Thank you everyone for reading my story I'm glad that you all like it. In response to the guest that asked why she didn't feel upset about taking comfort from him after breaking his heart is, because she was so shaken because of the fact that she was almost Akumatized.
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Adrien woke up to a beeping sound. He slowly opened his eyes and found himself staring into Marinette's serene sleeping face. She looks to peaceful. Chat reached up to brush some stray hair from her face. BEEP! BEEP! This brought his attention to his ring that he realized it was his ring and not Marinette's Alarm that was going. OH CRAP. Chat gently extracted himself from Marinette's bed. Before he left the bed completely he brushed aside her hair and whispered in her ear. "Pleasant dreams Princess." He sighed while looking out her window and saw the sky lightening up. "I guarded you all night." Marinette mumbled something that he couldn't understand. BEEP! BEEP! God that beeping is getting annoying.
Chat started for her Stairs to head out before he transformed back when her heard fluttering. He zeroed in on the noise and saw the Akuma trying to get out of the Mason jar it was trapped in. I had better take this and give it to Ladybug. Pain shredded his heart at the thought of facing Ladybug so soon after her rejection. Then his eyes feel upon the sleeping form on the bed. BEEP! BEEP! DAMN IT! he saw a notebook book sitting next to the Akuma. An idea popped into head. He tore out a fresh piece of and scribbled a note. BEEP! BEEP! Gotta go.
Chat grabbed the Akuma and booked it up the stairs to her roof. I had better hurry. I only have a couple of minutes left before I transform back. with the help of his Baton he was able to jump and Pole-vault from roof to make it home just before he transformed back. He and Plagg collapsed on Adrien's bed. "You owe me so big for letting you cuddle with that girl all night. Are you suuuure you aren't already over Ladybug? You seemed to be enjoying cuddling with Marinette."
"You know what Plagg?" Adrien asked with a grin. "I was going to order you a whole ton of Camembert, but now that you started harassing me." Adrien's grin turned into a diabolical smile. Plagg shot up in the air with pleading kitten eyes. "I take it back. I take it back." Adrien turned to look directly at Plagg. Adrien was able to keep the evil smirk on his face for a couple seconds more before he busted up laughing. "Don't worry Plagg. I was just getting you back. I will order some Camembert with my breakfast." He winked. "You Rest up for now."
He laid on his bed with one of his arms on his forehead. He couldn't sleep. He just kept going over what had happened last night. Why is it that he couldn't stop thinking about the solace that he found while he was holding Marinette? BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! Well it's time to get up. he rolled off his bed. "Come on Plagg, time to get ready for the first day for my final year of School."
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"GIRL! You have to get up. You' re going to be late for school!" was the sound that woke Marinette. She jumped out of bed and the first words out of her mouth were. "Chat Noir." That's when Alya's face came into focus. She started blushing. "What was that about Chat Noir? Were you dreaming about him?" Alya asked with smirk on her face.
"Wh-What d-do y-you m-mean?" Marinette asked as she could feel her face burning. "Oh girl, don't even try to cover that up." She gave Marinette and apprising glance then started snickering. "Don't worry girl." She said between her laughs. "You're not the only girl to dream of being rescued by a knight in shining leather. I've had a few myself." She said with another smirk.
Well I'm wide awake now she did another scan of the room and saw that the Akuma that had been sitting on her desk was gone. It wasn't there but, there was a folded up piece of paper in its place. Then everything from last night came flooding back causing the heat in her face went from feeling like a fire to a furnace. AAAHHH. Marinette slapped her face a few times. "Ok, I'm awake now please wait down stairs while I get ready for School." She said hastily while pushing her nosey best friend to the trapdoor.
"Okay, Okay, I can take a hint." She said before wagging her eyebrows and continued "You aren't going to try to go back to sleep to finish that dream about Chat Noir are you?" the look that Marinette gave her best friend actually caused Alya to take a step back. "If you breathe one word of this to anyone I will steal your phone and delete the Ladyblog." Alya gave her a horrified look before racing down the stairs. Marinette kicked the trapdoor closed.
