Last chapter! ^_^ Thank you everyone! ^_^

To scarred- Relax, I thought I'd do a nice story to start off with :P

Everything restored, she mentally ticked her check list. Now, Chat-?

"Chat?" She breathed tentatively. At the sound of her voice, he peered through his blood-stained fingers, groaning and grimacing. "Are you OK?" His eyes closed and he felt his nose.

"Well, it's not broken. I guess that's a start." With some obvious effort, he sat up. "Ugh, my head." He rubbed at his temples, frowning. He heard a sharp inhale and squinted at her as the Ladybug guise melted away. "What?"

"Aaa... Adar... Adr..."

"Oh." No ring, no kwami, no Chat Noir. "Um... Hello, Mari. Well, uh... I guess you could say the cat's out of the bag now, huh? Breathe." He encouraged. Marinette took a deep breath, eyes the widest he had ever seen them. Her head looked ready to explode, unbelievably red, like a tomato. Adrien smiled. He felt so calm. Fires had been extinguished, nothing was scarlet-tinted anymore, he didn't hate her. He didn't hate Ladybug. They were one and the same, like him and Chat Noir. While she battled to compose herself, he recovered his ring- now complete- and Plagg besides it. The cat kwami instantly called him an idiot and demanded camembert. Tikki popped up, beaming.

"Plagg!" She exclaimed happily, surging towards her counterpart. "Oh, you still smell of cheese!"

"There's nothing wrong with cheese." Plagg sniffed the air. "You smell like cookies."

"Cookies are better than cheese." Tikki mumbled. "Marinette, are you alright?"

"Adrien..." Marinette squeaked, pointing with a chronically shaking hand. Tikki glanced round at her charge's crush and giggled. Plagg rolled his eyes.

"Women. Kid, you're not going to go crazy on us now, are you?" Adrien shook his head. "OK, good. Now that that's all done and dusted, I'm off. I have a serious hankering for some good old camembert." He snickered, elbowing Tikki. "We should leave these two lovebugs alone, eh?"

"You do puns too! They're not that clever!" Tikki shook her head and silence ensued, Plagg sticking his tongue out. The magical siblings shared a quick look and voiced their hunger, racing from the building. Left their human partners to stare at each other, one completely dumbfounded and the other beyond confused. The quiet between them drew out, clogging the air. She moved first, saying nothing, drawing a handkerchief from her small bag. She proceeded to gently dab at his blood-stained face, determinedly not looking him in the eye. Adrien felt the need to break the silence, clearing his throat.

"I, I guess I... sort of overreacted." Adrien said apologetically.

"What, you? No!" Marinette waved it aside and almost started babbling again. Adrien just looked at her, forlorn. A mental image cascaded into her mind, two cat ears perched on his head, laying low. She sighed. "I overreacted, look at your face!"

"That was a mean swing. Remind me not to get on your bad side." She smiled timidly. "But I did overreact."

"It was kind of expected though." Marinette hunched her shoulders. "I'm sorry. I- Ladybug- should have been a bit more understanding."

"Chat Noir shouldn't have been such an idiot."

"But... how come you remember what happened?"

"Um... Plagg?" Adrien shrugged and made a face. Marinette smiled, heat creeping up her cheeks. "So, let me get this straight. You're Ladybug, I'm Chat Noir, you're Marinette, I'm Adrien. Chat Noir fancies Ladybug, Ladybug is Marinette, Marinette fancies Adrien- yeah, I've known for a while- Adrien is Chat Noir who may or may not also sort of fancy Marinette too." She blinked at him. "Yeah, it's making my head hurt as well." He offered her his hand, bringing hers to his lips. "How about we start over? I'm Adrien, it's nice to meet you. The real you." He added, turning her hand to read her watch. "How about I take you out for lunch? My treat." Marinette flushed crimson, excitement bubbling inside, ready to blow the top of her crazy. Damn her heart for making her feel!

"OK." She squeaked. Adrien smiled. Not a Chat Noir smile full of mischief and flirting, but the sweet Adrien smile that had pulled her in originally. "I can't believe I kept calling you 'kitty'." She continued quickly, silently reprimanding herself. If Ladybug could act cool around Chat Noir, why not Marinette around Adrien?

"That's not as bad as 'bugaboo'." He laughed nervously, taking the handkerchief when she offered, cleaning his hands.

"You purr." This time, he resembled a tomato. "And your puns are sometimes appreciated."

"I mew it."

"Adrien, your Chat Noir is showing."

"Marinette, so is your Ladybug. This is going to take some getting used to."

"Agreed. I'm glad you're alright." She smiled shyly, wringing her hands. Adrien chuckled, pocketing the reddened material. "What?"

"You and Ladybug are just so different, but I can see similarities too. I mean, that's why Ladybug acted weird around Adrien, no?" Marinette shrugged, sheepish smile in place. Adrien laughed softly, shaking his head. "I'm not going to bite, you can relax. If it helps, just give me some cat ears and a tail. Why did you keep pulling on that, by the way?"

"How else am I supposed to get your attention?"

"Well, you never tried a laser pointer."

"Ooh, good idea."

"That was sarcasm, please don't- oh no, what have I done?" Adrien pulled on his face. "How about we just get lunch first? We can talk this all over, I'm sure." He started walking towards the exit and then looked back over his shoulder, cheeky smirk tugging at the corner of his lips. "As long as you don't start foaming at the mouth and blah, bleh, bah." Marinette pursed her lips. Adrien grinned and offered her his arm. "My lady?"

"Oh yeah, we've got a lot to talk about."

"Am I in trouble?"

"From what I've heard from Tikki, Plagg can be annoying, so I'm going to take your money and buy Plagg a truckload of camembert." Adrien just nodded once, as if to say 'fair enough'. "That does explain why you smell of cheese sometimes though, I was wondering about that." She took his arm, giving herself a mental high five.

"It didn't put you off?" She shook her head. "Oh, so you are head over heels for me? Ah, that's adorable!"

"Hey, I'm not being fed here."

"Of course, of course. This way. You look like all the blood has gone to your head. You're not going to faint on me, are you?"

"I can't make any promises. Oh my god, did I really just say that?"

"Yes."

"I think I need to lie down." Marinette raised a hand to her head, wincing.

"Your arm." Adrien suddenly remembered. "My lady, lunch and explanations will have to wait. Your arm needs tending to." Marinette hesitated. Her arm felt as though it was being punctured in mulitple places with white-hot needles. Tikki may have bound it while they dealt with the Chat Blanc situation, but the day's events were catching up with her now. Adrien made a phone call to Nathalie; "My friend fell on some steps and has really hurt her arm. Can you send the Gorilla please?" He asked, giving their location. "Thank you." He pocketed his phone. "Mari, you need to rest. Sit here." Adrien directed her to the side of the room kindly, helping her sit against the wall. "You'll be OK." He smiled reassuringly, taking a seat next to her.

"Adrien Agreste is looking after me." Marinette mumbled sleepily. "I can get used to this."

"Considering your head doesn't explode." Her head didn't explode; it simply fell onto his shoulder. Her adrenaline had run low, the shock of seeing him behind the mask was beginning to wane. She was more tired than either of them realised, cradling her injured arm tentatively to her chest. Adrien's heart rate was slowly returning to normal, his lungs filling with the sweet smell of pastries and fresh bread as her hair brushed against his cheek. Her breathing shallowed as she dozed. Adrien bowed his head atop hers. "I can get used to this too."

Ending Number Two! I couldn't decide which one I liked and as you may have noticed, I added parts of Ending Number One in places, because some of that is what I wanted and the rest is what I wasn't sure about. Anyway, hope you liked it! :D