Note: This story was requested and prompted by pinksakura271. She set up the scene with a lot of the dialogue… I just filled in the blanks. ;) I'm still not back to writing full time on anything other than the OC story I'm working on. I will take requests, if you wish, for one shots. I just can't put them out too fast. :) Thank you for reading and for understanding. You're all amazing and I love this fandom to bits! It means so much to me. :) And one day… I'll finish Bedroom Eyes. I just need to focus on my career for the time being. :)
Marinette sat in her room working on a pastel pink dress. She sat at her sewing machine with pins between her lips. It had been a long day of dealing with Chloe and not only that, but Adrien had not shown up for their triple date. Well, date for their friends and not them, but it would still feel like a date to her. Even if it was only in her mind. Her saddened eyes fell to the pictures of Adrien, that lined the walls of her bright pink room.
She sighed and Tikki zipped out and cuddled her cheek. "Aww… Marinette. It'll be okay. You'll see."
"I just don't think he'll ever notice me, Tikki. I'm too clumsy. I can't even say one sentence straight around him." She shook her head and let tears fall down her cheeks, while she held her arms close to her sides. "How am I supposed to say how I feel… when I can't even say how are you?"
She walked over to her floor length mirror, pulled at her pink pajama pants, and tugged at the hem of her white spaghetti strap top. "I mean just look at me? Who could love a girl as imperfect as me." She turned to Tikki with a quivering bottom lip and the small red bug sighed at her.
Marinette slumped into her hot pink floral chair and turned on her computer. A collage of Adrien's photos, from past photoshoots, appeared on the background of her computer and she sighed, leaning her chin onto her elbows. "He'll never see me as more than a friend. He said so himself. You heard him, Tikki." She laid her head down on her folded arms and cried.
"Oh… Marinette…." Tikki laid on the top of her head and tried to calm her miraculous holder.
A tap sound came from her round window and Tikki looked over at the sound.
"Purrincess?" A familiar voice was muted by the glass of the window.
Tikki gasped and quickly flew into her hiding spot.
"Purrincess? Marinette?" Cat Noir held his hands up to the glass and peered in. "Are you there? I was hoping we could talk. See- I- Well…." He sighed and his shoulders slumped, as he gently touched the glass with one of his palms.
Marinette sat up straight and wiped her eyes with her fingers. She sniffed and stood up. "Kitty?"
She walked over to the circular window and opened it. "What are you doing here?"
"Have you been crying?" Cat gave her a concerned look and he caught a tear on his gloved thumb.
"No, no. I- I'm okay." Marinette lied and tried to smile for him. "What did you want to talk about?"
"Can we… maybe… talk on your balcony? I need furresh air." Cat smiled awkwardly at her.
"Of course, Kitty. Just give me a moment." Marinette closed her window and climbed up to her bed, before opening the hatch.
She began to pull herself up and out of the hatch, but Cat Noir caught her hand and helped pull her up. He caught her when her toe got caught on something and she tripped into him. She peered up at him with wide blue doe eyes and parted lips. A blush came to her cheeks and he warmly smiled at her.
Her smiled faded and she pushed away from him, brushing her loose hair behind her right ear. "So… what is it you wanted to talk about?"
"Well…" He sat on the short ornate railing and looked down at his boots. "I got stood up today. You see I purrrchased red roses... candles… chocolates… blankets… pillows…. and I even made the most purrrfect pasta dinner. But… she didn't show." His shoulders slumped and he looked away from her with sad forest hued eyes.
"I see." Marinette worried her bottom lip and walked up to the railing beside him. She leaned on it and peered up at the stars. "You know… I was stood up today to. But it wasn't his fault. His- his father tends to not let him out of the house… You see… he-" A tear fell down her cheek again. "I feel so bad that he is kept in that mansion, like some locked songbird. I- I just wish that he could be free." More tears fell down her rosy cheeks.
Cat peered at her with saddened emerald eyes. "Ladybug- she-"
Marinette looked at him with wide blue eyes. "Ladybug?"
