A/N: Sorry it took so long. School started back and it has been rough. X_X

Chapter 8

Adrien yawns, 'I put up with a lot of crap but dang, this is the first time we've had to do a night photo shoot. It doesn't make any sense…and where's father? He made sure I was here…to check in on me…more like to make sure I'm here on time…but now he's nowhere to be seen. If he doesn't have to put up with this then I shouldn't have to ether…' He lets his next yawn hit full force and he hears the photographer grumble.

He looks at the clock, "Oh, it's pretty late! My apologies Adrien, time got away from me…I can't explain it but you seem to have a glow lately, I get so motivated and lose track of time sometimes. Do you want me to call your driver for you?"

"No need, he's probably already outside…" He looks bashfully at Adrien.

"Have a good evening Adrien, we'll work something out since you worked so long today."

"Sounds good, you too." Adrien grabs his things and sees the akuma alert from the ladyblog on his phone. 'Really, at this hour? Jeez, hope I get there in time to help Marinette.' He dashes outside and finds a good spot to transform. 'Alright milady hang in there…' He launches him towards the Eiffel Tower as fast as he can.

He catapults with his baton and lands, watching the sickening scene unfold in front of him. He sees Ladybug falling through the air. He bolts to get to her with all his might…but he's too late. He watches her painfully hit the ground.

"Ladybug!" His voice cuts through the eerie night, and onlookers gasp as they watch their hero fall. They watch in horror as cat noir takes off towards Ladybug. Alya stands in her pajamas with the other onlookers with one hand to her open mouth and her other holding her phone recording the awful scene. She zooms in and sees Chat checking for a pulse. He bends over her form…

'Wait is he kissing her?' She continues to record.

Chat pinches Ladybugs nose and blows into her mouth, trying to get her lungs working again. He presses down on her chest and blows into her mouth; alternating the two. She coughs, but her eyes remain closed.

"Oh, thank god, hang in their milady…" He gently scoops her up and runs off to the hospital, leaving their worried fans behind. The akuma victim frowns and saunters off into the night.

Chat bursts through the Emergency doors, startling the night workers.

"Ma'am, it's ladybug. She took a hard fall, and she needs your help. If you can't take us in I understand…but…I'm afraid…I…"

The nurse puts a comforting hand on his shoulder. "It's ok, we can help her. It's the least we can do for you. You save us all the time, it's about time we look after you and let us do the saving for a change."

He lets out a shaky breath and chokes up. "Please...please help her." Tears roll down his face and the nurse leads him to a secluded room.

"Please, lay her down here." He does and gently lays her on the bed. The nurse gets to work right away and sets her up with an oxygen mask. She checks her vitals and frowns for several reasons. One being to the dried blood she sees on her scalp, and because there's no way to insert a line for medicine.

"What's the matter, why are you frowning?"

"Well, I'm worried she may have hit her head. There's dried blood around the scalp…also I need a place to pierce her skin…for any fluids or medicine she may need." He frowns.

"I know she wouldn't want to transform in front of anyone, is there anything we can do?"

"We can monitor her close, see how she does…but there may come a point where we need to…"

"And when we get to that point we will do what we have to do. I'm not losing mylady."

The nurse nods, glad that he's willing to work with her. The doctor comes in.

"Ah, I hear we have some celebrities here!" He examines her and writes some things down on a piece of paper.

"Get a cat scan, now." The nurse nods and leads them to another room.

"Chat, please come over here…." He reluctantly moves out of the way and away from the contraption Ladybug is laying in.

"Fine…. but as soon as you're done…"

"Then you can help."

The scan finally finishes and he cradles her close, being mindful of the breathing contraption that is keeping her lungs working. He takes her back to her room and cuddles next to her on the bed. He runs his fingers gently over her forehead and brushes her hair out of her face. He falls asleep with his hand beside her head and in her hair.

He wakes up and sees that the doctor is standing in the room with the results.

