Chat leaned on Marinette's window sill, watching her deadpan. He liked how Marinette wasn't annoying and pushy like other girls, in both of his lives. Tipping forward, Chat somersaulted into her room. "So what do you wanna do, Mari?" Chat asked playfully, landing in a crouch.
"I want to push you back out of that window and to whatever alley you came from." She said, turning around.
"Meow-ch, Princess." He said.
"You've used that pun twice today." Marinette said.
What? "Huh?" Chat asked.
"I-I m-mean you used it earlier... In your f-fight! I h-heard you!" Marinette smiled widely.
"Okay." Chat laughed.
Chat hadn't remembered seeing Marinette at the scene, only afterwards when he caught her. "Hey, how did you fall earlier?" Chat asked.
"Uh.... I tripped?" Marinette asked.
"Okay, but how did you get up there?" Chat asked.
"I went up there." Marinette said.
"Alright, whatever you say." Chat concurred.
Marinette turned away again and sat in her chair, starting to sketch something. They were silent for a while and Chat slunk around Marinette's room, looking at things she owned. He stopped over Marinette's shoulder, looking at what she was designing. It was a evening gown, fading from red to black and ending with a short train. The back was cut midway through the waist, and- Marinette put her hand over it. Chat had only really seen the colors and the back. He hadn't had a chance to see any of the details in it. "Princess, that is claw-some!" Chat exclaimed, earning a blush from Marinette.
"It's nothing special..." Marinette said, looking down and smiling.
"Do you make any clothing?" Chat asked, thinking back to the mannequin he had seen.
"Well... Sometimes, but I don't have the right fabrics for most of my designs... or I don't have the right colors." Marinette said, pulling open a drawer filled with rolls of fabric, all common fabrics and materials.
"I see." Chat's Miraculous beeped for the third time.
"You ought to be going soon..." Marinette said.
"Why so lusty, Mari?" Chat asked, smirking and winking.
"I'm not lusty you stupid cat!" Marinette said, whacking Chat with a notebook on her desk.
Chat moved and Marinette chased him in her room, smiling wildly. After a good five minutes of intense tag, the two collapsed on the bed, laughing. After another minute, the two looked at each other and burst into more laughter. They stopped laughing after a moment, looking happily into each others eyes. Chat smiled. Adrien hadn't had this much fun in a while. For the first time in a year, Adrien felt happy. Not in a Chat-soaring-through-the-air kind of way. A legitimate happiness.
Involuntary, Chat began to move his head closer to Marinette's. She too began to move. Their noses were half an inch apart. Chat stared directly into Marinette's eyes, hers flicking down to his lips and back up. Were they going to kiss? It appeared so. But... Lady Bug! But Marinette! But...! Chat, Adrien, just let it happen. Chat thought. He blinked, and behind his closed eyelids, he could imagine kissing Marinette. He had worked up enough courage.
Beep. Chat's Miraculous beeped, ruining the moment. They both moved away. "Ahem." Marinette cleared her throat.
"Well, I better-"
"Yeah." Marinette said, standing up and moving the middle of her room, hand on the back of her neck.
"Bye." Chat said, moving quickly to Marinette's window.
"Yeah." Marinette said, turning her head slightly.
Pushing out of her window, Chat launched his baton against the ground, soaring high. Shit shit shit shit shit shit shit. Although Adrien stayed away from profanity, he couldn't help himself. He had almost kissed Marinette! Sweet Marinette! He couldn't subject the poor girl to the hell that would be her future if she was with Chat!
Besides, what if there was someone else? Chat wasn't going to hurt himself too! He had his own Lady anyways. Landing through a window into his room, Adrien's transformation wore off, Plagg landing on his head. "Stop spending your time with silly girls, Adrien. Don't you love Lady Bug? Why did you get so close to Marinette? And the flirting! My goodness! That was disturbing. You really are a stupid stray." Plagg said, clearly disturbed.
Adrien walked to his bed and face planted into it, throwing Plagg on some pillows. "Cheese in the drawer." Adrien's muffled voice escaped.
"Answer me, Adrien." Plagg said.
"It-It just happened I guess!" Adrien said.
He knew Plagg was only asking because he cared so much, but Adrien still didn't have any answers. "Look, kiddo. You're either going to hurt yourself badly, or you're going to destroy the poor girl's life. You know you can't take rejection. And how long will she be able to go, not having a way to contact Chat Noir? She'll drive herself insane if you can't visit and you don't want that to happen. What I'm saying is; one of you will end up heartbroken. Even if one little kiss doesn't make you like this," Plagg crossed his little fingers, "It won't just go away. Any romantic advances will ruin you both." Plagg sighed.
"You don't think I know that?" Adrien said.
"Besides, you've known her for a total of one hour as Chat Noir."
"But I've know her for so much longer, Plagg." Adrien lifted his head.
"She doesn't know that." Plagg drifted over to the drawer and pulled out an entire wheel of Camembert.
"I'm not the right person for her, either. She needs someone who is actually all the things I act like. Not some boisterous blonde in a cat suit." Adrien dropped his head back down.
"So you admit it, then?" Plagg asked.
"What?"
"You're a boisterous blonde in a cat suit?"
"Hey, at least I'm being honest! I know I can be like that!" Adrien snapped, sitting up.
"Whoa, kid, just kidding." Plagg said.
Adrien dropped down again, this time facing the ceiling. He released a sigh. "What am I supposed to do?" Adrien asked, putting his hands on his face.
"You'll figure out something, I'm sure." Plagg said uselessly.
"Thanks." Adrien said sarcastically, rolling his eyes.
"Anytime."
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So it's 12:21 and I plan on staying up later writing more so you're welcome. <3
Thank you for reading if you do.
Sorry again that we can't have the reveal, at least not in this book.
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