Done! And in time, surprise :D

He first thing that shot through Alya's mind was 'damnit'.

The second 'How to delete the memories of the last five minutes out of your boyfriend's mind?'.

The orange flash rushed up her body, unstoppable and she felt the familiar weight of her fox ears appearing at the top of her head.

Nino's eyes widened even more, more than she had ever thought one's eyes would allow to open.

Her transformation ended with a last flash and she held Nino's shocked gaze, her eyes just flickering to the side for one brief second before flitting back to him. Searching for an emergency escape way.

She gulped as he continued not to say anything, obviously still shocked.

"Uh-… Nino…?"

He remained still and motionless, his mouth open and his eyes unblinking.

"Hey, Nino? Uhm-… How about-… We forget this all an-"

She couldn't even finish her sentence as Nino's eyes already rolled up and his body went slack, making him faceplant on the floor right in front of her.

"Uh…", she intelligently commented, then she kneeled down beside him, "Shit, shit! Nino?"

Nino stayed unconscious as she rolled him on his back, lightly slapping his bruised and scratched open cheek from hitting the ground.

"Oh c'mon, you can't be serious…"

Another explosion from the Akuma let her recoil, then she rolled her eyes and groaned. She had to go. She just had to drop him off somewhere safe…

One Nino tucked into her bed later she joined her friends at the Akuma attack. Queen B was already on it to make a snippy comment on how late she was but Firena gestured for her to stop before even a sound came from her.

"My boyfriend just found out about me and he hurt himself on top of falling unconscious from shock. Spare me, please."

Queen B shut her mouth and Firena sighed in relief as Ladybug came over, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"Is he okay?", she gently asked while Chat kept the Akuma busy.

"I don't know, honestly.", she admitted, a weird feeling pooling in her stomach, "I just-… I brought him to my home. Let's finish this Akuma fast so I can get back to him?"

After the fight Firena silently slipped through her window into her room, her transformation dropping the second she set foot on the floor. Trixx shot out of her necklace and immediately jumped on the prepared bowl of carrot pieces, already gulping down the first without even chewing as Alya snuck to her bed.

Nino laid in a slightly different position as she had dropped him off here, he had rolled to his side. That was a good sign, Alya supposed.

He breathed calmly and evenly by now, his eyes moving behind his closed eyelids and crooked glasses. She carefully took his glasses off and put them on her nightstand, then she sat down on the edge of the bed, beginning to brush over his face. One of his cheeks had turned blue and he had scratches over that side of the face as well. She could speak of luck that his glasses hadn't shattered at the impact.

He must've recovered his senses again and then fallen asleep here because he wasn't unconscious anymore. Alya lightly snorted, leaning down to kiss his temple and nuzzling her nose against his cheek. He was warm and a little bit stubbly, comfortably scratching her nose. She hummed and leaned in a little more until she finally laid beside him, her nose pressed against his cheek and her arms tightly wound around him.

"I'm so sorry, Nino…", she murmured, lightly nudging him, "Sorry…"

She remained like this, tightly holding him, until she was about to fall asleep as well, but just then, he woke up.

When his breath began becoming a little uneven she had the first hint that he was waking up. Unwillingly, she parted from him but his hand on her waist held her back, keeping her close.

His eyes fluttered then, only to close again and move his head a little, his lips pressing against her forehead.

"Kicked the Akuma's butt?"

She giggled, hugging him firmly and intertwining their legs.

"Yeah… We kicked that Akuma's butt and we did good."

"Good.", he sighed, his lips not ever parting from her skin. She closed her eyes and sighed, steadying his head with her hand in his hair, leaning her forehead against his kiss.

"You gonna be okay?", she asked, referring to his mental and physical state. He merely chuckled, shrugging a little.

"Well, my face will heal. Thanks for catching me, by the way."

"Wait but I didn't-…", only then she felt how his lips stretched to a smile and that he had spoken with a smug undertone, "… Oh, you idiot…"

"I love you, too, beautiful."