She ran over to the folded piece of paper and opened it had a flowing masculine script that read. "I hope you sleep well Princess. I watched over you until dawn. I would have stayed longer, but I was about to change back. Don't worry I have the Akuma and will give it to Ladybug when I see her. Have a good day at school. I will check on you later tonight." At the very end was a little paw print like that on his ring. For some reason his kind note stirred something in her chest. She wasn't sure what it was but for the first time in what seems like forever Adrien wasn't the first thought on her mind.
"Tikki? Where are you?" Marinette looked around her room. The Kwami in question's head popped out of her usual hiding spot in Marinette's desk. "Marinette, you look so much better this morning. How are you feeling?" Marinette looked back to note and blushed. "I'm feeling better Tikki." Her thoughts kept going back to last night. She let out a blissful sigh.
All the sudden Tikki was in front of her, waving her stubby arms. "I'm sorry Tikki. What did you need." The kwami just giggled. "If you don't stop daydreaming you're going to be late." Marinette shrieked and ran full speed into the bathroom to start getting ready.
She came down the stairs about fifteen minutes later. Her mother was sitting at the table talking to Alya. Alya looked at her and smirked, but she didn't say a word. Marinette ate so fast she was amazed that she didn't choke on it. Once she put her dishes in the sink she ran over and grabbed Alya's arm. "Bye Mom." After which she yanked Alya out of her chair and out the door.
"Woah girl, Where is the fire?" she laughed as she was finally able to get her arm away from Marinette. "I would like to be early once for the first day of school instead of always sneaking in after that last second." That and I want something to distract me from last night, and feelings I started feeling. she continued. "Come own let's get there before Chloe does. So that she can't try to prank us this year." At the mention of their High school nemesis's name Alya got a wicked gleam in her eyes. "Well why didn't you say so." She grabbed Marinette's hand and started running.
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Adrien was lost in thought as he got out the car that drops him off in the mornings and started walking toward the school, when someone collided with him. Out of the corner of his eye he saw the person that ran into him begin to fall. He instinctually reached out and grabbed the person and pulled them to him. He was struck dumb when he came face to face with his angel of torment. Complete with blue black hair, sapphire eyes, and a beautiful dusting of freckles.
"A-Adrien I'm sorry I didn't mean to run into you I was just trying to be on time for once." Marinette apologized. why don't I feel like I'm a klutz around him today I normally have trouble stringing a full sentence together? she found this line of thinking troubling. I was wanting to be distracted from these feelings not be reminded of them more.
"Are you feeling better? I… Ah… Mean how are you feeling? You…Ah… didn't get hurt running into me did you? Do you… Um… Need help to class?" Great, just great you're babbling like a fool. Marinette giggled and covered her mouth. "I'm alright, thank you though." Once again he was dazzled by her sapphire eyes that light up when she smiled and laughed. He released her when he realized that he was still holding her to him. He watched as she walked into the school building with her best friend. He just kept staring long after they had disappeared inside.
It wasn't until his best friend Nino started snapping his fingers in front of his face to get his attention. "Dude, are you alright?" He asked with concern in his voice. "Yeah… I'm… Ah.. Just taking in the magnitude of today." He lied. "This is the last year that we will be going to this school. Everything is going to change." He may not have realized it but, he wasn't just talking about school, and he wasn't lying. "Come on we are going to be late."
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"Okay girl spill." Alya commanded as she grabbed Marinette forcing her to stop. Marinette gave Alya her best innocent look and asked. "Spill what? I don't know what you're talking about." Alya gave her that I know you're lying look. "Really, than tell why in the last four years that we have been going to school you are barely able to complete a whole sentence while talking to Adrien. Yet you not only spoke to him intelligibly you acted as if talking to him was no big deal." God I wish she wasn't always so observant. she looked at her best friend pleadingly. "I have just had a lot on my plate lately. I'm sure once some of the weight is off my shoulders I will go back to being a love struck teenager that can't utter more than a single syllable around Adrien."
