"Tonight, for our first edition of Face To Face, you'll have the opportunity of a lifetime. The chance to talk live with the four superheroes of Paris. Along with me, Nadja Chamack. We'll be revealing some sizzling hot information about your favorite superheroes. Don't be bemused, it's just the news."

"Tonight should be fun," Flamme says as he eats some blueberries on the couch.

I'm currently sitting at my desk doing homework. "Yeah, should be."

"What are you doing?"

"Homework, Flamme," I answer with a furrowed brow, trying to solve the math problem.

He flies and hovers over the homework. "The answer is x equals 14."

"How did you do that so fast?"

"When you live as long as I have, you tend to pick up some things."

I chuckle, petting the top of his head with a finger. "My little smartpants over here. Why haven't you helped me with homework before?"

"I don't wanna make you too spoiled."

I laugh. "You're just bored and wanna watch anime."

"You caught me."

"Alright, alright."

~~~

"Bro? You ready to go?" I ask, entering his room. "We're gonna be late."

"Yeah, aaalmoooost reaaaady," he says, adding the finishing touches to one of his drawings. "Done! Alright, let's go."

We head back into my room before transforming and blasting off to the tv station. We manage to meet up with Chat Noir along the way and all three of us enter at once, eating the chouquettes in front of us. We make Nadja almost launch her tablet across the room in surprise.

"Which way did you come in?" she asks, calming her racing heart.

"Secret celebrity door," Chat says, taking one of the drinks and gulping it down. He looks around, not spotting LB. "I see Ladybug's running behind, huh?"

"I thought you'd be arriving together."

Chat leans close towards Nadja. "Wanna hear a secret?" Nadja nods. "I love chouquettes." He moves back to his seat.

"No, of course not," Nadja says into her earpiece, talking to the producer.

"I'll call LB," Zorro says, dialing her up on his wrist shield.

"That sounds like a good idea."

The three of us can hear Nadja's boss bitching at her from here.

"I'm sorry, she's not picking up," Zorro says, hanging up.

"She must not be in costume then," I say. "It's not like her to not pick up."

A staff member begins to count down. "Going live in ten, nine..."

Ladybug suddenly kicks open the studio doors, uses her yo-yo to fly across the TV studio and lands on the couch, seated beside Zorro.

I roll my eyes. "A little overdramatic there, LB."

"I thought you decided to stand us up," Chat jokes.

"And let the audience down? Never. I'm sorry I'm so late, Nadja."

"Good evening. I'm Nadja Chamack and this is Face To Face. For our first edition, I welcome the beloved guardians of Paris - Ladybug, the fox twins, Zorro and Kitsune, and Chat Noir." We all wave at the camera and audience. "Hello, thanks so much for accepting this exclusive live interview."

"Well, thank you Nadja, we're honored to be here," Ladybug speaks up.

"And hello to all my fans!" Chat says, blowing kisses and winks towards the camera and audience.

"I'm sure thousands have tuned in to watch you tonight," Nadja says.

"Don't encourage him, Nadja, or the cat won't stop purring all night," Ladybug jokes.

"Don't listen to her. Bugaboo's just a spot jealous."

Ladybug rings Cat Noir's bell. "Hey, I thought we agreed on no more Bugaboo calling, pussycat."

"But it's so cute," Chat says and chuckles.

"Agreed," Zorro and I nod.

Nadja stares at her watch and notices the ratings for her show has slightly increased. She then giggles to calm her nervousness. "It's obvious you all are very close."

"Have to be if you work together," I say. "Or at least to have a good time."

"People know you but they don't really know you. We see you saving Paris, but we don't know anything else about you."

"In good reason," I admit.

"We won't be keeping anything from you, Nadja," Chat says.

"Well we do have to keep a few secrets, including our identities of course," Ladybug says.

"Absolutely! How about we start a few questions from your biggest fans?" Nadja considers.

"Yup, let's do it," Zorro says.

Nadja swipes an automatic remote control from her tablet which is connected to the huge monitor display, revealing a community call from Chloe. "Hello caller." Chloe waves at the audience from the monitor display. "State your name and your question."

