First of all, hello to you readers! This is my first time writing a Miraculous Ladybug Fanfiction so sorry for the mistakes. If you were to pint out corrections, I will gladly accept it and constructive cristicisms are very much welcome. This will be a three shot or five shot story depending on how long it takes and I hope this goes well.

Anyway, enjoy reading and I hope you like it :)

"Why is life so complicated? What am I gonna do?" Marinette lay on the bed, hugging her pillow. She looked at her Kwami hoping for a direct answer, something that could help her with the problems she's facing right now, only to receive a kind smile accompanied with gentle words. "Oh, Marinette. There is no such thing as easy, especially love. Other Ladybugs have faced the same problems and I'm going to tell you what I've told them before. Only you can decide for your heart, not even a Kwami like me can fully help you with that."

Marinette sighed, let go of her pillow and pushed the trap door to her balcony welcoming the cold air against her skin. She walked forward until she can lean her body on the railings for support. She really needed something to help her clear her mind and at the moment, the light of the full moon seems to be the answer. It was beautiful. It was so peaceful.

Hmm, peaceful… Her mind then drifted off to the past. Life was peaceful back then. Not exactly peaceful like the moment she was in right now, but peaceful as in her worse worries were trying not to trip over nothing so she can save herself from embarrassment and Chloe humiliating her even further (not like those things are not happening anymore.) But so much has changed since she became Ladybug. And her problems right now might not involve Ladybug that much but still, Marinette still wonders if everything would be the way they were now if she hadn't become a super heroine.

And by everything, she doesn't just mean her confidence and becoming class representative. Everything wasn't just about swinging her yoyo around Paris and meeting a pun-loving partner like Cat Noir, having a best friend like Alya, and making believable (enough) excuses to the teachers every time she shows up late. Everything doesn't only involve keeping her secret identities from her love ones and trying to figure out who Hawkmoth is. Because right now, Marinette's everything revolves around two boys that held a piece of her heart dearly.

There was Adrien Agreste whom her heart began to blossom for after he explained himself and handed her his umbrella. The days after that, her love just grows for him more turning her into a stuttering and blushing mess around him. But despite that, he smiles at her and treats her nicely. He even considers her as one of his best friends.

"Don't talk to Marinette like that." Adrien had told Chloe a few months ago after Chloe insulted her for coming to school looking like a zombie. It wasn't Marinette's fault that there happen to be a late Akuma attack the night before and that she only managed to sleep for three hours.

"But –" Chloe protested and Adrien cut her off.

"Marinette is one of my best friends Chloe and I appreciate it if you don't talk about her like that."

"But Adrikins, were friends too."

"We are Chloe, but if you pick on Marinette again or any of our classmates that might not be the same answer anymore." That was the only moment of that day that Marinette remembered. The rest of the day had been a blur to her because she dozed off here and there from time to time. Thankfully, Alya was there to help her.

On the bright side, it showed that Adrien gives more importance to her than Chloe if he's willing to risk his childhood friendship for her. But that's the problem. Adrien thinks of her as one his best friend, as a friend. And Marinette is losing hope that Adrien could possibly consider her more. That is, until three months ago happened.

"What if Ladybug isn't who people think she is?" Marinette had asked in the middle of Alya's, Nino's, and Adrien's conversation about Ladybug and Chat Noir.

"Well, no matter what, I'm sure that the girl under that Mask is just amazing as Ladybug is." Adrien responded in an instant. And then she saw his eyes, the same eyes Marinette makes whenever she thinks of him. In that moment, she found out that Adrien likes Ladybug as much as Marinette likes him. There was the thin string of chance that she was looking to hold on to. She finally has it – a chance for half of her, but a chance nonetheless.

But there's also Luka Couffaine. He wasn't good at expressing words but with his guitar, Marinette could feel it – every strum, every note, and every beat. With Luka she felt accepted for simply being her, Marinette Dupain-Cheng, a normal girl. But that was the problem. Marinette is not normal. Luka says she's amazing (many times he did) but somehow, the Ladybug part of her felt left out. She had rescued Luka a few times and every single time it goes something like this.

"Ladybug, is Marinette okay?" Luka would ask full of worry.

"She's safe. She's the one who alerted me." Ladybug would reply.

"That girl's unbelievably brave." And then he would have a faraway look in his face that clearly express how much amazed he was at Marinette, as if he doesn't even see Ladybug in front of him.

Yes, it was true that Marinette used to think that Ladybug wasn't her but with Tikki's words of optimism and Master Fu's wise words, she slowly but fully accepted it. Ladybug is Marinette. Marinette is Ladybug. She is who she is – both of them. And knowing Luka only has his eyes for Marinette, and Adrien's on Ladybug, it was… complicated.

It was confusing for her heart. And the thing is, they haven't confessed their feelings for her yet and she's making a huge fuzz about it. Tikki told her not worry about it too much but Marinette couldn't help it. She just wanted everything to be simple again - to know who she likes, to see clear straight lines and not blurry ones.

Nino tells her that Adrien likes her too but is too focused on Ladybug to see it. Nathaniel, who became close with her due to sharing sketching tips, tells Marinette that Luka cares for her very much. Her classmates remind her that no matter what, they support her. And Alya, well, she was no help at all with making schemes to make so called "Adrienette" and "Lukanette" moments until Marinette was able to tell which metal was making the compass go crazier.

She couldn't tell them her whole perspective about the pros and cons of each side, seeing that it involves her secret half, the Ladybug part of her. All except Tikki. But her Kwami only told her to follow her heart. Oh, if only she knows what her heart was saying it would be much easier.

So Marinette did what she could only do for the meantime, look up the sky and wish that she will soon know the answer.

Unbeknownst to her, the miraculous earrings she was wearing glowed under the beam of the moonlight for a short second before she went back to her room.

Thanks for reading!