After that last encounter on patrol, Ladybug could not face Chat Noir without letting a blush creep onto her face. And it was really making her upset.

That stupid cat was enjoying it.

Come on! How would he act if his crush was suddenly his partner? Or, he thought she was.

Anyways, Hawkmoth must really enjoy her suffering since he was sending an Akuma practically everyday now. It was getting really annoying, and the akuma's names weren't even as clever as they used to be.

(Seriously, 'Guitar Villain')

He must be getting really desperate. Or he was hoping all the attacks would ware the two of them out.

Which they kinda were, considering how much sleep Marinette was getting. But she wouldn't let her guard down.

Besides, she was still trying to figure if Adrien is really Chat Noir. She was starting to notice the similarities between the two. Getting a closer look at his eyes, she noticed they were that same shade of green she loved seeing everyday. She noticed they had the same cute smile she fell in love with when he'd given her his umbrella. The same charm he showed as Chat Noir shown as Adrien when he helped Marinette out with her Uncle.

Her feelings her her partner were clear now too. She had been falling in love with Chat Noir, especially after kissing him. To break that spell or not, it was real.

Explaining that to Adrien...

O-Only if he's Chat, obviously.

But how would she tell Chat?

Remember that list of racing thoughts? Yeah, there's another thing to add to it.

Adrien was enjoying his time with Ladybug as Chat. He didn't miss that blush on her cheeks when he grinned at her.

It was cute.

Man, Adrien has really fallen hard for that girl. Both sides of her.

He was sure Marinette was Ladybug, now. It wasn't hard to miss the obvious similarities in their appearances. Plus the reasons that made him suspect her in the first place.

Staring, uh, I-I mean glancing often, at Marinette, Adrien was able to fall in love with her more. He liked the way she laughed with Alya and joked around with her. He liked how she stood up for others and also helped them out. She could even cheer people up when they were down. She really was Ladybug, and was even like her when she wasn't in costume.

How had Adrien not fallen for her sooner?

Well, actually, technically he had, but he hadn't known Ladybug was Mari at the time.

Now he knows and he's fallen in love with her more.

And she liked him! He thought that she hated him after that awful first meeting. But how could he think that? Marinette didn't even hate Chloe.

There goes Adrien being a dummy again.

'This is a terrible idea. I'm such a moron! What am I even going to say to her?' Adrien was currently standing outside Marinette's parent's bakery. He was going to talk to her, but he had completely forgotten what he wanted to say.

Why did he let Nino and Alya talk him into this again?

Maybe he could ask her about being a designer?

Ah, yes! That would work, his father being a designer and all.

Okay, let's do this Adrien.

He took a deep breath and walked inside, ignoring two grinning people that looked suspiciously like Nino and Alya.

Wait, did she have her phone out?

M-Maybe he should just go and not embarrass himself today where Alya can send it to the entire-

"A-Adrien?"

Too late.

"O-Oh, hey Marinette! How are you?" Adrien waved a hand at her.

''How are you?' What kind of greeting is that?!' Adrien mentally smacked himself. He could hear Plagg laughing at him. Marinette just gave him a smile. There was a small blush on her cheeks, but Adrien was sure his face was a tomato.

"I-I'm good, thanks. What about you?" She asked him as she put away some of the pastries into the displays.

"Me? I'm fine."

"That's good to hear. So, did you want something?" Marinette hopped up and looked up at him.

Yeah, he was definitely a tomato. Good thing it was getting colder and he wore a scarf today. At least he would be able to hide his tomato red face.

"Um, a-anything you'd recommend?" Marinette put her thumb on her lips and Adrien stared.

He really wanted to kiss her.

His face went a deeper shade of red. 'Where did that come from!?' He thought as he tried to get rid of his blush.

"Hold on." She crouched down and took a pastry from on of they trays. It looked like a danish with red and black looking fruit filling on top of it.

Like a ladybug.

"Here, I made this myself, with red and black cherries." Adrien finally took down his scarf, taking the danish from her. He smiled at her.

"Looks like a ladybug." Marinette blushed.

"U-Uh, I'm a fan of her and they're really popular with customers. Especially Alya." She smiled. Adrien took a bite of it.

It was delicious.

"This is amazing! I can see why they're so popular. This tastes great!" Marinette blushed again.

"Th-thank you." Marinette smiled at him. He grinned back and ate the rest of it.

Eventually, the both of them got to talking, and blushing, and Adrien was so happy that she didn't seem to hate him. But then he remember that Nino told him she like him, and blushed like a tomato again. He was also really happy that she could now talk to him and hold a conversation.

He fell more in love with each word that she spoke to him.

Man, he'd fallen hard for her. But he was glad.

So glad that he totally didn't see Alya and Nino filming the two of them on their phones.

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