AN: I hate myself for writing this but it's been stuck in my head for over a month now. I am still working on the other two Miraculous stories though! Dead LB is giving me a it of a problem but i'll get through that. Lighting strikes has me stuck. I have writer's block for that one in particular but i really really want to finish it. have a weird point where i know what i want to happen but I don't know how to make it happen. get me?

Anyway this is a one shot as of now, thought i may continue as i have a very clear plot in my head. Let me know if you guys want more?

Adrien walked out of the gym, his bag slung over his left shoulder and Plagg lazily sleeping in one of the pockets. His fencing mask hung under his arm as he calmly walked to his car. The Gorilla was waiting patiently behind the wheel, the engine running softly in the background. It had been a good practice. Monsieur D'Argencourt had commended him on his ever improving technique and he had even managed to beat Kagami twice in a row, much to her annoyance and also her excitement. Adrien always struggled against her, as she was quick witted and was light on her feet. When she had first shown up and sparred with him, he wasn't sure how she had come out of nowhere and become top of the class so quickly.

He didn't have any hard feelings of course. She was good and Adrien enjoyed having the competition since he was the best beforehand but it was definitely an adjustment he had to make. To his surprise, his father wasn't entirely too upset by this turn of events as Kagami's mother was a friend of Gabriel's and keeping his associates happy was far more important than being the best.

Regardless, today had Adrien in a good mood. He had breezed through classes and got to spend lunch with his friend's at Marinette's family's bakery. Mrs. Cheng had insisted that they stay, when they stepped through the door. Adrien almost declined but was surprised to find out from Nathalie that he was to buy himself some food that coincided with his diet as his father was busy and he needed the Gorilla for one reason or another that Adrien had not payed attention to as he was too elated to really care. Marinette's mom had made some pork dumplings and some mutton stew that was delicious. Initially, he had thought to eat a bowl and two dumplings, but as soon as he had finished and his bowl was clean, Mrs. Cheng had refilled and reserved him. While he had felt a bit guilty at indulging in the delectable food at first, he found it hard to deny Madam Cheng.

"I won't have any of that diet nonsense in this house young man," she had said serving him his third bowl of soup, "you are far too skinny and too tall. You need some meat on those bones!"

Warmth had flooded his body and a smile split his face in two. Marinette, he had noticed, had blushed profusely at her mother's, well, mothering of Adrien but he didn't mind it one bit. On the contrary, he enjoyed it immensely. Before they all left, The Du Pain-Chengs gave each of them a croissant and four macaroons and two kisses to each cheek.

Adrien's spirits had been high, feeling better than he had in a while. Perhaps it had been the decent meal that had helped him be on top of his game today, or maybe, he thought to himself, it was the fact that his friends were watching him during practice.

Usually, practices were closed and people couldn't sit in to watch but for some incredible reason, M. D'Argencourt had told them the day before that that day, their parents could come to watch. This presented a hurdle to Adrien, as he knew that his father would not have the time to watch something as silly as a practice. He had voiced this worry to Nino, not expecting anything but for him to listen and he had been thoroughly surprised to see his three best friends walking in with a banner that Marinette must have made that said:

DON'T BE FOILED

With two people fighting each other with, and Adrien had burst out laughing during his warm up, two fences. He had gotten in a bit of trouble for that but he couldn't help it when a pun was that good.

He had half a mind to ask Marinette if he could keep the banner and have her sign it as she had signed his Jagged Sone CD. He could easily hang it in his room and be constantly reminded of what a great day this regular day turned out to be. The only problem was that he had to leave right after practice since he still had a Chinese lesson and homework to deal with. He had consoled himself by promising himself that he would ask her the next day. He was determined to talk to her. Lately, Marinette had started talking easier around him. Every once in a while she still stuttered and fell over but that was only when Adrien didn't announce his presence or Marinette wasn't expecting him.

A warm smile grew on his face. Marinette seemed to be warming up to him and he couldn't be happier. Black cat bad luck be damned. He was having a fabulous day and it wasn't over yet. Later, after his lessons and homework, he had patrol with his favorite girl. Ladybug.

