Chat Noir had just enough time to place Marinette in her bed and scurry out the window. He transformed by a near by dumpster, his pulse racing at his discovery. Well not a discovery really, just the indefinite proof. He felt bad that he found out her identity when Ladybug was set on it remaining a secret. But he reasoned that there was nothing else he could do in that emergency.
"I guess you were right." Plagg commented as he floated freely, being hidden by the dumpster.
"Of course I was." Adrien retorted. He shoved Plagg in his pocket and walked into the bakery. He didn't want to leave Marinette in her room with out anyone to take care of her.
"Hello -Cheng, is Marinette in? I was in the neighborhood and was wondering if she wanted to do some school work together."
"Sure. I'll go get her." Adrien could hear her shouting Marinette's name before some footsteps ascending the stairs. Often a moment she re-appeared. "I'm afraid that Marinette isn't feeling well."
"That's okay, thank you -Cheng. Have a nice day." He returned home, empty as always, to collect his thoughts. He was just so happy that he finally knew who she was. And it was obvious that Marinette liked him. So the love was mutual!...kinda? 'He liked Ladybug who is Marinette. Marinette likes Adrien but does not know that he is Chat Noir. Ladybug ignores all of Chat Noir's advances. Adrien and Chat Noir are the same but different. Same as Marinette and Ladybug. Ladybug was probably what Marinette really is. When he was protecting her that one time he shyness was completely gone. So she was only like that around Adrien! That's so cute! So should he tell her that he is Chat Noir? Would that ruin things? Or should he try to get Ladybug to love Chat Noir? Wait, those advances never worked before. She doesn't take him seriously.' Adrien continued to pace around the and thing about himself in third person. Having two identities was so difficult sometimes. Especially in this complicated criss-crossed love. He was in a love triangle with himself. Now that he knew who ladybug was he had new love related issues.
"I got it!" He shouted after pacing some more.
"That's great and all... but I'm starving!" Plagg complained. Adrien knew his Kwami would not listen to him until he got some food so he ran to the fridge and grabbed the first cheese product he saw and threw it at Plagg.
"There! Anyway.. I'll make Marinette love Chat Noir! Then she'll love all of me!"
"Great idea." Plagg responded sarcastically, but his sarcasm was blatantly ignored by the love struck boy.
Marinette coughed in her bed as Tikki fussed over her. Thanks to her mother her fever had gone down and now she was just aching. She also knew that Chat Noir now knew her identity and she was too sick to deal with that. Her mother brought her a plate of soup for her to eat in bed. It was late and the moon was high in the sky. She sipped at the soup, still a bit too hot to eat. She grabbed her textbook and sat on her bed, she still had to do her homework. Tikki tried to convince her otherwise but Marinette reasoned that she was well enough to do some homework.
"Are you well enough to do that?" She heard a familiar voice comment from from her window.
"Chat Noir?" Tikki commented as she floated up to him. "Thank you very much for your help." The Kwami greeted respectfully. She was very grateful that he helped Marinette.
"Yeah, thanks." Marinette followed Tikki's example, though she was a bit sour that Chat Noir knew her identity. She wanted to be upset but she knew that he actually saved her. If he had not got her out of the view of the cameras a worse situation would have arisen. She couldn't stop the slight tone that her voice, as hoarse as it was, had.
"I'm sorry, My Lady. I know you didn't want me to know your identity... but.. well... yeah..."
"It's okay Chat Noir... lets just think of this as an unexpected reward for you. But what are you doing here?"
"My lady, you fainted right in front of me and you expect me not to be worried? How rude. Anyway are you doing homework? In your condition? No way, I'll do it!" He took the textbook from her lap and sat cross-legged on her floor.
"No I can do it! I can do my own homework Chat."
"It is fine. No one will find out. Just don't let the cat out of the bag." Chat Noir quickly started answering the textbook questions.
"How do you even know what my homework is?" Marinette watched in awe.
"Uhh... Lucky guess?" Chat Noir tried to laugh it off. "Eat your soup before it gets cold!" He placed the bowl in her hands. It was a good enough distraction. It worked well enough as well. He finished the homework in just a few minutes, having already done the homework a few hours prior. "And here you go, My Lady." He shut the textbook and placed it on her bed. "So how are you feeling?" He placed his hand on her head and was able to feel that her temperature had cooled. Being Ladybug must have been the cause of the spike in her temperature. Hopefully there would be no akuma attacks for a few days so that she could re-cover. "Well then, My Lady. I shall depart right meow. Sleep well and I'll meet you later!" He disappeared out the window.
"Tikki."
"Yes, Marinette?"
"Why... will he meet me later?" She felt like a new type of problem was about to enter her life. A very annoying disturbance. "Ughhhh!" She planted her bed back into her pillow. She was certainly not going to 'sleep well'.
A/N: So recently (yesterday) I got a Chat Noir tattoo! I am so happy! If anyone wants to see it they can find it on my instagram dvioletw
So thank you everyone for your support so far! This fandom is great!
