Bound To Him {Felientte}

Chapter 4: Intruder

You can hide your identity, but not who you really are - Dinah Madani

Sitting there, typing away at my computer.
, the time passing me by. To be honest, I hadn't checked the time in a while. I just assumed that it couldn't be that late, right? Despite my desire to check, I remained focused on the screen infront of me. All these documents needed to be on his desk by tomorrow morning.
Minutes turned to hours yet I hadn't even notice how much time had actually passed. I wasn't going to lie, this was extremely boring, painstakingly boring if you ask me.
I tried to stay on task and stay focused but I had so many things on my mind. Ladybug for one, today was tough, Hawmoth is becoming stronger and I can barely find a way to transform without getting caught! I hated it but it was my duty. Speaking of duty, the miracle box was my other major worry. I keep having this dream, well more of a nightmare, that I lost the miracle box and all the miraculous were turned over to Hawkmoth. And the voice, this mysterious voice keeps repeating itself over and over. 'He will rise from the ashes... and return to me'. Creepy? Definitely. Oh and Felix! That insufferable prat. Some part of me wishes I could scream at him and throw him out the window and the other has to keep me calm and refrain me from doing that because, One. I'll probably go to jail for murder. Two. I'll definitely be fired and. Three.... I'm Ladybug, heroine of Paris, now a solo worker. As I mindlessly worked, I remembered him. All the things we did, all we went through, was gone. Who am I talking about?

Cat Noir. Aka. Adrien Fathom. Loosly related to my boss, Felix Graham De Vanily. His late father, Colt was cousins to Felix's Dad, Gabriel Agreste. Its all quite confusing really. The two sides of the family had a large falling out, due to their wives mostly. Felix's mother, Amilie, who originally married Gabriel, was having a secret affair with Colt. Gabriel was enraged and through the anger forcefully 'persuaded' Emilie, Amilie's best friend, into an affair. Eventually it became a whole mess. Gabriel and his cousin refused to talk and while Amilie tried to regain any friendship with her best friend, Emilie was heart broken and traumatised through the whole event and sadly took her own life. After that, Felix took on the name Graham De Vanily, after his grandmother who didnt change her name and Adrien, though still kept his name as Fathom, took on the branded name of Agreste. Now, how do I know all of this, because he told me. Right on his death bed he told me. I remember it so vividly. He said that he didn't care who I was or where I came from, just that he loved me. And I hate myself because... I couldn't say it back. They say you can't force love. Of course I loved him at one point in time but I had put so much energy, so much work into forcing myself not to love him. Either, of them. I was depressed for a year or so after that, only leaving the house for school or an akuma attack. I just wanted to forget about it yet his face was everywhere, with the mask he was mourned as Cat Noir and without it he was mourned as Adrien Agreste. No one connected the dots. No one saw it. I suppose it was just that magic or whatever but it was said that Adrien Agreste died in a car crash 3 days earlier Cat Noir's death. It was strange to say the least. How everyone just believed it. It allowed them both to die in peace, no one gossiping about how they were the same but mourning for them separately. But not for me. I know. I know who he really was and I have to mourn twice. Day in and day out, I mourned twice for the same person. They mourned but separately. It hurt but I had to remind myself what made me fall out of that cycle of love. It wasn't through sheer force, no matter how hard I tried, it was because he became what I thought he would never. A pawn. He followed everything his dad said, never stood up to him, following him like a little sheep dog. And when he was given to Mr. Agreste, things only got worse. He was everywhere, as an image, a model, a pawn... a puppet. He wasn't him. That's why I fell out of love. I had fallen in love with an image of who I thought he was always going to be but I should've known that they all go down that path one day or another. I just accepted it and moved one, with some crying and sulking in between.

No matter that, it was behind me now. Well, not all of it. You see, as I crouched next to him, Plagg appeared, tears welling but not daring to spill. He was dangerous by himself and he knew it. I remember laying out my hand for him to sit and for him to hand me the miraculous but he just shook his head. "Guardian. My master has died without serving through his duty," He said, his voice cracking. "And though you are my guardian, I must fulfil his last dying wish of holder,". It had clicked, how could I have forgotten. I never had imagined this would happen but it is true. If one of the heroes welding either the Ladybug or the Black Cat miraculous were to die without fufilling their duty, if they had named a successor, it should go to them. I was sad but so sure he would make the right decision and the right choice yet before the kwami left, he gave me a look, a look of despair, not just for the death of his partner and friend, but for what was to come. He left by saying "I'm sorry Ladybug, Goodluck,". His words always sent shivers down my spine as the next time I met Cat Noir were from less, ideal circumstances. He was no longer a valiant hero but a thief. One who prowls in the night. Never hurting anyone but nevertheless still committing a type of villainy. I had learnt how to survive without my partner but it was painful and exhausting. Nevertheless,I pushed through because that my duty as Ladybug.... Heroine of Paris. However, no matter how much I missed my past partner, he screwed me over big time. He knew what he was doing, I could hear it in Plagg's voice, the way he said those words remind me that my trusted partner screwed me over yet I couldn't hate him, not anymore then I mourned for him.

I got up from my desk, the printer whirring behind me. I stood watching hundreds of papers shoot out. Back and fourth with my eyes. Trying to distract my mind of all my troubles. Trying to hypnotise myself into happiness until the whirring stopped. Part of me wished it would have gone on forever, so I wouldn't have to feel anything but numbness. Yet here I was, collecting papers late at night, triple checking each one. 'Great, just great' I thought as I sorted them into piles of importance. Finally, after enduring a long process of filing, typing, printing and sorting, I was done. 'Just have to pop these onto his desk'.

As I made my way to his office door, I was about to knock and then realised he wasn't here, at least he shouldn't be. I chuckled slightly at my mistake, trying to lighten my mood. Suddenly, I heard rattling from inside his office. I froze. Was he still here? Crap! Am I going to get in trouble? Will he fire me? I can't get fired!!! Crap, Crap,Crap!!!! 'Wait' I thought. It had only just occurred to me that the rummaging may not be from Felix. THERE'S AN INTRUDER! I honestly can't tell what's worse, Felix or an intruder. What am I going to do!? Snap out of it Marinette, your Ladybug for God's sake.

I took a deep breath. Whatever it is or whoever they are, I'm Ladybug, I can take them. I took a small shaky breath, my hand trembling as I reached for the door handle. Click.

His room was cold and dark. It was even worse then when he was in it and I didn't think that possible. The man has no intentions of making anything feel homely but instead keeps things boring and simple, just like him. No time for that Marinette. Your supposed to be looking for an intruder or a Felix. Speaking of both, it had gone eerily silent, all you could hear were my uneven breaths. In and out, one after the other. Despite the appearance of being alone, I felt watched. I had learnt to trust my senses over the years as Ladybug. I kinda have to since I'm fighting the world's biggest threat by myself. Not to mention I've been doing it since I was 14 which helps with knowledge, not so much with the load.

Creak.

My breath hitched instantly, my thoughts that were racing now as silent and still as I was. Slowly, I set the papers down on my boss' desk. I had to get out of here, it was too eerie, intruder or not.

As I made my way to the door, slowly backing out, I felt something brush my shoulders. It sent shivers down my spine, my brain realising that I had made a huge mistake coming in here. 'Oh Crap'.

Heyy. Bit of a cliffhanger. Dw then next chapter will be put soon, sorry it took me so long to post this, I've got a lot going on right now. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Thank you for reading and I'll see you in the next chapter. Bye

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