Adrien looked out of his window. He sighed as he watched the snowflakes fall softly down from the sky, again another lonely Christmas this year, just like all the other years before. The last Christmas he could remember was the one at the age of thirteen, the last year his mother was still there. After his mother had left, his father had completely isolated himself from the outside world as well from his son.

Adrien was used to be on his own all the time at home, but he could never get used to those lonely Christmases. He knew he had friends who wouldn't mind it if he would join them, but he would feel like a bother. Christmas was supposed to be spent with family and he didn't want to ruin that. And besides that, his father probably wouldn't allow him to go anyways.

"Hey kid." Plagg said to his holder.
"Oh hey, Plagg." he responded before he let out another sigh.
"I'm sure this will make you feel better."

Plagg flew closer to Adrien while holding a piece of Camembert and held it out to his holder. Adrien turned his face to his kwami and smiled softly at him.

"Thanks Plagg." he said as he took the cheese.

Although he disliked the smell of the cheese, he did like the flavor of it.

"Maybe this year won't be that bad? We can celebrate it together and watch those Christmas movies. I promise I won't fall asleep this time."
"Thanks but no thanks. I'm not really into the mood… it's been five years now that my mother isn't here… So I just want to be alone for a while. You can do whatever you want..."

Plagg stayed quiet as he flew off to read his book about cheese. He felt sad for his holder that he felt like that. He wished he could have done something to help him, but there wasn't anything else left to do apart from trying to cheer him up. Plagg looked at Adrien who was leaning on his arms against the window frame of his open window.

"You shouldn't lean against your window like that while wearing only a t-shirt. You should at least have put on a jacket." a familiar voice spoke above him.

Adrien looked up with widened eyes. Above him was ladybug hanging upside down on her yo-yo that got attached somewhere to the roof.

"L-Ladybug." Adrien stumbled over his words. "W-what are you doing here?"
"I… uh… I happen to be in the… the neighborhood… and… It looked like you were upset… So… uh… I came to check on you if you're alright."
"Oh… um… Thank you…"

Ladybug swung closer to the window frame and took her seat there on the left side. She sat there gracefully, one leg crossed over the other. She looked at him with concern. Adrien had no idea why, but somehow she was able to read him so easily. Or maybe it was because he allowed himself to be an open book around her.

"Do you want to talk about it?" she asked with a sweet and gentle tone in her voice.

Adrien stood up straight and leaned with his back against the window frame. He didn't know if he should tell her how he was feeling, but on the other hand he knew that he could trust her.

"I miss my mother." he said. "It has been five years since her passing, but Christmas is still a hard time due to the fact that's her favorite holiday of the year…"

Ladybug stayed quiet. She didn't really know what to say.

"Since she passed we don't celebrate it anymore… and I don't want to bother my friends…"
"I'm sure you won't be a bother to your friends if you want to celebrate it with them. They care for you, so I'm sure they would want you around too."
"I know, but I can't help but feel that way… So I guess it's for the best I'm just alone this day."
"That's not true… No one should be alone on Christmas…" Ladybug said before she reached his hand out to him. "Let me take you somewhere with me."

Adrien looked at her reached out hand. He hesitantly raised his hand towards hers, he wasn't sure if he should do it or not. What if Ladybug was supposed to celebrate Christmas with her own family? He didn't want to keep her away from that any longer than her patrol night already did.

"Let me get my jacket and scarf first." He said after a while before he walked towards his closet to get a warmer jacket and a scarf.

Ladybug watched him as he put on his jacket and the familiar blue scarf. She blushed slightly by the sight of the blue scarf wrapped around his neck. It was the scarf she had made for him and delivered it at his house as Marinette, however due to misunderstandings he never knew it was from her.

Once Adrien had put on his Jacket and scarf he got back to the window and smiled at Ladybug.

"I'm ready to go."

Ladybug nodded, she stood up and stood on the window frame, she unwrapped her yo-yo from her waist and then helped Adrien up unto the window frame. She blushed when she pulled him closer and held him as she threw her yo-yo at some building so she could swing away towards the place she had in mind.

She took him with her to the Seine. Not many people were outside at this time of the evening, which gave the two some more privacy as they walked past the Seine and looked at all the colorful lights that were there.

They didn't say much as they both were enjoying each other's company as well as the pretty lights. As they were walking the palms of their hands kept brushing against each other, causing both to blush. Their hand kept brushing against each other for a while longer until Adrien made the move to entwine their fingers together as he took her hand in his.

