Troublemaker

5 - Identity reveal

A school bell interrupted their kiss. The students started moving towards the classes. Marinette looked at Adrien a bit dazed. She touched her lips and suddenly understood.

"No ..." she whispered, terrified.

"What happened?" he immediately returned to Earth from his cloud of dreaming.

"Impossible..." she began to study his face carefully. When her eyes went to his ring, Adrien understood. Oh, God... She recognised him... By a kiss?

"I'll explain everything, Marinette..." he said.

"Oh, God... I have to sit down..." she whispered in a slight shock and flopped into the floor.

He immediately sat down next to her. As if she was about to leave if he didn't do it. He took her hand.

"Marinette, I'll..." He tried to explain again, but she suddenly laughed. Loudly. Was it possible that it was a happy laughter? He looked at her shyly.

"Oh, that would explain a lot!" She said when she managed to stop laughing. "I was so worried!"

"I don't get it..."

"I know. You said that we girls were very complicated!" she reminded him his own words and he could be sure that she had figured out that he was Cat Noir. "You surprised me yesterday! And... Well... I've already begun thinking if maybe I fell in love with Cat Noir." She whispered, looking around if no one was listening. "I'm relieved a bit that the first two kisses I had with you, not with him. I mean, with him, but still with you."

"Wait... What first two kisses? Who else kissed you?"

"Uhm... You..." She answered and blushed.

"I don't remember two kisses..."

"Oh..." she clutched her lips. Information about those two kisses slipped out unwillingly. And yet the first one had been... when she was Ladybug... Marinette blushed when she realised her mistake.

"Marinette?" He began with a suspicious tone. "Do you want to tell me something?"

"Oh..." she sighed again, still holding her lips. But words have already flew out of them, and no one had ever been able to turn back time.

"Tell him, because if not, I will do it myself!" Marinette's handbag whispered softly.

"And what about your 'no one can know your identities'?" Marinette hissed toward the purse. Adrien was just adding two and two and his heart stopped for the second time today.

"No..." he whispered, shocked.

"Er... Yes..." she smiled embarrassed.

"Seriously?" His face suddenly brightened in a smile. "I can't believe it! It's really great! The best news I ever hoped to hear!"

"Really?" she was surprised.

"You have no idea how happy I am!" He exclaimed and began kissing her.

"Marinette, lessons!" The purse squealed again.

"Leave them alone, Tikki." Adrien's bag replied to her purse. "Lessons are boring! They still can go to the next one."

Listening in that conversation, Marinette began to laugh.

"It is totally unrealistic." She said.

"Why are they so talkative?" Adrien asked.

"It's because we're happy..." Tikki squeaked.

"It's more of a relief ..." Plagg added. "My part-time job as a psychotherapist will be finished, at last."

Adrien laughed when he saw Marinette's face. Indeed, it had been tough time for Plagg with all those talks about love for Ladybug and friendship with Marinette. In the meantime... Everything was one perfect ensemble. He looked at Marinette with a smile. Yes. Now everything was perfect.