"It looks really nice." Chat commented rubbing the fabric between his clawed fingers.

"You rip that fabric and I'll tear your head off." Marinette pointed her pen at the heroine. He immediately let go of the skirt layer and focused his attention on the girl in the room.

"What are you even doing? I thought you finished your sketches." Marinette kept her focus on the pieces of paper in front of her.

"I have. The teacher is just a prune and needs all my progress...in words." She banged her head against the table. Chat rested his hand on her shoulder making her turn her head to look at him.

"I'm sure the paper will turn out great Marinette. Plus, I doubt it adds to that much of the grade. The dresses look amazing." He spread out his arms exhibiting the two dresses that were almost complete.

"Yeah, just a few more layers." Chat snapped his head around to look at her.

"How many layers do you need?" Marinette made a noise that indicated she was unsure and shrugged. Chat smirked and shook his head as it hung low. He stood straight and bowed.

"Adieu, a farewell purrncess." Marinette smiled at the black cat.

"I'll see 'ya later, kitty."

Chat Noir jumped off her balcony and caught himself with his baton before he hit the ground. Jumping from roof to roof something caught his eye. In the midst of his jump he looked back to the figure that passed. His attention no longer on himself caused him to miss the next rooftop and fall down to the ground. As he tried to grab his baton he was too late and fell on his knees. He could feel the slightest bit of pain as he guessed that his knees shattered. His ring beeped and soon de-transformed into his civilian form. Falling forward and holding himself with his palm he heard Plagg panicking. Adrien looked at Plagg with a pained expression.

"I wasn't paying attention." He chuckled to hide the pain. Plagg jabbed his tiny paw at Adrien's scrunched up face mixed with pain and feigned happiness.

"You're not okay!" Adrien ignored Plagg and tried standing up inhaling a deep breath. He crawled backwards finding the wall behind him and slowly tried to get to his feet. Immediately he fell forward with a shriek of pain.

"Kid, you can't do anything! We need to get you to a hospital."

"And then what? They're going to ask how it happened and I can't exactly say I was jumping buildings in a skin-tight suit." Adrien replied harshly. Plagg looked away, biting his lip. Adrien's face fell, thinking that he hurt his kwami he tried to apologise but Plagg interrupted him.

"Transform." Plagg silenced Adrien with one word.

"What? What'll that do?" He asked in disbelief.

"It'll help you get better, now just do it!" Plagg snapped.

"Plagg claws out!"

"-Please if you have seen these people contact the police." Marinette switched off the tv.

"What are you thinking about Marinette?" Tikki asked.

"Don't you think it sounds a little more... um abnormal."

People had been disappearing in the last week. Marinette kept tabs on the news and patrolled Paris any time she could. She couldn't find anyone or find any information about the people missing. It was tiring and it was worrying her. She couldn't believe she couldn't help the people she swore she would protect. It saddened her that she couldn't help.

"What's the name of the song?" Tikki snapped Marinette out of her inner turmoil.

"Excuse me?"

"That song. You're always humming it." Tikki pointed out. Marinette furrowed her eyebrows.

"How long have I been singing it?"

"Almost a week."

'A week.' Marinette rolled her chair back to her desk and opened her laptop. Searching up when people started disappearing. 'Five days ago.' She calculated from the date on the online article.

"What's wrong?" Tikki asked as she flew onto her shoulder.

"Five days ago I started humming that song, right Tikki?" Marinette looked at the little bug on her shoulder.

"I guess. Why?"

"It can't be a coincidence." Marinette muttered.

"This is soooo cooool~" Chat shouted as he jumped over four rooftops.

"Yeah, yeah kid. Keep it down, you're causing too much commotion." Chat Noir stumbled, falling on the roof and rolling on his back and into a kneeling position using his fist on the ground to keep him balanced.

"Plagg!?" Chat shouted standing straight.

"What did I just say!?"

"You're in my head?" Chat asked.

