"What did you just say?!" Ladybug insisted again, pulling back to look Chat Noir in the eye.

"Umm..I said...M...m...mar...marry me?" Chat Noir suddenly dropped to one knee dramatically, sweeping a rose into his hand to offer her. His smile unconvincingly strained, she put a hand on her hip and raised a suspicious eyebrow.

"Chat Noir!" her voice warned.

"Yes my Princess?" he laid on the sweetness in his tone, trying to distract her with a signature model smile...but she wasn't buying it...especially not when he fumbled in using his other nickname for her.

"Chat!" she insisted, all patience gone.

Chat Noir tossed the rose back on the table, and stood to his feet. His cat ears flattened against his head slightly, and his shoulders dropped. "Fine, that's not quite what I said," he admitted. "But..." he playfully added, still trying to distract her, "if you're interested the proposal still stands!"

"Chat, please! What did you call me?" Ladybug would not so easily let this one go.

Chat Noir moved closer to her, and moved his mouth to her ear, took a breath, and breathed out, "Mari."

Ladybug knew he had said it before, but hearing it again tickle against her ear, made her sharply take in her breath. There was something so intimate in hearing her true name pass so lovingly over his lips. Questions upon questions backed up in her mind, and she stared silently at him a moment not quite knowing which she'd give priority to. If things had been simpler she would have only asked him to say it again.

"How long have you known?" Ladybug finally settled on.

"I should have known years ago...maybe part of me always did...but officially yesterday...and more sure every second with you since,"Chat Noir smiled lovingly at her.

"And now that you know...who I am...it didn't change the way you feel about me?" Ladybug asked quietly like she was teetering on a ledge.

"Marinette! Of course it did!" Chat Noir insisted moving close to her, "I had always thought nothing could surpass my love for Ladybug, but to know all of who you are...The love I had before is a shadow to what I feel for you now! I connected with you in both forms, and now I know why my heart had always been torn between you...I needed both pieces to be complete!"

Ladybug's eyes grew wide, and a smile overtook her. "You really feel that?!" she whispered brimming with emotion.

"Of course!" Chat Noir answered, and then cautiously asked, "was there other things you wanted to ask me?"

"I'll have to talk with Tiki, but at least for tonight that is all I really needed to know," she smiled, crashing her lips against his. Then she grinned at him nose to nose..."actually one last thing for now...you actually tried to throw me off with a proposal...what would you have done if I had said 'yes?'"

"I would have been the luckiest guy on earth!" he smiled back.

"How do you feel about hamsters?" Ladybug asked in a serious tone.

"Oh I'm absolutely pro-hamster, but let's not move too quickly now!" Chat Noir teased back.

The rest of the cruise they took their time, savoring the night. Ladybug knew that things would never be the same between them, but no matter what they would face tomorrow, they had each other.

Ladybug and Chat Noir are about to have a bit of different dynamic now that Chat Noir know's her identity, while she is still (for now) in the dark about his. Get ready for some flirty fluff ahead! Also, I'm working on the next couple destinations suggested by readers (coming up soon are Mexico and South Africa...others too!)

Special thanks to Miraculousrocks3 (hope you enjoyed Ladybug's reveal...but Chat's is coming (he is a little nervous yet about a reveal so I won't rush him;)...but I'm really excited with what is going to happen when Ladybug realizes just who she's been kissing! I'm currently working on this part!), No One, Aria2006, and all the other readers who have taken the time to leave positive reviews to keep me motivated and loving this fanfic experience! I appreciate everyone who had kept following these past months through this Goliath story! You are the best readers a new writer could have!

...off to write more for you!