For the first time in a while, Marinette was happy. She felt like she was in heaven.

Ever since Xavier came into her life, she just felt free. While she was with him, she didn't have to be the perfect student that had to drop everything just to help her friends nor did she have to be the perfect superheroine who had to save the day.

She was just Marinette. And he was okay with that.

Tikki's mood has also gotten lighter. She was happy that Marinette had finally gotten over Adrien. Hopefully, Master Fu would get rid of that cat's miraculous soon. Because everything escalates.

Marinette heard a crash. It was soon followed by a lot of screaming.

She knew that an akuma attack was happening. She muttered, "I knew everything was getting too calm. TIKKI, SPOTS ON!"

Ladybug was scanning the area. She knew that Chat Noir wouldn't show up until later. When her eyes landed on the akuma, she noticed that the akuma was covered with silver glitter. "So this is a knock-off version of Style Queen" she muttered. "Except instead of gold, it's silver."

"MY NAME IS SILVER GLITTER!" the akuma yelled, "AND I WILL TURN PARIS INTO MY GLITTERY PLAYGROUND."

"How creative." Ladybug rolled her eyes, "Lucky charm."

Looking around, Ladybug knew what she was supposed to do. The akuma was beaten in record time.

Paris was covered in glitter and she shuddered. Glitter was a bitch when it was time to clean up. It got all over the place. "MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!"

The magical ladybug fixed everything up, thankfully getting rid of all the glitter as well.

Ladybug couldn't help but smile. Without that cat, akumas were getting easier to beat.

She felt someone land behind her and her mood suddenly dampened.

"Hey, m'lady." he purred.

"Chat," she acknowledged, trying to look for a way to get out of there as soon as she could. "The akumas been defeated. What are you doing here?"

He gave Ladybug a smirk that made shivers run up her spine. "Can't I visit my favorite little bug?"

"Don't call me that." she snapped.

He raised an eyebrow, stepping towards her. "Little bug." he taunted.

"Stop it." She tried to firmly say. "Since you're here, why don't we talk about the fact that you're barely helping with the akumas anymore."

"You should know that shifting the attention away from you won't work." his eyes glinted with amusement. "But if you must know, it's because a certain bug won't accept her feelings for me." his dangerous green eyes stared at hers, "Do you know how much it hurts? I know that she loves me but for some reason. She. Just. Won't. Admit. It."

Ladybug flinched, "What part of I don't like you like that do you not understand?" she tried to explain. "No means no."

Chat only laughed. "If I stuck with that rule, I wouldn't be able to get whatever I wanted." Ladybug didn't know what to say, so the cat continued. "Trust me, bugaboo. I will get you to confess your feelings for me. One way or another."

"That'll never happen."

His lips curl up into a snide smirk, giving her a final glance before turning away. "We'll see. But until you finally open your eyes and admit that you like me, well-" his eyes scanned Paris. "Good luck fighting the akumas without me, m'lady."

After Chat Noir left, Ladybug allowed herself to collapse in shock. She couldn't hear anything but the last sentence he said to her.

"until you finally open your eyes and admit that you like me"

"I will get you to confess your feelings for me. One way or another."

"Good luck fighting the akumas without me, m'lady."

"If I stuck with that rule, I wouldn't be able to get whatever I wanted."

"One way or another."

"-YBUG!" she heard someone scream. "Holy crap, are you okay?"

She quickly recognized the voice. It was Alya. "Yeah," she sighed. "I'm fine."

Alya didn't seem to look like she believed the heroine, "You sure?"

She couldn't meet her friend's eyes, "Alya, were you on live?" she asked in shock.

Alya shook her head. "No, but I caught everything on video."

Ladybug bit her lip, contemplating her options. "Can you do me a favor and not post it yet please."

"But, why?" her friend argued. "We should expose him as soon as we can. What he did was harassme-"

"I know what he's doing" Ladybug interrupted, "Just don't post it yet, please. I have a plan."

"Fine." the reporter relented. "But I will expose him. You don't deserve that treatment."

"Thank you." Ladybug sent a small smile to her friend. "I'll meet you at your house tonight?"

Alya nodded in agreement.

"Okay. With a final sigh, Ladybug got her yoyo ready. "Bug out."

XY had to be dreaming.

Or he probably died and went to heaven. Those were the only two explanations on why everything felt so perfect at the moment.

Right now, XY and Marinette were facetiming. It was supposed to be a professional call, where they discussed the designs for his music video. But somehow, they always managed to get off track.

They've been talking for hours.

Even though the two of them led fairly busy lives, it seemed like they always had time to call each other. No matter how late it was.

Their sleep schedule was messed up but it was worth it.

XY turned his attention back to his phone. Marinette was currently sketching the final products of the design they chose.

He was excited but she wouldn't let him see it, no matter how much he begged. "Please." he tried again, "Just a little peak?"

Marinette let out the cutest giggle XY had ever heard and playfully glared at him, "You're gonna see it tomorrow." she reminded him, "We're finally able to meet up, remember?"

XY did remember. He was so excited when he found out that they were both free at the same time. "But I wanna see it now."

"You are definitely not a patient person," Marinette jokes.

"How dare you?" XY mockingly said, "We're breaking up."

Marinette laughed, "We can't break up if we're not together yet."

"Yet." XY winked, "We're not together yet."