Prompt: "Well this is not where I wanted to teleport, sorry for appearing in your bed at 2am in the morning"
Marinette struggled to comprehend the situation that had been dumped on top of her. Literally. The night had started off quite pleasantly and uneventful, save the present Chat Noir had given her on patrol, claiming that it was so she 'would always be reminded of him'. In all honesty, the gesture had put a smile on her face.
He had gone down on his knee like always, taken her hand and upon it placed a gentle kiss. Looking back, his lips had lingered for far longer than usual. At the time, she felt her face light up as she stared down at the flirtatious feline before her. Although, unlike his usual antics, the gesture seemed to genuine, so loving, that she couldn't help but turn the same shade as her suit.
Marinette knew that Chat could be serious when he wanted to be, and recently discovered that he was also serious with his flirting. She had to give it to him, she would be mortified if she flirted with Adrien with the same amount of shamelessness that Chat flirted with. Just thinking about it had recently become her main reason for changing into a colour not unlike the red of her Ladybug outfit.
When she had arrived back at her house, swinging down onto her bed then to the floor as she transformed back into her pumpkin of a self, she looked down at the object. A small pendant barely the size of the tip of her pinky finger. It was black, round and simple. If Marinette looked closely enough, she swore that it glinted the tiniest amount of green. As it lay in her hand, she repeated the night in her head, the air of it all floating around her head. She was falling for the black cat, and there was no way she could back out.
When the realisation hit her she nearly crumpled to the floor, the weight of the situation bearing down on her like a ton of bricks. She was beginning to like Chat Noir, her partner, her best friend. If the two of them went down this path, there was a higher probability of getting hurt; they would put each other in front of their duty, Marinette was sure of it.
She had gone over the possibilities of being more than just friends with Chat. Multiple times. At first, it had been because she was in love with Adrien. Adrien, the handsome boy that she couldn't take her eyes off of when sitting behind him in class. The boy who made her heart beat several times faster than it should and that held acres of meadows within his sparkling emerald eyes. Oh how she could get lost in those eyes of his.
She admired the way his golden locks flowed behind him as he ran from rooftop to rooftop. Marinette paused. No. Don't go down that dark path. There would be no thinking of Chat Noir as a romantic possibility, not now, not ever. Sighing, she started to go through the motions of preparing for bed, slipping the pendant around her neck. She had long since wished her parents goodnight and 'retired' to her room.
Glancing at the clock she slid underneath the covers, groaning at the green numbers that glowed dimly in the dark. She would be getting little sleep that night, or more accurately, that morning. Dissatisfied with the little amount of sleep she would soon possess, she shifted herself until she found a comfortable position on her side and settled down, the pendant that Chat Noir had gifted to her landing with a soft thump on her mattress. She had almost forgotten about it.
There was no denying Marinette had a special place in her heart set aside for her black cat. Even with this information, she still found it hard to believe that Chat was taking Adrien's place. Gorgeous, handsome Adrien. The boy who was so sweet she was pretty sure she would contract diabetes if she were to look at him for too long. Thinking about him made her realise that the pictures that lined the walls of her room would be coming down soon. The model in the picture was slowly leaving her heart, and she hated it.
Marinette gripped the pendant in her hand, all the memories she had of Adrien running through her head, she had to keep him in her heart. Her handsome boy. Her blonde haired, green eyed model that caught her heart in his hands and kept it safe for the longest of times.
Her memories were cut short when suddenly a loud yelp was heard from above her. Her Ladybug reflexes caused her to try and roll off of the bed, but she only succeeded in flattening herself on the bed before a cat in a leather suit landed on top of her. She stared up into his eyes, which seemed to be too close for comfort. His lips also seemed to be on hers, which she wasn't able to process until Chat Noir leaped back.
"Marinette! I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to kiss you!" The boy rambled." I- Marinette? Are you okay?" Marinette's hand moved towards her mouth, the feeling of Chat's lips on hers still burning as she covered them.
"I don't know what happened! I was thinking of Ladybug, cause this pendant is supposed to be a teleporter, but only works when we are thinking of each other, and then I'm with you and- oh god Marinette, I'm so sorry." He apologised. Marinette looked at him.
"Thinking of each other?" She gasped, her breath still lost to the kiss. She had been thinking of Adrien though, there was no way that she had been thinking of her partner.
Chat chuckled, rubbing a hand on the back of his head. "I'm pretty sure I should have explained it to her properly when I gave it to her. Sorry about this mess, Princess." He said, finally gaining his composure.
"No, it's fine. You just startled me." It was not fine. She had been thinking about Adrien Agreste when Chat Noir had appeared. It made perfect sense that he was here due to thinking about her. Though the only reason she could think of that made it possible for her cat to be here was if…
"I'll be off then, Princess, I'm sure you would like to return to your sleep as soon as possible." The boy bowed slightly as he spoke. As looked up at the skylight preparing to open the window, Marinette reached out and grabbed his arm. Blue eyes met green. There was no way this was supposed to be possible.
