Salut, miraculers! ^^
Thank you so much for liking this story, I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the amount of people liking my story! ^^
Ugh, I'm so bad with medical advice... I need to study more -.-
So, this is a quite long chapter and I think I'm going too straight forward into the story... IDK. Anyway, enjoy! :D
Tears left her eyes, her pale and blind eyes. It was really scary to see her like this. She's always been that cute and shy girl who always had fun except when she wasn't serious. When he had heard the explosion he didn't really expect to see Marinette on the floor with Alya on her side, he didn't expect to hear Alya worried nor did he expect it to be this bad. But when he had entered the room he was filled with fear, and it grew when he had gotten down next to the girl to see her open pale eyes stare at him. So when the word 'hospital' reached his mind he didn't hesitate when he was lifting her up and with his superpowers run directly to the hospital. If it wasn't too late she'd might be okay by now. But instead he found himself standing next to the bed she was sitting on, in a room with Alya and Marinette's parents, and the doctor coming in with a sad look on her face.
"I'm sorry, there's nothing we can do. Her vision might come back but... that chance is minimal."
It was heartbreaking to see Mrs. Cheng start to cry even more when the news arrived. The boy has never done anything like this before, helping a friend like this, nor has he ever seen Marinette so scared and sad.
"Isn't there anything we can do?" Cat Noir asked.
The doctor stared at the superhero, "Well, all you can do is to help her get used to it and make sure she doesn't do anything dangerous that might hurt the eyes even more."
"Okay." Tom nodded and shook hands with the doctor before she left the room, Tom sat down in front of his daughter and looked into her pale eyes, "Oh, Marinette. I wish there was something we could do." he said with tears growing in his eyes.
"You've already done enough, dad. And thanks to my luck I'm not deaf too." she weakly chuckled.
Alya walked up to Cat Noir, "Thank you for helping my friend." she said in a very calm but also sad voice, "I just wish I'd come sooner to stop her from... whatever she was doing."
He smiled at his classmate, "Don't blame yourself, Alya. I'm sure she'll be fine. We just need to give her some time."
"Come on, it's not that bad!" Alya tried.
"Yes it is! Think about it, Alya, I won't be able to design again, I won't make those dresses for the school ball we've been talking about, I won't be able to see what I'm doing- heck, I'm never gonna see you guys grow up!" Marinette almost cried out as she hugged a pillow, Alya had followed her home and up to her room to talk about Marinette's situation.
"Come on, girl! Do you expect me to sit here, miss the convent to hear you babble as if you'll never see anything again?" It was actually true, she had sent out a note on her blog that she might be late or not come at all to the convent due to Marinette's accident. "I'm sure you're lucky enough to get at least some vision back, plus, as your bff I'll try my absolute best to describe everything for you." Alya tried again to cheer her friend up.
Marinette moved her head to where she heard Alya's voice, she rolled her pale eyes and tried to hide another tear, "You should go to the convent, you shouldn't let your fans down."
"And let my friend down!? No way! I'll stay here for as long as I need to. Who knows what my clumsy friend might do while I'm gone." she teased.
Marinette didn't really want her to leave, but she didn't want Alya to miss something so special either. "Your clumsy friend can handle herself. She got a mom that comes every ten second to check up on her. But YOU don't have a clone to send away to the convent so you might as well leave now before you'll be late." she said with a much less sad voice.
Alya slightly chuckled, "Okay, okay, you might need to rest anyway. If you don't really have anything you can do you might as well rest, your eyes might get better." she said and by the sounds of it she was walking towards the stairs, "I'll get back as soon as I can, don't do anything stupid while I'm gone!" she said before walking down the stairs and close the door.
Marinette sighed, and for the first time in many hours she's finally alone. Well, almost. The little kwami flew up from her purse and sighed, "Poor Marinette, are you okay?" she asked worriedly.
"Are you gonna pity me too?" she groaned, but then she smiled, "I'm fine, Tikki. Actually I'll finally be able to have a good reason to be late for school." she joked.
"But blindness is a big thing, Marinette. You'll have to fight crime with a bad vision."
"You mean no vision at all." she stated, but something rang in a bell.
The kwami shook her head, "No, don't you remember? Your miraculous has a healing power that can heal any damage, but only a bit and only when you're transformed."
Marinette did remember, once she had hurt her arm and had to fight an akuma, but the ache was gone while she fought and got back when she de-transformed. "But why can't it heal me completely?"
Tikki rubbed her arm, "That's beyond my power, I can't heal people, I can only heal things. But look at this the bright way, your luck might bring your vision back."
The girl sighed, "Where was my luck when I got blind?" she turned her head down again.
"Sometimes good luck needs something bad to happen so something even better can happen, I'm sure this blindness will be worth it." she tried to comfort the girl by placing her tiny hand on Marinette's cheek. That brought a smile on the girl's face.
