Hello, everyone!

First things first, thank you so freaking much for the fantastic reviews. I feel bad for not updating sooner, but my boyfriend and I bought a house and we have been busy with painting, moving and our stuff.

Second, I begun writing my own story as I said in the previous chapter. I am uploading the progress on my Instagram named 'Beautiful_Papercut'. So if you became curious, you can take a peek!

Let's start a new chapter and see what our two heroes are going to do with Alya!

Disclaimer: I don't own Miraculous Ladybug.

Choas grew in Marinette's and Adrien's head, both wearing the same helpless expression. Alya did it. She just did it, after Marinette thought she could honestly trust her friend... She did it and told a lie about Marinette cheating on Adrien.

To be honest, it wasn't a lie, but people didn't need to know that and people didn't know any better.

Chloé kept staring at Marinette with a deep frown. Adrien could swear, if that frown would turn any deeper, her thick layer of make-up would crack.

"Well?! Explain before I am really getting mad." Now it was Marinette's turn to turn mad.

"I beg you pardon? You are getting mad? Alya put a lie on the world wide web for everyone to see, putting my and Agreste's design's reputation on stake, but you are the one getting mad?" Marinette said, pointing at the ground, emphasizing her job. "And besides that, I am not cheating on a man I worked hard for to finally get." she seethed as last. The mad woman walked past Chloé and Sabrina and she went downstairs.

Adrien looked flabbergasted. He didn't suspect such an answer from the patient and loving Marinette.

Chloé and Sabrina now looked at Adrien, and the clueless man could only frown and run after his lover. Which he did. He ran downstairs, onto the street and going towards Marinette.

"Marinette, wait a second!" Adrien yelled. Marinette turned around with a mad frown and Adrien stopped in his tracked. It doesn't matter what happened, Marinette always looked sexy. Mad or happy. Adrien had to remind himself it was not the right moment to think about that now. "What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to talk with Alya." she answered, turning around again. Adrien gasped and grasped her by her arm, making her turn around again. She now felt more confused than anger, even though the anger took over in a few seconds again.

"Ok, that's good." Adrien said, his hand strengthened its hold.

Marinette looked at Adrien's hand and back at his eyes "Your speech and action don't agree with each other..." she said, pointing at his hand.

Adrien smiled, looking at her freaking cute - but still mad - face. He wanted to pepper her face full with kisses so that her frown would dissapear. "Let's sit somewhere and calm you down before you go to Alya."

"What? Why? She made me look bad! Are you on her side?"

"No, of course not. But you are quite known for akumatizing people and I bet you don't want Alya hanging on the Eifel Tower like Chloé did."

Marinette made a deep pout, making Adrien's heart skip a beat. "Ok. You are right. Let's go somewhere for a bit so I can calm down." He grinned, now making Marinette's heart skip a beat in turn. She kept on pouting because Adrien was right. In the past, she really did akumatize some people. Chloé was the actual record holder, but Marinette was second place.

They walked towards the park, looking at the Miraculous Ladybug and Chat Noir statue. They both couldn't help but smile, seeing a statue of their younger selves. Adrien walked further to a bench and Marinette followed him after she looked at the statue.

The heroine sat next to the hero and she sighed, trying to calm herself down.

"You were cute when you said you worked hard to get me." Adrien said with a chuckle, making Marinette blush. Of all the things she could say, she said that.

"Well... Yeah... I did work hard though..." she said with a deeper pout. Damnit, she was so cute. "If only you didn't reject me for... Well, for me."

"You rejected Chat plenty of times." Adrien said with his hands behind his head and eyes closed. Marinette looked at him, seeing how calm he was in comparison to her.

"Chat never confessed to me." Marinette muttered as her eyes were traveling his body. He seemed so relaxed. His muscles weren't tensed and he seemed to be sleeping for there was no expression on his face. She was jealous. "What are you thinking about?" She suddenly asked, putting her head on his shoulder.

He opened one eye to look at her. "Nothing. I wonder what your parents will cook tonight."

Dinner... He was thinking about dinner, and here she was worrying about Alya. Maybe Alya had her reason to do this...

