It's finally the weekend and Marinette was exhausted, she had spent her entire Saturday with Alya, Nino and Adrien and she had the absolute most wonderful time, it was probably the best day of her life! Well besides becoming Ladybug and meeting Adrien for the first time.
"Mmm." Marinette mumbled and opened her eyes, Tikki was sleeping soundly next to her.
"Tikki…" She whispered, the kwami didn't stir.
"Tikki…wake up…" Marinette whispered again, Tikki stirred and moved closer to Marinette, she patted her nose.
"Sleep…" Tikki mumbled and fell back asleep.
Marinette giggled and snuggled into the Kwami and fell asleep once again.
Adrien stirred from his sleep and opened his eyes.
"Even on my day off, I still wake up at eight in the morning…" Adrien mumbled to himself and sat up, he rubbed his tired eyes.
"Plagg…" Adrien called, he could hear his Kwami snoring from somewhere in his room. Adrien rolled his eyes and got out of bed, he started his morning stretches.
He counted to ten for each of his warm ups, he did fifteen push ups and fifteen jumping jacks. He sighed when his muscles felt loose and walked to his rock climbing wall and did ten pull ups then climbed the rest of the way till he was his second floor, he did ten lunges and rushed to his fireman pole and slid down gracefully.
"If only Ladybug saw your pole dancing skills."
"Shut up Plagg."
Adrien rushed to his bathroom for a much needed shower.
"Marinette! Breakfast is ready!"
Marinette yawned as she sat up.
"Coming Maman…" Marinette called as she got out of bed and began her trek down stairs.
"How'd you sleep dear?" Sabine asked as Marinette sat down.
"Wonderfully." Tom answered, Sabine gave him a look and Marinette giggled.
"Likewise." She said with a smile, Sabine kissed her head and placed crêpes with sausage in front of her.
"It smells delicious Maman! Thank you!" Marinette said happily and kissed her mom's cheek and began to eat.
"And tastes just as delicious, thank you mon amour." Tom agreed.
"My pleasure." Sabine spoke with a smile.
"Here's your breakfast sir, a Swiss veggie omelette with fruit and orange juice." The chef announced, Adrien smiled sadly.
"Thank you." He said and when the chef left, he began to eat his breakfast alone…again…
Adrien poked around at his omelette before placing a grape in his mouth.
"What is it kid?" Plagg asked rustling in his jacket pocket, Adrien looked to and fro to see if anyone was near.
"Just another lonely day…" Adrien mumbled.
"You've got me at least." Plagg spoke, Adrien smiled.
"I know, thank you Plagg."
Marinette was relaxing in a nice hot bath, she had her cast wrapped up in a bag and laying on a towel, she hummed happily.
"This is relaxing." Tikki agreed, Marinette made Tikki a small bathtub so she could enjoy a bath as sell, the small Kwami kicked her paws back and forth and Mari giggled at her.
"Definitely." Marinette agreed.
"What movie should we watch?" Tikki asked, Marinette tapped her chin in thought.
"Hmm…didn't we want to watch the superhero movie?" Marinette asked.
"I think so! We should get extra snacks today." Tikki said.
"Absolutely! I just need to finish the last bit of my onesies though." Marinette said.
"That's alright, we have all day!" Tikki said smiling.
/
Marinette was in her Chat Noir onesie as she made the final adjustments.
"It's almost done Tikki!" Marinette said happily as she sewed the soft, flurry bell to the zipper which was rather difficult with her one hand but she managed.
"It looks so comfy!" Tikki replied.
"I know! I used the softest cloth I could find! I wanted them to be soft, good thing I already finished the Ladybug one." Marinette spoke and zipped the bell zipper up and put on the Hood, she jumped in front of the mirror.
"How do I look Tikki?" Marinette asked making a pose like Chat Noir, Tikki laughed.
"Absolutely purr-fect!" Tikki said.
"Ew, don't take after his puns please." Marinette said.
"It looks fantastic Marinette! I still can't believe you can make all these things! You're definitely the most crafty of my Ladybug's!" Tikki said, Marinette smiled.
Knock knock
"Now I wonder who that could be…" Marinette wondered giving Tikki a knowing look, said Kwami giggled.
"You wouldn't leave a poor cat to fend on it's own in the cool air would you?"
Marinette rolled her eyes and opened the hatch to her balcony, Chat Noir swooped in gracefully.
"It's not even cold out Chaton." Marinette spoke with a roll of her eyes, Chat kneeled and held out a rose to her.
"My Lady-"
Chat cut himself short when he saw what Marinette was wearing, a blush creep on the edges of his black mask.
"I-Is that a…?"
Marinette looked flustered as she looked down at the rose in her fingers.
"I-It's a Chat Noir onesie…" She mumbled but Chat's hearing allowed him to hear her perfectly.
"Did you make that?" Chat asked, Marinette pulled the Hood further down so he couldn't see her face as she nodded slowly.
"Wow Marinette! It's amazing!"
"Huh?"
"I can't believe you made that! It's so cool!" Chat gushed, Marinette smiled.
"Thank you! I made it before I got hurt but I managed to finish the final touches with one hand." Marinette said.
"You did a fantastic job my Lady." Chat Noir said with a smile, Marinette blushed slightly.
"Aww, is my Marinette blushing?" Chat asked, Marinette turned away.
"No, I am not!" She scoffed.
"I think you are!" Chat said laughing lightly and came up behind her and gently removed her Hood, their eyes met in the mirror.
Marinette hair was in a messy bun on her head, her neck exposed save for the few baby hairs that fell, her cheeks were red and her eyes stared into his reflections eyes, Chat gently placed his hands on her shoulders, his claws grazing her lower neck and she shivered.
"S-Sorry…" He spoke nervously and looked away.
