miraculous sins

mari and chat

this one is super long but i know you guys well love it ;)

A GIFT FOR A CAT

Marinette and Chat have become close friends over the years. Marinette wants to surprise Chat with a macaron shaped pillow as a gift, and decides to slip some catnip inside to see if Chat will notice. Chat definitely notices, and Marinette needs to handle the consequences.

It started out as a joke.

Over the years, Chat Noir had demonstrated the intense sweet tooth he secretly had. Due to this, Marinette found herself bringing him baked goods and sweets in and out of costume. She had developed a very close friendship with Chat Noir as Marinette. It started out with him stopping on the balcony to chat and bum some sweets. Over time, they spent more time together and grew closer and closer.

Marinette had finished sewing the macaron pillow, holding it out in front of her to admire the work. It was pink and fluffy, round and soft. She was very pleased. The young woman opened the zipper a bit and slipped the bag of catnip into the center of the macaron.

"What was that Marinette?" Tikki asks, floating around the bluenette's head.

"It was a little cloth baggie of catnip" Marinette giggles. "I wanted to see if Chat would be able to sniff it out, you know because he's kinda a big cat?" Marinette says with a roll of her eyes.

"Catnip?" Tikki says a little surprised, "Marinette there is something you should-" Tikki begins but is interrupted by a tapping on the skylight above them.

"Shhh! Tikki hide!" Marinette hushes the Kwami, quickly shoving the gift into her desk drawer. After satisfied with the hiding place, she goes out to pop the skylight open. Chat Noir easily slides down the ladder, landing on the soft carpet resting on her floor.

"Good evening Princess," Chat Noir says, his tail flicking playfully behind him.

"Hi Chat, how was your day today, any crazy superhero stuff?" Marinette asks, already knowing the answer.

"How about I tell you while I kick your butt?" Chat suggests, wiggling his eyebrows towards the television.

"You're on pussycat" Marinette shoots back.

The two walk over to sit in front of the small television in her room, naturally falling into the flow of their regular hangouts. Turning on Mecha Strike V, the two of them begin selecting their characters. Thankfully, Marinette's parents were out of town, so the teens could smack talk each other as loudly as they want. After playing a few rounds, and Chat Noir losing every round, they opt to play cooperatively through the story mode instead. They fall into a comfortable conversation, Chat talking about his day. He recounts the tale (a very liberal interpretation Marinette notes) of the Akuma from today, and how he heroically saved the day, of course.

"Enough about me though, how was your day Marinette?" Chat asks her. "Do anything fun?"

"Yes actually..." Marinette pauses the game, suddenly popping up from her seat. She goes over to her desk and pulls out the macaron pillow from her drawer. "I actually spent today making you something," she says, bringing the gift over to her leather-clad partner.

With a smile and slight blush on her face, Marinette presents the gift to Chat Noir. She places the soft pillow in his hands, along with a bag of matching edible macarons. She watches as a fierce blush paints over Chat's face, his mouth slightly agape. She plops down next to him again.

After a moment or two of silence, Marientte says, "so do you like it?"

Seemingly snapping out of a trance Chat says, "Yes! Mari! I-I love it." His hands squeeze the pillow tight. "It's just been so long since anyone gave me something hand-made, so thoughtful and so unexpected." Marinette wasn't quite sure how to respond. She wasn't expecting her gift to be so impactful on her partner. She had received little gifts like this from friends and family all her life. She watches him open the bag of cookies, happily popping one into his mouth. Suddenly, a sense of sadness washes over her.