Promise Me Chaton ~ Miraculous Fanfic

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CHAT NOIR'

S POV

I had a red rose in my hand.

I remember the last time I tried giving her a red rose. She didn't take it and instead told me there was "another guy." I mean how is that even possible? I am the ultra charming Chat Noir after all.

But this wasn't about me or my feelings towards Ladybug. This was about her. I can't even begin to imagine how stressed and overwhelmed she must be feeling from all these new responsibilities she gained overnight. I just want to be here for her and it's my job to make her feel better.

"Where is she?" I asked myself. She wouldn't bail on me, would she?

As I was silently interrogating myself, I saw her coming my way. I knew she would come.

"Hey Chaton," she said.

My heart skipped a beat. Probably more than a beat. Chaton? Someone finally found the humor department.

(Chaton means kitten/kitty in french!)

"Hey bugaboo! This is for you," I said, handing her the scarlet rose, to which she smiled.

She took it and her response seemed different from last time. She was looking down at the rose and tears came from her eyes.

She collapsed in my arms and we laid there.

"Chat I-"

"Shh, it's okay bugaboo," I interrupted. I didn't want to move and I could tell she felt, in a way, protected.

Ladybug broke the silence by saying how much stress she was under now.

"Chaton I don't know how much longer I can do this for. I hate feeling like this, reliving the same day over and over and feeling sad all the time. I have no time to do anything for myself and the second I think I'm finally free I'm tackled with more responsibilities and it's impossible to find a balance. I love you Chat and I'd hate to do this to you but I think it's necessary. Would giving up the guardianship to you be too much to ask?"

What did she say?

"But Bugaboo would that mean that you would . . . forget? Are you really thinking of risking all that?"

Would I be able to handle being the guardian? I mean Ladybug is the strongest person I know and if she couldn't handle it, how would I? And on top of that she would forget, forget every memory we've made together. Was she really risking everything?

She just sighed and I could tell she hadn't thought it through.

"One more thing kitty," she said.

"What is it?" I replied with a curious tone.

"You have to promise. Promise to stop by, promise to help me come back, promise to not give up like I did. Promise me Chaton."

She held her pinky out and I was slightly confused. How was I supposed to help her if I didn't know who she was?

"M'lady, how? How can I make a promise so big if I don't know the real you? How would I know where to stop by without visiting every girl in Paris?"

With this she hesitated.

"Well I guess this is what you've been waiting for."

WHAT? Now? This is the moment? Don't freak out, don't freak out, don't freak out-

"Chat, I promise, when the time is right. It won't be soon though so please don't worry yet. I still have things and people to look after and I will only give it up when the time is right. When I give up my guardianship you'll know and- please, please I need you to promise."

I looked at the pinky covered in red and black spots.

I wasn't sure if I was willing to give this up, to give her up.

But if there was anything I could do to make M'lady come back to me, I'd do it. And so, I took my pinky and interlocked it with hers.

"I promise." I said, not knowing what the occurring events would lead up to.