Marinette's throat seemed to be as dry as a desert, all moisture taking that point in time to leave the dark-haired girl struggling to speak to the boy before her.
"Is something the matter princess? You can always talk to your knight," Chat said, his voice barely above a whisper. Marinette tugged on his arm, willing him to come closer while she tried to sort out the words that she desperately needed to voice.
"Chat. Kitty, who are you behind the mask?" She finally whispered, blue eyes searching green, trying to find the sweet boy that had recently begun to spend more and more time with her. The boy smiled softly at her as we walked closer, and planted a kiss on her head as Marinette's eyes fluttered closed.
"Unfortunately, that's one secret this knight has to protect his princess from. There's no telling what Hawkmoth would do if he found out that you knew." Marinette's hand covered his as it rested against her cheek. How she prayed to all type of luck that this was Adrien.
"You know," She started, licking her lips as she willed herself to continue. "I was thinking of Adrien when you happened to fall on top of me, Chat Noir." Her eyes opened, trying to see his face through the darkness of the night. The blonde-haired boy stared down at her, eyes widening slightly at her confession.
"It seems we were both thinking of different people then, princess. Which begs the question, why am I here?" He whispered, voice hoarse. Through the night, she saw the gears turning in his head, seemingly coming to the same conclusion she had arrived at. Even though Marinette was sure that her kitty was Adrien, she still doubted herself and her thoughts.
"You're Adrien, aren't you?" She uttered, more to herself than the boy in front of her. If Chat was Adrien, and Adrien, Chat, what would this mean for them, for their partnership.
"I'm Adrien Agreste, as much as you're Ladybug I assume," he murmured back, stroking her cheek with his thumb. Marinette tightened her grip on his hand, nodding slightly. This was the part that she had always feared. The part where Chat Noir turned his back on her, disappointed in the person that Ladybug was under the mask.
Adrien sighed, his form losing its stiffness. "Thank god. Thank god it's you Marinette," he whispered, moving to sit down on the bed beside her, removing his hand from her cheek in the process, but keeping hold of her hand. Marinette blinked in surprise. That was definitely not the response she had been expecting.
"Wait, what? You're not disappointed?" She squeaked, feeling her face become warm at the sound of his chuckle.
"I am so glad it's you. Remember when Alya thought that it was Chloe. The thought that I had fallen for her made me worry." He laughed softly, squeezing her hand in an unconscious form of comfort. "I guess I should release my transformation though." He muttered, more to himself than the girl beside him.
Marinette nodded. Even though the green-eyed cat before her had confirmed that he was Adrien, she was still doubting his words. Even though she shouldn't be, he was Chat Noir, and her kitty never lied to her. As soon as the green light that surrounded him disappeared, a second voice appeared.
"Finally! Do you know how long it took you two kids to reveal yourselves!?" The small Kwami whined.
"Plagg!" Marinette looked over the fourth voice that had appeared by her pillow. "As first impressions go, how are yours only the most ridiculous?" She asked, floating towards the black object floating in the air, glowing green eyes piercing the darkness.
At a glance, the first thing that Marinette noticed was the size difference. Tikki was so much smaller than her cattish counterpart. The second thing that the dark-haired girl noticed, was in the place that Chat Noir had been sitting was the model that had been plaguing her thoughts earlier that night.
"You are Chat Noir…" She said, bringing the fact around again to make sure it was true, the two boys she loved. Both boys with the same enchanting green eyes, and golden locks that graced her dreams with their presence were the same person. This made everything so much easier, and so much harder.
"Now I'm sure too, after seeing your Kwami, that you are Ladybug. Not that I wasn't unsure before." Adrien smiled at her.
"Adrien, give me cheese!" Plagg interrupted, spinning into the boy's face. The mood was ruined. Adrien sighed, quirking an eyebrow at the Kwami shook his head slightly.
"I'll give you some when we get home." He told the black creature. Taking one last look at the dark-haired girl in front of him, he gave her hand a final squeeze. "I guess I'll see you in school then." He whispered, standing up and making his way to the roof.
"Yeah, see you… Kitty," she whispered back to him. As he leaped off the roof of the bakery, Marinette lay back down, pulling her blankets up to her chin. With everything that had happened, she wouldn't be getting any sleep that night.
Hello everyone! Another fic, finally! I actually started on another one quite a while ago, but it's taking waaayyy longer than I thought it would.
Also, I'd like to thank Emeralddrop (on tumblr) for reading over my work and helping me fix up the bits and pieces that needed to be fixed!
I hope everyone likes this~
TheiaNeko~ (Rionydal)