My Flufftober 2021 contribution for the prompt : Falling Asleep Together.

I'm sorry for the mistakes, English is not my native language. I hope you like it.

Disclaimer : Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir belongs to Thomas Astruc.

Falling Asleep Together

Chat Noir had been patrolling the streets of Paris for almost an hour. He and Ladybug had left each other earlier in the evening after an akuma attack and they had decided to meet the next day to patrol together. But Adrien could not sleep. So he had transformed into Chat Noir, hoping that this night patrol would allow him to clear his mind and to sleep.

He thought back to the akuma's attack and thinking about it, he had found Ladybug's behavior strange. The akumatized person had been Sabine Cheng. She had an argument with a supplier and Shadow Moth took advantage to akumatize her. But Ladybug had been more worried than usual. Fortunately, everything had ended well and Sabine was now with her family.

He took the path that led to the Dupain-Cheng bakery. He wanted to know if Marinette and her parents were okay after the evening they had had. He jumped on the roof of the bakery. He saw Marinette, she was sitting on the floor. She was wearing her pajamas and had a blanket around her shoulders. She looked at the sky thoughtfully.

'Marinette.'

She turned to him.

'Chat Noir ! What are you doing here ?'

'I wanted to know how you are doing.'

'I'm fine now that everything is back to normal.'

Chat Noir walked over and sat down next to her.

'You can't sleep ?' He asked.

Marinette shook her head.

'I know that everything ended well and that my mom is fine, but I was really scared.'

Chat Noir understood what she was feeling. His father had also been a victim of Hawk Moth and he had been afraid that something happen to him. But he could not tell this to Marinette without risking revealing his identity. He did the only thing he could do. He took her hand and squeezed it. He wanted to comfort her and tell her that he was there if she needed him. Marinette opened her eyes wide, watching their hand tied. She smiled and squeezed his hand a little tighter.

'Thank you, Chat Noir.'

'You're welcome Princess.'

A light breeze blew and Chat Noir shivered. Marinette put half of her blanket around his shoulders. He could not help blushing. It was not the first time he had been close to her. He had taken her several times in his arms to save her from an akuma attack. He had even danced with her when he was Adrien. But this time, he felt like something in the atmosphere was different.

He said the first thing that crossed his mind. He told her one of his adventures with Ladybug. He did not know why he was talking about this, but Marinette looked interested. So he told her another adventure, then another. She listened to him attentively and sometimes commented. He suddenly felt Marinette rest her head on his shoulder. He glanced at her and saw that she had fallen asleep. Chat Noir smiled. He was reassured because she felt better and at this moment he felt good too. He closed his eyes. Only for a few seconds, he told himself. He also ended up falling asleep.

The end