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Prompt: Marinette finds a black kitty and she realizes, black cats aren't always bad luck…or are they?

Bad Luck

"Did you see him, Alya? Ohh, Adrien looked as perfect as always today!" Marinette swooned, cupping her flushed cheeks.

Alya gave her friend a weird look, a small smirk on her lips, "Girl, he looks the same as always, sometimes I wonder if he even changes his clothes with the same ones he wears nearly every day," she started to laugh at the mortified look on Marinette's face.

"Wha-? A-Alya what are you saying?! Of course, he changes his clothes! He just must have…a really big wardrobe with many identical ones…" Marinette couldn't help but laugh her friend's teasing off, the two girls giggling as they headed home from school.

A sudden loud, mewling noise made them both stop and in front of them, just a few feet away, was a small black kitten, mewling loudly and looking last.

"Poor kitty…" Marinette mumbled, immediately walking ahead and kneeling down in front of the frightened kitten, who tensed at her arrival.

Marinette smiled, slowly, cautiously, extending her hand out for the kitten to sniff at. It did, slowly sniffing her hand and the underside of her fingers, before finally, rubbing its head into the palm of her hand, purring quietly.

The girl giggled and Alya shook her head, resting her hands on her hips, "You sure have a thing with cats don't you Marinette?" she smiled.

The secret superhero shrugged, carefully reaching into her bag, winking reassuringly at a worried Tikki before breaking off a piece of the kwami's cookie and offering it to the kitten, "Here kitty, kitty," the kitten sniffed at it, before slowly licking it and eventually nibbling, "I'm sorry, I don't have any milk for you now," she smiled apologetically but the kitten didn't seem to mind.

"Yo, Alya!" both girls suddenly turned around to spot none other than Nino and Adrien walking towards them, Adrien's gaze directed at something behind Alya.

Alya smiled, "Hey guys," she looked at Adrien, "What's up? I thought you guys went home," she rose an eyebrow particularly at Adrien, who shrugged.

"I'm still waiting for the Gorilla to pick me up," he motioned with his thumb toward the school entrance, where still no familiar black car was parked in front of.

Alya nodded, "Oh, I see."

Adrien's gaze immediately flickered to Marinette, "What did you find?"

For once, her attention was primarily directed at the kitten, so Marinette was slightly surprised at her lack of stuttering, "We just found this poor kitty all lost here," she gently rubbed its head and it purred, "Maybe it lost it's mother,"

Adrien kneeled down next to Marinette and stuck his hand out, to Marinette's surprise, the kitten only took a short whiff before immediately nuzzling into Adrien's cradling hand, rubbing its cheeks against his hand and making slow circles all around him, rubbing up against his bent knees.

"Dude, the cat totally likes you!" Nino seemed just as surprised as Alya looked, both friends staring at the spectacle.

Adrien laughed, "I guess…" he ignored the quiet snicker coming from the inside of his jacket.

Marinette's hand suddenly touched Adrien's, right on top of the cat's head and she quickly pulled it back, "S-sorry!"

Stuttering Marinette was back at it again and Alya had to slap her hand against her face, "I-I, uh, I-I'm s-sorry, I-"

Adrien laughed lightly, shaking his head, "It's alright, it looks like he likes you more though," Adrien observed, with no small amount of amusement, how the cat settled itself in-between Marinette's bent knees, rubbing its cheeks against her legs and purring loudly, looking very comfortable.

"H-he?" Marinette blinked, carefully lifting the cats tail and blushed at her own foolishness, "Oh, r-right,"

Marinette flushed, giggling and patting the kitten, "I-I guess,"

Adrien smiled, wanting to say something until the familiar, screeching voice of a certain blonde caught all their attention, "Adrikins!"

Chloe and her ever faithful follower Sabrina trotted toward them, Chloe's face took on a mortified expression when she noticed the small black kitten in-between Adrien and Marinette, "Adrikins! What are you doing?! Don't you know black cats bring bad luck!?" immediately she latched onto his arm to pull him up and away from the feline, until the kitten, surprisingly viciously for its age, hissed at Chloe, who immediately backed off with a shriek.