"Err, seriously Nadja? Surely, no one would be the first caller but me. I'm only the most prestigious fan of Ladybug."

"Oh yes, of course. Hello there, Chloe Bourgeois. Daughter of the mayor of Paris..."

"And don't forget my daddy is the manager of the best luxury hotel in the entire city."

"Err, thank you for reminding us. What is your question, Chloe?"

Chloe winks. "Oh, I don't have a question. I just wanted to say hi, since as you all know, we're such very good friends - Ladybug, Cat Noir, the twins, and I!"

Nadja notices that her ratings of her show are slightly decreasing. "Uh, thank you, Chloe Bourgeois - next caller..."

"Hey, I'm not finished, who gives you the right to–"

Nadja disconnects the call between us and Chloe.

The next caller appears on screen and reveal them to be Alya. "Hi there, Ladybug, Zorro, Kitsune, and Chat Noir. I'm Alya and I was wondering if you can grab me an interview for the Ladyblog. You know, since I have way more viewers than Nadja!" Nadja gasps upon hearing that. "What do you say?"

"Err, yeah, sure Alya. I'd love to do that."

"That totally rocks. Thank you, thank you!"

"Alya, it's a bit rude to be sponsor yourself on someone else's show unless they're doing it for you," I scold her.

"Ah, yeah, sorry..."

A little girl shoves her way into view. "I'm on TV? Mommy!"

"Manon? But, where's Marinette?" Nadja asks.

I smirk. So that's why she's late.

"She had to go tell her parents something," Manon says.

"Err, yeah, and sometimes, it can take a while," Alya continues.

Nadja disconnects the live call between her, Alya and Manon. "Uh, Ladybug, Chat Noir, Zorro, Kitsune, um, so a lot of fans think of you as a couple of superheroes. But also, and I quote unquote, Ladybug and Zorro as a couple along with Chat Noir with Kitsune. Period."

Ladybug shrieks upon hearing that accusation. "What?"

"Can you confirm that you're dating here, tonight?"

"Uh-uh-I'm very sorry Nadja, but we're superheroes. We're not here to answer such personal questions."

"Meow, Ladybug's grown claws," Chat growls jokingly.

"We're here to ensure all Parisians that they're safe, and that it's only a matter of time before we defeat Hawk Moth, that's all."

"Fine. How do you explain these photographs then?" Nadja uses her tablet and displays the kiss between Chat and Kitsune which bewilders the superheroes.

"What? When did that happen? Wait, was this when I was being controlled by Dark Cupid?" I question confused.

"Yeah," Chat says. "I was breaking her out of the control."

The reporter notices that her ratings standard have improved and then displays various images of Ladybug snuggling with Zorro during the months we had our Miraculouses swapped. Chat Noir snuggling with me are also in the mix on to the monitor display. Ladybug and Chat gasp out of shock upon looking at the images.

"It's so obvious that you're in love."

"These are just a bunch of photos taken out of context! W-We're only doing our job. We save the city every day, we're not a couple," Ladybug says agitatedly.

"Maybe one day..." Zorro mumbles.

"Zorro...not now!"

"Why won't you tell the truth?" Nadja questions pushily.

"But it is the truth, Nadja," Ladybug says.

"C'mon, the audience awaits your answer."

"This interview is so over." She grabs Zorro's and I's wrist, persisting us to leave along with her.

"Woah, what's the rush?" Zorro questions.

"Uh, there's an alert. Paris needs us right now!" she lies.

I pull my hand out from her grasp. "I'm sure you can handle it," I say. "You can go ahead and go."

She pouts. "Fine then." She stomps out.

I nudge my brother, jerking my head in Ladybug's direction. He takes the hint and goes after her.

Nadja looks back and forth between the separated heroes, not knowing what to say. "Hey... Wait you two, the show is not over yet. Your fans will be disappointed if they don't get an answer."

"If they are true fans, they'll understand," Ladybug says.

"The Lady's right!" Zorro says.

The pair then submissively exits the studio.

"Nadja, the four of us are very close to each other, but none of us are dating each other," I tell her. "All those photos are real, but they aren't for romantic wise. It was for surviving wise."

