Chapter 7 - Do You Need An Explanation?
"What is this talk about new heroes?"
"What?"
"Don't play dumb with me!"
"Please" I-I swear I don't know anything."
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Days simply bled into the following week. Tomorrow was Marinette's birthday! Let's be totally honest, was she excited?
No.
Did she want attention drawn to her on her special day?
No.
Did she need Master Fu?
Yes.
"Marinette, if you need to speak to Master Fu, you really should." Tikki said. "Tikki, I've been going to his healing sessions every night for the past few weeks. Nothing's happening."
"These things take time."
"I know. I guess it's just with my birthday being tomorrow and all." Instead of thinking of something to say, the petit creature emerged her chosen's face and glowed it up with a delicate hug. Marinette checked her clock, which told her it was only four o'clock. She stood up and grabbed her stunning bag. "Come on, Tikki. Let's go see Master Fu."
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"Ladybug? What's going on?" a wise voice asked. Instead of going as Marinette, she thought going as Lasybug would be so much easier. "Marinette needs help. The healing sessions aren't doing anything."
"That I had figured. I do have another suggestion, but it will take longer and it's much simpler. However, I can't tell you what it is. I know for a fact you will do it."
"Erm, okay?" Ladybug said with confusion. He walked away to quickly and swiftly mix a few chemicals together. From the way he did it, with a lot of humming and cheerfulness, it must be good. He went back over and ordered her to halt for a few moments. "I just need to get a certain someone over here."
"Erm, okay?" She had no clue what was currently happening in front of her.
And just like that, Master Fu had exited the room with no explanation whatsoever.
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Although, it was actually five minutes before he had made his entrance. "Okay, that was quick." she commented. Behind him, entered a black figure. "Hello, M'lady." it said.
"Oh! Hello again." This was all still weird as she hadn't had a chance to talk to a proper person for-
"Okay! So, I want the two of you to get to know each other. Not only will it help yourselves, but it will make you more prepared for when the fighting time comes." Master Fu explained. Curiosity didn't kill the cat, but it killed the bug. Maybe this has something to do with the new treatment? Nah, that's crazy!
"What should we do?" Cat asked. "We can't really go out in public. Maybe we should just hang out here?" Ladybug suggested. The heroic two looked at the master, waiting for him to say something.
"You can do whatever. Just no publicly or revealing. Although, it's not my choice about the reveal. If yous think revealing will help you, go for it! I was just giving you my opinion about it last time." the little guy said.
Ladybug looked at the curious cat, who had a smirk and who had opened his mouth and she stuck her finger up at him, not only to shut him up, but to also let him get the right idea, not the wrong idea. "Not yet. We barely know each other. Plus there's one thing about me that is very... complicated. I hate it about myself and you'd probably find it annoying."
He didn't speak, he only just cupped her face lovingly and took a deep sigh. "No flaw about you would annoy me, M'lady." The bug blushed softly and smiled warmly. He unglued his hand and sighed lovingly. Yep, there was a little spark flying around him.
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Laughter. That's all that had filled the room. At first, Ladybug had assumed that Cat Noir would be one of an annoying and flirtatious person. She really thought wrong. His terrible puns made her glow up, even joyful tears had leaked!
Although, with every funny moment always comes a serious moment. "M'lady, can I get your advice on something?"
"Sure, kitty. What's up?"
He shuffled himself towards her to get more comfortable. "There's this girl. From what I heard from her friends, she's so nice and funny and smart and... well, she lost a major thing about herself. Her hearing." Ladybug blinked twice before he continued. No. It will-No. It must be someone else. "She won't speak to me as I sort of got annoyed at her because I tried speaking to her and she obviously couldn't hear me. What do I do?" 'This awfully sounds a lot like my situation with that new guy... Nope. He's definitely not Cat Noir.'
"Well... I would think that if you got your apology across to her, she'd forgive you. Is she forgivable?"
"Very. It's also her birthday tomorrow and I'm gonna go try get her a birthday present. What should I get her?" 'Wow! We even have the same birthday. Then again, a lot of people know people in the world with the same birthdays as them.'
"With birthday presents, start off small. Maybe a necklace. Or even chocolate. We girls adore our chocolate and jewellery."
"Cool! Well, I got to get going." he said as he stood up. Before he exited the room, he slowly turned back towards her and spoke up. "I loved tonight. Can we do this again?"
Her face glowed up with joy. "Sure! When?"
"Let's say every Monday, Wednesday and Friday? Maybe Saturday or Sunday too?"
"How about we meet again tomorrow and arrange it?" she suggested. He got even closer to her than he was, grabbed her beautiful face and pulled her in and whispered, "I'd love that."
And before he could get the wrong idea, she pushed herself away, not just from him, but also from all that awkwardness she immediately felt. "WELL! I got to get going. Too. I'll see you tomorrow. Hope all goes well with that girl."
"Thanks, M'lady. See ya!" he hopped out of the window, leaving a awkward and stunned girl behind. "Y-Yeah. See ya." she whispered and sighed.
