Chat arrived at Marinette's balcony in record time. The cat boy peered downwards and saw the three buff guys Marinette said were there and they were still there being loud and obnoxious. He knocked on the door on the floor to Marinette's bedroom. He could hear the shifting inside.
"It's me, Princess." He spoke clear enough for her to hear but not too loudly
The hatch opened and he was let in by the girl.
"What's up?" She asked as she went back to sit at her chair, "Why are you here, kitty?"
"Adrien told me that-."
"Okay hold up, Adrien? Agreste?" Marinette raised a brow
"Yes. Agreste. The boy I'm friends with whom I hate right now? Okay so he said he had a dream where you got hurt so I made him check up on you." He explained, "And those three down there? They're not exactly good news, Princess."
"Chat, I can take care of myself." Marinette replied
"But Princess! The dream! I almost lost you!" Chat exclaimed, grabbing her hand
"Okay first, it was his dream, not yours. Second, you didn't 'almost lose' me because I'm right here." Marinette sighed a bit, not wanting to make this a big thing, "But if it makes you feel any better, then you can stay."
Chat nodded then threw his self on her bed, Marinette following soon after and laying down beside him.
"Princess can we tell it to the world now?" Chat asked, watching as those eyes outshone the stars even through the darkness in the room
"Tell what?" She asked, looking at him, eyes trained to his green orbs
"About us, you know, us." He answered
"Well what are we?" She raised a brow
Chat shrugged, "What do you want us to be?"
"I dunno, I've never actually dated before so I'm new to this thing." She answered
"Now how are we going to answer that if we both don't have a clue?" He chuckled lightly, "But personally, I'd like this to be the courtship stage. So, you know, get a feel of me before we become official."
"That's," Marinette paused
A guy like Chat Noir deciding that it would be a courtship stage instead of instantly dating? She would say that they were official if he wanted. But he decided that it was courtship. The stage where they would get to know each other before going official. As far as she knew, that was the bud of a serious romantic relationship.
"Do you really love me?" She asked him
"Princess I just asked if I could put it on my Twitter that we're something." He responded, "I'm pretty sure that wasn't much but that account's created by Alya herself. Do you think I'd want to announce it to the world if I wasn't?"
Marinette stared at him, watching his expressions, looking for that lie, for that falter, for that feigned expression. But there was only that burning desire in his eyes. It was so real. So Chat really did love her that much. That was more than touching.
Then it suddenly clicked in her head, "Wait did you just say that you have a Twitter account?"
"Yes." He answered, "Ladybug has one too but she hasn't taken over it yet. I wonder why."
Because Alya never told me anything about that!
"What do you even do there? Tell everyone about the patrols?" She chuckled
"Nah. I usually respond to girls with photos." He responded
"Photos?" Marinette grimaced, "Chat, courtship stage."
"It's just a headshot, Princess. No need to get worried." He waved her off
Marinette's eyes widened and he could feel the anger radiating from her.
"Headshot I mean thishead, Princess!" He blushed, gesturing to his face
"Should be." She grumbled
"My jealous little Princess." He laughed lightly, pulling her in for a tight hug, "You're most likely the only girl in Paris who's ever loved me like this. Do you really think I'd cheat on you?"
Ooh him and his stupid smirk on his face! It would feel so good to wipe that off his face.
With my mouth of course. With my mouth.
"Does this knight get any reward for keeping the Princess safe for tonight?" He smiled sweetly
"Well yes, of course. Before other girls reward him." Marinette grumbled
Chat chuckled and leaned in close for a short and sweet peck but there was a thudding sound. Coming from above.
"Can't I get a break?!" Chat grumbled
"Shh." Marinette whispered, "I think someone's out there."
"Stay here, Princess. I'll go look." He said
"The girls in movies usually say 'I' coming with you' and be a burden but Chat, trust me on this, I'm gonna be useful." Marinette told him
"But the moment even a hairstrand gets hurt, you get back in." He said then got down her bed
Marinette agreed but only because of one thing. Hairstrands did not get hurt.
Silly cat.
