Marichat MAYhem 2022

~8: Picnic~

"Chat! Where are you taking me?" Marinette asked as she was being carried by Chat Noir but she had no idea where he was taking her until he stopped jumping from rooftop to rooftop and landed in the park. Marinette was set down by Chat as he holds her hand and takes her somewhere where a surprise was set up for her. They walked towards a tree as Marinette saw a blanket laid out with a basket on top and two pillows for them both.

"Surprise Princess. A picnic for just the both of us," Chat told Marinette with excitement as she smiled and they both sat down on the pillows. Opening the picnic basket, Chat took out a box of sandwiches, a bottle of lemonade, two paper plates and plastic cups as he set each item down on the light pink blanket.

"Wow Kitty. Did you plan just for the two of us? Thank you so much for doing this," Marinette remarked as Chat smiled that she liked his idea of a picnic and he passed a plate to her. He opened the sandwich box as he places two on his plate and gave the other two to Marinette. He then opened the cap of the lemonade bottle as he poured some into the plastic cup and passed it to Marinette before pouring some for himself.

They began to eat their sandwiches while taking a sip of lemonade in between and they both talked to one another as Marinette laughed at Chat's use of puns, finding it funny when he used them since he was using them at random. Once they had finished eating, they threw their paper plates plastic cups into the bin as Chat puts the remaining stuff back into the picnic basket.

"That was a lovely picnic, don't you think Princess?" Chat told Marinette as she nods in agreement and she really enjoyed the picnic she had with Chat. They both were laying down as their heads were resting on their pillows and they saw the sun starting to slowly slip away while the colour of the sky changed from blue to a dark blue in the sky until it was completely dark.

Street lamps lit up as their lights illuminated the park as Chat saw the stars twinkling in the sky above and Marinette pointed out some constellations that she saw in the night sky while Chat was impressed by her knowledge of the constellations that she pointed out.

"The sky really is beautiful tonight just like you are Princess," Chat told Marinette in a somewhat romantic way as she blushed while Chat chucked and Marinette lightly smacked his shoulder. They laughed at what occurred between them as Marinette noticed a shooting star pass through the sky and she pointed it out to Chat who looked up to see more passing through.

Several more shooting stars passed the sky as Marinette and Chat watched in awe at how majestic they were when they passed through the night sky. Soon after the shooting stars had passed by, Marinette was helping Chat to pack the blanket and pillows into the picnic basket. They both held hands again as they both walked together while Chat held the picnic basket in his left hand and the both talked to each other.

"Thanks for the picnic Chat. I really enjoyed spending time with you and I really liked looking at the stars as well as the shooting stars with you. Maybe we can do this next time," Marinette told Chat as he smiled and he was really glad that Marinette enjoyed the picnic that they had together.

After walking for a couple of minutes, they arrived back at Marinette's family bakery which was also her home and Chat gave her a kiss on the cheek causing Marinette to blush again but this time she gave him a quick kiss on the lips before heading inside her home, saying goodnight to a flustered Chat Noir.

Chat touched  his lips where Marinette gave him a quick kiss as a thank you for the picnic that they had together and Chat stood there for a few minutes while trying to recollect himself after that moment he just had. He couldn't believe that Marinette kissed him on the lips like that but what did it mean? Did she like him? Was it just a thank you kiss? Whatever it was Chat brushed away the thoughts that he had as he headed home and was glad to have planned a picnic with Marinette.

Word count: 760