This one was requested by Shiranai Atsune. it was their idea and concept... I just rolled with it. I hope ya'll like it. anyway... enjoy!

~inudigifan201

Ch, 1. When Nino finds out

Nino couldn't believe his eyes. He didn't mean to look, but when a friend of yours runs in the opposite direction than everyone else who are fleeing from danger, heads turn and wonder where they are going.

There she was, Ladybug in all her spotted glory. She soon used her trusty yo-yo as a grappling hook and leapt into action.

Nino, hiding behind the corner of a building, stood there with his mouth wide open. He was dumbfounded. 'Marinette is Ladybug?' He asked himself in thought because sound was having a hard time coming out of his mouth at the moment. 'Ladybug is Marinette!'

His feet moved on their own to the battle. He removed his glasses and rubbed his eyes with his thumb and forefinger. Perhaps his eyes were playing tricks on him… or not. He watched as Ladybug… no Marinette and Cat Noir fought the akuma victim of the day in utter amazement.

'She does this every day?!' He still couldn't speak. 'How did I not see this sooner? I mean, she's always missing and stuff…'

Before he knew it the battle was over. Cat Noir had used his powers at the beginning of the battle, so he had less time to stick around. Marinette was about to leave before a certain DJ finally found his voice.

"Ladybug!" He ran over to her and waved his arms around to get her attention.

"Is something wrong Ni… citizen?" She asked him as soon as he caught up to her.

He huffed for a few seconds and then looked her in the eyes. "Oh nothing's wrong dude, I just wanna talk."

She made a sour face as her earrings beeped at her to let her know she was running out of time. "Maybe later, I need to go."

"I know." He spoke sharply. "I know who you are."

"What?" She became confused and concerned at the same time.

"I know who you are under the mask because I saw you transform earlier." He explained.

"What?!" She became frantic waving her arms around. "Did you tell anybody?"

"No, no… just you. I promise." He gave her a reassuring smile to help calm her down.

"Not even Alya?" She raised an eyebrow under her mask.

"I know I'm her boyfriend and I'm supposed to tell her everything, but this is one thing I'm pretty sure I shouldn't let her… she might never leave you alone, she might try to help and get hurt…" He scratched the back of his head.

She smiled and nodded. "Thanks."

"But I wanna help." He smiled at her.

"But…" She became confused again. "Weren't you just worried about Alya…"

"I wanna help keep your secret, with reasons why you're not around. Lead Alya off your trail." He smiled wide. "I could be like Alfred to your Batman!" he then chuckled a little. "Er woman." He corrected himself.

She burst into a fit of laughter. "I… didn't… know… you… like… comic books… too." She continued to laugh. "You… Alya… made… for… each other" Her earrings beeped again. "I need to go." She waved at him. "We'll talk about this later." With that she whisked herself away.

"Nino!" He heard a voice come from behind him. He looked back and saw his girlfriend running toward him.

"Hey Alya!" He smiled and waved at her.

She crossed her arms as soon as she reached him. "You were talking to Ladybug without me?" She seemed mad. "You know how much the Lady-Blog means to me."

"Oh, right." He scratched the back of his head and smiled nervously.

She rolled her eyes and smiled anyway. "So what was all that about?" She shrugged.

"Um…" He thought for a moment. "I wanted to thank Ladybug for saving my life… I was gonna thank Cat Noir too, but he spilt before I could say anything."

She cocked an eyebrow. "But I recorded the whole fight… you were all the way over there." She pointed to the building at the end of the street.

"Oh, right. I was thanking her for saving Paris… again." He gave her a nervous laugh. "Super heroes really need all the thanks they can get. Because super hero-ing is hard work and very dangerous."

She rolled her eyes and swayed her hips. "Um, hum."

"Ah come on babe. Do you really think I would cheat?" He crossed his arms.

She gave him a condescending look. "I don't know, would you?"

"No!" He huffed. "Besides." He crossed his arms. "Ladybug knows you and I are dating."

She became confused. "How?"

He smiled at her. "Told her myself." He kissed her on the cheek. "She even said you and I are made for one other."

She rolled her eyes. "I guess I'll just have to ask her myself."

He rolled his eyes. "You do that babe. You'll see. I'm telling the truth." 'Mostly.'

