.Chat Noir made it back to Marinette's with still a minute to spare. He noted that she wasn't there, and wondered if she went back into her room. He peeked thru the open window hatch and saw her asleep on her bed. He popped his head in and gently shook her shoulder.
"Marinette, wake up Princess." He said quietly.
She sat up with a start, which caused their heads to slam into each other. This caused Chat to lose his balance and tumble onto Marinette's bed.
"Sorry," They said simultaneously.
At that moment, the transformation timed out and instead of Chat Noir hanging awkwardly from her hatch, it was Adrien. He gave a sheepish grin at her.
They climbed back out onto the roof, where Adrien held out his hand and in it was a pair of round black earrings. Marinette's face lit up and without thinking, she immediately grabbed him in a hug.
"Oh Adrien, thank you!" It only took about three seconds for her to realize what she was doing, and she jumped back with a blush, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. Adrien simply smiled gently.
Marinette took the earrings and put one in one ear, but on the other she hesitated. How was she going to put the torn lobe? Adrien thought a moment too, before getting an idea.
"I think your Lucky Charm will heal that, wont it Plagg?" Adrien looked at his kwami, who was 'begrudgingly' eating another slice of cheese cake. The glutton gave a shrug with an 'I dunno' sound, before going back to eating. Adrien rolled his eyes. "Real helpful."
Adrien turned back to Marinette, and gently fingered the ear. Tho it was a completely platonic gesture, it still caused a chill to go down Marinette's spine.
"I think you can put it on the band-aid till you use the Lucky charm." And he carefully put it thru it for her.
Suddenly a ball of light lit up between them, and in it Tikki appeared, which caused Marinette's face to light up again.
"Tikki!" "Marinette!" They shouted at the same time.
The Kwami flew to Marinette and they hugged, Tikki rubbing against Marinette's cheek.
"Tikki, I was so worried about you. I missed you so much!" Tears of joy flowed from Marinette's eyes.
"Me too, I was worried about YOU! Are you OK?" Tikki's eyes seemed to glitter; she had tears in her eyes too.
The kwami suddenly realized the audience, and flew behind Marinette's shoulder.
"Marinette, what is Adrien doing here?… And Plagg?" The Kwami stopped hiding when she realized her other half was there.
"Hey Tikki" The small cat kwami said with his mouth full. Suddenly he was pounced by the red kwami. He swallowed the food in his mouth. "Good to see you too."
Tikki looked back up at Marinette, enjoying a bit of the cheesecake Plagg was eating.
"So Marinette, what happened after your earrings were taken?" She asked. Adrien and Marinette gave her a brief run down of the events of her akumatization and Adrien's confrontation with his father.
When Adrien indicated the cane that had the akuma in it, they decided that it was time to fix things. Marinette felt bad enough for what she did, and now that they had her earrings and the akuma, she can truly fix things.
She quickly transformed and called forth a Lucky Charm, tho there really was no need to use one. She nodded to Adrien who slammed the cane to the ground releasing the akuma. Ladybug made quick use of capturing and purifying it, and then she released the power of her lucky charm cleansing all of Paris, turning it's citizens back to normal and undoing any and all damage. The last thing the swarm of magical ladybugs did was surround Ladybug before finally dispersing. She felt her ear and gone was the bandaid, her ear whole. She gave a grin to Adrien, before they shared their usual fist bump.
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Things seemed to go back to normal after that. People went about their business without a care in the world. That evening, Ladybug and Chat Noir met at their usual rendezvous point ontop of Notre Dame.
Ladybug still couldnt beleive that for the past year and a half she had been working side by side with her crush. Adrien and Chat were so different. Adrien explained that as Chat, he was more or less free to be himself, his true self in a way while as Adrien he had an image to maintain, that of his father's company.
Likewise, for Chat Noir, he was not entirely surprised that out of all the people in Paris, his partner was none other than his classmate, and one of his first friends, Marinette. He was actually more surprised that he hadn't noticed it before. But then again Marinette always came off very excitable in school, unlike Ladybug's calm. Now that their secret was out, it was like they were blending into each other. Marinette wasn't as excitable as she used to be, whereas Ladybug was coming off more shy than usual.
The evening went fairly smooth. Not much going on, but then usually the day following an akuma attack, those tend to be the quietest for even the smallest civilian crime.
Around midnight they decided to knock off for the night. Adrien wasn't sure where to go tho, or if it was even a good idea to go back home. After that confrontation he had, he was actually quite nervous to see his father again.
They sat enjoying the quiet evening on Marinette's balcony. She had gotten some snacks for the four of them to eat, as well as hot chocolate. Soon both kwamis were asleep snuggling together. It wasn't long before the silence was broken by Adrien's phone ringing, which startled everyone. Adrien was taken aback when he noticed the caller ID.
"It's father…" he looked at Marinette, wondering if he should answer. She gave him a reassuring nod, taking his hand for support. He answered the call.
"Hello? Yes father, I'm fine." He gripped Marinette's hand. "Patrolling. We do it every night."
Marinette was wondering what was being said on the other line, just by watching Adrien's face. She wondered if his father was scolding him for the late night. Hawkmoth aside, Gabriel Agreste did seem like a stern yet caring father.
"You want to what? Let me ask." Adrien looked at Marientte. "He wants to talk to you."
Marinette hesitated a moment as he held out the phone, before taking it.
"Y-yes?" She asked unsuredly.
"Miss Cheng, I must offer a sincere apology for my behavior the other day. My son made it clear that i May have acted irrationally. As you know, Adrian took my miraculous, so your lives will no longer be plagued by my Akuma. Tho i must say Miss Cheng, you were one i was most impressed with; one of my most competent.
Marinette had no idea how to take such a bizarre compliment.
"Um, thank you, I guess." she responded awkwardly.
"Miss Cheng, I'd understand if you no longer wish to continue your internship, with the circumstances that happened. But if you wish, I will still write you a letter of recommendation to whichever school you plan to go to. You show great promise as a designer and the world deserves to have your designs alongside my own."
Marinette was surprised at his compliment. This time she gratefully took it, as it meant a lot. And Mr. Agreste had a point, it would be very awkward to continue to work for him. She would always be on edge. But the fact that he was still willing to recommend her to any school of her choice; even after what happened? It was great news!
" Thank you Mr Agreste, I appreciate that a lot!" She smiled at Adrien, who was watching her nervously as if anticipating his father somehow upsetting Marinette. She nodded and gave him a thumbs up, at which he gave a sigh of relief.
" Miss Cheng, I wish you luck in your future endeavors. If you can, I'd like to speak with my son again."
Marinette it handed the phone back to Adrien.
"Adrien, I owe you an apology as well, perhaps I did go about things the wrong way. You're right your mother would not want things that way. And while my main goal was to keep you safe, you obviously have been able to do that yourself, and all of Paris safe in more ways than one. You are an exceptional fighter, the both of you are. But I must say you are still very in experienced in some fighting techniques. Either way will you be coming back home?"
Adrien only had to think for one moments before answering, "Yes Father, give me an hour and I'll be home."
Adrien gave Marinette a goodbye hug, before transforming and heading off. Perhaps this upcoming year would be uneventful. Who knows? Marinette smiled to herself. It will definitely be quite interesting when Chloe finds out she and Adrien are together. She giggled. It definitely will be interesting.
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Notes: I hope you enjoyed this, I had fun. Please let me know what you think of it by leaving a review. Later I'll share some deleted concepts that I couldn't fit in