Notes:

I was not expecting so many people to like this. For my first fictional writing in so long I am so happy that people liked it! Please please please, if you have any suggestions or notice anything that doesn't make sense please PM me and I'll fix it as soon as possible. I also hope to get chapters out once or twice a week, depending on my schedule for the week.


"Claws out!" Adrien said to a now empty room. A flash of green light could be seen in the apartment as Adrien transformed into Chat Noir. It had been months since he had transformed and it was as if a weight had been lifted off of him. It was comforting feeling the familiar weight of his skintight suit around him. He looked out the window, seeing nobody he opened it and swung out onto the rooftop.

Chat flew across the rooftops and bounded from roof to roof, feeling the pounding of his feet beneath him. The excitement that ran through his body pushed him to run faster to see his lady again. He ran to the building next to their usual spot just in time to see Ladybug land on the roof and look around, not spotting Chat. He landed behind her with a small disturbance of air, and tapped on her shoulder.

"Chat!" she whipped around and flung out her arms for an embrace, recognizing halfway through that Chat had a surprised reaction on his face. She pulled her arms back and held crossed one arm in front of her. Looking off to the side she said, "Sorry, I've just been fighting akuma alone and it's been tiring…"

"I understand, you paw-sitively missed me" Chat said with a smirk, closing the distance between them for an embrace. After a second of shock, Chat felt Ladybug's arms wrap around his chest. "This kitten has missed you every mew-ment he was gone. How about a welcome back kiss?" Chat winked as she pushed him away, rolling her eyes.

"I see not much has changed about your cat-titude. Still my flirty kitty." Ladybug said as a shocked Chat just stood there staring. Ladybug started to walk away and looked over her shoulder before saying, "Let's make this patrol a race." She bounded from the rooftop onto the next and Chat gazed on with admiration before following after her.

The wind whipped past them as they ran, Ladybug always a little ahead of Chat. Chat saw her destination ahead of them and made his way next to her, still speeding across the rooftops. He grabbed her hand to stop her and pulled her close to his side. She wrapped her arms around his side as he used his staff to propel them to the 3rd landing of the Eiffel Tower. They landed with a soft thump as they both caught their breath.

"I would call that a tie" a tired Chat exhaled between breaths. His arm was still wrapped around Ladybugs waist, holding her tight next to him. This felt right, his lady by his side while protecting Paris. He watched her as she looked toward the horizon, watching the twinkle of the city lights reflect off her eyes. After a few moments they both dropped their arms and took a step back. Chat started scratching the back of his head, "Sadly, we have to wrap our patrol up early for the night. I'm expected back soon."

"Alright, I can finish up here if you want," Ladybug replied with a grin on her face. "It was nice seeing you again chaton." She turned and ran to the edge to jump off, only to turn midair to watch Chat as she fell.


Alya – [I will be spending the night at Nino's. Don't wait up for us tonight ;) just a warning]

M – [I knew it. I also did not need to know.]

"Adrien, just a warning, Alya looks like she will be staying in Nino's room tonight, so we won't be seeing them" Marinette said in an almost suggestive tone as she walked in the door to find Adrien working on his laptop with a few papers spread on the kitchen counter. "Looks like you've been busy."

"I still do have work to do over break, sadly. The Agreste brand is constantly needing work…" Adrien replied lazily, seemingly lost in thought.

Hating to see him in his sad state she came up with a plan. "Need a distraction?" Not waiting for an answer she grabbed his hand and pulled him to look at the pictures hanging up on the walls. "You've been gone for a while so I bet Alya won't mind if I show you snapshots of what has been going on without her here." She pointed to the one in front of her, "This one is from when Alya and I went to one of Nino's DJ sets. Luckily, he was able to get us backstage passes and we got to watch from the side." The picture in front was a nicely lit picture which appeared to be taken by one of the staff of the event. Alya and Marinette stood next to each other as lights shot out behind them on stage to light up the crowd and Nino.

"What's this one?" Adrien said as he moved away and pointed to another picture.

"That was one of the best pictures Alya got of Ladybug and Chat Noir together, the day before he left." Marinette felt the pressure of the emotions involved with the picture boiling back up. She could feel the heat pricking the back of her eyes so she moved onto the next picture hanging on the wall and started recalling when it was taken. "This one was of all of us together over the summer, it's one of my favorite pictures. But you definitely remember it."

The picture showed a bathing suit clad Nino, Alya, Adrien and Marinette as they all stood by a pool, water splashing up onto them at the same time. All of their faces showed the surprise of getting wet and at the same time trying not to get the phone wet.

"Yeah, I remember that. One of my last days in Paris, right before that akuma that almost destroyed the Eifel Tower, again." Adrien seemed lost in thought as Marinette watched his face. "It was a good day, other than ruining Alya's phone."

Laughing with her hands on her sides, Marinette said, "She was pretty pissed at that kid splashing us. It took almost a week for her to cool down about it. She kept going on and on about how she had to get a new phone and took time out of her summer to set all up for the Ladyblog again." Calming down a bit from laughing, Marinette saw the admiration in Adrien's smile and laugh as she retold stories he'd most definitely already heard. "Well, now that it's well past one in the morning I think it's time for bed for me. I'll let you get back to work if you need to." She turned to walk back to her room, and before she could take a step Adrien caught her arm and turned her around.

"Thank you. It's been a long time, almost 4 months since I've been with friends. And thank you for letting me stay here, I know it's not ideal."

"It's no problem, really" Marinette gave a polite smile, feeling the heat bubble up to her cheeks. After a few moments, Marinette realized she had been staring at his bright green eyes, looking for even a hint of… something. She wasn't sure what but she had been looking for something. He reluctantly let go as she turned back to go into her room. As she walked in she gently closed the door behind her, semi-aware of Adrien's eyes on her as she walked.

She leaned against the closed door, thinking to herself. 'I am definitely not falling for him again. No, this is Adrien, one of my best friends. He can't charm me with his perfect smile or his amazing laugh or his amazing body… No stop. Shit. Shitshitshit.' She stood all the way back up and decided to change into her pj's, fleece pants with green paw prints patterned over them and a grey hoodie with her university logo on it. She pulled her clothes off and threw them on the ground next to her bed before taking off her bra and flinging it into the same pile. Feeling much better, albeit cold, she pulled the hoodie over her head and pulled her pants on.

Wanting to finish getting ready for bed she walked to the door and opened in quietly, not wanting to disturb Adrien's work. What she saw was not him working, but him changing into his pajamas as well. The sight of his bare chest caused a blush to cover even her chest as he caught sight of her gazing at his body. She never imagined the muscle that rippled beneath his clothing would be even close to as defined as she could see it now.

He stood there, not sure what to do other than take the shirt he was holding in his hand and awkwardly put it back on. "Well, get a good view?"

"I uh- I just. I was going to-" Marinette stammered through her embarrassment. She quickly ran past him into the bathroom and slammed the door significantly harder than she meant. 'Well, that was horrible.' Not sure what else to do, she picked up her toothbrush and toothpaste and finished getting ready for bed.