Darling.

Three •Noir•

The week passed quickly. I was getting more and more excited for this field trip.

"Okay class, today we are picking room assignments. 4 people to a room max. If you have a co-ed room I expect you to be on your best behavior!" Mrs. Bustier was explaining. Nino, Alya, Marinette and I already knew the four of us would be inseparable. She handed us our sheets and the four of us scribbled each other's names on them.

The rest of the day passed in a blur and suddenly it was Friday.

"Make sure you're here at 8 AM sharp so we can load the busses and leave the school by 8:20 to get to the airport and leave in time for our flight." The bell rang to dismiss us for lunch break and everyone was chatting about the trip.

"Do you guys wanna come over for lunch?" Marinette asked. We all agreed and headed to her family's bakery.

"Oh! Hello!" Marinette's mom greeted us with a wave and a smile. "I'm Mrs. Dupain-Cheng. It's nice to meet you all! You can go up to Marinette's room and I'll bring up your lunches."

"Oh, thank you mom," Marinette said and she zoomed up to her room. Nino, Alya and I glanced at each other in surprise and slowly followed to where Marinette was.

Her room was very neat, and it had sketches pinned up on her walls. She was removing something off of her desktop before we came in.

"Oh hi," she said awkwardly, glancing around the room. We all sat in the middle of her room and sighed.

"What do you think we're gonna look at in Canada!?" Alya asked.

"I hope we go to Hamilton, Ontario." I said smiling. They all looked at me with confused faces. "It has a lot of cool stuff there, and tons of artists and movies are produced there!"

Marinette hummed and smiled casting a side glance at me. "I hope we go to Quebec. It's the most well-known French-Canadian province."

"I don't know what to expect there, but it better be fun." Nino said with a grin.

"What are you wearing when we have dinner with Justin Trudeau?" Marinette asked.

"Actually I wanted to talk to you about that," Alya and I said in unison.

"You first," I laughed. Alya nodded and looked at Marinette.

"Can you make me a dress? I don't own any," she said sheepishly.

"You don't own dresses?" Nino asked, obviously surprised.

"No, I don't wear dresses."

"Yeah of course I could!" Marinette said as she directed her attention to me. "You also had something you wanted to say?"

"Oh yeah," I said grinning. "I need a jacket, but I don't know what colour or style, so I was hoping you could help me out with that?"

Marinette's eyes glowed. "Yes! I'd love to help you!"

We ate our lunch and finished up the school day and I started to head home. Then it hit me. Who is gonna look after Paris for a whole week if Ladybug and I aren't gonna be here for a whole week.

As soon as I got home I walked up to my room and flipped on my bed face first.

"Got any Camembert?" Plagg asked.

"Do you only think about your stomach?" I retorted rolling my eyes and taking out the disgusting smelling cheese and handing it to him. My kwami basically inhaled the cheese and patted his stomach. "Do you think Paris will be okay without a Chat Noir and Ladybug for a week?"

"I'm sure Paris will be fine. Don't worry about it," Plagg said, looking up at me. I nodded and looked out the window. It was getting dark.

"Plagg, claws out." I said and did a quick transformation and jumped out of my window on to another roof. I don't think Ladybug was out yet, so I headed to the Eiffel Tower and sat at the top by a railing, letting my feet dangle over the edge.

I sat there thinking. I love Ladybug, but Marinette is so cool.. but are you able to be in love with two people at once? I was so lost in thought that I didn't notice the person behind me until they sat next to me.

"It's really pretty tonight," Ladybug whispered staring ahead of her.

"Yeah it is." But so are you.

"Are you okay, kitty. You seemed very conflicted when I came up here." She asked looking at me. I smiled and looked back at her.

"Yeah, just lost in thought," I responded. And she nodded in return. She reached her hand over and scratched under my chin and I leaned into her touch, purring. And she quickly pulled away.

"You can purr?" She asked with wide eyes.

"What, no." I answer as quickly as possible. "How does that even work."

"Oh my god wait," her hand reached under my chin again and lightly scratched. A purr rumbled in my chest, and I quickly jumped back and covered my mouth.

"You heard nothing."

"Oh my god, you can purr," she said staring at me trying to hold back a laugh.

"Are you gonna laugh at me now?" I asked, pouting.

"No!" She giggled. I rolled my eyes and got up.

"It's getting late so we should head home." I said smiling. She nodded and got up.

"Yeah, I have to finish packing I leave for my trip tomorrow." She murmured. 

I nodded, thinking for a moment. "Yeah, me too."

"See you when I get back," she said before jumping away going home. Tomorrow we leave for Canada.