It wasn't how Marinette had expected to celebrate her Christmas. A Christmas themed Akuma had thrown her flying through the city and caused her to land uncomfortably between a wall and a dumpster. Her head, back and arm hurts. She tried to get out of it, but without success. Her trying had only caused her to feel even more pain then she already did. She let out a sigh as she waited for someone to get her out of there.

"My Lady?" Chat Noir called out as he got near the alley he had seen his lady flew off too.

"I'm here!" Ladybug shouted, hoping he would hear her.

Chat Noir heard her calling and got towards the dumpster as soon as he could. He stepped onto the close dumpster, taking Ladybug's arm and tried to pull her out, however that only resulted in Ladybug crying out in pain. He let go immediately and apologized.

He got off the dumpster and called for his Cataclysm before he placed his hand on the dumpster, destroying it into dust. Ladybug fell same centimeters down onto the ground, she hissed in pain as she tried to rub the back of her head that had hit the wall once again when there was no dumpster that kept her from falling further down.

"Are you alright?" Chat Noir asked as he held out his hand.

"I'm alright… we need to defeat that Akuma and quick, you already used your Cataclysm so there isn't much time left…" Ladybug said as she took his hand and let him help her back up onto her feet.

She let out a hiss in pain, but walked passed Chat Noir before he could say anything. She had to purify that Akuma quickly.

"Lucky Charm!" she shouted as she threw her yo-yo into the air. A polka dotted item fell from above her. She caught it in her arms, causing her to hiss in pain. She took a deep breath, before she began to move back to the battlefield. She had to get through the pain for the sake of Paris.

Chat Noir followed her suit as she stumbled back. The battle was though especially since the Akuma was aiming on Ladybug due to the fact she was already in pain and so she was a weaker opponent.

"No more evil doing for you, little Akuma. It's time to de-evilize!" she said as she the her yo-yo at the purple butterfly, still biting through the pain. "Gotcha, bye bye little butterfly." The now white butterfly flew away into the sky. Ladybug then took her lucky charm item and threw it into the air as she shouted "Miraculous Ladybug!"

Everything got changed back to normal expect for her condition. Her earrings beeped, starting her 5 minute countdown. She was about to transform back, they both were. She had to leave, but she collapsed in pain when she tried to throw her yo-yo at some rooftop. Fortunately Chat Noir was still there and got down next to her on his knees in no time.

"Are you okay?" he asked with concern, ignoring the fact his ring has beeped for the third time already.

Ladybug just smiled weakly at him, she wanted to tell him he shouldn't worry about her and that she was fine. However the tears that she was desperately trying to keep in began to drip down her cheeks, the pain was just getting too much. Her earrings beeped again, signaling she had now four minutes left.

Chat Noir wrapped his arms around her and scooped her up in his arms, taking her bride style to a save place where no one could see them de-transform. Once he got to an alley, he carefully laid her onto the ground. He then sat down on the ground as well and let her head lean on his lap like it was a pillow.

His ring beeped again, he had just one minute left to get away, but there was no way he would leave ladybug behind like this nor could he bring her to a hospital. His ring beeped for the final time before a bright green light appeared. Ladybug looked shocked when she was face to face with Adrien.

"I'm sorry my lady, but I just couldn't leave you behind like this." Adrien said as he looked into her eyes.

Ladybug didn't know what to say and stayed there frozen on his lap, a bright blush spread over her cheeks. He decided to give her the time she needed to progress it all, and turned to his kwami.

"Plagg, do you know why Ladybug couldn't cure herself after the Akuma got purified?" he asked, hopefully his kwami knew what was wrong."

"How am I supposed to know that? I'm not Ladybug's kwami." Plagg answered.

"Hasn't something like this happen before, or something?"

"Not that I remember."

Adrien sighed, of course his kwami was no use. Maybe if he could meet Ladybug's kwami he could get an answer then. Ladybug's earrings beeped again, this time for the final time. A pink light appeared as Ladybug de-transformed.

