I Won't be Here Forever

Chapter 2 (updated)

If you haven't already, please read the description. I mean, it doesn't have much to do with this chapter, I just want you all to know what's coming up.

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       "I-I think I should go." Marinette said before running out of the school, note still clinched in hand. She ran to the park, but, not the one with Ladybug and Chat Noir statue. No, a secret park that no one ever goes to or cares for.

       It was her sanctuary. The one place she could be alone with her thoughts. She wept. Crying into her hands like no one was there, and, to her knowledge, no one was.

       But, up in the tree beside her, sat the one and only, Chat Noir. He needed to make sure she was ok. When he saw her crying, he jumped down and sat beside her, effectively scarring her.

       She yelped before punching the figure beside her straight in the face. Hard.

       "Ow purrinces, if it wasn't for the magic of this suit, you would've broken my nose." He said before laughing. He stopped when he saw the unamused and sad look on her face. "Hey, what's wrong?" He said, playing it of as if he didn't already know.

       "I-it's nothing." She responded, wiping away a tear. He grabbed her hand before speaking.

       "If it has you crying, it's not 'nothing'. Please Mari, tell me what's wrong." He said, clawed hand on her cheek. She rested against his touch. It felt nice, having someone there to comfort her.

       "Well, I found this note in my locker. Adrien, one of my friends, said Chloé wrote it." She said.

       "Here, let me see it." He said before taking the note from her hand, much to her dismay. He read it as his face scrunched with disgust. "Marinette, you don't believe this, do you? This is the opposite of who you are. You are an amazing designer. Wait, did you make this outfit?" He said gesturing to what she had on.

       "Y-yeah." She answered blushing. Why am I stammering and blushing? Wtf!? She thought, feeling more heat rise to her face as he gripped her hand.

       "It's beautiful. You're beautiful. Never let an idiot like Chloé or any other asshole say otherwise. You are not anything close to worthless." He wiped away the tear rolling down her cheek with his thumb. "Please, come to me if this happens again. Now, there's still another hour of school left. Do you want to go back or do you want me to take you home?"

       "I think I should just head home. I don't feel like going back to school today." She answered.

       "Alrighty, home it is." He said before rapping his arm around her waist.

       "Uh, Chat, what are you doing?" She said in response.

       "Just hold on tight purrinces." He responded before grabbing his staff and extending it, effectively sending the couple soaring above the buildings.

       Marinette did in fact tighten her grip on him. This is a lot scarier when I'm not Ladybug. She thought.

       When they approached the bakery, he slowed before landing on her balcony. He placed her down while landing on the railing. They went inside, leaving the trapdoor open behind them.

       "Good night- er- good evening purrinces." He said before turning to jump away.

       But before he could go, she grabbed his hand. When he looked at her, she was blushing and looking down.

       "C-could you stay. I... I don't want to be alone right now." Marinette said without looking up. If she did, she would have seen the blush growing ever so slightly on his face. He gently grabbed her chin with his free hand and lifted it towards him.

       "Of course Mari. I don't have any other plans anyway." He said

       They talk for a while. So long that they didn't notice the hours pass by. Long enough for school to be over.

       "Thanks Chat. This means a lot to me." She said quietly.

       "It's no problem, Purrinces." He responded, wiggling his eyebrows.

       "You're such a dork, kitty." Marinette said, laughing and playfully punching him in the arm.

       "But I'm your dork." He said, leaning in slowly.

       She pushed him away by the nose, laughing more.

       "Yeah? I bet you couldn't even guess my favorite color." She responded, crossing her arms with a smirk on her face.

       He smirked as well, wiping hers off her face. Little did she know, Adrien had heard her talk about it a few days ago.

       "Though the color of your room would suggest a light pink, I know for a fact that it's midnight purple."

       She looked at him in complete shock. How the hell did he know that!? She thought. I never said anything about it to him.

       "How the hell did you know that?" She exclaimed.

       "I just do." He said with his classic shit-eating grin plastered on his face.

       "Wow, so informative." She responded sarcastically.

       "I know, that's the fun part. Does this purrove that I'm your dork?" Goddamn these puns. She thought after he said that pun.

      "Nope. You got a long ways to go before that." She said as she booped his nose again. Unfortunately for them, the second she did, her trapdoor flew open.

       "Hey Mari, I came by to check on... you?"

       Shit. Was all Marinette could think.

       "Um" She said as she removed her finger from the tip of his nose.

       "What the fuck?" Alya said, rather calmly. Which was actually scarier then her yelling. "Explain."

       "I swear, this isn't what it looks like." She tried to say more, but was cut off.

       "What is it then? Cause to me, it looks like you let The Chat Noir into your room, and where booping his nose!" Weeeellllllll, she wasn't wrong.

       "I think I should go." He said before almost frantically darting towards the window, before he was stopped by a hand grabbing his tail.

       "Oh no you don't, I got some questions for you two." Alya said.

       "Oh boy." Both Marinette and Chat said. It was going to be a long night.

      
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Woot woot!!! +1000 words!! This is the longest chapter I've ever written in any story 😹😹. Love you all so much! See y'all next time