"Yep," Chat nods.

"Well, let's talk more about you then Kitsune," Nadja says, pulling up the video of me visiting Adrien that Alya posted a few months ago. "Do you have a secret romance with the popular teen model, Adrien Agreste?"

Chat's eyes widen in panic. "I thought Alya deleted that!"

I sigh. "No, that was me checking up on him. I'll go out and check up on past akuma victims and involved civilians every once in a while. That's all it was. You know this after your daughter was akumatized after all."

"That is true," she confirms with a nod. She flinches at the strict annoyed voice coming from her ear piece.

She's interrupted from continuing her questions when both Chat's and I's staff and wrist bracelet begin to ring.

"Hold that thought, Nadja," I say as we both answer.

"Kitsune! Chat! We need you! Hurry!" Ladybug shouts before hanging up with an 'oof!'

"Well, duty calls," Chat says, standing up and brushing off his pants.

"Sorry to cut the interview short," I lie, bowing. "We gotta go!"

We both rush up.

"Wait–"

We leave before hearing anything else. We head up to the roof of the building to meet up with my brother and Ladybug.

"So, what's the trouble?" Chat asks, looking around.

"There isn't any, Chat," I answer. "She was getting us out of the interview." I look to Ladybug. "Word of advice, next time we do an interview and they're trying to push you on questions like that, you need to keep calm. Getting angry and defensive makes you look more suspicious. You gotta answer calmly."

She groans. "Why do you seem so calm?"

"I've been doing interviews and things like that for most of my life. I'm used to things like that. All of us are, but you. You're gonna have to get used to questions like that. It's just what happens being a celebrity."

"We aren't celebrities!"

"Objectively, we are," Chat says.

"We're famous, well known people that everyone basically knows. That's a celebrity," Zorro says.

"Let's just start patrol," Ladybug grunts, swinging off.

"I'm feeling ice cream," Chat says, turning to us. "I know the purrfect place."

"Sounds good to me," I nod. "I do think LB needs to cool off on her own for a bit."

"Follow me!" Chat says, pole vaulting off.

We follow behind him. The three of us scamper across rooftops, eventually coming across a large tv where a news report chimes in.

"Don't be bemused, it's just the news."

"Nadja?" the three of us voice upon seeing the obviously akumatized person.

"Tonight, Ladybug, the fox twins, and Chat Noir disappointed all their loyal fans by refusing to admit their love for one another," she speaks. Chloe's room appears on screen. "I've prepared some trials just to see how far they're prepared to keep the truth hidden from us." She goes through the tv screen and appears in Chloe's room much the girl's surprise.

"Hey! You're not allowed to come in here!" Chloe speaks up, finding her voice. "Security!"

Prime Queen wraps her up with a rope, tugging Chloe to be beside her. "Let's welcome our very first guest, Chloe Bourgeois, who's apparently a personal friend of our four superheroes."

"I certainly am."

"Just proves that you can't believe everything you see on TV," Zorro says.

"Well then, dear Chloe, let's find out if you really can count on them as true friends." Prime Queen snaps her fingers and changes the screen to a subway station. Prime Queen goes through screen on subway and pulls Chloe in with her.

The subway train stops and everyone runs out.

"Hey, watch it! You're wrinkling my clothes! Do you realize how much they cost?" Chloe complains.

"She's in danger and that's what she cares about?" I sigh. "That's definitely Chloe."

Prime Queen goes into the cab of the train, causing the driver to run away in fear. PQ puts the subway train into full speed which makes Chloe fall over.

"Ugh, this can't be happening to me! I never, ever take the subway train! It's so, so, not me!" She sees that she landed in gum and it's stuck to her jacket. "Ugh, gross."

