A/N:Hi everyone! Thank you sincerely for waiting so long for an update, I didn't bring my laptop with me and have absolutely no idea where I stopped on what story (since I always pre-write the next chapters) so I won't be updating my longer stories in a while.

ANSWERS TO REVIEWS:

Mythril Moth: That's up for the reader to decide, whether or not Marinette found a way to still transform into Ladybug and help Chat, or Chat went out on his own and fended off the akuma as best as he could alone (maybe even with Marinette's help), but yeah in case Ladybug didn't show, the same thing would happen as with Stoneheart :)

Enjoy!

May Adventures Part 2

On the eight day of May I nearly got my first kiss.

Marinette rubbed her chin thoughtfully at Tikki's suggestion, "So, you think he might lay off with the flirting if I...flirt back?" she rose an eyebrow, clearly sceptical.

The kwami's expression remained the same: amused, "Mhm! That's right, Marinette!" she twirled mid-air, giggling, "It worked on the past Chat Noirs!"

Just before Marinette could inquire more about those 'past Chat Noirs', there was a familiar thud on her balcony and a all too familiar tap on her window.

She sighed.

Tikki was giggling and smiling from her quick retreat under Marinette's desk, watching the girl ascend the stairs to come outside and greet the cat.

Tikki smiled, "...sometimes." she giggled again, covering her mouth. She was sure to get in trouble with Marinette for her little stunt. No doubt Plagg would be dumbfounded too if another Ladybug tried that old trick out.

When Marinette came out through the hatch, Chat Noir's expression was the same every time he saw her, elated, "Princess! I missed you!"

Sighing, Marinette smiled, "Nice to see you too, Chat Noir," she wondered how he visited her so soon after their latest encounter, "So, what do I deserve to have the honour of the great Chat Noir visiting me...again?" she crossed her arms, smirking.

Chat Noir didn't let her sarcastic words affect him, instead he grinned and discreetly flexed, "I was in the area and thought to visit my favorite Parisian!" he peered at her with a roguish grin, "After all, I purrty much hissed you purrincess," he winked, resting a hand against the side of her window.

Marinette smirked.

And slithered smoothly toward his side, a smirk on her lips, "Oh really? What a coincidence, chaton. I missed you a lot too," trying hard to suppress her laughter, Marinette teasingly poked his chest, leaning in so closely their noses almost touched, waiting for his reaction.

His whole face lit up in flames, the scarlet color looking alarmingly bright on his cheeks, even through his mask, "W-Wha-" he moved his hand away, eyes widened.

Marinette grinned, scooting closer and playfully bumping his bell, "In fact, I was just thinking about you," she smiled brightly, trying to hide her real thoughts from showing on her face, "I mean, you are a superhero, surely you have to work out a lot, huh?" she teasingly squeezed the surprisingly firm muscle of his upper arm, quickly snatching her hand back when she felt a little too hot under her collar, "A-and not to mention your pawsome puns! You must be so smart coming up with all of them, right?" she leaned in, their noses almost touching and she felt her Ladybug confidence skyrocket at the bewildered, flushed look about him. Their lips were only a hairs breath apart and Marinette felt her heart beat wildly.

His eyes briefly zeroed in on her lips, so close to his and his pupils dilated until he tensed.

Wait...Marinette wasn't behaving like Marinette...was she..could she...flirt...flirting with him?!

Chat Noir looked ready to turn tail and flee about now, if his scarlet cheeks and ears and his wildly flicking tail were any indication.

Violently springing away to gain distance between them, Chat Noir coughed awkwardly, hastily pounding on his chest to regain his breath and quickly reached for his baton, "Ah...t-that...that-that I mean, I have to go princess! S-save um, Paris and all!" with the speed and agility true to his namesake, Chat Noir was away from her balcony in less than seconds, vaulting off from building to building in an oddly hurry.

Lightly slapping her pink cheeks, Marinette entered her bedroom again and climbed down the stairs, "Maybe I overdid it..."

Grinning more like a cat than a bug, Tikki floated up to her face, oddly happy, "So? Did it work?"

Marinette frowned, she looked far too happy.

"Uh...I think?" she was truly at a loss for words, her heart was oddly pitter-pattering too.

Marinette coughed and shakily touched her lips.