Out of respect Adrien had thought about not looking at his lady but when he heard her cry out in pain between her sobs, he couldn't help but to try and help her feel better. He looked down at his lap. There was Marinette leaning her head onto his lap. Tears streamed down her cheeks, breaking Adrien's heart to see her like that. It was like the pain had gotten worse once she de-transformed.

"Hey, you're Ladybug's kwami right?" He asked the red floating creature that had appeared when Ladybug de-transformed. He needed an answer, maybe Tikki knew what he could do.

"That's correct." it said. "My name is Tikki."

"Has this happen before to any other Ladybugs?"

"It did… but the cause of it never got clear… even our guardian doesn't know why it happens…" Tikki said with a sad expression on her face. She then looked at her holder. "We should get her to the hospital as soon as we can."

Adrien nodded, he stood up and carefully helped Marinette onto her feet, trying not to hurt her too much in the progress.

"I know this might not be the less painful way to get you to the hospital, but I ran out of cheese and the streets are just too crowded and full of traffic to even call an ambulance." He said with a soft smile on his face, he then wiped a tear away with his thumb. "I'll make sure you'll get there as soon as possible, princess."

"Thank… Thank you Adrien…" She said weakly due to the pain.

Adrien bended through his knees in front of her, to let her know to get on his back. She carefully climbed onto his back, wrapping her arms around his neck. Once she was settled onto his back he began to run towards the nearest hospital. Dodging people in the crowded streets. Due to the Christmas festival that was being held on Christmas Eve. Some people gave them weird looks as Adrien rushed through the crowds, but he didn't care about that. He wouldn't even care if he would get into the newspapers because of this all. All he cared for what that Marinette got to see a doctor as soon as possible.

Marinette was still in pain when they finally got at the first AID. Fortunately there weren't that much people in the waiting room and so they got helped pretty quickly. Marinette had gotten some painkillers before she went to make some x-rays with the doctor. Adrien stayed by her side, pushing her around in a wheelchair to the different sections she needed to go to in the hospital.

"Do you want some tea?" Adrien asked as they were waiting in the waiting room for the results of the x-rays.

"Yes please." Marinette said.

"How much sugar do you want?"

"Three sugar."

"You sure have a sweet tooth don't you?" Adrien chuckled as he walked towards the machine.

"Well you have a thing for cheese."

"I do like some kind of cheese, but it's Plagg that really has a thing for cheese."

"So he was the reason why you always smelled like camembert?"

"Yeah… the price I have to pay to transform sure is high."

Marinette giggled, the painkillers she had taken were pretty strong and made it able for her to almost not feel the pain anymore. Adrien smiled at her when he handed her the cup of tea. He then made a cup of tea for himself as well before he took a seat on a chair that stood next to Marinette's wheelchair.

"Thank you for being her for me." Marinette said as she looked down at her cup with tea. "I'm glad to have you with me. It makes it easier to go through this all knowing there is someone I can talk to who really knows what happened."

"Of course I would be there for you, we're partners after all." Adrien said, looking at Marinette with a soft smile on his face. "You know… I'm glad it was you all along."

Marinette looked up at him, a slight blush starting to spread over her cheeks.

"You're amazing, you know that Marinette…"

"Thank you… I'm glad it was you too… I never thought that you would be the type that would make awful cat puns." She said and giggled.

"You mean clawful cat puns?" He said and chuckled.

"Oh shut up."

"Never."

Their laughter died down after a while. Both of them didn't really talk, there was a lot that had happened that evening so they both had no idea with what to address first. They enjoyed each other's present as they drunk their tea quietly.

Sometime has past when a doctor came to tell them that Marinette had broken her right wrist and some bruised ribs and was told to go to yet another section of the hospital to get her, her bandages and cast. They thanked the doctor before leaving to the other section.

Once there they greeted the nurse and went into the room with her. There Marinette got asked to put of her blazer, flower printed t-shirt and bra, so the nurse could put the bandages around her chest to give her bruised ribs some more support.

