The coming morning. Damian woke up from his sleep to smell food. He looked down to see a blanket covering him. Figuring that it was Marinette's doing. He made his way off the couch and towards the dinner table.

Once seated, he saw that Lily was already eating her food. And Marinette had finished making food. She started to plate two servings for both of them. Plus another plate of food that held macarons, cheese, and sugar cubes.

After a few moments of silence. Marinette placed the three plates of food in front of them. Then Mari took a seat. The two started to eat along with the kwamis. Silence ran around the room again.

Marinette started a conversation with Damian. About what kind of clothes he likes. His favorite color. Anything that's related to clothes and what kind of style that suited him best. He replied with a shrug. It wasn't a lot of info, but from what she could gather. Casual and comfortable clothes would suit him best. Maybe some mature looking clothing? It will narrow down the number of stores they will go to.

Another thing is schooling. The definite answer would have to be online school. There is no way she settles down anytime soon. And for him to take online school. He would need a civilian identity. It should be easy for Marinette. Since she had times where she had no choice but to create a fake identity to escape the authorities. Like the time in Russia. Where she revealed some top-secret details that involved the military. So she had to steal all the footage that showed her. And let's say it was not easy. Especially when the entire government of Russia trying to hunt her down. And all this was because someone decided to go off on their own to find some cheese.

That day was exhausting. Because Plagg ate all his cheese stashes. Marinette even told him to not eat all his cheese at once. He didn't listen. So Marinette had to return the five pounds of cheese that Plagg somehow took. From what she could find out. He took it from a local cheese gallery not too far from here. So she returned it. And went to a local cheese store. To then find out that it is illegal for that cheese to be in Russia.

The next best thing she could do. Was to go to the black market and pray that a seller is selling Camembert. To her luck, she found one. But they put it at an expensive price. She couldn't do anything about it and she bought one wheel of cheese. They will have to wait till they get to France to buy the cheese in bulk. And from that day forward. Plagg was banned from eating his cheese in private. And that either she or one of the other kwamis had to be present for him to eat his cheese.

The two finished their breakfast. And was getting ready to go out.

"Here, put this on for now," said Marinette as she handed him a spare jacket from her bag. Damian looked at the jacket for a moment before putting it on. The jacket that Marinette gave him was a gray hoodie. And to Damian, it looked to be quite expensive. Judging by the quality of the jacket and the fact that there is a hidden logo on the inside of the right sleeve.

Once the two were ready. They headed out. They walked down the street. The wind was picking up. It was quite cold. But nothing Damian couldn't handle. The two continued down the street. The things that could be heard. Was the whistling of the wind, the beeping of cars, people talking, anything that could signal to be in a huge city. They first stopped by a store selling backpacks.

Marinette let Damian go around the store to look for a backpack he liked. She especially told him that it had to be able to carry a lot of things and it had to be durable. Like a hiker's backpack. And so he went and looked around. One thing Marinette noticed as she watched Damian pick out a backpack. He was looking at the darker colored backpacks. Instead of the obnoxious bright colored ones. Another mental note she made to herself when they were going to pick out clothes for him.

Some time passed and Damian came back with a durable backpack. That mostly had shades of black and the occasional red on it. Marinette approved and bought the backpack.

They then headed out of the store, to go towards a clothing store. This time Marinette helped him pick out his clothes. And he's impressed. She found the right clothes that he liked immediately when she picked them out. Except for the one shirt she found that said, animal lover. He turned it down immediately. Anyways, they continued to shop till around lunchtime.

Marinette didn't feel like cooking so she searched for a restaurant. It was a short walk towards the restaurant. According to Marinette, it was a good restaurant with lots of options. It was not that well known. So the place wasn't very crowded as the other restaurants in downtown.

Once they were seated. The server handed them menus that had plenty of options to choose from. Their server was very polite and said to call out to him or his colleges if they had any questions. Marinette already knew what to order since she came to this place a few times already. Damian was still choosing what to order.

The server came back asking if they were ready. They said no. Damian asked if he had any recommendations. The server thought about it and pointed out two of the menu items. He looked at the options and chose one. At the same time, Marinette also told him her order. He nodded and took the menus. They waited in silence for their order to come.

Then the door opened to reveal some shady looking people. Said people looked around before landing their eyes on Marinette. They smiled with lust. They walked towards the two.