Marinette sighed deeply and Adrien noticed of course "Did you calm down? We can go to Alya now." Adrien said as he stood again. Marinette frowned confused. He grabbed her hand and pulled her up, holding her hand in his.

"We?" She asked "Why are you going with me?"

"Well... Not exactly me." Adrien said with his sweet, beautiful smile and he pointed to the treetop. Marinette cocked an eyebrow, seeing two little creatures sitting as they were looking back with their big eyes. Oh... Marinette got it. Adrien was going to transform as Chat. Wait, no. She didn't actually get it.

"What are you planning on doing with Plagg and Tikki?" Marinette asked with a cocked eyebrow.

Adrien only showed his smile again as the two kwami slowly descended down. Plagg sat on Adrien's shoulder and Tikki sat on Marinette's head, both with a knowing smile. "Plagg, Tikki and I are holding watch for the spider. If one of us finds it, I'm going to transform into Chat and I'll catch it until you're ready with your conversation with her."

"So you still think, even after I calmed down, that I will akumatize Alya?" Marinette asked as her mad frown appeared again.

"Of course not, but preventing is better than happening." Tikki explained. "And it could be you talk calm with her, but she could still get mad otherwise."

The heroine sighed and nodded. She knew they were right and they only wanted to help her, but it felt more like they were against her and calling her the bad guy instead of supporting her.

Adrien smiled and grabbed her hand. "Alright, let's go."

.oOo.

Marinette sighed deeply, standing in front of Alya's door. She looked at the name plate of the door, seeing 'Alya Césaire' and 'Nino Lahiffe'. Her hand slowly reached to the doorbell, and she pushed on it, hoping Alya was even home.

The door opened and blackhaired woman was suddenly eye to eye with her red haired friend. "Marinette, what are you doing here?"

Marinette's eye twitched when she saw her carefree friend. What? Alya was suddenly pretending she's the sweetheart. "Nothing much." Marinette answered "Only Chloé who came bursting into the office asking why the hell I'm cheating on Adrien."

"Oh...that."

"Yes. That."

Marinette walked into the apartment, not asking if she was allowed. She was pissed so she didn't have time to think straight. Alya's and Nino's apartment was a small one, smaller than Adrien's, but apparently big enough for the two of them.

"Why did you put something like that on your blog?" Marinette asked, holding back her voice. She had to be careful to not yell or use cursewords. Alya frowned as she closed her door, looking at her mad friend.

"Because you lied to me." Alya answered with her arms crossed.

At the same time, Adrien was sitting close by Alya's balcony. Plagg sat close by the open window and Tikki sat in the front door, holding watch of the gap under it.

Adrien could hear their conversation and he couldn't help but eavesdrop. He was curious about what Alya meant.

"Lie? I didn't lie?" Marinette said confused.

"Yes, you did. Chat said so." Alya suddenly answered, making both Marinette and Adrien confused. "You thought I ran away but I didn't. I was still hiding around the corner and I heard Chat say 'It's a good thing! This means her mind is on Chat and Ladybug, and she won't have time to think about us kissing'."

'STUPID CHAT!' Marinette and Adrien yelled mentally. Yes, even Adrien blamed Chat, even though he was Chat. In his defense, a beautiful girl stood in front of him so he couldn't think straight at that time. He never can when she was around though, so that was something he had to work on.

"I can explain." Marinette suddenly said "It was a matter of speech. He didn't mean we kissed, but he meant you won't think about that lie and you'll concentrate on Ladybug and Chat."

'Good safe.' Adrien thought, as he was more listening instead of paying attention to the akumatized spider which could turn up.

"I really don't believe you." Alya said "You are talking to me as if I'm an idiot and besides that, you are lying to me too. And to Adrien of all people!"

Marinette didn't know what to say. If only she could just admit Chat was Adrien, but she couldn't do that without his consent. "I'm not cheating on Adrien with Chat." Marinette answered, realizing how stupid that sounds now she knew about Chat and Adrien. "And I somehow thought, that if I told you I didn't do something, you'd believe me. That you wouldn't break my trust." Alya frowned, seeing Marinette's hurtful expression "But now I am standing here because I was wondering how you could write something like that and putting it online for everyone to read."

"I was mad. You lied to me."

