Adrien/Cat Noir's P.O.V. (right after he left Marinette's room to go to his)-
I'll never forget the first time I saw her. I spotted her walking down the street towards the bakery she lived overtop, and I felt…. I felt like nothing I'd ever experienced before. There she was…. She was beautiful, she was glorious. She was the first woman to ever exist; she was glory and radiance in of itself. It was the first time I ever remember being breathless before…. And I never, ever forgot that feeling. Perfection personified- I became convinced that's what she was. And I've never been proven wrong since. Yes, I knew…. From the first moment I saw her I already knew….. Everything up until now was a prologue. There was my future walking right in front of me. I could only stare as she went on, sighing breathlessly to myself. There she goes….
There goes my future.
"Yes!" My hand kept fist-bumping the air. "Yes, yes, yes, YES! This is the best day of my life! I'm so happy! How did I get THIS lucky?! How is that even possible?! Marinette is my fiancée… My fiancée. I'm going to marry Marinette- my Marinette! This is the greatest thing that's ever happened to me!"
Plagg flew out from my shirt the moment we entered my room. He just floated there as I leapt around the floor in the purest, most profound ecstasy. "I thought you were going to tell your dad to cancel the engagement cause you're in love with someone else?" He asked me. "Yeah! I'm in love with Marinette! There's no way I'm cancelling the engagement now. Marinette's mine- all mine. This couldn't have worked out better if I planned it myself!" "Uh, yeah, 'cept that Marinette isn't in love with you. She loves Cat Noir." "So?! That's me! That's no problem. Besides, I like being Cat Noir more than Adrien anyway. He feels more the real "me" than this me. If it's Cat Noir she wants, it's Cat Noir she'll get." "But don't you think that'll just confuse Marinette and make things harder for her? She doesn't seem like the two-timing type, despite my sage advice," Plagg yawned. That caught my attention as my head shot around to him. "Oh god. What did you say to her?" I groaned. "Nothing. I just said that she should keep two pots simmering on the stove; nothing wrong with marrying for money." "Plagg! You know that Marinette would never even consider…..!" "I know, I know. She's too "good" for that. More like not taking advantage of a sweet situation, if you ask me." "Plagg….." My hand lifted to my eyes. This guy…..
My exasperating kwami did a barrel roll in the air. "What are you going to do now? You can't tell her that you're Cat Noir." "No, I can't…." I sighed. This has been the hardest thing I've ever done, keeping that little secret from her. We both knew getting into our relationship back in high school that this would be the case, and we were ok with that. But it hasn't been easy- the exact opposite in fact. Just once I'd like to take her out on a date in public; you know, except for Halloween when every guy dresses up as my alter-ego. We've had to been super secretive about our relationship and it's driven me insane for years.
Ah, but who cares about all that now?! Marinette is going to be my wife! This is my dream come true! Just thinking about it made me burst out in a giggling fit again. I zoomed about the room, landing on my back on the bed a minute later. Staring up at the roof, I couldn't stop grinning from ear to ear. The most blissful sigh left my lips. "Marinette….."
Plagg floated over to me by the bed; I think he was getting hungry. "You know that Marinette's probably in her room having a mental breakdown right now?" "You're right. That's so like her….. to worry about something like this," I couldn't stop myself from contently sighing again. My eyes closed for a moment as I drew in a deep breath. The air smelt so good here tonight; most likely because she's here, under the same roof as me…. While I was on cloud nine and above, Plagg wasn't so enveloped in romantic sweetness. He folded his little arms and tuffed his head.
"How are you going to convince her that she's not cheating on you? You know, by marrying you?" He questioned me. I considered his query for a moment, keeping my eyes pressed shut. "I don't know…. It's going to be tough, seeing as I can't tell her the truth." "Why not just give her permission to cheat on you…. with yourself? She might warm up to Adrien if Cat Noir's cool with it." "You really think Marinette would fall for that?" My eyebrow raised his way. Plagg actually had to think about it for a second before shaking his little black head. "Uhhhhhh, no; no, you're right. If anything, she'd just have more questions."
I sighed again, staring back up at the roof. My arms were spread out on the bed beside me. Plagg's got a point; while this is heaven for me, Marinette's probably having an internal crisis right now. How can I make her ok with everything? She's going to feel like anything we do together is her being unfaithful to Cat Noir. That'll put a damper on things. There's got to be a solution to all of this…. What would Ladybug say? What advice would she give? She always has good ideas; she'd probably know how to work out this scenario. Maybe I should ask her the next time I see her…. Without telling her that it's Marinette, I mean! Ladybug doesn't know I have a girlfriend either; I'll have to say it's for my friends or something.
My eyes gently fluttered open a sliver. My breathing was soft and intimate now. This sincere, elated smile blossomed unconsciously across my lips once more. "God, I love her…. I love that girl so much." "We get it; you're head over heels for Marinette. You've loved her since you first met her," Plagg moaned; he wasn't a soft romantic like I was. "Saw her… Since I first saw her," I corrected closing my eyes again.
I see her sapphire blue eyes every time I shut mine….
I inhaled deeply. "What am I going to do? How can I make her ok with all this?" I asked myself more than Plagg. Not like he'd give any ground-breaking wisdom. Marry for money, honestly…. Still, Plagg thought he might throw his two-cents in. "Cat Noir could break up with her so she falls in love with Adrien in time." "Yeah, that's not going to happen. It'd destroy Marinette if Cat Noir ever left her." "But Adrien would be there to pick up the shattered pieces," he countered. But I firmly shook my head. "No. It's Cat Noir who has her heart, and I don't want to break up with her anyway. If I had to choose, I'd want her to be in love with Cat Noir." "But that only makes it harder for both of you. If she fell in love with Adrien, then you two could live a normal life- you know, the kind that every other ordinary couple gets to have." My eyes lowered a tad, my hands curled into fists. "That may be true, but….." I stopped here to take in another stilling breath; my heart was still racing a mile a minute. "But that's not in the cards for us. It's Marinette and Cat Noir; not Marinette and Adrien, or anyone else." "You're just making things more complicated than they have to be," Plagg tossed his head back exasperated. A chuckle erupted from my mouth. "True…. But I have to do what's best for Marinette. I love her too much to even consider otherwise." Here I shut my eyes again. I closed my eyes and thought only of her…. My baby, my darling, my sweetheart, my Marinette. "I love her….. I love Marinette more than I thought I could ever love anybody. I'm so in love with her….
I love her in the most hopeful, most hopeless way."