Chat Noir stumbled into his room and Adrien fell on the bed right when his transformation dropped, falling face-first.

Plagg was...oddly silent.

Giving himself a few moments for his blush to calm down to a light pink, Adrien finally turned his head towards his kwami, "Plagg?"

The little cat god looked...dazzled.

"That clever bug..." Adrien swore Plagg whispered those words under his breath.

"...Plagg?"

"Huh?" the kwami finally regarded his charge with a fllustered look.

"...What...just happened?" Adrien blinked.

Plagg sighed and curled around his camembert on the bed, "...I'll tell you when you're older kid..." he munched on his cheese with a pout, silently cursing his red bug for managing to trick him again with underhanded tactics.

Again.

On the tenth day of May, I got...a broken heart.

It was the sound of her sobbing that convinced him stopping by her balcony was the right choice for tonight.

Chat Noir had done his patrols for the night with a heavy heart, guilt riding deep within his chest.

Ever since the incident with Marinette and Chloe at school, Adrien's head and heart were in turmoil.

It had never been his intention to hurt Marinette, but Chloe was his childhood friend and he couldn't have just cancelled a last-minute fotoshoot even if it was with Chloe...

Still...rejecting Marinette after promising her they would eat ice-cream together was cruel, especially to her.

And it had pained him too.

He had asked his father in advance, knowing how the man liked order and planning things ahead. Thankfully, uncharacteristically, his father actually allowed it. Adrien had a hunch Nathalie was behind it, but that could wait later.

Now, he needed to set things right.

And let Chat do what Adrien couldn't.

Be there for Marinette.

Carefully balancing the box in his hand, Chat Noir landed with a soft thud on top of her roof, gazing down at her back sadly.

Marinette slowly turned and the look cleared from his face, "Good evening, princess," he jumped down, noting the tear streaks marking her cheeks as she tried to hastily wipe them away.

Chat's heart tightened.

"Hey kitty...um..give me a minute," she turned her back to him again to wipe any remainders of her tears away before she regarded him with a forced smile, "How comes you dropped by tonight?"

Shuffling his feet, Chat took a breath and steeled his nerves. He could do this.

Taking the box and holding it out to her, Chat scratched the back of his neck when Marinette opened it, "...Ice-cream?"

He chuckled weakly, "Yeah...we hadn't eaten any in a while and I thought it uh, might be a good time but..I can go if you want," his ears were flat on his head and his gaze was apologetic, trying to convey to her things Adrien Agreste was too dense to say outright.

But he wasn't Adrien Agreste now, he was Chat Noir and Chat Noir, as far as Marinette knew, did nothing wrong to warrant such an apology-looking gift.

Marinette rose an eyebrow and giggled quietly," You know...um," she bit her lip, "I...hadn't had a good day today so, I could use some compay...if you want to stay," she finally smiled up at him, the sadness slowly ebbing away from her bluebell eyes, her smile seemed still a little sad but genuine enough.

Chat smiled back, "Of course princess," together, they walked toward the two chairs on her balcony, Marinette having decided that due to his frequent visits her guest shouldn't sit on dangerously thin metal railings or the cold, harsh floor anymore.

Seizing the blanket on his chair, Chat draped it over her shoulders snugly but rose an eyebrow Marinette held one side of her blanket open, "Come on Chat, I won't let you freeze,"

Truth be told, while the night was cool, it was fairly comfortable to walk in a sweater but Marinette knew just how thin the suits were and she wasn't about to let him silently suffer while he so warmly offered to comfort her.

Thinking twice if he should or not, he finally relented, pushing the two chairs together and snuggling up to the girl so their hips and legs were touching, both wrapped up in the blanket.

Funny, it was red with black dots.

An ice-cream cone suddenly filled his vision and Chat took it from Marinette, "Thanks princess,"

Marinette shook her head, taking her own ice-cream and setting the box aside, "I should be the one thanking you Chat Noir...you still came to see me even with your duties in the way,"

Cancelling two late night shoots and possibly facing an irate father in the morning was the least of his troubles if his princess was hurting because of him, "Think nothing of it princess, a good hero knows when somebody needs a hero or..." and suddenly, Chat almost couldn't say the word 'friend' anymore.

