Sweater Weather

Wonderwall

(n.) Someone you find yourself thinking about; a person you are completely infatuated with.

A hand grabbed my arm and pulled me across the road. By the time I had realised what had happened I was completely sobbing.

"Hey, are you okay? You nearly got hit by a car just then." The stranger asked in a hushed tone. In my unresponsiveness, he began shaking me.

"I'm okay, I'm okay. Please stop shaking me." Once the shaking stopped I was able to get a look at the person who saved my life.

"Oh my god, it's you," I whispered to myself, forgetting that he could hear me.

"Were you expecting someone else, purrincess?" Chat Noir pouted with mock hurt.

"No, no. Thank you for saving me back there but I have to go now," I rushed out. Luckily the bakery was not too far away otherwise he probably would have caught up to me.

With tears pouring down my face I ran straight to my room and slammed the door. Once I was in the middle of the room I collapsed to the ground. My hands began shaking from lying on the cold floor. I looked up and saw a sweater hanging off the edge of my chair but I couldn't seem to gather the energy to grab it. Having given up on the sweater I closed my eyes and cried myself to sleep.

<----------LATER---------->

Something soft was tapping my face and saying my name as I slowly opened my eyes. Once my eyes had fully opened I realised that it was Tikki.

"Marinette, you need to get up. It's time for patrol with Chat."

I nodded my head as I pushed myself up from the floor with wobbly arms. As I stood up my legs visibly shook. My jacket sleeves felt rough against the dried tears on my face.

"Tikki, spots on," I whispered. I put on a brave face and jumped out the window. The cool night air spiked the adrenaline running through my system. Swinging from the roof tops cleared my mind and ignited my body. I felt free.

"What a beautiful evening, isn't it M'lady."

"Oh, you scared me Chat," I giggled. I sat down on the edge of the Eiffel tower and patted the space next to me. Slowly the black cat sat beside me.

"I have something important to tell Ladybug."

I turned to face him, confused about what he might want to tell me. Once I was facing Chat I saw that he was fidgeting and his eyes kept darting around as if he was on high alert.

"Bugaboo, I love you. I have been in love with you since the day we met and I don't think that I will ever stop loving you."

"I'm sorry Chat, I am in love with someone else. I am so sorry," I mumbled out the last part while looking at my feet. I heard a sniffle and my head instantly shot up to see tears running down Chat's face. I slowly reached my hand out to wipe away the tears but he quickly turned away.

"Goodbye, Ladybug."

I stood there, shocked as I watched my one of the closest people to me run away crying. I began to feel tears welling up in my eyes, what I just did to Chat was exactly the same thing Adrien did to me.

"I just broke his heart..."

I swung down to the ground swiftly and detransformed. Tikki flopped down into palms exhausted. I slipped her into my bag and began walking around. I have no particular destination but I'm sure I'll make it home by morning.

"Shit it's cold," I cursed as a gust of wind passed by me. I was so caught up in the fact that it was cold that I didn't notice the sneaky black cat standing behind me.

"What is a beautiful young girl like you doing in the streets this late at night?"

"Oh, my goodness Chat you scared the shit out of me. Next time don't go sneaking up on people, you'll give them a heart attack." I rushed out with my hand on my heart.

"Do you want to talk about what happened earlier today?"

I started to open my mouth to speak but a cool breeze brushed past my face forcing me to shiver.

"Marinette, it's too cold out here for you. You need to go home."

"But I don't want to go home yet... I don't want to be alone," I whispered quietly. As I looked into Chat's eyes I could see sadness, empathy and guilt. What did he do to make him feel guilty?