Alya and Nino laughed at the spectacle while Adrien chuckled, the only one not amused was Marinette.

Chloe rounded on her instead, "Ugh, I knew the black cat belongs to you! You're always so clumsy of course you would bring bad luck with you everywhere you went!" Chloe smirked, crossing her arms smugly.

A dark frown settled onto Marinette's features and she stood, cradling the kitten in her arms, "Excuse me, Chloe, but the only one bringing bad luck is you!" she glared, standing her ground under Chloe's challenging gaze, "This kitten did nothing to you so you should stop being so mean to it. Just because it has black fur doesn't mean it's followed by bad luck, even bad luck can turn into something good!" the enraged announcement startled everyone present and Chloe quietened down, signaling for Sabrina to follow her as she swiftly made her exit.

Adrien stood now too, stunned, "Wow, look at her defending black cats! I like her!" Plagg's unmistakable muffled voice sounded from inside his jacket and Adrien absentmindedly quietened him down with a small shove against his chest. Involuntarily, he felt warmth spread within his chest.

"Woah, girl you sure told her," Alya looked like a proud mother, grinning and high fiving a equally ecstatic looking Nino.

"Dudette, that was awesome!" Marinette smiled shyly at the compliments, smiling when the kitten in her arms purred, as if joining in.

Adrien, not feeling quite like himself, smirked, bowing his head into a familiar pose, "I didn't know the purrincess had such a heart for cats, I'm pawsitively surprised," Adrien righted himself, staring into the stunned looks of his friends, Marinette especially looked disturbed.

Then it dawned on him, "Crap! I did the Chat thing again!" he mentally slapped himself before scratching at the back of his neck, "-Is what Chat Noir would say….right?" he chuckled nervously.

Nino stared at him with unblinking eyes, "Dude…did you practice? Your impression was great,"

Alya beamed, nodding, "True! Maybe I'd hire you for a mini live action movie for the Ladyblog! You could be Chat Noir, now the only thing missing would be a Ladybug," due to the widespread rumors that the two superheroes might be more than just partners, Alya automatically looked at Marinette, grinning devilishly at the plan formulating in her mind to bring her best friend and her crush together.

Marinette snapped out of her daze, "Uh-uh..w-what?" quickly, she dispelled her previous thoughts, "Ok…I didn't know Adrien was a fan of Chat Noir too…that impression was…way too good,"

Alya laughed and Adrien cleared his throat, "R-right…um, oh, guess I gotta go! See you guys tomorrow!" Adrien quickly fistbumped Nino and waved at the girls, practically running toward the sleek black car that finally appeared at the school grounds, the Gorilla already waving him over.

With that, Nino bid farewell to the ladies as well and now only Alya and Marinette were left, Alya smiled, placing a hand on Marinette's shoulder and gently scratching the kitten's jaw with the other, "Well, guess I'll talk to you later Mari, the Ladyblog must be updated! I will get that live action movie going!"

Marinette giggled nervously, "Uh, yeah, right. Good luck Alya!" she waved goodbye at her friend before sighing and looking at the purring kitten in her arms.

"Now what am I going to do with you?" the kitten only purred further, nuzzling into the crook of her neck and Marinette sighed, petting it's soft fur.

"Hm…maybe mom and dad won't notice," she looked critically at her small bag, as small as the kitten was, he definitely wouldn't fit in there and she was sure Tikki wouldn't want to be squished either.

Sighing, Marinette quickly rushed to a nearby store…

"Hi mom, hi dad! I'm home!" Marinette quickly rushed inside the bakery, attempting to breeze past her baking parents until he mother called her and Marinette froze.

"What got you in such a rush sweetie?" Sabine looked at her daughter in amusement, noting the pink dusting her daughter's cheeks, "Is Adrien coming over?"