"Yeah… I kind of got my own hopes up. Even though she said she couldn't come. I- I still believed that she would. I-" He shrugged and gripped the railing. "I kind of got lost in my own purrfect fantasy. I guess it was just one sided." He sadly chuckled and looked over at a saddened Marinette.
"I did too. He probably doesn't even notice me. I mean… look at me. You know what's sad?" Marinette chuckled through her tears. "I can't even say one simple sentence to him without screwing it up. I mean one time…. I took his phone because I left a message calling him hot stuff and I accidently sent it…" She giggled and Cat looked at her with surprised eyes, but she ignored it.
"I'm sorry." She wiped the tears from her eyes. "It's hard to see someone who doesn't see you for you."
"How do you know he doesn't see you fur you, Purrincess?" Cat inched a bit closer to her and looked at her with curious eyes. "How will you know if you ne-furr gave him a chance to show you?"
"Because… Look at me. I'm not amazing. I'm not perfect. I'm not Ladybug. He loves Ladybug. I overheard his best friend." Marinette slumped to the cement floor. "He loves Ladybug." Her voice became quiet as the realization of the reality of the situation hit her and shattered her heart to pieces.
Chat bit his bottom lip with a saddened expression. "Well, Purrincess, it is hard, but it's worse when you're acting like yourself while wearing a mask and they don't even give you a moment to talk."
Marinette moved closer to him with parted lips and curious blue bell eyes. Ones that reminded him of his lady, but it hurt too much to think about that. So, he shook the thought away from his mind.
"What I mean is…" Cat Noir sighed and slumped his shoulders, while he gripped and ungripped the railing. "What I mean is, I'm myself more as Cat Noir. But... it seems Ladybug doesn't even try to get to know the real me. She never has time and when we do have time… she makes up an excuse to get away furrom me." He shrugged and lightly chuckled, before sighing sadly.
Marinette rubbed the back of her head, letting her hand fall to the back of her neck, while she peered off to the side. "Hey, Cat Noir, if Ladybug can't see how cattastic you are… then I will."
Cat Noir's ears perked up and he smiled at her with a warm smile. Her kind words and pun skills warmed his heart and he felt enveloped in a loving and warm light. "Thanks Purrincess fur cheering up thiss old cat."
He suddenly leaped from the banister and hugged her without thinking. She sighed warmly into his embrace.
I can't be myself around Adrien. Yet, my Kitty may not know I can be myself around him right now. Even as crazy, clumsy, Marinette Dupain Cheng. He accepts me for me. I don't have to hide. I can just be me.
"I know you won't believe this, but…" Marinette smiled and he held her to his chest. "I'm really glad that you stopped by tonight. I-" She peered up into his sparkling emerald eyes. "I really needed it tonight."
"Mew too, Marinette." He stroked his claws lightly through her loose dark hair.
She sighed and breathed in the scent of leather and cinnamon. "You smell nice and remind me of home."
Cat Noir chuckled, as he felt her begin to fall asleep in his arms. "I think it's time to put a certain Purrincess to bed."
Marinette yawned and her knees gave way. "I'm not tired. You're tired, kitty." She hummed and smiled, as he caught her in his arms.
He smiled down at her and scooped her legs up, before opening the hatch and dropping down to her bed.
Cat softly laid her down onto her bed and tucked her in. He went to leave, when she grabbed his ankle. "Don't leave." She looked at him through tired eyes and gave him a smile.
"Alright. I'll stay until you fall asleep." He laid down beside her.
She wrapped her arm around his waist and sighed a deep sigh. "Thank you, kitty. Fur everything."
He chuckled at how cute she could be when she made puns for him. "Your furry welcome, my Purrincess. Now, get some sleep. I'll stay a little longer…"
He yawned and soon fell asleep with her in his arms and a warmth took over his broken heart.
Song I wrote to: Falling Fast by Avril Lavigne