Ayla put up her hand in defeat. "Alright girl I'm just worried about you." She pulled Marinette into a tight hug "I'm just worried that you will let this year pass by and still not get anywhere with Adrien, and we don't know if you and he will go to the same college. So you may lose your chance if you don't make it happen this year." Thanks Alya for adding more to my plate, now I not only have to worry about what happened last night with Chat, but now I have to worry about Adrien as well. "I know Alya." She sighed. "Thanks for looking out for me. Let's get to class." They walked the rest of the way to class together. When they walked through the door they both greeted Mrs. Bustier. They took the same seats that they had for the last four years, right behind Adrien and Nino who were already in their seats.
The bell rang a few minutes later. Mrs. Bustier started talking. "Today we are going to be studying Greek myths and legends. The first myth that we will be discussing is the myth about twin flames or soulmates. The Greeks believed that the reason that when they found someone that they felt completed them was because they believed that Humans had been created with two heads, two hearts four arms, and four legs. It is said that Zeus was ether afraid of their power or he was jealous of them so he ripped them apart so that they would have to spend their lives looking for each other."
Mrs. Bustier kept talking but neither Adrien of Marinette was paying attention. Even if they didn't know it that myth made them both think about last night and, how they felt in each other's arms. These thoughts consumed them for the rest of the class period. They both jumped when the bell rang. As Alya and Marinette walked Alya glanced at her BFF and asked "So is how you're going to be for the rest of the day?" this pilled Marinette out of her inner thoughts. "Is what how I'm going to be for the rest of the day?" Alya growled at her "you know the whole space cadet thing you have going on? You didn't even notice that Adrien smiled at you after class."
"What he did?" that did break through some of her daze. "Oh yeah he even checked you out and you were just sitting there daydreaming. You have got to talk to him soon." She is right I can't let what happened last night get in the way of my goal that's I have had the last four years. Shaking her head trying to clear out the rest of the Daze she had been in.
Marinette took a deep breath. "Your right Alya I need to get my head in the game." Beside why am I thinking about being in Chat's arms when he was just being the kind, protective hero that he is. He probably didn't even feel anything, other than the need to comfort a friend in need. So why am I letting it affect me like it was anything else?
She grabs Alya arm and smiles. "Let's get to our next class. The class after this is one we share with Adrien." With that they ran to their next class giggling along the way.
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Adrien and Nino where eating lunch by themselves when Adrien said. "I think I'm going to ask Marinette to the movies." Nino who was in the middle of drinking his soda spewed it out both his mouth and nose and started coughing. After Adrien pounded his back several times and Nino was finally able to take a breath Nino shouted. "WHAT?" The lunch room became silent causing both Nino and Adrien to look around to realize they were the center of attention. Adrien leans in and whispers "we can talk more on our way to class. " After a few minutes they finally her other conversations although at a more muted level.
Once they were out of the lunchroom Nino turned on Adrien "So what's the deal why the sudden interest in Marinette? I mean I know that she was one of the first friends that you had at school besides moi but, you guys barely talk." Yeah there was that, but I have to find out more about this woman that had captivates me. "I want to get to know her. Maybe, I can make up for all the time that we missed out on being good friends." I'll ask her out after school. "Come on let's get to class." A thought popped into his head as he saw Nino trying to be sneaky with his phone. "Oh no you don't you're not texting your girlfriend to tell her." He said he snatched Nino's phone out of his hands. "I want it to be a surprise."
Nino gave him a sheepish look. "Come on why would I do something like that?" Adrien looked down at the message and an evil smirk "Oh, really? Then why did you type 'We have a Code Adrinette'?" Nino just stood there squirming. Adrien's smirk became down right diabolical. "Nino what is a 'Code Adrinette'?" Nino looked around trying to find an exit to get out of this situation. "I… Ah… I… Ah… am so busted." He hung his head. Adrien's Diabolic Smile stayed in place. "Now, you're going tell everything you know. Nino's shoulders hung lower.