Marinette yelped in embarrassment, quickly carrying the mewling bag upstairs into her room, "N-no, mom, why would you think that?! I-I just have homework to do! Bye!" hearing the door shut, Sabine sighed.

Tom rose an eyebrow, "Did you hear mewls?"

Sabine looked at her husband with a raised eyebrow, "Mewls? Honey, I think the heat of the oven is getting to you," nevertheless she admitted she did hear mewls from somewhere… "Maybe it was just a street cat outside,"

Tom shrugged.

Maybe…

Chat Noir was scaling the walls and expertly jumping from roof to roof, grin in place as he laughed and jumped to his heart's content.

"Man, Adrien, calm down! What's gotten you all so worked up?" Plagg's voice filtered through Adrien's mind and he couldn't help but smile.

"Nothing Plagg, I…just got a few house visits to do," and the black kwami immediately knew to where.

"Not again! I swear you're like Paris' resident stalker from the friendly neighborhood! Stop stalking the poor girl!" Chat's eyes widened in surprise and he almost missed a step while landing on a roof.

"Plagg! It's not like that at all! I'm not stalking her, she's a friend and I haven't paid her any visits in a long time!" he shot back, rolling his eyes.

"Hpfhm… whatever you say you smitten kitten. It wouldn't hurt if you paid her visits as Adrien too, you know?" this time, Adrien couldn't deny the truth in Plagg's words.

"W-well…you know she's always avoiding me…it was a miracle she even talked to me today, maybe I scare her or something…" he scratched at the back of his neck before finally spotting the familiar balcony.

Plagg snorted, "Right…'scare'," Adrien could feel his kwami's annoyance, "You're hopeless,"

Adrien pouted, ignoring his kwami as he landed on Marinette's balcony, spotting the mop of dark blue hair immediately.

She turned around and her surprised face greeted him, "Chat? What are you doing here?" the sudden loud mewls coming from somewhere within the house entered his ears and the superhero grinned.

A small black head with familiar cat ears poked its head out, mewling a greeting at Chat Noir after spotting him. Chat Noir grinned, offering a mewl in return, "Ahh, nothing but seeing folk of my own. I see you've been busy," he crossed his arms with a smirk and the kitten sprung up out of the hatch to land on its feet on the balcony, cautiously approaching Chat Noir.

Marinette huffed, following suit as she closed the window to her room, "You could say that," she watched curiously how Chat Noir made himself small, crouching down low, his ears flat against his head as he offered the kitten his hand to sniff.

This time, the kitten barely took a whiff before immediately purring loudly and rubbing it's whole body against him, Chat Noir smirked, gently rubbing beneath the kitten's chin, "Guess he likes me,"

Marinette covered her mouth, laughing.

Chat Noir rose an eyebrow, "What's so funny purrincess?"

Marinette's laughter slowly subsided and she shook her head, "Nothing, weird how he barely sniffed you before snuggling you,"

Chat rose an eyebrow, smirk in place, "Jealous?" he wiggled his eyebrows and Marinette shook her head, rolling her eyes.

"Very funny, Chat Noir," she leaned her weight against the iron bars around her balcony, "So, what is Paris' resident feline hero doing here with a mere civilian?"

Chat grinned, bowing his head, the cat at his legs purring as it sat on his feet, looking as comfortable as ever, "I've decided to drop by, see what you were doing. Though, my cat sensors were already tingling when I got here, so I had my suspicions about you possibly meeting with," he paused for dramatic effect, resting a hand on his forehead, "-another cat superhero!" he released a dramatic sob.

Rolling her eyes dramatically, Marinette couldn't help herself, "Oh no, worried I may have a kitty on the side?" she smirked and Chat Noir laughed.

He inspected the purring cat at his feet, "Well, looks like I'm in a bit of a furry situation here," he tried moving his feet, finding it to be impossible without disturbing the purring kitten, "He's a cuddler alright and you know what they say about cuddlers," Marinette gave him a confused look until he said, "Cuddlers keepers,"

She released a short laugh, "I think it's finders keepers, but I'll let you off the hook this once," she smirked, "I found the little guy just outside of my school, he looked hungry and lost so I took him home with me. I'm glad I managed to get a paper bag from a nearby store and hide him in it so my parents wouldn't notice," she blushed in embarrassment and Chat Noir found himself releasing a low whistle.

