Chat hesitantly turned to meet Marinette's shocked gaze. Her eyes widened at his appearance. Chat still had part of his suit intact from the waist down(thankfully), but his forearms and chest now had plush black fur coating it. His once faux ears and tail were now very real. His mask also looked like it was made of fur as well. She motioned his appearance. "I see you have a problem. Shouldn't you be calling Ladybug?"
"My transformation is stuck, and in this form, I don't have any means of contacting her." He said lamely.
"Oh," She awkwardly looked down at the ground. "I'd really love to help, but I'm not really sure how."
"Can I hide here for now? I don't think I could discreetly get home like this. "Chat said, scratching the back of his neck hoping it didn't sound like a lie.
Marinette hesitated but then relented. "Only for tonight, I think my parents would eventually notice me sneaking extra food up to my room if you stayed any longer."
Chat beamed at her while Marinette internally winced, it would be interesting trying to hide Chat from her parents and somehow alert Master Fu of their situation. She hoped that she wouldn't be grounded until her 30th birthday if her parents somehow found out.
The day drug past slowly with Chat cracking horrible jokes and Marinette almost going irate from listening to them. Business at the bakery had been slow so Marinette hadn't been called down to help with customers, leaving her to try and figure out what to do with the now slightly furrier Chat Noir. She had spent most of the day trying to come up with a game plan inside her mind on how to get Chat back to normal. What if his family is currently panicking because they cannot find their teenage son anywhere? What if an akuma appeared before he was back to normal? Marinette was at the point of having a panic attack when Chat finally snapped her out of it.
"Princess, Mari, Mari, Marinette." He groaned then gently snapped his now clawed fingers in front of her face. "Marinette!"
She jumped before tiredly replying. "Yes, Chat?"
"Your parents asked for you to come down to help with the bakery." He said, staring at her intently. "Are you okay, Mari? You seemed like you were so lost in thought there for a second."
Marinette nodded and made her way to the trapdoor. "I'll be back within an hour. Please don't break anything."
Chat faked a mock gasp and placed a hand on his chest. "You wound me, Princess. I would never break anything of yours, cat's honor."
Marinette rolled her eyes and shut the trapdoor behind her, signaling him to go silent.
By the time Marinette had returned to her room, night had fallen and Chat was only half-awake. She made sure to give Chat a place to sleep before she tiredly flopped onto her own bed.
"Goodnight, Chat." She said, her speech somewhat slurred.
"Night, Mari." He said with a yawn.
Chat had barely fallen asleep when he was jolted awake by the sound of something hitting the floor. He turned on his side and looked in the direction of the noise. Thereby Marinette's bed was the older Chat Noir. Felix Agreste. He gave Chat a wicked smile as he dropped what he had been holding. One of Marinette's vases. It made a loud shattering sound when it hit the ground. Marinette quickly sat up in her bed, being rudely awoken. Unfortunately, the noise also alerted Marinette's parents.
"Marinette, honey, are you alright?" Sabine's voice carried from under the trapdoor.
A/N/ Sorry for the delay and incredibly short chapter. I just wanted to get something out there since I haven't been active for a while. I know this probably isn't as great as what I usually write for this story but I haven't had a lot of time to work on 'Her Knight' as of late. The next chapter might be a little delayed as well because I have midterms coming up next week. However, I'll see if I can get another chapter out before the end of April, I can't really promise much though. Have a wonderful day/week!