Marinette shook her head as she walked to the front door. She grabbed the doorknob, as a sign for Tikki to hide away quickly. "If I could I would tell you the truth... But I don't trust you anymore."

And with that, Marinette just left, leaving Alya confused with her last words. Marinette went outside again, getting greeted by Adrien with a hug. "Are you OK?" he whispered as he saw her expression just now. Marinette kept quiet as Tikki hugged her cheek.

"Well done!" Plagg said cheery with his little arms up "You hurt her!"

Adrien and Tikki both looked at Plagg, wondering if slapping him would be a good idea. Marinette even looked more hurt. "W-what Plagg meant," Tikki started "instead of making her mad, you had a different approach. Which is good because the spider didn't appear."

"Look at it like this. If Hawkmoth was still around, she would have been akumatized because of her sadness. So it could be worse." Adrien said trying to cheer her up.

"Yeah, if Adrien's father was still in charge, we would have a problem."

Adrien looked at Plagg with half lidded eyes "Plagg, anyone who told you to be yourself couldn't have given you worse advice." That was Plagg's cue to stay quiet.

"I hurt her." Marinette muttered "Do you think she will ever talk with me again."

Adrien smiled apologetic, but nodded "Of course she will. She is your friend." She pouted and nodded too. She felt a sudden huge crack in her friendship and she hoped Adrien was right. "I'm ok with it if you want a day off. I get it if you can't concentrate."

Marinette suddenly shook her head "No, I have to go. If I stay at home, I still keep thinking about it and if I'm at work my mind will be on my deadlines."

"I'm proud of you." Adrien said with a loving glance to her. Marinette now couldn't help but smile a little. Those few words were sometimes so meaningful. He gave a kiss on top of her head and he grabbed her hand, reading to walk back to their work.

.oOo.

Marinette and Adrien arrived at their work and they walked upstairs, only to hear very annoying voice. Marinette sighed and actually didn't want to open the door to the office.

"Her voice sounds like music to my ears." Adrien said sarcastic with a frown, hearing Chloé's voice. Marinette opened her door and directly walked to her office, avoiding Chloé. Chloé went and asked Marinette a few things about her and Adrien, but said male stopped the blonde.

"Alright, alright. We have to work again. Time to go." Adrien said, gently leading Chloé to the door.

"What!" Chloé exclaimed shocked "Who makes you the boss around here?!" Adrien and Chloé stared at each other as realization suddenly struck Chloé. Sabrina giggled softly "Oh wait. You are the boss..."

Chloé turned around, making Adrien step back a bit since she was dangerously close all of the sudden. "Did she fight with Alya! How could you even love a girl who cheat on you! "

"She didn't chea-"

"If I were you, I would look further now and stop with Marinette. She isn't worth your time."

The more he heard her voice, the more irritated he got. His Chat part slowly rose up, but Marinette was the only one knowing that part. Gabriel too, by the way, but he was not in the picture right now. 'Relax Adrien.' he thought in his head, hearing Chloé's screams.

"Chloé. Please leave. You're obnoxious." Adrien suddenly said with a straight face. Sabrina gasped and Chloé looked shocked.

"Excuse me! I told you, you aren't a gentleman anymore!"

"No, no." Adrien said while shaking his head softly "I still am, but I also have priorities. When you are saying bad stuff about my girlfriend, the gentlemanness - which is not a word but that doesn't matter - fades away." Adrien said "And besides that, my patience is fading too, so if you could leave, that would be just peachy."

"P-Peachy?"

"Swell. Dandy. Spiffy." Adrien answered, holding Chloé by her shoulders again and leading her outside "And now, au revoir."

'Adrien, your Chat is showing...' Plagg thought as he heard everything from the blondes jacket pocket.

Adrien walked back to his office, leaving Marinette alone for he thought she wanted some space with everything happening right now. Sabrina got left alone too, even though they needed to be in a work-meeting right now.

While Adrien was in his office, Marinette was in hers too. Her head was on her desk and Tikki was stroking her head with her small hand. "What should I do?" Marinette asked, knowing she wouldn't get good advise because Tikki didn't know what to do either. "I can't explain her what actually happened without giving a good excuse. She doesn't believe me anymore either."

