By now Adrien was used to lying on Marinette's couch at late hours of the night. Usually, Marinette sat next to him on the floor; a needle and fabric in hands, or her sketchbook and a pencil.

Tonight it was a little different.

He lied on the couch, still transformed, but Marinette wasn't there; Nino and Alya were. Nino was sitting on a chair next to the couch, and Alya was standing in the middle of the room.

They should have started talking by now, that was the smart thing to do; but none of them were using their rational side at those moments. The night had been too emotional for the three of them.

Chat Noir gave a look to the door behind him. He had left Marinette on her bed, still unconscious and transformed. He didn't know how long it would take her to wake up and he didn't know if it was a good idea for him to stay there. So he went back to the living room.

Nino had de-transformed and was bringing a chair from the little kitchen table Marinette had, and Alya had been pacing around the room.

He found his way to his usual spot and saw Alya and Nino inversed in their own world, for five minutes. Five minutes of complete silence and worry.

Nino and Adrien's sight was fixed on Alya who flexed her arms and rubbed the back of her neck.

"Are you okay?" Nino asked, breaking the silence.

"Your shield was uncomfortable, is just that."

"You wanted to piggy ride. I told you the shield was heavy."

"I don't get as nauseous when I'm on your back, it was nothing. I'm just no superhero"

"You saved us from getting our butts kicked tonight, I think that makes you a pretty cool superhero" Chat Noir said.

Alya tried to hide the smirk on her face, she wanted to keep her composure and the straight face she had been finally able to pull up. Bringing her journalist personality into personal matter was something Alya tried to avoid at all costs, but tonight it was a necessity. She didn't want to have this conversation, so that part of her was going to help her to not break down in front of Nino and Adrien.

She wished she could escape from this one more time, but it wasn't possible she had to speak with them and tell the truth. But how much information should she give to them? She should probably tell them all the things she knew, from beginning to end, not leaving any piece of information out of it. She knew that she had to do it, then why was she so scared of revealing what she knew?

Alya looked at Nino sitting on the chair to her left. His arms were on top of the back of the chair, his chin was pressed on his hands and he was looking at her; waiting. Then she looked at Chat Noir. His legs were extended along the couch, yet crossed one on top of the other, shaking one foot at a constant tempo. He had his hands behind his head on top of the left arm of the couch.

From a distance, he seemed relaxed, comfortable, like he was in a familiar space –he probably is in a familiar space Alya thought- but if you looked closer you'll see his jaw was clenched, making a muscle pop once in a while. His sight also drifted from the roof to the door of Marinette's room more times that Alya would have considered healthy.

He was worried about Marinette, that wasn't a surprise; Alya knew they were friends, it was normal for him to worry.

Wait… they were friends.

A bulb lighted up on Alya's head, making her remember something.

"Has Marinette told you anything about her accident?" Her voice cut the silence as swiftly as a sword would cut a piece of paper.

"Huh?" Both guys crooked a brow at her in confusion.

"Not you, Nino, I'm talking to Chat Noir" Alya shook her hands brushing him off "Who I would really like to call by a real name by the way"

"Uh…" He sat straight to be able to look Alya in the eyes. He rubbed the nape of his neck and kept his mouth wide open.

"What's left to lose?" Nino and Alya said at the same time

Chat Noir rubbed his eyes on top of the mask; he let out the air out of his lungs on a loud noise and stood up from his seat.

"I've been keeping my identity a secret for almost ten years and all that hard work falls to pieces in a month"

"Why do you have to be so dramatic?" Nino rolled his eyes.

"Because I wanted Ladybug to be the first to know who I was" Chat Noir said in a gloomily tone of voice, the disappointment was clear as water.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. A green light covered his body and showed the guy behind the mask.

Alya kept her sight on him the whole time, only blinking when the dazzling light appeared and blind her.

Finally after all those years of investigation and theories in front of her stood the civilian form of a superhero. And it was no one else than Adrien Agreste.

"I knew it!" Alya pointed him with her index finger "I mean I didn't knew it, knew it, but you were always a suspect!"

Alya wanted to jump out of the window, do a celebration dance, scream, anything to let the happiness out of her body. Euphoria ran on her blood of the excitement of the reveal, discovering a superhero's identity wasn't an everyday kind of thing. She was happy to know the secret, she felt the biggest joy she could feel, because her suspicions had been right (well, almost right, Adrien was one out of 5 suspects, and that was a small group of suspects).