"It's something that is too complicated for me to explain. You don't have to say things out loud, y'know. You sound kinda crazy when you do that." Plagg snickered.

"Well, I am hearing voices in my head." Chat said internally.

"Voice. And it's complicated." Plagg corrected. Chat smiled. 'Weird but okay.' He thought.

"I can hear that."

"I don't like this!" Chat shouted and stomped his foot down. Plagg snickered.

"What made you break your legs anyway?"

"What made you change the Chat Noir get up?" Chat Noir asked.

"Like I said, you broke your legs." Plagg replied sounding frustrated.

His skin-tight suit that once covered his whole body now became sleeveless with his collar expanding a little bit more and the bell at his collarbone instead of his neck. His claws turned into more of a glove design. The only difference in his appearance was the top half of his suit.

Chat turned around his head held high looking across the buildings of Paris. It was just a little flash of darkness. Almost higher than 20 feet. It seemed larger than a bird but it wasn't as defined to be a body. So it didn't make sense what he saw.

'Let's go home Plagg.'

Ladybug sat on the highest structure she could find, the Eiffel tower. Looking over the busy streets and through the buildings, she smiled. The wind blew through her hair and she tilted her head back enjoying the breeze. The sound the wind made caused a lull. She hummed to the wind somehow making a wonderful tune. As the wind ceased she stopped smiling realising she was humming to the same tune she had been humming to for a while. 'What if I...?'

She opened her eyes using her dotted vision looking for one thing. She focused, humming she looked across the city. 'Something's in the wind.' Music notes in a ladybug pattern flew across the sky. The music notes soon became purple. Ladybug squinted and furrowed her eyebrows. Taking a step forward she focused on the music notes and tried her best to remember the tune of her unknown hum. Her spotted vision ceased, the music notes fading into a magenta colour and her humming stopped when she heard a booming laugh.

"Want to hear a joke?" Someone whispered in her ear. She could feel their presence behind her and threw her yo-yo fully turning around. Her eyes widened when she saw Chat Noir wrapped in the wire with a sheepish smile on his face.

"Not a good time...?" Ladybug sighed and let her grip go, the wire wrapped around Chat's masculine body loosening and retracted back into the circle holster.

"I'm sorry, Chat. I thought you were someone else." She wrapped her yo-yo around her waist and met eyes with Chat.

"What's wrong?"

"You saw something didn't you." Chat's voice was strong, firm. But there was something to it that Ladybug couldn't quite catch, a waver in his tone, something that was holding him back.

"Yeah." Chat didn't respond instead his gaze lowered. 'What's wrong?'

"I think it's an akuma." Ladybug broke the silence.

"I do to." He glanced at her and turned his head to look at the city they swore to protect. "But why hasn't he attacked yet?"

"He might be planning something."

"And what would that be?" Ladybug was a bit taken back by his response but saw that he didn't mean to offend her in any way. It was general curiosity. 'Or maybe something else.' She thought.

"I don't have a clue. But we're going to stop it. Together, right?"

She walked a little closer, standing in front of Chat Noir and looking up at the tall blonde. 'It looks soft.' Ladybug thought about his hair. Combing her fingers through, maybe causing a slight grinned after a moment looking down at the spotted heroine.

"I'll stand by m'lady." It was the first time she heard him say it since he got back. It was a relief that he said it but why hadn't he said it before. 'Something's wrong.' Ladybug concluded.

"Good kitty." She booped his nose causing his smile to drop and to blink a few times. Once he recovered he smiled. He walked passed her and to the edge. Ladybug opened her mouth to say something but Chat spoke first.

"Good night, Ladybug." He dared to look over his shoulder making eye contact with her. She froze. 'Something's different.' She could see it in his eyes. With that Chat leapt off the iron landscape leaving Ladybug in a state of confusion.

As Ladybug swang her yo-yo she hummed making her way to her shared apartment. She landed on the balcony and opened the glass doors. Walking into her room she changed into her civilian form. Marinette walked to her bed and fell face first into the soft cushion of the mattress.

