A few weeks passed and the girls were almost completely healed. Master Fu tried to get them to stay longer, to finish healing, but they refused. "We can't leave the boys on their own any longer."
He sighed and smiled. "I can see I will not change your mind. Be safe and try not to open your wounds."
Ladybug transformed into Queen Cobra again and grabbed Marinette's waist. They leapt onto the neighboring building's roof and sprinted away. Ladybug saw the boys hanging out on her roof deck and landed there. "Surprise!"
After all the 'OMG I missed you, I'm so glad you're back's, Ladybug turned to Adrien. "I need my miraculous back.'' He immediately unfastened the earrings and handed them to her. Marinette wondered when he got his ears pierced. Ladybug excused herself and slipped into her room, closing the trap door behind her. She detransformed and put on her earrings. "Oh, Tikki, I've missed you!" They hugged and Ladybug transformed again. She placed the snake miraculous into the miracle box and went back onto the roof deck. They all went to the Eiffel Tower and hung out for a while. There was a pause in the conversation and Ladybug looked at Marinette questioningly. Marinette nodded and Ladybug turned to Adrien. "Adrien Agreste, I have given it a lot of thought and have come to the conclusion that you deserve a miraculous."
Ladybug pulled the bee miraculous out from her yo-yo and held it out to Adrien. "I am entrusting you with the bee miraculous. Guard it with your life."
"W-wait! You already tried to give me a miraculous, but it didn't work, remember?"
"Yes, but that was the snake miraculous." Adrien didn't want to disappoint Ladybug, but he couldn't take the miraculous.
"No. I'm not cut out to be a superhero."
"But-"
"I'm not taking it. Thank you, though." He curled Ladybugs hand around the miraculous and pushed her closed fist to her chest. "I'm sorry."
She sucked in a deep breath and smiled. "No problem." She paused and smiled. "Could you at least try it? I kinda want to see what you'd look like."
When she smiled like that, there was nothing he wouldn't do to keep her happy. Adrien smiled and held out a hand for it. She placed the comb in his hand and he fastened it in his hair. A yellow kwami appeared in the air and bowed to him. "Greetings, your highness. I-"
"Oh, you don't have to call me that." Adrien was slightly uncomfortable. Pollen's eyes widened in shock and she smiled.
"Very well. I am Pollen. All you need to do is say Pollen, buzz on!"
"Pollen, buzz on!" The others shielded their eyes as Adrien glowed yellow and transformed. He looked down and saw his yellow suit. "Now I'm...Miel!"
"Doesn't that mean 'honey' in french?" Ladybug asked.
"Maybe.." He smirked.
"You look great, Miel!" Marinette said.
Adrien turned to her and replied "I think I look better in black. Brings out my eyes." He gestured at his eyes and smiled. Marinette gasped. "What? What did I..." He trailed off, realizing what he had said. His hands lowered and he stared at Ladybug. She spoke calmly.
"Chat, isn't it a little weird that past you hadn't come to help you during akuma attacks? In fact, I don't think I've even seen past you at all."
"W-well, I.."
She turned to Adrien. "Adrien, please go with Chat Noir into Marinette's room, put on Chat's ring and transform there."
"I-I.." She raised an eyebrow.
"You what?"
Adrien looked down, defeated. He motioned to Chat Noir and they both disappeared into Marinette's room.
"Ladybug! What if he figures out who you are?" Marinette protested.
Ladybug shook her head. "Bunnix would have come back in time to stop me from figuring out his identity if it was a problem."
Marinette thought about this for a second. "I suppose you're right."
"Ahem." Adrien cleared his throat. The girls turned to see him in the Chat Noir suit, standing alone.
"Chat, I thought I asked you to give your miraculous to Adrien?" Ladybug said, slightly distracted.
Adrien smiled weakly and said, "claws in." He detransformed and Marinette gasped. He tapped his foot on the trapdoor and Chat Noir, without the suit, climbed up onto the roof deck.
"Surprise!" He said halfheartedly. Marinette looked back and forth between the two.
"Which one of you is from this time?" She asked and the boys laughed.
"Me." Adrien said, raising a hand. She ran to him and embraced him. He was shocked for a second then wrapped his arms around her.