Nothing much had changed between them in the two years as partners but Adrien didn't mind that much. He was happy to be blessed to have met her. He was simply happy knowing that Ladybug held him in high regards and was perfectly happy to wait for as long as needed for her to realize how perfect they were for each other.

The smile on his face grew bigger still, a real smile that made his stomach flutter and his spirits lift. He was practically skipping to his car, nearly at the door he heard his name being called from behind him.

He turned back giving the Gorilla an apologetic smile which went unnoticed or ignored and saw a girl with dark blue hair walking towards him calmly. Again he felt the corners of his lips lift but with a feeling a unease that wasn't entirely uncomfortable. His eyes met her almond shaped ones and he found himself stuck. Kagami had a tendency to make him feel that way, ever since he had met her. She was tough, smart, and Ladybug forgive him, beautiful. He had always had a small crush on the blue haired girl that of course paled in comparison to his adoration of his superhero partner but was there none the less.

"Kagami," he greeted, taking a couple of steps toward her with a polite smile. He noticed that she hadn't changed out of her fencing uniform either, the blaring red a beacon to him.

"Agrest," she said in return with a slight nod of her head, "I don't mean to hold you up since I realize that your schedule is very tight but I wanted to congratulate you on your wins today."

A blush rose to his tan cheeks but he forced himself to ignore the sensation, hoping that she didn't notice. A small almost nonexistent smile graced Kagami's pretty face and he knew that she had. He cleared his throat and rubbed the back of his neck subconsciously.

"Thank you," he managed, his voice perfectly even. Mentally he congratulated himself on his marvelous performance, "It was just luck."

"Don't do that," she said harshly and Adrien felt his mouth open in shock, "If you beat me its because of your skill not some sill superstitious concept. You're a good fencer Adrien."

She looked angry, but Adrien had grown to know that that wasn't entirely true. Kagami struggled to express herself as she had had a similar upbringing to Adrien. She too was homeschooled for a long while and her social skills suffered for it. He related to her in a way that was difficult to express and so he was understanding of her aggressive behavior. It just meant she liked you.

Not in that way, he thought and his spirit sank a bit. Sure he loved his Lady but, Kagami was slowly making his way into his heart as time went by. What was it about him that turned off the women that he so desired? Yes there were thousands of girls who would give an arm and a leg to date him but Adrien was a simple boy and he didn't want to just date anyone. He wanted one of two girls and neither would have him.

"Thanks Kagami," he said laying a hand on her shoulder and gently squeezing it. To Adrien's astonishment, a light blush graced her cheeks and she looked away, trying to hide it. Could she possibly be noticing him as well?

Then in an instant, it was gone and her stone cold look of determination came back full force and his hope sank. She didn't remove his arm as she reached up and covered his hand with her own. Adrien felt butterflies erupt in his stomach at the contact.

"No problem," she said then paused as if thinking, "Well I should let you go." Adrien's heart sank a bit but he nodded then with a quick bow of the head, he turned around and got into his car. Just as he was about to close the door he heard his name being called again. Once again he turned in the direction of the sound expecting to see Kagami but instead he saw his three friends. He ignored the slight disappointment that can only come with affairs of the heat and focused on the happiness of seeing the most supportive and loving people he knew.

"Yo Agrest," Alya yelled again even though she clearly had his attention. He chuckled watching her drag Marinette by the bicep towards him. While it made him a bit sad to see that he didn't want to go talk to him of her own accord, part of him was always amused at how she grew a bit fidgety when he was in the general vicinity. He had decided long ago that he wanted to rid her of her, however adorable, stutter and he wanted to make her feel comfortable but it proved difficult when he was Adrien. Although, when he was Chat Noir, she lost both qualities and even gained a bit of sass that gave him a rush of… something that felt incredibly like pleasure. He realized pretty quickly that he didn't want Marinette to lose her quirk. As much as he loved the sassy and confident Mari, he also enjoyed this version of her. The version that tripped over her own shoes and blushed at the drop of a dime. The version that couldn't meet him in the eyes for long and smiled wider than he thought humanly possible. There was something about her that made Adrien feel at ease and happy.

