Adrien

I don't regret kissing Marinette. Well I do, in a way, out of guilt. I shouldn't feel guilty, I know, but no matter who I kiss I'll still always love Ladybug. So in a way, I almost feel terrible for giving Marinette only half of my heart, when I should be giving her more.

I kind of regret kissing her for so long though. Because the awkwardness of Manon seeing it is too much to bare.

"What are you two doing?" she innocently asks, staring at our compromising position on the floor. 5 seconds pass with us trying to process this situation before I scramble away from Marinette and she does the same. A light blush appears on her cheeks.

"Oh, well uh you see, we were just-"

"The Cat Noir and Ladybug dolls! You were laying on them!" Manon cuts Marinette off with a shocked voice after dramatically gasping. Before either one of us can respond, she throws her backpack to the side of her on the floor and swoops down to grab them, delicately cradling them to her chest. "Are you okay Ladybug and Cat Noir? Any broken bones?" she asks the dolls, creepily stroking them. I mean, yes, I stroked the Ladybug doll, but...I'm...I'm allowed to, okay? I'm Adrien Agreste! It's not weird! I'm normal!

"Um...Speaking of the dolls, did you want to play with them?" I awkwardly cut off her "moment" with them, crossing my legs to get in a more comfortable position on the floor as I do so.

She looks at me incredulously. "Ladybug and Cat Noir are in pain right now! So we'll have to leave them to rest and go outside to the park," her authoritative tone throws me off guard and I'm left to hope that the children at the orphanage won't be as demanding as she is.

"O-okay, i-is that alright with you, Adrien?" Marinette asks, turning to me but not quite meeting my eyes.

"Uh, yeah that's fine," I answer, half smiling at her, trying to push back the inevitable wave of awkwardness that's threatening to overwhelm our presence.

The impact of our unexplained kiss is going to make this trip to the park a very uncomfortable one...

Yay.

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Marinette (i know switch in P.O.V in one chapter is so rareeee but I had toooo)

Life is good. No, life is absolutely amazing. My crush kissed me. Adrien Agreste, a supermodel, willingly kissed me. I should be over the moon right now, but I'm not quite as ecstatic as I should be. Not only did the kiss make things awkward, but Manon walking in on us and not allowing us to discuss it straight the way really heightened that awkwardness. Like I'm already awkward enough; I don't need anymore of it weighing me down!

"So...Um about that kiss..." Adrien starts as we watch Manon on the climbing wall. I let out a deep breath that I've been holding for a while now, slowly turning to him. I'm kind of relieved, but at the same time crazily nervous that he brought it up.

"What the about it? I mean wha-what about the kiss?" I embarrassedly ask, leaning my face into my hands to cover up my blush. He lightly laughs at my shyness and reaches out, gently taking my hand away from my face and holding it. A soft smile rests on his lips and for a moment I forget that we're supposed to be watching Manon.

"Marinette, that kiss meant something to me. I-I-"

"HAHAHAHAHAHA, I AM SANDSTORM AND I WILL BURY YOU ALL!" An evil child's voice cuts him off and I groan out loud.

"Are you kidding me?" I say, only to realise that Adrien said the same thing from beside me. We turn to eachother with shocked expressions. I guess I'm not the only one frustrated at the fact that villains keep ruining our time together...

My heart races as I think about the excuse I'm going to need to make up so I can leave Manon with Adrien. Within seconds I'm racing over to Manon on the playground so I can bring her back to Adrien. "Marinette, wh-what's going on?" she timidly asks, hugging me close as I pick her up. I look at her with a reassuring smile.

"Everything is fine. I'm just going to leave you with Adrien for a li-Oh no. Where's Adrien?!" My anxiety rises until I'm close to having a panic attack. How am I supposed to transform into Ladybug and save the day if I have to look after Manon?! This day is one big nightmare. Without a second thought, I turn to the little girl in my arms. "Okay, Manon, we're going to have to make a run for it so I need you to hold onto me tightly, okay?" She nods and I feel her arms tighten around my neck.

Before we even start running however, a certain black cat scoops us up with ease and leaps away from the park. My breath catches as he does so, shock coursing through me. "Cat Noir?" I ask when he finally puts us down in an alleyway. He smiles before bowing.

"The one and only," he winks, and I have to force myself not to roll my eyes. Yes, I may still like him, but that doesn't mean I've all of a sudden taken a liking to his unbearable arrogance too. "Anyway, I've got to go save Paris from that nightmare sand child. I'll see you-" And like Adrien was cut off earlier, Cat Noir is unable to finish his sentence as a tall wall of seemingly impenetrable sand is thrown our way, blocking the exit of the alleyway. I gasp.

"Seriously?" We both yell in sync. I shyly glance up at him, smiling amusedly. He does the same.

"Well, I guess we're trapped here together. Good job I'm not the only superhero in Paris, I guess. I'm sure Ladybug can get us out of here," he smiles at me. I nod and a silence falls between us as we just stare at each other.

I've missed being in Cat Noir's presence so much. Sure, it hasn't even been that long, but when you realise you have feelings for someone, every second that passes by without them feels agonising. Cat Noir is someone that occupies my thoughts on a regular basis; it feels quite good to think about him as well to be honest. Like dreaming about someone you wish you could be with and reminiscing on all the times they've made your heart soar is quite exhilarating...But now I've kissed Adrien, the exhilarating feeling is just heavily laced with guilt.

I know I can't be with Cat Noir due to our deal. But a stupid deal can't stop my reckless heart from liking him. To be honest though, I wish it could.

"Cat Noir! I'm here too you know!" Manon suddenly shouts, and I jump, quickly facing her to see her looking preeetttty angry. Cat Noir's face is priceless too; he actually looks embarrassed. "Plus, you're supposed to be with Ladybug! Marinette already has a boyfriend!" Manon is livid, and I bet if she was akumatised again she'd get Cat Noir's doll and snap him in half. All he did was look at me though, right? Unless children can sense things that teens and adults can't? Or maybe I'm talking nonsense.

At this point Cat Noir has a challenging spark in his eyes as he smirks. "Oh yeah? Well what's his name? Is he as pawsome as me?" he flexes his arms, and I face palm thinking how inappropriate this whole situation is.

Manon stomps her foot in annoyance. "Adrien! And he plays dolls with me and he can do a Cat Noir accent even better than you!" I take a seat on the concrete ground, crossing my legs-surprise, surprise, I go unnoticed by the arguing pair.

"What? That makes no sense! I am Cat Noir!"

"So?"

"So I do the best impression of me!"

"Nuh uh!"

"Uh huh!"

And with all this drama I almost forget that we have to get out of here so I can transform into Ladybug.

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A/N:

OH MY GOSH ITS BEEN SO LONG IM SOOORRRRRRRYYYYY

BUUUT to make up for it, the next chapter's hopefully gonna have some more Marichat and Ladynoir✨✨so yeah I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'll try my best to update sooooon!

Byeeeeeee

-Belle