A/N: Welcome one and all to the grand, epic, mystical, amazing, other adjectives that you can string together that could be excitement, finale of this fiction! It's been…an adventure writing this story and I've thoroughly enjoyed the writing process, as well as reading all the reviews, I've taken a few things into consideration and I hope the wrap up of this fiction satisfies! Without further ado, onto the story!
Adrien shot up with an abrupt cough and looked at his hand, he had forgotten about his nose when he had fallen asleep, it felt like most of his face was on fire as he staggered to the bathroom, blood had dried and caked over his top lip as he stared at his appearance, he looked like he just got home from a bar fight, although, that would probably be better than how he actually received these injuries.
He coughed again, mucus and dried blood falling into the sink in a disgusting combination of green and red and he half glared, half grimaced at it as he washed it down the sink.
"Plagg!" He exclaimed quickly, the small black Kwami floated into the bathroom and rubbed at his eyes.
"What?" He asked in confusion.
"I need you to do something about this," He pointed to his nose and the bruised eye next to it "I can't be walking around looking like my face was introduced to the broad side of a brick wall."
Plagg watched the boy impassively for a few seconds "I'll fix the nose and the eye, I'm leaving the busted lip though."
"Why?" Adrien asked
"Punishment for being stupid." Plagg replied blankly
"Hey, I said I'd be more careful," Adrien defended "Besides, I'm a superhero that is trying to stop evil in my spare time, I mean, danger is kind of part of the job description."
"There's a difference between danger and recklessness, a big one," Plagg shot at him "Danger exists all the time, but recklessness is what gets you killed."
"And I said I'd be more careful!" Adrien fumed.
"Tough, I'm not fixing the lip, it can serve as a reminder for the promise till it heals." Plagg crossed his arms stubbornly.
Adrien raked a hand through his hair "What am I even going to tell people?"
"Tell them one of the knights caught you yesterday but Cat Noir saved you or something," Plagg offered as Adrien held up his ring, Plagg hovered over the top of it for a moment "It's not entirely untrue, the knights did get you and you saved yourself, so in a manner of speaking it's not lying."
"Oh, technicalities," Adrien rolled his eyes as Plagg absorbed into the ring, Adrien felt his face begin to heat and tingle and he clenched his fists to keep from trying to scratch at the wounds, the feeling disappeared just as quickly as it had come and Plagg leaned against the mirror calmly, Adrien inspected his nose, that now sat straight in its correct position and his face was, mostly normal, if you ignored the swollen bloodied split on his bottom lip "Well, it could be worse."
Plagg rolled his eyes "Like people would even notice your nose was a few millimeters out of whack."
"I think people would be attentive enough to notice if I had a broken nose or not." Adrien countered as he sauntered back into his room to get dressed.
Plagg just mumbled something intelligible as Adrien tossed him piece of cheese in thanks for the superhero healing.
Marinette glared at her alarm from her comfortable position within her small mountain of blankets, mentally debating how long she could put up with the sound before it drove her completely insane, her body retained only a small amount of stiffness from the hits she took the day before, Tikki already having healed her completely by the time she arrived home.
She relented after a few more moments moving over to her phone and sliding her finger over the screen to silence it, Tikki emerged from the pile of blankets slowly and peered at her "What time is it?"
Marinette was half way through tying her hair up when she glanced at the Kwami, one hair tie hanging in her mouth, her finished her right pig tail and started the second one as she opened her phone, her eyes widened as her face blanked.
"Classes started an hour ago?!" She let out in a panicked scream, she grabbed her purse and bag and darted from the room, finishing her hair up as she ran down the stairs and onto the street, Tikki managed to slip into the girls purse before they reached the store.
Marinette looked through the window of her classroom slowly, her teacher turned back to the blackboard and she opened the door slowly and crept inside as he slid the door closed the hinges decided to let out a traitorous squeak and the girl started.
"Marinette, when we come late, we try not to draw attention to ourselves." The teacher noted, turning around to give the girl a flat look.
Marinette chuckled nervously and scratched the back of her head "Sorry."
The teacher just nodded and moved back to the board, Marinette sat down with a quiet sigh and peered around the room, she frowned at the empty seat beside her and leaned over and tapped Nino on the shoulder, the boy looked up at her with a raised eyebrow.
Marinette gestured to the spot beside her "What happened?"