Tikki nodded, even though Marinette couldn't see it. "I can't tell her I'm Ladybug. Because that wouldn't explain why I kissed Chat because she doesn't know he is Adrien. Besides that, if I tell her, I'm afraid she'll put it on her blog again. I don't trust her anymore."

Marinette looked up, hearing the phone ring and she picked it up. "Agreste Design, Marinette speaking."

"Hello, I was wondering. You work for Adrien Agreste right? That hotty? I was wondering if he is single now and I didn't want to actually ask him."

Marinette directly slammed the phone back, breaking the conversation. How dare someone even ask that? Tikki looked worried, seeing her shake softly.

The phone rung again and Marinette's heart skipped in a bad way. The sound of the phone more sounded like a horror than a ring tone. Someone else picked up and the phone screen showed who picked it. Adrien.

Marinette kept staring at the phone. His name dissapeard quickly, meaning the conversation went by fast. The phone quickly rung again. Now Sabrina picked up, but she put the conversation through to Adrien again. The conversation stopped quickly.

The phone rung again, and Marinette now almost turned crazy. Adrien picked up again, the conversation lasted a few seconds and stopped again. Marinette crawled under her desk and she pulled the plug out so her phone stopped ringing. She heard Adrien's office door open. Adrien said something to Sabrina and he walked down, only making Marinette more anxious.

Marinette now also came out if her office and she looked eye in eye with another anxious girl, Sabrina.

"W-what's happening? Where did Adrien go to?"

"I have been keeping calls the whole day when you were gone... Now you're back you might have heard what kind of calls they were..." Sabrina explained, while the phones kept ringing again. Marinette got nervous, but both women decided not to pick it up again. "Adrien might just had a call from some guy asking if you're single now and I think that was the last straw for him." Sabrina explained. "Besides the twenty girl asking about him..."

Marinettes eyes widened in an instance "M-me? Someone asked for me while Adrien picked up the phone?" She turned pale now "Where did he go to?"

"He needed some fresh air, he said..." Sabrina looked at her ringing phone "I almost want to do the same." Marinette looked at her phone, which didn't ring anymore because of the pulled out plug.

Marinette got nervous. She doesn't know if he is mad or just frustrated. She didn't hope the first one, because she didn't want to save an akumatized boyfriend...

.oOo.

Alya got shocked as she sat on her couch and she turned around, looking towards her balcony. A guest appeared she never thought she would see. Chat. He knocked again, seeing she was looking at him, but his expression made her nervous. He looked totally expressionless. Was he happy? Sad? Mad? Alya couldn't tell.

She stood up and walked to her balcony, opening her French doors. Chat walked in without asking if he was actually permitted and Alya couldn't help but feel more nervous. His total state of silence and him being unreadable made the atmosphere really bad.

"Alright." Chat suddenly started. "I just got a phoneca-"

"Would you like something to drink?" Alya asked suddenly, looking at his back.

Chat turned around with a scowl "What? No! I-" The black hero stopped suddenly and took a deep breath. He wasn't stupid. He knew if he got mad, a spider would come for his ass and he didn't want his girlfriend to save him. Especially not if he would do something dangerous and hurt her. He would never forgive himself.

"What I was saying, was my patience is gone and I'm trying to hold in my anger." Chat said, trying to explain it to Alya. But as Chat expected, he was talking to a wall.

"Why are you angry? Because Ladybug went and talked to you about cheating on her!" Alya said with a deep frown."She should be angry! You should feel guilty."

"What!" Chat begun, but he tried to hold back again. "I should feel guilty? I haven't seen Marinette smile once this whole day. Do you know how beautiful her smile even is and how much I miss it?" Chat began, taking Alya aback by shock. "You were the one who took her smile away so you are the one who should feel guilty."

Alya kept staring in his green, cat-like eyes" I can't believe what I'm hearing... Do you like her more than Ladybug?"

His first thought was she wasn't making much sense, but he couldn't tell her who Ladybug really was. So he decided not to answer that "I got a phonecall today." Chat begun "And like I said, I have a lot of patience. I also don't mingle in the fights of others, because that often doesn't help anyway. But now I'm going to change that all. If I get a phonecall in my office telling Marinette is a slut for cheating on me, my patience is gone and I will mingle in others fights."

