His Mute Princess

Chapter 46

"Do you have a lot of homework?" Adrien asked. Marinette shook her head. 'I can put it off until tomorrow.'

"Good. I need your help. We need to find that evidence."

'Where will we find that evidence?'

"I'm not sure."

'Maybe we shouldn't look today, we don't even know where to start!' Marinette frowned. 'What if we look tomorrow?'

"Why tomorrow?" Why tomorrow when we can look today? he thought. So you can find a lead, she signed.

Adrien thought for a moment. She had a point. They weren't sure where to look. Adrien could try to find a lead that day, giving them enough time to look the next day. Trying to look for a lead and clues at the same time would be time consuming. They'd run out of time and be potentially caught.

We can figure it out what to do during the weekend after our findings, she signed.

Adrien nodded, "Ok, we can do that. I can do some sneaking around as Chat later tonight."

Marinette nodded and smiled. "You go home now, we have some heavy work tomorrow." He held her hands and gave her a small kiss.

Marinette blushed. Adrien chuckled, "You look cute when yo—" Marinette put her hand over his mouth, cutting him off. She shook her head, disappointed. "Ok, ok," he laughed.

"Mullo," Adrien called out. The kwami flew out. "Time for you to go! Bye!" Plagg yelled. The couple chuckled. Mullo just shrugged and flew into tge necklace.

"You never picked out a name, did you?" Adrien asked. Mari shook her head. "Hmm, we should come up with one." 'Later. What's your obsession with hero names?'

Adrien grinned, "No reason."

Marinette eyed him. She grabbed her rope and opened the window. 'Well, bye! See you tomorrow!' "Bye princess!"

Marinette sneaked out much like how she sneaked in. It wasn't too late yet and she could come up with a plausible excuse.

She landed a few buildings away and stopped. She took out her phone and texted Alya.

M: have my parents asked you where I am?

A: No. Why? You with Chat? (;

M: maybe

A: ohhh ((((;
your mom just texted me. Want me to cover for you?

M: yes please, tell them I'll be home in about 10 minutes (:

A: I got you girl (;

She smiled and put her phone down. Alya knowing about Chat was honestly a life saver.

Marinette was about to jump but stopped when she heard a thump. She jumped, letting out a quiet gasp. She turned around to see a grinning Ladybug.

Marinette frowned, 'You scared me!' Ladybug chuckled, "Sorry kid. I just have to know what's going on. You can't expect me to no be curious! I know you saw Chat so don't even try to lie."

Marinette groaned a softly. "Tell me, Mari," Ladybug grew serious. "I'm worried about Chat."

Marinette cringed a little, 'I'm not sure if I'm allowed to say.'

"Why not? Is it something related to his personal life?"

'Yes.'

"Well that's no fucking excuse cause he's met my baby. Is it relating to his parents?"

Marinette nodded. "I know his mom went missing. Is it that?"

Marinette shook her head. "His father?" Marinette nodded. "What about him?"

Marinette took a deep breath. 'Adrienthinkshe'sHawkmoth.'

"What? You said that too fast, I couldn't read your lips."

'Adrien thinks he's Hawkmoth,' she repeated and little slower.

Ladybug blinked. Then blinked again. Then blinked repeatedly. "Gabriel Agreste? The fucking Gabriel Agreste?"

Marinette nodded, cringing slightly. "Shut the— I—what? H-how? Why does he think that? Does he have proof? Did he see him? How does Chat know?"

'He thinks that, but he's not sure. The thing you said about me inspiring Hawkmoth triggered the thought. He wants me to help him find some clues tomorrow at his house.'

"Holy fucking shit. Gabriel Agreste. A secretive man that never leaves his house... That fucking makes sense."

Marinette nodded. 'I have to go, we'll update you tomorrow if we find anything else, ok?'

"Ok," Ladybug nodded. Marinette waved good-bye and left towards her house.

She landed a block away from her house and hid to detransform. Marinette walked towards her house and took out her phone. She was 14 minutes late. Good thing she had a reputation for arriving late.

She opened the bakery door and stepped in. Her parents were cleaning, ready to close up. Sabine and Tom looked up at their daughter. "Hello, Marinette. Did you have fun at Alya's?" Sabine asked with a smile.

Marinette nodded and signed, We mainly just went over our school work.

"That's good, head upstairs and we'll call you when dinner is ready," Tom said. Marinette walked past them, stopping to give them a kiss each.

She walked up to her room and sat in her chair. Mullo flew out and munched on a piece of cheese Mari had grabbed before going up to her room.

"Are you ok?" Mullo asked. Marinette nodded, 'I'm just worried about Adrien.'

"Are you guys going to tell Master Fu?"

'Not until we have evidence.'

"If Gabriel is Hawkmoth, will Adrien actually try to stop him?"

Mari sighed, 'That's what I hope.'

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Short chapter, sorry
I'm sorry to announce updates will slow down/book is on hold again.

My dog is very ill right now, he has cancer and it spread to his entire body. He's old and now very weak after a surgery he had.

He sadly doesn't have long to live, a year at most if we're lucky, it's cancer, you never know for sure.

Right now we have to take good care of him and keep an eye on him. And we want to spend his last few weeks/months by his side so when he passes, he won't pass alone.

So most all my attention will go to him so finding time to write will be hard. I'll still try (: I'll write little parts here and there until they form chapters, I don't want to leave you guys hanging ♡