"Are you serious!? You're gonna transform just to check up on Marinette!?" Plagg asked before he took a bite of his Camembert.
Adrien shook his head, "No, I'm gonna transform, check up on her just for some minutes and then go on patrol with Ladybug."
The little creature was about to take another bite but stopped, "But why?"
"Because-... I want to see if she's okay, is it something weird with that?"
"Yea, why as Cat Noir?" Plagg pointed out.
Adrien sighed, "Because she doesn't seem so comfortable with Adrien, and it would be more logic if Cat Noir, the one who took her to the hospital and didn't leave her 'til she told him to do, would come to check up on her. Is that a good enough answer?"
"...sure, but I hope you'll be careful and not scare the girl. Oh, and it's gonna cost you more Camembert." the cat kwami said and took another bite of the cheese.
The boy groaned, "Can't you think of anything besides cheese? You give me a crazy reputation because of it, the guys at the cheese store has announced me to be their Youngest Loyal Customer."
The kwami laughed, "Come on! It's great to have a cheesy reputation!" he said before laughing even harder.
The boy just rolled his eyes before grinning at what he was about to do, "Plagg, CLAWS OUT!"
Plagg stopped laughing as he got sucked into the ring and turned Adrien into Cat Noir. Then the boy jumped out from his open window and jumped from rooftop to rooftop towards Marinette's house.
"Do you want this one down too, the one with him under the lamppost?"
"Yes, all of them, Tikki. I don't wanna risk it if someone comes and sees them. Plus, what good is it to have pictures around when you can't even see them?" she said and groaned.
"There! Now all of them are in your no longer empty box." Tikki announced and closed the box filled with pictures of Adrien, "But you need to rest, Marinette. It's been a long day."
The girl nodded and laid down on the fainting couch in the middle of her room, she closed her eyes and tried to rest. But just some minutes after that she heard a tapping noise coming from a window. She sat up and could hear Tikki quickly hid herself somewhere, then she heard the window open slowly and a calm voice reached her ears.
"Marinette, it's Cat Noir, may I come in?" he asked.
She nodded, "Sure." With many questions running through her mind she listened as the boy carefully jumped down on the floor without much sound and closed the window.
"I just wanted to know how you're doing." he said, it sounded like he was ordering himself to just say that and nothing else.
She wanted to know why, but at the same time she didn't want to care about it. "I'm okay. It's just... a little hard to get used to being blind." She heard him letting out a breath she didn't know he held.
"Yeah, I can understand that." he said and by the sound of it he came closer, "I know how hard it is to get used to a totally different life."
The girl's eyes widened, "You-... have you been blind?"
He chuckled, "Not really, but when my life changed it felt like I lost something as important as my eyes."
She gasped, "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that."
It now felt like he was at the end of the couch, "Don't be, I'm still living, am I?"
She tried to sit up better and patted on the spot beside her telling him to sit down, it didn't take long 'til she felt his presence next to her. "Yea, and I'm happy for that. If it wasn't for you then... I'd be alone right now. Scared of what might happen in this new life." she said, it was actually true. And somehow... she didn't know why but... it felt good to have an open conversation. It was actually just what she needed. It didn't matter who she was with, but she was glad it was Cat Noir. And... now was different from the other times she's talked with him, this time he didn't seem to be that flirty and annoying. Now he was... kind and... nice.
"I was going to patrol with Ladybug but since I left the hospital I swore to myself-... I mean, I thought about seeing you again to make sure you were okay." he said almost shyly. She has never seen- or in this situation, heard him be like this. It's as if he was talking to Ladybug but... not as Cat Noir, but as a shy boy.
"That's... very kind of you, I actually thought about you... and I forgot to thank you for your support at the hospital. So thank you." she smiled.
"Anything for a friend, if I may call you that. You know, you've helped me some times before."
"And you've saved me some times from akumatized people." she smiled but started to realized what she was doing, this was getting awkward, "Anyway, you now know I'm okay so you should go patrolling before your lady thinks something have happened to you."
He chuckled, "Well, thank you for your warm hospitality, princess. I hope I'll see you again." he said and his presence disappeared. She then heard him open the window and say "Good night, princess." before he left, closing the window behind him.
As she felt the small breeze coming from the window she also felt something leave her, but she didn't know what or why. It was as if it left with Cat Noir, like she didn't want him to leave. But then she remembered something, "We'll see each other sooner than you think, kitty." she smiled. She heard the familiar sound of her kwami flying to her.
Cat Noir didn't know what to think anymore, "Ugh, just gonna see how she's doing, nothing else. Well, good thing it didn't went too far." he muttered to himself as he walked on a roof. Suddenly he heard a familiar voice.
"Having problems, kitty?"
