Hi everybody! I'm sorry this took so long for me to update but I was on holiday for a couple of weeks and my writing went on the back burner a little bit though I still got some done. Anyway, this is the last chapter for this story, this really wasn't meant to be this long but it happened and I'm glad it did. Thanks for all the support and the lovely reviews from all of you, please feel free to write a final one and say what you thought of it all. Thanks again guys!

"OK, are we all set?"

"We're ready when you are Alya."

"Dude the camera on this is sick! I didn't know you had such wicked tech!"

"I had to invest in a decent camera phone if I'm going to be a journalist Nino, I can't have blurry videos on the Ladyblog! Did you actually press record this time?"

"That was one time Alya and it happened a month ago, stop holding it against me! And yes, we've been recording for the last few minutes!"

"Alright, alright, I can edit this bit out later. Thank god I'm not doing a live feed… Now point it towards me!"

The lens on the phone was dragged down from the ceiling, where it had been filming the beams of Alya's bedroom, and the girl herself came into view on the small screen. She was sitting in her spinning desk chair and a wide excited smile was plastered on her face as she enthusiastically greeted her future viewers.

"Hello to all you Ladybug fans! This is Alya here and have I got a scoop for you all tonight!"

Her excitement built as she pointed directly down the camera, feeling like she was ready to burst. She couldn't believe this was about to happen. Earlier that day, when she had eventually dragged Adrien and Marinette away from a wailing Chloe and explained what she wanted to do in return for her silence, she hadn't expected them to agree so readily to her suggestion or want to do it so soon. She didn't know how she had made it through the school day, knowing what they had planned for her viewers, it was going to blow their minds. From behind the camera, Nino gave her an eager thumbs-up and she slyly winked at him before she carried on.

"As we all know, last weekend brought with it some very traumatic events for the two superheroes of Paris and, despite them saving the day from not just an akuma but a plot to abduct the Mayor, Ladybug was very publicly injured and neither of them have been heard from since. This has been extremely worrying for everybody but I am here to tell you that that silence is over. For right now, I, Alya Césaire, have the pair of them here with me tonight!"

She swept her arm across the room and the camera followed her to show Ladybug and Chat Noir were sitting just in front of her at an angle so they were half-facing the camera. They were sitting on two dining room chairs that Alya and Nino had hauled up the stairs that had originally been placed about two feet apart but now were pressed close together courtesy of Chat Noir who had sneakily pushed his over centimetre by centimetre so nobody noticed until they were already filming. He was now lounging back in the chair as relaxed as if it had been his own bedroom, one leg crossed over the other and one arm leisurely around his partner's shoulders. Ladybug, pretending not to notice how he was practically leaning on her, gave the camera a warm smile and a little wave as she turned to Alya, who was close to jumping out of her seat.

"Here they are! I must thank you both for coming, it is an honour to have you here. I still can't quite believe you both are in my bedroom!"

"The honour is all ours," Ladybug smiled at her. "It's amazing to have such dedicated fans who are so concerned about us and we're very thankful you agreed to have us here Alya. We needed to end this silence and tell everybody what did happen."

Chat Noir nodded firmly in agreement as Alya gave a little squeal of joy. Even though she now knew that the heroine was also her bumbling best friend, she still felt awed by her graceful presence and hearing her name coming from her lips still gave her a thrill.

"So Ladybug, can you tell us what did happen on Saturday from your point of view? Did you have any idea of what was going to happen after you defeated the latest akuma?"

"We had no idea what was going to happen," She answered. "We were fighting the akuma named the Builder at the Eiffel Tower, I used Lucky Charm and everything was put back to the way it was, same as always. We, like everyone else, thought it was over and that it was safe when the akuma was purified, we were just about to make an announcement when it all started. We never would have dreamed anything like this would happen."

"It all happened so quickly too," Chat Noir interjected when she went quiet. "One minute everything was fine and the next we had gunmen at our backs. At first, they threatened to abduct the Mayor and then, when my Lady here stood up to them like the amazingly courageous hero that she is, they threatened to take her instead. The experience was awful and we had to think on our feet to get her out of there. If we hadn't…" He reached over and took her hand, letting her squeeze it tightly as she bit her lip at the memory. Just talking about it, even with the barest of details, was enough to bring it flooding back and she refused to let his hand go as Alya eyed it with her eyebrow knowingly raised.

"Yes, nobody wants to think of what could have happened if these people had gotten away with their plan," She said gently. "It's a good thing that they were all arrested at the scene. We all remember seeing the news footage of your escape and how you were shot by the leader of the group. You're thankfully fully healed now. Can you tell us what you remember from it and where you went afterwards?"

"I can remember flying over the crowds after Chat Noir managed to get me away," Ladybug told her, her voice calm as she went through it. "I then looked around to make sure he was alright and that was when the bullet caught me in my side." She used her free hand to gesture where the bullet had hit her and both Alya and Chat Noir grimaced. "I fell to the ground and managed to hide myself away so my identity wouldn't be compromised and so those thugs couldn't find me. Luckily for me, the one that did find me was Chat Noir and he took me to a place of safety. If it wasn't for this cat here, I would never have made it out alive." She affectionately scratched him under his chin and he gave a contented meowl. "It just proves I really couldn't do this without him."

"And where did you take her, Chat Noir?" Alya was leaning forwards eagerly as Chat Noir gave Ladybug a smile and tightened his arm around her shoulders. He then registered that he had been asked the question and went a little red before he answered.

