As soon as Marinette landed on her balcony, she detransformed. She paced back and forth, back and forth. Her breathing quickened, and she held her head. How could this be? How could this be?! Could he really be? Well- he had to! He transformed as they kissed... it had to be him. But how could she never have seen it before?! She cursed under her breath and pounded the railing on her balcony with her fist.

"How could I be so stupid?!" She asked, looking at her Kwami.

"Marinette... you have to remember, this is huge. He trusts you a whole lot, and he loves you for you. No matter what." Tikki told her. Marinette relaxed, and she nodded.

"I guess...but, is it too late? I just- left.. him... I.. left.. adrien... OH GOD TIKKI." She gasped and ran around, biting her lip. "HOW COULD I HAVE BEEN SO STUPID?!" She shouted.

"Marinette, Marinette! Please, don't wake the house..." Tikki warned her nervously. But Marinette wasn't listening.

"Tikki, I'm gonna take you to the bakery. Eat whatever will restore the transformation fastest, and we have to go. Adrien needs me." She said, grabbing the kwami and racing down the stairs.

Adrien sat on his bed, and though he was happy to have told Ladybug how he felt... he still felt hollow inside. He held the sleeping kwami in the palms of his hands and laid him on the dresser, then laid face down on his bed. Why had she flown off like that? Though, he supposed he did tell her he would respect her decision if she didn't want to show her identity to him... Though he was disappointed, he supposed he wouldn't pressure her. He would just wallow in sadness for a while, and let it go next time he saw her.

He turned onto his back and replayed the moments in his head, especially the kiss. He sighed and closed his eyes, hugging his pillow tightly. He wished it had gone a little differently, but he had to accept the way it happened and... hoped things woudn't be different between them. Sighing heavily, he rolled onto his side, and hugged the pillow close to him.

A breeze blew in, causing him to shiver. He closed his eyes, thinking about closing the window. Then, suddenly, he sat up, remembering he hadn't closed his window. He looked towards the window, and Ladybug was leaning against the open window.

"Hi, Adrien." She said coolly. She looked more calm than she felt as she walked towards him, and kissed him gently, wrapping her arms around him.

"L-ladybug..?" He asked, looking into her eyes. He cupped her face in his hands and and stared into her eyes, his forehead pressed to hers.

"Adrien.. I'm ready. I want you to see me. Just.. don't be disappointed, okay?" She said, voice wavering.

"My lady, I would never-"

"Just.. just wait okay?" She said.

Marinette stepped away from from him, and took a deep breath, let her transformation wear off, then she stood, shaking as she stared at Adrien. Oh, god, wait. She was standing. In Adrien's room. To confess her love to him. Oh god. Oh God. OH GO-

"Marinette..." He murmured, and he wrapped her up in his arms and twirled her around, and kissed her all over her face. "Marinette, I love you! God, you're so beautiful.." He said between sweet little kisses onto her face.

"I love you too.." She said, grabbing his face in her hands. She kissed him on the lips, and melted in his arms, drawing out the kiss as long as she could. She looked up at him, blushing bright, and rested her hands on his chest. The moonlight streamed in around them, casting a silver glow on their faces. Adrien stared down at her, holding his gaze with her deep blue eyes.

"Marinette... I've dreamed about finding out who Ladybug is ever since I met her.. and now I know she's you.. I feel like I fool for not having seen it before." He said, kissing her forehead.

Marinette blushed and smiled and looked up at him as well. Adrien kissed her cheek, and blushed at his own actions. He couldn't stop himself from kissing her, he just wanted to touch his lips to every part of her skin until she loved it as much as he did.

The next morning, Marinette and Adrien walked to school together. They blushed and laughed and talked, and it was easy now. Once they got to the school, Adrien had to step away to go to his locker, while Marinette had to meet up with Alya. He kissed her gently, and dashed off, grinning widely.

Alya walked up just as Adrien kissed Marinette. HOLD UP- did she just see that?! She ran towards Marinette and took her by the arms, shaking her.

"UM? Wanna tell me what just happened?! Adrien KISSED you, Mari!" She said, eyes wide, and mouth agape. Marinette only looked at her with a placid, dreamy expression.

"What happened? Oh, Alya... something wonderful."

The end of the fic! This ending was kinda short, I know, but this was totally on the fly. When I plan a story more ( such as Karkat, Are You Doing Okay) it turns out more detailed and ends up a lot better in my opinion. I'm working on some new ideas, so you wont have to wait long! The next will be the Trust in You Kainora fic.

I hope you enjoyed the story, lovlies. Did I tell you we reached 5,000 views today? So proud of you all! Thank you! I'm gonna wait maybe a week or so before posting my next story, just so I can have a little break. Love you all, and thank you so much for reading, I hope you enjoyed! Bye bye for now, lovlies~