Notes : Hi everyone ! I decided to translate my actual fic in english. My original fic is in french, but I figured that if could be fun to write in english too...! Hope you'll like it !
Oh, also ! I'm not fluent in english, so please be kind...! See you at the end of the chapter for more notes !
Chapitre 1: The end of high school.
Today was the day. Marinette had surrounded the date roughly in her calendar. The last day of high school. Her last chance to confess her feelings to the outstanding Adrien Agreste.
Her last chance, because of the end of high school was going to separate all the students who were attending to Dupont, each one continuing in their own path.
Marinette thought about her friends. Alya was going to do a degree in journalism in Paris, Nino studies in musicology. Alix enter to a great school specialized in political science, Mylène would study sociology, Ivan psychology ... Even Chloé Bourgeois took her own path, she was accepted in a renowned theater school -she had been telling the class, since the beginning of the year, about her acceptance to Cours Florent, which had only been possible thanks to her "network".
And Adrien… Adrien was going to study at a fashion school, the same one that Marinette had chosen. At least, that's what she thought.
Alya had told Marinette last month that finally, the beautiful blonde boy was going to take a sabbatical year to continue modeling. During his tour, he would travel to nearby destinations like Italy, but also distant destinations like China.
Marinette already imagined the success that Adonis would win in the Chinese fashion market. Chinese people were crazy about European faces: especially with fair hair, emerald green eyes, and fine but muscular mannequin bodies. Although Marinette got her first choice of university, it was with some bitterness that she imagined her next year, without him, the love of her youth, Adrien.
Marinette had therefore decided that she would confess her love for him on their last day of school at Dupont. And with Alya she had schemed an infallible plan.
Marinette had had a hard time closing her eyes that night. Even the old tales that Tikki related her on sleepless nights had no soporific effects. She had thought of going out, take some fresh air of the chilly night, but as Marinette it was impossible for her to do so.
She had decided to go patrol after asking Tikki to transform her. Once changed into Ladybug, she grabbed her yo-yo and swirled from roof to roof through Paris. She stopped in her favorite district, the "16e". Perched on the historical heritage she liked the most: the Eiffel Tower.
She was looking out at Quai Branly, the gardens of Trocadero, the two museums that surrounded it, and in the distance the esplanade. She could never get tired of the vue, and was coming here almost every day to admire the landscape
Suddenly Ladybug found herself encircled by glittering lights. The tower glittered from head to toe, and Ladybug wondered what she liked the most between seeing the tower light up on the first floor of the Eiffel tower, or whether she preferred to see the light dance by the esplanade.
She did not have enough time to think about the question though. A hoarse and malicious voice called her out.
"My Lady is in a night mood tonight? Does she dream meow-ing to the moon? "
Ladybug turned her head towards Cat Noir. She smiled, patting him next to where she was sitting, to invite her four years partner to sit beside her. Executing with a graceful leap, he fell graciously next to Ladybug and gave her a stealthy kiss on the cheek, which made Ladybug blush.
"In a nostalgic mood, I'll rather say," she replied, watching the esplanade.
Intrigued Cat Noir looked in the same direction, as if looking his Lady would indicate all the answers to his questions. Ladybug put her head on Chat Noir's left shoulder before asking.
"And you Kitten, what are you doing wandering in the streets? "
"I've always been a wandering cat!" He defended himself. "Apart from insomnia, I came to admire the Eiffel Tower". He then let out a surprised "oh", seeing that the tower had stopped glittering.
"Kitten, it does not flicker all night!" Ladybug said sarcastically. "It marks every time change. It must be seven past one a.m."
As a reply, Cat Noir gave her a gentle shoulder shot, which she could not help but laugh at. Ladybug wondered if she should tell him about her worries. She hated to talk about her problems and did not want to confide her apprehensions to Cat Noir. She hated feeling fragile, feeble, and Cat Noir had always known her as strong and sure of herself.
As if he was reading her like an open book, Cat Noir asked her what was worrying her, with an inquiring look.
"You can tell me, you know? I'll always be there for you."
Seeing Ladybug's hesitation, he added:
"Milady, I can see it in your eyes ... Tell me what's worrying you. "
Taking a long time -that seemed to Cat extremely long, followed by a long inhale, Ladybug threw herself.
"A lot of things ... I'm in a huge turning point in my life. I feel excited but at the same time, I am also afraid of losing everyone I'm close with. People I lived with daily… We shared so many things together..."
I could even risk saying that I will miss Chloé, she thought.
"Tomorrow is my last day with everyone. This will be an important day ... a special day for me, and for all of us. And strangely everything went so fast. When I think about it, I feel like I met you yesterday, when- "
"When we met 3 years 10 months and 2 days ago?" Cat asked, looking surprisingly nostalgic.
"Yes ..." answered Ladybug, troubled by his deep look and seriousness. "I also have the feeling that I know you since much more than four years Cat. It feels like eternity… It's a feeling that I cannot explain. "
"I feel exactly the same. Besides- "Cat cut himself off, now uncertain of where his sentence would drive them if he continued. He really wanted to tell Ladybug something. Something he wanted to tell her for a while now.
Unfortunately or luckily, Ladybug did not noticed his inner dilemma. She herself plunged back into her memories. The first time she and Cat had fought their first Akuma.
"Do you remember the first time we fought with our Miraculous?" The question came out spontaneously, even before she realized she had asked the question.
Cat Noir smiled tenderly, seeming to remember that day too.
" "Of course, how could I forget this ?" He replied. "Do I need to remind you that you literally fell on (for) me? Hard to forget !"
"I was SO clumsy that day! "
"Yes, that's the only time you've been that clumsy. Except the day, we fought Reverser, but it was not your fault. "
Ladybug laughed. She added a little mischievously "Yes, kitten was afraid of everything! You were an adorably frightened kitty!"
Cat Noir's ears perked up and he pouted at her. It was now Ladybug's turn to give her kitten a shoulder shove.
"You should not worry about it Milady." He said. "Change is not necessarily bad. Your friends that you love so much, you can see them again. Distance does not part people, negligence does."
Ladybug couldn't believe her antennas, tonight Cat was particularly wise, and incredible but true, he was very mature. As if he had already thought a lot about the question. Before she could say a thing, Cat added:
"And I'm not going to change; I'll always come and purr sweet words to you when you will need them."
"Kitty's back", thought her Lady immediately, rolling her eyes. She looked at him half-amused, half-annoyed before uttering a huge yawn.
"Need me to purr you up to your bed? Asked Cat Noir, roguishly.
Ladybug shook her head before giving him a kiss on the cheek [Notes : What we call "la bise" in French]. Then she went away throwing her yo-yo in the air.
Cat Noir stood there alone. He looked at the esplanade her Lady was contemplating so much. Perhaps expecting that now that she was gone, the esplanade would tell him Ladybug's secrets. At this thought, he thought he might be too tired to think clearly, however he did not leave the place.
He was himself anxious. Because he knew he had to leave the capital of lights soon.
He had not decided to tell her, he planned to. But he did not want to worry her more than she already seemed to be.
"Tomorrow," he told himself.
"Tomorrow I will tell her everything ... Tomorrow". Repeating this sentence like a mantra, enjoying for a few moments more, the wind caressing his face. He decided to go home when the tower lit up again, now resolved to join his second love: his bed.
When she came back home, Marinette collapsed on her bed. The words of her kitten had appeased her and she was very grateful to him for that.
Notes : YEEES so soon !
I'll try to publish ASAP the next chapter! I'd really (really) love to read your reviews !
What did you think about the Ladynoir moment ? Is Marinette going to confess...?
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