That night Nino was sitting on his bed, looking over towards Wayzz's large tank that he was poking his head out of.

"They're going to be embarrassing," Nino muttered, fidgeting with his bracelet.

Wayzz just laughed, shaking his head and making the antenna sway. "They'll just drag you out of here if you don't go see them. They're excited for you! Let them be!"

Nino huffed, looking down at his hands and sighing. Wayzz was right, it was better to just go then give them the opportunity to steal him from his house. It was just- they were so embarrassing! Cooing over him and praising him... he sighed again. It was something he had to deal with, might as well get it over with.

"Ready Wayzz?" Nino asked, standing up and already holding his bracelet with his right hand.

"Yes," Wayzz answered, flying out of his tank and waiting patiently in front of his charge with a smile.

"Alright then, Wayzz! Transform me!"

Alya turned the street corner on her bike well into the night in the heart of the city, one hand over her pocket and twitching like it was a pistol instead of a gun and she was in an old western standoff.

Jade Turtle's first battle with the duo and he had been instrumental in the take down. It was crazy, the entire attack was off the wall and the akuma was so powerful but it turned out to just be a little kid! The main thorn in her side was the fact that eighty percent of her footage was useless for anything other than audio. Pretty much the only clear shot she had was a very over saturated shot of Jade standing off against the dragon beast, stood in front of her defensively without him probably even realizing it.

The reporter bowed her head slightly, laughing to herself as she continued making rounds through the dark city. Just her luck that the only good footage would be of her getting scolded by a superhero, but she could make up for it. Another exclusive interview with Paris' newest super after his first big showdown will be just what the city is waiting for, not to mention herself. She had so much to ask, but first she had to find him again.

He would probably be expecting her honestly, he seemed to think he had her pegged pretty well. But she was getting a feel for turtle boy too, and her intuition said she would find him and the other heroes somewhere near the Seine again. Turns out, even though it took a few hours, she was right.

Alya stopped her bike near the front door of a set of apartments facing the river, tilting her head and grinning when she heard the distant sound of voices coming from way above her. She propped up her bike absent mindedly, whipping out her phone and backing up until she was pressed against the railing of the river, only just barely getting a picture of the three heroes lounging on the rooftop with their feet over the edge.

She zoomed in, the angle pretty bad but she could still see their faces, Cat Noir and Ladybug on either side of Jade Turtle. Cat nudged at Jade, grinning that trademarked Cat Noir grin as the turtle just rolled his eyes, looking a bit red in the face. Ladybug said something else, Cat Noir agreeing wholeheartedly as Jade couldn't help but smile, pulling his hood over his hair to partially hide his face.

Alya snickered to herself, climbing the railing a little without turning away to get even a slightly better look at them. She was right in her observation before, Jade was a pretty reserved guy. He was no doubt being praised on his first day on the job, which would explain him pulling away into his hood. How adorably turtle like.

Alya gasped when her hand slipped on the metal, forced to shift her weight quickly to keep from falling rather painfully down the stone sides of the river and into the water. Though she managed to not fall she couldn't help the startled sound that escaped her, and when she refocused the shot she got close ups of all three of the heroes looking down at her.

'Smooth...' Alya thought to herself, pushing aside her minor fumble to call out to them, waving one hand. "Hey there! Have a second to spare for the Ladyblog?"

Cat Noir's head tilted, still smiling slightly. Ladybug sighed and crossed her arms, still a bit entertained, but Jade made a motion that could only be described as a huff.

"Alya it's almost 3 AM!" Jade shouted back, leaning his elbows on his knees to see her better. "What are you doing out here?"

She was thrown only for a second by the familiarity, her list of observations about the newest hero flashing through her head and steadying her again. He was a really genuine guy, wasn't too strange for him to address her like friends.

"Same reason as last time!" she called up playfully, grinning at him and lifting one hand to point to her phone. "I'm looking for a story turtle boy! And you look like just the guy to tell it."

"Turtle boy?" she barely heard him say, Ladybug and Cat Noir immediately laughing happily and Alya felt a spark of pride. She admired these people so much.

Cat Noir leaned over, whispering something into Jade's ear which produced an indignant "Dude!" before Cat stood up, opening his arms theatrically and gesturing towards the other male hero.

"He'd love to do an interview! We're very proud of our turtle son, so we'll leave him to you miss!"

"Turtle son!?" Jade said, doubly as indignant this time as Lady and Cat both quickly stood, backing away and laughing at their friend playfully.

