Marinette's POV:

   I am home and Adrien came to see me. It sure is nice to have his company.

  I  hope that this means I can finally spend some time with him.

    "Adrien," I say. "Yes, Marinette?"  He asks.

      "It is snowing!" I shout.

     "Yes, it is," I say.

      "Turn around," I tell him.

 Adrien turns around, I get up, and pull out a nice outfit, I put it on, and fasten it up. I step into the boots.  "You may look at me now," I say.

   Adrien smiles. "Whoa, you look lovely," He says.

    "Thanks, Adrien," I tell him.

The two of us head downstairs. I put on my coat, hat, scarf, and gloves. Adrien follows me outside into the snow.

    I dance in the snow and he watches me.  I see him select something on his phone.  I do not ask him what it is. I wave at him.

       "Look it is a snow angel," I say and lay on the snow moving my arms and legs back and forth.

     "Yes, it sure is," He says softly.

        I blush. 

  I grab his hand and get him to dance with me.

   I notice a child holding Adrien's phone and smiling as he watches me dance with Adrien. He hands the phone back to Adrien after Adrien brushes a snowflake off my lip with his thumb. I pull him close and he blushes. I kiss him.  

   Adrien smiles as he kisses me back.  A little girl cheers.  I am not sure what she is excited about but I am happy. I got to kiss my snow guard in the snow.

       "Marinette, wow!" Adrien says.

       "Yes, it was something, right?" I ask. "Yes, but only because it was with you," He says.

              "I love you," He whispers. He does not wait for an answer, he holds me and kisses me.

                I kiss him back. He pulls away and smiles.

             I go back inside and he follows me. Now, we sit on my sofa, drinking hot chocolate, eating popcorn, and listening to Christmas music.  The two of us are happy.

            I finish the popcorn and coca.  I lay my head on Adrien's chest.  He does not seem to mind. He plays with my hair. "Mari," He whispers.  "Adrien," I whisper his name.

            I watch him remove his coat.  He lays it on the back of the sofa and does the same with his gloves, scarf, and hat.  His boots he unties so that they are on the floor.

            "You are my Christmas gift," He whispers. He smiles at me before he closes his eyes. I blush. I continue to lay with my head on him grateful for his closeness. 

          Later, when he wakes up from his nap, "Adrien, I will fix us supper." I say.

         "You need not fuss about it," He says.

        "I won't fuss about it, "I say.

     The two of us get off the sofa, I'm first, then him. I enter my kitchen and set the table. I then, start to work on supper. Adrien watches me. It is almost like he finds the whole thing to be surreal. 

       I finish up with the food preparation, place some before him, and put some on my plate.  "I hope you don't mind, orange chicken," I say.  "Orange chicken sounds swell," He says.

 After the meal, Adrien helps me with the dishes.

Then, he opens a box and pulls out a bracelet. "I was going to wait until your birthday to give it to you, but I changed my mind," Adrien says.  I put on the bracelet. I kiss him.

    "Thank you, Adrien," I say.

    "You are welcome, Marinette," He says.

              I kiss his hand. "You know, you take good care of me, Chaton,"  I say.

        "What? How did you know?" I ask.   "Well, you came here as Chat before you began to visit as Adrien.  I accidentally saw you in mid-transformation. It was when you came here as Chat Noir a few days ago. I saw you half way as Chat, and half as Adrien. I knew when I saw the shoes it was you. No one I know wears them except for you, Adrien," I explain.  

          "Okay, princess, where do I take it from here?" Adrien asks.  I laugh, "You are Chanton alright." I say.

   "Chat, I am Ladybug, " I tell him. I was tired of keeping the secret from him since I already knew his identity.

      "You are, so where is your kwami then?" Adrien teases me.  "Tikki," I say.

   Tikki flies around the room. "Hi, Adrien, do not hurt her or I will have plagg cataclysm you,"  Tikki remarks.

        Adrien smiles, "Tikki, she is good hands."  He pulls me close, "I love this princess here, and well, her being ladybug makes it all the more special.  I love her," He says.

          "I love you too, Adrien," I say. I kiss him and he kisses me.

  The end

bye-bye,

little owlets!

Summer out!