I come to you today with yet another one-shot (shocking, I know). Decided to switch up the POV a little bit here, and I really enjoyed how it turned out! Writing Alya was so much fun. -Colorado

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Alya fidgeted with her camera for what seemed to be the millionth time. She needed this to be nothing but perfection. She couldn't afford any errors, including messed-up camera angles. What would Ladybug and Chat Noir think of her then?

She still didn't quite believe that this was happening. Her idols, her heroes, had been the ones to approach her this time! They said they had important news to share with Paris and they wanted Alya to be the one to share it. Every time she thought about it, she wanted to squeal. Thousands of possibilities ran through her head about what their news could be. Were they closing in on Hawkmoth? Did they need the people of Paris to support them in some way? Or? No, it couldn't be, Alya couldn't get that lucky. A tap on her window interrupted her thought and there stood Ladybug and Chat Noir.

She had changed her room into a makeshift interview set, with two chairs in front of her balcony doors. If she did it right, no one would be able to tell that it was a room, perfect for Alya's purposes.

"Ladybug! Chat Noir! Please come right on in and make yourselves at home,"Alya greeted them, opening up her doors.

"Thanks again for agreeing to do this Alya," Ladybug said, sitting down in one of the chairs. "We seriously can't thank you enough."

"Yeah, like I'm about to turn down a request from my idols," Alya scoffed. She tried to school her expression from "crazed fan" into "professional reporter," but she wasn't entirely sure if she was successful. Even after being Rena Rouge, Alya still couldn't quite get over her obsession with the heroes. Something told her that neither of them minded.

"So, just tell us when to start and we'll let you know," Chat Noir said. He took a seat in the chair across from Ladybug. Alya tried her hardest not to laugh as Chat Noir scooted his chair a bit closer to Ladybug's.

"That's better," he purred when the two chairs were right next to each other. Ladybug hit him with one of her signature eyerolls.

"Chaton, what if you just messed up Alya's set?" Ladybug sighed, but there was a large grin on her face. Interesting.

Alya watched as Chat Noir went pale. He turned to her, his mouth open and ready to apologize before Alya just waved him off.

"It's fine, I should've known you wouldn't want to be that far from your lady," she teased. "Ladybug if you want to straighten out your chair so it's side by side with Chat's...." Alya trailed off as Ladybug obliged.

It was odd that she didn't say anything about their close proximity. She didn't tease Chat at all for being flirtatious. If anything, being so close to him brought out a certain glow in her. Alya may need glasses, but she wasn't blind. She could see the look Chat Noir was giving her, one of absolute love and adoration. A small idea was planted in her mind, she tried to shoo it away as much as possible. She didn't want to get her hopes up, maybe she was just imagining things.

"Do you guys already know what you want to say?" Alya asked, checking her camera angle again to make sure it worked with the new set-up.

"Yeah, we've already got a script in mind," Ladybug confirmed, her cheeks pink.

"Listen Bug, you know we don't have to do anything you don't want to," Chat Noir told her in a low voice. Alya knew she probably wasn't supposed to hear, but the investigator in her was begging to cling onto every word.

"I know, but I want to," Ladybug flashed him a small smile. Quick as lightning, Chat Noir grabbed one of Ladybug's hands and squeezed it. 

 Alya's eyes zeroed-in on the gesture, a smirk on her face.

That same hope of her being right was building in her chest, and Ladybug and Chat Noir were doing very little to convince her otherwise.

"Alright, I'm going to do a quick introduction and then I'm going to let you guys have the stage, okay?" Alya stepped away from her phone, finally satisfied with how the shot looked.

"You're the boss!" Chat Noir gave her a thumbs up. Alya looked over at Ladybug who simply nodded. Taking a deep breath, Alya pressed the play button and stepped in front of the camera.

