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An Act of Protection

Part Four

Marinette didn't even hesitate. Her secret was out now, there was no reason to go running off to transform. She opened her purse and Tikki calm flying out. Marinette ignored the wide-eyed stares her classmates were giving her kwami and instead cried out, "Tikki! Transformez moi!"

She changed into her superheroine self in a flash of pink sparkles. As always, she instantly felt more confident in her suit. She turned to her classmates and teacher, ready to dish out instructions and to get them to safety, but paused at their gobsmacked impressions.

Nino broke their awed silence with a heartfelt, "Dude!"

"You have a transformation sequence!" Alya looked delighted.

"That looked amazing, Marinette!" Rose gushed.

"Totally awesome," Juleka agreed.

"I call Marinette on my team for the next PE lesson!" Kim hollered.

"Piss off, she's on my team!" Alix shouted.

"This really isn't the time, guys," Ladybug tried to get them back on task. "There's an akuma and they're gonna be coming after me. I need you all to remain calm and –"

Whatever she was about to say next was cut off by an akumatised villain smashing through a window of their classroom. Her friends screamed and ducked for cover as shattered glass flew everywhere, but Ladybug's eyes were fixed firmly on the akuma.

Hawkmoth had sent someone after her, as she knew he would.

The akumatised villain was a woman whose skin had turned pale grey and her blonde hair was in updo, supported by a book that was slightly tilted to the side. Her dress was layered and made up of torn novel pages, making her outfit a mash up of words and her eyes were covered by black-framed glasses. Black stockings and shoes completed the outfit and in her hand was a ball-point pen that Ladybug zeroed in on immediately; surely that was where the akuma was … Or maybe it was in her glasses … Or the book in her hair … Argh, this was going to be difficult.

"I am the Librarian!" The akuma cried. "All I wanted was silence in the library, but everyone was talking! Ladybug this, Marinette Dupain-Cheng that! Well, Ladybug, I've come to silence you permanently!"

"Everyone move back!" Ladybug shouted and her teacher and classmates rushed to do as she said, trying to put as much distance between them and the akuma as they could. Once they were behind her, Ladybug took out her yoyo and swung it in preparation for the upcoming battle. "You don't need to worry about them, I'm the one you want."

"Oh, you're so eager for a fight," the Librarian observed. "But first, I have a message for you."

Just like what happened when Ivan was akumatised, a torrent of butterflies spewed out from the Librarian's mouth. Her classmates let out noises of disgust at the grotesque picture, but they soon turned to gasps of horror as the butterflies formed the face of her enemy.

"Hawkmoth," Ladybug growled, glaring fiercely at him.

"Greetings, Ladybug," he returned. "Or should I say … Marinette Dupain-Cheng?"

"What do you want?" She demanded.

"I want what I have always wanted: yours and Chat Noir's miraculouses."

"We'll never give them to you!"

"You have such fight in you," he sneered. "But I know who you are, Marinette Dupain-Cheng. Give your miraculous to me, or I will go after your friends, your family and everyone you've ever held dear."

Ladybug shivered slightly at the threat. This was her worst nightmare come to life. Hawkmoth knew who she was and was using her loved ones against her.

"Don't listen to him, Marinette!" Adrien called out and Ladybug turned slightly to see that he hadn't moved with the rest of the class. He was behind her, yes, but he hadn't tried to rush away with the others. Why hadn't he moved?!

"Yeah!" Alya agreed from her position with the rest of their classmates. "You and Chat Noir can beat him! Don't let him threaten you!"

Hawkmoth chuckled darkly. "Such fight," he repeated, "and yet, so pointless. I will have your miraculous one way or another, Ladybug."

"You won't! Chat Noir and I will defeat you!" She proclaimed defiantly.

Her enemy seemed unperturbed. "Your loved ones or your miraculous, Ladybug. It's your choice."

With that, the butterflies making up the face of Hawkmoth dispersed and she was left with an irate Librarian to deal with. She'd focused on Hawkmoth later, right now she needed to deal with the akuma.

She hoped Chat Noir would get there soon.

It didn't take long for the Librarian to recover from being Hawkmoth's messenger. Within moments, she held her pen aloft and shot a burst of blue energy towards their classroom door with a shout of, "Lockdown!"

The attack hit the door and a wave of blue energy flashed around the walls of the room. A force field now surrounded the classroom. Even the broken window the akuma had come in through was covered by a blue sheen of energy.

