Prompt: When Tom finds out his daughter had been hanging out with a certain cat, he is not very happy. Especially since this cat is a teenage boy who wear a skin tight leather catsuit.

Prompt idea from pinksakura271.

Tom had noticed that Marinette was slowly becoming more and more obsessed with cats, especially black cats, but had no idea why. He had one theory that she just found them cute but she had always said that hamsters were her favourite. He had this other idea that she had secretly adopted a little kitten or something but that just seemed ridiculous. Although...he had been hearing a lot of talking going on in her bedroom recently….

"Nah. She's probably talking to her friends on the phone." The large man muttered to himself as he made breakfast for his family.

"Marinette! Come down for breakfast or you'll be late again!"

There was no reply.

"Marinette?"

After a few moments of silence, Tom decided to go investigate. He walked up the stairs to her bedroom and lifted the trapdoor. "Mari?" He called once more as he popped his head through the opening. His daughter was nowhere to be seen.

Tom climbed into the room and walked up the stairs to her bed. There, Marinette lay, sleeping peacefully while drooling on her arm.

Her father let out a soft chuckle and leaned over to place a hand on her shoulder. "Marinette? You need to wake up." He spoke as she gently shook her tiny form.

"Hnnngh...I don't wanna." She mumbled while rolling over.

"Marinette. You're going to be late."

"LATE?!" She suddenly sprung to life and scurried down the stairs, not even realizing her dad was in the room with her.

"No no no no I can't be late again!" The bluenette panicked while running to the bathroom.

"Calm down sweetheart. You still have half an hour before school starts." Tom called as she slammed the bathroom door shut. It reopened a second later. "Oh." Was all she said before shutting the door once again.

"Come down for breakfast as soon as you're done in there okay?"

"Ok. Thanks papa!"

..

The young designer trudged down the stairs while letting out a loud yawn. She decided to wear her one of her favourite Chat Noir themed t-shirts that she had designed herself. It was black (obviously) with bright green letters that spelled the words 'Check Meowt' with green triangles to represent cat ears on top.

"Good morning papa!" She greeted tiredly with a small peck on his cheek. "Good morning Mari. Did you get any sleep last night? You look so tired!"

Marinette let out another yawn. 'Ha. Sleep would have been nice if it weren't for that sneaky Chat Noir.'

(Cue magical flashback music)

She heard the familiar tapping on her window and went to open the trapdoor for her kitty.

"Princess! This is an emergency!" He yelped while jumping down onto her soft mattress.

"What's so important that you needed to come at 11:30 at night? I have school tomorrow you know." She spat, clearly annoyed and tired.

"Well uh.." He nervously fiddled with his fingers while wearing a sheepish grin. "...I um..kinda forgot h-how to...uh"

"How to what?" Marinette questioned, growing more impatient each second.

"I forgot how to play...patty cake."

Marinette blinked a couple times. Was he serious. He came to bother her so late at night because he forgot how to play patty cake?

"S-so I was wondering...if maybe you could um teach me?" He scratched the back of his neck and focused his gaze on the soft blankets on her bed.

"No." The girl responded as soon as he finished his sentence. He blinked up at her in surprise. She noticed his expression and rolled her eyes. "Kitty, I am not going to teach you how to play patty cake right now. It's late and I need to-"

"Please princess!" She was cut off by his plead. She looked up at him and immediately noticed he was making his kitty eyes.

'No. Resist the kitty eyes Marinette. You can do this.'

"No." She said again.

"Purrretty pawlease."

"NO."

"PLEEEAASE PURRINCESS!"

He looked like he was about to burst into tears if she rejected him once more. Marinette gave a long, over-dramatic sigh before replying, "alright fine!"

~back to reality~

"Last night..I uh got caught up with something and ended up getting to bed later." She said nervously while sitting down and beginning to stuff a croissant into her mouth.

Her father stopped what he was doing and raised an eyebrow. "What exactly were you doing last night. I thought I heard voices coming from your room."

Marinette's eyes widened as she gulped and began to sweat. "I was just talking to a friend!" She lied. Well technically she was helping Chat Noir, her friend, with his "emergency."

Tom didn't know if she was being truthful or not. He wanted to believe his little girl but he couldn't help but feel like she was hiding something.

"Ok...just try to get more sleep tonight okay?"

Marinette quickly nodded and resumed eating her breakfast. She paused for a moment when she was about to reach for another croissant.

"Hey, papa?"

"Yes sweetie?"

"Do you like cats?"

He froze,almost choking on his coffee. 'Ah-ha! I knew this had something to do with cats!'

"Cats are great animals." He responded casually.

"Yeah. They're just purrfect." The girl giggled and went back to eating her breakfast.

Tom was suspicious. Since when did Marinette like cat puns? He decided that he was going to find out...tonight.

..

"Tom? Aren't you going to sleep?" Sabine asked her husband. It was around 11:30pm and he was still sitting in the living room just quietly reading a book. "Yeah. I'll be there soon." He responded, not bothering to look up from the pages. Sabine let out a yawn and mumbled out an "okay," before heading back to bed.