"Ho, ho, seems like someone's being bold," he grinned his Chat smile at her and she sighed.

"Well…I couldn't exactly leave him just like that and besides," she smiled kindly, "I wouldn't mind having a pet cat, it's nice cuddling every once and a while,"

Chat's ears lowered and his hand moved to his chest, over his heart, "You wound me, princess and I thought I was the only one,"

Marinette narrowed her eyes at him playfully, "But we never cuddled, Chat Noir," she pointed out, amused at his surprised look.

"….Want to catch up on some cuddle sessions then? Since it's you I can make an exception and offer them for free," he winked and grinned, spreading his arms playfully.

Feeling bold and quite curious to see how he would react, Marinette leaned away from her spot at the iron railing and moved towards him to stand right in front of him, "Sure, why not?" she shrugged, attempting to seem indifferent.

As suspected, her kitty clad in leather blushed, ears perked up straight and eyes wide in surprise, "Huh, wait, what you mean it?" he blinked rapidly.

Marinette giggled, unable to help herself, "You started it, kitty," she knew it, he was just bluffing after all.

Swallowing thickly, Chat braced himself until a sudden loud hiss caused the two teens to look down at their feet.

Now on its paws again, the black kitten with its narrowed, yellow eyes seemingly glared at Chat, bearing its teeth.

"Huh?" Marinette crouched down to pick the kitten up, scratching its head lightly, "Hey, what happened to you mignon, hm?" she giggled when the kitten relaxed and purred.

Chat's ears straightened. Huh? Mignon?

"Weird…is Ladybug also visiting Marinette like I do? Did she pick up on some of her manners?" shaking his head, Chat Noir prepared to ask her about it until Marinette lifted her head and her bluebell eyes searched his vibrant green ones.

"But I thought he liked you," Marinette looked a bit confused, when she touched Chat's forearm, the kitten hissed again but when she pulled her arm back, it calmed down again.

Chat's eyes widened briefly in realization before he laughed, "Well, it would explain some things. I see what the problem is here, he only likes me when I stay away from you, purrincess,"

Marinette blinked," Huh?"

Chat smirked, eyeing the angry cat, "You see, us cats are very territorial and get easily jealous. It's only natural considering how much we cherish our loved ones," he wiggled his eyebrows at her and Marinette rolled her eyes.

A thought formed in his mind and Chat steeled himself or what he was about to do, hoping he wouldn't get sent flying through the sky.

The kitten immediately started hissing when Chat draped an arm around Marinette's shoulders and pressed his body closer to hers, nuzzling her hair.

Marinette froze, not knowing what to do with a hissing kitty in her arms and another, suddenly overly affectionate, much bigger kitty pressed at her side, "Chat…what are you doing?" she could feel the warmth his body emitted from his leather suit and it made her far too warm.

"Marking you," the idiot nuzzled his face all over her hair, his nose gently rubbing against the side of her cheek, causing her to involuntarily flush and shiver at the slight ticklish action.

"W-what?!" she nearly shrieked in surprise, stepping back from the smug pun-making hero.

Chat chuckled, "Relax princess." He shot a look at the hissing cat in her arms, "Cats scent mark their property by rubbing their cheeks against them. See my point?" he pointed down at the even more distressed cat, looking absolutely ready to tear Chat to shreds.

Marinette blinked, "Oh…" she suddenly felt a little dumb and embarrassed for wanting to punch him or at least push him away.

"Ah, do I detect a hint of sadness in your tone?" Chat smirked, sliding up next to her again and whispering in her ear, "I can nuzzle you all day if you want purrincess," the purr rolled off his tongue far too huskily, too closely to her ear and Marinette fought the sudden onslaught of nervousness bubbling in her stomach.

