Chat didn't know what state he would find Marinette in. He had just seen her not even an hour ago so he expected her to be just as when he had left her. But as he gazed inside her room, dancing like a maniac, an adorable maniac should he be exact, was not on the top of his list. It was endearing to say the least but what struck him the most was that he could slightly hear the song that played on her headphones, talk about cat powers. But he really hadn't expected Marinette to be hearing "Take a chance on me" by ABBA, in fact he had thought she only listened to Jagged Stone.

He didn't know how he could alert her of his presence when she had headphones on, usually he tapped at the glass door before even looking through it (just in case she was getting changed or something similar, he was a gentleman after all)

Realizing that she probably wasn't going to notice him unless he entered her room and stood in front of her, he stretched his hand to open the trapdoor, hesitating on whether it was okay. He might end up dead for entering her room basically unannounced but he hoped she would have mercy on his poor soul. Carefully entering to her room, he quickly noticed that the petite girl was clad in only her pajamas, he wasn't sure whether she'd be comfortable with him seeing her like this.

Tentatively he put his hand on her small shoulder. Marinette on the other hand jumped as high as humanly possible, and tangled herself with her legs, a loud thud ensuing as she fell not so graciously to the floor in a tangled mess of limbs.

"CHAT, WHAT THE HELL?" he grimaced at the loud screech from his classmate. Well, that was a reaction he had expected, in theory at least.

Marinette felt her heart thud so loudly against her ribcage. She could hear light steps under her room, and with wide eyes she turned towards her trapdoor. She knew what came next, "Marinette, honey, are you alright?" Chat tensed, and with a finger to her lip she warned him to not make a sound.

"Yes, mamman, just tripped while dancing, you know how clumsy I can be"

"What were those screams I heard?" Marinette felt alarmed, she had to lie her way out of this, she couldn't imagine having to explain to her parents why Paris' superhero was in her room, last time they had caught them at her balcony. She didn't think it'd go so well now, considering he was inside her room, and he had rejected her once before.

"Honey?" Marinette could tell that her mom was holding herself back from entering her room, she had to come up with something, fast.

"Yeah, Mom, I just got scared with the clothes I left on my chair, you know how they sometimes look as if someone was in your room" She laughed, glaring at the sudden guest in her room, yeah she had gotten scared because someone entered her room, but her mom didn't need to know the details.

"Oh, honey, that's why I tell you that you shouldn't leave your clothes all around your mom"

"Yeah, thanks mom"

"Well, call me if anything happens, okay?" she could hear her mom's retreating steps, she waited a full minute before letting the tension in her shoulders loosen.

Chat still hadn't moved, and she wondered whether he was breathing at all. "Is it safe now?" It came out in a slight squeak, and if Marinette wasn't so mad at him she would've thought it was downright adorable. "From my mom? Yes. From me? No. You owe me an explanation, what the hell are you doing in my room? I didn't hear you"

"Well you couldn't hear me because of your headphones, and I tried my best to not scare you. I'm sorry" Chat's cat ears flattened against his head. How the hell could they do that? Weren't they fake?

He looked so sad that Marinette started to feel bad, but caught herself before she found herself letting her boundaries be stepped on. She trusted her kitty, but him entering unannounced could prove to be trouble in the future, especially when she considered that she was the new guardian and she couldn't have him somehow finding said box.

"Look, Chat, I get it that you couldn't let me know, but I'd still prefer if you didn't enter in my room, okay?" Chat quickly nodded, his demeanor lifting up a bit.

"Now, what is it that clearly had you wanting to see me so much?" Chat's eyes brightened at her words. She sat on her floor, Chat choosing to sit on the floor as well, just across in front of her. She could see his tail wag in excitement behind him, and she pondered what it could be that had her kitty this excited.

"Princess, I think I've had a breakthrough with my father" Her eyes snapped open, he wouldn't, would he?

"Chat, I'm sorry but I think it's best we don't talk about your civilian life." Although if she was truthful she wanted to know so much more about her partner, truly know him as far as keeping their identities secret let them.

"Oh, it's okay, I'll just be really generic. I don't think you'd be able to tell who I am just by I'm going to tell you" This made her lift her eyebrow. Well if he was so sure it wouldn't cause any problems, then she'd let him talk about it. Besides, she herself was dying to know what he had to say.

So, leaning her head on her hand, she gestured at him to continue, paying full attention to what he had to say.

"Okay, my father's always really strict, and he barely gives me any liberties." She hadn't thought her partner would have problems with his liberty, considering how he always seemed like such a wild spirited person. "And well today, actually I had a fight with him because he thinks I was letting go of my responsibilities." She understood him, it was hard keeping up with school and her superhero duties. "Wait, Chat, you fought with him?" He looked downcast as though remembering the fight. She crawled on all fours, closing in the space between them. She took his hand in-between hers. She tried to console him, she wasn't sure if it helped having a near stranger console him, but it was all she could do. "What happened after?"

He looked up at her, "Well, I actually escaped and just walked around Paris"

"As Chat?" she hadn't seen him, and usually his presence around the rooftops indicates the presence of an akuma, she hoped no one had noticed him.

