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Chat Noir's point of view

*Night patrol meet-up on a rooftop*

I'm late. I was supposed to meet Ladybug an hour ago but Plagg didn't tell me it was time to go. Now I'm late and Ladybug is going to be so mad at me! Maybe Ladybug is late too, then we can call it even! Who am I kidding, she's never late for night patrol. Man my inter monologue is boring. Look, there she is, sitting where we're supposed to meet. I knew she wouldn't be late.

I decided to sneak and scare her, jay for fun. No to mention the fact that I get to touch her cheeks when I cover her eyes and that's probably the closest I'll ever get to her. I start to sneak up and then I get scared myself.

"Hey, Chat. Sorry I'm late, I had some problems to deal with before I came." I jump backwards in surprise when she address me, mainly because she didn't turn around.

"It's ok m'lady, I was late too."

"I know, that's why I'm sorry. If I wasn't late I could have shunned you for being late." She replies, turning slightly to glance at me. "Come sit."

"I'm purrfectly ok with that." I say walking over and sitting down closer to her than necessary.

"Always with the bad puns." She giggles as we look at each other.

Her cheeks where flush and adorned with a thin, forced smile. Ladybug was not acting herself either. Normally if I sat this close to her she would make me scoot of a little bit so she had space. The thing that surprised me the most when I saw her face, however, was that her eyes where red and bloodshot, like she had been crying for a long time. She even had slight black lines on her cheeks, like her makeup was running down her face and she tried to wipe it off.

"Ladybug are you ok?"

"Fine. I just have a lot on my mind." Fine? Isn't fine girl code for awful? Maybe I should ask, or should I back off. I don't know.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Well that was a simple solution.

"I can't really talk about it or I'll give away my identity."

"Would that be so bad? If I knew who you really were I could protect you, even without the masks."

I really want to know who she is. I love her and I don't even know her real name, this is insane. But if I find out who she is, what will I do about the other girl I like? I'd have to choose which one I like more. I can't choose between Ladybug and Marinette, I just can't. Of course neither of them like me. Ladybug has out right said it and Mari obviously tries to ovoid me by acting shy. How is it that ever girl in Paris loves my except the two I like!

"Chat, is there something wrong with me?"

"What?"

"Is there something wrong with me? Am I just that undesirable or is it just the person I like." I felt like I had been punched in the stomach when she said that. She likes someone else.

"No, there's definitely nothing wrong with you. It's got to be the person you like. They must be blind if they can't see your beauty."

"Chat you're always so kind to me."

"I only tell the truth."

"I'll probably can't do any better than somebody who's always here for me, cares about me and makes me smile and blush all at the same time."

"I hope you find that purrson, m'lady."

"I think I already have." She says staring into my eyes. She leans in and I do the same.

Our lips meet in a slow gentle kiss at first, but soon it becomes deeper and more chaotic. I'm so infatuated with the kiss that I don't even notice that my miraculous beeped and that I'm running out of time. Then I realize that I was running out of, well, I was out of time when my suit disappeared and ended the kiss. Ladybug looks at me in my normal clothing and her face goes red.

"Adrien?" Her voice cracks and I run the back of my neck. "I-I-I have to go, good bye." She says backing away and then swinging off using her yoyo.

"Did I do something?" I say looking at a rather exhausted and exasperated Plagg.

"If you want to know, I can tell you her identity. Then it would all make sense."

"Really?" I think about it for a bit and look at Plagg. "No, I can't. If she won't tell me, then I don't need to know. She must have a good reason."

"You're such a downer, but whatever. I'll just wait until you're in class to see Tikki."

"Who's Tikki?"

"The only thing better than cheese and she's Ladybug's kawami. She's even better than Camembert"