Primordial Cat Gods and Their Kittens

by GraceMTheStoriedLife

That wasn’t just annoyance in Plagg’s gaze. There was something else, too, something he’d always known Plagg possessed but hadn’t ever seen. After all, a cat couldn’t go more than five thousand years without developing some parental instincts towards its kittens, right? …even if that cat was technically a primordial god? Rated K for minor language and injury.

5. Saying Goodbye

Adrien sighed, turning to the Miraculous Box. Marinette's eyes reflected the weight he felt pushing his shoulders down, threatening to drive him to his knees.

He didn't want to be back here, in the ruins of the place he'd once called home.

He gazed at the three rings on his fingers.

We won, but at what cost?

Out of his jacket pocket came his kwami, sleeping soundly. Adrien cupped Plagg in his hands, tears pricking his eyes. He's not dead. Just in hibernation, he reminded himself. He wouldn't want me to get emotional.

"We'll see them again, right?" He whispered.

Marinette nodded, her own cheeks wet with tears. The earrings were already in the box, Tikki peacefully sleeping until she was needed again. But Adrien couldn't bring himself to let Plagg go quite yet.

He'll never know. Adrien decided, and pressed a kiss to Plagg's star-studded forehead. "I'm gonna miss you, you little ball of grumpiness." Adrien muttered, ignoring the way his heart twisted. "You'd better not forget about me."

Marinette let out a little noise and rested her head on his shoulder. Adrien took a deep breath, pulling his strength from the solid presence at his side. Think of it as a vacation, Tikki had said, a week ago. The day they'd discovered his father's treachery. The day everything had changed. We'll need a break after we show our true forms.

The hospital-like walls were closing him in.

Marinette's watery bluebell eyes blinked up at him. "It's okay, Adrien." She whispered.

It wasn't. But maybe it would be.

He sucked in a massive breath. "Goodbye, Plagg." He whispered. A pause. Then, "I love you."

With a terrifying sense of finality, Adrien slipped the Chat Noir ring off his finger.

Plagg's little body disappeared.

Adrien let out a little strangled sob. With one shaking hand, he placed the faceless metal into it's place in the box. With the other, he gripped tighter around his lady's waist. Tethering him. Comforting him.

She closed the box.

"We'll see them again soon." Marinette promised. It sounded hollow, but Adrien chose to believe it.

After all, his lady was never wrong.

A/N: ow. Ow. Ow. My heart. Why do I make myself sad.

That's it! If you want me to add a chapter to this, please let me know. My Tumblr is tout d'un coup, I need validation :)

Also they're soulmates. Fight me.

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