Mari's POV:
"Mari? Wake up! Open your eyes!" I heard a familiar voice say. Was Adrien and the wedding, the children, everything, a dream? I opened my eyes. The dark and blurry vision didn't help, "Ch-Chat?" "Stay with me! Please, don't leave me!" he said, grabbing me into his arms, kneeling besides me. "But I'm s-so… t-tired. It's s-so… c-cold."
Chat's POV:
"But I'm s-so… tired. It's s-so c-cold," she said, closing her eyes. "MARINETTE!" I screamed. She fainted straight in my arms. Tears falling in my eyes, I hugged and squeezed her tight, holding her head. The man threw her into a wall while I was trying to get to her. She fell cold, straight to the floor, hurting and bleeding. I managed to fight him and almost killed him but, my princess; she was the one I needed to save now. I carried her from rooftop to rooftop and took her to a hospital. I took her phone and called her parents. "Hello?" "Ma'am, this is Chat Noir." "Chat Noir?! What happened, why are you calling us from my daughter's phone, is she ok?!" "Listen to me, a man tried to abuse her as she was walking back to her house! She was thrown to a wall where she fainted! I know it's tough, but please come to the hospital! I'll give you all the details here!" "We're on our way!" I hung up and ran next to Mari. My tears were falling again. "Marinette! Come back to me! Please! Don't do this!" I wiped my tears away. "Where's our daughter?!" I turned around to see Mari's parents behind me, worried. "Mr. and Mrs. Dupain-Cheng, she's…" my voice trailed off and tears came back to the surface. "…She's being taken to the O.R." "Oh God! Please help our daughter!" Sabine said, hugging her husband. "She's in good hands, Sabine, she's our strong child. She'll be fine later. But I must ask, Chat Noir…" Tom said, looking at me, "…how do you know our daughter? Do you know her by any chance?" "She's my best friend sir. I… I love her," I said, hoping they could give me a chance. A few hours later, we talked and waited for Mari to get out of the OR. "Family and friends of Marinette Dupain-Cheng?" "Yes. How is she doctor?" Sabine said while standing up, as did Tom and I. "She's fine, a few bruises but we treated them, and her head got hurt real bad, but we managed to control the bleeding. She's in room 504. She'll wake up soon." "Thank you doc. May we see her?" Sabine asked. The doctor agreed and her parents entered, making me stay outside and leave because my miraculous started beeping. I feed Plagg his camembert and transformed back. I entered the room and her parents left with the excuse of "I'll leave you two alone." I sat next to Mari, and held her hand. I placed it close to my mouth, giving it a few kisses. I placed my other hand on her face, tucking her loose hairs behind her ear. I placed my hand on her cheek, caressing her with my thumb in a circular motion. She was alive, and I couldn't be happier. I received a call from the cops saying they caught the culprit who made this happen. He would be arrested for 10-15 years, but he deserved more.
Mari's POV:
I wake up, to see Chat, sitting next to me. I grunt and he looks at me. "Marinette?! You… You woke up! Princess, you scared me!" "Chat? W-What happened? I'm here now, aren't I?" I placed my hand he was holding to wipe his tears away, "Kitty… I'm sorry for scaring you. I'm ok now, a little hurt but… my pain goes away when I'm with you. I love you… chaton," I said, as he placed his hand on top of mine. "I love you too, princess," he whispered, kissing my hand. A few days later, I got out of the hospital, and went to school. "Mari, you're back!" Alya said, almost jumping on top of me. We hugged and Nino came, with Adrien behind him. "Glad you're back, Mari!" Nino said, smiling and punching me playfully and softly in the arm. "We missed you a lot! We're glad you're ok!" Adrien said hugging me. During class, everyone was passing notes to me with either "Glad you're ok!", "We missed you!" or in Nathaniel's case, a miny drawing of all of my classmates, a few holding a banner with "We worried about you! Love you Mari!" written on it and the others with either balloons or a cake. Alya gave me a box of chocolates. I took them home and Alya came with me and the guys to watch a movie. When the movie finished, we took pictures on the photo booth and played a few video games. When the night ended, I got into long pajama pants and a long sleeved PJ shirt. I heard a knock on the window and I opened it to see Chat. "Hey princess, how are you?!" He kissed me various times on my cheek, hugging me as he did. "I'm fine kitty, what about you?!" I said, hugging back and then breaking the hug, sitting in front of my vanity to untangle my hair and tie it into two braids. He lied down on my bed, "I'm ok… now that you're back from the hospital. I worried day and night princess!" "Oh kitty…" I lied down next to him, cuddling with him as we looked into each other's eyes, "…I'm here for you, now and forever." "I know princess…"he kissed my forehead, "…I know." I kissed his nose and we started laughing, talking, and most importantly, promising one thing to one another, to always be there by each other's side. The next day at school, while I was entering class, I had a flashback of the incident, the hits, the fight, the touching, everything. No, I have to forget about this, I have to forget about that day. The more I tried, the more I could remember about it. During class, I wasn't ok, I asked Mme. Bustier to use the bathroom, when I left the classroom, I was shaking, and I just hope no one noticed.
