Whiskers on Kittens -- (ML)

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Ladybug and Chat Noir always went on patrols. Usually they took the same routes, keeping each other company in the time it took to scan the city of Paris.

Yet on other times the two decided to go in seperate ways, completing their patrols in record time.
Tonight was such a night, and when their paths crossed, the red and black-clad heroes stopped to rest on a rooftop.

"Bugaboo," Chat Noir started suddenly, causing Ladybug to jerk from her near-asleep state.

"Mhmm?" She replied in a lazy tone. She leant back on her hands, eyeing the cat beside her.

"It has been nearly a year since we began all of this, hasn't it?"

Ladybug blinked. "Well, yes, I suppose." She shrugged, staring up at the streetlight-lit sky. "We should do something to celebrate, don't you think?"

Chat Noir nodded "My thoughts exactly, L.B."

"Do you ever refer to me by my real name?" The Lady Luck sighed.

He blinked. "Well, I don't really know it--"

"You knew what I meant;" She interrupted, frowning. Chat Noir's cat ears drooped ever-so-slightly, but Ladybug caught the difference in demeanour. "Oh, sorry..."

"It's fine, My Lady." He brushed off, turning his green eyes down to the street below them. Cars drove past, filling the awkward space between the partners.

The silence covered the two like a blanket, growing heavier by the minute.

"Hey..." Ladybug started up again quietly, Chat Noir's green eyes flickered up to meet her blue ones. "We don't even know much about each other at all, do we?"

Chat Noir hummed an agreement. "But if you don't feel comfortable revealing your identity to me, I won't push you." Ladybug smiled.

"Thank you;" she said "you don't know how much your words mean to me."

"So if I said I love you--"

"Don't push your luck."

Two seconds passed in silence. Chat Noir smirked. Ladybug's eyes widened in realisation.

"My Lady, was that a pun?" The cat superhero chuckled.

"Not intentionally! No don't do this kitty, you said you wouldn't!" She denied, holding her hands out in front of her in defence.

"I made no such purromises." He smirked deviously, tail flicking out behind him. His Lady groaned at her fate. "I would've remembered it in our little chit-chat."

"Are you serious right now?"

"No, I'm just kitten around."

"How do you even...?" She didn't bother completing the question, letting it hang in the air.

"Determeownation." Chat grinned. Ladybug threw her hands up in defeat.

"Okay, I surrender! Just please don't make any more!"

"One more? Pawlease?"

"Nope." She deadpanned.

"Aww."

"So, kitten." Ladybug sighed, massaging her temples. "With no Cat puns, we're going to do something I wouldn't have dared before tonight."

Chat Noir's heart leapt. "Are you finally falling for me, Bugaboo?"

"Once again, don't push it," she said, completing the threat with a withering glare. "We're going to learn about each other."

"Oh?" Chat's tone was an indistinguishable mix between disappointment and curiosity.