Ladybug felt dread pit in her stomach and the akuma laughed. "Good job getting out of here now, little Bug," the villain taunted. "There's no way to get in or out."

"Chat Noir's Cataclysm can destroy anything!" Ladybug countered, pushing her uneasy filled aside. "He'll be able to get in here!"

"Oh, and where is your mangy partner?"

"He's coming!" Ladybug replied, confident in her Chaton. "He never lets me down. He'll break your force field and we'll defeat you!"

"Marinette," Adrien's voice sounded from behind her once more. "Uh..."

She glanced back at him briefly, "It's okay, Adrien. Chat Noir will come and we'll take care of this. Everything will be fine, I promise."

"That's not what I – look out!" Adrien ran and tackled her out of the way as the Librarian shot another mass of blue energy towards her. The pair rolled across the floor in a tangle of limbs before slamming against Miss Bustier's desk and coming to a stop.

"Are you alright?!" Their teacher asked, her voice raised in a concerned shout.

Ladybug and Adrien picked themselves up with a groan but they didn't get a chance to reply to Miss Bustier's question, as the Librarian had them dodging numerous attacks.

"Adrien!" Ladybug cried, feeling frantic and afraid that he'd get hurt. "You need to get back! I can't protect you and fight her at the same time!"

"You might be able to protect him, but you can't protect them all, Ladybug," the Librarian sneered. "Finally, I'll have some peace and quiet!" Instead of aiming towards her like Ladybug expected, the Librarian raised a hand towards Alya and fired a wave of energy, "Silence!"

"No!" Ladybug shouted and rushed to protect her best friend.

She was too slow … But Nino wasn't.

The DJ knocked his girlfriend out of the way and took the hit in her stead. Alya stumbled a few steps due to the push and regained her footing with an alarmed cry of, "Nino!" He was bathed in blue light that slowly faded. When it disappeared completely, Nino stood there, seemingly unharmed. It was only when he went to speak that they realised what was wrong: The Librarian had stolen his voice; he couldn't utter a sound.

As far as akumas went, it could have been far worse. Nino looked distressed as he tried to speak, but at least he wasn't withering in pain, or fading from existence or something as equally bad. That said, Ladybug wasn't about to let it happen to anyone else in her class.

She assessed the situation. Adrien still wasn't back with the rest of the class and Chat Noir still hadn't arrived.

"Where is that cat?!" She muttered, not noticing Adrien cringe at her words. Pushing the thought of her partner aside, she turned to Adrien. "You need to –"

Ladybug cut herself off as she took in Adrien's expression. Guilt marred his features; an apology was written in his eyes that she couldn't understand.

"I'm sorry," he said. "I'm so sorry."

She frowned in confusion. What did he have to be sorry about? Surely he wasn't going to try some stupid, reckless plan to try and beat the akuma? That was her job, not his.

He held open his white over-shirt and a black blur flew out of it. Before Ladybug could even comprehend what was happening, he punched out with his right fist and cried, "Plagg! Transformez moi!"

She watched in shock as he transformed in a flash of green light and black bubbles. Her Chaton. He was her Chaton. This whole time, Adrien was Chat Noir. Her silly, flirty, fun, protective, outgoing Chaton.

Ladybug couldn't wrap her head around it. Her thoughts seemed a giant mess of ChatAdrienChatAdrienChatAdrienChatAdrien.

"Are you kidding me?!" Alya shouted from her position beside Nino. "Both of you were in our class and I didn't realise?! Some reporter I am!"

Nino, for his part, couldn't voice his feelings but he mouthed a very earnest, 'Dude!'

"Alya, this is not the time!" Scolded a very harried Miss Bustier.

"Do you know what this means?! Ladynoir is motherfucking canon!"

"ALYA!" The whole class chorused in frustration.

Chat disregarded them all. "Cataclysm!" He shouted and black, bad luck energy bubbled in his palm. Her partner didn't even hesitate, despite the fact it seemed like Ladybug was having an existential crisis. He dived towards the classroom door, dodging the Librarian's attacks with practiced ease and slamming his hand against it. The force field around the room flashed weakly as the Cataclysm began to take effect, before giving out completely.

"No!" The Librarian cried.

Chat ignored the akuma's wails of protest and flung the door open. "Quick!" He urged his classmates and teacher. "Get out of here!"

