A/N: Well, I finally made the final chapter. I feel guilty that I wasn't able to complete this earlier or think of other chapter ideas. Thank you to all of those who followed, favorited, or reviewed this story. I'm so grateful.
When school ended, Marinette and Adrien headed back outside.
"Hey Adrien, would you like to stop off at my house for a croissant or something?" Marinette successfully asked Adrien without stuttering.
Adrien's eyes and smile widened with excitement of finally getting to have some more of her parents' baked goods. "Yes!" he exclaimed cheerfully.
The couple walked across the street, and Marinette spotted her parents peeking out the window at the couple, and blushed in embarrassment. As the two entered the bakery, Tom and Sabine cheered, "Welcome home, Marinette and Adrien!" Adrien blushed from their kindness and consideration, making feel like he was actually part of the family.
"Thank you, Mrs. Cheng, and Mr. Dupain!" Adrien smiled.
"Please, call us Sabine and Tom. I see Marinette finally asked you out," Sabine grinned. "She has been babbling about you since the day she met you."
"Mom!" Marinette whined, trying to cover the blush on her face. Adrien put a comforting hand on her opposite shoulder, and pulled her closer to him.
"Well, actually, I was the one to ask her," Adrien replied. Marinette looked up at him worriedly, but Adrien gave a reassuring look to inform her he wouldn't tell her parents their secret.
"So, how did you ask, our little girl?" Tom asked eagerly, like a child wanting to know how the good guys beat the bad guys in a fairy tale.
"Well, last night, I sent her a message to meet me at school early this morning so I could ask her in person, so this morning, I met her behind the school and told her how much I adore her, her personality, and her talent, asking if she would like to be my girlfriend," Adrien lied sweetly.
"Awe!" both parents cooed, hugging each other. The elder couple let go of each other, and Tom went back behind the counter and pulled out some fresh croissants and cookies as Sabine spoke to Adrien.
"You know, Adrien, you should come around more often. I heard that you have difficulties with your father, and I'd just like to let you know, we consider you as a part of our family now, so if you need some help, just tell us and we will do whatever we can to help you."
Adrien gasped in amazement, but replied, "Oh, no. You don't need to trouble yourself with me!"
"Oh, you don't need to be so polite, Adrien!" Tom chuckled, carrying over a plate of croissants and cookies. "And you know, I still need to see if you are skilled enough to defeat the master of Tom-style Super Mecha Strike battling," he grinned, pulling one arm back, and extending the other forward while still holding the plate of food.
"I'm not sure if I can beat you. Marinette is hard enough," the teen laughed shyly, taking a croissant as Tom released the pose.
"Oh, don't worry. She beats me all the time!" Tom laughed back.
Adrien suddenly realized that he was late meeting his driver once again, but he decided he wouldn't go back outside to check if he was there, since a loud stomp rattled the whole house as they all looked outside and saw a large, angry, brown ape, running around the front of the school wearing a black sweater.
"Oops!" Adrien cringed. "I forgot to tell him I wouldn't be coming!"
"Let's get upstairs where it's safer, Adrien," Marinette advised him.
Marinette grabbed his hand, and nearly dragged him up the stairs all the way to her bedroom. When they reached the room, the two immediately released their kwamis from their respective bags.
"Time to transform?" Adrien asked somewhat rhetorically, and Marinette answered, "Time to transform." They exclaimed their transformation words simultaneously, and watched each other in awe of the beauty they saw in each other's transformation.
After they were fully in costume, Chat bowed to Marinette, playfully smirking, "Hello, my lady. Long time no see."
"It has been awhile, hasn't it," Ladybug curtsied, with just as playful of a smirk.
"It seems a wild gorilla has escaped its car. It's probably time to go and capture it again," the boy suggested.
"I agree," the girl replied.
The super powered couple climbed the ladder to the balcony, and began chasing the akuma. As the akuma noticed the heroes, the iconic purple moth outline appeared, and the heroes took that distraction as their chance to quickly confirm that the akuma was in the sweater. As they began charging toward the akuma, the monkey charged back.
"Chat, don't retreat! Just dodge his arms and rip his sweater!" Ladybug commanded sending out her yo-yo to trap the gorilla.
As the akuma fell forward, Chat dodged the fall giant, and jumped on top of his back, ripping the sweater without Cataclysm. The black butterfly flew out of the fabric, and Ladybug spun her yo-yo and captured the insect.
"Gotcha!" Ladybug cheered. But to her realization, she and Chat didn't use their powers what-so-ever to defeat that akuma.
"How do I reset everything without a lucky charm?" the girl asked her partner.
"I don't know," he answered. "Maybe throw your yo-yo up in the air?" he suggested.
The red superhero then tossed her yo-yo up in the air, and ladybugs poured out of the middle, flocking to any sort of damage inflicted during the battle. Gorilla then grunted, out of amnesia of evilization. The two heroes in turn turned to each other, cheering, "Pound it!" as they fist bumped.
Immediately after, Alya came scurrying over to them, with her phone recording whatever the two did. "Ladybug and Chat Noir, it looks as if your teamwork has become so effective to the point that you no longer require using your powers. Is this due to a special relationship between the both of you out of battle?"
"Yes," Ladybug answered assertively, pulling Chat closer to her.
"Did you two reveal your secret identities to each other, and are now dating in real life?" Alya interrogated them playfully.
"Hhhm, I don't know," Chat grinned his Cheshire cat grin and winked. "We may, we may not have. Maybe only one of us knows the identity of the other. That is for your viewers to determine."
"There you go Ladyblog fans. Ladybug and Chat Noir are officially a thing, but who knows if they know each other's secret or not," Alya concluded her report. "Alya, out."
Alya laughed with the couple as they joked about the irony of the situation. Marinette, however, brought up a serious topic that Alya need to consider.
"Alya, please, please, please! Don't mention the identities thing too often. I'm sure Hawkmoth watches so of your reports, and may try using the information against us," Marinette warned.
"Marinette," Alya smiled, placing a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry, girl! I'll be extra careful."
The reporter walked away with her phone back to her house. The heroes ran back to an alleyway, where the stopped and recovered.
"Marinette," Adrien began. "I'm so happy to know that you're the girl behind the mask. I love you so much."
"And I'm so happy to know that you are the sincere, apologetic model whose back of head I stare at everyday," Marinette smiled sweetly.
The two wrapped their arms behind each other's backs, and pulled themselves in for a soft, but passionate kiss. As they prolonged their kiss, unknowingly two bakers stood distantly watching the couple, happily conversing about their daughter and her boyfriend being Paris' saviors.
A/N: Well, there it is. I finally made a concluding chapter to this story. Please, comment and give me some writing suggestions, since I've been trying to work on my newest ML fanfiction, (The) Rise of Hawkmoth Jr.. which I just published today.