Nino glanced at the spot for a second before he spoke "She thought Chloe was Ladybug and got suspended for snooping around in her locker."
Marinette stared at the boy blankly, her mouth hung agape as she failed to find words to effectively express her surprise.
"They don't even have the same hair color!" Adrien practically hissed.
Marinette started slightly at the voice, the boy glanced at Chloe out of the corner of his eye with a grimace, Nino raised his palms calmly "Look, I thought she was off base too, but you know Alya, once she gets something in her head."
"She's incredibly stubborn about it," Marinette sighed and nodded as she sat back down with a thud "Still Chloe?"
Adrien started talking animatedly to Nino as the teacher turned around "Adrien, if you can't keep your chatting quiet move away from Nino, sit next to Marinette, hopefully her silence will rub off on you."
Adrien nodded his head quickly and grabbed his bag and books, shifting them over and aisle he sat down next to Marinette with a quick grin, the girls eyes were drawn to the large healing cut on his lip and she lifted an eyebrow "You fight a battle?"
Adrien glanced at her in surprise, she gestured to her bottom lip quickly and his eyes widened in realization, he tilted his head slightly to the side and smirked "Maybe I did, maybe I was taking on an army of medieval knights with nothing but my bare hands!" He exclaimed in hushed whisper, throwing his hands into the air.
Marinette giggled into the back of her hand and glanced at the teacher, who was busy writing something onto the board "Well, that would be an interesting tale sir."
"Does the princess wish to hear it?" Adrien asked confidentially, flashing a grin and raising his eyebrow slightly.
Marinette eyed him for a moment, momentarily forgetting she was talking to Adrien and not Cat Noir "Well Kitty, I'd won't say I'm not interested." She quipped back before she could really stop herself, or think about what she said.
Adrien paused, he froze for a moment and just stared at her in surprise, he opened his mouth to speak before something flickered onto the wall at the front of the class, the principle was standing next to a dark skinned girl dressed in all black and white, a signal wave on her chest as she smirked the black butterfly mask of an Akuma obscured her face and her dark magenta eyes glinted slightly as she spoke "I'm Lady Wifi, revealer of the truth! For our first expose, your principle would like to share a little something with you all."
Mr. Damocles stiffened slightly when the girl glared at him before she spoke again "So, is it true you wrongfully suspended a student named Alya today?"
"Uh…Yes it is." Mr. Damocles answered quietly
"You admit to being bias? Unjust? Completely unfair?" Lady Wifi demanded, Marinette frowned at the phone in the girls hand, the small Ladybug strap hanging from the end caused her eyes to widen slightly.
"Yes, I was." Mr. Damocles sighed in response.
Marinette's eyes affixed to the desk in front of her as the principle was frozen by a dark purple pause symbol, Adrien glanced at the girl beside him worriedly "Marinette?"
Marinette started at the worried tone of voice and sent a nervous smile his way "T-That, just really looked like Alya."
Adrien's eyes widened, he understood that feeling, when Nino became the bubbler it was the same "Don't beat yourself up over it, nothing you could have done, just leave it to Ladybug and Cat Noir." He placed his hand on her shoulder and gave it a reassuring squeeze.
The video feed cut off and the teacher looked around "Everyone, for your own safety I suggest getting home, remember to read chapters four and five."
The students darted to their feet and bolted, Marinette slammed through the door of the girls bathroom and looked around "Tikki lets go."
"You're going to have to fight your best friend." Tikki noted quickly.
"No, I'm going to save my best friend." Marinette corrected simply as Tikki flew into the girls earrings, Marinette's suit appeared with a quick flash as she drew her mask over her eyes and slid out of the small window in at the end of the bathroom and pulled herself onto a roof opposite the school, she turned and darted towards the hotel.
Adrien ducked into the bathroom quickly and Plagg floated in front of him "Very smooth pretty boy, why not just say, Oh, I'm Cat Noir and I was fighting knights yesterday." The small black cat rolled his eyes.
"Now is not the time Plagg." Adrien sighed as he grinned and held up his ring, Plagg simply shrugged as he was pulled into the ring, Cat Noir extended his staff and flipped through one of the open windows on the schools roof. He glanced around for a moment before he spotted Ladybug making a beeline for the hotel and followed after her.
