Marinette threw her phone against her chaise and let out a tribal scream.

"If he wasn't so cute, I'd kill him! I could do it you know. Lucky charm him out of existence." Marinette growled to Tikki. Tikki giggled at the very angry bluenette.

She carried on her pacing when she heard a light knock at the skylight. She didn't even need to look up to know who was up there. At that moment she'd quite happily go for an akuma. She began to wonder if Hawk Moth could do one on delivery. Uber Akuma's had a nice ring to it.

"Go away, Chat!"

"Marinette, please let me in!"

"I'm being ... what did you call me ... oh yeah, bossy and conceited. So no you can't come in." Marinette knew she needed to talk to him, but a quick guilt trip wouldn't hurt, right?

"I was talking about Ladybug. Marinette, you mentioned my butt to them all. How do you think I feel?"

"No, Adrien," she spoke his name like venom, "I spoke about Chat's butt. I'm the only one who knows that's you, remember. Oh and at least I didn't call Adrien 'easy', you do realise what all the guys at school will be like tomorrow now. If I wanted any help getting a boyfriend I would have preferred it if a good friend of mine didn't call me easy."

"Boyfriend? Mari, no one is going to be your boyfriend." Chat was loosing his cool and the thought of cataclysming the skylight was becoming increasingly tempting.

"And why not? Is there someone wrong with me?" She replied back, harshly.

"Mari, seriously just let me in so we can talk. I've been an idiot since the day I met you and it's about time that I put all that right."

She moved up her ladder and opened the skylight, moving out the way to let him jump in, as he'd done many time's before. Then the thought hit her, he'd been coming here as Chat. He'd seen her pictures of Adrien ... wait he'd seen the pictures of himself. Marinette groaned as she made her way back down to her computer desk and banged her head against the table.

"I am so sorry Mari, please believe me."

She pulled out her design book and began to draw.

"Drop the transformation, Adrien. If you're going to talk to me at least do it without the mask." Chat called off his transformation leaving Adrien standing in his place.

This was the first time they were together as their complete selves and the electricity buzzed in the air. Plagg flew over to Tikki and they both went and hid. They knew exactly what explosion could happen next, they may seem gentle and soft as Adrien and Marinette but their alter-ego's would always battle to win.

Marinette put on her best 'Adrien voice'.

"Why have someone difficult when you can have someone easy?"

Adrien placed his hands on her shoulders and spun her around to face him.

"You know that's not what I meant." He sighed, "I'm just horrible at making jokes, you know that more than anyone." She looked at him as if for the first time, this was the boy she was hopelessly in love with flaws and all. He crouched down to her level and held her hands in his. A surge of love coursed through his veins as her hands tightened around his.

"Mari, you know I didn't mean anything by it. I was just pretending, you know playing a game, obviously I playing it shockingly bad."

"Well your a damn good actor, Kitty." She gave him a small smile.

He stood up taking her with him and looked deep into her eyes.

"So this third guy, eh? Are you in love with him?" Adrien's lop sided smile embedded into her brain. This smile was all for her. Personal and private.

"Head over heels. He's slightly annoying but I wouldn't want him any other way." She stepped a little closer to him. "I suppose the 'Oblivio' kiss makes a lot of sense now," she smiled, "we would have spent the time with us as us, without my idiotic stuttering and you putting on an act."

"I always thought you disliked me in that way. I swear if I'd known sooner things would have been a lot different Marinette. I vowed to make you like me, I didn't realise you already did." He groaned, "I've put you through so much and I am so sorry." He let go of one of Marinette's hands and placed his on the back of his neck.

"Asking you to help me on my date with Kagami has to be one of my all time epic fails! Oh and not kissing you in the wax museum, that's another one. Helping Nino to try and ask you out, not kissing you when we filmed the horror film, not kissing you in New York ..."

Finally, Marinette had had enough. She needed to shut him up. She stretched up and gave him a quick kiss on the lips. It was messy, harsh and not in the slightest romantic. He dropped his arm and looked at her stunned. To say he felt like he'd been struck by lightning would be an underestimation of what he'd just felt.

"Did you ... " he placed his fingers to his lips, "did you feel that?" He asked her.

She nodded at him placing her own fingers to her lips, still staring into his beautiful green eyes.

"I'm sorry for turning you down so much, I just ... I was turning you down for you, and you didn't even know I loved you as you, and now I know that you thought I didn't like you. I'm so so sorry." Marinette looked up into Adrien's eyes and saw them reflecting what she was sure appeared in hers ... true love.

"You two will be apologising all night for the stupid things you've done, just understand you were both blind and oblivious, yet hopelessly in love and then feed me, I'm hungry." Plagg flew over with Tikki trying to restrain him.

"I'm sorry Marinette I couldn't hold him back." Tikki apologised to her holder.

"You're such a mood killer Plagg." Marinette said, tickling the kwami's little black tummy.

"Don't be nice to him Bugaboo, he's a pain in the backside." Marinette started to laugh at Adrien.

"It's so weird to hear that come out of Adrien's mouth." Adrien stared at the giggling girl in front of him.