It was Chat's actions that brought Ladybug out of her stupor. This wasn't the time to be caught up about his identity, it was time to cleanse an akuma and free the person Hawkmoth had taken under his control.

"Lucky Charm!" She cried, throwing her yoyo up in the air as the others began rushing for the door.

The item fell down into her hands and Ladybug just stared at it.

An umbrella.

Of course it had to be an umbrella.

Of course, after just discovering that her partner was Adrien, she'd be given an umbrella. Ladybug felt like having words to Tikki when the battle was over because why in the world did it have to be an umbrella?!

She'd fallen in love with Adrien because he'd given her his umbrella. He'd come up to her in that moment in the rain and explained what really happened during the Bubble-gum Incident. He'd shown he was kind and thoughtful. He'd shown a vulnerable, unsure side of himself – "I never went to school before. I never had any friends. All this, for me, it's … it's a bit new." – but he'd reached out to her. He'd tried to mend the misunderstanding. He'd given her his umbrella, laughed with her when it snapped on her head and Marinette had fallen hard.

So of course – of course! – when she was still reeling over the fact that Adrien turned out to be her exuberant partner, her Lucky Charm power decided to dump an umbrella in her lap; the very symbol of her love her Adrien.

And as she'd just discovered, a symbol of her love for Chat Noir.

Because how could she say she didn't love Chat Noir, after discovering who he was? He and Adrien were the same person. Two halves of a whole. Finding out Adrien was her cherished partner just made her love him all the more and the discovery that he was her Chaton made the feelings she'd had for her partner come roaring to the forefront of her mind.

She'd tried to ignore those feelings in the past. Ignore, shut down and push them to the very recesses of her brain. She loved Adrien and she wouldn't be swayed, no matter how kind or charming her partner was. But despite her intentions, Chat Noir had managed to burrow his way into her heart and stay there. He'd managed to make her fall for him twice – the nerve of him! – and now Ladybug was forced to deal with all her feelings slapping her in face. All because of that god damn freaking umbrella!

Ladybug thought she'd been doing okay until the umbrella. She'd put aside her freak out over Chat identity to focus on the battle. But then the universe just went, "Nope! Umbrella! Oh, you wanted to be a good superheroine and put your feelings aside? Hahaha, not today! Have an umbrella!"

Of course, her umbrella-induced freak out session had only lasted a few moments since the item fell into her hands, but it felt like an age. In a battle, moments like that are crucial and Ladybug had just spent them drowning in her feelings and internally screaming.

"Shut up!" She told herself. "Focus!"

"I'm sorry?" Chat said as he distracted the Librarian, clearly thinking she was talking to him.

"Not you, me!"

Chat may have said something in reply, but she didn't hear him. She was already looking around the room to see how she could use the umbrella to their advantage. She looked from Chat, to the Librarian, to the fire sprinkler system on the roof and had an idea.

"Chat Noir, come here!" Ladybug called as she opened the umbrella.

He didn't need to be told twice. Her partner pushed back the Librarian with his staff and then while the akuma was scrambling to catch her footing, he bounded over to where Ladybug was crouched behind the umbrella.

"What's the plan?" He asked.

"Detransform."

"What?!"

"We need another Cataclysm. Detransform and feed your kwami."

There was a beat of silence before Chat's transformation came undone, leaving a tense Adrien in his place. It was strange to see him like that, to watch as his suit and mask faded away. His expression was marred by a slight frown and he looked nervous in front of her, but she couldn't fault him for that; it was understandable.

A black blob surged out of his ring and within an instant, Adrien was forcing cheese into the kwami's paws. "Plagg," he said urgently. "Please eat this quickly."

(Ladybug was slightly impressed with how quickly Plagg began scarfing down the camembert).

"Hiding behind there won't save you!" The Librarian shouted as she shot rays of energy at them.

Ladybug grunted at the umbrella bore the brunt of the Librarians attacks, but she gestured with a nod of her head towards the fire sprinkler system that was on the roof. "See those?" She told her partner. "I'll distract her while you hit one with Cataclysm. It'll release the water and it'll slow her down. Her dress is made of paper so she won't be able to handle it well."

She saw understanding light up Adrien's eyes. "Got it!" He said, as his kwami finished the cheese. "Plagg! Transformez moi!" Once again suited up, he cried, "Cataclysm!"

The bad luck energy bubbled over his hand and Ladybug asked, "Ready?"

"Ready."

"Go!"