Ladybug landed with a light thud on a building opposite the hotel, she pulled up her compact calmly and looked through the window of Chloe's room, the girl was dressed in a replica of her suit and tossing a toy yoyo around, Ladybug rolled her eyes at the sight and crouched down calmly.
"Spying milady?" Cat Noir's overly confident voice reached her ears and she started and glanced at him, it must have been a trick of the light, he appeared much more handsome against the backdrop of the afternoon sky and she turned her head forward stubbornly.
"What, did you actually think that was me?" Ladybug cracked an eye open and glanced at him.
He actually looked offended "I would never confuse you with," his staff clicked open slightly and he grimaced "That." He hissed.
Ladybug chuckled when a bright pink light cut off their vision from the room, she gestured with her head and the two darted across the square and rolled through the door.
"Who are you?" Lady Wifi demanded
Cat Noir gestured to himself and flexed his arms above him with a frown, his body language just asking 'really?'
Ladybug ran a hand over her face and rolled her eyes, at least he was being a little bit more like himself, that was kind of a plus, in a way.
"I thought she was Ladybug," Lady Wifi gestured to Chloe, who was frozen in the centre of them before the girl in black shrugged, she drew a quick line on her phone and Chloe tripped forward and toppled towards her bed "Not that it matters, the unmasking of Ladybug happens tonight!"
A purple disc flew forward and Cat Noir ducked under it before darting forward, Lady Wifi hit something on her phone and Cat slid to a stop as what may as well have been a wall of purple flew towards him, his staff flew into his hand and he grabbed Ladybug by the arm and pulled her behind him as he spun his staff, cutting a clean hole through it, Ladybug tapped his arm and mouthed 'follow me' he inclined his head as she darted to the right, he went left as she stepped onto the eave and flipped over Lady Wifi and bolted into the hallway, he slid under the villains legs and followed after Ladybug quickly, stepping to the side as a purple pause symbol planted itself of the wall beside his head, Ladybug dived into the stairwell and he followed after her, door swinging closed behind them as they darted down the stairs.
"Wanna share your plan with me?" Cat Noir asked as they descended flights of steps.
"She draws her powers from her phone, if we go to where there is no signal," Ladybug explained dodging back as a purple lock symbol landed near her feet "No more powers."
"Easy cleanse for us," Cat Noir chuckled another disc flew passed his head and rolled out of the way "Farther down."
She nodded as they reached the bottom floor, the turned and spun their weapons and waited for Lady Wifi to follow them, a purple disc landed at Ladybugs feet and their heads shot up, Lady Wifi paused and glanced at her phone before glaring down at them "How can we be expected to trust you if you don't even tell us who you are?!" She demanded before darting back up the stairs.
Ladybug let out a quick curse and Cat Noir glanced at her "What do you do when you're not doing this?"
Ladybug glanced at him for a moment and moved passed him to run up the stairs "I don't think now's the best time." She replied honestly.
"Implying you'd tell me some other time?" Cat asked as they moved up the stairs.
"She's locked the doors," Ladybug groaned in irritation "I design clothes, okay, I want to be a designer."
Cat chuckled "I'm a model."
Ladybug glanced at him "That explains why you want to keep your pretty face intact," He frowned when she noticed the split on his lip "What about that, how come it hasn't healed?"
"My Kwami told me it was teach me a lesson." Cat Noir answered with a shrug.
"You have a Kwami too?" Ladybug asked curiously
"Yeah, he's this little lazy black cat that eats cheese." Cat Noir answered as they found a door that didn't have a locked symbol on it.
"Pop quiz ends here kitty," Ladybug chuckled "Ready?"
Cat Noir nodded and his grip on his staff tightened as they shifted and Ladybug began counting down from three, they both burst through the door and looked around quickly finding nothing but an empty dining room with a few mobile phones spread around the tables.
"Well, I was ready." Cat Noir gestured to himself and grinned.
Ladybug rolled her eyes as they walked into the room slowly, a glow emanated from the phone on the centre table as Lady Wifi slowly appeared above it, the moment she arrived she let out a loud laugh and threw a locked symbol on the door behind them, Cat Noir dived and rolled out of the way as she sent discs flying at him in rapid succession.
"I thought she wanted to know who you were," Cat exclaimed as he jumped into the air and extended his staff, using it to push himself back to the ground before she could hit him, he ducked a weaved "This doesn't seem fair."