But as happy as it made her, it wasn't a good moment to bring fangirl Alya back. Besides of being embarrassing, since Chat Noir happened to be an old friend of hers, Alya had to focus on the important part of this revelation.

She took a big breath and closed her eyes, trying to organize her thoughts so she could get the situation with more clarity.

Once she opened her eyes, thoughts sorted out and ready to ask questions, she saw a little black body spinning around Adrien's head.

"Is that your kwami?" Alya asked, pointing at the little cat-like creature.

"Yeah, his name is Plagg" Adrien introduced him "Be polite and say hi to Alya, Plagg"

"Don't treat me like a kid, kid" Plagg frowned "Hi, Ladyblogger" Alya smiled, assumed by the nickname.

"Hi" Alya waved at the kwami. "You should go with Wayzz and share some food, I'm sure Marinette has more lettuce"

"Ew" Plagg made a puking motion "I only eat cheese"

"And crackers" Adrien interrupted "I know Mari has a few. They are in the third cabinet on your left"

Plagg nodded and flew to the kitchen to find his food.

"Well, now that we are over that, we should talk" Adrien clapped and gave a big grin.

"Shouldn't we wait for your kwamis?" Alya asked. Weren't the magical fairies interested in magical business?

"They can hear just fine" Adrien waved his hand "'C'mon, this is serious business

Both Alya and Nino sighed.

"Okay, if we are going to start talking, you should answer my question first." Alya pointed a finger at Adrien "Did Marinette told you anything about her accident?"

"Why would Marinette tell me anything?"

"I don't have time for this" Alya touched her forehead with her hand. After all the events of the night, he kept playing dumb around her? "Marinette is Miss Vigilante, you two are friends"

"You know?"

"Adrien" Nino called

"Marinette is sure Alya has no idea" Adrien answered to Nino. Then he turned to Alya again "She mentioned how over protective you can be, Alya. That you would stop her if you knew. I'm impressed, that's why I asked"

"As much as I don't like it, I wouldn't be able to stop her. Is better if she believes I'm in the dark" Alya sighed.

Adrien saw the worry in her eyes; she had always been protective of Marinette but this was different. Adrien didn't know Alya's side of the story, but if she had been the one to find Marinette and take her to the hospital, her side didn't sound pretty.

"She has told me little things; she told me how it felt to not remember anything and how it feels to remember things. She doesn't share much, really. The only big thing she has explained to me is that she feels emotions, and that would be it. Our conversations are light and fun, we joke around and talk about the present, our friendship is not that deep, yet"

"I don't think Marinette sees it that way" Alya smiled sweetly "She never told anyone about feeling people's emotions, I mean, besides her parents and me… I don't think she ever told Nathanaël"

"Oh" Adrien's cheek stained in the brightest shade of red.

"I don't want to break your moment, but I would like to be included" Nino said. He was moving, still sitting in the chair, closer to Adrien and Alya.

"Sorry" Adrien giggled "He is kind of right, is better if you start talking, Alya"

"No, I got more questions" Alya shook her head.

"But, Alya" The guys said at the unison. They looked tired, tired of waiting for her.

Alya felt a wave of heat slam across her body. She was tense, hands and jaw clenched. She was trying to keep her cool for a little longer. It wouldn't help her cause if she blew up now, so she calmed down.

There were so many things Alya wanted to know, all of them were important and were eating her from the inside out. She needed answers to all of these questions inside of her brain. But right now, her emotions screamed for an answer to one single question, one she had asked herself in many occasions, and now was the moment to find the answer.

"Why now?" She asked. She couldn't elaborate more; if she did her anger would take the best of her.

"What do you mean?" Adrien asked, running over Nino's words.

"Why now? You had seven years to come back to Paris and look for her. Why now?" This time was harder to speak.

Adrien and Nino looked at each other, speechless and confused.

How could they answer to that? They couldn't because they didn't have a good answer to give.

Alya paced across the room, hands on fists, and heavy breathing, she was mumbling sentences on a tone of voice too low for either of the guys to hear. As the circle Alya was walking grew in ratio, she started walking around the whole living room.

Nino followed her with his eyes. He was trying to find the right words to calm her down, but nothing came to his head.

Alya only stopped walking when a black car ran in front of her,

"Damn! stupid cat!" Alya shouted. She hit the wall with her fist, making the cat hiss at her.

