When one day Ladybug decides to do something nice for her friend and partner Chat Noir, he misinterprets it and tries to kiss her. Shocked, Ladybug flees the scene and chat seeks comfort in the arms of his good friend Marinette.
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Marinette put her phone away and sighed as she got up from the sofa to finally drink her tea which was probably already cold in the kitchen. A Chat Noir mug she got from Alya after she'd told her she was Ladybug. Marinette smiled, drank her cold sencha tea and got to the main task of her afternoon - getting ready for an evening/night with her boyfriend. She had to pick the perfect underwear, dress, accessories, have condoms ready just in case, cheese for Plagg in the fridge... all the things on her mind made her dizzy. Why was she so tired all of a sudden? She decided to take a nap on the sofa, but before she got there, she fell asleep on the floor.
Only then did a tall dark figure leave the shadows of the kitchen. In Marinette's dream someone gently picked her up, put her arm around their shoulders and carried her across Paris. She felt light, but her feet were heavy and she was unable to move or even open her eyes.
Chat Noir was also getting ready for his date night. He had to buy regular non-designer clothes nobody would associate with him just in case Marinette caught a glimpse of what he was wearing when he drops his transformation. The cologne Chat would be wearing tonight also had to be different from Adrien's. This was quite new to him. He'd never dated as Chat. But there's a first time for everything.
"Let's hope there's no akuma attack tonight, loverboy."
"Don't jinx it, Plagg! For the first time in... forever, I really don't want to spend the evening with Ladybug!"
"Claws out! We need to get a proper bouquet of flowers on the way there."
And just as Chat was leaving the florist's on the corner of Marinette's building, his baton beeped with an incoming call. From Rena Rouge.
"Please, tell me it's not another akuma!" Chat begged, desperation in his voice.
"It's not. It's worse." Chat opened his mouth, but before he could ask what could possibly be worse than a supervillain akumatizing yet another Parisian to terrorize the city...
"He's got her. Hawkmoth's got Marinette on top of the Eiffel Tower. Don't do anything stupid, let's meet at Trocadéro Gardens. LB has a plan."
"Got it, on my way." Chat said, trying to keep it together, although inside, he was screaming and crying and cursing his stupid heart. Of course this was bound to happen. Chat having an official girlfriend all over the news, of course that's who Hawkmoth would target. Of course that's how he could finally get to him. Stupid, selfish cat. And now Mari's life's at stake. Let's hope LB has a really good plan.
If only Chat knew that Ladybug did NOT have a plan. How could she? Her civilian self was tied to the Eiffel Tower, still a bit numb from whatever Hawkmoth put in her tea while he was hiding in her kitchen.
This was perfect. Chat Noir had a girlfriend. There was somebody in his life equally important as Ladybug, if not even more. Finally, he could make Chat himself bring him Ladybug's miraculous. Hawkmoth knew too well how desperate men are to save their soulmates. This was the moment he'd been waiting for and he was planning to use it well.
