Caught by Surprise

Bedtalk

"A...Adrien? As... as in Adrien Agreste? I didn't know you... dated." Chat shrugged.

"We didn't." Marinette replied, half asleep already. "I just had this huge teenage crush on him, come to think of it, I was a bit of a stalker. Not cool, but sooo in the past now." She yawned, still in his embrace.

"But you never... you never told Adrien how you feel about him?"

"Hey, kitty, don't spoil a purrrfect evening by bittersweet memories. I never told him because I was too scared I would be rejected. He totally friendzoned me and there was nothing I could do about it. I mean, I couldn't even talk to him, that's how flustered I was around him."

Chat stared in horror she couldn't quite understand.

"But enough about that clueless idiot. I want to be with YOU." Marinette planted a small kiss on his cheek.

"Be with me? Like would you like to... be my girlfriend?" Chat asked, still processing everything.

"And here I thought I already was. I don't let random friends fuck me from behind, thank you very much." She smirked.

"Not even... Adrien?" Chat ventured, teasing her.

"What is it with you and that blond model? Are you jealous? Told you he could never mean as much as you do to me."

"I'm sorry. I've been rejected so many times by Ladybug and my... family, that it's hard to believe, that a girl like you might actually like me."

"Not "like" you. I love you, silly cat. It took me some time to realize it. And now I don't want you to go." Marinette almost suggested an identity reveal while she was at it, but her logical brain stepped in just in time. Instead, she just put her head on his shoulder and her hand on his chest and fell asleep.

Midnight blows in through the window

Dances 'round the room

Got me hypnotized

I'm getting high on love with you

Chat was exhausted and could use some sleep as well, but his Adrien self was screaming in his head at all the new information. Marinette. Loved. Him. She loved Adrien and she loved Chat. She fell for him twice. Something Ladybug would never do. And she wants to be his girlfriend and he's just fuuu... made love to her. Another thing Ladybug would never do, considering her tight suit and her fear of identity reveal. And now Marinette was asleep in his arms in her bedroom and he promised Plagg he wouldn't spend the whole night in the suit.

So Chat kissed Marinette one last time in her sleep, slipped out of her arms, her bed and her apartment and ten minutes later, he was taking a shower at his home while Plagg was stuffing his face with cheese.