"Do you want me to leave?" Adrien asked, he didn't want to make her feel uncomfortable.

"It's alright… you can stay… just promise me not to look..." She said shyly.

"I promise."

Adrien stayed in the room, his back towards Marinette. He didn't look at Marinette the moment when she had to take off her shirt and waited until Marinette said he could turn around. The nurse bound the bandage around her upper body.

"You can turn around." Marinette said after a while.

Adrien turned around. Marinette's upper body had almost been wrapped in bandages completely, from her chest to just a belly button had been covered. She had her blazer draped over her shoulders so she wouldn't get that cold, while the nurse was already putting a cast around her wrist.

As the nurse was almost finished with Marinette, another doctor walked into the room.

"Good evening, Miss Dupain-Cheng." He said while holding a clipboard with some papers attached to it. "I'm here to take you up to your room. We want to have you stay for a few nights due to the fact you got a light concussion and we want to make sure it won't be worse."

"But it's Christmas tomorrow… I had plans with family." Marinette said.

"I'm very sorry." Doctor said. "Visiting hours are longer on Christmas day, so you won't be celebrate it alone, it will just be a little different."

Marinette looked down at her lap. There was nothing she could do, like she couldn't run away in her condition. She just had to accept it. The doctor pushed her out of the room after the nurse was done and Marinette had thanked her. Adrien walked close behind, not leaving Marinette on her own.

Once they got to her hospital room the doctor helped Marinette into her bed. He then left the room after he had told her what button she needs to press if she wants a nurse to get to her room and that a nurse will get to her with medicines later that night. He also told Adrien that visitor's hour would end in twenty minutes.

"I don't want you to leave me here in twenty minutes… This room feels so cold and lonely…" Marinette said as she looked at him. To Adrien she looked adorable, she was completely tucked under the covers and her head laid on a big soft pillow.

"I won't leave you tonight. I'll come back later once they sent me away." Adrien said as he took a seat on the edge of Marinette's hospital bed and ran his finger through her hair.

"Promise?" She asked as she closed her eyes because of his touch.

"I promise." Adrien said before he leaned in and pressed a soft kiss on her forehead.

Marinette could herself start to feel sleepy, the pain, the heavy painkillers and Adrien's fingers that run through her hair caused her to softly fall asleep. Adrien would have loved to talk with her some more, but he knew that all the events that had happened to her must had tired her out and that she needed some good night of sleep.

"Sir, visiting hour is over." the nurse said who walked in with some medication for Marinette to take. "I have to ask kindly to leave."

"Is it alright if I leave after she had gotten her medication. I don't think she would like it to wake up without having said goodbye to me."

"That's alright sir."

Adrien stood up from the bed to give the nurse her space. The nurse woke Marinette up softly. Telling her it was time for her medications for the night. Adrien saw how she searched for him before her expression softened. The nurse helped her to sit up so she could take her medicines. After she had taken them the nurse helped her to lie down again and tucked her in.

"You can say your goodbye now. I'll give you some privacy." The nurse said and then left the room.

Adrien walked over to the bed and took his seat on the edge of the bed again.

"Do you really have to leave, Chaton...?" Marinette asked.

"I'm sorry Bugaboo. I have to leave, but I'll be back soon. Make sure Tikki keeps an eye on that window." Adrien said and pointed towards the window. "I will be coming in through that one and I need someone to open it for me from inside."

Marinette nodded and smiled at him.

"When will you get back?"

"I'm not sure yet, I will let your parents know about your injuries first. Then I will let Nino and Alya know about it as well. After that all is done I will return here, but I don't want you to wait for me to return. You need to take enough rest and have enough sleep. But I promise you I will be there when you wake up."

"Okay…" Marinette said and pouted sadly.

"Don't be sad. I'll be here soon."

He cupped her cheek with his right hand as he leaned in, capturing her lips with his own in a soft kiss that was full of love. The kiss didn't last that long, as Adrien couldn't stay much longer.

"Good night Princess. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Good night Kitty."