He turned around to see Ladybug come swinging on her yo-yo towards the roof he was standing on, "Well well well, good evening m'lady." he greeted as she landed beside him on the roof, she almost crashed into him. "What took you so long, if I may ask."
"Not really your business, but I'll let you know anyway. It's because of that fight today, a chemical reaction hurt my eyes so I had to check that up." she said, she actually spoke the truth but slightly fixed so he won't suspect anything.
His eyes grew in shock, "Wow, what a coincidence! You know that girl Marinette?"
"Yeah, she got blind in an accident after the fight. I know." she smiled and stared into Cat Noir's eyes hoping to find no suspicion, but instead she saw a slight worry.
He came closer, "My lady, you- your eyes."
She got scared, she didn't thought about that part, "Wha- what about them?"
"They're slightly pale, what did the doctor say about your eye-problem?" he asked worriedly.
Oh, great. "Eh, she said it was pretty bad but it might heal. The good thing is... I can still see!" she tried to laugh a little.
She felt a tight embrace as he hugged her, "Be careful from now on, don't do anything hard if you can't see so good. I don't want anything to happen to you."
She hugged him back, "Don't worry, kitty. I'll protect you and you'll protect me, right?"
He pulled away a little to look her in the eyes, "Of course! But I can't always be there to save you, you know that."
She chuckled, "I know." she said and pulled away from his embrace and started walking on the roof, "So what were you babbling about before I got here?"
"Nah, just... some thoughts going through my head, for example that super convent." he lied, but it was good enough.
She raised an eyebrow, "Are you going?"
"Only if you come with me. You're like the main reason for the fans." he pointed out.
She stopped, "Well, this bug doesn't really like convents but can come just for some minutes because this vision gives her headache." she said, which was true. The miraculous might give her a little vision but she wasn't used to it yet.
He walked up behind her, "Well then, then I'll try my best to help you if something will happen."
"Excuse me, Alya, but have you seen Ladybug around here?" a young girl asked.
The blogger shook her head, "I'm sorry, but she hasn't arrived yet. But I'm sure she'll come." she said, but the truth was... she wasn't sure at all. In fact, she was doubting. The convent had been going on for an hour but no Ladybug or Cat Noir had showed up. She sat down on a bench and sighed.
After minutes she felt like giving up, until she felt a hand on her shoulder, "Excuse me, ms. Alya. But where can I sign those autographs?" came from Ladybug herself. Alya immediately got up on her feet and turned to see Ladybug and Cat Noir. She immediately started to fangirl, "Aaaah! Thank you for coming! But you're a little late!" she said, the last words dead serious as she stopped fangirling.
"Sorry, we have to make sure Paris is safe before we can have time to be with fans." the superhero smiled and crossed her arms.
Alya stood there with her crossed arms and smiled back, then she laughed, "I know. You aren't called superheroes for nothing. Come on, some amazing peeps are waiting."
They followed the blogger and met some people who's faces lit up in happiness when the heroes arrived. Some parents took pictures with their kids standing with the heroes and some wanted some things signed, for example some paintings they had made by themselves and some photos from the newspaper or a brochure. Some even came with costumes and wanted their weapons signed. After some time the heroes was about to give a mother a picture of them with her daughter when Ladybug got headache.
"Is everything okay, Ladybug?" the mother asked.
She nodded, "Yeah, I just got a little headache from all the photos, but it's fine."
The mother smiled, "Then I'll turn off the flash." she said and clicked on a button on the camera and then took the picture but without a flash.
Ladybug gave the little girl a hug before she went to her mother, Cat Noir looked at her, "Are you sure it's fine? If your headache is bad then we could leave."
"No, not yet. Alya wants an interview and I want her to leave this place happy too." she said and walked towards the girl who was talking with some other fans.
"If you say so." the cat boy said and followed her.
When the heroes went to the blogger and asked if she still wanted that interview the girl got really excited and led them to a room with a couch and a chair. She sat down on the chair and picked up her phone. The heroes sat down on the couch and the blogger began. She lifted up her phone with the camera recording.
"So, last time I had an review with only Ladybug, but now I get to have both Ladybug and Cat Noir in an interview. It's so great!" she tried to calm down, "Now, how good are you guys as a team?"
"Well, Paris is still whole, isn't it?" Cat Noir pointed out, "So I'd say we're the best team I know." he said and smiled at Ladybug.
She smiled back, "Yeah, it was kinda hard in the beginning but after some time we've realized how much we need each other. If I didn't have Cat Noir by my side I would most likely have lost a long time ago."
"Okay, but did you guys just meet or was it planned or something that you'd be a team?"
"It's kind of a secret thing, but it was actually both. We met as superheroes one day and got to know we were gonna fight crime together. The rest is top secret." Ladybug explained.
"It was the best day of my life." Cat Noir smiled and looked down at his partner again. Making her roll her eyes with a smile.