Sure, Marinette was just a friend to Adrien, but was the same thing true for...her and Chat?

At her expectant look, he quickly added, "-uh, a listening ear and a shoulder to lean on," he grinned awkwardly, hoping she didn't feel offended by his brief pause.

Marinette smiled instead and he felt her lean into him more, "You're right...you're a good hero Chat..." in a rare display of affection, Marinette settled a hand on his shoulder and leaned her cheek on his chest, "...and an even better friend,"

He could see a few tears sliding down his suit, but he wrapped an arm around her frame and kept her close, his melting ice-cream abandoned somewhere on the side of the street.

He felt the familiar, embarrassing sounds and vibrations coming from him and he swore he would ask Plagg how to turn off the purring at will. He awkwardly tried to shift away from Marinette to not make her uncomfortable, but the girl gripped his hand and squeezed his middle with her other one, "It's fine kitty...the purring helps," she whispered ever so quietly and Chat's heart went out to her again.

Looking down at the top of her head, Chat nuzzled her affectionately and his purring grew slightly louder.

He had hoped to make her feel better, but he hadn't expected for him to feel infinitely better as well.

"I'm sorry Marinette..." but she was already in a light sleep and he swore he would make it right, as Adrien this time.

"Marinette!" Adrien waved and the girl froze on the spot but relaxed when he approached her. She no longer looked sad, more like...content... "I'm sorry about yesterday, but I was wondering, if you were free for today, we could go and eat some ice-cream," he smiled, hoping his efforts wouldn't go to waste.

Marinette smiled apologetically, "Oh, um, I'm really sorry Adrien but I'm already meeting up with someone today,"

A pang of hurt crossed his heart but he shook his head, "Oh, no problem Marinette. That's...fine,"

Marinette then left back to her seat and Adrien strained his hearing to catch what Alya was drilling Marinette for.

"Girl! Did you just seriously turn down Adrien Agreste?! What is wrong with you? Do you know how long I worked for you to talk normally to him?! Who's that mystery guy you're meeting today? You didn't tell me a thing!" Alya was talking so quickly, Adrien nearly missed what she was saying.

Marinette seemed a bit flustered, "Oh..err..he's just...a really, really good friend. He...comforted me last night and I told him we could watch some movies today to thank him,"

Alya continued firing questions but Adrien's mind shut down.

Wait...

A guy that comforted her last night.

He would watch movies with her today.

Chat Noir comforted her last night.

Chat Noir would be watching movies with her today.

HE would be watching movies with her today.

Adrien smiled dopily, ignoring the suspicious look Nino was giving him from how fast a dejected look turned into a lovestruck smile.

Nino shook his head, "Dude..." he shot another look at his friend, "I need to get paid for this,"

On the thirteenth day of May, I got a ring.

Wide eyes stared down at the object in his leather-clad palm and Marinette had to blink a few times to make sure she wasn't seeing things.

Was this...? No...no. They were both far too young, not to mention superhero partners, but he didn't know that, which was bad, and she didn't even really know him as good as Alya, granted she didn't think she could know anyone as good as her, but...but her heart was hammering in her chest and she was starting to hyperventilate and he was looking at her with such a serious expression and he had a guarded look about him and-

Wait.

There was an akuma on the loose.

Why was he here proposing when there's an akuma on the loose?!

"Promise me to always wear this princess," without waiting for her reaction, Chat gently but firmly grabbed her hand and slid the ring nigh effortlessly onto her finger.

It was similar to his one but different in design, more slender and thinner but still his colors, black and green, not exactly normal for a wedding ring but since when was anything about them normal?

"Uh, I wait-what?" Marinette blinked dumbly.

Chat grabbed his staff, the sounds of screams and destruction sounding louder, "It tells me where you are and if you're in danger," he pointed at the green paw in the middle of it, similar to his own ring, "Press the button if you're in danger, I'll come as fast as I can," their gazes locked and Marinette's breath caught in her throat, "I promise,"

With that, he quickly disappeared from sight, off to fend off the akuma until Ladybug arrived.

Marinette stood still, hand clasped around the one with the ring on it, she couldn't explain it but it was like she felt Chat's energy emit from it, something she would need to ask Tikki about.

For now, she was needed.

"Tikki, spots on!"

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