"Hey guys, thank you so much for coming to watch today," he said as they neared the car. Nino was glancing over his shoulder with a confused look, completely ignoring the girls as he got closer. Adrien tried to follow his gaze but he found his view obstructed by Alya's head.

He jumped back in surprise before he very deliberately and cautiously kissed him once on each cheek. Adrien returned the gesture, albeit a bit confused, then turned to Marinette and leaned in to do the same. The reaction was near instantaneous. Marinette's pale skin turned Ladybug red under his lips and she froze. Adrien vaguely registered the stiffness of her body as he pulled away. As soon as she was in his view again, she jumped back with a startled giggled, knocking into Nino who was still looking somewhere off to the left and stepping on his foot.

The DJ yelped in shock and sprung away from the girl as if she were on fire, clinging to his girlfriend for dear life. Marinette, turned on her heels and tried desperately to apologize to Nino but as she made to get closer, she tripped over, her right foot catching her left ankle.

Adrien reacted without thinking. He reached forward throwing his fencing mask and bag to the side and caught Marinette's hands pulling her upright. If she had been red before, it was nothing to the color she was now. Scarlet.

"Marinette, are you okay," he asked keeping his hands firmly in hers to make sure that she wouldn't fall over. He gazed at his friend with a worried expression, waiting for an answer. When a couple of seconds went by without one he turned to Alya, who had her phone up recording the encounter. Adrien sighed. He loved Alya, but he really did feel like she was a junior paparazzi sometimes. Alya had tons of embarrassing photos of him and Marinette on her phone. He dreaded the day that he got in an argument with her for fear of what she had on him.

"Ye-yeah," Marinette finally answered drawing his attention back to her. Her cheeks had calm down a bit but she seemed to be shaking under his touch. He took a curious step closer to her as if to examine her but he realized that it got worse so he quickly stepped back and broke the contact they had.

"You're fine," she said smiling up at him then her eyes shot open, wide with fear. Adrien crossed his arms smugly as he watched her back track. He knew what was going to come next and he always had to force himself to remain relaxed so as not to laugh at her. Adrien was not a mean person nor did he think anything bad of his classmate for the flustered state that she got in, but he damn well enjoyed it.

"I-I mean, I'm fine? Not that you aren't fine! I mean obviously you're fine," she corrected holding her hands up in defense, then her smile became rigid as she realized what she had spoken and it began again.

"Not fine as in like handsome! I mean fine as in like okay? Not that you aren't handsome, I mean you know you are right since you're a model and all…" Marinette clamped her mouth shut then covered it with both her hands. Silence hung in the air for all of three seconds before Nino burst out into hysterical laughter.

Three heads spun to look at him. Marinette looked mortified and Adrien let a slight uncomfortable look grace his features. Alya, looked murderous. When Nino caught sight of his girlfriend's expression, he sobered up instantly.

Alya crossed her arms expectantly at the dark skinned boy and he sheepishly turned towards Marinette, his smile equal parts apologetic and amused.

"Sorry Mari…"

"It's fine," Marinette began but Nino burst out laughing again. Alya gave him a look that could have killed ten men, let alone one teenage boy, but Nino was oblivious. Adrien couldn't help but chuckle at his friend's blindness. How could he miss what was right in front of him?

Alya clutched her temples and turned her back on the boy with an exasperated sigh, "Please excuse my idiot boyfriend. I'm going to take him away before he manages to stick his foot in his mouth so far in his mouth that it comes out of his ass."

Nino gave his girlfriend a petulant look before continuing to laugh. Alya rolled her eyes then took hold of Nino's arm. Turning over his shoulder she gave Marinette a pointed glance before turning to Adrien again.

"Great job out there today! Marinette just wanted to," she shot another glance at her best friend, "give you something. Right Mari?"

Without waiting for an answer, she pushed her boyfriend away from the two teens who watched them go with two completely different expressions.

Adrien turned back to Marinette, happy to see that she had calmed down. He could tell she was a little bit embarrassed still but she quite obviously pushed through it to look directly at him.