"Goodnight Jade!" Lady laughed, pulling out her yo-yo. "Great job today! Get plenty of rest, don't be late for school!"

"Eat your breakfast!" Cat called back, the two only halting to make a cooing very 'proud PTA parent' pose before running off, vanishing into the night.

Alya looked after the duo for a moment, a little disappointed that they bolted but unable to keep from laughing when she zoomed in on Jade's sour and slightly flustered expression. The hero sighed, shaking his head and looking down at her for a moment before rolling his eyes, grabbing his shield.

Alya yelped when Jade fell down the side of the building, rocketing past her and over the railing towards the water, the speed making her hair fly around her as she turned to try and keep him in the shot. He slowed down till he was just coasting, turning lazy circles on the surface of the water as he looked up at her, smirking slightly.

"Did I scare you?" he asked, laughing when she huffed. The hero gestured further down the river, towards a bridge she recognized as their last meeting place. "Meet me in the same place, and bring your bike. You're going home after this."

Alya pursed her lips, not fond of being told what to do but willing to deal with it if it meant getting the interview. She temporarily shut off her recording, sprinting back to the building to grab her bike and quickly pedaling towards the bridge, the hero already leaping up to walk towards their bench.

He was waiting for her when she got there, leaning with his arms stretched along the back of the bench. His hood was still up but he wasn't hiding, the glint of the streetlight shining off his goggles as he waited.

"Well Ms. Reporter," he said, raising an eyebrow as she just stood there. "Did you want to do the interview ooor...?"

"Uh," she said, uncharacteristically caught off guard, "Yeah, just a sec." She shook her head, looking away from his confused expression to set up the camera on the railing like she had last time. It had just been weird, comparing how he looked sitting there now to the last time she had seen him. He was significantly more relaxed, still looking at the camera a little warily but generally unfazed. Whereas his nervousness before had made him seem young to her, his new composure made him appear older.

She made a final adjustment before clicking record, sitting down next to him in the same spot she had the first time they had met. She turned, one leg up on the bench and folded beneath her so she could face directly towards him.

"So," she started, grinning at him and making a gesture towards him as a whole, "Mr. Hero has proven his stuff to Paris, just like I knew you would."

He chuckled at that, looking down at his lap before tilting his face back at her, looking her right in the eye as he said, "Thank you." He grinned, his teeth white and charming when compared to his dark skin. "Nice to know I had your support."

She hesitated for a moment, looking at his expression before forcing herself to respond. 'This is an interview dummy,' she reminded herself with an internal huff. 'He isn't going to give if you don't make him! Don't get distracted.'

"Obviously it was deserved," she said in return, giving her own smile. "You were really amazing out there. I'm serious," she added when he just laughed, looking away. "It was spectacular! I got the impression you were sort of nervous before but you came through for everybody when they needed it most. That's what being a hero is all about. Ladybug and Cat Noir are totally amazing, but I was there too. I'm not sure what they would have done if you hadn't showed."

Jade was still looking away from here, hands woven together in his lap before he looked up at her again, eyes narrowed slightly.

"You were there," he agreed, voice sounding a little stern. "Which you shouldn't have been. I've been looking over all of your footage, you seem to have a habit of being in places you shouldn't."

"Don't change the subject," she countered, crossing her arms. "You really saved the day."

He seemed reluctant to drop it, and she had a feeling he didn't intend to, but instead he just smiled and bowed his head.

"Thank you," he said humbly, that same smile of nervousness and gratefulness visible now. "I did my best. And I'll continue doing my best. I know I'm new but I want people to have faith in me. I won't let anything bad go down."

"Their faith won't be misplaced," Alya said warmly. "Mine certainly wasn't."

She saw it again, that shine of gold in his eyes in the lamplight as he laughed bashfully, running a hand through his hair and dropping his hood back in the process. Just like the first time it caught her a little off guard, something he seemed to have a habit of doing.

Thinking about it like that made her feel a little bashful herself, not something easily managed and she instantly locked it down and screwed it to the floor. Even as she jumped back into her interview with full swing though she felt a bit too warm in her light sweater.

"Can you give the Ladyblog some details of the fight from your perspective?"

They spent the next ten minutes or so talking back and forth, trading details about the combat and his interactions with the already established superheroes. Eventually Alya called it a wrap, happy with what she had and stood to turn off the recording.

As she was checking over the audio she felt Jade walk up behind her, looking over her shoulder at the footage but giving her a sort of stern yet exasperated expression when she looked up at him.