Ladybug held the umbrella in one hand and darted towards the Librarian, whilst Chat ran towards one of the desks, clearly planning on using it to reach the roof. She ran behind the Librarian and swung the umbrella over the akuma's head so that it was open in front of her face and the pole was resting on her shoulder, effectively blocking Chat from the Librarian's view.

Positioned as they were, the Librarian now had a face full of umbrella and spluttered indignantly. The akuma tried to grab the umbrella and throw it off her, but Ladybug pulled that pole, causing it to hit the Librarian in the face and make the akuma stumble backwards.

It was all the distraction Chat Noir needed.

Water began falling from the sprinklers on the roof and Ladybug immediately lifted the umbrella up and off the Librarian, ensuring the akuma got fully doused from the sprinklers. The Librarian wailed as her dress made of pages began to soak up the water and the ink began to run, but Ladybug didn't give her an opportunity to do anything else.

Disregarding the umbrella, she grabbed her yoyo and threw it around the Librarian, typing her up. When the battle first started, the superheroine was unsure whereabouts the akuma would be, but considering the Librarian had been shooting energy blasts at them with her pen, that was the first thing Ladybug tried.

She snatched the pen of out the Librarian's hand and threw it to the ground, stomping on it and smashing it in two. Sure enough, a little black butterfly fluttered out of it and Ladybug smiled with savage pleasure.

"You're done harming others," she told the akuma as she got her yoyo ready to purify it. "I'm freeing you from evil!" She swung her yoyo and caught it before it could fly away. "Gotcha!" Feeling victorious, she let it go with her usual, "Bye-bye, little butterfly." After that, she didn't waste a second before snatching up the umbrella from the ground and throwing up into the air with a cry of "Miraculous Ladybug!"

She finally allowed herself to relax as the swarm of ladybugs rushed around the room to repair the damages. When everything was put right, she went over to the girl who had been the Librarian. The akuma victim had blonde hair, hazel eyes, fair skin, and wore a white dress with a dazed expression.

"W-What happened? Where am I?"

"You've been akumatised," Ladybug explained gently as she helped the girl stand. "What's your name?"

"Jean," she replied, horror dawning on her face. "Oh god, I'm so sorry!"

"It's alright, it's not your fault."

"It's Hawkmoth's," Chat agreed, speaking up for the first time since the fight ended. "Not yours."

"Although I do apologise," Ladybug said. "People talking loudly about my identity caused you to get upset and akumatised.

"It's – it's not your fault!" Jean spluttered.

"And it's not yours," Ladybug returned, desperate to see that Jean understood that.

The girl looked ready to argue but then she took a deep breath and nodded. "Thank you."

"You're welcome," Ladybug and Chat Noir chorused.

"Now," her Chaton said. "Do you have anyone you'd like to call? We can –"

"I'll take care of her," Miss Bustier's voice sounded from the doorway.

They turned to see their teacher standing at the door, all their classmates positioned behind her and vying to get the best view into the room. A lot of pushing and shoving was happening behind her, but Miss Bustier steadfastly ignored it.

She walked forward to take Jean out of Ladybug's arms. "Hello, I'm Miss Bustier," she introduced herself. "If you follow me, I'm sure we can help you. Perhaps you're like a cup of tea?"

"Thank you," Jean replied with a grateful smile, "that would be great."

The teacher turned to the two resident superheroes of Paris and said, "I'll leave you two to it. I'm sure you have a lot to discuss." With that, she helped Jean from the room, her students hurrying to get out of the way and then rushing into the classroom once she was gone, slamming the door behind them.

Silence reigned and Ladybug didn't really know what to do. They were all just staring at her and Chat.

Chat – Adrien.

The thought made her face her partner and she saw that he was holding out his fist in their customary fist bump. She didn't even hesitate to raised her fist to meet his.

"Bien joué!" They chorused.

(She heard the click of a phone camera and Ladybug was certain Alya had taken a photo.)

They lowered their fists and their transformations came undone; they were Marinette and Adrien once more. Their kwami's came out of their miraculouses and both she and Adrien set about giving them cheese and cookies.

"Thank you, Tikki," she said as her kwami settled back in her purse and began munching on a cookie.

"You're welcome, Marinette," Tikki replied through a mouthful of chocolate chip. "You did amazing, as always."