Alya stared at Chat. My office? Marinette cheating on me?

If Alya knew who Chat was it did make sense to her, but now it didn't at all. "What?" Alya asked, confused by Chat's choice of words.

Chat only stared back at her. "Listen, she is really upset because of this. Not even because you made a lie up about her. I feel partly responsible for this lie because of what you heard me say." Chat explained "She is upset because she loves you and she doesn't want to lose her best friend who has been supporting her. I don't know what made you think was a good idea to put this online, but I hope you have a good reason."

Chat walked passed Alya towards the balcony. He sat on the railing of the balcony.

"W-wait..." Alya begun, trying to stop him before he went.

Chat only stared at her, a smile slowly forming on his cheeky lips "It's your choice to do what you want with what I'm going to show you. But this is my trust in you." Chat said, making less sense for Alya.

"Wait, you're not making much sense." Alya said "You said 'my office'? What office is yours?"

A light admitted from Chat as a grin grew on his face "Agreste Design."

Alya could only stare with her mouth wide open. Chat dissapeard and Adrien appeared. Alya kept staring and Adrien kept smiling, shrugging his shoulder. "I'll see you later I guess?" Adrien said, suddenly leaping down the balcony and giving Alya a heart attack. Alya ran to the railing, seeing Adrien walk away. Fortunately, the balcony wasn't high, so Adrien landed safely on his feet with his experiences as Chat.

"Are you sure you should have done that?" Plagg asked from Adrien's jacket.

"Alya now knows Marinette didn't cheat. This was the best and fastest way to explain because every excuse would be bad." Adrien explained "And well, if she wants to put it on her blog she can go ahead but I and Marinette won't trust her again..."

"And do you think she will also find out Marinette is Ladybug?" Plagg now asked.

Adrien frowned but shook his head "No, I don't think so."

.oOo.

Marinette kept looking outside from her window, waiting to see Adrien. She felt more nervous whenever a minute passed away. Tikki had been watching with Marinette, also feeling nervous. They hoped they didn't get mad and akumatized by a black spider.

Marinette smiled when she finally saw her boyfriend, but his expression seemed weirdly enough very calm. Marinette walked out if her office, seeing Sabrina didn't return either from her coffee break.

Adrien walked upstairs and he opened, being greeted by his girlfriend. Marinette couldn't feel happier, seeing his shining green eyes, seeing he felt good again. "Are you OK?" She asked.

Adrien's expression turned flabbergasted, as Marinette asked if he was ok. Marinette was the one with troubles but she still worried about him.

Plagg flew out of Adrien's pocket, going towards Tikki who was sitting on the round meeting table. "Yeah, I'm ok. What about you?" Adrien asked. He noticed the phones where quiet, but he noticed a second later the plugs got pulled out. He didn't mind, he needed some silence now.

Adrien walked forward, placed his soft - but rough, manly - hands on her cheeks and he placed his lips gently on hers, making her blush. They had an audience and Marinette still had to get used to the affection.

Her blue eyes landed on the table, but the two kwami's seemed to be gone already. Maybe they began to see the signs of them wanting some privacy. Truth to be told, they haven't shown much affection since everything happening with Alya. "Sorry I haven't been supportive and I suddenly left." Adrien said, softly stroking his thumb on her cheek.

Marinette's expression got changed into a confused one. "What? You have been extremely supportive. When you where standing watch to see if a spider appeared." Marinette explained. She placed her hands on his sides and a smile grew on her lips again, as she was drowned into those grass green eyes again.

"I love you." he said with a smile. Marinette smiled too and kissed him back. Their fingers entwined, but the make out session didn't last long when they heard the first staircases crack. Adrien gave one last kiss, to Marinette's annoyance, and he stood next to her. The door opened and Sabrina appeared with four cups of coffee. The financial administrator looked at her two colleagues with surprise.

"We were waiting. We have a work meeting, right? We have time now." Adrien said with a smile. Marinette smiled too, seeing Sabrina nod.

"That would be great. I brought the coffee and I will go and see if Rose is ready."

As soon as Sabrina went downstairs, Adrien turned around to hug Marinette all of the sudden, making her gasp in surprise.

Marinette just kept quiet, letting her being hugged by Adrien. He seemed like an affectioned cat. If he gave headbutts and purrs, it would have finished the picture.

