(A/N: Hello! This will most likely be the last chapter of this story because it was supposed to be a one-shot but oops. Anyway… feel free to talk to me on tumblr at instantwaffles and please review! I love to hear what you have to say. Enjoy the story!)

Sleep Over Secrets Epilogue

Marinette woke up to Tikki softly prodding her cheek.

"Marinette... Marinette wake up." She called softly.

"Hmm? Tikki what's goin' on?" Marinette slurred sleepily.

Tikki giggled and nuzzled Marinette's cheek.

"Oh Marinette." She chided gently.

Marinette slowly opened her eyes and looked around blinking. She immediately realized she wasn't in her room. To her right was the bottom of a couch. She turned her head all the way to the left and found herself staring into large green cat eyes.

"Hiya kid." The small black creature greeted.

"What in the..." Marinette grumbled backing away from the creature.

It was about the same size as Tikki but it had features like a cat.

"I see you've met Plagg." Said a familiar voice.

Marinette turned towards the voice to see Adrien smiling down at her with a large silver tray in his hands. The small black creature flew up towards Adrien with a scream.

"CHEESE!"

It dived at the tray and started gorging itself on stinking cheese. Adrien rolled his eyes and set the tray on the floor before sitting down next to Marinette.

"I hope he didn't bother you. He tends to be mischievous." Adrien said with a small smile.

Marinette shook her head and sat up. The tray was stacked with cookies, cheese, and croissants. Adrien grabbed a croissant and started eating.

"I'm sure they aren't as good as your parents but they aren't terrible." He admitted, rubbing the back of his neck nervously.

Marinette was still confused and half-awake as Tikki dove into the cookies. Her eyes widened and she looked up at Adrien in panic. Adrien smiled at her, watching as she slowly remembered what happened yesterday night.

"Oh." She whispered.

Adrien continued smiling as he offered her a croissant again. She took one and started to eat while she let everything sink in. Adrien is Chat Noir. Chat Noir is Adrien. They're one in the same. When she thought about it, it made a good bit of sense. They looked alike and if Adrien was with friends he was pretty goofy like Chat too. She looked up at Adrien. He smiled back at her. Yeah she couldn't say that she was really surprised. She was happy though.

Marinette finished her croissant and looked down at Tikki who was still munching on cookies.

"So, that's..." she pointed at Plagg, "your kwami?"

"Yup!" Adrien exclaimed, nodding, "he's a real pain sometimes. I don't understand how he's the same species as Tikki. Tikki is sweet and friendly. Polar opposite of Plagg."

"I resent that." Plagg retorted, glaring up at Adrien as Tikki giggled.

Marinette looked over at the couch were Nino and Alya had been. She figured they had probably left earlier. Adrien saw where she was looking and blushed at the memories from earlier that morning. He had woken up to Alya and Nino snickering as Alya took hundreds of pictures. Alya was the first to notice that he had woken up. She teased him relentlessly while he tried to gently pry Marinette off him and after about 20 minutes of purely inappropriate jokes, Alya and Nino left saying something about how he and Marinette needed some 'alone time.' Adrien's face went bright red at that remark.

Marinette looked from the couch to Adrien only to see him looking away from her, his neck and ears bright red.

"Adrien, are you feeling alright? You look a little flushed." She asked, worried.

"Uh y-yeah I'm okay." He replied, still not facing her.

"Are you sure? You sound a little sick too." She continued.

He nodded, but Marinette was unconvinced. She crawled up behind him and placed a hand on his forehead. He visibly straightened. Marinette sighed.

"I think you have a fever. I'll go ask Natalie for fever reducer medicine." She sighed as she got up.

"N-no I don't have a fever. I-I," he scrambled for an excuse, "I was just in the kitchen by the fire so my face is still warm."

Marinette turned and looked down at him with disbelief. He looked up at her and she realized he was blushing. Her face sharpened from worry to nervousness as she sat back down next to him.

"So why did Alya and Nino leave?" She asked, trying to stick to a neutral topic.

Adrien blushed more and rubbed the back of his neck again.

"Ah... I'm not really sure." He admitted, truthfully. Adrien wasn't sure why they left. He knew that they wanted him and Marinette to get closer (although he wasn't sure why they wanted that either) but he didn't know why they thought they had to leave for it to happen.

Marinette wondered absentmindedly if Alya had said something to Adrien that made him nervous. He kept blushing and it wasn't helping Marinette's confidence at all. If anything, it was just worrying her.

Adrien on the other hand was trying to avoid telling her about the conversations that Alya had forced him into that morning. In his desperate attempt to change the subject from Alya, his eyes landed on Marinette's pajama pants. Which were covered in small black cats with green eyes and large bells. He grinned and looked up at her face, hoping that he wasn't blushing too much.

"I like your pajamas." He joked, trying to channel his superhero alter ego.

Marinette turned red and scoffed when Adrien started to laugh.

"Says the boy who once told me that he had Ladybug themed underwear with matching socks." She retorted with a smirk.

Adrien sputtered and pouted.

"Hey! No fair. I told you that before I knew you were the same person."

"All is fair in love and war." Marinette laughed and shook her head.

The word love seemed to echo in both of their heads. Marinette silently hoped that Adrien hadn't really been listening to her but she knew that he wasn't that kind of person. She had all of his attention. Adrien, on the other hand, was struggling to maintain a perfect smile and not hyperventilate because she said love and that definitely had to mean that she had at least a small crush on him, right? He really hoped so.

