Marinette POV

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"Okay girl!" Alya shouted as we made our way up to my balcony chairs, "Its girl talk time!"

We sat down in my chairs and I sipped my hot chocolate uncertain where to start. If I said too much, I may reveal my secret.

"Well," I started, "Adrien doesn't like me, but Ladybug."

"What?" Alya exclaimed putting her hot chocolate down, "How did you figure that out."

"He admitted to it," I said slowly, "at lunch the other day."

"Nino did tell me you left together for a quick lunch, but he said I also should talk to you about what happened."

"Well, he told me the day that he rejected me he has feelings for…" I trailed off for a second and Alya made a motion for me to go on, "Ladybug."

"Well, who doesn't?" Alya snorted, "Everyone wants to be with Lady Luck, hell, sometimes I want to dump Nino for her if I swung that way."

I blushed at the thought of Alya having a crush on my alter ego, but shook it off. I sighed and pulled my legs to hold them close to me.

"Well, he sounded serious about it. He went as far as saying he was in love with her and got mad at me when I said he couldn't possibly because he didn't truly know her."

"Like how mad?" Alya questioned.

"Like yell and make a scene before leaving me behind mad." I said my eyes beginning to well up with tears, "Alya, I just…I don't think he actually can see past the superficial aspects and his celebrity crush to see me standing there waiting."

"Oh honey," Alya cooed as she sat down beside me and pulled me into a hug, "You are awesome. It's clear that Adrien isn't deserving of you."

"Why can't he see that though?" I cried.

"Boys are dumb. If he wants to pine after a woman he can never have, I say fuck…let him." Her voice full of steel and determination, "This way, he will never get over her and you can rise to the top of the Fashion World and find a better guy!"

I laughed, "Thanks Alya, you are truly my best friend."

"Who else would be? Chloe," She sputtered in disgust, "I keep it real, now we just have to tear down the shrine and form the "I hate Adrien Agreste's guts" club."

"Sounds like a plan."

Hours later after Alya was asleep in her bed, Marinette quietly went down to the kitchen for a glass of water. Tikki followed her closely behind, fretting like an old worried mom.

"Marinette," She started as I poured a glass for myself, "Are you sure you're okay?"

I turned to her and flashed her a smile, "I'm fine Tikki, or I will be. I need to move on from this and hopefully get stronger."

"I admire your strength, but what does this mean for your partnership?"

I sighed and leaned against the counter, "I will let him figure out how to go from here. I know my outburst in the café wasn't the best, but I don't think I have done anything wrong."

Tikki protested, " I don't think you're thinking rationally about this though Marinette. The glamour made it impossible for him to put two and two together."

"Tikki, to prove my point, I have something to show you. Wait here." I said as I hurried back upstairs. Quietly, I opened my door and made it to my desk to pull out an extra notebook that I have been writing in for several months though.

I looked up to where Alya was still sleeping, making sure I could hear her light snores as a I made my way back downstairs. At the counter, I opened up the notebook to about halfway through.

"Tikki, look at the date and contents about this." I said pointing at the page. She peered at the page and read over it quickly, before gasping.

"Marinette, so you have had suspicions and wants for this long about who Chat really was?" She asked shakily.

"I think," I paused for a moment, "I think months I've been secretly hoping that Adrien was Chat and connecting the dots. When I saw him the alleyway, it was like a wall shattered around my mind."

"The glamour broke then," Tikki explained, "but even before then you were starting to see who he really is."

"You see as much as I was in love with Adrien, I was really falling for Chat too."

"That can only happen if you truly love someone!" Tikki stated excitedly, "This means your soul and mind recognized both sides of him as your soul mate!"

I reared back at the revelation, "Wait, soul mate?"

Tikki nodded, "Every Black Cat and Ladybug are destined to be together as some points in their lives. This just means you reached your full potential…."

"While Chat has not." I finished for her and started crying again for the fifth time that night, "So it is really true that he only loves my front persona."

"I'm sorry Marinette," she said sadly before flying to my neck to cradle me in comfort, "He hasn't realized his full feelings and potential. He is consumed by the glamour and the persona you project."

"Don't be sorry Tikki," I said as I started my way back upstairs, "It's no different than what I already knew."

Tikki looked up at with uncertainty flashing in her eyes, "If you say so…"

"What I can do though is give him a chance to see the real me, instead of all this fighting. We are still a team and we still have Hawkmoth to defeat."

I lay in my chaise, quietly discussing plans on how to make things right enough to have teamwork back all night. As my eyelids were beginning to close at dawn's earliest lights, I swore I could hear Tikki whisper something.

"For your hope Marinette, I wish this all the luck."

A/N: Hey guys! Here is the latest update on Dissonance! During this month, however, it may be awhile before another update. No worries though because the reason for this is *Drumroll* I'm participating in MLFluffMonth 2018! If you haven't noticed already, I published a story for specifically for this purpose. Each day is a new prompt and it will be cute and fluffy (with a litttttle angst) the entire month! It will feature a variety of ships from the main four and others. I'm focusing on that as a challenge to myself and to improve my writing skills and creativity. So while you wait for this to be updated, check that right out!

Also, real quick before I sign out, I want to thank for all the reviews that I have been getting on this story! I appreciate that you are liking this and you have fueled me to make it longer than I intended. (Originally only supposed to be three chapters...oops! :D) I hope that I can do the rest of this story justice for all you! Thanks a lot! 3 Love, Samm