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Post Reveal awkward Adrienette.

SYNOPSIS:  Adrien and Marinette have a sleep over with Alya and Nino. It's all fun and games until they have to confront their feelings. Will these oblivious idiots figure out their feelings?

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Marinette was restless. 

She couldn't sleep. 

All she could think about was Adrien...her Kitty. His soft, messy blonde hair, his smile, his bright emerald green eyes, the way he- 

No!

She couldn't be thinking like this. It was wrong. All wrong. How could she think of her best friend like that. Like he was more than a friend? 'I don't love him.' She thought 'He's, he- he's just a friend.'

 A really incredible- uhhhh! 

Stop it Marinette! 

He's just a friend. Nothing more. 

It was a fun weekend sleepover at Alya and Nino's apartment, all evening they did all sorts of fun things, they baked cookies( Alya threatening to hang both Nino and Adrien upside down the Eiffle Tower if they dipped another finger in the cookie batter), watched movies, played Mecha Strike ( Marinette winning every round), ate a lot of junk food, and more.

Even though she convinced her mind, her face and body said otherwise. She was dreamily looking up at the burnt orange curtains draping over the bed in Alya and Nino's room, her face blushing with every thought of him. Her fingers intertwined with her hair as she bit her lip, deep in thought. Her legs lifted as she laid down, stomach down, her insides fluttering as she dreamed of his smiling face, and his green eyes, staring down at her.

As much as she enjoyed dreaming about her "best friend", Marinette had enough of the conflict inside her and bailed on the hope of sleeping. She quietly climbed out of bed, tiptoeing out of the room, turned back and took a quick glance at a sleeping Alya. Surprised that she stayed up this long thinking about...She tiptoed down the hall, finally emerging into the living room. She didn't realize how cold it was, and plunked herself in front of the fireplace. She calmly stared into its flames when she felt a tap on her shoulder. She jerked up to find a certain blonde-haired boy looking concerned. " Marinette? What are you doing up so late? I mean early?"

"I could ask you the same question. I- um- I couldn't sleep," Marinette said, recollecting her daydreams.

"Me neither."

They both took a seat on either side of the green velvet sofa and waited in awkward silence as Marinette thought to herself once more. 'God this is uncomfortable. Why? I don't know. I feel really hot all of a sudden, oh god. Am I sweating? Why am I nervous? Uhhh. Why am I staring at him?! Maybe because of his dreamy eyes, the way you can get sucked into them for hours, and his soft blonde- stopppp! You can't love him! He loves someone else. He...he loves someone else....He will never love me, an-and I will never love him. He's my best friend and partner in crime, I do not love my best friend. I do not love my best friend. I do not love my best friend.'

As Marinette kept repeating the same sentence in her head which just became less convincing as she thought, Adrien was troubled with his own thoughts. 'Do I love her? Do I love Ladybug? But both her and Ladybug are the same person. It's weird. I feel nervous when Ladybug's around. Whenever she looks at me I start to feel hot, and I get butterflies. Why am I feeling the same around Marinette? Do I.... love her? But that can't be! I don't love Marinette! I can't. I have to love Ladybug. But Marinette and Ladybug are the same person, no, no, no!

Marinette would never love someone like me. I can't love my best friend. I do not love my best friend. I do not love my best friend. I do not love my best friend.'

The two conflicted with their thoughts for as long as they could remember until they both fell drowsy. "I think I'm going to go back to bed," Adrien said as if he was stuck in a daze. Marinette gave a small murmur as a response and he hurried away. But as he turned back once more, he noticed Marinette, curled up on the sofa, her soft curls wrapping around her face, her small body shivering as the cool wind from the nearest window pierced through, leading to her skin and finally blowing against it. 

He hastily but quietly, walked back to the guest room he shared with Nino that night, emerging with a duvet under his arms. Adrien strolled towards the sofa where Marinette's peaceful figure lay and draped the duvet over her. She immediately stopped shivering, giving off a warm glow. As Adrien got up to move, a sleepy Marinette held his hand and whimpered softly in her deep sleep 

"Don't go..... Kitty." 

Adrien smiled and laid down next to her, Marinette smiled in her sleep as Adrien snuggled up close to her, wrapping his arms around her back as her head dropped into his chest. He instantly felt a warmth grow inside of him, butterflies fluttering, his whole face turning the scarlet red, and a comforting nervousness overcoming him.As he stroked her  Midnight Blue hair he whispered softly 

"Never..... M'lady." 

He smiled as he realized one thing...

He was in love with Marinette Dupain-Cheng.

Yes, he has deeply fallen in love with Marinette... with or without mask, and he would do anything for her because he loved both sides of her.

Marinette felt the comfort and warmth as her head buried itself in Adrien's chest, immediately pushing the conflict out of her head, defying her thoughts and listening to her heart.

That night, she accepted the fact which was there all along...

She was in love with Cat Noir.

Yes, she has deeply fallen in love with Cat Noir... despite her efforts, that silly alley cat has somehow made his way into her heart and snatched it.

Loving Adrien became a nature to her, but loving Cat Noir was new, exciting, and amazing. 

She loved both sides of him.

Both of them fell asleep that night, finally at peace with their inner storms, holding eachother close.

And that's how Alya and Nino, along with Wayzz, Trixx, Tikki and Plagg, found their best friends sleeping, snuggled closely to eachother on the couch next morning.

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A/N: So, how was it?