"I-It's okay…" She whispered.
"H-Have you made others?" He asked.
"Others?" She questioned, their eyes met.
"Onesies?"
"Mhmm, I've also made a Ladybug one…" She spoke, Chat's hands slid down her shoulders and he looked at the cast in the mirror, his ears dropped.
"Chat." She said, he didn't reply.
"Chat, look at me."
His sad eyes met hers, she frowned lightly.
"Don't look at me like that." She spoke gently, his hand came to rest on her cast and she places her hand on his.
"Does it hurt?" He asked.
"Not at all. I feel no pain." She replied.
"I'm sorry…" He said.
"I know you are Kitty, I'm alright."
"I couldn't protect you."
"I'm alive Chat and that's what matters."
Chat looked into her bluebell eyes and gently wrapped his arms around her and placed his forehead on her shoulder.
Marinette ruffled his hair, he nuzzled her shoulder.
"Thank you for taking care of me." She said gently, he raised his eyes.
"I'd do anything for you my Lady." He spoke and placed a kiss to her shoulder.
"I know." She said, Chat stepped away.
"Thank you for the rose…" She said placing the rose in a vase, the one that held her other rose from Chat and the flowers Adrien gave her when she was in the hospital.
"If only it could match your beauty." Chat said with a smile, Marinette rolled her eyes again.
"Back to the cheesy lines?" She asked.
"It could get cheddar than this~" Chat said, Marinette stared at him.
"Out. Be gone. Shoo shoo."
"No please let me stay! My Ladyyyy!"
"Oh let him stay Marinette!"
"Tikki!"
Chat smiled happily when the Kwami appeared, the kwami smiled at him and patted his head.
"How are you Chat?" Tikki asked.
"I'm doing great!" He said. "And you look so much better! It's great to see." He said again.
"I like him." Tikki said to Marinette, said girl giggled.
"Be sure to tell Plagg hi for me." She said almost bashfully.
"You know Plagg?"
"Who's Plagg?"
"Plagg is the name of Chat Noir's kwami and yes, I've known Plagg for centuries." Tikki replied.
"Tell me some secrets, Plagg has so much dirt on me it's not even funny." Chat begged, Tikki giggled.
"He can be pretty mischievous like that, alright you didn't hear this from me but Plagg is absolutely terrified of clowns." Tikki almost whispered.
"Clowns?"
"How random!"
"Mhmm, he'll quake in fear!" Tikki said.
"I'll definitely remember that!" Chat said, Tikki laughed.
/
Marinette and Chat Noir spent the last two hours just talking to each other, about anything and everything and Marinette was really starting to enjoy herself around Chat.
After a while, they settled to Marinette's lounge chair and started watching YouTube videos on Marinette's phone.
"How did we go from talking to watching funny cat videos?" Marinette asked, she was laying next to Chat, her head on his shoulder and he had his arm around her shoulders, Tikki was snuggled into Marinette's neck.
"Because this is what I do in my free time." Chat replied not taking his eyes off the video.
"I am not even surprised right now." She said.
"I would be if you were." He replied pulling on her bun gently, she swatted his hand away.
"What else do you do?"
"Hmm?"
"In your free time."
Chat Noir looked at the ceiling.
"I enjoy sports, preferably fencing of course and basketball." He began, Marinette tried not to imagine a sweaty Chat Noir out of uniform and in a loose basketball shorts and jersey.
"I love being around people, I like helping them." He said, Marinette smiled, she saw him do it almost everyday.
"I love being with my friends, they're loud and crazy and it brings me so much joy to be with them."
"Are we friends?"
Chat looked at her, their eyes met and a hint of blush came to Marinette's cheeks.
"I like to think so." He replied, she smiled.
"Me too."
BOOM
BASH
Marinette and Chat Noir jumped at the loud crashes, Chat jumped to his feet and looked out the window, he could see the Akuma.
"There's an Akuma."
"You better get going." She replied.
"Let me give you my number. That way I can contact you when I need to." Chat said, his seriousness noticeable.
"Alright." Marinette spoke and held her phone to him, he quickly put in his number and gave back the phone.
"I'll be back." He said looking at her, she nodded firmly.
He quickly grasped her hand and planted a kiss to the back of it.
"Au revoir my Lady."
And with that, Chat Noir was gone.
"Please be safe…"
/
"Listen to me Rosetta! I gave you the power to bloom flowers to cover Paris if only you'd do me a favor in return! Failure to do so will only encourage me to take away your powers!" Hawkmoth yelled angrily to the young, sweet girl he possessed.
Rheanna only wanted to plant flowers around the city to encourage Chat Noir but the police had quickly shut her down and took away every petal, she tried to calm her anger and sadness but she heard the sweet, honey call of Hawkmoth.
He promised her the power to grow plants and flowers of any kind anywhere she wanted, if only she did something in return.
She tried to ignore his call but his voice was like a magnet and she couldn't resist his power so she accepted his terms but she didn't think of his condition until it was too late, she clutched her head in pain and fell to her knees as the purple butterfly outline appeared.
"I will not ask again! You will steal Chat Noir's miraculous and bring it to me!"
"N-Never!" She wailed.
"You will!"
"No! I want to help Chat Noir and Ladybug!"
"I'll save you! Release her Hawkmoth!"
Chat Noir grabbed his baton and pushed the button to make it extend.
"I'll will protect her and this city!"
Chat Noir jumped straight into action.
"I hope it's going well…" Marinette said fiddling with her phone.
"Chat Noir is a strong guy, he'll take care of it." Tikki said.
"You're right." Marinette said smiling and opened her phone to look at his contact, she narrowed her eyes.
"What is it?"
"He really put his name as Pun Master in my phone!"
Tikki laughed as Marinette dramatically sighed and threw her phone on her lounge.