"Apricot."

"What?" Marinette suddenly asked, hearing what Adrien said.

"You have apricot lipgloss today. Everyday you have something new. I like the apricot one." he explained, taking her smell in. "I like the cherry one too. That reminds me of when I confessed to you. Or watermelon. That reminds me of when I tried to kiss you for the first time in your office. Oh and peaches. You wore that one when we had our first time... Wait."

Adrien looked at Marinette, and he saw how red she already had gotten. How the hell could he remember each smell with each event? Marinette couldn't even remember what she had for breakfast.

"Talking about the first time, when are we going to have a second ti-"

Sabrina and Rose got upstairs, and they both are looking at Marinette who is pushing Adrien away from her with an extremely red face. Adrien only kept on laughing, saying 'sorry'. He couldn't just help teasing his sweet, adorable girl. Especially because she was also still so shy about the 'sex' subject. "I'm sorry, I won't tease you anymore, my sweet fruitbasket."

"Don't you dare make that my nickname." Marinette said with a pout, sitting down on her chair and trying to rub the redness away. Adrien chuckled again and Sabrina and Rose decided to leave them be.

"Alright." Sabrina said. Adrien was deviding the coffee with his colleagues while Sabrina began talking about the meeting points and the clients. All went well and some questions got asked. They noticed they didn't have much clients this week, but that's normal around this time of the year.

The four looked up from their notes, when someone knocked on the door. It was weird no one heard the staircases, and Rose was sure she had put a sign in front of the door saying she had a break and would return every second.

The door opened, and Marinette looked surprised as she saw Alya standing there, looking very insecure. Marinette's expression now turned worried as she was not sure why she came by.

"Is it OK if I can talk with Marinette alone, or is this a bad timing?" Alya asked, playing with the hem of her shirt.

Every female in the room stared at Adrien, who was playing with his pencil. He looked up, only now realizing he has everyone's undivided attention "Oh, right." Adrien said "You need my permission... Yeah... Sure." Adrien answered. Alya looked at him and only smiled thankful while Marinette stood up from her chair. Adrien was at the same time wondering if he did the right thing by telling Alya who he was.

Alya and Marinette went into Marinette's office, leaving Adrien alone with Sabrina and Rose. A silence grew, except for the sound of Adrien tapping his pencil on his noteblock. Truth to be told, he was nervous. He wasn't really sure what they were going to talk about.

Marinette was playing with the hem of her shirt and Alya looked at a interesting-looking pen on Marinette's desk. It took a while for the first to begin. Alya had already imagined their conversation ten times in her head, but once Marinette stood in front of her, she didn't know where to start.

Alya suddenly searched for her mobile in her bag, and she handed it to Marinette after she found it. Marinette frowned confused, but here confusion turned into surprise after she saw the headline of Alya new post on her blog.

'Hacked.

Dear readers, my apologies. It seems my blog got hacked and someone have put a joke on it about Marinette cheating on Adrien. This obviously didn't happen.

Also, because I don't want this to happen again, I decided to delete my blog.

Dear and last greetings,

Alya.'

Marinette read it over and over again. She now looked at Alya, who only kept looking at the back of her phone. "W-what made you change your mind? Why do you suddenly believe me?"

Alya wasn't sure if she should tell Marinette she knew who Adrien really was. He said he trusted her, so she didn't want to harm his trust. "I believed you all along..." Alya suddenly said, now looking at her best friend. It wasn't the truth though. She honestly thought Marinette cheated on Adrien, but that was because she didn't know Chat was Adrien before. There was a reason for Alya to publish it online though.

"It's just... I think jealousy got in the way... I started to begrudge everything for you…"

Marinette looked confused, giving the phone back to Alya. "What?" Marinette asked "Jealousy?"

Alya nodded, looking away again "It's... Difficult... Seeing you and Adrien..." she answered "Adrien is so romantic and cute to you. You two are so in love... Nino and I never had that..." Marinette's expression saddened "When he comes home, he lies down on the couch and sleeps. He never cooks or he doesn't do any household. He doesn't want to get married or have children... I'm not even sure what I have to do with him..."