"I'm afraid I can't answer that," He said a little awkwardly in his embarrassment. "The place we went is a safe haven we may need to use again, though we hope not, and saying would make it a target. We wouldn't want to do that to the people who helped us when we needed it, we can't afford to put them in any danger."

"Of course not." Alya nodded in understanding. She hadn't expected them to answer the question and she wasn't going to push them for more details. "I'm sure everyone is just glad you are alright now Ladybug."

"I certainly am." Chat Noir grinned, causing Ladybug to flick his nose with a groan and Alya to giggle. This was her chance to reveal the news and this was the part that really would blow everybody's minds.

"OK, I just have one last question." She said, practically on her feet now. "You mentioned earlier that you both were planning to make an announcement on Saturday but you never got the chance. Would you like to make it now?"

Ladybug and Chat Noir exchanged glances, Ladybug's lips twitching into a smile and Chat Noir's grin getting wider than Alya thought possible. "You say it." He said.

"Why me?"

"Because I just like hearing you say it."

Ladybug sighed at her partner but the smile hadn't left her face. "OK," She finally agreed. "Just don't come complaining to me later because you wanted to say it." Chat Noir motioned zipping his lips and leant into her as she turned back to the camera.

"Our announcement was that myself and Chat Noir… we're together. As in couple together." Ladybug deeply blushed as she spoke. "We're officially dating."

"Ladynoir is real!?" Alya almost screamed, leaping from her chair like she was about to start dancing. Even though she had already known the news and been told she had to act like it was the first time, hearing it officially was enough to get her fangirling again and she grabbed Nino in her excitement, forgetting he had the camera, and started spinning him around.

"It's real! It's real! Ladynoir is cannon!"

"Alya put me down!" Nino cried out helplessly as he was thrown about like a rag doll. The last thing the camera caught was a shot of his surprised panicked face as the phone fell from his grasp and hit the floor, lying camera side down.

A little while later, Ladybug and Chat Noir were sitting on a rooftop, their legs dangling merrily over the edge as they watched the city below them. Although it was night and the sky was inky black above them, the city still seemed alive with beads of orange lights flashing below them, making the roads look like strings of glowing amber. Lights from windows blinked like faraway stars and the Eiffel Tower that was in the centre of their vision was aglow, sparkling like a giant Christmas tree as it lit up. The sight was enough to warm Ladybug's heart and inspire her; this was her city and she would do her damnest to protect it, no matter what. She started happily humming a tune in time with the swinging of her legs and that made Chat Noir's ears twitch at the sudden melody. He looked over at her and smiled fondly, his own heart swelling at the sight of her.

"You seem happy." He grinned as he slowly edged closer to her, slinking to her side with an expression of perfect innocence she didn't believe for a minute. "What are you thinking about?"

"Alya's video." She murmured as she leant her head on his shoulder contentedly. "I'm glad everything is out in the open now. I hated the idea that people were worrying about us so much and we got to make our announcement."

She smiled as she remembered what had happened once Alya had edited and uploaded the video; they had both stayed behind for an hour to see what would happen and within that time, the response had been immense. After ten minutes, th video had already been viewed several thousand times and the reviews had been pouring in so fast, Alya's computer had barely been able to cope, freezing over at least twice. She had almost been crying at the number of new followers she had and had been using Nino like a stress ball, gripping him to the point of blocking his circulation. He hadn't seemed to mind much thought and she gave a giggle.

"Did you see when Nino dropped her phone?" She laughed and he had to laugh too.

"Oh man, I honestly thought she was going to kill him!" He said grinning at the plight of his best friend. "She looked so furious when it hit the floor and when she started chasing him around the room welding that pillow… I never thought anyone could yell so loud."

"Yeah, she could give Chloe a run for her money." Marinette spluttered as she held her already aching stomach and they both burst out laughing, howling as their bodies perilously rocked on the edge of the roof. Chat Noir sensed this and he quickly pulled them back, leaving them in a still laughing heap on the floor with their limbs tangled up together. It was only when his throat became dry and it hurt to laugh did he stop and realise how close they were to each other. He could almost see the reflection of his black mask in her eyes and that made him breathless. He heard the sound of her own breath hitching and it gave him the boldness to lean a little closer.

"Mari?"

"Hmm?" She hummed softly as his thumb ran over her bottom lip gently.

"If anyone else hurts you like that, I'm going to turn them into mincemeat."

She burst out laughing again, tears sprouting from the corners of her eyes and light up like diamonds in the faint shimmering lights. "And here I was, thinking you were going to say something romantic."

"Wasn't that romantic?" He beamed at her cockily and she laughed again at his expression.

"I don't think so kitty." She said, snuggling closer into him, neither of them caring that they were lying on their backs on a cold concrete roof. Her head rested on his chest, enjoying how it dipped and rose with each breath he made and she sighed happily as she stared up at the night sky. "It's a shame we can't see any stars." She slightly pouted as she looked up at the empty black sky.

"Don't need them." She frowned a little at his answer before she suddenly found herself being tipped over. The next thing she knew, she was the one lying on her back and Chat Noir's eyes were floating above hers, disembodied among the black sky that melted into his black leather. "Why would I look at the stars when I can just look into your eyes?"

She could feel herself going as red as her mask, Chat not helping by softly grinning down at her before pecking kisses along her jawline. She smiled as their lips met gently and when he pulled away, her own thumb run across his cheek.

"Was that a better romantic line?" He asked her.

"It was," She hummed, drawing him back in. "Now all I need to do is get rid of those dire puns."

"You love them really." He pouted, making her giggle again.

"Maybe I do." She smiled as she kissed his pout away. "Maybe I do."