Marin was there, sitting half asleep on his small balcony chair. He began to sob, it'd been a rough week, akumas have been digging their nails into his confidence. Usually, being ladybeetle made him happy, confident, and more himself. But lately, he'd been feeling like a phoney. He felt as if he put on his mask each day to save Paris, to be a hero. Deep down it all felt like a ruse, like an escape from reality.

Little did he know, a certain chat was passing through the neighbourhood. She just wanted to glance over to see if he was home, maybe they could drink some hot cocoa and have a nice talk. But what she saw, made her feel awful. Marin was a wonderful friend to her, she cared for him deeply. Her instincts immediately jumped her and she hopped onto his balcony.

Marin messily wiped his eyes of the salty tears and put on a brighter face. "oh hey chat!" He said. "I didn't expect to see you, is everything alright?"

She was disappointed in how quickly he cast aside his own feelings, and ask her if she's alright of all things? "Me? Alright? How about we talk about you first, Marin I know I'm not all that...close, but you look really out of it. You don't have to hide emotions around me like that, yknow?" She reassured

"You wouldn't understand, I just been...upset with myself is all, you know the 'I'm a total mess I'm not even sure how I'm alive' deal"

"Hey, that's not true. You're like one of the most creative guys ever, you've got so many skills under your belt." She said, hoping he was listening.

"That's sweet, chat. That means a lot, coming from you...but I guess I'm just really tired. I feel like I haven't slept in a week" he said "I suppose the lack of sleep has gotten to me somehow"

"Yeah, I haven't gotten sleep in a while too. Yknow, the whole saving Paris thing doesn't really let you rest" oh he knew, he knew very well. "Yeah, I'm just...do you think I'm like, interesting enough to catch anyone's eye?" he asked. "What do you mean?" She was puzzled, he stood out, not in a bad way but a great one. He was one of the coolest guys she knew, of course he caught her eye. He was almost as eye-catching as lady beetle.

"It's silly, but there's this one girl I really like. She's probably not even all that into me, but she's just amazing. She's so skilled and beautiful, really I'm so average compared to her. Lately, I been thinking my growing crush on her is just pointless, I doubt she'd ever feel the same." It came out of his mouth like a speech, like he'd been practising those words in his head over and over. Like he'd been trying to convince himself that it was true. "Bullshit" She said, furious. How could he think he was average compared to...well, anybody? He was such a great guy, honestly the best guy friend she'd make in a long while.

"Chat I know that sounded kinda self-deprecating coming out of my mouth but I really didn't expect you to call bullshit that quickly" he laughed "well yeah, 'cause you're just so...cool. Like honestly speaking, if ladybeetle weren't around you'd be the only prince in my sights" she smirked

"Yeah, go tell that to Adrienne Agreste haha" he laughed, almost giggled actually. "Holy shit" Adrienne looked as pale as the moon behind her. "What? You know her?" Marin asked "Yeah I know her pretty fucking well actually, and let's just say she's gotta get her head out her ass pretty soon before she misses the Marin train" she laughed awkwardly "well, sweet prince, I better go, before I uh...actually yeah I'm about to miss dinner" she hopped off the roof, leaving Marin confused as ever. "What's gotten into that silly kitty" he smiled.