Day 10 Prompt: Catnip
He look back and forth between the item in his hand and the cart before contemplating the consequences of getting said item. He was too busy to notice his wife walking up to him and grabbing said item from his hand.
"Catnip? Why are do you have it dear?" His wife said with a slight frown as her husband sheepishly begins to rub the back of his neck.
"I was wondering… if catnip is like a drug for cats…"
"Stop right there. I know where this is going."
He deflates before seeing his wife put the less than 2 euro item into their shopping cart. His wife bemusedly smiled at him as she motioned for them to pay for their groceries and head home, away from prying ears.
Once paid and placed into their reusable shopping bags, they set off for their little home. The petite woman looked up at her rather tall husband before lightly smacking his arm with her elbow.
"When do you think they'll find out, dear? I am surprised that Marinette hasn't noticed that we know."
Her husband lightly chuckled before saying in a whispered voice, "Probably a few months, hopefully not a few years. Adrien was never that careful. And Marinette dear might slip up eventually."
Sabine looked at Tom and frowned. "Hopefully in a few months. I would love to see Adrien in the daytime rather than at night whenever he goes to see Marinette or join us for dinner. He's still a bit skinny for his age group and height."
Tom and Sabine waited at the stoplight in front of their homes before it turned green. Getting out their keys, they open the door to their apartment home behind the bakery and headed up the stairs and opened the second set of doors in their apartment.
Placing the freezer required items into the refrigerator, Tom begins, "... though why did you let me buy the catnip dear? I would think you'd be against potentially accidentally drugging Adrien even if it was funny."
"I suppose it is that rebellious and devious side of me talking but we don't know if we don't try." Sabine answered as Tom felt his jaw go down.
Sabine place one of the noodle packages they bought in the pantry cabinet before Tom places his hands around her waist before laughing.
"I haven't seen rebellious Sabine Cheng since before we married." Tom kissed Sabine on the cheek as she turned around giggling.
"Yes it reminds me all the times when we were teenagers where I would always sneak off to see you even when my parents were so adamant against me having a romantic interest since I was 'too young' but I always glad I did." Sabine tiptoed up as Tom brought himself down to kiss Sabine on her lips.
"I remember that. Monsieur and Mademoiselle Cheng were old fashioned and wanted you to marry another Chinese suitor. Though they were really set against us, I am truly grateful that we were able to be together and have your parents accept me." Tom reminisced thinking about how much he and Sabine fought against her parents for their relationship.
Monsieur and Mademoiselle Cheng were prejudiced against others not of Chinese descent while making it known that they did not want their daughter to be with him. They fought and fought for their love over and over again until Sabine had had it and left her family to be with him. Family was an important thing for those of Chinese descent so for them to have their only daughter refuse to be with them because of their ignorance and controlling personalities had ultimately forced them to re-evaluate their parenting styles and relationship with their daughter. While they have made amends after the ordeal, it was still hard to be with some of Sabine's family members due to their differing backgrounds and cultures having been raised in France and not in China. Luckily, some of her cousins have seen Tom's genuine kindness and accepted him into the family. When Tom and Sabine married, they vowed that whenever they would have a child, they would be supportive of their child's romantic endeavors while providing them a safe home environment. They would spread love and teach their child of the best things in life.
"I am truly glad too Tom. We have a beautiful home and a beautiful and heroicl daughter. I'm glad I met you all those years ago."
"And I am truly grateful to have met you."
Sabine and Tom kissed each other even after the catnip box fell to the ground.
"So how do you suppose we sneak this to Adrien? The aftereffects would make a great story to tell at their wedding! With of course a few details twisted around so they don't get found out." Tom said as Sabine began to think of an idea before spotting a game board under the living room television.
"Game night or in other words the fake game night."
Marinette and Chat Noir sat in the living room table fidgeting as they watched Tom and Sabine attempt to sneakily gaze towards each other as if to silently communicate something. They had something planned and both Marinette and Chat Noir knew something was up when Tom and Sabine wanted a game night between the four of them.
"Marinette, will you be a dear and help bring up the pastries from the kitchen?" Sabine asks as she and Marinette went into the kitchen to collect the pastries and other snacks they would be eating during their game night.
Chat Noir could feel his hair (fur) stand up with his tail alert as he saw Tom move closer to him. Tom Dupain as one of the nicest people he ever met, but Adrien has seen those shoujo animes, fathers are always protective of their daughters in some sort of unspoken daddy's girl trope that somehow is ingrained in society now. While he knows that Tom is respectful and supportive of his daughter's choices and decisions in relationships unlike the fathers of most teenage girls really, Adrien couldn't help but feel absolute terror at potentially having his girlfriend's dad hating him. He knew it might not happen, but just the possibility terrifies him.
"How have you been doing son?" Tom exclaims patting Chat Noir on the back.
"...son?" Chat Noir's eyes bulged out upon hearing Tom call him son. Not even his father called him that!
