Chat Spots, Chapter 1: The Real Ladybug and Chat Noir

A/N: Hello again! So, I've been getting OBSESSED with the show, "Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir" and of course, the amazing ships that are Adrien x Marinette/Chat Noir x Ladybug and even Alya x Nino. So, I've decided that I wanted to just do a mix of short stories and one-shots for this one! Short stories will probably have the addition of (2nd/3rd/etc. Period) after the 1st chapter of said story, whereas one-shots will just have a title of its own. Also, there MIGHT be a little Tikki x Plagg in here somewhere occasionally. So, the characters might be a bit OOC (Out Of Character) at times, but just to fit the story. Enjoy!

(Disclaimer: I do not own Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir, only the plot of the story. All rights go to their respective owners! Roll it!)

Note: This is the beginning chapter, so there is no 2nd Period!

Note 2: I changed quite a bit, so PLEASE read this chapter over again, to avoid confusion. Enjoy! ~AquaB15

No One's POV

"Miraculous Ladybug!"

All that was broken in the fight was repaired, and the Akuma was defeated. Chat Noir came up to Ladybug's side as they fist-bumped.

"Pound it!" They smiled, but as Ladybug was about to jump off, Chat Noir held her by the hand. She looked back curiously.

"What now, Chat? I might de-transform." He looked at her seriously.

"Why would that be a bad thing? It's not like we're telling anyone else, and who knows, we might know each other in real life? How awesome would that be!" She sighed.

"Chat, we've been over this; no one can know who we really are, not even each other-"

"But wouldn't you like to know?" The question caught her by surprise. Did she ever wonder who he really was? She'd admit; she always was curious, but knew that because of her duties as Ladybug, she couldn't tell him who he was, no matter if the curiosity killed her. She sighed.

"Chat, even if I did, we can't." He sighed sadly, and she saw his ears droop a bit. She felt a bit bad, but knew that he could never know the real her, unless an accident happened and they found out. She was about to jump away again, but this time he tapped her shoulder. He heard her earrings beep. He was running out of time. She turned around.

"What is it-Mmh!" She was met with Chat Noir's lips on hers. Was she shocked, heck yes. He broke away a moment later as his ring started to beep, leaving Ladybug dazed and confused as hell. He made it over to the ledge, not before looking back at her.

"Later, my lady." He glowed as he jumped, and as tempted as she was to see who he was, she couldn't stop replaying what had happened, and was actually left with a single question.

"What the heck just happened?!"

The next day, Adrien's POV

"Adrien, get up, you'll be late for school!" Natalie said. Ugh. I sat up, rubbing my eyes, as Plagg was asleep next to my pillow. I got dressed after brushing my teeth, and by then, Plagg was awake already, smirking at me knowingly. What now?

"What?"

"So, enjoyed the kiss with your wittle crushy?" I blushed.

"Oh, shut up!" He shrugged.

"Hey, you're going to see your other crush anyway, so why not tease you about it?" I rolled my eyes.

"Oh yeah, super funny. Hide Plagg."

"Cheese." I sighed and fed my kwami, then headed downstairs to the kitchen. Dad was working, like always. I left into the limo for school without waiting for Natalie. When I got there I was greeted by my best friend, Nino.

"Hey Adrien! What's up?" I smiled.

"Eh, not much. Hey, look." I turned to where he was looking and sure enough, there was Alya, and…Marinette. OK, I MAY have developed a small crush on Marinette. Just so many things about her…

"…en…rien…ADRIEN!" I snapped out of it and saw Nino and Marinette looking at me weirdly. I smiled sheepishly.

"Uhm, sorry, did I miss something?" Nino smirked.

"Oh no, we're all just standing here wondering why you've been staring at Marinette for the past 5 minutes. Wanna explain?" Alya smirked knowingly. Hm, no wonder those two are perfect for each other. Marinette on the other hand, was blushing, but looked at me, wondering what I was going to say.