"Hello Ladybloggers!" Alya greeted her camera with a grin, "I come to you today with an exclusive, that's right exclusive, interview with Ladybug and Chat Noir! I have no idea what they're going to say, although I do have my theories," she winked, "but I am just happy to be here. So let's give them our respect and attention as they share their news with us. And remember," her gaze hardened, "any hate comments will be deleted and your account will be at risk of being blocked. Alright, without further ado, Ladybug and Chat Noir!" Alya stepped out of the camera's way, showing the two heroes sitting side-by-side.

"Hello Paris," Chat Noir greeted, a large grin on his face.

"Chat Noir and I come to you today to share some very exciting news," Ladybug began, a smile on her face that Alya had rarely seen before. She looked... bashful.

"We a-paw-logize," Ladybug groaned and Chat's grin only grew wider, "for not telling everyone sooner. Keeping this a secret has taken a toll on both Ladybug and I," Chat Noir said. Alya could feel herself fidgeting. She never took suspense well, she always wanted to know the truth and know it now.

"However, with the dangers posed by Hawkmoth and Mayura, Chat Noir and I wanted to keep things under wraps until they were a bit more solid. Once Chat and I had the confidence that we could take whatever Hawkmoth and Mayura were going to throw at us, we knew exactly where to come,"Ladybug explained, a twinkle in her eye. Alya resisted the urge to blush. It was still unbelievable that her two idols had come to her for whatever news they were about to share.

"Both Ladybug and I have agreed that you, Paris, have a right to know what's going on with your two favorite heroes," Ladybug nudged him, "so we come to do today with perhaps the best news I've ever told anyone in my entire life," he grinned at Ladybug, looking almost lovesick. Alya sucked in a harsh breath. Could it be? There was no way! But could it-?

Alya could only stare in a trance as Chat Noir reached over to pick up Ladybug's hand. The two intertwined their fingers together.

"We're dating!"

"Oh my God!" Alya couldn't control the unholy screech that left her mouth. "Seriously? You two?" They nodded in confirmation, Chat looking the proudest he's ever been and Ladybug looking just as happy.

"Surprise...?" Ladybug laughed. There was a blush coating her face. Alya couldn't believe it. Sure she had her suspicions, but actual confirmation was another thing!

A devious smile came over her face, she had won the bet she made with Nino on whether or not Ladybug and Chat Noir would get together. She couldn't wait to see his reaction to the news. But for now....

"When? How? Why? What?" Alya fired off a series of questions, her mind going a mile a minute. Thankfully, Chat's brain seemed to run at the same speed.

"About three months ago. I'll leave the story of how up to My Lady," he winked at Ladybug. "Because we love each other, duh. And like we said earlier, we're dating!" Chat Noir lifted up their intertwined hands, proudly displaying it to the camera.

"I kissed him, the poor cat nearly died," Ladybug explained, laughing.

"No I did not! I was just shocked!"

"Chat, you nearly fell off of the Eiffel Tower!"

They looked happy and in love. They both had a certain glow to them, one that only a couple in love could have. Their happiness changed every room they walked into. Alya couldn't help but fall back onto her bed.

"Alya? Are you okay?" Ladybug asked, moving to stand up.

"Fine! I'm amazing actually! You two are dating!" she squealed again, not really caring about how loud she was. She couldn't wait to tell Nino.

"We are," Chat Noir sighed, glancing at Ladybug as if she had given him all of the stars in the sky. Ladybug glanced over at him, only to blush when she saw the look Chat was giving her.

"For the last three months, the best three months of my entire life," Ladybug murmured, sitting back down in her chair.

"I honestly couldn't believe it when she kissed me, she just walked right on up to me and BAM! No preamble or anything," Chat Noir laughed.

"Shut up, I was nervous!" Ladybug pouted, and Chat took the opportunity to lean over and kiss the pout off of her. Alya gasped again. Even if she knew they were dating, the affection still made the little fangirl in her scream. "Chaaaaaat," Ladybug drawled, her face a bright red. Chat Noir shot Alya an embarrassed smile.

"You can edit that out, right? If that's what My Lady wants."

"I can," she nodded, going back into reporter mode. There was the scoop of the year here and Alya had it in the palm of her hand.