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Marinette and Alya were in science class working on their assignment when Adrien and Nino came walking in. Nino hanging his shoulders and Adrien walking with what could only described as a victory strut. "Mr. Agreste, Mr Lahiffe, do you two have a good reason for being late?" Adrien smiled and said. "Sorry we were busy doing research for a project and lost track of time. It won't happen again."
"see that it doesn't." Adrien caught Marinette's Attention and while still wearing his evil smirk he winked at her. He patted Nino on the Shoulder and walked to his seat in front of Marinette. Marinette could feel the blush starting in her cheeks and spreading to the rest of her face. She also felt breathless. Seeing an action that was so Chat done by Adrien her crush was almost the end of her. I have never seen this side of him. then another thought struck her. Why did he wink at me and why does Nino look so defeated. The last time I saw Nino like this was when he thought Alya was going to break up with him. then it struck her. Adrien knows. she decided to text Nino to confirm her fears.
Marinette: Nino did you tell Adrien that I like Him? why is He acting strange?
She heard a phone vibrate but instead of Nino pulling his phone Adrien pulled Nino's Phone out of his pocket. She couldn't see his face. He quickly typed something into the phone. A second later her phone pinged.
Nino: ;)
OH GOD! OH GOD! OH GOD! RED ALERT! Now she was really breathless. She couldn't breath as the reality crashed in on her HE KNOWS THAT I LIKE HIM. HOW IS HE GOING TO RESPOND TO ME LIKING HIM?. She didn't even realize that she was passing out until her face hit her table.
Next thing she knew she was being held in a strong pair of arms that felt vaguely familiar. Before Common Sense returned she Whispered "Chat is that you?" she opened her eyes to see Adrien's worried frown. Her brain then caught up with what she had just said. She was afraid that she was going to faint again. I'm being held by Adrien and he heard me whisper Chat's name. I. AM. DEAD She used her hands to cover up her face. Adrien took one of her hands and helped her to her feet. "Ms. Mendeleiev may I escort Marinette to the nurse's office to make sure that she is ok?" the teacher sighed "yes you may. We don't want her to have a concussion or something."
Adrien pulled one of Marinette's arms over his shoulder and helped her walk out the door. OH. MY. GOD. Adrien has his hand arm is wrapped around my waist. Once they were out of the classroom and the door was closed. Adrien looked at Marinette and he couldn't help but feel guilty about what happened. From everything that Nino said about her crush on him he should have expected this. He rubbed the back of his neck. "Listen, Marinette. I… Ah… I'm sorry Marinette." he said with a sheepish look on his face. "I wasn't thinking I was just so excited when Nino told me that you had a crush on me that I acted before thinking it through."
The Gears in her brain ground to a halt. Say what now? "Say what now?" she knew that her face was flaming but she didn't care she just heard the words that she had always wanted to hear. Adrien couldn't help it she was so damn beautiful even when she was confused and embarrassed. Adrien came to a stop. He looked Marinette in the eyes. "I told Nino that I wanted to ask you to the Movies and that's kinda how this whole thing started." He was going to ask me to the movies? He's probably changed his mind now that he has seen how weird I am. Adrien gave her a smile. "Sooooo. Would you like to go to the movies this Friday?" I'm dreaming that's the only explanation. "Since I'm sure that I just overloaded your brain, just either nod or shake your head to answer. Marinette could only nod. "Great. I will pick you up at six tomorrow." They walked the rest of the way to the nurse's office in pleasant silence. "Well I'll leave you be. I had better get back to class." He waved to her and walked back to class.
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Marinette walked home by herself because Alya was too busy freaking out about Nino telling Adrien about her crush on him. She got home and ran up to her room. "Tikki did you hear Adrien asked me to the movies?" Her Kwami flew out of her purse and zipped around her head. "Yes. I heard him ask you. I also saw you pass out when he text you from Nino's phone." Tikki couldn't help but giggle. Marinette could feel her face heating up at the memory. Her kwami wasn't done teasing. "I also heard you say Chat's name when Adrien was holding you in his arms. Are you sure that you are really want Adrien and not Chat Noir?" for the first time since Adrien asked her out her thought went back to the night before and how safe and secure she felt in his arms.
