A midnight akuma battle led to Marinette having to sneak out of her house in the middle of the night, flipping off of her balcony and, in a rush, forgetting to make sure the trapdoor was left unlocked for her so she could sneak back in. This wasn't a big deal. She could just go in through the front door. She knew where the hidden key was and her parents would be none the wiser.

This wouldn't have been a problem if it weren't for the fact the battle took ages. Like four and a half hours. It was four thirty-two in the morning when Ladybug and Chat Noir finally said their goodnights and went back to their respective houses. Tired from the long battle Ladybug used the key to get into the house, grabbing a pair of yesterday's cookies for Tikki and one for herself, her transformation dropping while she one of the chocolate chip cookies in her mouth. Then there was the crashing noise that came from the kitchen. She was half asleep one moment and wide awake the next because she forgot.

It was four thirty-seven in the morning.

Her dad was in the bakery.

Baking.

Her dad had just seen Ladybug stroll into the bakery, take three chocolate chip cookies, shove one in her mouth, then transform into his daughter.

"Uh, hi Papa." She gave the man a sheepish smile and the man just stood there, staring at the young woman in front of him, not quite sure what to make of the scene in front of him, eventually deciding the best course of action would be to continue baking so he could open on time.

"Go back to bed, Marinette. I'm sure you're tired. We'll talk about this later." When Marinette looked at her father nervously he gave her a gentle, reassuring look. "I won't tell your mother. Go to bed. Get some rest."

Before walking up to her room she gave her father a kiss on the cheek.

At school the next day Marinette was a bundle of nerves. She was jittery, unable to focus on any of the notes that she was being forced to take. Alya suspected something happened between her and a certain blonde, but Adrien didn't act any different than usual. "Girl," Alya spoke up between classes, "what's going on?"

"N-nothing!" Of course Alya didn't believe this for a moment. Marinette's voice was about three octaves too high, similar to the squeaky panicky tone she got when Adrien spoke to her unexpectedly. This went on the entirety of the school day.

If Marinette was panicky then her father was an absolute disaster. The entire day images of Ladybug jumping from roof to roof, sitting on the Eiffel Tower, performing death-defying stunts, fighting akumas, doing who knows what behind the scenes. Tom had seen the way his daughter put herself in danger for the city. There was nothing more terrifying. When reports of an akuma came on the news Tom's attention was fully on the television.

Marinette rushed out of the classroom when the news of an akuma came out, claiming she had to use the restroom. Weirdly enough, Adrien followed after her, excusing himself to the guys restroom, but she decided to ignore that for the moment. The akuma was called Paper Cut, who, at one point, was a small, young, mousy librarian with pale skin, dark eyes, wispy light brown hair and large glasses that took up most of her face. Now she looked like a dominatrix with gray skin, flowing black hair, bright red lips, a skin tight dress made out of book pages, and a black leather whip. The glasses still consumed most of her face, though. She was upset that the couples in her books were nothing like couples in real life and wanted to cut down every couple who didn't have a perfect storybook romance, which seemed to be nearly every couple in Paris. If they didn't meet her definition of perfection then she used her whip and forced them to make out with one another. Heavily. So now there were thirty or so couples hard core making out underneath the Eiffel Tower.

Ladybug and Chat Noir apparently didn't meet the romantic standards Paper Cut wanted, so she used her whip on the two of them, missing the first time, getting Chat Noir the second time, and Ladybug the third, causing them to passionately make out with one another. Paper Cut strolled up them, taking her time, looking at the two of them with a smile on her face. "So, Ladybug and Chat Noir. This is it! Why don't we take off those silly little Miraculous of yours?" There really wasn't anything the two of them could do. They were trapped, locking lips with one another, unable to escape each other's grasp. (There was a little part in each of them that didn't want to escape one another's grasp but neither of them would ever admit that.) Paper Cut had her hand on Ladybug's earlobe when a force knocked the villain to the ground, followed by Ladybug and Chat Noir forcefully being pulled apart from one another.

When Tom Dupain saw what Paper Cut was doing he rushed out of the bakery, running to where the attacks were happening. Ladybug wasn't just the savior of Paris anymore. She was his little girl, and his little girl needed help. He made it just in time, tackling Paper Cut to the ground, getting up and breaking apart Chat and his daughters kiss. "Thank you, sir." Chat said gratefully, giving a small salute to the man before rushing to the fallen akuma and ripping the glasses from her face, breaking them in half and releasing the akuma.

Ladybug was bright red and refused to make eye contact with either Chat or her father while she purified the butterfly. Neither of the superheroes used their powers, meaning there was no rush for either of them to leave.

Chat Noir, Tom Dupain and Ladybug now stood in a circle. Ladybug and Tom were both bright red, Chat oblivious to what was going on. No one said a word for a few moments until Tom cleared his throat and looked at Chat Noir. "You, um, keep my daughter safe, okay?"

Tom then turned and made a hasty retreat, Ladybug looking after him in shock. "Papa!" she called after him, but he was already gone.

Ladybug turned and looked at Chat, who's jaw was nearly on the ground. "My, uh, father found out my identity."

Chat recovered from his momentary shock and looked at Ladybug before giving a smirk. "Well, well, M'Lady. So did I." He gave her a wink and started to saunter away, a smirk plastered on his face. "You're a good kisser, Marinette. I'll see you in class, tomorrow." He looked over his shoulder and stuck his tongue out. "I mean, you sit right behind me." He ran off and headed back to his home, leaving Ladybug to sink to the ground, reeling in shock. Her father had just seen her make out with Chat Noir, who just so happened to be the love of her life, Adrien Agreste. She would never be able to face either of them again.