Adrien's POV:
"Was she shaking?" I thought, as she left for the bathroom. A few minutes later, we heard Mari screaming: "No… please… stop!" Alya, Nino, the teacher and I ran outside, to see Mari curled up on the floor, holding her hair with her hands, crying. "Mari!" I yelled as I sat next to her, placing my arm behind her back. Alya and Nino sat next to her as well, comforting her. We hugged her and the teacher was kind enough to give us a few minutes to talk with her. After talking, we were able to put a smile on her face; we came back and continued the class. "A certain Chat needs to see his princess," I thought. I saw my ride after school and went back home. Once I got there, I decided to buy something to my princess. "Nathalie, I'm gonna go. I have something to buy and I could use the fresh air." "Adrien, what are you gonna buy?" she asked confused. "A gift for a friend, she finally got out of the hospital and I want to give her something. Please let me walk," I begged, with a serious but innocent face. "Alright…" she said, "…you may buy your friend a gift." "Thanks Nathalie, I'll also go and give it to her! Ok bye!" I yelled, heading at the door and running outside. I walked until I saw something that caught my eye. It was a beautiful 18 karat gold heart shaped locket, with a small diamond on the center and smaller diamonds framing it. "Perfect for my princess, she'll love it!" I thought. I went inside and bought it. For her, worth every euro I spent, and more.
Mari's POV:
"Oh Tikki, what happened to me? One second I was happy and another I was… sad." "Oh Marinette, don't worry, at least your friends were there to comfort you. It's tough but you'll get over it. It just takes… time!" she said, hugging my cheek. I went to my bedroom and put on some comfy shorts and walked barefoot over the house. My parents left and I have the bakery all to myself this week. I started preparing some hot chocolate, and went to the counter for a mug. I saw my black cat mug with green details, the tail was the handle, the ears were drawn and the eyes were green, on the back it said: "To: My Princess, From: Your Kitty". I grabbed it and smiled, talking to myself, "Oh kitty… I wish you were here right now." I placed it down and served the hot chocolate in it. "Your wish is my command, princess" I heard him say, opening the window and walking to the kitchen. "Kitty! You're here!" "I wouldn't want to be any other place than with you, princess." He said, leaning in, grabbing me by my waist and hugging me. I couldn't help it; I broke the hug and kissed him, as he did kissing back. After a couple of minutes, we drank our hot chocolate and went upstairs to my room, sitting in my bed. "Marinette, I have… something for you…" he said, extending a pink box with black ribbon and lace, "…I hope you like it!" he continued opening it. Inside, the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. "Kitty, I don't know what to say! I love it!" I yelled, hugging him so hard, he fell on top of my bed, and I fell on top of him. "Well…" he chuckled, "…I didn't know you were so happy today princess," he said, a Cheshire grin in his face. "I'm always happy when I'm with you, chaton," I said, blushing, getting off of him and helping him sit back up. "You wanna see how it looks?" he asked, taking it off the box and extending it. "Sure kitty," I said, facing my back to him and pulling up my hair, as he put it on my neck. He leaned and kissed my neck when he finished, and I felt butterflies in my stomach. "How does it look?" I asked, trying not to moan. "Beautiful, but you always look beautiful, princess." He kissed me and I kissed back, passion rose up as we deepen the kiss. I started unzipping his suit, rubbing his chest. He took off my jacket and I started kissing his chest, leaving marks with my soft pale lip-gloss. He placed his hands under my shirt, caressing me in my