"Uh, I was staring because… I noticed her hair looks really nice today! Yeah!" I said, mentally hitting my head on a brick wall. Marinette blushed.

"T-t-t-thanks A-A-Adrien. U-um, shouldn't we get to c-class?" She stuttered out. I smiled. She was pretty cute when she stuttered.

2 hours later

No One's POV

"Adrien, I hope that if you're doodling, you have all the notes, correct?" Adrien snapped his head up, to see the teacher glaring at him. Taking the sketch, she walked back up to the front, while Adrien sat through the rest of class. When the bell rang, the students left, and Adrien was told to go to the detention room for ten minutes. He sighed knowing there was no way of getting out of this one. He, when no one was looking, and the teacher left, allowed his kwami to float out.

"Do you have any more cheese?"

"No."

"UGGGHHH!"

"Why?" He sighed again, and left when the teacher allowed him to leave. But as he got outside and noticed that there was no one there, he DID notice a certain someone about to walk but spotted a tiny fleck of red and for a second he thought maybe it was Ladybug, but shook his head. Adrien walked up to Marinette. She blushed a bit upon seeing him.

"O-Oh, h-hi Adrien. How was d-detention?" He shrugged.

"Meh, boring. So, what're you still doing here?"

"Oh, well, I just turned in a sketch to my design teacher, and I thought I was going with Alya, but she left with Nino, so I just got out and was about to start walking home." She said, but mentally she was cheering.

"YES! I SAID A WHOLE SENTENCE WITHOUT GETTING FLUSTERED!" Adrien smiled.

"Do you mind if I walk home with you?" She blushed a bit.

"N-not at a-a-all." They began to walk, enjoying the silence that came on this peaceful walk. He looked over to her. She looked calm, serene, and different from how she looked at school.

He noticed himself staring at Marinette a little too long as they arrived. He blushed; damn it, he had it bad.

Marinette found herself looking at Adrien a bit more than necessary. Blushing, she turned back to say bye to him.

"S-so, u-um, i-l'll see you later, Adrien." He smiled.

"Thanks for letting me walk home with y-you. I'll see you tomorrow Mari." She smiled and waved as he walked to his house, still blushing and thinking about Marinette, wondering what that little red fleck was. He walked right up to his room and began to wonder when he would be able to show her his true identity. Plagg looked at his quiet human, and floated in front of him.

"Is the boy sad because he can't find who's his masked sweetheart is?" The blonde rolled his eyes.

"I feel like we might know each other in real life. But, I don't know where. Ugh, why's this so confusing?!" Plagg rolled his eyes.

"There is a very simple solution, lover boy, it's called contacting her." Adrien sat up.

"That's easier said than done. I don't even know if she likes me. I'm just her sidekick." Plagg looked at Adrien seriously.

"Don't say that! She cares about you, we just don't know if she is in love with you, but she does care about you." Adrien smiled, and patted the little cat-like creature.

"Thanks Plagg. I just wish I could tell her who I am behind the mask."

"I'm only going to say this once. All will be revealed when the time is right." The kwami said mysteriously. Adrien looked at him weirdly, but sighed.

With Marinette

She still couldn't stop thinking about what happened with Chat Noir. Why he decided to do that, she will never know. But then she thought about her walk with Adrien and smiled dreamily. It was peaceful and nice, no words needed. Tikki came out and noticed the girl's dazed state.

"Thinking about Adrien, I take it?" She snapped out of her daze and smiled.

"Well, yeah, but I wonder why he was staring at me earlier? And," She smiled sadly. "I'm worried about Chat Noir." Tikki looked at her.

"Why?" Marinette looked at the small creature.

"Because he looked sad when I told him we can't reveal who we really are. And he kissed me. I wish I could know who he is, but I also know that it must remain a secret between us." Tikki smiled comfortingly.

"All will be revealed when the time is right." She said mysteriously. Marinette looked at her weirdly, but figured she made sense. The girl laid in bed, her thoughts jumbled around everywhere, and she looked at her kwami.

