𝕄𝕚𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕦𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤 || 𝔸𝕟 𝕄𝕃𝔹 𝔽𝕒𝕟𝔽𝕚𝕔

~Chapter Two: The Soulmark ~

    Miss Bustier's class was an average one. Just some mere review. Adrien,as usual, got nervous and shy during attendance. NO one really knew why he still got flustered, after all, it was his living to be infront of dozens of cameras per day. Marinette on the other hand, thought it was adorable, and turned a very slight shade of pink. Alya, f course teased her about it all the time. As Alya and Marinette walked to their next period (aka lunch), they stood in a corner to look at Marinette's Soulmark.

    "So? Lets see it girl!" Alya said excitedly- almost too excitedly, but it was Alya, it wasn't abnormal. Marinette slowly rolled up her left sleeve, shaking. She hoped that her Ladybug Miraculous could somehow give her luck at this moment, and her Soulmark would resemble something of Adrien, but when she rolled up her sleeve, what she saw was a black circle with a green paw-print inside.

"Is that...?" Alya asked her BFF, starring at her wrist
"WHAAAAT? NOooo, n-no wAy..." The Bluenette replied, lying horribly. It was obvious that the mark was the symbol of one of Paris' famous heroes... Chat Noir. Marinette, and much less Alya, could hardly believe her eyes. The guy Marinette had been turning down for months was her Soulmate! Marinette could exactly describe it, but she felt a ping of guilt for the cat...

"Marinette... That is CHAT FREAKING NOIR's SYMBOL. ON YOUR WRIST. YOUR SOULMARK!" Alya said, a bit too loud. Marinette had told Alya would occasionally stop by for some pastries, maybe even a movie or two. But ALya had never expected this. Marinette quickly covered her friend's mouth, shushing her.

"SHHHHH! I can't let the whole school know this, Alya!" Marinette said frantically. Alya nodded her head quickly in excitement, but understanding. They tried to continue the rest of the day normally, but it didn't work out the greatest... Alya kept asking Marinette things like "How are you gonna tell him?" "Do you know his Soulmark?" "Do yo know his IDENTITY?" "How will Ladybug react..?" and especially "CAN YOU GET ME AN INTERVEIW FOR THE LADYBLOG?!"... To be honest, Marinette knew the answer none of the questions... But when there was an Akuma Attack, the usual drill went down.

Ladybug and Chat Noir fight,
They struggle,
They use their abilities and brains,
They win,
And Paris goes back to normal.

Everything went smoothly and the same except for one thing. Ladybug hardly spoke to Chat Noir. She didn't even do their regular "Pound it!" at the end of their victory. Chat Noir was not only worried about his Lady, but sad that he was ignored. S when they detransformed, they went back to class, and finished up the day. Marinette walked to school, with even more stress on her shoulders as usual. And as soon as she flopped down on her. Bed she hear a light tap tap tap on her window.  Now who could that be? Oh I wonder. Marinette gathered the strength to stand up, even after the aching of her muscles from the previous Akuma battle. She opened up her window to find a handsome boy in an all black leather cat-suit.
It was Chat Noir, duh. But already? Right after the Akuma Battle?

"Hello Purr-Incess~" The Cat said in his usual flirty tone, as he climbed in through the window

"Hello, Chat..." Marinette replied, unamused at his flirty antics and flopped back down on her bed. Chat Noir sat down gently next to her, grinning at her for who knows why. Marinette looked up to meet his emerald, cat like eyes. She then remembered her situation with her Soulmark and felt her face begin to heat up, and hickory grabbed a pillow to hide her red face. The Cat looked at her confused.

"Are... You Ok, Marinette?" Chat Noir asked her worriedly. He tilted his head like an actual cat would. Marinette peeked one eye out from under the pillow to see this and blushed slightly harder. She didn't know why she felt this way, her heart belonged to Adrien she thought but... Maybe not.

"I'm fine Kitty," she said, gaining control of her redness and sitting up too run her fingers tough his hair. Marinette always petted him like an actual cat. It was strange, but he seemed too enjoy it. It seemed to calm him, especially since she was the person Chat Noir would come to if he needed someone to talk to. Either about his family issues (Which he made sure not to use much detail on) or his SuperHero issues... Like Ladybug's constant rejections. Whenever Chat Noir would talk to Marinette about these things, she always felt a pang of guilt. Because not only was she actually the one making his this upset, but now she was seeing exactly how he felt... But it raised a question for Marinette.

Does he know he's my Soulmate? Is that why he's always visiting me? Or worse... does he know I'm Ladybug?

The thoughts rushed through her head, as she unconsciously grabbed tightly on her wrist with her Chat Noir mark on it. The cat again looked at her worriedly.

"Mari, are you paw-sitive you're ok?" The cat repeated, this time with a pun to try and lift her spirits. Cats were good at telling when their loved ones- err, friends were upset.

Because Marinette is just a friend.

Marinette nooded her head and gave him a smile. But then it struck her, Chat Noir alway came to her for a reason. What was this one?

"Question is, are you ok, Kitty? You always come here for a reason, so something must be up," She said, turning her attention to him.

"Well..." He said "M'Lady... She was acting strange today during the Akuma. She wouldn't talk to me, she wouldn't even do our routine fist-bump!" He said,obviously worried about his 'Bugaboo'. Marinette again felt guilt for this. "But that's besides the point... I heard it was your birthday, so I decided to stop by!" He said, in a happier one. This made Marinette smile and her heart skip a beat. "I heard it was your 15th... Who's the lucky guy~?" He asked, jokingly flirty once again.

"I...I actually don't know," She replied plainly. It wasn't a lie, she didn't know Chat's identity, and it should stay that way, but... Did she want it to? Not really...

"Oooh a mystery Soulmate, that's always fun. Mines the same way... Don't know who she is, all I know is I love her..." He said, dreamily. That tone was enough for Marinette to know what his Soulmark was. It was something Ladybug related.

This... Might be difficult.

Marinette then heard a beep from Chat's general direction as he gazed at his ring.

"Well, gotta go Purr-incess, let me know how it goes with the Soulmate!" He said, jumping off her balcony and using his staff too bound away over the rooftops.

How am I going to tell him?..

:/ Well I hope you guys enjoyed, it was kinda rushed, but I mean... I think it turned out ok.
Buh-Bye everyone!

~ThatOnePerson

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