Immediately, in a reflexive movement akin to his lady's, Marinette jabbed her finger against his nose, immediately creating distance between them, "A-ah, no, no, that won't be necessary Chat Noir, I see your point,"

Chat, slightly annoyed and disappointed, rubbed his aching nose, "….I didn't really wanna make a point…" he muttered under his breath, ears lowered to his head in sadness.

"What?" Marinette, hyperaware of everything around her, her ear still tingling and warm from his hot breath.

Chat straightened, "Nothing," he scratched at the back of his neck, eyeing the kitten warily.

The cat in her arms mewled contently now that the 'intruder' was away from his precious human, cuddling up close to Marinette and purring loudly.

A sudden, unwelcome thought shot through his mind, "Lucky cat," feeling himself flush beneath his mask, Chat quickly composed himself and turned around.

"Right, well, I still got some superhero duties to fulfill. You know, patrolling for the bad guys, making sure Paris is safe and all," he grinned, feeling comfortable again while hiding behind his bravado.

Marinette rolled her eyes, petting her purring kitten, "Right," she stuck her tongue out at his back and quickly reverted to normal when he turned around to face her.

He approached her again and Marinette stiffened, until she relaxed when he lowered his head down to make eye contact with her kitten, "See you later little guy, be sure to look after your lady, alright?" he scratched the kitten beneath the chin, eliciting approving mewls in return.

He straightened, and Marinette became hyperaware of how tall he is, towering over her a good half a head. Chat Noir smirked, as if he knew something she didn't and promptly turned away to grab his staff and extend it, "Well, I'll see you around, purrincess," he waved, staff extending to propel its master from rooftop to rooftop and soon, out of Marinette's sight.

Finally, she released a sigh, looking down at the feline in her arms, "Guess it's just you and me now huh, chaton?" she giggled when the kitten mewled, as if approving of the playful name until her phone suddenly rang.

Marinette picked up and almost immediately, was bombarded with Alya's loud, excited voice, "GIRL, WE NEED TO TALK!"

Pulling the phone away from her ear, Marinette slowly brought it closer after making sure Alya wouldn't scream her ear off, "Alya, what's wrong? You sound really-"

"DAMN RIGHT I AM SURPRISED! SO THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN HIDING FROM ME ALL ALONG, I KNEW YOU WERE ACTING SUSPICIOUS!" her phone beeped again, signaling a message, "Look at your phone girl RIGHT NOW, you have some explaining to do!"

Puzzled, Marinette moved her phone away from her ear to unlock her screen and opening her chat with Alya, eyes widening at what she saw.

She nearly dropped chaton in her shock.

It was a picture of her and Chat Noir, granted it was taken from a distance but upon zooming in, there was no doubt to who the two people were. From the angle, the small black kitten in her arms was invisible, Chat's body was blocking the view, looking like he was hogging her and the worst thing was from this angle, it actually looked like Chat Noir kissed her.

"JUST YOU WAIT UNTIL I COME OVER, I'LL GRILL YOU FOR ANSWERS ALL NIGHT! HOW DID YOU EVEN HIDE DATING CHAT NOIR FROM ME?! I'LL HAVE TO IMPLANT A CHIP ON YOU MARINETTE DUPAIN-CHENG!" Alya's booming voice made her ears ring but she understood her friend's surprise, after all, she herself was mortified.

"A-Alya i-i-it's not that at all! I-I can explain, it's not what it looks like!" Marinette desperately tried to make her understand, briefly setting Chaton down to the ground and gesturing wildly with her arms.

"Your parents let me in, I'm going up Mari, you better be ready for an extended interview!"

Marinette eeped.

Adrien sighed, laying sprawled on his bed as Plagg ate his stinky cheese next to him, "How can you stand that smell?" he scrunched his nose in disgust.

Plagg continued munching happily on his camembert, "What smell?"