"He hates me t-too, you should see m-my arms" Adrien tried to light up the tension in the room, but his words came out with stutters. He was a little scared at what reaction he could get from Alya.

Adrien stood up from the sofa and walked to Alya. He had his hands up in front of his shoulders on an attempt to calm her down, and at the same time it was a way of trying to protect himself. Alya was a force of nature ready to attack him, any bad move could be the end of Adrien, she had always been like it, a big thunderstorm, but when it came to protect whom she cared the most, she became a hurricane.

"Don't tell me to calm down" Alya warned him. The rage in her eyes was undeniable. If Papillon were still around, Alya would turn into Lady Wifi already.

"We just want to talk, Alya" Nino reminded her. His voice was sweet and peaceful, the opposite of hers.

"Then answer my questions! Why now?! Why not when she went missing? Huh? What do you need from her now?!"

"Alya, calm—"Nino tried to talk but Alya didn't allow him to interrupt.

"Calm down?! Calm down?! I'm not calming down!" Alya shouted at them.

And there it was, Alya had become a hurricane, ready to raze the world.

"We are talking about my best friend in the whole wide world! None of you were there! I found her! Unconscious, in the middle of a destroyed room" Alya's eyes finally gave up and the tears started to stream down. "You didn't visit her while she was in a coma or helped her to recover her memory. You didn't have to fake a smile around her so she wouldn't feel bad for not remembering you. You didn't spend a year around a person who had constant anxiety attacks, you weren't there for Marinette, but I was. I could have disappeared of Marinette's life but I did not, I stood by her at every step she gave to recovery. So excuse me if I don't give the information I have so easily, excuse me for being scared, excuse me if can't be calm!. I don't know what you guys want from Ladybug, and yes, I say Ladybug because that's why both of you are here, not for Marinette—

"Alya we—"

"Don't" Alya said between clenched teeth "I don't know why you need Ladybug and I'm scared of it. It's been almost seven years and just now you come looking for Ladybug, it must be because you need something that only she can do"

Alya cleaned her tears.

"I know I'm in no position to say this, but you completely forgot about Marinette. She wasn't just a classmate, she was your friend and you didn't call her once, you left France and you didn't look back. If Marinette hadn't lost her memory she would have done everything in her power to keep contact with you, guys"

"I… I… "

"I don't have an excuse" Nino said.

"I have one but now that I think about it is an awful try of an excuse" Adrien brushed his bangs out of his face, running his fingers on the rest of his hair.

"I thought so" Alya rubbed her eyes one more time.

"Maybe I can answer Alya's question" Wayzz appeared beside Nino.

"Be my guest" Alya

"I can talk for Chat Noir, he must have his own reasons, and I'm sure they are valid"

"I'll decide that" Alya frowned "But you may start with your version"

"First, Mademoiselle Alya, you have to know that my old master was the one who chose your friend Marinette as Ladybug. I was aware of this, but seven years ago it was erased from my memory, we don't know how it happened but it did, we are still trying to figure it out. Second, this situation is out of the norm, nothing like this had happened before, so you must understand that if we haven't done anything to fix the situation is because we can't do anything" Wayzz explained "And last but not least, we are used to lose miraculous.

It's also normal for them to go dormant. It's true that this time was different, but I couldn't track the miraculous and Nino was just starting his training. I kept my senses on, trying to get energy from the miraculous. I was worried, but to start a hunt wouldn't had been worth it, so I waited. I tried to use my abilities to try to remember the identity of Ladybug, but it was just as useless as trying to find Tikki" Wayzz sighed "You ask why now, the answer is simple, Adrien came back. I knew the identity of Chat Noir, so when I heard Nino talking about it, I put special attention and finally revealed to Nino that the ladybug miraculous was missing"

"You didn't know?" Alya and Adrien asked in surprise.

"No, my training didn't revolve around finding Ladybug, it was all about being a guardian. I thought Ladybug had retired, since Papillon wasn't around anymore"

"Once I felt the change of energies I told Nino all about the disappearance of the ladybug and the butterfly miraculous" Wayzz said. "We were ready to come back to France, and when I felt a change of energies, we did"

"And it had to do with me?" Adrien asked.

"Yes, Chat Noir" Wayzz nodded "As you already know, the cat and the ladybug miraculous are connected, they are-

"Two parts of a whole, they balance each other, they are like yin and yang" Adrien completed. He had heard the same speech at least a hundred times over the years. The first time was when Mater Fu had introduced himself to Ladybug and him, and after that one time, those words were as usual as akuma and miraculous.

