Patched Up (Miraculous Ladybug Fanfic) *Adrienette + Marichat* (COMPLETED)

*Chapter 1*

*Marinette/Ladybug's POV*

"Tikki, spots off," I said as I reached my balcony. I caught Tikki in my hands as she fell. "Eat up," I handed Tikki a macaroon and she ate it at her own pace. "Go get some rest, tonight was tough," I said to Tikki. She nodded and then went into my purse. I took off the purse and sat it down carefully on the table next to me. I sat in a chair, looking up at the night sky. It was late and I knew that, but I stayed outside anyway. I needed to clear my head after tonight's akuma attack. Chat Noir was hurt, and it was all my fault. He saved me but...ended up getting hurt himself.

I closed my eyes and tried to think of other things, besides Chat Noir, but I couldn't. The image of him getting hurt because of me played in my mind over and over again. Before I knew it, tears were rolling down my cheeks.

"Rough day?" Someone said beside me. I looked to see who it was. "Chat Noir!?" I screamed. "Hi, prince- Wait! Are you crying?!" I quickly wiped my tears and blinked the rest of them away. "No, no, I'm fine. Don't worry about me Chat!" I said, looking at him, forcing a smile. Act cool Marinette, everything's fine. I kept saying that over and over again in my head, trying to calm myself down. Chat noir jumped down from the ledge of my balcony. He was holding his side. As he walked closer to me, he was limping just a bit.

"Are you alright? I-I saw what happened. You saved Ladybug from getting hit by Stoneheart, right?" I could feel tears forming in my eyes, but I tried my best to hold them back. "Oh yeah, I'm fine. Well, I will be in a few days, that is." His movement was slow, and he looked kind of dazed. "Can I stay here tonight? If my dad saw me limping and holding my side, he would get suspicious. He definitely saw what happened to me. With me being who I am under this mask, he would flip if he found out his son was Chat Noir, don't know if that made any sense," he said. He was avoiding eye contact with me. "Yeah, come on, let's get inside. It's late," I said as I stood up and grabbed my purse. I then grabbed Chat Noir's free hand.

I led him into my room. He looked surprised, for some reason. Then I realized what he saw. I completely forgot about all the pictures I had of Adrien, that were all over my room. "Photos of Adrien?" He asked me. "Oh! Uh! These are for modeling! I'm a fashion designer and he is a model! I was just, you know, using a model for my designs to make sure they would fit him!" I tried to explain. I couldn't tell him I had a massive crush on Adrien. I could feel my face getting red by how hot it felt. "Got it," Chat Noir said. "Here, I have a couch you could sleep on. And don't worry, you can detransform. I won't peak," I said as I climbed down from my bed. Chat Noir followed me.

"So why were you crying?" Chat Noir asked me. "Oh, I- It's nothing. Just had a bad day in school, that's all." That was a lie. I was crying because of him. No, not because of him, because of what I did to him. He got hurt because of me. "What happened today? I saw some of it, but people kept pushing and shoving me, so I couldn't see very well," another lie, I was too dazed to render what was really going on. "You wanna know what happened?" He asked me as he sat down on the couch, I nodded. I sat down beside him, waiting for him to talk.

"Well, me and ladybug were fighting Stoneheart again, but this time, he was stronger, a lot stronger. Ladybug used her lucky charm, and she was trying to figure out how to use it. But then Stoneheart was about to attack her, so I pushed her out of the way, and ended up getting hit myself. Right in my side. I then hit my head off of a tree and I scraped my neck. I don't remember what else happened. I must have passed out. But when I woke up, I was laying down on the ground at me and Ladybug's secret hiding spot. I was detransformed. Plagg, my kwami, said she left before I detransformed. And that's all. Well, pretty much all, all that I can remember, anyways," he said. My cheeks felt wet, and I noticed I was crying. Chat Noir also noticed. "Marinette, are you alright? Did I upset you?" He said Cupping my face in his hands. "Yeah, I'm fine, but be quiet. I don't want to wake up my mom and dad. They are sleeping,"

"Oh, sorry, didn't mean to be loud. I just wanted to know if you were OK and if I upsetted you." I wiped my tears away. "No, no, i-it's fine, I'm fine, trust me," I tried to smile but it failed. "What's wrong then? There's gotta be something else, besides from school that made you cry," It's nothing. I just-" I hugged him without a second thought. I felt so horrible. He can't even go home without risking revealing his identity all because of me. "I'm sorry, that happened to you..." Tears kept rolling down my cheeks. "But Marinette? It's not your fault, it's not ladybug's fault either, it's my own. But I don't mind. I did it for Ladybug. She means a lot to me, you know. I can't bear the thought of her getting hurt. It hurts me just thinking about it." He hugged me back. "You're amazing Chat," I said. He hugged me tighter. "Thank you, princess," My face got even more hot. He broke the hug and pulled away.

He lifted one eyebrow at me and said, "Are you blushing?" I covered my face with my hands. "N-No! I turn my back to him. "I-I'm going to bed. There are clothes in that chest over there that might fit you. You have almost the exact same body type that Adrien has," I said, pointing to the chest by the wall with all the clothes I made for Adrien to try on. "You were checking me out?" Chat Noir asked in a flirty tone. "What!? I wasn't checking you out! I've just seen you loads of times! I just saw you in the news and all the times you would show up here unexpectedly. That's all!" I exclaimed. "I know, I'm just messing with you. You're cute when you're flustered," he said and then laughed slightly. Did Chat Noir just call me cute? I tried to shake the thought of him calling me cute. I liked Adrien, not Chat Noir.

I climbed up in my bed and buried my face and my pillow. "Goodnight, Princess," he said to me. "Goodnight chat," my voice was muffled, but I think he could understand me. I heard some movement and then the chest opening up. Then a few seconds later I heard the chest close. "I'm going into the bathroom to change. Plagg, claws in," Chat Noir said. Next thing I heard was my hatch that led to the staircase opening and then closing. "Psst! Tikki? Wake up!"

"What? What happened, Marinette?" Tikki said as she got out of my purse. "You're gonna have to hide tonight, Chat Noir is sleeping over and I can't let him find out I'm Ladybug, the one who got him hurt!" I yelled in a whisper. She nodded, then she went under my covers. I took out my Pigtails and lied down. I pulled my covers over me and I let sleep slowly take me away. 

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