Marinette smiled and left Tikki to recharge, turning back to her partner. Adrien had already finished talking to Plagg and was looking at her expectantly. Nervously. "H-Hey, Buginette," he said with a wave and a small smile

She felt a lot of things in that moment: Love. An overwhelming, encompassing love for the boy standing before her. Understanding, because she now truly understood Adrien as a whole. Exasperation, because of course he would call her Buginette and wave at her after all that and –

"Are you out of your god damn mind?!"

Oh, wow. Anger. Yep. There was anger.

Adrien's smile faltered and panic set in on his features. "Uh, well –"

"What if he was watching?! What if he knows who you are now?! What if he hurts you?!"

And yep, there was worry. Marinette was very, very worried. Which was undoubtedly where the anger was coming from.

"I couldn't let you fight on your own."

"Yes, you could of!"

"No, I couldn't."

"Not if it meant revealing yourself!"

"You were waiting for me! You kept mentioning Chat Noir!"

"That didn't mean you had to transform in front of everyone!"

"We were locked in! No one could get in or out! Did you want me to hid behind a desk, transform and just hope that no one noticed that Chat Noir turned up and Adrien disappeared?!"

"That's what normally happens!"

"Today wasn't normal, Marinette! He spoke to you! He hasn't done that since the beginning!"

"That's because of yesterday!"

"He threatened you, my Lady."

"I handled it!"

"Do you really think I'd have let you fight on your own?"

"You should of!"

It was only then they she realised how close they'd gotten to each other whilst arguing. They were mere centimetres from each other.

"I would never," he declared, "never leave you to fight alone."

"Uh, guys?" Alya tried to cut in.

They ignored her completely, too caught up in their argument to stop.

"He could know who you are!" Marinette went on.

"We don't know that for sure."

"But he could!"

"Then we'll deal with it like we always have: together!"

"It's different!" Marinette insisted.

"How?!" Adrien demanded.

"It just is!"

"That's not a reason, my Lady."

"Just – because!"

"Because why?!"

"Because I love you, you stupid cat!"

He blinked at her, his mouth going slack in surprise. Marinette was vaguely aware of her classmates gasping near the doorway and of Alya practically crowing with delight, but she ignored them.

"I love you," she went on, unable to keep the words in now that she'd said them. "I loved you as Adrien and then I started falling for Chat and now I find out you're both of them! And you scared me today because if Hawkmoth knows it's you then you'll be in even more danger and if he takes you from me I won't be able – I couldn't – I'm not strong enough to lose you!"

It was disconcerting that Adrien hadn't spoken yet, but she continued, "I can't lose you. I can't. I – mfft!"

Adrien cut her off with a kiss. It was hard, hungry, passionate. Everything she imagined a kiss from Chat Noir would be like. His hands cupped her face as his lips pressed desperately against hers. It shocked her and she stiffened in his embrace, but she quickly got over it and kissed him back with fervour.

His hands left her face to trail down her back, pulling her even closer to him. Marinette clung to him, one hand fisted in Adrien's shirt, the other reaching up around his neck to play with the back of his hair. There was no romantic music, like what always happened when Marinette imagined this very scene numerous times before. But there were hands, roaming, grasping and pulling. There were lips, soft, insistent, and demanding. There was the sound of her heart beat, hammering loudly in symphony with their heavy breathing, and there was Adrien. Adrien, Adrien, Adrien.

He pulled away from her slightly, just far enough to rest his forehead against hers. Like her, his chest was heaving, but that didn't stop him from tilting his head and leaning in to kiss her again. Unlike their previous one, there was no urgency or desperation in it. The kiss was gentle and tender, making Marinette melt into it.

Adrien slowly – reluctantly – pulled away from her, cupping her face with a hand as he did. Marinette instantly leaned into his touch, closing her eyes at the contact. However, what Adrien said next had her eyes flying open and she was unable to look away from him.

"I love you too," he told her and Marinette felt her breath catch at the declaration. "I've loved you since you stood up to Hawkmoth in the beginning and told Paris that we'd always be around to protect them. I love all of you: Ladybug and Marinette. Finding out who you were just made me love you all the more. You're not going to lose me, Buginette, and I'm not going to lose you. We're going to beat Hawkmoth and we're not going to let him hurt anyone we care about, okay?"

She was still worried. She didn't think she'd stop being worried until Hawkmoth was caught, but as always, her partner knew what to say to calm her down. He knew exactly how to fill her with courage and determination instead of how upset she'd been moment befores.

