"Stay safe, alright?" Seeing Cat Noire stand before him still left him a bit in shock though hearing those words didn't really help when he knew that Scarab will need to dive head first into helping her out soon.

"I-I'll try." Adrien stammered, and he was pretty sure that his heart exploded in his chest when she leaned down and kissed his cheek, burning his face in a wild blush in an instant.
"Just stay safe." She stammered finally, "I expect to see you right here after Scarab and I defeat the Akuma, and let me know somehow that you're alright and not hurt at all." It's like her sudden confidence fled away from her in an instant.

"I will." Adrien really wished he didn't puff up his chest as if he were some ridiculously confident person since he still wasn't sure that if the sign that he was supposed to give her that he'd been fine was a kiss to her cheek. His belly flipped at just the thought, and he wanted to just pull her close and tell her to be safe even though he knew that she'd be rushing back into the fray to win that battle that he was supposed to join her for if he could make his heartrate slow or make his legs not feel like noodles.

It was silly as it was just a kiss on his cheek, but it made him so, so happy and so excited to see this Akuma defeated eventually as she waved and headed off.

If Scarab was unsually quick taking out the Akuma with a sort of bounce to his step and endless glee, no one said a word, though Cat Noire did stare at him as if he'd lost his mind. She still looked adorable doing so with her dark hair falling down around her in waves and that scarf tail that brushed against his side accidentally if she came to close to him.

Her slightly stunned joy made his heart race too though as if she was slightly caught up with just what she'd said and done around Adrien, unknowingly, Scarab's secret identity just before Scarab joined her.

In a way, they just left each other dazed and happy; Scarab wouldn't have it any other way though he was a little nervous over how to actually get back to that place and give her a returning kiss to let her know that he stayed safe and 'away' from the battle. It wasn't a lie if Adrien stayed away, but Scarab joined her later on, right?

She didn't say to stay away from the battle anyway, just to be there when she returned, and to stay safe. Whether it was implied or not didn't really matter, right?

Adrien had barely made it back to the same spot and just barely fixed hair so that it didn't look like he'd just ran to make it back here. Finally though, Cat Noire ended up right in front of him, and he just wanted to be near her.

"Hi, Cat Noire." He smiled, and he wondered if she remembered what she'd said before, but by the way that her face turned red, he was positive that she did.

"S-Sorry about earlier." Her face turned such a bright red around the dark of her mask, and Adrien didn't want to leave her stammering out of shot nerves at all as he stepped closer and kissed her cheek, having to lean upward a little bit since her boot's made her taller than him for now.

"I stayed safe." He was extra careful during the Akuma battle anyway if that helped, and though he'd been enthusiastic, he hadn't let himself get badly hurt, and he'd used the Miraculous Cure and fixed himself back up again if he had gotten any bruises or anything.

As far as the world was concerned, he'd stayed right here or at least didn't get hurt at all. Adrien had did his best to stay safe for Cat Noire.

"That you did." Her face got even darker somehow, "I'm glad."
Adrien was too even if it felt like his heart was doing excited flips inside his chest; he was so happy that he'd made it back here before her and that she was happy that he was safe. Just the bright blush on her face made him feel stunned with the radiant joy that flowed through him and made him almost 'preen' under this kind of joy.

He'd stay as safe as he could for her any day, because she actually cared and because nothing beat this kind of joy and simple love. Adrien smiled up at her, and may be there will come a day where he can actually be safe without holding any of the truth away from her.