Adrien pressed one last kiss on top of her forehead before he slipped off the bed and walked out of the room. He wished the nurse a good night before he walked towards the exit of the hospital.

When he was outside he called up the bakery, to let Marinette's parents know that their daughter was in the hospital. He had told them that he had found her injured after Ladybug and Chat Noir had beaten the Akuma and that he had brought her as soon as he could towards the hospital. He told them her condition, and that she had to stay for a few nights. Marinette's parents were in shock that something had happened to their daughter. Both worried and Sabine ended up crying. Adrien assured them that Marinette was in good hands and that she was doing better than when he just found her. He also told them that they can go visit her the next day with visitor's hour. Marinette's parents thanked him for helping their daughter as well for the fact he let them know what had happened before the call got ended.

Adrien then sent a detailed text to Nino and Alya to let them know what had happened. Alya was completely worried and angry about Hawk Moth for causing Marinette's injuring because of one of his Akuma's. However angry may had been an understatement, compared to all the text messages that came in where she basically just called Hawk Moth names. Nino's text wasn't that over emotional like Alya's. he simply wished her to feel better soon and let Adrien know that he would drop by the next day. Although the text was pretty laid back, Adrien knew that his friend was worried. Nino just wasn't always that good with his words.

"That wasn't the only plan you had before returning to Marinette, am I correct?" Plagg asked as he popped his head out of Adrien's coat pocket.

"That's correct. We're going Christmas shopping."

"Christmas shopping? Does this mean we will buy some of those fancy cheeses?"

Adrien chuckled and shook his head. Of course his kwami would only think about cheese, even in a situation as this.

"We will get some cheese, but first Christmas decorations."

An hour or so had passed when Adrien had bought a small Christmas tree, some Christmas ornaments for the tree, some fancy cheese and Christmas cookies and different kind of decorations to hang in the room. He got to a nearby alley before he transformed.

Chat Noir ran over the rooftops holding two bags in his hand. He soon got back at the hospital, he extended his baton towards the 8th floor, the floor Marinette's room was. He looked through the windows, searching for the right one to enter. It took him four times until he found the correct one.

He waved at Tikki, who had her eyes on the window. She smiled happily as she quickly flew towards the window. She slowly opened the window, using most of her power to make it move. Chat Noir got into the room and closed the window again before he grabbed the small bag filled with Christmas cookies, opened the bag and placed it on a nightstand next to Marinette's bed. Tikki thanked him and flew into the bag to take a cookie. Chat Noir then took the fancy cheese from a bag and placed it next to the Christmas cookies for Plagg.

"Claws out." he whispered.

A green light flashed in the room. Adrien froze when Marinette stirred in her sleep, afraid he had woken her up with his transformation. He waited a few second longer before he concluded that Marinette was still sound asleep. In the meantime Plagg had already found his way to the cheese and happily ate from it.

Adrien chuckled softly at the Kwami's enjoying their late night snack before he began to decorate the room. He started with the small Christmas tree and placed it on the table that stood in the room. He decorated it with cute black Christmas cat ornaments he had found in some department store. Every cat was holding a different instrument. On top of the tree he placed a big star that was slightly too big compared to the small tree. Once the tree was set up he began to decorate the room with fairy lights and Christmas garlands.

When he was done he was happy with the results. The room looked so much lovelier after the Christmas makeover. He then took a chair and placed it next to Marinette's bed. He took a seat and looked at her as she slept for a little while until he fell asleep himself.

The next morning he woke up by Marinette's hand going through his hair. He slowly opened his eyes and looked up at Marinette who was smiling at him while silent tears run down her cheeks.

"It's beautiful." She said. "It's so beautiful."

"I'm glad you like it." Adrien said as he leaned back into his chair and stretched his back before he stood up from the chair and climbed next to Marinette into the bed, of course making sure not to hurt her.

"I love it."

Adrien smiled at her and pressed a soft kiss on her lips.

"Merry Christmas, Marinette."

"Merry Christmas, Adrien."