24 Day 'till Christmas [One Shot Collection]

Day 16: A Different Light

Ship: Ladynoir

Word Count: 1.307

Summary: Ladybug met up with Chat Noir to wish him a merry Christmas and exchange gifts. Both had out quite an effort in it and as they chatted a bit, Ladybug began to see Chat in a different light. 

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I'm sorry in advance if there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes in the text. I did my best to make as less mistakes as I could. Since English isn't my first language, I might have not noticed some of them.

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"Marinette, are you ready? It's almost time for you to meet up with Chat Noir." Tikki said as she flew towards Marinette who was still busy working on her present for Chat Noir.
"I'm almost finished Tikki. I just have to add a few more details." Marinette said as she embroidered a small green cat paw on the hat she had crocheted herself. She had been working on a matching hat, scarf and gloves all Chat Noir themed, the last few days.

"Finished!" She said happily before she put the gifts in the colorful gift bag. "I'm ready. Tikki, Spots on!"

The bright pink light flashed in her room as she transformed into Ladybug, once she was transformed she picked up the gift bag from her desk. She climbed up the stairs towards her trapdoor and left her room through it.

She swung from roof to roof as she made her way to the Eiffel Tower. It has become their place to hangout whenever they had agreed on having a monthly hangout. Of course they were still cautioned about not telling too much details of their personal life, but it was nice to get to know each other better outside the weekly patrols and Akuma fights.

She saw Chat already waiting on the Eiffel Tower as she got closer to the Parisian monument. She hoped that he didn't had to wait that long.

"Ah, Good evening, my lady." Chat Noir greeted as Ladybug landed gracefully next to him.
"Good evening, Chaton. I hope I didn't make you wait too long. I still had to finish some parts of your gift. That's why I'm a bit later."
"It's alright. I just got here five minutes ago."

They both flashed each other a smile before they sat down. Once they sat down Ladybug was the first to hand her gift over to him. Chat Noir had taken it with both hands and placed it on his lap before he looked inside it. He slowly lifted the hat with cat ears and a small cat paw on it and held it in front of him. He looked at it with widened eyes in surprise. He knew that Ladybug liked to make clothing and of course he thought she would be good at it, but he never thought it would look like it was from an actual store.

"You really made it? It's perfect!" he exclaimed before he put the hat on.
"I did, but that's not all. There is more in the bag." Ladybug said with a smile on her face.

Chat Noir took the rest out of the bag, still surprised by every piece he got.

"It matches!" he exclaimed as he wrapped the scarf around his neck and put on the gloves. "And the gloves have green cat paws on the palm of the hands. This is amazing my lady."

Ladybug giggled by his excitement. It was really adorable how he reacted about her crocheted gift for him.

"I'm glad you like it, Chaton."
"Like it? I love it! It's perfect!"

Ladybug blushed by the compliment. She had put so much effort in making it perfect, so hearing he loved her work made her really happy.

"I hope you will like my present. I made something myself too, but it's not perfect... It was my first time doing something like this so I hope you think it's good enough to wear." he said as he gave her a present wrapped in wrapping paper.

Ladybug took the present and placed it on her lap before she removed the wrapping paper. Once it got opened she saw two red with black polka dot items. The first thing was a knitted hat. It indeed wasn't perfect. There were some holes in it as he probably forgot a few stiches and the black dots weren't really dots. But even so to her the hat was beautiful, because she could see how much effort he put into it to make it the best he could.

"You told me how you're ears gets cold so easily in the cold and rainy weather." Chat Noir said.
"Chat..." she breathed out, looking with widened eyes at him as he seemed to remember such a small detail. "I've said that half a year ago at a weather themed Akuma battle."
"yeah?"
"I had never thought you would remember such a small detail. I'm speechless."

Ladybug put the hat on, her heart was by now beating faster. He was such a sweetheart. She then took the second thing from her present and held it in front of her. It was a knitted sweater. Again there were some holes in it due to forgetting a stitch here and there, as well as not all circles were round. The sleeves were quite long and the body of the sweater looked quite big.

"I didn't knew what size you had so I actually took my own as a guide... I'm sorry if it's too big..."
"No, It's perfect. Now I can snuggle in it and keep my hands warm in the sleeves." She said as she put it on.

The sweater was way too big for her, but that didn't matter. To her it was perfect.

"You really did a good job for a first time knitting." She complemented with a soft smile.
"You really think so?" Chat Noir asked with a smile on his face. "I've put a lot of effort in it!"
"I know, I can see that."

Chat Noir's smile grew even more, he was so happy that his lady liked his gift and saw the effort he had put into it. Ladybug could feel her heart flutter by the sight of her happy partner. She adored him, she really did. He was funny, kind, always there for her, his happiness made her just as happy as he was and then she wasn't even talking about the fact he remembered small details of things she had told him such a long time ago. A soft smile appeared on her face and butterflies began to fly through her stomach as she thought back of Chat Noir remembering that she got cold ears quite fast when it's cold.

"Thank you for celebrating Christmas with me like this." Chat Noir said after a while after he stared at the sky that was full of bright stars. "It feels nice to finally have someone to celebrate it with."

Ladybug looked at him with a soft expression on her face, she knew about the bad relationship he had with his father and about his mother that wasn't there anymore. She was glad that she was able to offer him some sort of support and made him feel less lonely when they met up.

"I'm really grateful to have you. You're amazing."

Ladybug blushed, all those kind words made her feel so special. The way he said it in a serious yet tender tone, it made her heart melt. It was like he was a different Chat Noir... no, that's not it... She had finally opened her eyes and saw what a great and kind person he was. Her heart skipped a beat when he turned to face her and flashed her an adorable sweet smile full of love. That was when she realized she actually has feelings for him, she only realized it now that she had seen him in a different light.

"I'm really grateful to have you too." Ladybug said as she shoved closer to Chat Noir, she placed her head on his shoulder and snuggled against his arm. "And I love celebrating Christmas like this with you too."

Chat Noir smiled at her before he laid his head on top of hers. Both enjoyed each other's company as they quietly watched the Parisian skyline.

"Merry Christmas, Bugaboo."
"Merry Christmas, Chaton."