Marichat MAYhem 2022

~6: Meet The Parents~

Marinette didn't expect her parents to invite Chat Noir, hero of Paris, to have dinner with them tonight but honestly she wasn't complaining because she wanted Chat to get to know her parents a bit better as he hasn't had a proper introduction to them yet and today was the day. Currently, Marinette helped her parents as she was setting the table with cutlery and plates while her parents were making dinner in the kitchen. As she set the last plate down, Marinette picked up her phone and texted Chat Noir to ask him where he was.

Meanwhile Adrien was getting ready as his Kwamii, Plagg, was eating his camembert and sighed at what his owner was doing. "You do realise that Marinette called Chat Noir not Adrien Agreste, right?" Plagg told him as Adrien just rolled his eyes and yelled out; 'Plagg! Claws out!' before he leapt out of his window to make his way to Marinette's house.

Chat heard his baton beep as he opened it to see a message from Marinette asking him where he was and he sent a voice message to her telling her that he was on his way. He jumped using his baton which he had extended as he leaped from rooftop to rooftop and eventually he landed in front of the backers owned by Marinette's parents.

Marinette saw Chat as she had been waiting for him and he entered while the bakery's bell rang as soon as he opened the door. Chat smiled as he saw Marinette and they both hugged each other before separating when they heard a cough coming from Marinette's dad. Chat chuckled with nervousness as he didn't want to get into trouble already and he made sure to not do anything that could get him kicked out.

"Welcome Chat Noir to our home. My name is Sabine Dupain-Cheng and this is my husband, Tom Dupain-Cheng. I'm so glad that you took time to have dinner at our place. Marinette has told me what a wonderful gentleman you are," Sabine told Chat as he follows the Dupain-Cheng family to the kitchen and they all sat down in their respective seats.

The food was already set on the table as they all started to place what they wanted to eat on their plates and they began to eat while having small talk in between. Chat was asked questions by both Sabine and Tom about his life which at first he found a bit strange but he answered them. Marinette would answer any questions that Chat couldn't answer as he was thankful that she helped him and soon everyone finished eating.

"Is everyone ready to eat dessert? I've made parfaits so I hope you all enjoy it," Sabine announced as she had gotten up to get a tray with the parfaits and set the tray, passing the parfaits to everyone. She sat back down as they all ate their dessert and complimented Sabine's recipe for the parfaits as they were really delicious. Once everyone finished eating the dessert, Chat and Marinette helped to clear the table.

The dishes were cleaned by Marinette while Chat passed them to her one by one and he dried them with a towel. After they've finished cleaning up, they both sat on Marinette's bed as Chat hug his friend and was thankful to have been invited to the Dupain-Cheng household for dinner.

"Thank you for inviting me to dinner, Princess but did I seem too nervous at first? Was it a bit too obvious?" Chat told Marinette as shook her head and she laughed which left him confused at why she was laughing at him. Did he really mess up that badly? Will he never be invited to another Dupain-Cheng family dinner?

"You silly Kitty. You weren't too obvious about being nervous and I was laughing because of the look you had on your face when my dad caught us hugging. It was so priceless," Marinette replied as Chat began to tickle her which caused her to laugh again and she begged for him to stop. Eventually he stopped tickling her as Marinette was trying to slow her breathing down after laughing so much.

"You seem to like being tickled, Princess. I'll have to keep that in mind for next time," Chat joked a Marinette hit his shoulder playfully and they both laughed it off. Chat had a fun time at the Dupain-Cheng household as he got to know Marinette's parents more and he was glad to have dinner with them since he hoped he could do it again soon.

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