Adrien rolled his eyes, taking his phone in hand after it kept buzzing every two seconds, "I wonder who's sending me so many messages, let's hope it's not Chloe aga-"

He froze and after not hearing anything for a while, Plagg curiously turned around to regard his charge, "Adrien?" he saw all the color drain from his face, until it became a vivid bright red, staring at his phone in shock.

The little black kwami floated over beside his charge's shoulder, eyes narrowed on the screen of his phone before bursting out into laughter, tumbling down from his shoulder to he soft bed, rolling around in laughter.

Adrien's hand shook.

Nino, 6:00 p.m.

-"DUDE! You have GOT to SEE this! You will never believe what I just took a snap of!"

When he scrolled down he saw Nino sent him a picture, but it wasn't just any picture.

It was a picture of him as Chat Noir with Marinette up on her balcony! Just how did Nino even photograph it?!

-"Hey dude! Adrien! HELLO! Earth to Adrien Agreste! C'mon answer me man, this is big news! I never knew sweet, little innocent Marinette was dating Chat Noir!"

-"ADRIEN!"

-"Hey! Dude! Where are you? I called you like 50 times! You HAVE to see this! DUDE!"

-"Man, I can't believe Chat Noir actually kissed her! I never knew she had a thing going with one of Paris' superheroes! DUDE ANSWER ME NOW!"

Ignoring Plagg's rambunctious laughter, Adrien shook his head rapidly and quickly typed in replies furiously.

-"I'm here man, I'm here.

-"Just…just where did you get this? Are you sure this is real and not photoshopped or something?

-"Nino? Hey Nino, are you there?"

Three seconds later,

-"No way man, no way! That thing's as real as my talent for music! I saw them and had to take a shot before I could question my sanity! I didn't even believe it myself!"

-"I wonder for how long Marinette hid her relationship. Dude, he was KISSING her, like what?!"

Blushing, Adrien's thumbs rapidly moved over the screen.

-"Well, how would you know they actually kissed? Maybe the angle was different and he just…sniffed her or hugged her or something!"

Nino, one minute ago.

-"Sniffed her? Adrien, the dude may be in a cat costume but I doubt he acts like a cat and goes around sniffing people and peeing on lamp posts to mark his territory!"

Adrien flushed brightly and Plagg rolled around on the bed again after he read that particular sentence, "Oh, you're so screwed kid!"

Fighting back a growl, Adrien jammed his fingers against the phone.

-"For one, cats don't neccesarily urinate on things to mark their territory, they have special scent glands in their cheeks that's why they rub people or other animals they like with their cheeks and mark their territory that way!

-"Besides, what's so bad about sniffing?"

Adrien scrunched his nose up, clearly not seeing the problem.

Another beep, a new message from Nino.

Nino, 45 seconds ago.

-"Are you kidding me, dude?"

-"Look, I get that you like Ladybug and all, but did you HAVE to search up on Chat Noir too? Anyway, back on the topic, you don't really think that the dude was just 'sniffing' her or whatever? That sure looked like a kiss to me! I asked Alya! She says the same!"

Adrien's eyes widened, Alya?

Crap.

Alya must have already bombarded Marinette with questions by now.

-"Sorry Nino, gotta run, have shootings to do. Text you later.

There was one last beep before Adrien left his phone on the bed.

Nino, two seconds ago.

-"Shootings? But dude it's your FREE DAY!

Pacing about his room, Adrien ran a hand over his hair, "Oh Plagg what do I do?" he looked helplessly at his kwami, who barely stifled another fit of laughter, "This isn't funny, Plagg!"

The little cat chuckled, "Oh it sure is to me! I told you, you would get in trouble one day with your obsessive marking behavior around Marinette or Ladybug," he snickered, happily munching on his leftover cheese.

Adrien pinched the bridge of his nose, "I do not have obsessive marking behavior!" he groaned, burying his face in his hands, "How will I face Marinette after this?!"

Plagg gave his a pointed look, "You will act normal and Chat Noir will better search for a new princess,"

Adrien groaned, throwing himself on his bed.

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