"Welcome, to the subway of suspense! If it reaches seventy miles per hour, you can say goodbye to you precious little friend," Prime Queen tells the viewers, showing the speedometer. "Well, well, look here, the ratings are rising! More and more of you want to know if our superhero friends will get here on time. The suspense is killing her!" She laughs. "Ladybug! Chat Noir! Fox twins! Are you willing to travel through the screen to save your darling Chloe?"

"Ladybug, Zorro, Kitsune, Chat Noir! I beg you, save my jacket!" Chloe cries out.

Chat extends his staff through the screen to see if they can go through it. It goes through, confirming his theory before bringing it back to it's normal size. "Ready to take the leap?"

Ladybug lands beside them. "Found you."

"We are able to go through the screen," I tell her. "You ready to jump through?"

"What if it's a trap? I think I'd rather get there by my own means," she says.

"There are many, many subway lines in Paris, which means a hundred and forty miles of rails. If we want to get there in time to save Chloe, I don't think we have a choice," Chat says.

"How do you know that?" I question. "Nerd."

He grins at me in reply.

LB looks in thought before she grins. "Ha, just admit you love being on TV," she retorts.

"I don't get stage fright, Ladybuuug."

"Let's do this," I say determined.

The four of us back up on the roof before running forward and jumping through the screen. We reappear in the train cart with Chloe.

"Ugh, finally, what took you so long? Hurry up and get me out of this underground nightmare!" Chloe huffs before falling over. "Woah!"

Prime Queen laughs and appears before us. "You're about to be the stars of the highest rated show in all of TV history!"

"The akuma must be in that watch!" Ladybug says to us. "Zorro and I'll deal with Prime Queen."

"I'll deal with the door," Chat responds.

"I'll help Chloe," I say, making my way over to her. I grab Chloe with one hand by the rope, pulling her up and placing her in one of the chairs.

Ladybug and Zorro begin attacking, and Prime Queen disappears back into the conductor cart through the screen.

Chat Noir tries to open the door to find it locked. "We're trapped!"

I burn the rope off of Chloe.

"The rules for my show are simple, admit the truth live on TV that you're dating and in love and I'll stop the train!" Prime Queen says.

"A superhero never lies! We won't admit to something that's not true," Ladybug huffs.

"I want my scoop!"

"I'll use my–"

LB cuts Chat off. "No wait, we might need it for an emergency," she says, referring to his catacylsm.

"Yeah, like right now!"

"We have to lure her over here first, or we'll never capture her akuma! So let's just play along with her, at least it'll buy us some time," Ladybug says.

"Meaning?" Chat asks.

"Meaning..." I say, moving up beside him and intertwining our hands. "I looove you."

He looks to me in surprise. Prime Queen leans forward in excitement.

"Okay, Prime Queen," LB says, grabbing Zorro's hand, "you win. I confess, Zorro and I are dating, like you said. We are... in..love."

Prime Queen stops the train, Chloe catches herself this time with the chair. Chat loses his footing and ends up making me fall on top of him and causing him to purr.

"Did... I just hear you purr?" I smirk amused.

"Uh... no way!"

I open my mouth to tease him, but Prime Queen cuts me off.

"Our heroic lovebirds are saving their fan's life by admitting their true feelings. Our viewers are going crazy! But, our TV ratings haven't maxed out yet. You must do better!"

"Then come and join us, Prime Queen. You're the host and the star of the show after all. Then you'll have your ratings," Ladybug says.

"My show, my rules, Ladybug! To prove that your feelings are genuine, you're going to have to take off your masks, which means you must all give me your Miraculous!"

"Not a chance, Prime Queen!"

"Wait, I know how we can prove our feelings!" He pulls me to face him. "Pucker up!"

Prime Queen watches in anticipation.

I grin, putting up an act. I shy away, burying my face into his shoulder. "Not in front of everybody, that's too embarrassing..." I squeak, wrapping my arms around his waist.

Prime Queen turns off the screen.

Zorro fakingly gags. "You two are gross."

I laugh, moving away from Chat. "Better luck next time."

Chat moves over to the screen. "Is the show over?" He knocks on the screen then puts his hand against it to find we can't go through it.

