Beauty and the Black Cat

Chapter 7: Spell Broken?

A Miraculous Ladybug Fanfiction

By FrogwithShoes


Marinette woke up at about 7:20 A.M. the next day. She tossed and turned trying to sleep. After about 5 minutes she gave up, and got up. She went to the bathroom and took a shower and then changed into a pair of jeans and a black tank top.

When she got done getting dressed she began drying and brushing her hair. After she got done brushing it, she pulled it back into her classic pigtails. It was about 8:15 when Adrien began to stir and got up.

Marinette stepped out of the restroom and said, "Morning, Kitty." "Morning, Princess, why are you up so early?" he asked. "Couldn't sleep," replied Marinette going back into the bathroom to brush her teeth. "That's odd," said Adrien getting up and walking to his dresser.

"Not really, been having trouble sleeping lately," said Marinette. "I haven't noticed," said Adrien brushing out the mess of fur on his head. "That's because my sleep schedule has been messed up ever since I came here, I use to sleep way longer," said Marinette rinsing out her mouth and putting her toothbrush away.

"Oh I had no idea," said Adrien putting his hairbrush away. "I'm gonna go start breakfast," said Marinette walking out of the bathroom. "Okay, i'm going to take a shower," said Adrien walking into the bathroom. "Mkay," said Marinette before walking out of the room.

She walked into the kitchen and went straight to the freezer. Marinette pulled out a box of frozen pancakes and sat it on the counter, she proceeded to get two white plates out. She sat them down and got out four pancakes, next she put them in the toaster and waited for them to be done.

Eventually after she finished making them and put two glasses of milk out, Adrien walked in and said, "Marinette, I feel like something's different about me." "Like wha-," started Marinette but stopped mid-sentence when she saw his appearance. "You're n-normal again! H-h-how?" asked Marinette.

"I don't know! When I got out of the shower, I looked like this," said Adrien. "Isn't this a good thing?" asked Marinette smiling. "Ya, it means, I can go back into public," said Adrien grinning. "Wait, how are we going to explain me missing for a week?" asked Marinette.

"I don't know," said Adrien, thinking, "We could tell the truth." "Nobody will believe us," said Marinette. "I guess you're right," said Adrien. "We need to come up with a backstory," said Marinette thinking.

"I know the perfect story!" said Adrien. "Really? What is it?" asked Marinette. "So I got kidnapped however many years ago, then the same person kidnapped you, we put our minds together and broke out as a team!" said Adrien.

"Not bad," said Marinette, nodding in approval. Adrien only gave his classic grin as they sat down for breakfast. Marinette was more nervous than normal, and Adrien could tell. He already knew it had to do with his appearance.

They ate and had a small conversation with Marinette stuttering a bit. It annoyed Adrien a little bit, that she got nervous around him. "Well, I better get going, I h-h-have a f-few things to do," said Marinette heading to the door.

"Marinette, wait," said Adrien grabbing a hold of her arm. He swiveled her around and kissed her causing her to give a small squeak. They broke apart and Adrien held her by the hands. "Marinette, I love you! I flipping love you, and I will always love you, so you don't need to be nervous around me. Got it?" he asked tilting her head up towards his.

"Ya, I love you to, Kitty," said Marinette, not stuttering at all, surprising both herself and Adrien. "Still need to do, 'those things'?" asked Adrien already knowing the answer, no. "No, not really," said Marinette, playing with a loose strand of his blonde hair.

"Want to watch a movie?" asked Adrien. "Sure," replied Marinette in an excited tone. "Let's go," said Adrien leading her to the living room. He put the movie in and sat on the couch beside Marinette who stiffened up a bit when he sat down, but relaxed after he placed his arm over her shoulders.

She laid her head on his shoulder like normal but it felt different due to the fact he wasn't covered in fur anymore. Marinette was still comfy though. Once the movie was over Adrien asked, "When do you want to go back, Princess?" Marinette thought about it, If I leave tomorrow I can see my family sooner, but I'll have to explain everything, if I wait, i'll still have to explain AND wait longer.

"Tomorrow," came Marinette's reply. "Really, tomorrow, that's so soon," said Adrien. "It's better than making them wait," replied Marinette.

"True," said Adrien, "Okay we leave at 8 tomorrow then?" "Yup," said Marinette. The rest of the day was fairly normal for the couple. Tomorrow would be a different story though.


Author's Note: Hey guys! Hope you enjoyed that, review and let me know what you think. Anyways sorry for short chapter but the next will probably be the final chapter. I'm probably going to a write a sequel though, so don't worry!