Alya awed, "Okay, if it's private then I'll not question anything more about that subject. So, how hard is it to keep your identities secret?"
"It's kinda hard with this cat always wanting to know who I really am." Ladybug teased as she gave him a nudge. "But otherwise it's kinda easy sometimes due to the magic stopping others from recognizing us."
"And is it hard to stop Cat Noir?" Alya giggled.
Ladybug was about to answer but her partner did it for her, "Actually, I always listen to her wish and leaves her alone, I want to give her the respect she deserves. Because it's only worth to know if she wants me to know." he smiled. It made both the girls' hearts warm up.
"Aw! Cat Noir, that so sweet! You really are a lucky girl, Ladybug." Alya's smile grew wider as she looked at the two.
In her head, Ladybug wanted to groan. But something came back to her, that feeling she got when Cat Noir was with Marinette. That feeling of butterflies in her stomach and cheeks heating up. Wait- what is she thinking! She's in love with Adrien! Those butterflies are more like akumas, even if it feels so right...
Later in the evening, some time after the heroes had gone from the convent and Ladybug had turned back into the blind Marinette, there was a knock on the window and Marinette let out a sigh. It was him again. She waited as the superhero came in and sat down beside her. "You okay, princess?" he asked and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Yeah, just... a little lonely now when Alya is at the convent." she said with a shrug.
Cat Noir chuckled, "Something tells me she'll be back pretty soon. She was really happy at the convent, you know."
The raven-haired girl laughed, "I bet, she told me she was gonna interview Ladybug and Cat Noir if they came. And something tells me they did." she smiled at the boy, even if she couldn't see him she still knew he was right beside her.
He chuckled again, "Yeah. But I was almost about to take Ladybug away from the convent many times because she has damaged eyes so she can't see so good and gets headache pretty easy."
There it was again, that feeling. Is it because he just told her how much he wanted to protect Ladybug from her pain, and that he was now sitting beside Marinette because he didn't want her to be alone? She knew he was protective but... so open to Marinette and being with her as if she's his best friend? Something told her she didn't want this... but at the same time a much bigger part of her wanted freedom and just accept the fact that she... likes him. A lot.
A sound from a door and voices were heard from downstairs, she felt how her partner got tense and she heard a familiar voice. It was Alya. "Cat, hide." she commanded and felt his presence leave her and noises came from her bed, it was most likely him hiding up there. Then the trapdoor opened and Alya's calm voice was heard, "Hey, are you still up?"
She nervously played with the fabric of the couch as she stuttered, "Y-yeah- I mean, no. I've slept a little..." she bit her lip while thinking of something to say, "Eh, how was the convent?" she asked.
"Unbelievably amazing! Even if we waited for an hour for our heroes to come we still had an amazing time together!" she said and sat down next to Marinette. "And listen to this: I've got an interview! And it's so cute! I can't believe it went like this! And I've got a lot to talk about!"
Okay, note-to-self, try not to blush! Marinette thought before letting Alya continue.
As the girls listened to the interview and Alya (since she didn't know it wasn't necessary) described the scene for Marinette, a special cat was looking at them from Marinette's bed. He chuckled at how fun it was for Alya to tell her friend about it, but somehow it didn't seem like Marinette was enjoying it as much as her. Instead of giggling like a fangirl she was sitting there and fake-giggled, he could see that on her face. It was as if she didn't like the interview... or something about it.
What is she thinking? Is it something about Ladybug and me? Wait-...what am I thinking!? She can't be jealous, right? ...or maybe she wants to see the interview? Maybe it's not about the interview... of course- now that's a more logic thought. Of course it is about her blindness, she doesn't want to hear everything, she wants too see again. ...poor Marinette.
He didn't know what to do when a feeling came to him again, he didn't think it was good because it was the same feeling he got when he first came to Marinette to see if she was okay. It was the feeling that wanted him to stay beside her and the same feeling that forced him to come back. He was so confused, he knew his heart belonged to Ladybug but... she doesn't really seem to be as open to him as Marinette. As if she wanted him to stop... as if she already liked someone else... I have to get out of here!
"Huh? Did you hear something, Marinette?" Alya asked.
The blind girl panicked, she knew the sound came from Cat's hiding place. And if Alya would see him she'd never hear the end of it. "I- it's plo- probably just-" she was interrupted when she heard Alya.
"Girl, the window is open! I thought it was closed!" came from the bed where Alya was, she heard the window get closed and Alya started to climb down again. "Now wonder it felt a little cold in here."
"Eh... maybe mom forgot it, she... was probably giving my flowers water when I was asleep." Marinette tried, but she knew he had gone. But why? She didn't know, but she actually hoped he'd come back later. She wanted to. Somehow. The feeling inside her wanted to have him back.
Okay! You can call it a "MariChat sin" if you want 'cause I'm out!
See ya in next chapter! Idk when it'll come out. À plus!