Song of Our Lives

Chapter 5: Time to Go Out With a Bang

A/N: This chapter is seriously 100% fluff- like no kidding. It's a chapter I've imagined writing for a while, after listening to the theme song on repeat for a three hour car drive. Feel free to read it while listening to the theme song. And here it isssssss!!!!

"I don't think I'm ready for this," Ladybug muttered to Chat Noir from backstage. "In a few minutes, my life is going to change forever."

Chat peeked through the curtain to see the audience. "I think the whole of Paris is out there."

"Thanks," she sarcastically said, bumping his shoulder. "That makes me feel so much better."

Chat laughed. "Well, it was bound to happen someday. And I guess today is that day." He turned back to face her. "Are you sure you don't want to tell me before?"

Ladybug shook her head, a small smile on her face. "A few minutes isn't going to make a difference, is it?"

"A few seconds actually," Chat Noir pointed out as the familiar music began playing. "You ready?"

She held her head high. If she was going out, she was going out with a bang. "As ready as I'll ever be."

Slowly, Ladybug stepped onto the stage and in front of the mic. She gestured for the music to stop. She took one last glance at Chat Noir, who gave her a thumbs up with an encouraging smile, and turned back to the crowd.

"So, the past few days have been pretty chaotic," she began. "I've been commanded to reveal my identity." Her eye caught Alya and Nino and even her parents in the crowd. This was the last time they would look at her like that- with so much respect and appreciation. "Well, here goes nothing."

With one last glance at Chat Noir, she commanded Tikki to detransform her.

Gasps echoed from the crowd as a vulnerable Marinette stood on the stage. She locked eyes with Alya who's jaw had dropped and her parents who were giving her a proud smile. She couldn't bring herself to look back at Chat Noir.

Instead, she put a brave smile on her face and yelled at the DJ to hit it.

As the familiar music began playing, she clutched her mic and opened her mouth. No words came out. Again, nothing. Finally she turned to the left and met Chat's eyes. He was looking at her the same way he always looked at Ladybug- with the same love and admiration.

That's when she knew she was ready.

I live a life that's full of fun.
It keeps me sharp and on the run.
When evil comes, I find a way.
To use my force and save the day.

Here came the high notes.

Oh oh oh, life's got me spinning 'round

Marinette laughed and did a little spin. Maybe singing onstage wasn't so terrifying after all.

Oh oh oh, my feet are off the ground.

This time she jumped, suddenly wishing she had her yo-yo with her.

Oh oh oh, and when the sun goes down
You'd better hang around...

She grabbed the microphone from the stand and began dancing around the stage. Marinette was probably extremely off key, but right now, she couldn't care less.

It's Ladybug! Jumping above!
The power is on when things go wrong
It's Ladybug! The Lucky Charm!
The magic is on always so strong.

This was it. She was about to find out Chat Noir's true identity. As she sang, Chat walked onto the stage and detransformed to reveal... Adrien?

The realization struck her, leaving her shell-shocked and paralyzed.

Adrien was Chat Noir.

Her mind ran through all the times Chat had flirted with her and every conversation between them. Her eyes widened when she realized she had kissed him.

She stole one more glance at the love of her life before he opened his mouth to begin singing.

They look at me and think I'm cool.

His voice rang through the air better than it had been when they practiced, if that was possible. He sang almost better than Jagged Stone.

I'm Chat Noir and at night I rule.
My ring is charged with energy.

He winked at her. HE WINKED AT HER!

My claws are out, you just watch and see.

Marinette was so shocked she was almost unable to hit her cues. Almost.

M: Oh oh oh
A: Oh no you'll never know.

Adrien wagged his finger in front of her face and Marinette couldn't help giggling.

M: Oh oh oh.
A: My force will only grow.
M: Oh oh oh.
A: And when the moon is out, you'd better hand arounddddd!

He took her hand and spun her around.

M: It's Ladybug! Jumping above!
M: The power is on when things go wrong!
M: It's Ladybug! The Lucky Charm!
A: It's Ladybuggg woahhh!
M: The magic is on always so strong!

By now, they were both facing each other, close as could be and singing at the top of their lungs.

M: It's Ladybug! Jumping above!
M: The power is on when things go wrong!
A: Woahhh!
M: It's Ladybug! The Lucky Charm!
M: The magic is on always so strong!
M: It's Ladybug!
A: It's Ladybug jumping around! Woah!
M: It's Ladybug!
Both: The Lucky Charm!
M: The magic is on always so strong!
A: It's Ladybuggggg!

The two teens turned back to the crowd, panting, and placed the mics back in their holders.

"It was you this whole time," Adrien whispered to Marinette, a giddy smile on his face.

"I would've have never suspected that it was you," she breathed, saying the first complete sentence without stuttering that she had said to him in a long time. "You acted so different from Chat Noir."

Adrien gave her a sad smile, but then immediately brightened up as if remembering something. He grabbed the mic and held it up to his lips. "I love you, Marinette," he told her, speaking so the whole crowd could hear them- the crowd that was dead silent now. "As Marinette and as Ladybug. Will you be my girlfriend?"

It wasn't something she could have imagined, even in her wildest dreams. Adrien standing up on stage, singing with her at a Jagged Stone concert, and then confessing his love to her in front of the whole of Paris. She nodded, unable to get a single word out.

Adrien laughed, the first true laugh she had heard since that long time ago in the pouring rain. Still laughing, he picked Marinette up by the waist and spun her around. Placing her back on the ground, he leaned in and pressed his lips against hers.

The crowd went wild.

But the two teens only saw each other, oblivious to the rest of the world.

Their world was perfect and that was all that mattered.