Note: please don't troll. Nobody likes trolls.

"Catch me if you can, Chat Noir!" Ladybug shouted, surrendering to the moment and throwing her cares to the breeze. Her partner bounded after her, vaulting over the rooftops with ease in the night.

It had started off as patrol. Now it was so much more.

Usually, they didn't have time to hang out. Quality Bonding Time, Chat called it. But somehow they now found themselves in a game of tag. Or, also named by Chat, "a game of Chat and mouse."

Then he had winked and said, "Cats love mice."

But Ladybug was finding that she actually enjoyed his company. In their game, they kept up a light banter, but somehow it made them discover things they had never known about each other.

For example, Chat Noir loved sweets. She hadn't known that before, and now resolved to give him something as Marinette if he was ever around the bakery.

If she was happy about learning new things, her partner was ecstatic. He hadn't known his lady liked to sew, or that she preferred the sunrise over sunsets.

"It's the start of a new beginning," she had explained. She then tacked on, "If only I could wake up early enough to see them."

Another thing. His lady was not a morning person.

It just made him love her more.

Finally, as the moon rose overhead, Ladybug stifled her laughter and stopped swinging out of reach from her partner. He caught up to her, slinging an arm around her shoulder, which she removed.

But not as fast as usual, Chat Noir noted. That was progress.

"Sorry, kitty," she said, still smiling. "I have somewhere to be tomorrow, and this bug needs her sleep."

"Please don't leave," Chat Noir pleaded. "Ladybug, can't you stay for just one more minute?"

The use of her full superhero name gave her pause. But she needed to go. "Maybe next time," she settled on saying.

That gave Chat hope. There would be a next time.

"And Chat? I had fun."

She didn't witness her partner's surprised delight at that, already swinging away into the night, but Chat Noir answered her anyway.

"Milady… so did I."