Marinette woke up comfortably in her bed, she turned to her clock and it was 10:43. She laid there and realized she woke up at 5 for a bit because of a bad dream… and Chat was there and watched it with her? Before she could convince herself that was also a dream too she saw a sticky note next to her pillow.
I hope you wake up feeling well rested, it was a lovely sunrise and I'm very glad we could watch it together, CN (=^ ◡ ^=)" he even wrote out the cat emoji. She smiled and realized she must have fallen asleep, and Chat carried her and tucked her into her bed. That last realization made her face burn, he tucked her into bed and even wrote a note. Tikki noticed Marinette semi thrashing in her bed at this realization and floated up to her.
"Care to explain why I woke up and Chat was in your room last night?" She questioned.
"I.. umm… I woke up because of a bad dream, and I went up to the roof and I was watching the sunrise and Chat came by because apparently he woke up too and we watched it together and I guess I fell asleep and he carried me back to my bed…" She said rushed. Tikki gave her a smile.
"How romantic!" Marinette felt her face burn. She didn't need to worry about feelings like that right now.
She checked her phone and saw two texts from Alya and a notification from Chat.
Alya: we still good for the movies today? [delivered at 10:30]
Alya: girlllll get uppp [delivered at 10:41]
Then she checked the message from Chat
CN: Good Morning Bugaboo, I hope you slept okay last night, I got to watch the sunrise today which was a first, I just wish I had gotten up on my own you know? [delivered at 6:35]
Her heart fluttered and yet felt heavy, she hoped he was going to be okay for the day, sometimes the dreams can really stick with you.
LB: Good Morning Kitty, it's nice to watch the sunrise, I too woke up for a bit too, but somehow managed to fall back asleep, which I hope you are doing now or have time to later, just a little catnap can help! :)
She then responded to Alya's message,
Marinette: we're still good for the movies, sorry I just woke up, I woke up at like 5 and watched the sunrise and went back to sleep
Alya: jeez what made you want to wake up at 5 to watch the sunrise?
Marinette: idk, but it was pretty
Marinette felt bad having to lie to her best friend but what was she going to say? Oh, I woke up at 5 because I occasionally have terrible nightmares because I'm Ladybug.
Alya: you know I'm here for you? If something is on your mind and you're losing sleep I got you 3
Marinette: Thanks Alya 3 3 I'm fine don't worry!
Alya: whatever you say girl… anyways do you know what you're going to wear today for the movie? With Adrien!
Marinette had forgotten about the movie! What was she going to wear? Was it nice enough for a dress?
After a few minutes, her phone got another message
Alya: You forgot didn't you? XD
Alya: since you're probably freaking out why don't I come over around 1:00, that gives you a full hour to freak out and not know what to wear for an extra hour or so XD
Marinette: you know me too well 3
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CN: Did you just make a pun!?
"Thank you! I need your help!" Marinette said grabbing Alya's hand and dragging her upstairs with her. Her room wasn't as disastrous as Alya thought it would be, she thought Marinette would have thrown all of her clothes out of her closet by this point, but it was only about 4 outfits this time with various alternatives for some.
"Wow, I'm impressed, this is minimal freaking out right now. What happened?" Alya said approvingly, to which Marinette balled up the dress in her hands and threw it at her.
"I don't know, I was talking to him the other day and he was worried about his friend and I don't know something hit me that I've been really placing him on a pedestal? I know everything I like about him is genuine but it's pathetic I couldn't get a sentence out around him because I thought he was too good or something? I'm still freaking out, I'm not that calm yet" Marinette sighed and sat down on the chaise to which Alya followed.
"Good for you honestly, I was wondering when you would realize you couldn't be in a relationship if you couldn't talk to him. I think this is really good for you girl, now you can focus on being fully you and not worrying about what he thinks because even though I love the cinnamon roll if he doesn't like you for you it's not worth it because you are one amazing person Marinette." Marinette instantly hugged her best friend.
