quietly on the snowed flat rooftop. Tears streamed down her cheeks, she didn't like it to fight with her partner. She had told him countless times before he should stop taking hits for her. Usually he would always argue with throwing the 'You're the only one that can bring things back to normal.' argument, but today he didn't. Or at least he hadn't brought it up just yet.

"Why Chat? Why do you keep doing this?" she asked. "I told you to stop taking hits for me."
"I know… but I care a lot for you. I don't want you to get hurt…" He said as he looked into her blue bell eyes.
"I don't want you to get hurt either."

Chat Noir opened his mouth to say something but he closed it again, deciding to stay quiet instead. The vibe around them was still tense, combined with the sadness of both hearts not wanting to lose the other.

"I don't… I don't want to lose you…" Ladybug said as she began to sob. "You mean a lot to me… and I don't want my partner to be gone for good... You should just let me take a hit that was directed towards me… instead of jumping in front of me…"
"I'm sorry… I can't do that, my lady…"

Ladybug buried her face into the palms of her hands, her body trembled as her sobs became heavier. Chat Noir slowly walked towards Ladybug, his heart sunk by seeing his lady so upset. He hesitantly reached his hand out to her.

"Ladybug… I'm sorry, but I can't do nothing when you're about to get hurt." Chat Noir said as he placed his hand on top of her shoulder.
"You don't understand it, do you?" Ladybug exclaimed with a crack in her voice as she slapped Chat Noir's hand away.

She didn't want him to try and make his recklessness seems to be alright, she didn't want him to calm her down and let him get away with yet another hit he had taken for her. He had to understand that it was enough, that she couldn't take his recklessness anymore and that she couldn't lose him.

"I can't even imagine a world without you."

Chat Noir couldn't find the words to say. He had no idea that his lady felt that way.

"If I lose you… I can't be ladybug anymore… I don't want anyone else as a partner… because… because I… I love you." She said as she looked back up at Chat Noir.

Chat Noir could feel his heart race, his lady loves him. She loves him, Ladybug loves him.

"You… you love me…?" he asked. He couldn't help it to have a hard time to believe it.
"I do... I love you so much... I'm sorry that I rejected you so many times… I just realized it…."

Another silence fell. Ladybug had calmed down a little but soft sobs left her mouth every now and then. Ladybug looked down at her feet, the silence killed her on the inside. She had just confessed how she felt and Chat didn't say anything other than asking if she loves him. Of course she had hoped she could have told him differently though, saying something like that with an angry tone didn't made it romantic. As the time passed she began to regret even saying it, the silence was getting too much for her. She wanted to leave, but she couldn't. It was like her feet were glued to the roof.

"Ladybug…" He called out her name softly a little later. "Look at me."

Ladybug looked up at him, the tears were still rolling down her cheeks. He got closer towards her and cupped both of her cheeks. He wiped her tears away with his thumbs as he looked at her in the eyes.

"I can't imagine a world without you either, my lady." He said softly and tenderly. "You mean the world to me and I would do anything to protect you, because I can't live without you."

Ladybug looked at him with widened eyes, her heart was beating fast and butterflies fluttered through her stomach. He had told her many times how he felt about her before, but she always thought it was just in a flirty and no serious way. However, this time he didn't had that playful smile on his face, instead it was a soft one. His eyes didn't give her that flirty look either, instead it was a look full of love mixed with the look of fear to lose her.

"I know that you have asked me many times to stop taking hits for you, but I just can't let someone hurt you. This really will be a thing we would never agree on with each other and it probably will cause more arguments in the future, but I want you to know that I do take hits for you because I love you."

The sound of their Miraculouses interrupted the moment as the five minute countdown had begun. They knew they should probably leave before they would transform back, but they both didn't want to leave the other behind.

Without saying anything Chat Noir leaded Ladybug to sit on the flat roof, he then took his seat behind her, both having their back against each other's. The roof was pretty big and since they sat down on it in the middle, no one from below would even be able to see them.

"You're right… we probably won't agree on it together… but I want you to understand that I will do the exact same thing for the exact same reason as you." Ladybug said, she had been able to calm herself down.

Their Miraculouses beeped again.

"At least we now know our feelings are mutual." Chat Noir said happily.
"Yeah… I'm glad about that…" She spoke softly.

Their Miraculouses beeped for the third time.

"Seriously it feels like I've won the lottery or something."

Ladybug giggled at Chat Noir's remark. It made her heart flutter to know that she had made him so happy by telling him she loved him, even though it wasn't a romantic confession.

"I'm still sorry I rejected you so many times… even when I started to feel something, I still rejected you… I thought that you weren't serious as you always said it with that playful smirk of yours."

Their Miraculous beeped for the fourth time.

"I might have said it in a flirty way, but I've always been serious about my feelings for you Bugaboo."

The final beep was there, a bright pink and green light flashed as they transform back into their civilian selves.

"May I hold your hand?" Adrien asked.
"Sure you can… you don't have to ask." Marinette replied.

Adrien let his right hand roamed over the snowy rooftop trying to find Marinette's hand. Once he found it he took hers in his and made smoothing circles with his thumb on the back of her hand.

"You're hands are soft, my lady."

Marinette giggled. The snow was cold but it didn't bother her that much as she concentrated on her partner's hand holding hers.

"It's nice to hold hands, Chaton."

Some more time passed as they held hands in a comfortable silence. In the main time Tikki and Plagg had gotten something to eat to power up.

"Um… Ladybug… Can… Can I kiss you…" Adrien said shyly after a while.
"We… we can't… we can't turn around… we will see each other's identities…" Marinette stumbled over her words as a bright blush spread over her cheeks.
"We can keep our eyes closed…"
"Okay, Kitty."

Both teens closed their eyes before they turned around while still holding each other's hand. Adrien let his hand slide up over Marinette's arm, he then reached her shoulder and slide his hand towards her neck. Marinette squeaked a little when his cold hand touched the crook of her neck and squeezed his hand between her cheek and shoulder. Adrien's hand than cupped her cheek, now he knew where it was. He let his hand move around over her cheek as he was trying to locate her lips. Marinette let out a giggle as the feeling was quite ticklish.

Once Adrien had located her mouth he leaned in for a kiss, only to miss her mouth completely and ended up placing a kiss on her chin awkwardly.

"That's not my mouth." Marinette laughed.
"Oh hush, it's way more difficult than I thought it would be."

Marinette wanted to say something but got cut off by Adrien's lips being pressed on her own. She melted into the kiss, as she wrapped her arms around his neck. Adrien wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her closer towards him. The kiss got more passionate, as Adrien put a bit more pressure into the kiss. This caused Marinette to lose her balance, falling with her back into the snow while pulling Adrien along with her.

"Really, Tikki? Do they have to do that while we're eating? It makes me lose my appetite." Plagg said annoyed as the two teenagers made out in front of their Kwami's.
"Just let them be, Plagg." Tikki sighed. "It's cute."
"Cute? Disgusting you mean?"
"Oh shut up. We should let them kiss in peace."

With that Tikki pushed Plagg away from their holders, giving them some more privacy.