Disclaimer: I do not own Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir. This is made as a part of Marichat May 2018 in which I will try to upload one chapter a day for the entire month of May relating to Marichat with the given prompts. The prompt is from Tumblr and I could probably link it to you if you ask.
The title based on both the balcony scene and trope of Marichat always happening within the dark of the night and the song "Starry Night" by Mamamoo. It's great. I personally feel that it matches Marichat in slight angst that the song has and more of the product of the two of them meeting so much at night. Also because I like the song...
This is my first MLB story so I will try to write them in character as best as I possibly can. I might not upload every day but by the prompt cuz college is time consuming & the length of each chapter can range from a drabble to like up to 3000 words something around there idk it just depends on how much I am inspired. Thanks for your understanding!
Day 1 Prompt: "You're injured, please stay the night"
The first thing he had thought about Marinette Dupain-Cheng when he first met her as Chat Noir was that she was amazed by him. Or at least that's what he assumes that she wanted to portray when they first met.
So he did do a few exaggerated moves, called her a princess, kissed her hand… Wouldn't most people be amazed that one of their city's superheroes did that to them?
Marinette was friends with Alya, the girl behind the Ladyblog account, so it would make sense for her to be a fan of Paris' heroes. She was brave and daring like her best friend (even if Alya did get in the way sometimes).
As Chat Noir, he's seen her help her try to get their akumatized classmate's item when Ladybug had personal issues to take care of. She even helped them get out of a unbreakable box as the ship they were on top of was sinking!
As Adrien, he has seen her lead her classmates, stand up to a condescending Chloe, be sassy with her friends. He knew that she was caring and had a big heart.
Though really, should it have come up as a surprise when he later accidentally crashes onto her little balcony in harsh, sudden rain because he wanted to go out for a run after being stuck in a stuffy mansion? It does.
Marinette looked him up and down as he attempted to lick the water off of himself under the little umbrella that she had on her balcony. She doesn't look at him with the same amazement that she had when they first met, rather it's more of an apprehensive or rather somewhat angry look before spotting his left arm.
"Chat Noir. While you did scare me into thinking there was a burglar on my balcony, why are you injured?"
He looked at her as she began to shiver. "Marinette you should go inside. It's cold. This alley cat is alright. Just need a quick breather"
She looked up at him before shaking her head. "Here. Come inside. It's cold and I don't think you're gonna like the rain."
Chat Noir starred as she climbed back into her bedroom before promptly following. He was careful not to drip water onto her bed but it was hard to adjust your landing when you had only one non-injured hand to grab onto the trapdoor.
Marinette gave a slight nudge and began pulling him to below her bed and onto her chaise before telling him to close his eyes.
"Uh. My room's a bit messy so I'll hurry up and clean it up." Chat Noir closed his eyes but not before seeing a light blue yarn.
'Hm. That color looks familiar' He thought as he closed his eyes and heard Marinette shuffle around in her room. After a few moments, he felt something drop onto his head. He slowly open his eyes to find a towel blocking his sight.
"Here to help you dry yourself. Though your outfit seems fine but your hair doesn't" Marinette said as she went to find the first aid kit she had in her room whenever she might have injured herself making one of her designs.
"I purrfurr my fur but thank you very much Princess!" Chat Noir punned as he sees Marinette briefly look in disdain. Hm that's weird.
She briefly thinks on whether to ask him why he was out in the rain before swiftly shutting down that idea. 'He probably has his reasons.'
Before she could ask if she could help him wrap his hand, a series of loud sounds ring through the night as more rain crashed onto her window. Chat Noir looks briefly surprised and rattled by the sound of the rain.
"I would probably ask you to leave after helping wrap up your hand but it's raining super hard and I don't think you'll enjoy going out in this rain." Marinette says as he looks at her surprised.
"Marinette, while I appreciate the thought, I would never want to take advantage of the generosity you've given me already. It's fine, really!" He tries to assure her that it's fine for him to vault back home in this rain as she frowns. Before any of them could say anything, another loud crash echoes within the room as Chat Noir jumps 3 feet into the air. Marinette looks at him stunned before he covers his fake cat ears (or attempts to with the hand that Marinette was going to start wrapping).
"... you're more of a cat than I thought you were..." Marinette laughs as she begins to wrap his hand.
"It sometimes just comes out ever since I started doing this..." Chat Noir awkwardly says before reiterating his earlier statement. Marinette pursed her lips.
"You're injured, while it's not a lot, it's also raining super hard, please stay the night or at least until the rain has settle down." Marinette says looking up at him.
He thinks to himself for a moment. It was raining super hard still and while he could vault home, the chances were high that he could get sick even with the suit on.
"... maybe I'll take you up on that offer. I really appreciate it Marinette! Thanks!"
Chat Noir looks at her smiling before spotting the plate of cookies on her desk. Marinette follows his gaze before asking if he wanted any other pastry than cookies.
"And before you say that's it's out of my way, keep in mind that my parents and I would be honored if you could try some of our pastries after all you and Ladybug done for Paris," Marinette reaffirms him before he could feel guilty asking for some.
He looks with a small smile before thanking her.
A princess should always be brave and have a big heart. They're human so of course they be sad and upset at times. Princesses are leaders who won't hesitate to help. Maybe that nickname really was the right one for Marinette.
Though she wasn't at all princess like when they started playing UMS3 at 10 PM with all the wins going to her favor.
