The Romantic Adventures of The Miraculous Ladybug and Cat Noir

Adrien put the finishing touches on the dinner table.

"There!" He smirked at his work. He had been working on this for hours. the table was covered by a table sheet, with a bouquet of roses in the middle. He had a stereo playing some romantic violin music. A million little Christmas lights covered the area. He wiped his brow. It had been difficult getting all the lights but Ladybug was worth it.

He looked up at the sky, seeing how close it was to sunset. He smirked again. He had picked the perfect view; it was hard not to be perfect on top of the Eiffel Tower. He had pulled quite a few strings-as Cat Noir and Adrien- in order to get this spot private. When the sun set, all of Paris lit up. It was almost time.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" His kwami, Plagg, came out of his jacket. Adrien nodded.

"Tonight, Ladybug will know how I truly feel."

"Dude, you still don't know who she is! How do you know that you love her?"

Adrien glared at his kwami and sighed. "It's true. I don't know who she really is. But I know that I love her."

"If you love her so much, why can't you figure out who her secret identity is? Wouldn't you be able to tell?"

Adrien paused to think about it. "Well, I don't hang out with girls that often." Plagg was opening up his mouth when Adrien rushed on. "I mean, I have fans who would like to be closer to me, but I don't let them because they're all into my modeling and not into me. My only friends who are girls... I only talk to them in class. I'm sure that if I got closer to whoever Ladybug's secret identity is, I would be able to tell... right?" He paused. "That, or I haven't met her secret identity yet."

Plagg rolled his eyes. "I'm sure." He said, sarcastically.

Adrien huffed and turned into Cat Noir, both to shut up Plagg and also to call Ladybug.

"Cat Noir!" Marinette glanced around and raced to a nearby building, putting the phone to her ear. "What is it? Is something wrong?"

"N-no! Of course not!" Cat Noir said, then quickly changed his story, "Actually...Yes! There's a man who's been akumatized on the Eiffel Tower! He's wreaking havoc and turning people into caterpillars! You have to get here quickly!"

He hung up on her. Marinette glanced at a tv, playing in the window of a shop. The normally first on the scene news were showing film of the local pet adoption center.

Marinette blinked at the tv, confused by the minimal reporting. She glanced in her bag, at Tikki. "Why would the news be focusing on animals when there's a villain rampaging?"

Tikki shrugged her tiny shoulders. "I don't know. But we better see what's happening!"

"You're right. Tikki! Spots on!"

Cat Noir took off his ring, trying to save as much time with Ladybug as possible.

Suddenly, he was nervous. He glanced around, pacing back and forth. "What if she doesn't like it?"

Plagg threw a piece of cheese into his mouth. He talked around it "It took you three hours to get all the lights perfect. She'll like it. And besides, what girl wouldn't like a romantic dinner on top of the Eiffel Tower?"

Adrien froze. He groaned. "Awe man! I fell right into the stereotype! All girls get this! She's special. She deserves something better!"

Plagg rolled his eyes and looked behind Adrien. "Ahh!" He hopped into the air. "Dude, change quick! She's coming! Claws out! Claws out!"

"Plagg! Claws out!"

Marinette ran to the front of the Eiffel Tower, looking and listening for a villain. Cat Noir had said that the villain was rampaging. She didn't hear anything. She decided to call.

When he picked up, she said, "Cat Noir! What's the situation? Where's the bad guy?"

"Um up here! He's ah... Oh forget it. Just come up here. You have to see it!" He hung up on her again. She stamped her foot in anger.

"OH that cat! Can't he just explain himself?" She flung her magic yo-yo up and swung up. While she was swinging, she debated with herself to just take down Cat Noir. He might have been hypnotized he was acting so strangely!

When she landed, she looked around. She glared suspiciously at the stereo that started playing as soon as she entered.

"Um...Cat Noir?" She asked, looking towards him. He was facing the sunset, holding a glass of grape juice. He took a sip and turned towards her. He had a bow tie around his neck.

"Ah, m'lady. Thank you for joining me."

"Uhh, where's the bad guy? The caterpillar—"

"There is no bad guy. The only crime that has been committed is that we are not together yet."

Ladybug blinked at him. "Ooookay. If there isn't a bad guy, I'll just be leaving then."

Cat Noir broke his calm exterior. "N-no!" He hurried closer to her, reaching out as though to physically stop her. "I-I mean..." He regained his composure and sipped his juice, as though he had not just spilled it. "Stay, for a little while. I have to tell you something."

Ladybug glanced away, but looked back into his eyes. He seemed so serious. So different compared to his normal silly self.

Eventually, she nodded. "Fine. I'll hear what you have to say."

Cat Noir grinned and held his hand out. After a second, Ladybug put her hand in his. He led her over to a chair, facing the amazing sunset.

"Wow!" She gushed over the sunset. It was indeed a beautiful day. "It's so amazing!"

"You're amazing." Cat Noir said, gazing at her. Ladybug looked at him. He was blushing. "Oh! Sorry. That was corny."

Ladybug shrugged. "It's more normal than all this." She gestured at everything around him. Cat Noir's blush deepened.

"Sorry if you feel weird. I really have to get this off of my chest."

He turned back towards the sunset, leaving Ladybug feeling awkward in her chair.

"You're amazing, Bugaboo." Cat Noir said to the sunset."You're amazing and you deserve the very best. You are awesome kind and sweet. The way you save the day, throwing yourself into battle so save people. The way you care so deeply and passionately. The way you smile and take on the world head on. The way you smile..." He drifted off, lost in his thoughts. "I love it. All of it."

Cat Noir turned back to Ladybug. "Whenever I joke about how totally in love we are, about how our electricity has the power to stop elevators, I'm not joking. I may say those things in a joking manner, but I believe it with all of my heart." He got down on his knee and took Ladybug's hand. "I believe in us with all of my heart. I love you Ladybug."

Ladybug blinked, confused. She didn't know what to say. She knew that he might have had a crush on her, but she never realized just how much he actually...loved her.

She thought back to when she had almost been frozen in time and Cat Noir had immediately sacrificed himself for her. Had he really done that because he loved her?

Cat Noir bounced on his leg, looking uncomfortable. Ladybug realized that she had not responded.

"Oh, Cat Noir..." She looked in his eyes...only to have other green eyes fill up her memory. Adrien's.

She thought of Adrien and his amazing kind personality. She thought of all of her dreams of being with him. She thought of how he always tried to make everyone included. How when he was in danger, he immediately checked on others first, despite not having powers. She struggled to think of Cat Noir more but Adrien kept filling up her heart.

She looked away from Cat Noir. "I'm sorry...but I like someone else."

Cat Noir felt his heart break.

It physically broke. The love of his life loved someone else. He felt like throwing up, but nothing ailed his stomach. He felt like making his brain stop, so he wouldn't ever think about this moment again.

But of course he could not.

"O-oh." Cat Noir stood up. "Well."

Cat Noir tried to think of something witty to say, something that would make him smile despite his broken heart.

He couldn't.

"Guess I'll see you later."

He turned away and made his staff lengthen.

He heard Ladybug get up. "Cat Noir, wait!"

He didn't wait. He ran away.