"Exactly" Wayzz pointed out "As I said, I put all my senses on Paris when you came back, if Ladybug was still around, I hoped something would change once you were back, and thankfully something did. It wasn't strong but I felt a change of energies, and that was enough for me to alert Nino"

"And here we are" Nino shrugged.

Adrien saw how Alya rubbed under her eyes, cleaning the tears that kept falling as a broken sink. He was so concentrated on her that he didn't realize he was crying till the drops fell on his mouth.

He felt horrible.

Alya was right. He never tried to get in contact with Marinette. He sent one text to her, didn't get a response and gave up because he thought Marinette had cut him off her life because he was Nino's friend. How stupid could he be? That wasn't Marinette, that wasn't the girl he was in love with. Marinette would have never done something like that, and he should have known it.

"I'm sorry, Alya" Adrien whispered "I'm sorry for being an horrible friend, I'm sorry for being a coward, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry… I never wanted Marinette to get hurt, she means so much to me, if I had known… I should have known… and I—

Adrien couldn't keep talking, the tears streamed down his face and his breathe got caught on his throat. He had so many feelings revolving around his heart and his brain. He had years of worry and love falling like bricks on top of him, and if he was honest, it would be nicer to have his bones broken by real bricks than to feel the pain of the emotional ones.

"Is okay" Alya said in between sobs "Well, is not okay, but there's no way to change it. It is done, and it is past… I know you love her, it can't be unseen…"

The silence came back, but this time it wasn't awkward, on the contrary it was comfortable, because it felt right.

Nino stood up from his chair and took Alya's hand on his, guiding her to the couch next to Adrien. When the three of them were sitting next to each other, Nino embraced his friends in a tight hug.

Adrien crossed an arm around Nino's shoulders and one in front of Alya. Alya, who was in the middle of the guys, hugged their arms with both of her hands. She lied her head on Nino's shoulder and he took the chance to leave a kiss on her forehead, a move she didn't complain about.

They stayed there, close to each other without saying a word until Adrien and Alya stopped crying.

"Marinette left me clues, so I could find her" Alya said. She was ready to talk.

She wasn't going to make a plan or organize her words, she was going to speak from the heart. No filters, whatever she felt like saying she was going to say.

"She left, she told me she was going to Belgium, to seek for inspiration, breathe new airs before entering to university. I thought it was so cool, it was sudden and got worried at first, but Marinette assure me things were fine. She said she was trying to take more risks in life, not over-think life and just go with it. I was so proud of her… I…I" Alya sobbed.

"Take your time, Als" Nino rubbed her back with his fingertips in circular motion.

"She called the first three days, checked in, all was fine till at the end of the week I received a letter from her. I thought it was a souvenir from Marinette, but when I opened it the first words I read were 'I'm sorry, Alya'" Alya let out a chuckle. How naïve had she been. "I have the letter saved on a box on my room, along with the other clues Marinette gave to me"

"Would you mind to show us that box?" Adrien asked her. "If it is too much to ask-

"No, it is not too much. I could show it to you, maybe you can find something on them"

"I doubt it" Adrien smiled at her "You found her, you couldn't have left anything behind"

"You never know" Alya pointed her finger at him "I did found her but I never figured it out why she left"

"But you have your theories…" Nino stated. He knew Alya well, she wasn't someone who could live in doubt, she had to find the answers to everything, and if she couldn't find them she would do anything to put the clues together in a theory that could perfectly fit the story she was trying to figure out.

"A million" Alya huffed "I don't have all the pieces to resolve this puzzle. I have a new theory to add to the pile every day that passes and every little thing Marinette does add or changes something to those theories. It's frustrating and… scary"

"It is" Adrien agreed.

"I'm scared all the time. I didn't lose her but I almost did, and I'm always afraid of the possibility of her going missing again, but this time I don't find her on time. I have those horrible images stuck in my head and they often come back in my nightmares. I wake up crying and sweating, and it takes me minutes to calm myself down and remind me that Marinette is okay, and that is on good days, sometimes the only way to go back to sleep is by calling Marinette"

Alya broke the hug to stand up. She was going to say something important and she wanted to see their faces.

"I was scared of telling you. When Nino asked I knew something was wrong and when I figured it out he was Tortue Verte I freaked out…. So now you have to promise me, you have to swear to me over the thing you love most that you won't take her away from me."