"W-well... I should probably get going... Maman and Papa might need help in the bakery..." Marinette said while trying not to lose her confidence.

"I'll walk you home!" Adrien declared quickly as he stood up.

He helped Marinette to her feet and gave her a small smile.

"Uh We should probably get dressed first." She suggested, looking down at her cat pajamas and Adrien's baby blue set.

Adrien nodded and they each took turns using his bathroom to change into warm winter clothes. They left his room together and Adrien texted Natalie to let her know where he would be. They started the walk in silence. Adrien tried to say something, anything, but he couldn't think of anything that didn't sound nervous or like a bad pickup line.

Adrien sighed and glanced over at Marinette. She was rubbing her hands together and blowing hot air across her fingers. Although they had only been outside for five minutes, her fingertips were already bright red from the cold. Adrien wondered if she had left her gloves at his house. He pulled off his own gloves.

"Marinette," he said to get her attention. She turned to looked at him and he offered her the gloves. "Your hands must be freezing."

She shook her head and pushed his gloves back towards him gently, "You keep them. You don't want your hands to get cold." She insisted, a soft smile on her face.

Adrien couldn't help but grin at her kindness, "but your hands are cold, aren't they?" He replied and held the gloves out for her again.

"Yes, but my hands are already cold so it's okay." Marinette said as she pushed his hands away.

Adrien sighed exaggeratedly, but couldn't keep the smile off his face. He put his right glove on and reached for Marinette's left hand. He gently tugged his glove onto her hand and smiled wider when she blushed and rolled her eyes.

"This way both of our hands are warm and cold." Adrien explained.

Marinette nodded and looked down at her gloveless hand swinging right next to Adrien's. She took a deep breath, summoned all her courage, and grabbed Adrien's bare left hand with her right. She faced forward and didn't look at him when her turned his head toward her questioningly. Her shoulders dropped and she sighed in relief when he curled his fingers around her.

"This way both of our hands are warm." Marinette twisted his words from earlier, still refusing to look at him and blushing lightly.

Adrien smiled, nodding in response and lightly swung his arm taking her's with him. He liked the way her hand felt locked with his.

"How was I so oblivious?" Marinette asked after a few moments of silence.

"What do you mean?" Adrien questioned, confused.

"How did I not see that you are Chat? I mean... the puns," She pulled a disgusted face, "all of the terrible puns."

"You wound me!" Adrien gasped, placing a hand on his chest as if physically harmed by her words, "my puns are cat-tastic."

"Oh no. Am I going to have to put up with twice the cat puns now?" Marinette groaned.

"I'm not gonna miss out on this clawsome oppurrrtunity, my lady." Adrien practically purred.

"I can't believe this is my life now. Those were awful." She complained, hanging her head.

"Pawful." He corrected grinning like the Cheshire cat.

They continued going back and forth. Marinette complaining about his terrible puns and Adrien telling his terrible puns. He was ecstatic. Adrien rarely got the opportunity to be so carefree without the mask. They ended up getting so wrapped up in their conversation they hardly realized when they made it to their destination.

Adrien walked her to the door on the side of her family's building that led straight to her house above the bakery.

"Uh... well this is my house... obviously. Thank you for walking me. You really didn't have to." Marinette said as she let go of his hand reluctantly and pulled off his glove to give back to him.

"No problem! I enjoyed spending the extra time with you." Adrien admitted shyly with a light blush.

"I enjoyed it too." Marinette muttered as she turned to open the door.

Adrien heard her remark despite her quiet tone. He reached out to her and placed a hand on her shoulder as she pushed the door open a crack. She looked over her shoulder at him, her hand still on the handle. Adrien struggled with himself internally and panicked. He didn't want to push any boundaries but he did want to get to know Marinette better, after all, he did still have a crush on her. He settled for what he hoped would be safe territory.

"Uh... would you like to... um hang out again... tomorrow sometime?" Adrien stammered out, praying that his face wasn't too red.

Marinette froze with her mouth open and her cheeks tinted red. She seemed to reboot and straightened her shoulders, a look of determination clear on her face.

"I would love to." She said sternly.

Adrien breathed a sigh of relief and his shoulder released tension. He smiled at her and took his hand from her shoulder.

"Great! Maybe I'll finally beat you at megastrike." He smirked.

"Not likely." Marinette laughed with a wink, "I'll see you tomorrow, Adrien."

"Yeah. I'll see you." He said, still grinning.

She smiled, opened the door, and pulled herself inside. As soon as the door closed, Adrien heard a excited squeal. He smiled and started his walk back home.

He didn't get very far before he heard a door open and shut and running footsteps. He barely had enough time to turn around before Marinette slammed into him full force in a crushing hug that almost knocked him off his feet.

"OOOF"

"I'm glad it's you, Kitty." She said into his shoulder.

"I'm glad it's you too." Adrien told her as he wrapped his arms around her in return.

After a few minutes of standing in the cold and hugging, Marinette pulled back with a grin and reddened cheeks.

"I'll see you tomorrow." She said again.

"I'll see you tomorrow." Adrien replied smiling at her goofy smile.

Marinette turned and walked back to the door, waving before she slipped inside again. Adrien waved back and walked home, the smile never leaving his face. He could hardly wait for tomorrow.

(A/N: Thanks for reading!)