"CHAT! CHAT! WAIT! COME BACK!" Her screams rang through the darkness.

He had failed her. He had failed his lady. How could he live with himself after such a thing. He could never reveal himself, how would anyone understand. He did the only thing he could. He ran, ran as far as he could before he turned back into Adrien. His phone still ringing in his pocket. Sitting in a park in the middle of nowhere. Howling in rage and sadness.

"wake up, wake up, wake up" Plagg was poking his cheek looking and sounding thoroughly depressed. "you told me if I made sure you got up you would get me cheese" even the thought of cheese didn't bring a smile back to his partners face any more.

Just a dream, a recollection of a lifetime ago. 5 years had passed since he last saw his lady, standing alone on that fateful night. Plagg reminded him everyday. He recalled their last discussion about it.

"Kid, you haven't transformed in years, I'm a god! Not a pet" he had huffed

"Vessel to the gods Plagg, don't get ahead of yourself, just tell me who she was" Adrien put emphasis on the word 'vessel' as his tone demanded, frustrated after his long timed continual proposal.

Plagg looked at Adrien with his set scowl "No way! You wanna find out, go back to Paris and find her, she's still around you know that from the lady blog"

"I cant, Plagg, you know I cant, how can I face her after all this time, all this that has happened"

"The same way I'm going to face my other half!" Plagg's face was screwed up in pain. "Everyday I'm away from Tikki I feel my power getting less. I need her to help me recharge properly"

"Give it a break Plagg, you get enough cheese to feed an army of kwami, any way, you weren't with her for the first 4 years so how did you recharge then mm?"

"There's a vicinity radius." Plagg retorted "Tikki must be weak too. Your ladybug wont be able to keep up soon enough without us around"

Adrien sighed. Just recalling the conversation made his brain hurt. He knew Plagg was right, he had seen the Ladyblog reports and knew she didn't patrol every night any more. Sometimes it was less than twice a week. He knew he would have to go back, but not now, not yet, he wasn't ready.

As if like destiny was calling, his phone started to ring. After 3 years of university and 2 years to complete his masters, he was finally ready to do as had always been planned for him. He was going to run his fathers business. He had already found the perfect location to set up headquarters in London.

Plagg heard him make a few humming noises down the phone and the little kwami fell off the bed when Adrien suddenly started shouting down the phone. What was going on? He had ever seen his kitten so angry and ...scared. Not even in the first days of the Akumas.

"NO, NO, WHAT DO YOU MEAN LEGISLATION- I CAN RUN MY BUSINESS ANYWHERE I LIKE-WHAT!?" he slammed his phone down cracking the screen in the process.

"Pack your bags Plagg... we're going home, to Paris"

A/N: I imagine Plagg being excited and smug and doing loop the loops in the air and dancing with his Camembert and singing

Marinette kissed his forehead and let her fingers stroke his soft hair. His arms wound up around her neck pulling her down to his level.

"I love you" he whispered into her ear.

She smiled, an ear to ear smile. She couldn't imagine her life without him "I love you too, with all my heart and soul"

He kissed her cheek gently and started playing with her hair in return. "what about daddy?"

Marinette smiled, he was young but not a day went by without him asking about his father. "He'll come back" she smiled "I trust him"

The little boy before her sat on his bed with his legs crossed holding his beloved stuffed toy of Chat Noir, despite having never seen the hero in his lifetime, he felt a special connection with the figure.

His thick mop of blond hair and green penetrating eyes. "Why did he go?"

Marinette sighed. "I told you Louie, 100 times I've told you" she tickled him as she said it and they both giggled "I love you, I love him, he loves you even though he doesn't even know you but he had to go away and do something. But he will be back" she smiled confidently at him

"what something? When will he be back?" she sighed a big sigh.

Louie was 4 now and there was no way she would be able to keep this up much longer. He was so intuitive for his age and she didn't have the answers for his questions, plus she knew this was a stalling tactic for bedtime.

"I don't know my little kitten, now get some rest" she kissed his forehead again and left him in his room.

"mummy!" her eyes rolled

"yes?"

"I need a drink" her head rolled forward.

"oooooh I need a break" she muttered to herself as she walked down to the kitchen to get him a glass of water.

30 minutes later, Louie was finally asleep and Marinette sat down to read a good book. In the book there was a young girl who got pregnant and her partner had left her. After a while she gave up trying to read. So much of the emotions were too close to home.

"Marinette, are you ok?" the familiar voice of her kwami Tikki came from behind her.

"I'm ok Tikki, just having an emotional day, how are you? Would you be up for a run?"

Tikki gave a small sad smile. "not tonight Marinette. I'm scared, I've never been so far away from Plagg for so long. He must be feeling the same. If one of us was inactive it wouldn't be as bad" She rushed on with the scared look on her chosens face "but I really don't want to go inactive. I just need to rest more than usual and save our strength for when we actually need it"

Marinette looked at her little Kwami, her sad red face and big blue eyes, she felt so bad for her. "I wish there was something I could do for you Tikki"

Tikki patted Marinette on the head comfortingly. "We are both missing our other halves. Its ok"

Marinette drifted off slowly. Whether it was the book or the conversations she had that day, she didn't know, but her mind took her straight back to that dreadful night that changed her life forever.

A/N: Im trying really hard to get the formatting right on these stories. I really hope that despite any glaring errors that you enjoy them. Im always delighted at the lovely nice reviews people write and please remember if you need to point anything out, "positive criticism" Thank you, next chapter coming soon. - Bug-out.