"Where do you think the akuma is?" She asked as she turned her head to see Tikki slowly fly towards her.

"If you don't know who he is, you might not know where he's hiding." Tikki answered. Marinette sighed and rolled onto her stomach. Resting her chin on her hands she sighed again.

"La Durera. Scream to a sigh, to a sigh. La Durera. Scream to a sigh, to a sigh~" A voice sung from the glass doors. Immediately Marinette's head snapped to look at Tikki to see she was hidden under the covers. She rested her head on her hand.

"What?" She asked laying on her side.

"You've never heard Manic Street Preachers?" Chat asked leaning on the doorway with his arms crossed over his chest.

"Never." Marinette smiled and looked where Tikki hid.

"Then you don't know what good music is." Chat walked out of the doorway and into Marinette's line of sight. She sat up with her hands resting on either side of her as she stared at Chat Noir. He paused seeing Marinette's expression.

"What's wrong?" He asked worry laced in his voice.

Marinette didn't respond and instead stood up. Walking towards him she looked him up and down. Inches apart she rested her hands on his chest and he jumped slightly at the touch. Sliding them up his broad chest she gripped his shoulders.

"Woah." She said under breath.

She eyed his body and didn't look up to his face. She couldn't see the heat crawling up his neck and making his ears burn or the rose blush on his face but she could probably feel his heartbeat skyrocketing because he could. Beating against his chest like an animal trapped in a cage going wild for freedom. A beast that could become a little purring kitten in her hands. She slowly slid her hands down to his bare arms squeezing harder slightly digging her nails into his soft skin. His breath hitched caught in his throat. Marinette took his hands in hers analyzing the clawed glove. Looking up she smiled at him.

"This is new." She chuckled. His blush deepened and he couldn't control himself. His cheeks felt warm and the cold breeze from the open doors sent chills down his spine. Or maybe something else sent chills down his spine.

"How'd it happened?"

"I broke my legs." He blurted out casually. Her eyes widened and her grip tightened.

"What!?" He jumped back surprised at the rise of volume in her voice.

"How, are you okay?" She looked down at his leather covered legs.

"I'm fine. I just got some help, from my- uh."

"You can tell her kid," Plagg informed Chat.

"I can?"

"If you trust her so do I," Plagg answered but there was more than he let on. Chat thought about it, Plagg was now silent.

"My kwami." Marinette thanked god that Chat's kwami helped him and unlocked the new stage of his miraculous. She remembered that she was, well Marinette.

"What's a kwami?" She tilted her head.

"Oh, he's this being kinda like a black kitten just really tiny. And annoying." Chat smiled.

"Oi!"

Marinette chuckled. "So, what does he do?" Chat paused.

"He's the protector of my miraculous. But he's more than that. He's my friend." Chat smiled at the thought and he couldn't tell but so was Plagg.

"Does this friend have a name?"

"Plagg." Something caught Chat's eye and he looked behind Marinette to look at her bed.

"Do you have a pet?" Chat asked.

"No... I mean yes!" Marinette shouted. Chat twitched his head at her sudden change. He tried walking past her but she tugged on his arms pulling him back but making him lose his footing. Chat Noir fell to the ground pulling Marinette along with him. Marinette fell on top Chat, his arms wrapped around her head protecting her from hitting her head. Marinette squirmed underneaths Chat's hold of her. She rested her hands on his chest slightly pushing herself up.

"-Nnggg." Marinette paused and looked up at Chat to see his face in pain. She quickly retracted and rolled off him.

"Chat? Omg, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to make you fall!" She grabbed him by the arm and with surprising strength lifted him up.

"It's fine. Are you okay?" Marinette paused.

She knew that he was going to be worried, she could tell by the way he protected her from the fall but for some reason, it felt different. Looking into his eyes that little uneasy glint vanished and was filled with, a desire? It didn't make her worry anymore it made her feel safe. Like she didn't need protecting or be responsible or hold up to any promises or have any duties it made her feel, something new.