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Lady Wi-Fi

Ladybug shoved the TV dinner inside the microwave and pushed random buttons in a hurry to get her partner out. She jumped behind a table and crouched so she was out of the way. "Come on micro-thingy. Jam the signal!" She whispered urgently. It wasn't a moment longer when a blast of fire came from over her head. She thrust the microwave out of the way and tugged open the door.

Inside was her shivering kitty. Still trembling, he collapsed on top of her and they both fell to the ground. Ladybug sat up and pulled Chat Noir a little closer to her so she could warm him up. "You ok, Chat?" She gently held his head in one of her hands. She was very tempted to push away the fringe around his eyes, but she still was very acutely aware of Lady Wi-Fi's camera behind her.

Chat Noir stirred and opened his eyes tiredly. Under her fingers she was able to tell that her companion was getting warmth back into his body. Three loud beeps rang from her earrings and Chat Noir's eyes widened.

"You used your Lucky Charm! There's not much time left!" Chat whispered urgently. He quickly got up and pulled his lady up with him. He growled as he stared at the locked door. "Grr, we can't get through the door."

"You're right. The microwave is broken, so we can't use that trick again." Ladybug glanced back at the melted microwave. "WAIT!" Chat Noir was contemplating using his cataclysm but stopped. "I have an idea." Ladybug beckoned to him and she whispered quietly into his ear. She unconsciously got even closer to him as she explained her plan. Her hand hesitantly touched his shoulder and she could feel his taught muscles jump excitedly as they got ready to carry out the plan. For one moment, Ladybug thought about stopping this crazy villain nonsense and just hug her kitty forever so she could know if he truly was alright, but she dismissed the thought immediately. This is her job to save Paris, nobody else's. It was just Ladybug and Chat Noir saving the world.

Ladybug reluctantly let go of his shoulder and watched with a smirk on her face as she watched Chat climb up on the counter and slide a pan over the camera.

000

Time was running out. Ladybug was about to transform back into Marinette and she needed a safe place to de-transform. The only problem being that Chat was right behind her.

Ladybug spied a supply closet on the main floor of the hotel and ducked quickly inside, hoping to beat Chat, but he caught the door.

"Ladybug, please. I won't tell. Cat's honor," Chat pleaded. Ladybug just shook her head.

"I can't tell you Chat, at least not yet. No one must know, not even us." Ladybug turned away from Chat and flicked on the lights to the closet.

From the corner of her eye she watched Chat look dejectedly away. Her miraculous beeped the second to last beep and Ladybug hurriedly closed the door, but left it slightly open. The final beep arrived and a warm glow spread off of her body. Her clothes and her hair lifted up a little from the end of the charm. Both of Marinette's hands reached up and caught Tikki when she fell out of the earrings. One thing that Marinette did not do was turn around.

Marinette had left the door ajar intentionally. She could almost feel Chat's mind thinking fast from the other side of the door. The silence that had encompassed Marinette shattered as the door slammed shut. Marinette listened for a few more minutes, listening to Chat talk to himself, then to his own kawami as he walked away. Marinette sighed with relief.

"Oh, Tikki! It worked! My little test worked!" Marinette cuddled Tikki to her cheek, smiling ear to ear.

"Yeah, but you already knew you could trust Chat," Tikki squeaked.

"I knew I could trust him in battle. I didn't know if he would respect my privacy, but it turns out he does!" Marinette cried happily. Marinette opened her satchel, inviting Tikki inside. Marinette checked to see if the coast was clear, then made her way home.

"One thing I can't believe is that Chat released his transformation only a few feet away from me." Marinette said to herself, running up the last of her steps to her room. "It's just so weird." Marinette quickly changed into her pajamas and crawled into bed. "We could have revealed our identities tonight," Marinette whispered in awe. She shook herself. "No, that can't happen. Even if I desperately want to know who he is, I can't know. There is only one safe way to stay superheroes, and that is with secret identities."

Hello readers! I hope you're enjoying the story so far. As you probably already noticed, the episodes of Miraculous Ladybug are in different orders depending on the country they were published in, so my chapters may be in a different order than you are used to seeing the episodes in. My next chapter will be about the Timebreaker episode. Have a great Fourth of July for those Americans reading this story. Please comment, favorite, or follow if you wish. TTFN!