back. He then took a step back, concern in his face. "I'm sorry, I didn't want to since… you know…" I just smirked. "You're the only one who can do it kitty," I said, grabbing his face, placing his lips into mine. We deepen the kiss once more and I intertwined my fingers in his hair, he placed his hand on my cheek and waist, holding me close to him. After a few minutes, he placed his hand under my shirt again, rubbing his hands softly on my back. He took off my shirt and laid me down in the bed, holding me by my hands. "I love you princess…" he kissed my neck, "…to a point I can't handle myself without you," he started kissing, sucking, licking and biting softly my neck. I moaned closing my eyes, holding his hand. He pulled me up towards him softly and hugged me. My phone rang. I picked it up, "H-Hello?" "Girl I worried sick! Are you feeling better now?" "Yeah Alya, I-I'm fine now. T-thanks for worrying, I'll see ya tomorrow at school! Bye!" "Ok, bye!" I placed it back down on my desk; Chat came from behind me, placing one hand on top of my eyes, the other holding me by my waist, and he started licking my neck. "A-ah, Ch-Chat," I moaned. "Princess," his voice was clear and soft. We then were cuddling up, clothes back on, in my bed. His tail wrapped around my legs, and his chin resting on my head.
Chat's POV:
There she is, next to me, humming a song. I lifted her head and kissed her on her forehead, tucking her bangs one way. I looked at her and realized; I don't wanna lose her. "Princess, how… well…" "What's wrong chaton?" "Will we always be there for each other like we always are?" "Of course we will kitty!" "If that's the case, how much do you love me, Marinette?" She looked down and answered after taking a breath, looking upwards at me slowly while talking, "There's not enough words in the world to tell you how much I love you…" she placed her hands in my cheeks, looking at me with the brightest of eyes "…I love you to the moon and back, chaton! Why are you sad like this all of a sudden?" she asked, beginning to frown. "It's just that… with this mask on, I have the freedom to be me. When I'm without it, I have to be like they tell me to be. My father barely pays attention to me; I even feel he doesn't know I exist. My mother went missing for 2 years, heck; Christmas 2016 was my first Christmas without her, and my dad didn't say anything to me that day. So… in a way… when I have this mask on, I'm… I'm-" her finger was in my mouth, telling me to stop talking. "You're free to do whatever you want…" I looked down at my hands, hers was placed on top of mine, "…Chat, it's ok. I'm here for you. It's ok to just… exist sometimes. I get it. I know how hard it is to be noticed by the ones you love." Her warm smile made me blush. "What do you mean?" "Before you, I had a crush on a guy in my class. I always stuttered when I talked to him. I bet he just thought I was weird." She looked down and I lifted her gaze into mine, placing my hands on her shoulders. "No you aren't! You're the amazing, smart, beautiful, kind-hearted girl I have. Anyone who doesn't notice you is stupid. But because curiosity killed the cat, who was your crush?" "You deserve an honest answer, but don't freak out. His name is Adrien. Adrien Agreste. But he never noticed me so I gave up on him, after finding out who was really always by my side." She hugged me, kissing my cheek. I screamed internally, my princess loved me and I never realized it? Why was I so blind? "Princess, I have to tell you something… but it can wait. First I have to do something…" "What is it chaton?" I carried her by her waist and kissed her. The passion between us made us make the kiss deeper. My miraculous started beeping. "I have to go, princess." "Ok… I'll see ya tomorrow," she responded frowning. "Soon… you'll see me soon." She lit up and answered, "Glad to hear that chaton. Glad to hear that."
