AN: Hello my babies, thank you for choosing me for your MariChat needs. I'm honestly still in shock at how well the first chapters did, I already have 25 alerts and 14 favorites! That ridiculous guys! Thank you so much for reading and enjoy chapter 3.
Marinette was pretty distracted the entire day, her head seemingly in the clouds as she took orders and cleaned up around the bakery. Her parents didn't notice too much out of the ordinary about their daughter's behavior, knowing that she was a bit of a space cadet. It wasn't until she was actually helping a customer with their order did they notice how aloof she really was today; she nearly dropped the cake on the man, and only gave him a soft airy apology. That's when Sabrine decided to step in and talk to her daughter.
"Marinette sweetie, are you okay? You seem very distracted by something." She said, touching her daughter's shoulder gently. Marinette came back to earth some when her mother touched her, looking around some as if she didn't remember where she was at first. She blinked a couple of times before rubbing her eyes.
"Oh yeah, I'm fine." She said with a smile. "I'm just a little tired is all. I had some trouble sleeping last night." She said, remembering how she couldn't sleep because she was so worried about Chat. She spared her mother the full details, knowing that her parents wouldn't be too pleased to know that their 17 year old daughter was sneaking boys into her room late at night.
"Well why don't you go upstairs and get some rest, sweetheart; your father and I can close up now." Sabrine said, giving Marinette a gentle smile. She nodded before moving away from her mother and heading upstairs and going to her room. She laid down on the little couch she had and stared upwards, thinking about Chat. She blushed at the thought of the stupid hero, never thinking that in a million years that she would fall in love with the silly kitty.
"Tikki, does this happen often?" She asked, drawing the Kwami came out of her little nest and floated over. "I mean ladybug falling for Chat Noir like this." She said. Tikki would know, she's seen over every ladybug since the beginning. Tikki laughed at Marinette before coming to settle down beside her.
"This happens more often than you would think. I'm honestly surprised that it took you 2 years to come to this conclusion; it normally happens right away." Tikki said. "By now Chat and Ladybug have told each other and they're either happy or upset about it." She said softly. Marinette nodded and thought about who Chat might be under his mask; Paris was a huge city but she couldn't shake the thought that she might know him personally.
"So Tikki, what do you think the possibility is that Chat is someone I know; he's clearly the same age as me, maybe a little older. He could even go to school with me or something. Maybe he's one of the regulars at the bakery." She said, thinking about all the people she's come into contact with that were around her age. Tikki giggled as she listened to Marinette go on about who Chat could be; the Kwami obviously knew who the wielder of the cat miraculous was, but her and Plaag had both agreed to not tell either of them and let them find out on their own.
"What's so funny?" Marinette asked. "Do you know something I don't know?" She asked, moving to get a better look at the Kwami. Tikki giggled again. Marinette stared at her with a confused look. "Wait, do you know who Chat is?" She asked.
"Well of course I do!" Tikki said, laughing again at the look of shock that Marinette had. "Chat's Kwami and myself have know each others wielders since the very beginning; it's part of being two halves of a balance. I'm sure if you tried hard enough you would be able to sense Chat when you two are in your civilian forms. Not only are your miraculouses intertwined but you two as people are as well. Ever noticed how you'll get random bumps and bruises? Sore legs when you didn't do anything? It's because of Chat. You two are locked together, bodies in sync." Tikki explained.
"Jeez, I didn't realize how deep being Ladybug is." She muttered. "I just wish I knew who Chat really was; I feel weird having such strong feelings for him and not knowing the person behind the mask." She said. Tikki laughed again. "There's no possible way I can convince you to to tell me who he is, is there?" She asked her, giving Tikki a slight pouty look. Tikki shook her head.
"It's not my place to tell you; that's something that you will have to take up with Chat. I can however tell you that you will be pleasantly surprised when you find out who he is." She said. Marinette gave an annoyed sigh but knew that Tikki was right. IT wouldn't be fair to Chat if Tikki just outed his secret identity like that without his consent.
"You're really not helping the whole needing to know thing." She grumbled. "I have no idea how I would even go about asking him to tell me without sound really really suspicious. Not mention I told him not to share his identity with anyone because it could be dangerous if Hawkmoth knew who we were as civilians." She said "But I just can't shake the feeling that Chat is someone I know personally and I just wish I knew who he was." She said with a sigh. Tikki giggled again and flitted above Marinette who glared at the little Kwami; she hated the fact that she knew who Chat was and that she refused to say anything or give any sort of hint.
"Just give it some time, Marinette. Chat will tell you when he feels it's necessary." Tikki said softly. "You just got to give him some time to figure out his own feelings too." She said, trying to reassure the girl. Marinette sighed but knew her Kwami was right. Chat had to be ready to tell her; this wasn't something she could force him into doing. She rolled off the couch before going to sit at her desk, pulling out her design book; maybe she could distract herself some with designing until it was time for Chat to come over again.
AN: So, I was going to add Adrien's day in this chapter but I have decided to rewrite that section. So enjoy and don't forget to review/favorite/follow!