Adrien held back a gasp. He was always struck dumb by Marinette's blue eyes. It felt like every time that he didn't look, they got bluer and bluer. He tended to attribute it to the blue eyes of Ladybug. Marinette had very similar eyes and sometimes it made him forget that Marinette was not in fact his lady but his princess.

"I just wanted to say," five words without a hint of a stutter. Adrien was proud of her and smiled willing her to continue.

Marinette seemed to shrink into herself and Adrien let his shoulders fall, disappointment filling him once again. He fought to keep his smile in place though as he watched her regain her confidence.

She let out a long deep breath before looking at him again, squeaking softly then holding out a rolled up white roll of fabric. Adrien blinked at her, not having noticed that she had been holding the a for mentioned item until right then. He opened his mouth to say something but Marinette beat him to the punch.

"Good…job today. You- you're really good at-at fencing."

Adrien felt his cheeks heat up a little. It was common. He got easily flustered around the blue haired girls in his life. Of course, he liked to think that it had to do with his insatiable love for Ladybug but it was a little hard to think about that when all he could see before him was an ocean of blue, or the determination and skill of a warrior.

"Thank you Marinette," he managed looking at the fabric, "What is this?"

Marinette chanced another glance at him again and held his gaze. A spark of determination flared behind her irises and Adrien struggled to keep his expression neutral.

"The ba-banner that Alya, Nino and I made for you," she answered then the determination was gone and Adrien recognized the start of her floundering once again.

"That is, if you want to keep it! I mean why would you want to? Right? I just thought you might but it's kind of lame and what would you even do with it anyway-"

"Marinette," Adrien said gently, placing a hand on the roll of fabric, pulling it down a bit so he could better see her face, "I love it. I was going to talk to you about keeping it tomorrow actually."

Marinette's face suddenly took on a happy glow and Adrien was glad to see how his admission had made her feel better. It boggled him how Marinette could think that anything she made ever was lame. He was seriously considering commissioning her to make him a new jacket for everyday wear.

"Oh well then I guess you don't have to anymore," she said laughing between words softly as if every one of them were equally funny.

"Yeah I guess not," that was when the Gorilla honked his horn and Adrien and Marinette jumped. Adrien stepped on his fencing mask, losing his balance and toppling forward. Marinette squawked, flailing her arms to try to regain her balance but it was no use. Adrien wrapped his arms around her waist, trying to twist around so he would hit the ground first but the sensation ended and Adrien forced his eyes to open.

He was still standing, thought he was hunched over, nearly bent I half. Marinette hand somehow managed to keep them upright, wrapping her own arms around his head, which was currently resting on her chest. Adrien gasped when their eyes met, panic was clear in her eyes but Adrien couldn't move.

She stared back at him, indecision evident all over her face. The Gorilla honked again and that brought them out of their stupor. Adrien let go of Marinette and jumped away, trying to keep his skin its natural color and not the color of a tomato, but he could feel that he was failing.

"A-anyway, I should probably get going," Adrien said wincing at his new stutter, "I have to do you and it might take all night." His eyes widened in absolute panic. Had he just said that? Had he…just… said that?

"No! Oh God I meant I have a lot of homework to do and it might take all night, be-because, it's a lot and its very hard."

Marinette was steadily turning reader and reader as he went on. He tried again to fix his faux pas but it just made it worse.

"I mean it's difficult! The homework! It difficult and I still have a Chinese girl to do-" His heart seemed to flat line. Was this how Marinette felt when she said things like this? Adrien would have to reconsider his previous notion of it being amusing.

"I meant a Chinese lesson! Oh you know what, I'm going to go! Thanks for the Marinette, banner. I mean banner, Mariette!"

Adrien wished with every fiber of his being that the ground would open up and swallow him whole, but of course, it didn't. Instead, he was firmly seated in his car driving away from the scene of the crime, with the banner firmly in his hands.

Plagg flew out of his pocket as soon as the divider for the car was up. Cackling like a mad man.

"Way to go, suave super model, Adrien Agrest. Looks like you're finally living up to your stereotype kid!"