Adrien and Nino looked at each other, a painful look on their eyes.

Alya didn't pour down her feelings so easily, she rarely showed herself weak in front of others. And there she was in front of them, displaying all her vulnerability to them, because Marinette meant the world to her and she would do anything to protect her.

"We promise" Adrien and Nino said at the unison.

"You can't take it back" Alya warned.

"And we won't" Nino said "We found Ladybug, that was the main goal… now we have to work around that and I would never hurt you on propose, Alya. We won't take Marinette away"

"Thank you" Alya sighed. The relief given by Nino's words was imprinted on her face.

Alya and Nino were looking at each other as they were the only ones in the room, and that meaningful look would have last longer if Adrien hadn't give a shout of pain

"I fucking hate this cat!" Adrien said in a muffled tone. His mouth was against his arm, sucking the new scratch on it.

"Me too, but next time please don't scream; I don't want Marinette to wake up yet. She usually wakes up with a horrible headache"

"Sorry" Adrien mumbled. He was going to keep complaining about cat-Adrien but Wayzz interrupted.

"Marinette always presents the same symptoms after coming back to normal?"

"Yes, it's the same every time, from beginning to end. I have it memorized by now" Alya answered. "Oh, I haven't explained that…"

"We got carried away, it is normal" Nino smiled.

"But it would be nice to know since it has happened before" Adrien said.

"Yes, I know. You must be very confused, I know I was the first time it happened" Alya nodded.

"I can't imagine how you coped with it" Adrien sighed. His brain couldn't process the information, it was too weird to understand.

"Me neither, it was terrifying but I didn't run… I guess I love Mari too much" Alya shrugged. "I remember it vividly. It was only a few months after she came back home. She was stressed, I was trying to calm her down but she wouldn't listen. I thought she was going to have a panic attack, so I kept chasing her, trying to make her sit down but she wouldn't and we got into an argument… she was so mad and then… her eyes turned purple. She took a step forward, I took one back, she looked ready to attack me but at the last second a stream of light surrounded her and Ladybug was in her place"

"Damn" Nino said.

"You tell that to me" Alya rolled her eyes "She was sweet as she had always been as Ladybug. She didn't know how she had got into my apartment, and she acted like the accident had never happened. I was shocked so my reaction was to tell her everything that had happened and she panicked"

"Did she believe you?"

"Not at first, he was more worried about me knowing her identity. Then she freaked out about it. She tried to de-transform but it didn't work; she kept screaming a name, Tikki. Now that I know more, I suppose that was her kwami's name, right?"

"Yes, Tikki is the kwami of the ladybug miraculous" Plagg said.

"She kept calling for her and she got desperate… I was desperate too, and did the same I did today, I pressed a pressure point on her ear and puff she hit the floor. She came back to being Marinette after an hour of sleeping"

"Wow" Adrien gasped.

"When did you learn that thing anyways?" Nino looked at her. He looked terrified and proud, at all the same time.

"Remember when I took those self-defense classes?" Nino nodded "There, it was taught as additional knowledge but I thought it was interesting so I looked more into it"

"Good, it came handy" Nino giggled.

"You have no idea" Alya said in a serious tone "Marinette turning into Ladybug is not an abnormal thing, it doesn't happen often but is not abnormal"

"It has only happened in front of you?" Adrien asked with concern.

"No, she transformed in front of Sabine once, and Nathanaël has seen her as Ladybug a couple of times, too"

"No one else? Wayzz interrupted Adrien before he was able to speak.

"Not that I know… uh, well… probably the guy we found bleeding on the alley"

"What? You think that was Mari?" Nino was surprised. Did Alya really thought Marinette was capable of it? She probably had the strength but it wasn't something the Marinette Nino knew would have done, ever.

"It always happens when she gets mad. She is always ready to take the head out of anyone on her way. She… she has hurt people before… but it is only for a couple of seconds, it's like something takes over her, she is Marinette but not quite, it is an uncontrollable and angry version of her. That version last a short period of time, not longer than five minutes, then she changes into Ladybug. The change is so abrupt that she doesn't realize she has hurt them." Alya explained the best she could; she knew how confusing could it be "But being honest, I had never seen someone in such bad shape, he must have done something really bad if her bad side did so much hurt"

"This is worse than I thought" Nino said to Wayzz.

"Do you think it could be related to the butterfly miraculous?" Adrien asked "It sure sounds familiar"

Nino didn't answer. He stood up from the couch and started pacing across the room, Wayzz following him. It seemed like they were communicating in silence.