"No, no, keep it in," Ladybug protested, "Paris should get used to seeing us like this." As if to prove her point, Ladybug leaned over to kiss Chat Noir on the cheek. The way he melted was kind of funny.

Alya felt a small twinge of something unpleasant in her stomach. She missed Nino, she realized. It happened a lot when she was around other couples without her other half. She resolved to invite him over as soon as the interview was done, but for now it was interrogation time.

"When did you realize you had feelings for Chat Noir, Ladybug?" Alya asked, trying her best not to fidget.

"Well, it was kind of a slow realization, then all at once. I hated when he stopped flirting with me, when he brought up his closeness to girls in his civilian life, things like that. But I was still denying my feelings for him. It took an akuma for me to realize just how deep my feelings go. Remember Love Locker?" Ladybug's eyes sparkled as she retold the story, a large smile splitting her face.

"Yep!"

Love Locker had struck probably a half a year ago, they had gone around shooting people with pink blasts and having their romantic interest chained to them via handcuffs. She had gotten shot and despite Nino trying to pull her to safety, she had still gotten several photos of Ladybug and Chat Noir handcuffed together.

"Everyone assumed it was Chat who had gotten hit, and we didn't really correct them," Ladybug shrugged.

"But it was actually my Bug," Chat Noir revealed, looking mighty proud of the fact. He wiggled his eyebrows at the camera, and Alya let out a snort.

"I was knee deep in denial for about a week after, but then one night on patrol Chat Noir offered me another red rose and I knew I couldn't stop lying to myself anymore," Ladybug shot Chat Noir the sweetest look, one that he happily returned. Alya had to bite back the urge to coo at them.

"What came after were probably some of the most exciting months of my life," Chat Noir laughed. "You see, I was still under the impression that Ladybug wasn't in love with me, like at all. I wrote off the Love Locker incident as just a power mishap," Alya looked gobsmacked, Chat Noir chuckled weakly. "I'm very good at writing things off when I don't want to get my hopes up. But then here comes Ladybug a week later, accepting my roses and invitations to go to the movies," He sighed, utterly lovesick. Alya idly wondered if this is what she and Nino were like when they first got together.

"I was scared about what my feelings meant for Paris," Ladybug admitted. "I was worried that by feeling something for Chat Noir, it left me with a weak spot Hawkmoth could manipulate. I have pledged myself to helping you, Paris," Ladybug looked dead at the camera, "and that amazing honor will forever come first," she looked back over at Chat, smiling again. "But I'm only human, and when you have a partner as amazing as Chat Noir, it's pretty damn hard not to fall for them," Ladybug finished and Chat Noir just melted. Alya saw as all of his muscles loosened and his face turned soft. That was the look of the boy in love.

"And Chat Noir, how did you feel when Ladybug told you all of this?" Alya prodded.

"Ecstatic. Euphoric. Like all of my dreams had just come true," he said, bouncing up and down in his seat. "It's no secret that I have been in love with My Lady since pretty much the day I met her. To have those feelings returned, it's an emotion like no other," he murmured, moreso to Ladybug than to the camera. He picked up their intertwined hands, placing a kiss on her glove. She was blushing again. "I knew she had concerns about Hawkmoth, but I told her that we'd be just as vulnerable not dating as we would be together. Hawkmoth already knew we were each other's weakest points, so we came to a compromise."

"Three months dating, then we would go public," Ladybug finished for him.

"And as I'm sure all of Paris can remember, you have been taking down akumas in record time over the past few months," Alya said. "I would know, I just wrote an article about it."

The three of them laughed.

"As it turns out, us finally getting our acts together only led to a stronger partnership," Ladybug hummed, looking down at their hands. "Who would've thought?"

"Me. I would've thought. And I did," Chat Noir teased. Ladybug rolled her eyes, but anyone could see the love in her expression.

"Yeah, Chat Noir helped a lot with calming my worries, he's just great like that," Ladybug gushed and Chat Noir turned a bright red. One glance at him and Ladybug was laughing. "Seriously kitty, you become flustered way too easily!" That seemed to snap him out of it.