Ladybug tossed her yoyo forward and Lady Wifi glanced at her and quickly melted away, her yoyo struck air and the villain appeared over a different table and sent another disc at Cat Noir who jumped the first and rolled his staff in front of himself to block the second, the impact sent him slamming into the wall with a groan as Lady Wifi turned to Ladybug.
Ladybug widened her stance slightly and spun her yoyo above her as she moved, Lady wifi sent a few discs at her with a quick flick of her wrist and Ladybug cut them in half with her yoyo and eyed the girl calmly, Cat Noir got back to his feet slowly and Lady Wifi snapped around, sending another lock at him that he jumped back to dodge, he flew through a door that led into a hallway and Lady Wifi locked it behind him.
Ladybug glanced a the door and spun her yoyo in a quick movement, it shot towards Lady Wifi, who disappeared above the phone a reappeared a small distance from Ladybug, she rolled forward, yoyo flipped around and snapping the phones in half in a rapid motion as she spun out of the way of the discs "I think it's about time we localized your connection." Ladybug joked with a laugh as Lady Wifi jumped back.
Cat Noir flew through the window with a grin, glass shattering around him as he flew over the top of Lady Wifi's head as she ducked under him "And I thought my cat puns were bad."
"Not everyone can be as impressed with themselves as you kitty." Ladybug replied simply.
Lady Wifi growled at them as he flicked a disc at Cat Noir who dodged out of the way as the pair moved into the kitchen, Cat Noir slid under the table to dodge the lock sent at him as Ladybug snatched a large pot from the table, since she didn't have enough room to use her yoyo properly in the small space, she blocked a shot that flew at her and Cat Noir was forced to spin out of the way, he toppled back and slid across the floor of the freezer, the door clicked shut behind him and Lady Wifi locked it quickly, Ladybug's head snapped over to the door in a lapse of judgment and her hand was pinned to the wall, followed closely by the opposite one.
Adrien stared at the blue roof in surprise as Plagg hovered over him, Adrien's eyes widened as he looked around "My ring!" He exclaimed as his head whipped around.
"Plagg, help me look." Adrien demanded urgently, the small black cat hovered up for a moment before flying behind one of the large shelving units.
"I can't see it." Plagg called back.
"I have to get back out there," Adrien shivered as the cold began to set in "We have to get out of here before we freeze." he dropped down and reached under the shelving, praying that whatever luck he had, didn't dry up in this moment.
Ladybug glared at Lady Wifi as the girl strode towards her, a purple ring with a camera in it appeared behind her and she grinned "Her it is ladies and gentlemen, The reveal of the century!"
Ladybug smirked as she watched the girl calmly "I promise it won't be anything quite so spectacular."
Lady Wifi growled at her and reached towards her face, taking the edges of the mask she pulled, Ladybug's head moved forward with the pull, but the mask didn't come loose, Lady Wifi glared at Ladybug angrily "Why won't it come off?"
"Magic, you think this thing was plastic or something?" Ladybug laughed "You think it would stay while I'm flipping around all over the place if it wasn't special?"
Lady Wifi lifted an eyebrow "You think your boyfriend's suit is magic enough to stop him from freezing?"
Ladybugs eyes widened as she realized Cat had fallen it not the freezer.
"Ah, that look of fear is priceless." Lady Wifi taunted with a laugh "Well, I've got bigger fish to fry." She gave a quick salute as the locks around Ladybugs arms disappeared.
She darted over to the freezer door and beat on it with her fist "Cat?!"
"Still alive," Cat called back from the inside "But I'd like to get out, I don't much like the idea of becoming a pawpsicle."
Ladybug rolled her eyes but her head snapped around the kitchen, looking for something she could use to get rid of the lock, he glanced at her compact for a moment, she used it she had a timer and there was no guarantee they would make it in time, she glanced at the door and let out a breath as she tossed it into the air, a small box fell into her hands and she flipped it.
A small symbol on the corner told her what it was made out of and she darted to the other side of the kitchen, she grabbed the microwave and threw the box into it, she pushed a table against to door and plugged the microwave in, she hit ten minutes and booted the electronic against the lock.
Adrien found his ring and sighed in relief, his lips had begun to turn purple and small segments of ice matted his hair as he slipped the ring on, he quickly transformed and heard a loud crash from outside the door and then Ladybug tore it open, she eyed him worriedly as he staggered out of the door and fell against her, she could feel how cold he was as she pushed the door closed and sat down.