"Tikki, do you think Chat really likes me, or is he just flirting with me?" Tikki looked at the girl like she had two heads.

"Do you want the sugar-coated "I'll agree with what you decide" answer, or the truth?" Marinette looked at Tikki worried about what she would say.

"Umm…the truth?" Tikki sighed.

"Marinette, I'll be completely honest with you: Of course he does! He just flirts because he might be nervous to tell you. I mean seriously, he's risked his safety for yours countless times, and has stated to you that he will protect you. Also, he flat out kissed you, so if that doesn't tell you anything, then I don't know what will." My heart stopped in realization. Maybe…Maybe Tikki's right. But still…

"But what if he doesn't like the me under the mask?" Tikki smiled.

"He will. After all, you and Ladybug are the same person." The girl smiled at that.

"I guess so."

The next day

"Have a good rest of the day, everyone!" The teacher dismissed everyone, but Alya and Nino stayed back with their respective best friends. As Nino and Adrien left to go pick something up out of Nino's locker, Nino turned to Adrien.

"Hey, look at this picture of Marinette." He showed the picture to Adrien, who looked at Nino suspiciously.

"Why do you have a picture of Marinette?" Nino shrugged.

"Alya. But, with the Ladybug costume on," He showed him the other picture. Adrien went wide-eyed. "Don't you think she and Ladybug look alike?" The blond had to admit, she did. But he shrugged.

"Nah, they're different." Nino shrugged.

"Hmm, maybe. But I gotta run to meet up with Alya, see you later!" He waved his best friend off, and thought about what his best friend showed him. He was right, Ladybug and Marinette were too alike, but their personalities differed. Then again, he couldn't talk, since, as Chat Noir, he acted much differently than as Adrien. Maybe that was the case with Ladybug. He decided, he wanted to ask Marinette. He knew that he was going to need to do it eventually, but he didn't know how. He found the door to walk out, but spotted a red floating creature popping out of Marinette's bag. He immediately wanted to think he was seeing things, but he knew he wasn't. He walked out, and hid behind a tree as he listened to Marinette talking to her seeming to be, kwami, just to make sure he wasn't kidding himself. Plagg came out.

"Hmm, I hope Chat Noir is okay." Her kwami smiled.

"I think he will be. And besides, he probably feels the same way you do." He agreed with her, and Plagg almost fell to the floor, glad he was on Adrien's shoulder, and Adrien snickered at his kwami's antics. He'd never met Ladybug's kwami, but she seemed interesting to him. Adrien told Plagg to hide. It was there in front of him the whole time, and he never noticed it. He also knew that he wasn't going to be able to face her the same way again, but it was a risk worth taking. He called for a limo and as soon as he got up to his room he was occupied, the only thing on his mind to reveal who he was to Ladybug, since he was tired of all the secrets and lying to her. He contacted her and she answered on the third ring.

"Hello?"

"LB, meet me near the Louvre in 10 minutes."

"Why?"

"I need to talk to you. Please?" She sighed.

"Fine. See you in 10."

"Thanks, my lady. See you in 10." He hung up and let Plagg eat some cheese before getting ready to go.

"Plagg, claws out!"

With Marinette

After she fed Tikki, whom was munching on a cookie, she started to get ready to go, but not before asking her kwami a question.

"Hey, Tikki."

"Yeah?" She responded, chewing her cookie, then swallowing it. It was then that Tikki noticed the serious expression that graced her human's face. She floated over to Marinette, worry etched on her face.

"Marinette, what's wrong? You can tell me." Marinette sighed. She wasn't sure if Tikki would understand.

"Tikki… It's Chat Noir. He sounded so serious over the phone, combined with the events from two days ago, I'm just worried about him. What do you think he needs to tell me?" She smiled at Marinette.

"I don't know, but believe me, you and Chat will always be a team, period."

"But-"

"Shush, he will not be mad at you, he likes you. Trust me, if you stop giving yourself a headache, you'll be fine." I sighed and smiled at Tikki.

"Thanks, Tikki."

