Miraculous Kat

Part Eighteen: Kat's Reveal

Note: As always this is super super late and I am so so so sorry! I try to get it all done, but between my other (original) stories that I'm working on and my mother trying to get me to be more active, and writer's block, I have a strangely small amount of time to write. Once again, I am so so so sorry.

"You-you...I trusted you!"

"Marinette, calm down." Kat panted nervously. This was going to be tricky.

"I can't calm down! You told Adrien you know who Ladybug is!"

"Well, he asked, and I don't like lying to him about things like that. I won't tell him who you are, but I'm not going to deny knowing you."

"But what...why would you...?" Marinette trailed off, all questions dying before they're finished.

"Marinette, just listen a minute, please."

Marinette took a deep breath and swallowed. She nodded for Kat to go on.

"All right. Now, I don't know how much of that you heard, so I'll be brief. I'm not actually from this world, that much everyone kind of figured out already. I knew you were Ladybug, and who Chat Noir was, but I didn't know exactly how much I should say, or what I should do. That's why I said I saw you transform when you got back in the middle of the night."

"You didn't actually see me?"

"Well, not in person, no."

"So you lied."

"Look, I didn't want to freak you out or anything. And I only half lied. I've seen you transform like a hundred times, it was just on TV. I'm sorry."

"Ok. Ok, that's fine." Marinette took a few deep, shaky breaths. "Ok, I can handle that. You just didn't want to freak me out."

Kat just sat and let Marinette mutter to herself. Eventually, Marinette rationalized everything herself and nodded.

"Thank you for telling me, Kat. I forgive you for lying to me, and I'm glad you told me."

"I'm glad I did, too. Truth be told, it was hard to keep it from you. I've always believed that honesty is the best policy, even if it's only honesty between two people, like with your identity."

"It guess it does help to have a friend."

Kat beamed and Marinette couldn't help but return the smile. Kat laughed.

"Oh, I almost forgot, I'm pretty sure I scored you a spot with Adrien. His dad's taking him to a Jagged Stone concert and asked me who he should bring."

——At the Agreste Mansion——

"She knows who Ladybug is, Plagg!" Adrien flopped down on his bed, grinning from ear to ear. "Do you think she'd set me up on a date? Who do you think she is?"

"I don't know," Plagg said. Plagg, of course, already knew who Ladybug was.

"Plagg, what if she doesn't like me? What if—"

"She'll like you just fine," Plagg interrupted. "Can I have some Camembert?"

Adrien sighed and dug a little tin of it out of his desk.

"You know, Plagg, it would really help if I knew her."

"You do know her."

"What?" Adrien gasped, eyes wide.

"You fight akumas with her all the time."

"That's different."

"How is it different? She might be little different in real life, but it's still her deep down. You just gotta trust her. Let her be her, and when she's ready, she'll reveal herself."