Adrien buried his face in the fabric with a horrified whine. Plagg continued to tease him the whole way to his house. Adrien let him as he didn't trust his tongue to work the way he wanted it to. When he was finally in his room after his Chinese lesson, he lay in his bed confused and newly embarrassed again. Every time that he let his mind wonder, it stopped right on the moment after he had started to stammer. Marinette's shocked face was engraved in his thoughts. Had he offended her? He hoped not. Maybe he should go ask her?

"Adrien," Plagg's voice drifted through his hazy brain and he rolled over and buried hi face in his pillow as if that would erase the call.

"Adrien," Plagg said again and this time he groaned.

"Yes?"

"You're late to meet Ladybug," he said almost as if he didn't care and Adrien shot up from his mattress like a lightning bolt.

"Late! Plagg why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"Well you seemed a little bit caught up with thinking about your Princess and her assets," Plagg said as Adrien jumped to his feet. His face paled when he realized what His Kwami had said. Instantly, the picture of his head against her chest came up in his mind's eye and the blush returned full force.

"I-I was not!"

Plagg crossed his tiny arms over his chest with a smirk and zoomed around Adrien's head as if trying to take in every aspect of his holder's appearance.

"Then why is it that you're as red as a Ladybug?"

Adrien scowled. He wasn't the kind of person to lash out, as Adrien had been raised better than that but his Kwami really did test him sometimes.

"Plagg we don't have time for this! Ladybug is waiting for us," he almost yelled not looking his smug Kwami in the eye.

"Claws out," he said in the same tone of voice and he felt the transformation flood his system like warm water on a cold day. Plagg was just being a jerk, he thought, I'm respectful and I do not like Marinette.

Suddenly a voice that sounded remarkably like Plagg's cackled in his head and his heart sank.

Kid, I never said that you liked her. Just that you had your head in the gutter.

Adrien had forgotten that Plagg could hear what he was thinking when he was transformed. He suddenly became uncomfortable, realizing that he was going to have to keep his thoughts as far away from Marinette and their… predicament as he could. Usually, Plagg was pretty good about not intruding in his thoughts as they tended to be about Ladybug, but he had some sort of obsession with Marinette and his theory that Adrien had a crush on her. He had a pretty clear view that his Kwami wasn't going to leave his thoughts to himself this time.

Chat Noir vaulted from his open window, to the nearest roof, his Vaulting was second nature after all this time and he barely had to think in order for him to get his baton to do what he wanted it to do.

He jumped over a familiar building and almost crashed into a chimney. He managed to stop himself on the same roof that he had almost crashed to be able to see what he had thought he had seen. Chat was almost positive he had caught a glimpse of bright red in one of the windows. Hidden in the shadows, he watched. Vaguely, he knew that he shouldn't be. What kind of a creep watches someone in the privacy of their room?

Then it appeared again. The flash of red. The window dead in the middle of the huge house was now thrown open. It was a cold house, much like his own. Big and extravagant but very much empty save for the two occupants who resided inside. He had only been to this house a handful of times, but he knew it well. He knew that Kagami lived in it with her blind mother by herself. He knew that the only person her age that lived with here was Kagami herself, yet there she stood. Ladybug. With the window of Kagami's room thrown wide open and her yoyo resting in her hand ready to throw.

With a last look back into the lit room, Ladybug closed the window and threw the yoyo into the night sky and disappeared in the direction of their meeting place. Chat Noir stood still for what felt like years. He watched her grow smaller as she got farther away from the house, her house. Kagami's house. Ladybug's house. Kagami…was Ladybug…

Chat Noir shook is head as if to clear his completely dumbfounded and blank thoughts, then deciding that it wouldn't do well to make her wait, he vaulted after her. Kagami. Ladybug. They were one and the same.

Chat found a small smile growing on his lips at the thought. He could almost make out Plagg screaming in the farthest corner of his mind but it was quiet, almost non existant, and Chat didn't exactly care. Ladybug was Kagami. Chat had fallen in love with her twice. Today had been a good day. Black Cat bad luck be damned. With that last thought, he zoomed off to meet his Lady. Kagami Tsurugi.