"Why did you bring that up? You know all that I have ever wanted was for Adrien to notice me?" She didn't feel as happy as she was she felt like she was falling from cloud nine back to earth like a meteor. She could feel tears pricking her eyes "I need to clear my head." Shaking her head to try to dispel the tears she said. "Tikki. Spots on." She ran up the steps to the roof and started swinging across Paris with no General direction in mind. Her yo-yo started bizzing she opened it there was a message from Chat Noir.
Chat Nior: We need to talk.
Oh I so don't want to have this conversation. Especially not when I'm feeling so conflicted about both him and Adrien. She pulled up the GPS on her yo-yo and say that he was and Notre Dame. Well I better get this over with now. She flung her yo-yo out and headed for Notre Dame. It only took her a couple of minutes to reach the cathedral. Ladybug found him in one of the towers.
She saw him leaning up against one of the Pillars of the tower. "Chat, I'm so sorry about what I said last night." He didn't move or say anything for several minutes. Then he slowly stood up. The way he did it reminded her of a jungle can when they were getting ready to hunt.
"I didn't come here to talk about what happened between us last night. I needed to talk to you to give you this." The first thing that she noticed was that Chat Noir was very solemn. He wasn't trying to crack joke or make puns. This broke her heart because she felt that she had taken something from Chat that she might never get back. I am so Sorry Kitty. I didn't mean to hurt you. she then looked at the thing in his hands and realized that it was the Akuma that had almost possessed her last night she instinctively pulled back. Oh my God. I completely forgot about the Akuma.
She looked him in the eyes and asked "W-Where did you get that?" Play it cool Marinette Her eyes didn't waver once. "I caught it when it went after a friend of mine." He said with a Growl. "I barley caught it when if I had been a few seconds later she would have been possessed." That was something that she really didn't like to dwell on.
"Hey, its ok you made it in time and protected her. There is no point in beating yourself up over something that didn't happen." She took a step towards him and he took a step back. She really wanted to cry right now at how bad her friend was hurting right now. She put her hands up in surrender and didn't take another step towards him. "Ok then. Release the Akuma and I will deevilize it"
Chat opened the jar and stepped back. Ladybug's yo-yo zipped out and grabbed the Akuma. "Bye, bye little butterfly." She looked to back to where Chat was standing and saw that he was walking away from her. "I'm so sorry Chat. Will you ever forgive me?" He looked back at her. He stood there for several minutes before he looked her straight in the eyes.
"I know that you didn't mean to hurt me but it happened." He took a deep breath. "I think we can get past this and get back to where we were as a team but, I need time." Chat Noir looked off into the distance to where he hoped Marinette was doing ok because she was so upset last night but she seemed really happy that he asked her to the movies tomorrow. "I'll still be there when you need me to fight. I'm going to check on my friend once it gets dark. See ya around Ladybug." After that he was gone.
Ladybug Collapsed once he was gone she just let the tears flow. She cried for what seemed like forever. "Marinette you have to get ahold of yourself. You don't want to draw another Akuma." She didn't even realize that she had transformed. "I'm sorry Tikki. It just hurts so much to see my Partner in pain." She wrapped her arms around herself.
"Marinette you had better get home. Chat Noir will be stopping by once it gets dark." Marinette realized that she was right. "Tikki, Spots on." Ladybug zipped back to her home and fell onto her bed crying. Marinette cried herself to sleep.
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Marinette woke to something tapping on her window. She felt groggy and drained from all the crying that she had done. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes. She glanced over to the window where the tapping was coming from. What she saw was Chat Noir waving at her. She ran over to the window and unlooked it. Before Chat could even climb through the window he was pulled into an embrace. He didn't even realize what was happening until Marinette was crying in his arms. "What's the matter Princess?" why is she so upset? She was so happy when I asked her to the movies. Did something happen after school? If it was Chloe I might kill her.