As soon as she left, it was completely silent again. Tom was waiting to see if he would hear voices coming from Marinette's bedroom again.

About 20 minutes later, he heard a faint thud noise and then his daughter's quiet, muffled voice in her bedroom. He silently put the book down and crept up the stairs to hear what she was saying better. The large man pressed an ear to the trapdoor and listened.

"You're such a silly kitty." He heard Marinette say, followed by her giggles. He knew it. She was hiding a kitten up in her bedroom!

Without thinking, Tom yanked open the trapdoor and yelled "AH HA!" While pointing at his daughter, sitting on her bed. But what he saw instead made his face go pale and his blood run cold.

Marinette was laying on her bed, cuddled up to a cat….but this was no kitten. It was one of Paris's famous heros, Chat Noir…

"P-papa?!" Marinette shrieked while jerking her head up at the sound of his voice. Chat sat up as well. His face showed a shocked and afraid expression.

"Marinette Dupain-Cheng!" Tom yelled while standing up and stomping up the stairs to her bed.

Marinette had never felt so terrified in her life. She had just been caught cuddling with Chat Noir by her own father! His angry expression only made her feel even worse and she tried to back away as he stormed up the stairs. She only ended up squishing into her kitty's chest even further which caused his face go red and Tom growl with anger.

Once he reached the top of her bed, he yanked poor Chat away from his daughter and threw him onto her chaise lounge below. He landed on the soft mattress safely but it still hurt being thrown like that. "Me-ouch!" He exclaimed while rubbing his head.

"Chat!" Marinette shouted, worriedly and stood up to scurry after him but her father stopped her by blocking the path down.

"Marinette! You have some explaining to do!" He said in an angry tone. But she wasn't listening to him at the moment. She jumped off the end of her bed and landed on the floor below on her two feet before rushing to her kitty's side. "Are you okay?" She murmured while cupping his cheeks in her tiny, delicate hands.

"Yeah. I've been through much worse." He responded. Marinette giggled and gave him a quick peck on the nose. The action made Tom scowl. "ENOUGH!" He screamed and began making his way back down the stairs. Marinette let go of Chat Noir and folded her hand in her lap.

"Marinette, please tell me why Chat Noir is here!" Her father demanded while crossing his arms as he stood before the two. Marinette just stared at the ground, not knowing exactly what to say.

"Well..um..Ch-Chat Noir is my..friend."

Tom raised an unimpressed eyebrow. "Then why were you two just cuddling in your bed and why did you kiss his nose?!"

The two teens blushed at his words. "Okay he's..m-my good friend." Marinette stated awkwardly. "H-he just visits m-me sometimes and we t-talk and stuff."

Tom looked over at the blonde superhero suspiciously. The feline gave a nervous chuckle and rubbed his nape. "Uh..what she says is true sir." He stated in a shaky voice. '

Tom looked back at Marinette who was still staring at the very interesting floor. "Marinette how could you do this?"

"Do what?" She questioned. "How could you spend time with this boy without telling me or your mother. And you don't even know who he really is!"

"Well he can't exactly tell-" She was cut off by Tom's voice again.

"You don't know if you can trust him! He might try and hurt you or worse! He could be a stripper for all you know!"

"Excuse me?"

"I mean, come on Marinette! He wears a skin tight leather catsuit! That is too inappropriate for you, young lady." Tom continued on as if they hadn't even tried to say anything.

"PAPA!" Marinette yelled.

"Marinette lower your tone! You don't want to wake your mother!" Tom hushed the embarrassed girl. "As for you.." He turned to a frightened Chat Noir. "I never want to see you in my daughter's bedroom ever again!"

"But sir-"

"Get out now!" Tom pointed to the trapdoor above his daughter's bed. "But papa!" she tried to protest but was immediately shushed.

"Now." He repeated in a cold, harsh tone. Chat Noir hung his head as he silently got up and began to trudge up the stairs. He turned around one last time to see his princess's beautiful face before continuing up the stairs. Once he reached the top, he sent Mari an innocent wink before jumping out into the night.

Tom turned to his daughter with a disappointed look. She opened her mouth to say something but closed it a moment later and decided that it was probably best to keep her mouth shut.

"Marinette.." He pinched the bridge of his nose. "...I'm extremely tired right now, so I'm going to bed and so are you. We will talk about this tomorrow morning with your mother. Also, I don't want you seeing Chat Noir anymore."

Marinette gasped in horror. She couldn't stand the thought of not seeing her kitty anymore! Her mind was so busy whirling around in all her sorrowful thoughts about her kitty, that she didn't notice her father leave the room and turn off the light.

When Tikki finally came out from hiding and screamed the girl's name, she was snapped out of her thoughts. "Tikki?" She called into the darkness that surrounded her. "Marinette you should really be getting to bed." Her tiny red friend said as she floated up to sit on her head.

Marinette nodded and slowly made her way up the stairs, struggling to find the railing with all the lights shut off. When she had finally managed to make it, she threw the covers over her body and drifted off to dreamland with a small smile on her lips.

Even if she wasn't allowed to see her kitty as Marinette, She would still able to see him as her alter-ego and she could see him all day tomorrow at school….

;D