It wasn't every day when you found out that your boyfriend was Carapace, the Grand Guardian to be that Master Fu was training. It felt like Alya was suddenly seeing the second side to a picture after so long of focusing on just one part of it.
"Rena? Alya?" Nino's voice fell softer when he spoke her civilian name, and suddenly the dark and apparently not dark enough alley to keep the truth from them seemed far too cold. It felt weird to hear someone other than Ladybug address her as her civilian name, knowing full well who she was.
"Nino?" Her voice almost shook with how full of wonder and questions, full of a sort of awe that she hadn't anticipated upon finding out her partner's identity. It seemed too sudden, too unexpected, and yet she felt more than a little just blown away by how it all made sense and brought her closer to him far faster than she ever would have guessed that an identity reveal had the ability to.
"Yeah." He shifted, "I give my Miraculous and Wayzz, my Kwami, back to Master Fu every time." He looked on helplessly, "They're both pretty cool dudes."
Alya laughed as it brought everything full circle, just imagining a Kwami called dude and the Grand Guardian who had been around for more than two hundred years, dude. It was so completely Nino that she was swept away by how all of the dots and all of the pieces came together.
She loved this guy so much even though she shouldn't be laughing, half hysterically over what he called people much older than him, who likely had gained more knowledge in their lifetimes than the people usually called dude.
"Alya?" He tried again, "Why are you laughing?"
It still felt so surreal even though Alya was already positive that this wasn't a dream, that it was in fact real life.
"S-Sorry." Alya shrugged helplessly, "I never would have thought to call either of them, dude." She tried changing the topic slightly while letting the answer seem right there. She wasn't sure that she wanted to try to explain that outright and make it accidentally sound weirder than she'd mean for it to.
"Okay...?" Nino gave her a weird look, "Should we tell the others that we accidentally found out each other's identities?"
"I guess we probably should." Alya smiled, "I would have liked to leave them guessing as to whether we know or not, but if I kept it from Ladybug, I'd be in heaps of trouble."
"I'll talk to Master Fu and figure out what to tell them later." Nino admitted, voice finally softening again, "Does this change anything?"
"It only makes me love you more." Sometimes Alya was grateful when the words just slipped right out, without hesitation and without overthinking, just completely natural. She came forward to lightly give her boyfriend a kiss on the lips, nothing long or overwhelming, just a little reminder that this didn't get in the way of them dating.
"It makes me love you more." Nino looked embarrassed and so much like an open book as the words left his mouth, but Alya wouldn't have him any other way.
With her arms wrapped tightly around his waist, and her head resting on his shoulder for a second as she hugged him, she felt like an unexpected reveal was just what they needed and not just a surprising and wonderful turn of events.