Marinette wasn't sure what to do. Hug her? Or wait? "Look around. You have your own office. You're only 20. Who can say that? I wish I had my dream job and own office." Alya said, literally looking around "My boss is Chloé. She got nicer, but damnit, it's Chloé."

Alya sighed and sat down on Marinette office, making Marinette smile a bit. She seemed more comfortable somehow... "Jealousy is a hell of an emotion, you know..."

"I know." Marinette said with a smile, sitting down next to her best friend. "Remember when Adrien rejected me? Whenever he talked with a different girl I wanted to hurt them... Even you... Those thoughts were awful..." she told with a sigh of her own.

Alya nodded as she didn't even feel bad about Marinette wanting to hurt her, now she knew herself what kind of poisonous emotion jealousy was. Alya finally looked at Marinette, who returned her stare "Did you find out who Adrien liked? When he rejected you?"

Marinette smiled and nodded "Yes, I do... He rejected me for Ladybug."

Marinette fast turned to look at Alya after hearing a snort. Alya had her hand in front of her mouth, so Marinette didn't hear it wrong. "Sorry. Ladybug? He rejected you for Ladybug?" Marinette nodded slowly, not getting what Alya was thinking "Wow, rejecting you for a hero he would never get." Alya laughed.

Marinette smiled too. If Alya would just know...

"Thus, I'm deleting my blog, so I can get your trust back." Alya suddenly said with a smile making Marinette feel bad.

"Are you sure you should do that? You worked on it for so long already..." Marinette said, looking at her fidgeting fingers "It has been your hobby for five years..."

"I know... But I damaged your trust, and it feels as if this is the only way to win it back."

It didn't matter what Marinette said, Alya would still stick on her plan. She was still the same stubborn friend and Marinette hoped she would never change. "Do you want me to talk with Nino?" Marinette suddenly asked.

Alya, at first, was taken aback by her question, but her surprise turned into a giggle. "No, thanks. I'll manage. I just have to talk with him myself."

Marinette frowned and nodded. This time it was Marinette's turn to feel jealous. Alya might have been stubborn, but she was also a very courageous and tough girl. A girl Marinette only was when she wore her Ladybug costume.

"Let's go back before they begin to wonder why we were away for so long." Alya said, leaping from the desk "And it looked like as if you were in an important meeting."

"It wasn't that important really. It's a quiet season now so we don't have much customers and orders to talk about."

While Marinette explained it, she opened the door and she looked at Adrien, Rose and Sabrina who suddenly seemed to be playing poker. The three of them loomed at the two best friends. "Want to join?" Rose asked with a big smile "I am winning, though."

"No, you aren't. I am. You don't know what I have in my hand right now." Adrien said with a smirk. Little did he know his pokerface was horrible and he actually had an awful hand.

Marinette and Alya grinned, joining them too. They started the game over and Adrien couldn't hold it and whispered in his girlfriend's ear : "We could also play strippoker some time..."

"Less Chat, more Adrien." Marinette whispered really soft with a giggle and blush, refering to his manners. Adrien grinned back, looking at his new dealt cards and his expression instantly dropped.

Alya couldn't help but watch them both. She couldn't believe Adrien rejected Marinette over Ladybug. The red-haired had fit the puzzle pieces in her head. Adrien was Chat, the same guy who also had confessed he had a relationship with Ladybug. Adrien wouldn't lie... So that could only mean one thing.

Apparently there was one thing Alya was the most jealous of...

"Yeah, and besides. If she kissed me, it would be cheating." Chat said with a grin, getting the full attention from both ladies. Marinette cocked an eyebrow, not knowing where he was heading "Because I have a relationship with Ladybug and I would never cheat on her." He said with a grin. Marinette's eyes widened and she turned to look at a gasping Alya.

"You have a relationship with Ladybug!? I have been shipping you for years!"

Chat grinned and nodded "Yes, and I have never been this happy in my life."

Marinette was the hero Alya always had admired for the past 5 years...

Miraculous Ladybug.

Poor Alya, but their friendship got restored thanks to Chat.

Thank you all for reading. Alya knowing who they are is gonna have a huge benefit for in future chapters. Please review, tell me your opinion and tell me what you would like to see in the future chapters!

Thanks for your patience!