But he was breathing, she cradled his head against her knees and looked around, the camera was still sitting in the corner of the room, watching the closely, her earrings beeped at her alarmingly and she looked around.
"You're gonna….change back," Cat heaved out as he pulled himself to his feet "We need…to hurry."
"I know," Ladybug forced him to stay down as she looked around, she needed to warm Cat up first, she jumped to her feet and grabbed a large black fry pan, she climbed onto one of the benches and slid the pot over the camera, she flipped a knife she had retrieved in her hand and rammed the blade through the mortar of the tiles, effectively nailing the pan over the camera, she jumped back down and darted over to Cat Noir.
Who had managed to pull himself into a position leaning against a cupboard, he eyed her carefully as she let out a few deep breaths, she lowered down beside him and he eyed her "This time it wasn't actually my fault."
"What?" Ladybug asked in confusion, her earrings beeped again but she ignored them.
"I know I'm always reckless, but I want, no I need you to be safe," Cat Noir sighed as he ran a hand through his hair "I'd never forgive myself if something happened to you."
Ladybug stared at him for a few seconds before she spoke "We are partners, superhero partners at that, neither of us will ever be safe while we are fighting," She paused and he watched her closely "I don't want you to get hurt protecting me either Cat, you are…important to me, You'd never forgive yourself? What about me? If I just let you get hurt I don't know what I'd do."
"Nursing me tenderly doesn't cross your mind?" Cat Noir joked with a grin.
"If I promised that I feel like you'd just hurt yourself more." Ladybug frowned
"I wouldn't do that," Cat paused "Much."
Ladybug rolled her eyes and placed her hands on his shoulders, she let out another breath and her hand brushed against his cheek "Still cold?"
"Freezing." Cat corrected, despite the fact that he seemed to be much better already.
She eyed him carefully "Well, I need to warm you up so you can help me, we have a bit of timer to deal with now."
Cat nodded his head slowly, he shifted to get to his feet when she pushed him back down, he lifted his head to look at her when she pressed forward, he stared at her in surprise when her lips connected with his, it wasn't the first time, but he reacted like it was and just froze there like a statue, his heart slammed against his chest and his entire body refused to listen to him as she pushed herself back, a crimson blush painted on her cheeks "Warm?" She asked
"Boiling." He replied breathlessly.
"Good, because I have a plan." She smiled and determination lit in her eyes as Cat got to his feet, her earring beeped at them and he glanced at them worriedly.
"Go to the roof and break the signal tower," Ladybug explained "When the door unlocks I'll follow after you."
Cat eyed her for a moment and nodded his head "How do I get to the roof exactly?"
Ladybug extended a hand calmly and hit a button, a small door opened and he glanced inside "Service elevator!" Ladybug exclaimed with a grin.
Cat Noir flashed a grin as he climbed inside and she hit the button to send it back up, Cat Noir tensed slightly as the small elevator came to a halt, when the door didn't open he shifted around and slammed his feet into it, it dented forward and he kicked again, the door snapped off and he rolled into the hallway as the elevator dinged, he rolled his eyes when Lady Wifi shot a glare at him and he dived through the door into the staircase, the wall over the service elevator exploded behind him and showered Ladybug with dust.
Cat Noir darted upstairs, the small orb of black appeared in his hand as he moved, he slammed his shoulder into the door and looked around the roof, the wifi tower was slightly above him and he jumped, the tower glowed and Lady Wifi appeared above it, she smirked at him as he pulled his staff into his free hand as he crushed the black orb in his fist and glared at her.
"Aren't you just as curious to see who Ladybug is?" Lady Wifi asked him simply
"Curious? Of course I am, I've been fighting together with her for a long time, we are partners, I learned more about her today than I have before, but if I found out who she is it will be because she wants me too, not because I forced her too." Cat Noir spat at her as he shifted and bolted forward.
She flicked a lock symbol at him and he slid his foot out and spun in, he swung his staff around and battered the lock straight back up at her, Lady Wifi's eyes widened and she dived out of the way as Cat Noir flipped over her and slammed his fist into the side of the signal tower, it snapped free with a metallic clank before the metal rusted and disappeared, Lady Wifi's eyes widened as he phone's signal died.
