62
Marichat
Love
"I want to protect you!"
"Well, I don't need protecting!"
He threw his arms into the air and groaned at her stubbornness, shaking his head.
"Yes, you do! Hawkmoth has targeted you twice already and you're just a civilian! I-… I just can't bear the thought of losing you!"
She huffed, crossing her arms. Suddenly it was very hard for her to still keep her identity a secret.
"Just because Hawkmoth targeted me doesn't mean I'm in danger! You're overreacting."
"Oh, I'm overreacting?!", he snapped, turning back to her, "Do you wanna know why I'm fucking overreacting?!"
She pressed her lips together and nodded for him to continue, already suspecting him to reprimand her for distracting the Akuma from him earlier this day. She had managed to make the Akuma chase her until Chat had a better position so she could slip away to transform. But much to her surprise he breathed through, his shoulders losing the tension and turned towards her. He stepped closer, his gloved hands lifting up to her arms. She looked up to him, his luminescent green eyes shining down to her.
"Because-… Because you're too important for me… I can't lose you, I can't."
Her breath hitched but her arms stayed crossed as he leant down, his eyes fluttering.
"… I can't-… Lose you-… Marinette…"
His lips hesitantly touched hers and she gasped, recoiling a little but staying in his soft embrace while his fingertips travelled down her lower arms to her hands. He parted her arms and interlaced their fingers while he bent down again, their lips meeting a second time.
She couldn't hold back a small sigh as he squeezed her hands, his kiss getting a little deeper before her leant back.
"… Just-… Promise me-… You'll stay away…"
She parted their hands, wound her arms around his neck and nodded, their noses brushing against each other.
"Okay-… Okay, I will try."