Ladybug smiled and turned when she felt Chat Noir tap her shoulder. He was standing before her, hands folded in front of him, back in his suit. "M'lady, I have loved you from the moment we met." She opened her mouth to speak but he raised a hand to stop her. "We have been through a lot together. There was Lady Wifi, who almost revealed your identity to everyone, and Volpina, who tried to turn the people of Paris against you. While we were fighting Dark Owl, you trusted me not to peek at who you are. You have saved me countless times. Fighting Dark Cupid, you had to break the stupid anti-love curse. Before I was hit, what I wanted to say was I love you, but I never got the chance. Even when we lost our memories, I knew I loved you more than anything, with or without the mask. I know you like someone else, but I just had to tell you. I will stop bugging you about my love, now that I told you exactly how I feel."
He waited. Ladybug opened and closed her mouth a few times before saying, "Oh, kitty.."
"May I know the name of the boy you like?" He asked. She flushed and looked away.
"His name is...'' She trailed off, shaking her head. "I-I don't think I can-"
"ADRIEN! HIS NAME IS ADRIEN AGRESTE!" Marinette shouted. Adrien turned pink and smiled, while Chat Noir looked slightly sad. Ladybug, however, turned so red, they couldn't tell where her mask started and her face ended. Chat looked at her.
"Is this true, M'lady?" he asked. she hid behind her hands and nodded. He smiled weakly. "So you like Adrien more than me." It wasn't a question.
Ladybug shook her head, still hiding. "I fell for Adrien before Chat Noir and it would be easier, safer, to date a civilian than a superhero." She lowered her hands and smiled a small smile at Chat. "But I can see that you made an impression on me when you didn't know it was me, when you were being yourself."
Chat was confusing. "But, I never hung out with anyone but you three?" The girls stared at him, waiting for him to get it. "What?" They sighed.
Marinette and Ladybug exchanged glances and nodded. Marinette counted down on her fingers.
3
2
1
"Spots on!" "Spots off." They transformed and detransformed. Adrien was now holding Ladybug and Chat was facing Marinette. Their eyes widened and they yelped in surprise. Adrien was frozen and Chat Noir was looking back and forth between Marinette and Ladybug.
"M-Marinette? You're Ladybug?" Chat whispered. "But-but I SAW you. You're Multimouse."
Ladybug grinned and tapped her temple. "I knew you had figured out that I was a student at François Dupont high school, so I had to think of something to throw you off the trail. I became Multimouse then Multifox and made an illusion of myself as both Ladybug and Multimouse. The whole thing after we found the akuma was an illusion. I fixed everything after."
Chat Noir laughed at himself. "And all I did was purposefully mistake the high school for an elementary school!" They all started laughing.
A white portal appeared and Bunnix lept out of it. "Good job, Minibug, Kitty Noir! You fixed the future. Time to return home!" She looked back and forth between them in confusion. "Who is from this timeline?" She asked and everyone laughed again. Ladybug and Chat Noir raised their hands, holding the other. They turned to Adrien and Marinette and they all huddled for one big embrace. Chat Noir and Ladybug pulled back and smiled at them.
"Good luck you two!"
"Yeah, don't make life hard for yourselves." Chat thought for a moment, then added "And by the way, there'll be a pop quiz on the last day of school on parabolas. Hopefully you can get a better score than I can!"
Ladybug punched his shoulder, laughing. "Chat! I've been very careful not to reveal the future! Don't mess that up now!"
Bunnix coughed and they made their final goodbyes. Ladybug and Chat Noir stepped through the portal and Bunnix followed them.
She stuck her head back out and said, "Good luck with finding Hawkmoth."
Adrien looked at Marinette and smirked. "We don't need luck, we have Ladybug!"
She flushed and smacked his arm. He pulled her into his arms and kissed her forehead. She turned redder and faced Bunnix. "Bye Bunnix! See you in the future!"
"You certainly will." she winked and pulled her head all the way into the portal and it shut behind her.
Marinette looked back at Adrien, who smiled back at her. "I thought she would never leave!" She chuckled nervously and he leaned down to press a kiss to her lips.