Cat Noir charged her and she jumped to her feet, a quick punch flew towards him and he shifted and blocked "Give me the phone." He growled
"Never!" Lady Wifi shot at him as she jumped back and threw a kick at him.
Cat Noir crouched low and slid forward, hand catching the girls leg as he spun, rolling her over him and flipping her, she landed on her back with a groan and the phone slipped from her grasp, sliding to Ladybugs feet, she lifted her foot and slammed her heel into the screen, it cracked and the small black butterfly flew into the air, Ladybug drew a ling on her compact and it opened, she threw it forward quickly, the Akuma being sealed inside for a moment before it cracked open and the small white butterfly flew out of it.
As things began to revert back to normal, Ladybug and Cat Noir bolted down the stairs, they reached the hotel lobby when Ladybugs earrings beeped at her in warning, she glanced around, finding only a small closet to hide in when he transformation ended.
She glanced at Cat Noir and moved towards the door, he caught her arm "I…I don't want to force you." He admitted quickly, staring into her eyes for a long moment, Ladybug glanced at his hand on her arm and for an agonizingly slow moment he thought she was going to shake him off, she swung the door to the room open and grabbed his hand, she stepped back and yanked him forward, the door swung closed behind him and she pressed him against the wall, lips capturing his in a searing kiss.
He reacted this time, his hand folded around her waist as the beeping got unbearably loud, her felt the leather of her suit disappear under his hand, he felt the mask melt away from her face, he didn't open his eyes, just pressed forward eagerly, pulling her flush to his chest in a fluid motion, he felt Plagg groan in the back of his mind and his own transformation ended.
Marinette trailed her hand over the leather as it disappeared underneath her fingertips, her hand finally came to a rest on the back of his head, raking his hair in between her fingers as his tongue prodded ever so slightly against her lip, she gasped against the kiss and her lips parted slightly as he invaded her mouth and she titled her hear back. She wasn't surprised when the air around them finally grew thin and they had to pull back, she pressed her forehead into his chest and squeezed her eyes closed, afraid to look him in the face.
Adrien pressed his nose into the top of his hair and stared at the door, only a few locks of dark hair in the corners of his vision, he didn't need to look, he knew who it was, he had figured it out a long time ago, well most of him had figured it out, her smell, her taste, her body, it was all exactly the same.
"Marinette." He let out in a breathy whisper, his mouth split into a wide grin from ear to ear against the top of her head.
The girl stiffened, with her face where it was he shouldn't be able to figure that out, she pulled back slightly and peered up slowly, her eyes finally meeting the pair of bright green emeralds of Adrien Agreste, she felt like she should have been more surprised, the warm smile on his face and light in his eyes had always been the same, her arms tightened around his back slowly and she grinned widely "This might be the best time to say it, but I've really like you forever Adrien."
She didn't think his smile could get any wider as he let out a quiet chuckle "Imagine my surprise, when milady and my princess are one and the same."
She laughed and pushed herself onto her toes to press her lips against his again.
Everything died down for a few days after that, Adrien and Marinette had parted ways to head home and due to a busy few days of modeling she didn't get a chance to speak to him.
She stared at her ceiling and sighed "Tikki, this isn't how imagined the first week of my relationship with Adrien at all." She complained
The Kwami glanced at her "Adrien and Cat Noir." She corrected
"Whatever," Marinette waved off "I mean, I get that he's busy and his dads always been kind of…well you know, but he can't even call me?"
A sharp knock at her window interrupted her rambling complaint and she started when she got to her window to find Cat Noir staring at her with a wide grin on his face.
Her eyes widened and she smoothed out her hair nervously as she opened the door, she prayed he hadn't heard her as he sauntered into the room calmly and she closed the door behind him, she drew a bundle of hair in her hand and squeezed it nervously as she bit at her lower lip and fiddled restlessly.
Cat Noir glanced at her and his eyes softened, he walked over to her slowly and wrapped his arms around her, his chin falling lightly on the top of her head as he sighed "I should have called you."
"Mmm." Marinette hummed, sensing there was more.
"A lot happened, I haven't been able to stop thinking about you at all," He sighed "Well, I used to think about you just as much but now it's much more than just a fantasy and I'm nervous and I don't entirely know what I should do."
Marinette's head lifted slightly and he glanced down, momentarily losing himself in her eyes as she watched him and listened patiently, he shifted around and laid himself across her bed, folding his arms over her stomach and placing a light kiss on the back of her head.
