Hey guys! Ladynoirshipper here, this is my first fanfic :) hope you enjoy! R&R

I do not own miraculous ladybug.

Chapter One: Marinette POV

It was almost liberating, the feeling she got every night as she climbed out of her window onto the terrace above her room. The cold night air filling her lungs, a bright red spotted mask across her face. Life as Marinette was good; she couldn't deny that. But as Ladybug, she could go anywhere. Paris's greatest superhero had a freedom that the young fashion designer did not.

Marinette sighed and pulled out her yoyo.

It was another late night for a patrol with Chat Noir. She liked to just swing around and keep the city safe, but Chat insisted on pestering her with his constant flirts. What an idiot, she thought to herself as she swung over a tall building.

But lately, he had been quiet, keeping to himself more. Not that his puns and flirts had stopped completely. Of course they didn't. Now that would be something truly miraculous. But Marinette did notice a more sincere approach to conversation between the two. He would often be caught staring at her eyes in a very peculiar way.

She wished she could understand that cat, she thought as she landed at their usual meeting spot. Marinette looked around for her partner, and then realized she was early, but Ladybug was always a little early, whether it be during the weekly patrol or an akuma attack.

"Thinking about me?" taunted a voice from behind her. A black cat with ruffled blond hair and bright green eyes flicked his tail behind him.

"Keep dreaming, Chat, if that's what makes you happy," she retorted.

"My lady! You wound me!" He said, jokingly holding his chest as if he had been stabbed.

Marinette laughed, a clear laugh that cut through the night air. She turned around to face her partner. He's got that look again. It would take some time, but she knew it was her job as Chat's partner, and as his friend to figure out why he looked so...sad.

But before she could interrogate him, he interrupted her thoughts. "Ladybug, I hope we can finish tonight's patrol a bit early, seeing as I have a test tomorrow morning."

What a coincidence. Marinette had one too. She nodded briefly, adding on, "That's alright. I say we split up. I'll take to patrolling the west side, and you can work on the east side of the city. Sound good?"

"Any plan is a good one if it was yours, my lady." Ladybug rolled her eyes, but he sounded suspiciously sincere. Huh.

"Whatever you say, mon chaton." said Marinette. "One last thing, Chat..."

"Yeah?"

"I..." Ladybug looked long and hard at her partner, trying to figure out a way to ask him what was going on, if he was alright or not. But the courage to do so was just out of reach. "Never mind."

"Goodnight, my lady..." Chat Noir called into the night, plunging off of the nearest building into the darkness, extending his glinting staff off into the east, where the sun rose.

What was up with that? Marinette scolded herself, for being unable to talk to her partner about something so simple as being curious about his behavior. That was all she needed to say, and yet the words left her when she needed them most.

Could it have been that she was nervous? Around Chat? She brushed the thought out of her mind. In a last attempt to distract herself from the problem, she began to patrol the streets of Paris, only pausing briefly to admire Adrien's house. She smiled to herself, knowing that Adrien was a huge Ladybug fan himself. Maybe if she paid him a little visit...but his lights were out and he was probably sleeping. She wanted him well rested for that big physics exam.

Crap! The exam! She had to finish this patrol and get home for some last minute studying!

Marinette finished her roundabouts in the city, uneventfully, and arrived home just in time. She would have room in her schedule for a bit of studying and a full night's sleep.

For some reason, though, she had the distinct feeling she was going to be late again for school tomorrow. She wondered why...

Alright that's the first chapter! Didn't know how to end it, but...oh well. Let me know what you think and please follow this story...I'll try to update as frequently as I can but I'm not quite sure how long it will take (again, first fanfic).

Thanks for reading :) byeeee