"Before we go any further I just want to make sure that you do understand this whole Adrien is Chat Noir thing, right?" She slapped him on the arm before wrapping her arms around his waist.

"You know what I mean. I'm so glad it was you. I wouldn't want anyone else by my side." She looked up at him from her position on his chest, grinning crazily.

"Does that mean I'm forgiven, m'lady?"

"Only if you forgive me too. We've both done our fair share of crazy behaviour, Kitty."

They laughed as they embraced each other.

"Can I kiss you please?" Adrien asked timidly.

"I think I'd like that." Marinette's cheeks flamed red. She always wanted to be in this position with Adrien but something about it felt even more overpowering than her wildest dreams.

He slowly bent his head down and placed his lips gently against hers. It was soft, tender and loving. He pulled his head away and looked over at his lady who still had her eyes closed with a smile dancing across her face.

"Thank you." A whisper came out of her lips. He started to laugh before embracing her again.

"I can't believe we're finally here." He said, a slight sound of humour in his words as he picked her up and spun her around.

Letting go of each other they walked over to the chaise and sat next to each other. The atmosphere was alive and both teens became shy at the new situation they found themselves in.

"So what does this make us?" Adrien asked grabbing a hold of one of Marinette's hands.

"Really really good friends." She replied, only for Adrien to push her off her chaise.

"I'm sorry ok! I'm never going to live this down am I?" Adrien muffled from behind his hands which he firmly placed over his red face. Laughing, Marinette, sat back down and hugged onto his side, resting her head against his shoulder, just like she'd done numerous times out on patrol.

"Marinette Dupain-Cheng, I am asking you ... no let me rephrase this. I am begging you. Please be my girlfriend."

She placed a kiss on his cheek. "Of course, Chaton."

His smile could have lit up Paris. "I'm finally Ladybug's boyfriend, my dreams are coming true."

"What about poor Marinette?" Marinette said placing a pout upon her lips.

"Marinette is mine, all mine." A sudden shot of confidence soared through him and he backed her down on the chaise going in for a more passionate kiss. He pulled away and smiled as she sighed.

"That day you gave me your lucky charm, I haven't been able to get you out my head. I just wanted you to like me so badly, I really did think you hated me. Well until I started visiting you more and saw how obsessed you are."

"You're such a jerk." She smiled.

"I'm your jerk. What do you think of Chat?" He enquired.

"Oh that annoying cat was always going to win my heart, I was just so in love with Adrien I didn't give him a chance." He laughed and rested back on her chaise pulling her between his legs.

"What I don't understand though is when I started seeing Kagami you went to Luka and not Chat?" Adrien asked as they snuggled up together on her chaise. Marinette lay back onto his chest as his arms wrapped around her. She began to play with his Miracle ring.

"I don't understand when Ladybug turned you down you went for Kagami and not Marinette."

"Touché" he replied, obvious delight could be heard in his voice. He loved the way they were with each other. It felt natural, it felt right.

"Do you ever find it weird that we're superheroes?" Marinette was playing with his ring in one hand and touching her earring with her other. She'd always wanted to talk to someone about this.

"Hummm... I suppose I always wonder why we were chosen. I mean two thirteen year olds who'd never met entrusted with powers to save Paris -"

"Excuse me, just Paris? The world! Mon minou." He started to laugh at her interruption.

"Sorry, the world. Master Fu was obviously on something." They both started to laugh.

"Do you think we'll be ok? Knowing each other's identities?" Marinette had this thought in the back of her head most of the day. She couldn't shake the feeling something could go horribly wrong.

Tikki and Plagg flew over to join their wielder's. Tikki was first to speak.

"Most cats and bugs find the identities of their other halves eventually and it builds a stronger relationship. You just can't let it interfere whilst you're in battle. Remember you both have jobs to do."

Plagg finished off the last of the cheese in his hand. "You know, we're always placed with two who are made for each other; there's only once Master Fu got it wrong."

"What happened to those two?" Adrien asked.

"They killed each other." Plagg could remember that pairing, it was awful. Master Fu had gotten it completely wrong.

Marinette turned to look at Adrien, who looked back at her just as terrified.

"I love you." They both said in unison before laughing.

Suddenly they were interrupted by their phones, Adrien groaned as he pulled his out of his pocket. An akuma attack. They'd almost made it the whole day without one, but at least now they had a chance to see if their relationship could work in battle.

"If this happens on our wedding day, I swear I will cataclysm the person." He moaned.

"Are we getting married then, chaton?"

"I-I m-mean... if maybe ... in the future ... if we're ... woah! It's hot in here!" He scratched the back of his neck as he stumbled over his words. Marinette giggled and gave him a quick kiss before summoning Tikki and Plagg over.

"Plagg, has Tikki fed you enough?" She asked the little black kwami.

"Sugarcube, has been the perfect hostess." He replied as the little red bug-mouse blushed.

"I'll head out first. See you there m'lady." He gave her one last kiss and called for his transformation. With a wink, he was gone.

"What am I going to do with that alley cat, Tikki?" Tikki flew into Marinette's open purse and they made their way out of Marinette's house and into the street.

Finding an empty alley way, Marinette called on her transformation, swinging into the sky to join her feline boyfriend.