After chasing the akuma away from the school to a office building , one cataclysm , then getting tossed into a building and a lucky charm later ,the akumatised object (a pen which was in the side pocket of his satchel ) was in Ladybug's hands.

It was simple for him.

It was supposed to be over.

"NOOOO!..."

It wasn't .

The akumatised man charged at ladybug mindlessly . The desperation in his voice was riddled with pain .

"LADYBUG!"

Chat didn't think . There wasn't time for that . He just reacted.

Both their miraculous were timing down , his faster than hers , but at that moment all he could see was a crazed maniac charging towards her .

So he pushed every ounce of strength he had into his legs and sprinted towards her .

Her eyes turned towards the charging man but he reached her first , his hand outstretched as he pushed her out of the way .

'I made it !' was his last thought , the relief clouding his mind just before he was knocked straight through a 3rd-storey window .

His ring gave its last beep (which lasted slightly longer than usual) as he landed hard on his back but he quickly rolled under a nearby car as his transformation wore off , not wanting to risk being seen . An exhausted plagg zipped out off his ring and landed on his face .

"I deserve so much cheese for this . If I didn't delay your transformation for those extra seconds , you'd be street - pizza ."

He gave a small laugh before gasping for air . Normally , Plagg's the only one drained but extending his transformation drained energy from his human form ,...and he doesn't really have much to spare.

He took a few minutes to gulp down as much air as he could , forcing himself to calm down.

'Too close'

'That was too close.'

'But he had reached her , ...so it was worth it.'

From his position he saw the cleaning crew return the broken wall to his right back to normal . Looked like ladybug was okay . Good , cause there's no way he can transform for a while .

"Sorry about that plagg . Wouldn't want you to have to search for a new chat noir , now would we ?"

*smack*

"Ow!..." I said rubbing my cheek . It didn't actually hurt anyway plus plagg was exhausted .

"...what was that for ?"

"...for being an idiot . I want cheese ."

Adrien gave small smile and care fully picked up the little kwami and placed him in his inside shirt-pocket .

"You'll get it . I put some extra in my pocket , eat that . I'll get some more on the way to school. Sorry for working you so hard ."

A small grumble was his only reply .

Making sure the coast was clear , He ducked out from under the car and got up from the ground and straightened out his hair and clothes and casually ran like mad back to campus .

Hopefully, the class window was still open . He left his bag on a tree too.

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.

.

It wasn't that simple for her.

'This was not happening .'

The fight was supposed to be over . Chat's ring was on its last spot . He tossed her the object and she was just about to break it when ...

"NOOO!..."

"LADYBUG!"

She turned just in time to see the akumatised man charge before getting knocked to the side by a black blur which crashed with the man and was launched straight through a window.

She cracked the object purely from how hard she clutched it and released the black butterfly as she heard the beep , crash , yell ...and saw a flash of green.

Which came first ? last ? She didn't know.

Her body was on auto-pilot . Capture, cleanse , bye-bye, butterfly .

She ran to the broken window and looked down and saw ... nothing . An empty road with a few cars on the side .

"CHAT!"

No reply.

She released the cleansing light and launched to the next building ignoring the poor , confused man inside the building ,looking all around the area .

Nobody .

That was good , right ? It meant the transformation held out cause there's no way a normal boy would have survived that fall .

.

Does the cleansing light heal the miraculous wielders if they get injured ?

Was he hurt? Wounded? Did he just manage to escape the fall ? Did he grab hold of something to slow down his fall ?

Was he okay ?

She didn't notice a blond boy duck out of the street behind her and run for the school unaware of the mental breakdown his partner was going through .

Her miraculous gave a beep and she jumped down to the street in front of her just in time for her transformation to wear off . Tikki zipped out , tired but also worried .

"I'm sure he's fine , Mari ."

"But what if he's not. What if his transformation didn't last long enough and he's hurt ? What if ..."

Tiki entered my purse and rubbed my arm.

"Marienette, calm down ."

Maybe ,...just maybe .

"CHAT !"

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Nothing.

He would have answered if he heard her . How could he Not hear her ?