"He felt the remains of an akuma in the alley we found the man" Alya said to Adrien "It is connected, isn't it?"

"He felt an akuma?" Adrien's mouth dropped open. His hands shook, so he turned them into fists.

Alya noticed those little gestures immediately; she had seen Marinette do similar ones many times. So before his breath turned uneven, Alya caught his hands in between hers.

"Breathe, we are going to figure this out" Alya pulled the sweetest smile she could. And it paid back, Adrien seemed to calm down.

"We will" Adrien nodded "So… he felt an akuma?"

"He said it felt like an akuma, the remains of it, that's what he said. I don't know what that means since I don't have the power to feel energies, but… it would make sense, right?"

"I don't know what is supposed to make sense anymore and I'm scared of any theory that involves the butterfly miraculous being reactivated" Adrien rubbed his eyes. The tension of his body was clear once again.

"You have all the right to be afraid" Alya whispered "You went through a lot… I can't imagine how hard it must be for you to live with it"

"Let's not talk about that" Adrien put on a model-smile. Alya didn't point that out, it wouldn't have helped.

"Adrien" Nino called.

"Huh?"

"You are going to your father's studio tomorrow?"

"Yes, Marinette has to do the last fit of my suit. Why?"

"I think we all should go" Nino swirl his finger in a circle, to point them all.

"Your father knows about the miraculous?!" Alya jumped.

"Yeah, I was surprised too" Adrien laughed.

"He knows a lot" Nino said "It would be better if we discussed and analyzed Marinette's situation with him present. So we should go tomorrow"

"I have work" Alya reminded him.

"I do too and also, don't you think Marinette would realize something is going on?"

"I know you guys have work, but this is important, and the sooner we talk the better" Nino sounded as he was begging "And you can distract Marinette as Alya and I go to your father's office"

"Because Adrien's dad just adores us" Alya said sarcastically.

"I'm winning him over" Nino winked at her. Alya rolled her eyes. "C'mon, this is about, Nette"

"I guess Charlene could cover for me for a while" Alya sighed.

"They are going to fire me, I swear" Adrien said.

"They love you, they won't" Nino assured him and gave him a hug.

They planned the whole visit to Gabriel's office.

Nino, with help of Wayzz, wrote on a paper all the points they should discuss, Adrien called to let his dad know that they were going to be at his office tomorrow and Alya called Charlene to let her know she wasn't going to be at the office in the morning. Plagg was messing with Marinette's cat, trying to make him attack Adrien again, something that made him laugh every time. But the cat didn't pay attention to him, which made Plagg mad.

"This cat is stupid" He said as he sat on Adrien's shoulder.

"I know, but Mari loves him" Adrien turned around to look at the cat.

Cat-Adrien was standing outside of Marinette's bedroom door and scratching it.

"He wants Marinette" Alya explained. She took a look at the watch of her phone and looked back at the cat again "And he will have her soon, it normally takes Mari an hour or two to wake up, so she will be awake soon"

"We should go then" Adrien said. Nino nodded in agreement.

"No" Alya shook her head "Nino and I should go, you have to stay"

"Why?" Adrien raised a brow.

"Sometimes she remembers what she was doing before she got angry. If she remembers why she was outside, it is easier to believe that Chat Noir rescued her than me or Nino" Alya said.

At the explanation, Adrien couldn't oppose, he didn't want to either.

Before Alya and Nino left, Adrien transformed so Alya could see it and properly freak out about it.

After that, Adrien was left alone in the room… well not exactly alone, the cat was there, surprisingly not paying attention to him, since he was still focusing all his energy into scratch the door.

Chat Noir sighed.

"C'mon, dumb cat, let's go see Mari"

He opened the door and entered the room.

There was only one light turned on, the one on Marinette's night stand. The yellow light was low, making the room look cozy. The windows were open, letting a small breeze enter the room.

Marinette was on top of the covers of her bed, hugging a big cat pink pillow and covered with a big baby-pink wool blanket. Her head was pressed to the head of the pillow, her mouth barely open , but enough for her to drool a little.

Adrien laughed at this. She was adorable.

Marinette made a weird sound and rolled on her back. She rubbed her eyes with her knuckles and blinked a few times before looking at him.

"Chaton?"

"Good morning, my lady" The words came out of Adrien's mouth before he could stop them. And it was too late to take them back, the damage was done.

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