"Of course. Now, if you don't want Chat to think you stood him up, you might want to hurry up and transform." I panicked.

"Tikki, spots on!"

At the Louvre

Chat Noir sat on top of the roof of the Louvre, waiting for his partner, and he was quite early. Moments later, Ladybug arrived.

"Sorry for making you wait, Chat. What did you want to talk about?" He turned around.

"Hey, Marinette." She looked shocked. How did he know who she was?!

"W-what? H-how did you figure it out?!"

"Plagg, claws in!" He de-transformed. Ladybug was shocked.

"A-A-ADRIEN?!" He smiled sheepishly.

"I actually figured it out a few hours ago. So, yeah. It's hard to explain." She was suspicious.

"I've got time." He sighed and proceeded to explain how he figured it out. She still looked shocked, and he got worried.

"Please don't be mad! I'm still the same Adrien, just more outspoken and free as Chat Noir. But, ultimately, we're the same person." She smiled.

"Tikki, spots off!" She de-transformed. Plagg actually fell to the floor upon seeing Tikki. Adrien smiled nervously.

"Are you mad?"

"Of course not, Adrien or Chat Noir, I still love you-I-I mean, LIKE you, y-you k-k-know as-"He laughed.

"Relax, Bugaboo, I like you too. Maybe we could get to know each other before we start to think about dating?" She blushed furiously.

"I-I'd like that. But don't let this affect how we work together. When the masks are on, we are Ladybug and Chat Noir, period." He smirked.

"Yes, I know that, but when the masks are off," He pulled Marinette close. "You're still My Lady!"

"Yeah, yeah. What do I see in you?" She almost regretted saying that, because her feet were off the ground, and Adrien was spinning her wildly, so she reacted like this.

"Adrien Agreste, PUT ME DOWN!"

"Nope!" She giggled as she still was spinning. He finally put her down and they just stared at each other, adoration in their eyes. They looked over at their kwami. Plagg was attempting to speak to Tikki, and was failing miserably. Tikki was just giggling, but then he saw her laughing and got an idea.

"You think that's funny, don't you?" He then went and started tickling her. She giggled uncontrollably.

"P-P-PLAAAGG! S-Stop it!"

"Nope!" Marinette giggled.

"Now I see where he gets it from." He smiled teasingly.

"What's that supposed to mean?" She blinked innocently.

"Nothing! Tikki, we're leaving!" Plagg held her to him.

"Sorry, but I'm holding her captive! If you want her back, bring a can of Camembert to Adrien's house, pronto!" Tikki giggled, and Adrien smiled teasingly.

"Seems like he's taken a liking to your kwami." Marinette grinned.

"Let them have their fun, but Plagg, if I bring the cheese to the house, you give me my kwami back."

"May-be." She rolled her eyes playfully. They walked out of the Louvre without being seen, and once they ended up going to Marinette's house, Plagg (still holding Tikki), hid in her purse, and she walked in through the door, Adrien behind her, and luckily, her parents were doing something, so they quickly headed to her room, and Adrien just waited outside as she cleaned her room and "cleaned" the walls (aka taking off all of the posters and pictures of Adrien, and replacing her desktop background with a picture of the Eiffel Tower). She put all the pictures of Adrien away, save for one of her and Adrien, and then let him in. He sat down on the computer chair, Plagg and Tikki sat on the desk, Plagg waiting for his cheese. Marinette came back up with a bowl of Cheddar cheese squares.

"I didn't have Camembert, but Tikki likes Cheddar cheese with her crackers, so I usually get that one. Is that okay?" Adrien half-expected Plagg to say he wanted Camembert.

"Oh, then that's fine. Ladies' choice, after all." Adrien's jaw dropped. Plagg NEVER gave up his Camembert! He smiled at Tikki.

"Tikki, you are welcome in my house whenever you want. I have never seen Plagg give up his cheese. You're a miracle worker!" Tikki blushed.

"O-oh, i-is that s-so? That's really sweet of him. Thank you, Plagg." She pecked him on the cheek, causing him to blush a bit.

