I just checked my first chapter and I literally freaked out!!!!! I have 4 favs and 10 follows and I know that it doesn't seem like much but IT'S LITERALLY FREAKING ME OUT!!! Anyways, I decided to make this chapter longer as I had purr-omised. (pun intended!)
Marinette was walking down the stairs of François Dupont, clutching her sketchbook. Nothing bad had happened today and it was the end of school so she thought it was a nice day to go relax; she could go through the latest design that she had drawn.
Once she got home she greeted her parents. She grabbed a croissant and a few cookies for Tikki and rushed to her bedroom. Tikki flew out and thanked Marinette for the cookies.
"Tikki, I'm just going to the balcony to do some sketching, okay?" Marinette asked,
"Yeah that's fine. I'll just stay here enjoying these delicious cookies!" replied Tikki.
Marinette giggled and put the croissant in her mouth. After grabbing her sketchbook and pencils, she climbed through the hatch to her balcony and sat down in her comfy chair. She opened up to her new design and starting adding details to the hem of the skirt. After a while, she had gotten tired and drifted into what she though was a small nap.
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Chat Noir waited on top of the Eiffel Tower. Ladybug and him were supposed to have patrol! She was usually late but she never stood him up! 'Ladybug's probably not gonna show up. I'll just patrol by myself.'
He lowered himself down to the ground, using his staff and roamed around the streets of Paris. This was one of the things he really enjoyed and where he actually feels freedom.
He then jumped onto a rooftop and decided to stay there for a while. He looked around at the scenery and spotted something. He got closer and realised it wasn't something, it was someone.
He noticed that it was his blue-haired friend, Marinette. He smiled at her sleeping face and how she seemed so peaceful: but he also looked at her with longing in his eyes. All he ever wanted was for everything to be back to normal; to be able to talk to her, to be the best friends they once were. Just when he was about to turn and carry on with patrol, he got hit by an idea.
He may not be able to talk to her as Adrien, but who said he was restricted from talking to her as Chat Noir! His mood was shortly lifted again and he watched her. (Sorry, didn't mean to make it sound creepy!) 'Marinette, look out, because you're about to get a new best friend!'
He decided to vault onto her balcony railing, which he instantly regretted as she woke up with a startled lurch.
"Chat Noir?" asked Marinette.
"Sorry- I didn't mean to intrude!" he replied.
"What are you doing here?"
"I was just passing by, and I was in the middle of my solo patrol-
'Shoot! I completely forgot about that!' Marinette winced as she remembered,
-and I was distracted by this beautiful princess who seemed to be having her beauty sleep" he smirked.
Marinette rolled her eyes 'Still the same flirty Chat, I see.' Looking up at him an idea hit her. Smirking, she walked forwards painstakingly slow, looking at Chat's expression who was staring at her mouth agape, she then stood up on her tiptoes and leaned forward until their noses were touching. She then watched as Chat's face flushed a bright red.
"Was I really that attractive?" she teased.
Chat was speechless. In fact, he was beyond speechless. He never knew that Marinette could be this bold and daring. Instead of looking like an idiot he tried to talk to Marinette in a calm and well-mannered way.
key word - tried
"Umm... yeah... were distractive you, dropped attractive I by check to you on... urghhh" after saying that, and hearing Marinette giggle at his inability to speak coherent words, he was ready to jump off of her balcony and end his misery. Instead he slowly started crouching down and tucking himself into a human-cat ball and by then he was sure that he looked like a complete and utter fool.
On the other hand, Marinette was now clutching her sides, as her whole body shook with laughter. Chat looked up at her and pouted, to which her amusement slowly died away and she instead looked at him and offered her hand:
"Don't worry I won't embarrass you any further." said Marinette with an encouraging smile.
Something struck inside Chat and looking at her made him feel giddy. That only happened when he was around Ladybug. Confusion started bubbling inside him but he chose to ignore it and took her hand. He mumbled a small 'thanks' without looking directly at her.
"No problem!" Marinette smiled.
Chat noticed that the sky was darkening, which indicated the end of patrol and his talk with Marinette. He plucked up the remaining courage he had left in him to say a proper farewell.
"Well, as much as this cat would love to stay and chat, I must get going. Until next time princess!" he winked, gave his two-fingered salute and leaped away into the distance. Marinette watched as his figure got smaller until it was a tiny dot that couldn't be seen.
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Marinette was left to ponder on what had just happened. Afterwards, she had come to the conclusion that she had spent enough time outside and that she should get warmed up, as she was starting to get a big chilly.
Tikki immediately greeted her when she clambered onto her bed.(I'm pretty sure that the door to her balcony is right above her bed. Sorry if I was wrong!) Marinette lay on her bed thinking AND criticising her actions back there. She knew that she owes him a bigger apology. She'll just do that the next time she sees him. After hearing her mum call her down for dinner, she agrees that she'll focus on this later.
Though she doesn't know what sticky situation she'll be in when she sees him...
By the way, I know I haven't mentioned much about Lila in this chapter, I've got something planned for her in the next. I'll try to update as soon as possible. Bye!!