A ring snapped up her attention. She quickly grabbed at her phone .

It was a text.

Alya:where are you ? Class is almost starting .

She opened her contacts but closed her phone when she realised she didn't have his number . Of course she didn't . He tried to give it to her once but she didn't want Alya or someone to recognise it and reveal his identity.

Stupid secret identity.

Tikki's voice chirped up .

"Chat noir normally goes running at night ( though he calls it patrol ) . You can contact him then"

She let out a forced breath of relief .

"Right . I'll call him and he'll pick up and I'll yell at him for being reckless and he'll tease me for caring and everything will be fine ."

"That's right , Mari !"

"CHAT!"

"Mari , Have some faith in him . Go back to school . You're already late ."

Tikki's right. He's fine . There's no body or blood and he couldn't have run if he was hurt . Unless he's hiding somewhere with broken bones . He wouldn't want to worry her and ...NO!

He's fine .

He has to be fine.

He Has To.

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That night , Adrien decided to use his usual patrol time to finish all his pending homework , so that on the off-chance tomorrow's photoshoot ended early , he would be free for the evening .

Delaying the transformation from wearing off either seriously drained Plagg or the kwami was acting drained so he could get more cheese . Still , Adrien complied . The little guy deserved it and it was unnerving how quiet the he was being .

Plus , he was pretty sure he wouldn't be able to resist dropping in at Marienette's place if he transformed , her normally bright eyes were dull since she ran back into the classroom and launched herself into Alya's arms just mumbling that she was glad she was okay . And as much as he wanted to visit her , he was pretty sure she was still angry with him and he did not want to risk making her feel worse if she was still upset .

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Marienette turned towards Tikki for the seemingly hundredth time as she paced around her room .

The kwami shook her head .

He wasn't transformed .

It didn't mean anything except that he wasn't transformed.

He Was Fine .

The thing about her and her partner was that Ladybug could contact Chat noir and vice versa . But if the other wasn't transformed, they can't reply , but their kwami would be able to sense that they were being contacted .

She Knows Chat would Never ignore her . So that meant , for some reason , he Couldn't transform .

What if he was in a hospital right now ?

What if he didn't make it to the hospital?

What if ...

"Mari , he's fine ."

"Has he tried to contact us ?"

The red kwami looked down with pursed lips .

"...no...but he is alive . That much is for sure ."

Marienette stopped pacing and sat down on her chair , hiding her face in her hands as she tried not to cry . That was it . The big question .

"...how do you know ?"

She asked , her voice barely a whisper . Miraculous wielders were basically invulnerable . Falling from that height was almost nothing to them , but that was only when they were transformed .

"Because he's Chat noir . And Chat noir is still alive . We will definitely know if it's anything that serious ."

Will they ? Will Chat just disappear one day and she wouldn't have anyway of contacting him because she doesn't know Who he is ? Will she loose her powers and leave him searching for her ? She wanted to go searching for him as well . Run and scream out his name so that if by some chance he hears her , he would reply .

Heck ! That was exactly what she was doing throughout the evening after school let out .

Now , she just sat in her room , hoping he would come back for his hoodie or call her or something.

Chat and her have both accepted that sometimes the other won't be available .

But she saw him fall.

She heard the scream.

She saw the flash .

But she didn't see him .

It should've been her . She still had 2 spots left . That stupid , reckless ,...

.

'LADYBUG!'

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...overprotective cat.

"Are you sure ?"

Tikki gave a comforting pat on her head . Marienette raised her head to looked at Tikki right in the eyes , though her vision were slightly blurred by tears .

"I promise you ."

Marienette gave a relieved smile.

"Thanks , Tikki."

Tikki couldn't tell her that Plagg had send a weak reply which consisted of 'shut up !' Anybody who doesn't know Plagg would probably misunderstand. Plus , if Plagg actually drained himself that bad then they had a Really close call .

She looked at Marinette trying desperately to reassure herself of her partner's condition.

This worry won't stop until she sees him with her own eyes.

AN:-

Hope you like it . Frankly, I'm just writing up the story and separating into chaps at certain points .

Please review.