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`In half broken Mandarin, I wrote to you!` Adrien watches her exude confidence and joy, his heart flips.
`我爱你 oh 我爱你!` He can't help but stare as she commands the room easily, her directions followed without question.
`For most of my life, I've thought not with my heart but my brain!` She's so beautiful in her element, he can't believe she's his.
`我爱你的心!` Marinette turns around and smiles brightly at him, making his heart stop.
`On what I thought was the first day of my life, I saw a god and rode my bike to school.` He remembers the cold days in his father's house, remembers the loneliness, remembers the neglect, remembers the pain.
`No one's allowed to kill me! Except me and various members of my family!` He remembers the warmth his friends provided, he remembers the day he realized he'd begun to think of them as family.
`So take those filthy words out your mouth! That's not where they belong!` He remembers the day he realized he was wanted, he remembers his awe when they'd asked him if he was coming, in voices that made it clear they wanted him there.
`Rip those fucking words out that mouth!` He remembers the day he realized he was cared for, he remembers his shock when he was hugged tightly and told to not do something like that again.
`'Cause I need 'em, I need 'em for song!` He remembers the day he realized that he was loved, he remembers breaking down in that cold house but not feeling the cold anymore, because he was loved.
`Oh, in half broken Mandarin, I wrote to you!` Chat Noir lands on the rooftop next to his lady, she smiles softly at him.
`我爱你 oh 我爱你!` Tapping him on his arm and vaulting away, laughing brilliantly as he chases her.
`For most of my life, I've thought not with my heart but my brain!` She's gorgeous running across the city, bluebell eyes shining with mischief and joy.
`我爱你的心!` Ladybug smiles warmly when he finally catches her, hugging him tightly.
`On what I thought was the worst day of my life, I started a cult and violently played guitar.` He remembers the first day they met, they'd been so bad at being heroes, but they'd won anyway.
`I refused to let the sleeping pills take hold.` He remembers the way he'd felt when she'd smiled at him proudly for the first time, butterflies in his stomach.
`So I lived in the woods and just fell apart..` He remembers the way she always tried to save him, remembers her face when she couldn't.
`Sometimes I get flustered and blistered.. By the things that people say.` He remembers the way she was always slightly colder with the Akuma's who had hurt him, always slightly angry on his behalf.
`But that shit don't matter!` He remembers the way she hugged him like she was afraid he'd disappear, remembers her begging him to be more careful.
`Those fucks can get madder 'cause I'm not going away!` He remembers the way she glared at him whenever he tried to sacrifice himself for her, remembers continuing to do it anyway because she was worth it.
`Oh, in half broken Mandarin, I wrote to you!` Adrien- Chat Noir- He stares at her, eyes filling with tears at her beauty.
`我爱你 oh 我爱你!` He can feel his heart beating wildly in his chest, can feel the way he loves her.
`For most of my life, I've thought not with my heart but my brain!` He can't help staring at her as she walks closer to him, can't help but smile dopeily at her.
`我爱你的心!` Marinette- Ladybug- She smiles warmly at him, eyes softening as she stands across from him.
`In half broken English, I wrote to you!` Marinette stares at her new husband, smiling softly at his sleeping face.
"I love you oh I love you..." Her voice is quiet as she watches him breathing, she feels like her heart is practically bursting.
`For most of my life, I've thought not with my heart but my brain!` He's so pretty surrounded by their sheets, he's so pretty, she can't believe he's her's.
`I love your heart.` Adrien blinks sleepily at her, smiling warmly, pulling her into a hug.