"Thank you, Chaton," she said. "Sorry I yelled at you, I was just –"

"Worried, I know."

"And shocked. You just transformed out of nowhere and then of course the Lucky Charm had to be an umbrella."

"An umbrella?"

"I've been in love with you since you gave me your umbrella."

"That was so long ago."

"Don't smirk at me like that, you stupid cat. You've been in love with me for just as long!"

"I never denied it, my Lady."

"Ahhh, don't do that!" She cried, doing that nervous move she did when she framed her face with her hands.

"Do what?"

"Smirk at me and call me my Lady with Adrien's face! I'm still trying to process all this."

If anything, his smirk increased and he took one of her hands from where it was clutching at her hair and brought it to his lip. "Oh? So don't do this either?" He asked as he pressed a kiss to it.

"Yes –"

"Ahem!"

Marinette and Adrien froze. Turning in unison, they belatedly realised that their whole class was still in the room. Alya, Nino, Chloé, Sabrina, Rose, Juleka, Kim, Mylène, Ivan, Max, Alix, Nathanaël and Lila were all staring at them in varying degrees of shock. Alya was the one who had called their attention and from the way the blogger was holding her phone, Marinette had a sinking suspicion that she'd filmed their kiss.

Silence stretched between them and Marinette felt a blush burn at her cheeks; out of the corner of her eye, she saw that Adrien looked just as red.

Nino was the one who decided to speak up first, letting out an emphatic, "Bro!"

"I mean this in the most platonic way possible," Alya put in, "but that was kinda hot."

The two superheroes in question flushed heavily.

"That was so romantic!" Rose beamed.

"Sure it was," Lila snarked, her arms crossed.

"No one asked you," Chloé said, surprising the rest of them. "What? Did you expect me to throw a tantrum? Adrien is my friend and if Adrikins is happy, then so am I."

They all thought back to what Adrien said to Chloé earlier. Maybe this was her trying to be the better person that Adrien thought she could be.

"Thanks, Chlo," the model in question smiled at his childhood friend.

Chloé sniffed, "Yes, well, so long as you don't do that all the time, you're welcome."

"Congratulations," Sabrina said from her position beside Chloé.

"Yeah, congratulations," Nathanaël told them. "It's – it's nice to see you so happy."

"I think I speak for the entirety of Paris when I say, 'About time!'" Alix said.

"And I speak for our class when I say the same," Kim put in.

"The entirety of Paris includes our class, you dolt!" Alix told him.

"Hey! I'm not a do –"

"You guys were really awesome," Juleka interrupted the Alix and Kim tirade that was building up.

"You were so brave!" Mylène said.

"Yeah," Ivan agreed, "and it's nice to know who you both are."

"We won't tell anyone," Max promised for the rest of the class and they all murmured in agreement. "Although the chances that the both of you were in our class are incredible."

"Yeah," Adrien said, turning to Marinette and grasping her hand. "Who knew?"

It brought a smile to Marinette's face, but she was still worried for her friends. "Still, you guys are in a difficult position, and we apologise for that."

"It's fine, girl!" Alya refused to be cowled by the threat of Hawkmoth. "We can manage and we know that you guys are gonna kick that Butterfly-Dick's butt!"

"Alya," Marinette tried not to smile at her best friend's antics because this was serious and –

"And besides, who can be upset right now when both Adrienette and Ladynoir are legit, actual things that have happened?!"

"Alya!"

"I regret nothing! I'm gonna play that confession video at your wedding!"

"ALYA!"

Far away from where a certain blogger was cheering about her friend's newfound relationship status, Hawkmoth stood at the window of his lair. He stared out at the city he terrorised in his quest for the miraculous, but he barely paid attention to the view. He mind was stuck on what he'd learnt during his last akuma attack.

"Adrien," he said aloud to the cold, empty room.

A/N:

So, I'll be the first to admit that the argument between Adrien and Marinette was a bit OOC, but I love the 'argument and then kiss' trope so I had to include it.

This also was the big idea that I was really excited about in the last part. I had the oneshot idea of Adrien revealing himself in the classroom where they couldn't get out. My original idea was to have Adrien's identity reveal way later, but then when I got the idea to combine the oneshot idea into this fic ... weeeell, I got a little excited and had to write it.

Anyway, I hope you guys liked this chapter. Please let me know what you thought in the reviews and thank you to everyone who has reviewed, followed, favourited this fic.

Much love,

Leisey.