"I really like you Marinette," He confessed "I like all of you, but I know you've never been that fond of Cat Noir."
Marinette shifted slightly, pushing him over and planting herself on top of him, legs straddling either side of his legs as she leaned on her hands to pin him down "Don't presume to know what I like and don't like alley cat."
Cat Noir lifted an eyebrow.
"You may be flirty, have an infinite supply of awful puns," He opened his mouth to protest, but the words died in his throat as she shot him a look "And your reckless, something I plan to do something about in the future mind you, I won't have my boyfriend running around getting himself hurt because of me."
"I thought I was your partner." Cat Noir grinned as she blushed and averted her eyes for a moment.
"Y-You've been promoted," She stuttered out, she shook her head quickly and eyed him carefully as his hands moved up her waist, she lifted an eyebrow "I think you're enjoying this a little too much."
He grinned as he moved forward, flipping her onto her back and giving off a quick chuckle, his transformation disappearing from around him as he hovered over her slightly "Any guy would enjoy a girl as cute as you over him like that."
Marinette blushed and covered her face with her hands in embarrassment.
"I'm not that cute." She defended.
"Nope, my girlfriend is the cutest." He corrected himself with a grin, her fingers split apart and she watched him calculatingly.
"Really?" She asked carefully.
"Milady's lack of trust wounds me." Adrien put on a face of mock hurt and placed a hand over his heart.
Adrien's face softened as he leaned towards her, he gave her a light kiss on the cheek "You're cute Mari," He stated genuinely, he moved over her face and pressed a light kiss to her eye "I love your eyes," His finger curled a lock of her hair around it and he smiled "I love your hair."
Marinette colored darkly and pushed him away from her to breath, her entire body already feeling like it was on fire, she heard a quiet chortle and her eyes shot over to the two Kwami's, Tikki and another one, she assumed it was Adrien's, the small green eyed black cat watched the pair with amusement in his eyes, whilst Tikki had a far off dreamy expression on her face.
Adrien's face heated incredibly quickly and he moved over to his Kwami quickly, clasping the small creature in his hand he looked at Marinette, she understood the small queue and gestured to the small lockbox she had built to stow her diary, he walked over to it, removed her diary and placed the Kwami inside with a piece of cheese, Marinette handed Tikki and a cookie and the small red Kwami followed Plagg into the box.
"I'll keep him in line!" She exclaimed before giving Marinette a quick wink.
The girl blushed darkly and turned to look outside, Adrien ran a hand through his hair and walked over to her slowly, he placed a hand on her shoulder and she leaned backwards into him calmly and sighed.
The pair stayed like that for awhile, staring out her window at the lights of Paris they could see from Marinette's window, Adrien nuzzled the back of her head and her hand traced lazy circles on his forearm.
"I love you." Adrien whispered
Marinette turned her head to look up at him and smiled warmly at the nervous blush that painted his cheeks as he kept his eyes glued on the world outside her room, she placed a hand against his cheek and turned his head, making him look at her as she leaned up and pressed a lingering kiss on his lips.
"I love you too."
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A/N: Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, that's my long sigh of relief, done, finished, 100% complete, rounding it all off with a confession. I really hope you all enjoyed the wrap up and I hope it wasn't too cliché or cheesy, well, I mean I know it's cheesy, but I hope it's not that cheesy you know? Well, with the end of this fiction I will smooth out the details of my next one and get that up some point tomorrow (Hopefully.) I'd like to thank everyone who followed, favorited, reviewed and read, you guys are awesome and I'm really glad there were so many people who enjoyed my writing and I hope to see you in my next Miraculous fiction as I endeavor to improve my writing further.
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NitenGale: I agree, Cat's recklessness is kind of a character trait for him, as I sort of touched on in this chapter it's something that he will always have, he won't just not protect Ladybug even if she'd rather him not get hurt, so with Marinette's promises of figuring something out, I think that's about as good as I think it's going to get with him as far it goes this story does primarily focus on the romance leading up to the reveal more than anything else, I do plan to cover much more in future fictions inside this fandom though :)
And with that, the story is over, another big thanks to everyone who stopped in to read, or stops in the future to check this story out, I really hope you all enjoy this story as much as I enjoyed writing it and with that I will see you guys in the next one, peace!