Chat Noir looked out to Paris from his perch on the Eiffel Tower. He took a deep breath to calm down his pounding heart.
Today was Ladybug's birthday. He knew it wasn't her real birthday but she had admitted her birthday was in that same week.
So yesterday after Marinette's birthday he took the gold locket from it's box in his drawer. He figured it was the perfect present to give his Lady, it once belonged to his mother. He felt that by giving it to one special girl in his world, he might feel somehow connected to his mother again.
The light thump behind him alerted him of Ladybug's arrival.
He turned around with a soft smile on his face, "Catty Birthday, M'lady." He dipped into a low bow, one hand behind his back and the other stretched out towards her, with a black box laid in the palm.
He looked up at her expression, and gave her a lopsided smile. Her mouth hung open in a circle and her cheeks we're flushed a soft pink. He decided he liked that look on her.
She closed her mouth and smiled beautifully at him, "Thank you, Chat."
She reached out and took the box from his hand as he straightened up.
Chat watched with baited breath as she opened up the box. His mom's locket was in the shape of two, gold hearts hooked together, lined with small rose quartz. It was empty when she gave it to him.
Ladybug gasped as she looked at the dainty locket. She opened it and found a selfie she and Chat had taken on one of their patrols.
"Kitty, it's beautiful," she looked up at him with round eyes, "This must've cost a fortune. I can't take it from you."
"Au contraire, M'lady. That gift came straight from my heart," he assured. "My mother gave it to me."
Ladybug's eyes widened, Chat Noir just kept dropping bomb after bomb on her.
"Now I really can't take it from you!"
Chat smiled contently at her, "She would've wanted you to have it... I want you to have it. It would make me extremely happy if you kept it M'Lady."
Her eyes softened as she took in his expression. He really wanted her to have it.
Well she wasn't going to disappoint him, "Can you help me put it on."
His breath hitched as she held out the locket to him. He nodded dumbly and she turned around to put on the necklace.
He stood behind and maneuvered around her puffy pigtails to get the necklace on. Hooking it on was a bit of a mission with his shaky hands.
He took a step back when he finished.
She turned around and he was knocked two sides when he took in her delighted smile.
"How do I look?"
"You're a sight for sore eyes, M'Lady."
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