"No problem, anything for you." She blushed. Marinette smiled at the two kwami as they chatted over their cheese. Adrien walked over to Marinette and sat with her on the bed and wrapped his arm around her waist. She smiled up at him, blushing.

"Hey, Adrien."

"Yes, My Lady?"

"Did you really have a crush on Ladybug?" He scratched his head sheepishly.

"Umm, well, yeah, but eventually, as we started hanging out more, I developed a crush on you. But let me tell you this: As you said to me, Ladybug or Marinette, I will still like you a lot, and it won't mess up our friendship. I promise." She smiled and he pecked her on the forehead. Eventually, it was around 9:00, and Adrien, as Chat Noir, bid Marinette goodbye as he went to his own house since it was a school night. They both slept, waiting to see what would happen now that they knew of the others crime fighting double life.

The next day

Marinette's POV

I woke up earlier than usual, and of course the first thing on my mind is that Adrian is Chat Noir. I felt my heart speed up at the thought that I've been with Adrien every day and never knew it. I was excited to see where we may go from here. As soon as I finished getting ready, I interrogated Tikki, for I wasn't the only one that was having a little fun.

"Tikki, are you excited to be with your crush?" She blushed and glared at me a little.

"H-Hey! P-Plagg is not my crush!"

"I never said Plagg, now did I?" She rolled her eyes and hid in my purse. I heard her mumble.

"I don't wanna talk about it." I smirked in victory. I went downstairs and ate breakfast, seeing my parents come to open the bakery.

"Hi Mama, Papa." They smiled.

"Hello Mari, sleep well?"

"I did, in fact. Did you?"

"Yes, now you should be on your way to school. Don't want to keep Adrien waiting." I blushed.

"Mama!"

"Oh, I'm just kidding. Go on now, and take this cupcake while you're at it, and an extra for Adrien."

"*sigh* Thanks Mama!" I bolted out the door and placed the cupcakes in a container, and left for school. Then I saw Alya walking towards me.

"Hey girl! So, who are those cupcakes for?" I smiled.

"Hey. My mom let me take one, and the other one is for…"

"It's for…?"

"*sigh* Adrien." She squealed in joy, but then smirked as we were arriving at school. I wondered why, but then I turned around as we arrived at the stairs, and saw Adrien and Nino, whom noticed we were there, Nino waved to Alya, but went to go retrieve something while Adrien walked over to us.

"Hey Alya." He wrapped and arm around my waist. "Hey Princess." I blushed.

"H-Hey Adrien. Umm, here." I handed him his cupcake container. "My mom said to bring one for you. Hope you enjoy it." He smiled and was about to take a bite, but then realized something. He put his finger on the frosting and scooped a little of it.

"Hey Mari, turn to the side for a sec." I did as told, suspicious. He poked my cheek with the finger that had frosting. I looked at him with a playful, shocked look. He snickered.

"You have a little frosting on your face. I'll get it." He leaned close to my cheek and kissed my cheek. Somehow, it got the frosting off. Alya looked at us in playful shock.

"What is happening? Are you two together?!" We shook our heads, but Adrien answered.

"No, but we are closer than we used to be." Alya seemed satisfied.

"Fine. Just be good with her Agreste. Or I will hurt you. Just wait until Chloé sees you two." We dual rolled our eyes.

"As if we can't take her." We walked into class, Adrien and I with smiles on our faces. He turned to me.

"Shall we, My Lady?" I smiled and linked my arm in his.

"We shall, Kitty." We walked into class, ignoring Chloé's protests, and sat in our seats, as class began.

But so did a new chapter in my relationship with Adrien.

A/N: AAAAHHH! I AM PROUD OF MYSELF FOR GETTING THIS DONE. Anyway, I am actually really happy I finished, and I hope you all like it. I am seriously enjoying this ship, and just wanted to do a little series for it. So, R&R, and follow and favorite and see you in the next chapter. Bye Bye!~AquaBailarina15