More than a Marichat tale

~~LadyBug & CatNoir~~

That evening Marinette lay on her bed, replaying the events of that day to Tikki.

Tikki flew down and hovered above her face, 'it's already ten o'clock Marinette, and you have school tomorrow'
'Oh more time has passed than I thought!' Marinette said, standing up.
She froze. Catnoir was just perched on the ladder to her balcony, staring at her.

'Hello' he said.
'You scared me! What the hell are you doing here at this time?'
He hopped down, 'I'm sorry Mari, I didn't mean to scare you. I couldn't sleep so I was patrolling and I saw your light was on.'
Marinette walks to him, 'oh it's okay. I was just thinking about the fabulous time I had with Adrien! We spent the night in a cove, can you believe it!' She shook Catnoir at the shoulders.

He placed his hands over hers and brought them down, 'That sounds really nice, Marinette. I'm happy you've had a good couple of days.'

'Catnoir, I missed you!' She suddenly exclaims, and puts her arms around his neck, bringing him in for a hug.

He's taken by surprise but slowly wraps his arms around her and holds a hand against the back of her hair.
'I missed you too, Marinette.' After a moment he follows up, 'is everything okay?'

'Yes, I'm just really happy with how things are at the moment. I'm suddenly overwhelmed by gratefulness, for you, for Adrien, for Ayla.'

Catnoir pulls back slightly just to look at her, 'Aww this is really sweet, Mari. I'm happy that you're happy'.
He leads them over to sit on the bed and holds her hands in his.

'Why couldn't you sleep?' Marinette asked him.
'My mind was really busy. A lot of thoughts and feelings that are hard to comprehend. I don't really want to talk about it. I came to you for a distraction I suppose.'

'Of course, I'm here for you Catnoir. Whatever you need.'
He smiled, 'Thank you, I appreciate you a lot. And you're so easy to talk to.'
'That's good,' Marinette gave him a soft smile.

For a moment there was something more in his eyes. There was a flicker of admiration she had never seen before. But before she could process it it was gone. He looked down, as if catching himself.

He took his hands back and stood up, 'it's getting late and you have school tomorrow, I should go.'
'Will you come back tomorrow?'
'Of course, if that's what you'd like?'
'Yes. See you tomorrow.'
'Good night, Mari.'

She woke up the next morning and changed into black jeans and a cream sweater. Her blue hair was tied up into pig tails.

Alya met her best friend outside of the school.

'Hey girl! You look so cute' she fussed.
Marinette playfully rolled her eyes and smiled.
Alya pointed, 'There's Nino and Adrien. Let's go over there'
'Whaat! Nooo'
She was pushing Marinette, who was trying her hardest to resist.

Alya seemed to be stronger, as she succeeded.

'Uhh, h-hey guys' Marinette said trying to be cool.

'Yo dude'
'Hi Marinette'

'Hey Nino, hey Adrien' Alya greeted.

'Hey guys,' another girl approached them.
Her long, dark, brown hair trailed down her back.

'Hi Lila' Adrien said, reluctantly. He wasn't too keen on her himself.

Nobody else greeted her.
'What are you doing here?' Marinette asked, bitterly.

Lila smiled innocently, 'just being polite'.