"It looks like you've had a long night too, I won't keep you too long. I saw the video of her fall, I'm surprised her injuries aren't worse. It looks like her left arm took most of the force, it's broken. Her leg is going to be weak, there're some torn ligaments in her left ankle as well. That'll probably take longer to heal…I don't see any internal bleeding, which is what I was worried about. When she wakes up she will be sore, so she needs to take an easy so she can heal…and you need to go take a nap yourself…you look exhausted."

"I'm not leaving her alone." He settles back in the bed.

"That's fine, just don't forget to take care of yourself too. I'll be back in a few hours." The doctor heads out and Chat settles back in and easily drifts to sleep with his nose in her hair.

It's around noon the next day and Chat's eyes crack open. He sees that Ladybug is breathing on her own, has an air cast on her ankle, and her arm in a sling. 'Now if only she would wake up…' He checks the ladyblog on his baton. He sees a picture of a turtle looking man apprehending the akuma victim. 'Well, that's one less thing to worry about I guess.' He watches a video of the victim's parents being arrested for physically abusing their own son. Chat freezes and looks at Ladybug closer.

'I could've sworn I felt movement…' He leans in closer to her face and sees a slight movement to her eyelash. He holds her good hand and rubs the back of her hand with his fingers.

"Mylady…wake up please…I can't…I need to see you awake…please…" He chokes up a little and rests his forehead on her hand. Next thing he feels is her hand slowly moving to his hair and scratching his scalp.

He looks up at her and she is smiling back at him with half lidded eyes. He moves his hands to either side of her head. "Ma…Mylady…I…saw you fall…and I couldn't get to you in time and…I'm so sorry I wasn't there for you!" Tears fall down his face and she pulls him in, with her good hand, and kisses him senselessly on the lips.

She clears her dry throat. "Sil..ly ki..tty…" He hands her some ice water and she drinks eagerly.

"Th..anks…Chat…take me home?" He gives her a stern look.

"No, you need to stay here where the doctors can help and…Ladybug! No don't get up!" She groans in pain in her attempts at getting up.

"I'm fine Chat…" tears build up in the corner of her eyes from the pain. "I just want to go home…my parents are probably worried and wondering where I am. Can you please take me home?"

The doctor pops into the room. "Ah Ladybug! Good to see you awake." He frowns at her, seeing her struggle against Chat to get up. "Ladybug, you must take an easy, let Chat help you. It's fine if he takes you home, just make sure you don't overdo it."

Chat scoffs, "Easier said than done." The doctor chuckles and Ladybug pouts.

"Fine…if it means I can leave…I guess you can help…oh…thank you doctor for taking us in…" The doctor smiles. "No problem Ladybug, I'm glad we can help you two. Oh also, you might want to leave through the waiting room…let the fans know you're ok." They look at each other, unsure of what the doctor means. "Ok, but I refuse to get in a wheel…eeep." Chat gently picks her up and cradles her gently into his body. "Ok, I can get use to this I think…" Chat says his final thanks and goodbyes to the nurses and heads out the way he came. He rounds the final corner and stops in his tracks. The crowd erupts into loud cheers and some people even start waving 'we love you' and 'get well soon' banners. They recognize many faces in the crowd, and even see Marinette's parents among the crowd with tears in their eyes. She whispers to Chat, "My parents…could they know?" Chat shakes his head.

"Nah there's no way they know…" She nods and smiles at everyone. Alya runs to the front of the crowd and starts recording. "LADYBUG!" Ladybug gives them all a thumb up with her good arm.

"Thank you all for coming out to support us…it will take me some time to recover but I'll be back before you know it. In the meantime, try to be kind to others so we can keep akuma attacks to a minimum…" She blinks her eyes a few times and rests her head against Chat's chest.

He thanks everyone and carries her gently out of the hospital and away from the fans.

"Ladybug…let's go home…" She nods into his chest and falls asleep.

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