He shook his head, "No, as my civilian self" Well, at least her worries were quelled. "What about the breakthrough you mentioned?" At this, his body stood up straight, and as if a switch had been flipped, his tail that had been laying on the floor wagged around. "Well, when I got home, he was for me at the stairs, and of course I thought he was going to fight again and take away any liberty he's been giving me lately. But he said he'll let me be around my friends. Of course, as long as I've made sure all my responsibilities are done, but still it's a big step for me Princess. Never did I think that he'd actually agree to anything that could ever make me remotely happy"

"Chat, I'm so happy for you" she ruffled his hair in adoration. Really, her partner was just such a sunshine sometimes that it was hard to not feel influenced by his glee. But it had her wondering, how bad was his home life that just measly thing such as being able to visit friends was enough to make him the happiest person?

They stared at each other in silence, smiling for what seemed like hours, but was probably just a few minutes. Then suddenly, his face seemed bashful and he grabbed at the back of his neck in nervousness. It was a stance so unlike Chat that it almost gave her whiplash.

"You probably think I'm a weirdo for talking about this with a civilian" He looked at her with a shy smile. She leaned over and grabbed at his arm, pulling it from his insecure stance. "I don't. Cause we're friends, Chat. Truly" and she found herself believing those words, as if she wasn't hiding her biggest secret. It's for their safety, she told herself again and she knew it to be true.

His smile couldn't have been any brighter at her words. His eyes crinkled at the motion, and the pure glee and joy that permeated through his expression was enough to make her feel like her day hadn't been so bad after having that awkward interaction with Adrien. It also made her wonder just how many friends her kitty had, she hadn't thought he'd be the lonely type, but perhaps she had pegged him wrong.

She stood up and turned around looking around her room, looking back she saw that Chat was looking at her with a curious gaze.

"Chat, it's pretty early still, would you feel up to watching a movie with me?" She extended her hand towards him in a sign of invitation. "You know I could never say no to my Princess." Her kitty really never changed, did he?

Once the movies were over and they had all but finished every single pastry she had fetched beforehand, it was time for their goodbyes. Chat didn't want to say goodbye, but seeing it was past 12 on a school night, it would've been rude of him to stay a minute longer.

With a final wave, he leaped unto an adjacent rooftop, quickly running and leaping, landing in his room not too long after. Once inside he de-transformed, and quickly tossed a piece of cheese to Plagg.

The kwami didn't look particularly happy, and he couldn't quite put his finger on why. "I'm exhausted you know that, right? You spent your time very leisurely"

"I know, I know. I extended my visit perhaps a tad much but can you blame me? She asked me to stay to watch movies! I couldn't say no to that." Plagg crossed his arms and stood in his way.

"Kid, I get that you're trying to get closer to Marinette, but don't you think that you should perhaps step back a little? You decided that Kagami is the one that you were going to focus on now" Adrien felt surprised due to the sudden words from his kwami, specially his mention of the Japanese girl, it wasn't usual of him.

"Plagg, Kagami's my girlfriend, Marinette is my friend, and only my friend. I'm not going to stop having girl friends just because I chose to be with Kagami" He had thought the kwami knew this already but apparently Plagg was stubborn. The old deity sure knew how to grind his nerves.

"Whatever you say, kid. Just know that dragging this whole Marinette thing on too long won't be good, especially if you rely too much on her" He didn't understand what Plagg meant, rely too much on Marinette? She was just so helpful that it was hard to not feel like it's easy to tell her everything, especially when she was just so understanding and respectful of his secret identity. But he knew where Plagg was getting at, problems with his father were something he could rely on someone else too.

"Fine, would it make you happy if I relied more on Kagami?" Adrien didn't like the thought of that as much as he liked to admit, but he had to give her a chance.

"Well, there's not much you can open up to her when it comes to Chat, so I guess that can't be fully possible, but yes try opening up more with your friends, Kagami as well I guess."

Was it a bit out there if Adrien thought that Plagg was just being a senile old being that was worrying over mindless things? Cause that was the exact thought that crossed his mind right at that moment.

Turning his head back to the tiny deity, Adrien sighed deeply. "Fine, I'll try." Plagg flew to his face, "Also, I'm reminding you because I know you probably forgot and although I could care less about measly human problems, I really don't want you to be caught out of guard."

"What is it, Plagg?" He had no idea what the kwami had on mind or what it was that he needed to tell him. Plagg smirked, "Don't forget about your date with Kagami tomorrow." Quickly, the tiny deity flew away to god knows where, probably off to eat some of that stinky cheese.

"Shit, Plagg. I completely forgot about that." An annoyed groan escaped him. "I was planning on taking advantage of some of that newfound liberty my father gave me." He glared at no particular direction. "Do you think Kagami would be up to hanging out with the band tomorrow?" Only silence answered him.

"Yeah I don't think she would either"

Hey guys, next chapter will probably contain Adrien's date with Kagami. How do you think that will go down?

P.s Did y'all see the New York special?! I was counting down the days and in a way of celebrating that we were getting new content I started re-watching MLB, granted I was midway season 2 already but whatever. Anyways, it was so good, and the Adrienette had my heart crying from happiness, I swear I had to pause every minute cause I was fangirling so hard

Also, Marinette listening to ABBA is nothing more than my obsession for Mamma Mia! and ABBA showing through, thanks xD