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Chapter 2

Marinette pulled back quickly, shocked. Her long time crush just kissed her?! What?! No matter how hard she tried to say something, words wouldn't come. She continued to open and close her mouth, contorting her face, willing for words to come. Adrien awkwardly chuckled, "sorry about that. I… guess I got caught up in the moment?" He rubbed the back of his neck, like he always does when things get weird. After some time and effort, Marinette finally said something, "why…why did you do that?" Adrien's face turned a deep crimson, "because I like you, Marinette."

"No, you don't Adrien," Marinette said slowly, "I know you like Ladybug." Marinette couldn't contain herself. Tears began forming in her bluebell eyes. Who was she kidding? Everyone loved Ladybug. But if they found out it was her behind the mask, especially Adrien, everyone would be disappointed. If Adrien was going to like her, she wanted it to be because he liked her, not because she was his second choice.

"Mari, I'm telling the truth. Yeah Ladybug is 'the savior of Paris,' but you, you're real." Adrien took a step closer to the girl. Why can't she understand that he likes her? Why is she denying his feelings? Why doesn't she believe him?

"Whatever, Adrien. You'll be over it by morning. I guarantee it." And with that, Marinette turned on her heel and started walking home. There was no actual way Adrien liked her, right? Why did she even believe it for a second? She shook her head. I need a nap. A nice, LONG nap.

As soon as Marinette's head hit her pillow, she was asleep. This job saving Paris was really messing with her sleep schedule. After about an hour, she heard a tap on her window. "Chaaaaat," she groaned, "why do you always do this when I want peace and quiet." Still, she opened her window for her superhero friend. He climbed in differently. Instead of his usual joyful self, he crawled in slowly and tentatively. He seemed… upset.

"What's wrong, Chat? Are you okay?" Chat sighed as he sat against the leg of Marinette's desk. "I got rejected by the girl I like today," he mumbled as he ran a hand through his golden locks, "if you can't tell, I'm upset." Marinette giggled softly, "I can tell. Sorry Ladybug rejected you," she said with half an eye-roll. Obviously it wasn't her. "No, not Ladybug. Don't get me wrong, Ladybug's great, but we barely know each other, and she's made her feeling pretty clear. It was a girl at my school. It's almost like she didn't believe me when I said I liked her. Then she just turned around and went home." Marinette walked over and have him a hug. She felt bad for him, she really did, but she didn't realize how similar Chat's situation was to hers. They sat like that for a while. Chat snuggled against Marinette's chest while she stroked his hair. It gave them both a sense of comfort and relief from their stressful days.

"Let's play a game," Chat said suddenly, "like… 20 questions. We ask questions back and forth to each other and we'll both answer them." Marinette smiled. She liked how her cat was getting back to his playful demeanor. "Okay. I'll go first. When you're not saving the day as the great Chat Noir, what do you like to do?" Chat thought for a moment as to not give too much detail in fear of giving away his identity, "well, I believe it or not, I really like playing the piano. What about you? When you're not being a typical teenage girl." They both laughed, but for different reasons. If only he knew. "um, I really like fashion and sewing, playing video games, and recently I've been learning to play the guitar! I'm not very good yet, but it's fun." Chat lighted up at the last one, "we'll then my purr-incess, maybe one day we'll have to have a jam session together." The two laughed. The pair continued to play similarly. They asked each other questions about each other until they couldn't think of anymore.

After a while, they looked outside and realized how late it was. "I should get back home for dinner," Chat began, "thank you so much for this." Chat took a dramatic bow and kissed Marinette's hand. She laughed, but still played along giving a small curtsy, "any time Chat. I enjoyed your company today, too." Chat stood on her balcony looking back once more before he took of, "bye Mari."

If you would have counted to about 7 after Chat took off, one would have seen a completely distraught Marinette. "Tikki!" A red blur shot out of her room, "are you alright Marinette?" the fairy said concerned. Marinette slowly turned to her kwami, "Chat Noir just called me Mari."

Another chapter done! Still super excited about writing again. If there are any fandoms you guys want to see just let me know and if I'm in them then I will most definitely begin a story for them.