"Is it not right to call you son? You and my daughter haven't gotten together yet?" Tom asks despite knowing the answer. Chat Noir blushed as he remembered Tom and Sabine catching him and Marinette kissing one night while giving them snacks.
"No. I mean yes. Wait no. Uhh. Marinette and I are together, it's just that I was really surprised at being called that…"
Tom chuckled trying to make Chat Noir comfortable. "Don't worry there son, you're always welcome here no questions asked. Though if something serious happens, be sure safe and we'll be there to support! We know you'll treat Marinette right but remember that we care about you!"
Chat looked embarrassingly towards the floor as Tom continued to pat him on the back. Without noticing it, Chat smells something coming from Tom.
"Thanks Tom, I really appreciate you and Sabine."
Tom smiled, "And we appreciate you too son. We'll always love our adopted cat haha"
Chat Noi smiles as he leans closer to Tom, subconsciously smelling the scent he had got a scent of earlier.
"Say out of curiosity, how cat like are you?"
Chat blinked a few times before looking at his tail. "Uh I know that sometimes my tail goes up swinging, I can hear very well and see in the dark, and that's about it I think."
There was no way that he was going to tell Tom that he could purr in the suit. While he does like Tom and Sabine, if they found out, they'd probably make fun of him and Marinette!
"I was wondering if you responded to cat things?" Tom said bringing out a little baggie. Chat Noir's eyes widen. That's where the smell was coming from.
"...is that catnip?" Chat Noir curiously said looking at the bag. Does catnip even work on him? He was human after all with some cat like tendencies.
Tom nodded his head as he handed the bag to Chat.
"I wonder if it'll actually work on me..." Chat opened the bag and he could feel the scents going up into his nose. There was something entricing about the scent as it reminded him of every happy thing that he's come across. From his early memories with his mother studying flower meanings to Tom and Sabine making him and Marinette quiche and croissants to Marinette and her lovely chocolate chip bakery smell with that hint of strawberries.
Tom looked at him surprised as Chat's eyes dilated and he began to shove his entire nose up the bag. He carefully took away the bag as Marinette and Sabine came back with pastries. Marinette looked at him surprised as Chat Noir began to rotate his head in place almost like in a daze before looking at the bag her papa had. Marinette looked at him scandalized.
"Papa! Did you give him catnip?"
"I'm for one surprised he's actually affected by it, dear"
Marinette looked towards her maman in shock. Her mother agreed to it!?
"BUt why?!"
"Great things to say at your future wedding!"
At this Chat Noir seemed to realized where he was as he turned towards a scent he all but memorized.
"Ppuurrrincess and I can get married at the Eiffel Tower!" Chat slurs out while going towards Marinette. He wrapped his arms around her waist and began to purr.
"The Notre Dame gargoyles aren't invite! They always yell at me whenever I go on patrol! Pops! Help us make a croissant cake no cheesecake definitely no stinky cheese!"
Tom and Sabine could barely hold their laughter as Chat continued to shout out random gibberish as Marinette could look on in horror of her parents' prank.
"Maman! Papa! I can't believe you did this!"
Sabine shook her head. "Have fun sometime dear! I'm sure you'll look back and think this was a funny memory!"
"And like we said, good thing to say at your future wedding!" Tom laughed placing a hand on Sabine's shoulder.
"My purrincess. My purrincess~"
Chat Noir continued to softly mumble out as his purrs got louder once he began to rub his cheek against Marinette's cheek and hair. Marinette grew horrified at her parents seeing this.
"Umm I'm going to take Chat up to sleep this off! Papa! Maman! Throw that away and don't ever do that again!" Marinette huffed as she dragged Chat Noir up to her room while her parents continued to laugh at her expense.
"Unbelievable." Marinette groaned as she reached her room, barely hearing Tikki's own laughter. "Just unbelievable."
Marinette lead Chat up to her bed so that he could sleep it off but he had other plans and dragged her down with him using his tail.
"Purrincess stay! I love you so much! You smell so nice! You're so warm!" Chat chimed as he wrapped his arms around her back and began to rub her cheek again. Marinette sighed.
"Chat go to sleep." Marinette sigh as Chat purrs in content.
Chat refused to sleep. Chat was going to stay here in the warmth with his princess. Chat was happy.
The next day Adrien woke up to Marinette's head on his chest.
Wait his not-ChatNoir chest?!
He heard a groan from above him to find Plagg flying towards him.
"Yes you can get high off catnip in the suit. But at least untransformed if you can after you get a whiff of it!" Plagg said rubbing his head before complaining about the lack of cheese he's getting.
"Uhhh time to go Plagg!" Adrien kissed Marinette's head before heading back home.
"I will never take catnip again." He told himself as he briefly and hazily remembers what he did and said the day prior. Too bad he didn't follow his own advice and came back the following week high off the catnip he himself bought. And despite Marinette's discontent from her parents' prank, she didn't really seem that bother with his cuddling. Though she did make him throw it out the next day.