The school bell rang as everyone began walking into school to start another day. The sun had not quite risen fully yet, and so there was a warm orange glow cast over the schoolyard.

Marinette and Alya were walking to school, laughing and joking together as they always had. Their friendship was stronger than it had ever been, especially now that Marinette could more openly talk about her entire day with Alya.

"-and I could still taste those eggs in my mouth the whole rest of the day. And that's why I'm probably not ever going to let any male fans kiss me on the lips again."

"Guess I should cancel that charity reward I promised on the Ladyblog then," Alya chuckled.

"Ha-ha." "Unless… Wait, Adrien's rich, isn't he? Do you think if you set one of those up, he would want to donate enough money to win!?"

"Marinette, I was joking."

Behind them, a limousine pulled up to the front of the school.

"Oh, look! There he is!" Marinette called. "Do you think it'd be ok to let him see me? I don't know if I did my hair right today."

Alya smirked at her friend, shaking her head from behind Mari's back.

Adrien opened the door as he and Nino began to climb out of their seats.

"Thanks for the ride, sir!" Adrien called out to his bodyguard. The "Gorilla" grunted in response.

Nino got out too, but stayed behind to talk to the silent man.

"So, let me get this straight… you knew that Adrien was Chat Noir the whole time?" Nino asked him.

The bodyguard shifted his cold gaze over to Nino.

"Of course," he responded, in his usual gruff, monotone voice. "He and Chat Noir look exactly alike. And every time one of those monsters starts attacking, he always makes me pull over and then runs off and remains gone for a long time. Then Ladybug and Chat Noir save the day and he suddenly comes back. I ain't stupid. … See you around, kid."

With that, he drove off. Nino scratched his head, but shrugged and decided to continue walking.

"CONFIRM: Do you really want to delete these 2 videos?" a message on Alya's phone read. Alya bit her lip, contemplating. But ultimately, she hit "Yes" and the phone beeped in confirmation.

As she sighed in satisfaction, Nino walked up to her.

He looked over at Marinette, who had begun "discreetly" trailing Adrien as he walked to the door. Adrien eventually noticed her and greeted her with his usual enthusiasm. Marinette stood straight and stammered out a response that neither of them could hear. Alya giggled at the sight.

"Soooo, when are we having that other conversation?" Nino asked her.

"Ehhh, honestly probably never," Alya remarked. "At this rate, I think if they're going to find out who the other is, they should figure that out by themselves."

Nino scoffed. "Good luck with that. Those two are probably in the biggest entangled web of crushes and relationships and they don't even know it. Marinette loves Adrien? Adrien loves Ladybug? Ladybug can't stand Chat? It's the most confusing love triangle since Twilight."

Alya's eyes widened. "Wait a minute… Adrien is in love with Ladybug?"

Nino tensed up as he realized his mistake.

"Oh, dang it."

"Oh, this just got so much juicier!" she declared with an evil smile, as she began to follow Marinette and Adrien with a devious look on her face.

"Alya, wait!" Nino called out to her. "Oh, Adrien's totally gonna scratch me up…"

And so, we kept our promise. No more secrets. The cat was completely out of the bag.

…Well, sort of.

Marinette still doesn't know that Nino was the one who found her out. And I'm preeeetty sure Nino hasn't told Adrien that I know his secret identity either. And of course… neither of them knows just how close their bond really is with each other.

Man, it's going to be so hilarious and sweet to see unfold, when that time finally comes.

But until then... their friends will always have their back. They say you're supposed to keep your friends close to you at all times. But me and Mari, and Adrien and Nino? And me and Nino too?

We're all so much closer than that.

Aaaaaaand that's the end!

Thank you for all reading, and for the lovely comments. This is the first fanfic I've written (in anything) in over three years, following a long period of writer's block mixed with busy life. But you guys reminded me what I used to love about doing this, so I'm very grateful. :)

There's tons of reveal fics of course, but I always thought the idea of Alya finding out Adrien was Chat Noir and vice versa with Nino would be a cool idea. Sorry I never got to the BIG reveal here. I was planning to leave some room for a potential sequel. I don't know if I'll ever get to that though, especially now that we know some of the huge changes Season 2 is going to bring to the table regarding some of these characters (I was actually in a rush to get this out while it could still be considered "canon compliant" :P).

I dunno, we'll see how I feel about it down the line. I am a bit interested in doing something about how Marinette's father found out her secret, though. So that could be a thing. In any case, I'm glad I put this out and I'm glad you all liked it.