Ladybug could feel her heart speed up like crazy, but eventually relaxed and allowed herself to lean her head against his arm. Adrien blushed as he enjoyed the closeness.

"The lights sure are pretty don't you think?" Ladybug said.
"It is." He agreed. "Do you know what's even more beautiful?"

Ladybug looked at him with a question look in her eyes. Adrien just smiled at her with a soft smile before he spoke again.

"You are."

Ladybug began to blush madly as Adrien just told her she was more beautiful than the pretty lights that lighten up the streets. Adrien himself blushed as he realized what he had just said. Being around his lady made him feel more comfortable and due to that his flirty personality would surface from time to time, causing him to flirt without even really knowing it.

"Wait… No I didn't mean to… I mean you are beautiful don't get me wrong… But I… I didn't mean to startle you by saying it so suddenly." Adrien said as he let go of her hand and took a step away from ladybug.
"It's… It's alright… you're very beautiful too… you're more beautiful than I am… that's for sure."
"No I'm not… You're like the prettiest girl I've ever met, no one could even come close to how beautiful you are both in and outside."
"That…. That's not true…"
"It is."
"It is not…"

They continued like that for a while, not agreeing with one another while the blush spread over their face became redder and redder.

"We shouldn't fight like this on Christmas…" Ladybug said shyly after a while. "We should be having a good time."
"You're right… we should just accept each other's opinion I guess…"

Ladybug nodded and smiled softly at him, as they continued to walk in silence.

"You know…" Adrien said breaking the silence, looking up at the sky full of stars before he continued. "My mother always used to take me on a walk past the Seine on Christmas. My father sometimes would join us but it usually was a mother-son thing. We did that every year as long as I can remember. I guess I missed doing this as much as I miss my mother."

There was a pause as he turned his head towards ladybug with a soft expression on his face.

"It's nice to be able to walk with someone important to you. It might sound silly, but it's kind of like a small part of my mother is here…"
"It's not silly… I can understand you feel like that… I mean I would probably feel like that too if I happen to be in your situation."

Adrien smiled as he wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her close to him.

"Thank you for cheering me up."
"You're very welcome, Adrien."

They walked a bit more before it was getting quite late, they hold on to each other as Ladybug swung them around the city back to Adrien's house. It didn't take that long to get there. They let go of each other once they were inside his room.

"Thank you so much for tonight. I had a really good time." Adrien said as he stood in front of Ladybug.
"I'm glad you had a good time. I really did so as well."

They stood still in front of each other, both not making any movement as they didn't want let the night end just yet. Adrien took a step closer to her before he placed his hand on her waist, pulling her a little closer. Ladybug in response placed her hands onto his chest as she looked up at him. They looked at each other's eyes, like they got lost in them. Ladybug bit on her bottom lip as she slowly and almost unnoticeable began to stand on her tiptoes. Adrien moved his face closer to her face. They stopped with closing the gap between them waiting for the other to make the first move.

Adrien closed the gap completely once Ladybug closed his eyes. He leaned in, pressing his lips on Ladybug's. She kissed him back, wrapping her arms around his neck. She let her fingers play with the hair of the nape of his neck. He hummed into the kiss, before he deepened the kiss a bit more.

They broke the kiss after a few minutes, they stared into each other's eyes with a blush spread over their cheeks as they tried to catch their breaths.

"I… I should go…" Ladybug stumbled of her words. "Merry Christmas, Adrien."

Ladybug pressed her lips quickly on his before she rushed towards the window. She unwrapped her yo-yo from her waist and aimed it at some building outside. She turned around one more time, only to blow a kiss at Adrien between she swung away.

"Merry Christmas, Ladybug." he said softly.

He couldn't really believe it that he had kissed Ladybug. He kissed Ladybug's soft lips that tasted like some sweet fruit. He wondered what fruit flavor her lip gloss had. Was it strawberry? Maybe it was raspberry? Or was it blueberry flavored? He didn't know, maybe he could ask her next time she would visit him.

"I told you this year might not be so bad." Plagg interrupted his thoughts.
"Plagg what are you doing here? How long have you been here?"
"First off, I live here Adrien… secondly unfortunately I've been here long enough to have seen your discussing kissing ritual with Ladybug."
"Plagg… it's not discussing."
"Kid… you're only saying that because you didn't have to look at it. If you were me you would think so too."
"Just shut up and go read your book about cheese or something."
"Oh I will. At least then I will be able to get that picture of you two kissing out of my mind."

With that Plagg flew off to his book. Adrien walked to the window to close it. He then leaned against the window when it was closed and looked at the skyline dreamingly while thinking about Ladybug.