Miraculous Fluff Month
Day 20: Caught
Sabine Cheng had just finished getting dinner ready and began to call her family to the table.
"Dinner!"
Her husband was there almost instantly, being hungry from a hard day's work in the bakery.
"It smells delicious, honey."
Tom sat down at the table and grabbed a fork to grab a piece of meat, but he paused.
"Where's Marinette?" They couldn't very well dig in without their daughter present.
"She probably has her music on again. I'll go get her."
Sabine went to fetch her daughter and Tom, being the loyal husband and father he is, went with her.
When they got to the bottom of the stairs leading up to Marinette's room, they heard a loud thud come from where their daughter is supposed to be. They glanced at each other before racing up the stairs and throwing her trapdoor open, giving them a view they never expected.
"I guess cats don't always land on their feet," Marinette was saying, not noticing her parents.
"Well, Princess, we generally fall from tall heights and land on our feet, not off of chaises," Chat replied from his uncomfortable-looking position on the floor.
Marinette crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow.
"Does that mean you want me to push you off my balcony so you can prove that you're wrong?"
Chat harrumphed. "I'm not wrong. I would land on my feet, I just don't want to give you a heart attack from falling that far."
"Trust me, I wouldn't have a heart attack. So does that mean you want to do it?"
"How about no one jumps off the roof and you can't tell me why a superhero is in your bedroom instead?" Tom interjected, making the two finally notice they were there.
They froze before Chat broke the awkward silence.
"I guess we got caught, huh, Princess?"
They all smiled at that before making their way down to the dinner table, Chat included, and having an interesting family meal.