"Some things are simply meant to be." Alya said, licking her lips and shoving the entire cupcake in her mouth. She raised her arms in triumph, making Marinette laugh.

"How did you come to that conclusion?" She asked, leaning back on her hands as she sat on her floor.

"Because if I hadn't met you, I wouldn't have discovered I can shove a whole cupcake in my mouth." She said through a mouthful of cupcake, causing Marinette to laugh.

"Alya, you're gonna get sick if you always do that." She said, shoving the girl's shoulder.

Alya swallowed and smirked at her. She stood up and went to her over-night bag, and pulled out her pyjamas. She yawned and pulled off her shirt, then pulled on her night shirt. Marinette stared at the name right between her shoulder blades, and she couldn't help but giggle.

"I still can't believe you got Nino as your soulmate." Marinette said, giggling. "You ever gonna tell him?"

"Well, obviously he knows. He'll have one with my name somewhere." She said, smirking a bit. She stretched and sat next to Marinette, leaning towards her. "What about you, huh? Where's yours? WHO is yours?" She asked, poking Marinette in the stomach as she spoke. Marinette blushed and swatted her hand away.

"Please, Alya.." She said, crossing her arms.

Soulmate marks were always a sensitive topic to Marinette. It wasn't that she didn't have one, no way. It's just that hers... well, hers would give away her secret. Upon her right shoulder laid a small, smug looking black cat with a green aura. That was her only hint as to who her soulmate was. Of course she knew who that was. It was Chat Noir.

These marks only came about when you met your soulmate. For example, Alya. Her mark came between her shoulder blades, and it said Nino, in curly cursive letters. She met him on the first day of school, and hadn't even noticed it until months later, when she and Marinette had a sleepover, and Marinette noticed the name. They laughed so hard that night, they were almost sick.

Marinette's appeared when she met Chat Noir, on his first mission to fight an Akuma. He was arrogant and he was more interested in flirting with her, rather than trying to stop the villain from destroying Paris. He annoyed her very much. However, she got home that night, and she started changing, and she noticed a spot of color on her back. Her eyes had widened, and she checked her mirror again, and she felt her heart sink and her stomach boil at the sight of the stupid cat symbol. She then quickly shoved her shirt on and went promptly to bed, seething.

Alya had always tried to see her mark, but Marinette was very careful not to let it be seen. If she saw it, she would know that Marinette had to be Ladybug. It's not that she didn't want to tell her best friend. She wanted to do that more than anything, but she knew that if she told her friend, she would be in danger. Besides, how could she tell the girl who was working so hard to discover the identity of the spotted super hero that her best friend was keeping this glorious secret from her? It would absolutely destroy her, she just knew it. So Marinette decided to keep her in an ignorant bliss. It was for the better.

Of course, she encouraged her friend, and tried to keep her happy and guessing. Besides.. it was fun, messing with her and dropping hints, and even leading her away from the idea of her being Marinette, and towards that idea too. She loved watching her friend excitedly update her blog, trying to find all the answers.

Marinette pondered all of this as she watched Alya sleep. Not in the creepy way, oh that came out wrong. No, she was awake, making sure she was asleep so she could sneak out and go on patrol with her dear sweet Chat Noir.

There was usually nothing that happened, but they liked to keep watch over the city for a few hours, just in case. Besides, then was the only time that they really got to talk. Otherwise, they were busy fighting akuma. But since there was almost never a fight, the could spend an hour or even more together, since their energy wasn't used up as quickly.

She felt herself getting close to Chat Noir on these nights, and.. honestly? She didn't mind. Not one bit. She liked getting to know him, though they did as much as they could to separate their hero personas from their civilian identities. Still, they talked, and laughed, and even maybe flirted just a little. Just a little.

Once she was sure Alya was asleep, she went to the closet and transformed herself, then lept out from the balcony. She ran across rooftops, the moonlight gleaming off her suit. Searching the city as she ran, she tried to find Chat Noir. She spotted him over by the Louvre, and she landed next to him, smiling.

"Evening, Chat. How was your day?" She asked, smiling at him.

"My lady! You're late. I was getting worried." He said, getting down on one knee and kissing her hand. Marinette giggled and ruffled his hair.

"If I didn't know any better, I would think you were just missing me. I'm sure your nights without me are lonely." She teased.

Chat smirked and ran his fingers through his hair, then put his hand on his hip. He began walking, and Ladybug followed, catching up to him and keeping pace by his side. They were silent for a few minutes, just enjoying the clear, cool night.

"So, how was your day, Chat Noir? Have any exciting adventures?" Ladybug asked him.

"Oh, definitely! What about you, My lady?"

"Oh, no. I mostly sat around and waited for night to come so I could see Chat Noir, my Hero!" She said, nudging his side.

"Well, fear not, for now I'm here to rescue you from your misery." he said, nudging her back.

The came to a stop in the park, and sat together on the edge of the fountain. Lady tilted her face up to the sky, and looked up at the stars. Though they were sort of hard to see due to all the city lights, but the ones she could see were always her favorite. The moon shone down on her, as did the glow of the lamps set up around the park.

As they sat down and waited, listening for any signs of trouble. Marinette looked over at Chat and nudged him with her elbow. She smiled at him and then stood up, balancing on the edge of the fountain and walking around the rim.

"Is your civilian life as entertaining as your hero life?" She asked, looking over at him. Chat looked up in surprise, and blushed brightly.

"Well... in a way, yes." He said, standing up and walking next to her on the ground. He looked up at her, and she held her arms out for balance.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I have a lot of wonderful friends, an my class is.. pretty diverse. We always manage to get into some kind of crazy mishap. I suppose it can be entertaining." He told her. "What about you?"

"Well.. I have one really close friend, very sweet girl. She's actually the reason I was late, we had a sleepover. Had to make sure she was asleep before I left." Ladybug replied. "We have some interesting stories.. mostly of me being super awkward around this guy I like."

"Ah, I should have known. Another has already captured the affections of my lady's heart." Chat said, reaching up to grab her hand and kiss the back of her hand. Ladybug giggled and waved him away, circling the fountain once more.

"You're mighty concerned about who I do and don't like. Any reason as to why?" She asked teasingly. His face turned bright red, and he looked away.

"N-no reason."

Ladybug stood in front of Chat, ready to get down. Chat took her hand, and she jumped down onto the ground next to him. She tugged on his hand, and he smiled nervously, then let her hand go.

They jumped up onto the rooftops, and leapt around, idly chatting and watching out for any suspicious activity. They went on like this for a few hours, deciding to part ways when Ladybug's miraculous beeped, signaling that she was about to detransform. She bid Chat Noir goodnight, and she leapt home. She slipped into her room, and detransformed. She changed into her pajamas, and laid on the ground next to Alya. Closing her eyes, she sighed happily, and let herself drift off to sleep.

Greetings, lovlies! I'm back with a new story, with a better thought out plot this time. Its based off the soulmate AU of raydrawlings on tumblr! Their art is really good, and very cute! i highly recommend you check out their blog :)

Anyways, i really hope you enjoy this story, because i have a lot planned! It's not gonna follow their AU exactly, though i may try to incorporate some of their things into it as they come out with more and more.

I have the flu, and while it makes me feel awful and sick, it has given me time to write, and im actually pretty excited for how this is gonna turn out! Hopefully i can get part of chapter two written tomorrow! ^-^ Bye for now, lovlies!