Presents from Santa Paws •Discontinued•

The meet-up

Recap:

Adrien woke up and arrived at school. Marinette had opened another gift he'd gotten her and read the poem he made. She blushed largely. Mrs Bustier teased Adrien asking for him to describe who was giving her the gifts. He gave his classmates a brief explanation before nearly blurting out that he was the gift giver. He ran out of the classroom to talk to Plagg. He ended up transforming and waiting for ladybug at their spot in front of the Eiffel Tower.
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Adrien/Chat Noir pov:

It had been about two hours before ladybug appeared.

"Hello Chaton. You wouldn't have called me if there wasn't something up with you." She had spoken to me giving me a bit of a fright.

"I-.. I don't know how to explain this but.." I started, getting nervous to carry on.

"I've started to like a girl at my school.." I looked down blushing a bit.

"Woah!! Who is it? Is she cute? Awee! This is adorable Chat!!" She started asking me questions intrigued.

I laughed at her excitement before speaking to her again.

"I-... I can't speak to her though. It was so easy confessing to you when I liked you. It's... harder now for some reason." I spoke honestly.

"That's because you didn't really like me Chat. You probably just admired me or thought you liked me to distract yourself from the other girl." Ladybug shrugged.

My eyes widened.

'She's probably right.' I thought.
'They do look similar..' I remembered.

"You're probably right ladybug." I thanked her.

"No problem kitty! I'm glad I could help." She smiled at me.

"Do.. Do you have any advise on confessing to her?" I asked her hoping she knew something.

She look up at the sky before smiling.

"Is there anything you've been doing?" She asked me.

"I've been leaving her presents as Chat Noir. The only people that know is my teacher and a friend of mine. She doesn't even know it's me, I thought it was quite obvious." I laughed to myself feeling quiet pathetic.

"You're the one leaving Marinette the gifts aren't you..?" She asked me with wide eyes.

My ears went straight up when I heard Marinette's name.

"I-.. how?" I asked her looking shocked at her.

"She thought she had a stalker so she asked me to try and find out who it was!!" She said nervously, sweat dripping down her forehead.

I sighed.

"Please don't tell her it's me. I'm not ready yet. Neither is civilian me." I said looking at her with hope.

Her face relaxed before a small smile appeared on her face.

"No problem! I'll tell her that it's an admirer. I don't think she gets many of them." She smiled largely.

"Why do you like her anyway?" She asked a minute later.

My face turned beet red, almost the colour of her suit.

"I-.." I started.

"You don't have to tell me! I'm just curious." She started shaking her hands thinking I was going to stop her.

"No.. that's not why I hesitated." I said to her.

"You're just the only person that knows except my Kwamii." I told her.

"Why don't you tell your friends?" She asked me.

"They.. They just don't get me. It's almost like they only see half of me. My serious side. When I'm Chat I can be as free as I want. Crush on people without having to face worries of it spoiling what job I have to do." My fake ears flattened to my head.

"Hey Chat.. How about to cheer you up, why don't we talk about what you like about Marinette?" She said hoping I said yes.

"Sure.. I guess, since why Kwamii has gotten annoyed of me talking about her." I laughed to myself.

She giggled a bit reminding me of Marinette.

'No Adrien. She isn't Mari. She couldn't ever be her.' I thought in my head.

"How about we start with her personality?" She asked me.

"Uhm.. okay. I like how she's able to take control of any situation and not be negative about much. I haven't seen her akumatized so she's really strong." I smiled to myself turning red in the cheeks.

"I like how she's passionate about her career as a fashion designer and how she isn't afraid to stick up to anyone. Not even if they keep saying that I'm just a sidekick. I've heard her defending me before." I smiled to myself.

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The day adrien realised he liked Marinette:

'Okay Adrien. Be cool. You just have to sit in front of her. No big deal!' I tried convincing myself.

"He's not just a sidekick! Without him ladybug would fail!" A familiar voice stood out to me.

I looked around the corner to see Marinette arguing with some girl from another class.

*we are gonna name this girl Anna. (Sorry to all Anna's)*

"Chat noir is just lame. Like he can only destroy things! And he's a black cat! He's bad luck to all of Paris!!" Anna argued back.

"No, you're wrong. Yes he may be black cat but he's kind, funny and brave! He does more than ladybug! He risks himself for her!" Marinette argued back.

My stomach regained the butterflies from earlier this morning. I could feel my eyes glossing with tears as I leaned against the wall smiling.

'No wonder I like you Marinette..'
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End of chapter y'all. Thank you for 69 reads! I appreciate it so much!! I was going to write this tomorrow but I'm stuck in bed sick so I decided to do it now. I'll probably update again tomorrow as well since I'll be off school due to how ill I've been feeling. I swear half my school is ill. Half of 'em barely show up during winter.

Have a lovely Holiday! Make sure to keep healthy by drinking the suitable amount of fluids and eating as much as you should. Have a good evening/morning. Good bye y'all! <3

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