School seemed so foreign the next day as Nino climbed the steps leading into the building. He noticed his best friend Adrien had already arrived and was scribbling something down on a paper.

"Hey bro." Nino called out and waved to his blonde bestie.

"Hey Nino." Adrien looked up from what he was writing, smiled, and returned the wave.

Nino sat down next to him and glanced at the paper. "Another poem?" he asked out of curiosity.

Adrien groaned and balled up the paper. "I just can't put the right words down." He shoved the paper ball into his messenger bag.

Nino patted him on the back. "Don't worry bro. You'll figure it out."

Adrien smiled. "You're right."

The warning bell to signal the students to start to find their classrooms rang.

"We should probably get to class." Adrien chuckled a little as he stood up.

Nino nodded. "Ya." He stood up too.

They soon were in their classroom. Most of their classmates were already there. Nino smiled and waved at Alya and Marinette. "Good morning ladies."

"Good morning." They both chimed and waved back.

"Good morning Ladies." Adrien smiled and waved as well.

"Good morning." Alya smiled.

"G…Good… Morn… Morning! Morning! Good morning!" Marinette stuttered and blushed.

Alya giggled and elbowed her in the gut lightly.

Adrien smiled and shrugged as he sat down next to Nino.

The morning classes seemed uneventful. Adrien attempted to write a poem he didn't hate as Nino scribbled in his own notebook.

Alya slid Marinette a sheet of paper. "What's up with the boys?" It read.

"Heck if I know." Marinette wrote back.

"Both have been acting weird all morning." Alya slid it back.

"Ya… should we be worried?" Marinette hid the paper under her book as the teacher passed. She then slid it back.

"Good question." As soon as Marinette read the last sentence, the bell rang for lunch.

Before another word could be spoken, or written, Nino grabbed Marinette by the arm and ran out the room.

Alya and Adrien both stared at the empty seats that their friends left behind.

"What just happened?" He looked up at her.

She scowled. "I don't know, but I want answers." She crossed her arms.

Nino finally let go of Marinette when they got to an alleyway near the school. He smiled at her as she was trying to catch her breath. "So did you think about my offer?"

She gave him a stern look as she held her knees gasping for air. "You do realize you just technically kidnapped me. Right?"

"Oh." He scratched the back of his head. "Sorry about that dude. My bad. I was just too excited." He pulled his notebook from his bag. "I just wanted to show you some really good excuses I came up with in class."

She took the notebook and looked over what he had written. She then handed it back to him. "I appreciate that you want to help, but you said yourself it's dangerous. I couldn't live with myself if any of my friends got hurt." She began to walk away.

"But!" He tried to stop her.

"No! Just… No!" She looked back at him with a concerned expression. She then started walking back to the school once more.

"Then how about I can be just someone to talk too about it all? You must feel so alone. I know you and Cat Noir don't know who each other are… it must be frustrating to have someone you can talk too, but them not understanding your point of view because they don't know who you really are. I know I probably don't understand everything myself, but I wanna help." He kicked a can that rested at his foot.

She stopped in her tracks and sighed. "Fine."

A smile lit up his face.

She looked back at him with another stern gaze as she pointed to the sky. "But if I even have the slightest feeling your life is in danger; that's it. Got it?"

He nodded. "Yes mam."

"And Alya and Adrien can't know." She added.

He nodded some more. "You got it boss."

She let out a deep sigh. "I don't know what I'd do if Adrien got hurt because of me."

A lightbulb went off in his brain. "Oh, right. I forgot you have a crush on him." He chuckled a little. "It a good thing he likes you back… now if only he knew you're Ladybug." He put his hand to his chin.

She blushed tremendously. "He likes me back?" She smiled wide. "He likes me back!" She almost jumped.

He starched the back of his head as he gave her a nervous smile. "As Ladybug… he doesn't know who you are under the mask."

Her blush faded as she pouted. "Oh." She then waved it off and smiled again. "But it's a start."

"True that dude." He chuckled.

She rolled her eyes and started to walk back to the school. "Come along Alfred, our friends are probably worried sick." She giggled.

He chuckled a little himself. "You got it Miss Wayne." He fell instep behind her.