~~~Lukadrienette~~~ [Conflicted]

Identity[1]

He peaked down through the skylight and smiled as he saw Marinette on her chaise longe, reading a book of some sort.

She turned a page and he smiled softly, finding endearment in the little things that she did, like rubbing the corner between her fingers before she turned it.

He realised how creepy it was that he was essentially spying on her and moved back from the window.

He was going to leave but looked back at the trap door that lead into her room.

He debated in his head for a few seconds before shrugging and moving over to it.

"Oh, why not."

He rapped his knuckle lightly on the glass, hearing a pause and then movement inside.

The door pushed open and her head peaked out of the hole. She spotted him and ducked back down into the room, allowing him inside.

He closed the door behind himself and sprang down the small ladder, bouncing over to perch by the chaise, peering curiously at the book, 'black beauty'.

"Hello Purrincess~", he smiled charmingly at her, receiving a small one in return.

"Hello Chat. What are you doing here?" She moved around the room, picking up the book and marking her page before sliding it back into her bookshelf in the corner.

"Oh, you know, patrolling in the area. Thought I'd pop in to see how you were doing." He smiled at her and sprawled across the chaise.

She smiled at his antics and knelt down in front of the chair.

"I heard about your fight with the Bourgeois couple, today. Are you okay?"

He sat up and reached out a hand, letting his catlike nail brush delicately across her cheekbone, pushing a piece of hair behind her ear.

Her cheeks went slightly pink and she averted her eyes, making him smile at her response to his action.

"I'm good. That fight actually saved me."

She looked at him in confusion.

"Saved you? I don't understand."

He chuckled softly and sat up, crossing his legs, allowing her to sit, with her knees to her chest on the chair, beside him.

"I went to a party today. As my civilian self." Marinette nodded and listened quietly.

"I left with two of my friends and we got ice cream from Andrè. It's great, by the way." He smiled at her and she nodded that she agreed.

"I've heard that. But as many times as he and I have spoken. And I've been there with friends and classmates, I've never actually tried it."

Chat looked at her in surprise, but continued talking about his day, filing that information away for later.

"We had a problem because we were an odd number, so we asked our friend to pick which ice cream to get. I think she over-thought it. Her rambling was cute, though." He grinned at Marinette, who just smiled, she didn't follow the joke.

"She chose one for our friend and I and then she took off."

Marinette turned to him curiously, "What? Why?"

Chat shrugged and draped his arm over the back of the chaise, facing Marinette.

"I don't know." He shrugged, though he had a smidgen of an idea.

"Anyway, after she left, we ate the ice cream. My friend was getting very close though and I was actually so relieved when I saw ladybug."

"You saw ladybug?" Marinette asked curiously.

Chat nodded and smiled.

"My friend continued flirting and getting closer after that and then Ladybug saved me when she took my friend away. God, I don't think I've ever been so confused and relieved at the same time."

Marinette froze and looked at Chat with slightly wide eyes.

He continued talking, oblivious to her reaction to how his day had gone.

"We all fought the villain and I think we won? I mean, it's gone, so I think that counts as a win." He rubbed his chin looking at the small rug on the floor.

He looked at Marinette and she quickly schooled her face into a neutral look, a small smile appearing as she saw his confused face.

"I think it counts as a win." She smiled and he nodded to himself, spreading his arms in either direction on the chaise.

"I went back to the river to find my friend and we spoke for a little bit. Then she tried to kiss me." Marinette's eyes widened and she sat slightly straighter.

"She kissed you?" She asked, slightly jealous at the thought. Despite what she may have just realised, she was still crushing on Chat and the mention of another girl kissing him caused something in her gut to churn.

"Tried to. I rejected her." He looked down, a guilty expression on his face.

Marinette reached out and placed a hand on his shoulder, reassuringly.

"How did she take it?" She was curious to know how Kagami had taken the rejection. And yes, she had just realised that Chat and Adrien were one in the same.

Chat looked at her with a guilty smile.

"At first she shouted. Demanding to know if it was because I liked our friend that had left before." He ran a hand through his hair. "I couldn't exactly say that she was right, could I?" Marinette felt a happy little blush settle over her cheeks, at his confession.

"So, I kind of, maybe, told her I'm gay."

Marinette froze and looked at him in shock, before her face cracked up and she doubled over laughing.

"Really? And she believed that?"

Chat scratched his head. "Yeah, she did. I mean, I sold it pretty well. The whole, it's a secret so don't tell anyone, story."

Marinette smiled at him fondly and pulled him into a warm hug, her arms around his shoulders and face in his neck.

Chat was surprised but he hugged her back anyway, his arms around her waist.

"I can't believe you, you silly kitty. I can't believe you..." she pulled back to whisper in his ear, giggling, "...Adrien."