"If we can't get to her, we'll never be able to capture her akuma!" Ladybug complains, pulling on her hair.

The screen turns back on, and Prime Queen to reveal that she's in the Louvre Museum. "My dear viewers, you are in for the reveal of a lifetime!" She laughs as she opens a sarcophagus with Alya tied up inside.

"Ladybug, help me, please!" Alya cries out.

"Oh wait, isn't this the girl who started the famous Ladyblog? The first one who ever filmed Ladybug?"

"Ah! No, Alya!" Ladybug cries out in worry.

"Next trial, your Miraculous! Or else your biggest fan will be mummified!" She laughs again.

Chat still has his hand on the tv and almost falls through screen as it becomes able to travel through.

"Let's leap in, before she runs!" Ladybug says.

Chat nods and jumps through followed by Ladybug, Zorro, then me.

We end up landing in a walk in freezer in the kitchen of some restaurant.

"We're not at the Louvre..." Chat says, looking around.

"It was a double-cross!" LB shouts, moving to try and open the door only to find it locked.

"Why the hell is there a tv in a freezer?!" I shout, stomping my foot. "That doesn't make any sense!"

Prime Queen appears on the screen and laughs at us.

Chat looks to Ladybug as he shivers. "Uh, Cataclysm?"

I roll my eyes, pulling him to wrap himself around me. He sighs in content, snuggling closer to me from behind.

Ladybug replies in frustration. "There's no point! We're probably far away from the Louvre! By the time we get there it'll be too late to save Alya!"

"The time has come to push those ratings sky high! Let's try this again. Remove your Miraculous and reveal your true selves! The whole world is watching you!" Prime Queen pulls the sarcophagus holding Alya up, twirling it towards a tv. "There's no use looking for a way out! Unless, you want to see your biggest fan in deep water." Prime Queen snaps her fingers and the television in front of her displays the river. "Hurry up, you two. Don't wanna keep your audience waiting." She begins to slide the sarcophagus out further with her foot.

"What!? Why is there a tv on a bridge?! I–" I complain, getting cut off by LB.

"You're right!" She uses her lucky charm, and a roll of tape appears. "A tape roll? What am I supposed to do with this? Hmm..." She looks around her, finding what she needed. "Of course!" She moves and starts pulling out the drawers around us.

"Hurry up, she's about to push Alya in the water!" Chat shouts.

"One minute!"

"That's too long!"

"Listen to the cat." She pushes the sarcophagus even further through the screen.

LB finds a pizza box. "Voilà!" We tape it over the screen, so she can no longer see us.

"What's happening?"

"Fine, you win, Prime Queen," LB says. "We'll remove our Miraculous. The whole world will see us without our masks!"

"Mmph! And Kitsune and I are about to kiss! Shame you're missing it!" Chat calls out.

"Eww!" Zorro huffs.

"So unlucky!" Ladybug calls out.

"If you're lying, you're going to regret it." She punches through the box, but gets pulled in by Ladybug.

I punch the screen. "Now you have no way out."

"You're stuck with us," Zorro adds with a grin.

A fight ensues, but we quickly take her down and unakumatize her, making everything go back to normal.

"What just happened?" Nadja questions, holding her head.

"Pound it!" the four of us call out, fist bumping.

~~~

It's Chat and I's night to patrol. Currently the both of us are on top of the Eiffel Tower, watching everything in silence.

Chat sighs. "We really should talk about us."

"We should, but I'd rather not," I respond. "I don't even know where we would even start."

He sighs. "Yeaah..."

"Come on, I hear something happening in that direction," I say, pointing to our left. "Duty calls." I blast off.

Chat watches her for a second then sighs, following after.

...~~~...
I decided against posting the chapter where things would change a lot. I'll work on it and post it when the time is right. I feel I should at least have Luka, Kagami, and Marc to be introduced. Along with Alya and Nino and Chloe as Miraculous holders.

Most of the next chapters are going to be episode chapters. I'm sorry. 🥺

Here's a funny to apologize for how long this took to get out. Along with the awfulness of this chapter.