On the one hand, yes. They had, when he was Chat Noir and she was herself. In her room where it was safe, when they hadn't thought there was anything between them, when they'd both accepted the casual touches, the way they gravitated toward each other, as merely platonic.
On the other, as Adrien, he had never seemed at all interested in being this close to Marinette, and she didn't know how to answer his question without telling him that he was Chat Noir.
Gabriel wouldn't want her to. And Adrien... she wasn't sure he would even believe her.
"Not exactly," she whispered, not quite meeting his eyes. "Like I said awhile back, it was... things were sort of complicated."
...
Oh, god.
Was she going to have to be the one to tell him he'd been in love with Ladybug?
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On the other, as Adrien, he had never seemed at all interested in being this close to Marinette, and she didn't know how to answer his question without telling him that he was Chat Noir.
Gabriel wouldn't want her to. And Adrien... she wasn't sure he would even believe her.
"Not exactly," she whispered, not quite meeting his eyes. "Like I said awhile back, it was... things were sort of complicated."
...
Oh, god.
Was she going to have to be the one to tell him he'd been in love with Ladybug?