"What is it Ninja Turtle?" she asked playfully, turning to face him and becoming aware of how close he was at probably the same time he did. He took a step back, his stern demeanor marred slightly by the way he rubbed at his neck. She kept her smile though, weight falling on one hip as he thought through his words.

"You shouldn't be out this late by yourself Alya," he said with a sigh, frowning at her. "It's dangerous."

"I'm not out here alone," she said in rebuttal, smirking at him as she stowed her phone. "I'm with you. After that whole conversation you're not seriously suggesting you're not up to the task of walking a girl home are you?"

He tensed, eyes widening slightly and she grinned as she spotted him blushing slightly. "U-uh no, I mean-" he stammered, looking flustered and she couldn't help but giggle a little. "I'll protect you, absolutely."

"Then it's not a problem," she chuckled, walking towards her bike and looking over her shoulder with a smile. "Coming?"

"Uh, yeah," he said after a pause, watching as she climbed onto her bike and hurried to throw down his shell. "Wait up!"

She didn't wait, but it didn't make much of a difference since she wasn't going very fast. He didn't have any trouble coasting alongside her as they headed down the same route they had used the first time.

The pace was leisurely, neither really intending to hurry it along. She mostly coasted, only pedaling every once in a while and focusing mostly on him.

"I appreciate the interview," she said as they went, the hero looking ahead but still acknowledging her with a glance. "Though it sort of seems I have Cat Noir to thank, what with how much the duo was ribbing you."

Jade scoffed, shaking his head before looking over towards her with humor in his eyes but disgust on his face. "Holy hell man you have no idea how embarrassing they've been. I'm actually relieved they left, if they had stayed it would have been ridiculous."

Alya laughed, turning slightly to head down a deserted side street. "Yeah, is that whole 'Turtle Son' thing common with them?"

"That was new," he said with a sigh, coasting beside her. "However the whole proud parents thing has kind of been normal. Basically since they're the resident do-gooders they feel responsible for me since I'm new. I'm doing fine," he insisted, hand gesturing out wildly and making her laugh. "But they're ridiculous! 'Oh Jade we're so proud! You did so well! We knew you could!' Like, ugh I appreciate it but, kill me, you know?"

Jade looked over when he heard her laugh extra hard, the reporter taking one hand away from the handles to try and smother her giggles. When she looked at him her laughter was practically visible in the color of her eyes.

"Oh man," she laughed, turning down another street. "That's hilarious, and totally adorable."

He huffed, seeming to disagree with the last part which only made her laugh more, until eventually he joined. The sounds of their laughter rattled up the walls of the high buildings, only alley cats around to hear it. Well, and one bug.

On the rooftops over the pair riding through the city Ladybug and Cat Noir crouched low, shamelessly spying and grinning at each other.

"This is so cute," Lady said, practically bouncing in place. "Did you see how nervous they were being while they filmed? It's adorable they totally like each other!"

"Absolutely," Cat agreed with a grin, turning to lean his back against the slanted roof and looking sideways at his lady. "If they aren't into each other than I need to get my eyes checked, they were leaning into each other that entire time! He had her flustered there for a while too."

"She got him back for it," Lady giggled, glowing with excitement for her friends before she asked, "What should we do?"

Cat Noir paused, raising a claw to tap his chin as he hummed. Eventually he said, "Well Nino will kill me if I try anything and he seems to be doing alright on his own. He shoved the two of us off a cliff because we were being stupid, but he seems to be heading in a straight line. I say we leave it alone for now."

He looked over when she didn't respond immediately, struck but how flustered she looked before he reviewed his sentence in his head.

The two of... oops.

"U-uh I-!" he tried, sitting forward so quickly he almost lost his balance before he leaned one hand against the slanted roof. "I just meant that- if you didn't want me too uh... say 'us' I-" he was floundering staring at her red face and feeling wildly out of depths. The longer she didn't reply the more unsure he got which was saying something, but he didn't want to back down from it unless she said otherwise, he wanted to say-

"No," she responded a second later, voice small but a smile still on her face, looking him right in the eye. "'Us' is fine. I like that. Us I mean."

The two stared at each other, Nino's love life falling away in the face of their own as the two heroes stood their bashfully. Finally Cat Noir managed a nervous grin, hesitating only for a moment before boldly reaching out for her hand.

"I like Us too," he said in response, enjoying how she blushed and looked down, still smiling as she accepted his hold on her hand without complaint.

"Us it is then," she said so quietly he almost didn't catch it, his breath catching in his throat as she looked up at him with her shining blue eyes. He swallowed down against his heart in his throat, smiling bashfully as he said,

"Us it is."