He Was There | Miraculous Ladybug

Chapter Nine: Conclusions

"Did you find what you were looking for?" Adrien asks walking up to Marinette who was opening the storage compartment of her electric scooter. "Oh! Yeah! For you!" She tittered handing over a neatly packaged passion fruit macaron. Adrien's eyes widened staring at the singular sweet treat. "You've made me one before haven't you?" He whispered glancing over at her as his face turned slightly red. 

Marinette scoffs laughing it off, "Yeah! Totally! I think I gave you one at the premiere of the Ladybug and Chat Noir film!" She titters before her face drops into a pale numb expression.
He smiles opening the macaron, "I remember, passion fruit is my favorite after all!" He chuckles not noticing her blank expression.
Marinette could feel her heart beating rapidly making eye contact with Kagami and Luka. She winces looking back at him take a bite of the pastry. "While we're here there's something I need to tell you." Adrien starts standing up straight rewrapping the macaron to save for later and placing it in his jacket pocket. 

Plagg stares at the macaron in his jacket, Do I look like Tikki... huh Adrien? He thought crossing his arms lying a small, but pretty sturdy, punch into his ribs.
Adrien winces pressing down against his ribs falling to his knees. Marinette's eyes widened picking him up and wrapping his arm around her shoulder. Marinette leads him into the empty cabin space and lays him down on the chair. "Are you okay?" She asks blinking slowly. He nods, "Yeah I think something knocked the air out of me without really thinking about me." He smiles sitting up to face her. 

  She sits down in front of him, "What did you need to talk about?" She whispered feeling her legs begin to shake, nervously. Adrien looks down at the floor fidgeting with his parents wedding bands.
  Marinette rubs her knees through the silence, "You can break up with me if that's what you're thinking about. I won't be-" Adrien's eyes widen looking back up at her, "That is not where I was going with this, do you want to...?" He whispered frowning leaning back in the chair.
  Marinette's eyes widen as a lump formed in her throat. "N-no, I'm sorry." She sobs quietly covering her face in embarrassment. Adrien sits up to walk over to her and wraps his arms around her from the side laying his head on her shoulder. She removes her hands staring down at his. "That's the opposite of what I wanted to talk about, Marinette." He states quietly watching her face turn bright red. 

  She pushes him off of her, "Don't you think we're moving this on pretty fast, Adrien? We're only 15 hahahaha!" She laughs awkwardly backing away from him. He starts laughing covering his face. Marinette stares at him confused as he inches over to her. "We keep going from 0 to 100 don't we, you need to stop jumping to conclusions." He smiles as the music outside the cabin slows down.
  She looks up at him taking his hands gently, he placed hers wrapped around his neck and his on her hips. She leans in close to his chest listening to his heartbeat. He lays his head on hers, "Marinette, I trust you with everything. I feel so free with you, I don't know how else to describe it." He whispered smiling as he pulled away from her to look in her eyes. She blushes watching him smile causing her to smile back in return. 

  He watches her as they continue to sway to their song. He inhales slowly looking away from her for a moment, "I'm...Chat Noir," he whispered frowning in fear of how she would react before looking back down at her. Her eyes widened pushing him away. "That's not funny, Adrien." She snapped before tears form in her eyes as she backs away to the door to leave. He grabs her hand stopping her, "I'm serious. I was there the night we upset Andre, I was there because I wanted to see you. But you didn't want to see me. Not me as, Adrien." He explained muttering the last part.
  Marinette frowns looking down at his hand, actually noticing the camouflaged ring. She looks back up at him and walks closer to him embracing him tightly. "Thank you for telling me," she whispered as soft sobs escaped her lips.

  He smiles out of relief wrapping his arms around her tightly. "Does Ladybug know that you told me?" She whispered laying her head on his shoulder.
  He chuckles, "Not yet," He pulls away from her smiling down at her. Obviously, she thought as she plasters a fake smile upon her lips. "We should go back out there, they must be thinking the worst about us." Marinette whispers intertwining her fingers with his.