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"Marinette!" Kitty rushed up to her and hugged her tightly. Marinette froze in shock- this had never happened before.

"K-Kitty?" She asked. A soft purr sounded and she wrapped her arms around him too.

"Marinette…" Kitty said through the purr. "Wait for me. Promise you'll wait for me."

"Huh?" Marinette pulled back a bit, looking up at his face.

But instead of a shadow-clouded face, a black mask surrounded cat-like green eyes. It was the only thing she could see- his eyes seemed to hypnotize her. They leaned forward, and she felt as though her breath was being stolen away.

Marinette blinked, and the mask flickered a bit, revealing a familiar face, but she couldn't recognize it when it was replaced by the masked one again.

"Marinette…" He muttered, and she felt his breath upon her lips.

"Kitty…"

"Marinette… wake up."

"Huh?"

"Wake up! I know it's the weekend, but Alya's coming over to hang out, right?" Her mother's voice reached her mind, and Marinette gasped, sitting up straight.

"Oh my gosh…"

"Marinette?" Sabine looked up at her worriedly. "Are you alright, honey? You've been acting strangely for the past month."

"Fine. I'm fine." Marinette smiled encouragingly at her mother, clutching the black cat stuffed animal that she had gotten last night tightly. Kitty's mesmerizing green eyes flashed in her mind's eye, but she shook it off.

"If you're sure…" Sabine didn't look convinced.

"I'm fine, maman. Honest." Marinette smiled, and Sabine let it drop, moving down to get back into the store.

"You know, sweetie, you can talk to us whenever you want to."

"I know, Maman."

"Alright- your father and I will be busy today- be sure to do a few chores before Alya comes over, alright?"

"Yes maman." Sabine left, and Marinette breathed a small sigh of relief, falling back to her bed.

One month. One month and three days. 'Chat Noir' had gotten her thirty-three presents- one for each day that passed. Several were expensive and things she had only dreamed about, but there were enough normal things that told her that 'Chat Noir' truly did want to get to know her, or already did.

She looked down at the stuffed black cat with the green eyes.

Her dream.

She felt her face heat up, a hand moving up to hide her face from sight as she thought of it.

Never before had he pulled her into a hug. He had always seemed unreachable.

But this time they could hug. And he was leaning in, closer to her.

They had almost kissed.

She groaned, rolling onto her side to stare at the wall by her bed.

She had seen a face.

She highly doubted that it was Chat Noir's, because brains were weird like that with dreams, but something inside of her told her that she would be able to tell for herself soon.

No, it wasn't the mysterious voice. She hadn't heard anything from it ever since Marinette figured out that the 'thoughts' were not her own.

She lifted a hand up to her lucky ladybug earrings, the ones that her maman had passed down to her when she turned sixteen.

Finally deciding to climb out of bed and get ready for the day, she left the stuffed animal behind and picked up some supplies, heading to the bathroom.

Maybe Alya could help sort things out.

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"Girl, there's one thing that you can do that you haven't tried yet." Alya pointed out as she watched Marinette fumble with making Adrien's jacket. It was almost done- she had taken her time with making it. It would be in the presence of her idol, after all. Adrien understood perfectly, telling her to take her time and that he could wait.

"What?" Marinette asked.

"You could ask him to meet you face to face yourself."

'YES!'

"Oww!" Marinette quickly brought her thumb up to suck on it, frowning at the voice in her head.

'Finally decided to come back?'

'Do you really expect me to be here 24/7?'

"You okay, girl?' Alya asked, reaching over and handing Marinette a small band aid. Marinette nodded in thanks, placing it upon her throbbing thumb.

'I can't expect when you're here if I don't even know what you are!'

'You'll find out soon enough.'

"Mari?"

"Huh?"

"I was asking if you were gonna give him the note. You know, ask him to meet you face to face."

"I don't know, Alya. I was thinking of letting him do it at his own pace. Surely, there must be a reason why he hasn't yet."

"Maybe he's butt-ugly."

"Maybe he's shy." Marinette shot back, continuing to work on Adrien's jacket. "You can't force people like that into the spotlight, Alya."

"But I'm getting impatient! I wanna talk to him already and give him a good talking to." Marinette rolled her eyes.

"If anyone's gonna meet him first, it's going to be my parents." She pointed out. "And besides, I don't want to scare him off. I want to get to know him."

'As you should.'

'Oh?'

'Later.'

"I guess." Alya sighed. They sat in silence for a few more minutes before Marinette tied off the string, snipping it with her fabric scissors.

"There! Finished!" She flipped it right-side out and let Alya admire her creation.

"Girl this is sick!" Alya exclaimed. "Adrien's gonna love it!"

"You really think so?" Marinette asked with a blush, just remembering that joyful smile that could make his face light up. Alya raised a knowing eyebrow and rolled her eyes.

"Of course he will, girl! You just have to remember to bring it tomorrow."

"I will! I promised to meet him before school started so that I could give it to him." Marinette admitted, placing the Jacket in a box carefully, and then securing it for tomorrow. "Wanna go down and watch something?"

"Sure!"

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