Miraculous Short Stories |MLB|

Umbrella Pt 1: The Knight In Shining Black Leather

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Another argument was exactly what Adrien Agreste needed. Transforming into his alter ego, he proceeded to rush into the evening of the city of love and lights, letting the cool breeze sweep his messy golden locks.

Adrien loved being Chat. Chat was free but Adrien was not. Bounded to be the perfect son, the perfect student and the perfect human, Adrien felt captured, but as Chat, he could be a silly, flirty and pun loving dork to his heart's content.

Today's argument particularly hurt him beyond measure. It was about his mother. He missed her too but father should try to move on too.He already lost one, he didn't need to lose another. Didn't father see that they needed each other in a time like this?

The weather seemed to be reflecting his inner turmoil. Grey clouds captured the blue sky, leaving no place for the bright sunshine to penetrate through. And as if on cue, a heavy downpour descended from the grey skies, engulfing the whole of Paris.

Chat quickly took cover, not being really fond of water. He just stood there, watching the falling rain, until some movement not too far away caught his eye.

Standing underneath a park tree, visibly frowning was none other than his shy classmate Marinette Dupain-Cheng. The look of displeasure on her face clearly conveyed that she did not appreciate the sudden downpour.

'But she lives just round the corner. Couldn't she just run?' Chat thought.

That's when he noticed two big bags of fabric by her side. She didn't want them to be ruined.

Being the cocky and flirty superhero that he was, he decided to be his little lady's knight in black leather.

Jumping on the roofs, he landed in front of a small shop and the owner was more than happy to let him borrow an umbrella. With a promise to return it later, chat scurried away, jumping up on the tree Marinette was standing under.

The impact of the landing made the branches sway and water droplets fell from the green leaves, all over Marinette and her fabrics.

She yelped in surprise and looked up, an annoyed expression plastered all over her pretty face, only to find a guilty back cat superhero looking down at her sheepishly.

'Well so much for my luck." Chat mumbled.

"Chat Noir", she greeted before bending down to inspect the slightly wet fabrics. Satisfied with their state, she looked up to find the flirty black cat-themed superhero standing in front of her.

"Is there an akuma attack Chat Noir?" Marinette asked, slightly panicked. But what caught chat's attention was how her whole demeanor changed. She clutched her purse, stood up straight and alert and looked ready to kick some ass. Her eyes had a look of determination similar as that of Ladybug.

"Oh no purrincess, no akuma attack. Just this knight in black leather paying a visit to his pawsome little lady." Chat said cheekily.

Marinette let out a sigh at his puns but giggled slightly nonetheless.

"Okay Chat Noir. But what surprises me the most is that you are out here in this weather. Don't cats dislike water?"

"Anything for my purrincess." Chat answered, winking at the bluenette.

Marinette couldn't help but let out a little laugh as well as roll her eyes at his flirtatious attempts.

'That is why I don't think his affections for Ladybug are genuine. He might as well be flirting with every girl in Paris. This is why I love Adrien.', the superherione in her civilian self thought.