College Lovers

11: Truths And Nightmares

Ladybug sat on the Eiffel Tower looking out on Paris which was full of Christmas lights. She loved the view, but she needed a jacket, because it was cold and the heaters in her suit weren't doing their thing.

"Bugaboo."

Chat Noir landed next to Ladybug with a box full of pastries. "Guess where I've been." he winked.

Ladybug eyed the box of pastries. "Have you been at my parents' bakery?"

"Yep, and I also bought hot chocolate."

"Life saver!" Chat handed ladybug the hot chocolate, and she drank it in one sip.

"Wow, you most be very thirsty."

"No I'm rather cold."

"Here." Chat handed her a rather familiar blue scarf. She looked inside the scarf and saw her name. He kept it all this time?

"Adrien.."

"What?" he sipped form his chocolate.

"You kept this scarf?"

"Well...yeah. It's the only thing left from my dad."

Ladybug snorted. "Uh check again." she showed him the inside of the scarf.

His eyes widened. "You made the scarf?"

Ladybug nodded. "It was for your birthday."

"But Natalie gave it to me."

Ladybug chuckled as she remembered the day. "That was because fourteen your old me was stupid enough to forget to sign it. Probably why Natalie said it was from your dad."

Chat Noir sighed. "So I was lied to. Again."

"Oh Cmon, don't be sad. Now you know."

"It's worse knowing he was Hawk Moth and that he threw me against the Eiffel Tower."

Ladybugs eyes widened. "You- you remember that?"

"Bunnix showed me..."

"Oh.."

Chat turned himself fully to Ladybug. "Hey hey, it's okay-"

"No it's not! I had years of nightmares from your akumatized version, I had to go in therapy!"

"Oh- oh. I didn't know."

"You never should've known in the first place. Why did Bunnix even tell you?"

"You were acting so strange, I didn't know the cause. And you didn't want to tell me. So I went to Bunnix. She told me everything."

"She shouldn't have to."

"But she did! And I'm glad she did. But when I tried to even talk to you about your nightmares, you'd yo-yo away."

Ladybug sighed. It was true. Whoever he even tried talking about anything related with what was wrong with her, she'd avoid the question.

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Marinette woke up, sweating from another nightmare. She had nightmares every night. The moment she closed her eyes, she saw him.

The white cat.

And that took over her life. Her feline partner saw the change.

Her parents saw the change.

Her classmates and friends saw the change in Marinette's behavior.

She looked at the time. 2:23

She decided she'd transform and clear her head. Not like Chat Noir would be outside at this time. She could use the wind in her hair.

She looked over at Tikki who was peacefully sleeping on her pillow. She felt bad to disrupt her sleep.

She screamed the words quietly to not wake her parents and jumped out from her balcony.

She swingend past the Manor, not thinking anything about it, since the Manor was on the way to the Tower.

Little did she know, someone in those rooms with big windows. Was a cat, who also couldn't sleep.

°

Adrien was falling asleep, but he had to finish his homework. Plagg was eating his camembert which was stinking though the whole room, making Adrien difficult to concentrate.

He decided to take a break and walk around the room. He walked over to the big windows.

No one was awake and it was peaceful. Or he thought.

When a red and black girl swinged over the Manor on her way to the Eiffel Tower.

'Ladybug?'

He looked over to Plagg who was preparing the cheese in the cabinet.

"Plagg, claws out!"  against his will, Plagg was being sucked into Adriens ring. He opened a window and jumped away.

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Ladybug sat herself on the edge. She loved Paris at this time. It was full of pre-"

"Bugaboo!" she got scared from her thoughts. She looked behind her and her black partner was behind her, smiling.

"Chat Noir?" 'shouldn't he be sleeping?'

Chat Noir could read the confusion. "I saw you swing away thought I'd come too."

Ladybug turned her head away. "I wanna be alone."

"Nightmares again?"

Ladybug nodded. He knew. He just didn't 'knew'.

"Care to tell me this time?"

She shook her head. He would be devastated if he ever knew about Chat Blanc.

"Oh Cmon now, m'lady. We're partners! We should share everything!"

Ladybug was visibly crying. "I'm just not ready!"

"Not ready? You've been in this state for months!"

"You just wouldn't get it." she got up and swingend away, crying. The wind going through her hair. She wasn't ready. He would be devastated if he knew it was about him.

She couldn't do that to him.

She cared too much for Chat Noir.

Even if there would be a hole in their friendship.