Chloe's (Not So) Evil Plan

Chapter 3

Marinette's POV

I glare over at where Adrien is sitting on my chaise. How did this happen. 15 minutes ago neither of us knew each other's identities and things were going just how they should be. Then Chat Noir had to crash into my balcony, tell me he knew my identity, then detransform! The stupid tomcat! Ugh.

"How exactly did you find out my identity?" I finally ask.

"Well funny story," He says, weakly chuckling. "After the akuma was defeated I overheard Chloe talking about how you would never find someone who loves you. When I stood up for you she basically said unless I started dating you I was just proving her point. So I decided that since Ladybug clearly didn't like me and you're such an amazing person I could ask you out and prove to Chloe that you are a wonderful person that anybody would be lucky to date. Then when I got to your house I saw you detransform on your balcony. So yeah."

"Okaay, and why did you think the best way to approach this situation was to detransform in front of me?" I ask, slightly less angry.

"I wasn't really thinking. I was going to talk to you like a responsible person then I heard you talking to this Tikki person about how you loved me. It shocked me because I had no clue you felt that way, I tried to walk away but then I tripped and you came up. I was still in shock and not thinking clearly so I called you M'lady then I panicked some more and here we are." He finishes glancing up at me terrified. "Please don't hate me."

My gaze softens and I walk over to him. "I could never hate you, Chaton. Don't get me wrong, you haven't been the smartest person today, but I couldn't hate you." I say hugging him.

"So I guess you could say 'the cat's out of the bag," Adrien says and I shove him off the chaise.