Chapter Four- Holidays

Halloween

Marinette was finishing up her costume for Halloween night in a week when she heard a knock on her trapdoor. She quickly picked up the sleeping Kwami on her desk and placed her in a desk drawer that she had converted into a small bedroom for the red Kwami. She then proceeded to climb her bed and open the trapdoor for her feline friend. She was surprised he was that he was there so early, it was only one o'clock in the afternoon after all. They greeted each other and bantered back and forth before Chat noticed the dress on the mannequin. It looked old and midevil yet beautiful and elegant at the same time. The top had a sweetheart neckline with slightly puffy sleeves, a corset like design for the torso, and the multi layered skirt flowed out onto the floor. The entire dress was an emerald green with black lace design. Chat couldn't stop staring in awe at the dress before turning to his princess.

"It's my Halloween costume," Marinette answered, noticing Chat's stare. "I'm going as Juliet except I made the color scheme based off of you," Marinette said before hopping off her bed to start working on the dress again and to make sure Chat didn't see her start to blush. Because she did this, she wasn't able to see the light blush that decorated his cheeks.

"Are you able to try it on now?" Chat asked, really wanting to see her in it.

"Yes but you'll have to wait until Halloween," Marinette told him, looking back at him. He pouted and she giggled at him. They continued their visits, which had started to become a daily occurrence. The week pasted by slowly until the holiday finally arrived. Everyone was excited and we're ready to attend Sabrina's Halloween party. Everyone was jumping in their seats.

"Tell me!" Alya begged. Marinette finally gave into her friend's pestering as the four friends began to walk towards Marinette's parent's bakery for lunch.

"I'm going as Juliet but I put a twist to it," Marinette I formed.

"No way, dude! Adrien was just telling me about how he is dressing up as Romeo with a Ladybug twist," Nino told the girls, making Adrien blush.

"Nino!" Adrien whined at the DJ. "No one was supposed to know!" Alya and Marinette laughed as the blond tried to get him in a head lock.

"So what's the twist?" Alya asked excitedly as they enter the bakery.

"The twist is that it's Chat Noir themed," Marinette said. Alya thought it was awfully suspicious that the two had such similar ideas to their costumes but brushed it off. Later that night, as Marinette was finishing getting ready, Chat decided to pop by and gaped at her when he saw her costume. She was facing him, her hair in an elegant bun with tendrils of hair coming out of the bottom of the bun, very light makeup covered her eyes and lips, and she looked stunning in his eyes. "Cat got your tongue, Kitty?" Marinette teased. Chat straightened and blushed. He walked over to her, trying to form a sentence.

"You beautiful look," Chat said, not realizing his mistake right away. Marinette laughed as he realized what he said. "I MEAN! Uh! You look beautiful." Chat began blushing as he stammered out an apology, making Marinette laugh.

"Calm down, Chat," Marinette cooed. "You're starting to sound like me when I would try to talk to Adrien," she teased, making him look away from her. "Kitty cat?" Marinette turned her back towards him and he saw the zipper that wasn't fully zipped. "Do you mind helping me? My parents want to take a few pictures before the others get here." Chat came closer to her and helped with the zipper, his hands lingered for a breif second before he pulled away, remembering something. He opened his zipper pocket and pulled out a ribbon with a bell tied to it. He then proceeded to tie it like a choker necklace around the bluenette's neck.

"There! Now your costume is complete!" Chat cheered as he gave her a huge grin. "You look absolutely purrfect Purrincess." Marinette fingered the bell with a smile before turning to her partner and kissing his cheek, completely taking him by surprise.

"Thank you, Chat."

"Marinette, honey. Hurry up. Alya will be here soon," Marinette's mother called from the living room.

"Coming mom!" The bluenette shouts back before turning back to her red faced partner. "I have to go. Thank you for the necklace. Bye Chat. And no snooping in my room!" With that, Marinette raced down stairs, her new bell necklace tinkling as she moved. Chat just stood there, still in shock, for another few minutes before a huge grin spread across his face and he left for his house to change into his costume. Adrien might have started to flirt with Marinette after that just a little bit.

Thanksgiving

"How did your parents find out?" Chat asked as he ate another cookie from the tray Marinette had brought onto the roof, making sure to be careful of his hoodie.

"They probably heard you guys talking all time," Plagg complained as he stuffed his mouth full of cheese before dazing through the trapdoor to spend more time with Tikki.

"He's right," Marinette answered. "They've been listening to us talk for a while now." They has also figured out that she was Ladybug but she wasn't going to tell him that just yet.

"And they're fine with you hanging around one of Paris's heroes?" He asked, still shocked by the information.

"They know I can take care of myself." Which was true. "So do you think you came come over tomorrow for thanksgiving?" Chat had to think about this. He didn't have any photoshoots because his photographer was spending time with his family, as was many of his dad's employees. His dad and Natalie were going away for a few days for a business meeting, leaving Adrien all alone.

"I do believe I can!" Chat cheered. "So long as I can still wear my hoodie the entire time." Marinette nodded and he cheered. He was so excited about not being alone for Thanksgiving that he didn't start worrying about whether her parents will like him until he was about to leave to head over to the bakery the next day. He still met Marinette on her balcony but she noticed his worried expression. She grabbed his arm gently and he jumped in surprise.

"You have nothing to worry about," Marinette encouraged. "Just act like you normally would around me and you'll be fine."

'Yeah but which one? Polite Adrien or Wild Chat?' The cat hero didn't get a chance to decide before he was pulled into Marinette's room, down her bed, and into her kitchen where her parents greeted them. He only had enough time to de-transform, leaving Plagg in Marinette's room. The two adults greeted him happily like they did every time he came as Adrien. Marinette and her mom then got to work on lunch while he and her dad went into the living room to watch the parade and say bad dad jokes and puns alike. The jokes and puns didn't end there. Nope. They continued on through the meal. After dinner, Marinette and Chat did dishes while her parents worked on desserts. After they were all done and they were all waiting for the treats to be done, the four began a video game in the living room. Of course Marinette won. When the treats, three pies and a LOT of cookies, were all consumed, they all took a nap. Tom and Sabine left for their room while Chat and Marinette fell asleep together on the couch. To say the least, Chat was worried over nothing and enjoyed himself a lot during his Thanksgiving with his Princess.

Christmas

They didn't really do much since Marinette's mom didn't celebrate Christmas but Chat and Marinette did exchange gifts and played in the snow most of the day. Chat had gotten her tickets to the next Jagged Stone concert for her and her three friends. She had made him a red and black scarf to wear since the weather was so cold. When they were done playing in the snow, they went inside and Sabine handed them each hot chocolates to warmup before Chat had to leave to get home.

Hey! I'm so sorry for not updating sooner! I was focusing on Reveals, working on the trailer in my family's back yard, cleaning house, and trying to fight a sickness(thanks to my little sister) for a week now. Thank you all for the wonderful reviews! I'm glad you all like this so far. I'll get to work on the next chapter as soon as I can. Let me know what you think of this chapter. I hope you all enjoyed!