"Hi, their young lady," said one of the guys. Marinette glanced his way before ignoring him like the idiot he is. This sparked anger in him as he grabbed Marinette by the shirt. Damian was about to punch the guy in the face. Then Marinette gave him a look that said 'Don't'. He backed down. But was still very cautious of the man.

"What do you want?" asked Marinette as she gave them a sweet smile. While she stared into the guy's skull. At this point, the staff members were about to intervene. Then Marinette had the guts to kick the poor dude in the balls.

"Listen here, buddy. I am trying to have a peaceful afternoon. And I would appreciate it if you walk out those doors and not bother me again. Got it?" explained Marinette.

"You!" started the guy. He then swung a punch at her. Mari defended herself by grabbing it. To her surprise, it was a very, very bad punch. The punch had no power to it whatsoever.

"It is best that you leave before I hunt you down. Reveal what illegal things you have done. And if I caught you doing these things again," started Marinette as she glared at the man. "I will find you. Cut off that dick of yours and shove it down your throat," threatened Marinette as she squeezed the guy's hand. The guy still stood his ground.

"Also, I can always find you. Knock the wind out of you. Shove concrete down that throat of yours. With your penis cut off right next to you," said Marinette as she released her grip on his hands. The guy massaged his hands and was about to attack her.

"Nuh-uh, I wouldn't do that. Especially when there are many security cameras in the restaurant. Especially when there are many witnesses looking our way," stated Marinette. She continued to glare at the man. Unfortunately, the man was very stubborn and attacked her anyway. Marinette ducked down and punched the man in the stomach. That knocked the man out. Marinette proceeded to drag the over-weighted man. And kicked him out of the restaurant. His goons followed and left the place alone.

Mari went back to her seat. With a wide-eyed Damian looking at her like she was the devil. He was out of his daze when food was served. Mari ate like nothing happened at all. Damian stared at his food for a few seconds before eating.

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After that fiasco, the restaurant tried to give their meal for free. Marinette declined and said along the lines that anyone could've done what she had done. She ended up paying full. Along with any damages those people made.

They left the place to start walking back to the apartment. Along the way, Damian spotted a hurt cat in the alleyway. He walked towards it. Examined it. He tried to touch it, but the cat wouldn't let him touch it. At this point, Marinette stopped when she didn't notice the glare Damian would usually give her. She walked back, then look into an alleyway.

She saw Damian crouched down looking at the cat. Approaching him from behind. To then suddenly be flipped over onto the ground. Bags still in hand. Mari groaned as she sat up to look at Damian to have a scowl on his face. Marinette looked at him, then at the cat. She noticed that the cat was visibly hurt and in distress.

She softened her gaze as she took out some leftovers she had for lunch. Placing it on the floor. Waiting for the cat to come to her. She held out her hand with some food on it. The cat sniffed it and licked the food. She gestured Damian to hold out his hand towards the cat. They waited until the cat sniffed his hand. Marinette smiled and took a picture with her phone. Damian glared at her and demanded that she delete it. She replied with a no. And proceeded to get one of Damian's new shirts and wrapped it around the cat. Grabbing the cat. Being careful of the injury, it had.

She grabbed the bags and started the walk towards the apartment. Damian followed behind her.

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When they got back to Mari's place. Marinette immediately placed the cat on the couch and proceeded to clean its wound. Damian watched as Marinette cleaned its wound and wrapped it up.

"We're going to need to visit a vet," stated Marinette as she started to clean up the mess she made. Damian looked at the cat.

"Damian, you can come over here and bond with it," said Marinette. She got up from the ground and made her way to her phone that she placed on the dinner table. And proceeded to call a vets office.

Damian hesitated before walking towards the cat. Said cat looked at him. They stared at each other. Damian hesitated a little bit before reaching out his hand to pet the cat on the head. The cat lets him. And enjoyed it. He was glad, but it didn't show in his face. You have to look in the eyes. His eyes showed a bit of a child's happiness and compassion.

Never would he had this moment if he was still at the temple. If he tried to bring an animal in. His mother will take it from him and gas it to death. When he found out about it. He stopped bringing animals in. There were times where he wanted to pet animals, but he couldn't. Cause he couldn't show any emotions. And that if he did show any type of emotion he would be punished.

As he was brought out of his thoughts. Mari said that they will be visiting the vet tomorrow. Nothing eventful happened for the rest of the day. The only thing they did do was eat and watch the cat until it came time to sleep.