"Only with you, My Lady," he purred, giving her another hand kiss. Alya could see Ladybug gulp from her bed. The trio fell into silence, and Alya took that as a sign to start wrapping things up.

"Is there anything else that either of you two would like to add?"

"I'm in love with Ladybug, and she's in love with me," Chat Noir stated, his smile blinding.

"And Hawkmoth can try all he wants, but he's never going to break us apart, and he's never going to get our miraculouses," Ladybug said, staring dead at the camera. The determination in her face made no one question her.

"And I'm sure that we, the people of Paris, will be happy to support you two and all of your future endeavors," Alya said, grinning. She stood up from her bed and walked back over in front of the camera. "So there you have it, Paris! Ladynoir is no longer a question for all of us to ponder, they have made it officially official! So, to my beloved best friend and boyfriend who told me this was never going to happen, I win! Ha!" Alya leaned into the camera, imagining it as Nino's and Marinette's faces. "Ladybug, Chat Noir," she turned to the side, "I want to say thank you for trusting the Ladyblog to get the news out there. I know my Ladybloggers will be nothing but supportive of you two, and I'm sure the rest of Paris will do the same."

"And we want to thank you," Ladybug began, "for your endless support and reliable coverage of akuma attacks."

"Although we don't condone civilians getting too close to akumas!" Chat Noir added for her.

"No, of course not. But still, we appreciate you Alya," Ladybug finished, grinning. Alya smiled so widely that her cheeks hurt. Was this even reality?

"You heard it here first! Ladybug and Chat Noir are dating, Ladyblog out!" Alya did her signature salute and turned off the camera.

She turned back over to Ladybug and Chat Noir, absolutely flabbergasted. Chat Noir decided to choose that moment to crawl over to Ladybug's chair, nearly sitting on her lap.

"Chat, get up! This chair isn't big enough for us!" Ladybug coughed out.

"Aw, you're no fun," he pouted, wrapping his arms around Ladybug's neck. She sighed, giving into her fate as a pillow and began running her hands through his hair.

"You two are actually dating," Alya whispered, the thought finally processing.

"Yep! We sure are, thank you again, for doing this for us," Ladybug said, her eyes trained on Chat Noir.

"Are you kidding me? This is the best news I've gotten all year!" Alya grinned, doing a small happy dance. Man, Marinette must have been rubbing off on her.

"Let us know when the interview is up, we want to be the first two who watch it," Chat Noir hummed, eyes still closed.

"You're going to have some tough competition then in the form of my boyfriend and best friend. Nino and Marinette, you know them right?"

The two superheroes nodded.

"I'm sure we'll find a way," Ladybug said, a smile on her lips that Alya didn't quite understand.

"I still can't believe it! Now if only Adrien and Marinette would get together, then my life would be complete," Alya sighed. Ladybug and Chat Noir started coughing, Alya had no idea why. "You two good?"

"Peachy," Chat croaked, shooting her a thumbs up. Ladybug just nodded, her face a bright red.

"Well uh, thank you Alya, but Chat Noir and I should really be going now," she laughed nervously (odd) as she stood up from the couch. Chat Noir came with her, falling down to the floor.

"Ow!" he whined pouting up at her.

"Come on, kitty-cat, we've got a date to get to," Ladybug teased, offering her hand out to him. His fall forgotten, Chat Noir happily took it.

"I'll let you know when the video is up, hopefully ASAP," Alya said as the two walked over to her balcony.

"Sounds great!" Ladybug chirped as she grabbed Chat Noir by the waist. He turned bright red as she pulled him closer. "Bug out!"

Alya waved, waiting until she could no longer see them before heading back inside. She flopped down on her bed and screamed into her pillow. Her phone buzzed in her hand.

Nino <3: How's the interview going? 

Alya smiled, pressing the call button. He picked it up before even the first ring.

"Nino you're never going to guess what just happened...." 

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I love how we are now 21 days into this series and I have done one oneshot that's canon compliant. Thank you all for your continued support! -Colorado