For tanitak's birthday.
She couldn't explain how this was happening.
One minute, she was the clumsy, trips on her own two feet, can't-stand-up-for-herself Marinette, and now she was this hero, heralded by the city of Paris as Ladybug.
It's not like she didn't like the attention, per se, she loved being an idol to people in the city. Her best friend, Alya, ran a blog about Ladybug, her worst enemy, Chloe, dressed up as Ladybug on occasion, there was even a statue of her made, commemorating her for her duties to the city.
It was all perfect.
...Well, except for ONE thing...
The moment she first became a superhero, she was joined by one person...
...the person's name was Chat Noir.
Now, Marinette didn't hate the cat (In fact, she didn't really hate anyone. Except maybe Chloe), she just thought of him as kind of annoying, like an unwanted little brother.
He did have his moments of competence though, such as when he tried to stop Copycat from smudging up his name, and when The Bubbler took all the adults, he fought to get them back.
But half the time, she thought, he spends the mission goofing off! She thought back to all the times that he spent acting like a complete fool because he wanted to impress Ladybug. The bluenette sighed, thinking that Adrien would be a much better, much more reserved version for her sidekick.
But then, she thought about Timebreaker, and how Chat jumped in front of her to stop Alix from stealing her energy. She would have faded from existence, had he not nobly stepped in at the last second. In other words...
He risked his life for her.
Even after she went Back in time, and prevented it from happening, she still thought back to that every time they faced a new enemy. Regardless of what he did or said, he would be her partner, and nothing would change that.
Marinette smiled to herself thinking, "Maybe the cat's not as unlucky as he seems..."