"Thanks, Alya, you're not too bad yourself and hopefully Nino gets out of his music for two seconds to finally do something about it." Alya pulled back from the hug and rolled her eyes at her best friend.
"Don't we need to be figuring out an outfit for you?" Marinette suddenly remembered she only had two hours to figure out what to wear and mentally calm herself.
"Okay, so it's kinda warm out, right? But kinda chilly? So I have 4 outfits that might work? I have a sundress with a cardigan, the high waisted jeans with my cute soft pink top, a skirt with a sweater which might be too hot but I'm not sure? And regular jeans and a plain t-shirt." Marinette said while putting the outfits back together. Alya contemplated all the looks.
"High waisted pants with the cute shirt, it's casual and sensible for the weather but also makes you look cute as fuck." Alya pointed out while picking up the outfit and handing it to her friend.
"I thought you were the fashionista here?" Alya added. To which Marinette responded,
"I am, I just need a little help when I freak out." She said flipping the pants over her shoulder.
"Okay, girl whatever, you should clean this up because the guys are coming back here… also, you might want to do something about that." Alya pointed to Marinette's small Adrien shrine and computer background. Marinette let out a small squeak and ran to take down the pictures. As she took them down she realized she should keep them down, these photos she could tell he wasn't genuinely smiling in and she didn't want to like the fake Adrien. She changed her computer background to be the copy of the class photo they took for Juleka, he was next to her with a real smile which made her stomach fill with butterflies.
"Thanks for the help Alya," Marinette called over to her friend who was laying over the discarded clothing on her phone.
"Anytime!" she said while continuing scrolling then suddenly shot up.
"Oh! Check out this fantastic photo someone submitted!" Marinette put the last of the photos into her desk and walked over to her friend who held out her phone. It was a stunning picture of the sunrise this morning with the silhouette of Chat Noir on a railing. Marinette's heart leaped into her throat, it truly was a stunning picture.
"Wow, that's a fantastic picture, who took it?" Marinette tried to sound enthusiastic without being too worried.
"Just some rando who was walking outside and got a shot of it, people submit videos and photos all the time but I don't always post them but this one is actually golden!" Alya said while furiously typing on her phone to post the picture. Marinette thought of the note he left her which remained on her bed. They still had about a little while until they had to leave to meet the guys at the movie theater so Marinette took her phone out to respond to Chat's last text to Ladybug about a pun.
LB: Perhaps I did…. Are you okay though kitty?
Marinette waited a few minutes and checked the Ladyblog to look at the picture again. It really was a stunning photo to be taken on a phone camera. Marinette saved it to her photos as a notification popped up.
CN: My Lady if only you could see my face right now, I am trying not to smile like a crazy person bc the people around me would look at me funny
CN: but also in answer to your question yes I am ok, just another dream you know?
Marinette was trying to think how they could help each other more.
LB: yeah I know what you mean…. I had one last night too
CN: I was going to ask why you didn't message me but I also realized I didn't message you bc I didn't want to disturb you if you were sleeping /ᐠ｡‸｡ᐟ\
LB: lol yeah, I didn't want to bother you either at in the middle of the night
"Who are you texting with that look on your face?" Alya said interrupting her thoughts. Shit, crap, um who was she texting?
"No one! I was just texting Rose, you know how cute she is how could my face not look like my face?" Marinette responded quickly reminding herself she now has to send Rose a message just in case.
She saw a notification from Chat but decided to respond later if she got the chance, she didn't want Alya to get more suspicious.
AN: To all of you who have read this so far and decided to keep up thank you so much! I know it has been a while, I wasn't sure where I wanted this story to go but I have a few more chapters already written so I'm going to try and post them over the next few weeks! I have only ever written one other fanfiction and I don't consider myself the best writer this is something I do for fun, my editor is Grammarly so I know I have mistakes. To everyone who reads thank you so much! every time I get a follower or someone likes my story it makes me smile!