She didn't answer him she just continued to cry in his arms. So he did the same thing that he did the night before. He held her while rocking and humming. After several minutes Marinette finally relaxed in his arms her tears drying up. Chat tried to ask again giving her his best Chat smile. "Meow, Purr-incess what has such a beautiful maiden crying her beautiful eyes out?" she started giggling and then the hiccups started. Marinette's face turned as red as the super suit she wears. Her hiccups continued for several minutes until Chat left her to go into her bathroom he came back with a glass of water
Once she was finally able to breathe and talk with out the hiccups she looked up at Chat Noir a funny thought popped into her head. "Do you think up your puns on the spot, or do you think of them before hand?" Chat chuckled. "Why, both Purr-incess. Like I said before I'm nothing if not an overachiever." He bowed and took her hand and placed a feather touch of a kiss to her hand. He then looked up giving her his classic Chat smirk. Once again he was unprepared for the way her beautiful face captivated him. Likewise Marinette was captivated by Chats hansom features. They stood frozen in this pose for what felt like forever. Why did I never realize how hansom he was? Finally Marinette shook her head and like that the spell was broken.
Marinette slowly pulled her hand from his grip. "I… Ah… had a fight with a really good friend and I hurt their feelings really bad and I didn't mean to. That's why I was so upset last night." Chat looked down at her with a small frown. Wow Marinette, you are such a good person you have such a big heart to hurt this much over hurting a friend. "Well Princess, I don't know who this friend is but I'm sure they will forgive you. You are a good person and a good friend." He coughed. "I… Um… Mean from my limited experience. You are not the type of person that goes out of their way to her other people. Unlike other people that I know." Especially, Chloe. "You shouldn't get to upset. Everyone says things that hurt other people. I even got in a fight with Ladybug, but I will probably forgive her eventually." Chat didn't realize it but that was the most comforting thing he had said.
Maybe I can get him to open up to me as Marinette. "W-Why were you and Ladybug fighting you make the perfect team?" Please tell me how I can make you feel better? Chat flashes her, his biggest smile trying to distract her. "Now Purr-incess, we are not her to talk about Meow we are here to talk about Mew." Three puns. Does he make more puns when he is uncomfortable? she looked back to Chat. Fine if he doesn't want to talk about it then I won't talk about it either. I think we both need some distractions. "Hey Chat Do you want to play the latest Ultimate Mega Strike? I haven't even taken it out of the wrapper yet."
Chat Noir's ears perked up at this. "Really? I haven't even gotten to play it yet. You're on." They pulled up the chairs to her T.V.. They played into the night keeping each other distracted from their troubles, until Marinette let out a yawn. Chat looked at her clock. Crap it's after midnight. "I'm sorry for keeping you up for so late you had better get to bed." He helped her up from her chair and gave her a light push towards her bathroom. Marinette waved off his help. She turned around before she closed the door and gave him a tired yet beautiful smile. God she looks so beautiful, even when she is tired. After he fully registered this thought he had an epiphany. Oh my God, I think I'm falling for Marinette. He was stuck on this thought until she came out of the bathroom. That's the moment it went from thinking he was in love with her to knowing he was.
Marinette now wore a matching top and bottom fluffy pajamas covered in fluffy kittens. Even dressed down for bed she was a vision. He turned away from her to hide the blush that he could feel creeping across his face. He rubbed the back of his neck. "Well I should be going you need your rest." He was all the way to the window before he heard Marinette's hesitant voice. "Chat." He turned around to look at her she blushed but continued. "C-could you hold me until I fall asleep." Chat knew that he couldn't deny his Princess. "As you wish, Princess"
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Once again thank you for reading this story. Please read and review. Also if you have any scenes that you would like to see in the story I will try to make them happen as long as it doesn't take away from the Plot that I have planned.