They looked up at the glass trapdoor and saw one of the men walking across it. Chat's instincts had forced him to push Marinette down, hidden from view. She grumbled and stood up again. She locked the trapdoor and turned to him.
"We probably need to go downstairs." Chat suggested
"Yeah but what am I going to tell my parents?" She raised a brow
"Okay you go ahead there, leave this to me. I can handle this, Princess. Just go and hide." He swatted her away and made sure that she was out of the room before he opened the door again
He climbed up with ease and readied himself for battle.
"What are you doing here?" He growled, pointing his baton at the drunk man
The drunk man just laughed heartily. Maybe it was best to let the police deal with them. But just how was he going to bring him to the station without hurting him.
Eh. Maybe a little bit of pain to knock him out would be okay.
He split the baton to two and charged at the man, instantly hitting him notnso lightly at his stomach.
"I asked you something." He spat
"You want an answer?" The man slurred, "That girl is back home. Man that body!"
Anger boiled deep down in Chat. How dare he talk about Marinette like that. He hit the man again, now at his arm, trying to not hurt him too much despite all the red he was seeing.
Or maybe that red was Ladybug who had tied the man up with her yoyo.
"Ladybug, you're here." He said, trying to calm down a bit
"And you were starting to break the guy's arm." Ladybug responded, "He's not exactly an akuma, chaton."
"He wanted Marinette!" He exclaimed, "I am not going down without a fight. Let him go. I can handle him."
"Okay calm down, kitty. Marinette's fine. We can bring this guy to the police and call it a night." She spoke
"Fine." He grumbled, "But the second you come back here you're going to regret everything."
The duo brought the man, and the other two he was with, to the police station and got them behind bars for a minimum of the night. Chat was pleased to see that guy behind bars.
"Hey." Chat said, slamming his baton on the metal bars, the clang of metal echoing through the cold concrete walls, "Stay away from that girl or you're never gonna see the light of day again."
He left the station with a still heavy load on his back. Ladybug suggested that they both stay at the top of their favorite tower to cool down a bit.
"What's up, chaton? You seem so uptight tonight." She told him
"It's just the guy, LB." He sighed, "Promise not to tell Marinette anything?"
"Promise." She replied
"Well I dreamed that she was," he shivered at the thought, "those guys, she was cornered by those guys and, are you getting anything?"
Ladybug nodded.
"Yeah so I was just so scared for my Princess." He grumbled, "She's so special and I can't think about how things almost happened to her. I almost lost her tonight."
"Pretty sure that isn't true." She spoke, "I mean, you've worked with Marinette before. You know what she's capable of."
"Yes but there were three of them, LB." He grabbed his hair and pulled at it lightly, "I don't know what I'd do if I lose another girl in my life."
She patted his back lightly, "She's okay now, right? She's probably sleeping it all off."
"Yeah. But I have to go visit. To check up on her." He told her, "It was nice that we had this talk, LB." He smiled at her before dashing off
Ladybug followed soon after, taking the shorter route home. She had detransformed just as he had arrived. He climbed through the same door and instantly hugged her when he saw him.
"You aren't hurt?" He asked, kissing her forehead
"No, kitty. You?" She questioned
"I'm fine." He sighed a breath of relief, "I'm gonna go home now. Lock all the doors, okay? If you ever have a problem, call my friend who I hate."
"It's Adrien. Got it." She chuckled
He waved goodbye and went back home. Marinette groaned and sat on her chair. There were so many things that happened.
One, she was in danger all this time from those drunk guys. Two, Chat loved her so much and cared so much. And third.
She sighed, "Tikki I can't believe it." She shook her head, "Chat's Adrien."
Well this just got even more complicated.
The memories of her nightmares flashed once more, the reason why she was awake when Adrien called in the first place. It was horrifying.
How was she ever going to tell him that she dreamt that he would be killed at that exact same scenario when he fought? That she almost lost him too?
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I just. This chapter! Oh gosh! I didn't know how to feel! What is this I'm feeling?!
Also, once again, The Kiss™ was suspended.
Also she knows. What would happen next? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
