No More Secrets

Chapter 13

Marinette sighed as she sulked towards the bakery. It had been a difficult week for the bluenette. It was true, akuma attacks were fairly common in Paris now, but lately, akuma attacks had become the source of her problems. Especially with Chat Noir. She shook her head, trying to forget the blond feline, and made her way to her room. 

"Marinette, are you sure you're okay?" Her bug-like friend asked her.

"Yeah, I'm fine." She lied.

Tikki gave her holder an unconvinced look but knew better than to pressure her. "If you say so."

Marinette walked up to her room and looked around, hoping to find the familiar black cat that she had recently adopted. After a few minutes, she finally found him under her chaise. "Arbuste!" Gently picking the cat up, she sat down on top of her pink chaise, and gently pet his soft fur. "You know, now that I think about it..." Marinette sighed. "You remind me a lot about him."

The tom looked up at her, a confused look clouding his green gaze.
"You wouldn't hurt me, right?"

Arbuste began to purr, and gently rubbed his head against her hand.

There was a small silence, before there was a soft tapping on her window. Arbuste quickly jumped up, a soft hiss escaping his tiny mouth, and jumped off her lap and back under the chaise.

Sighing, Marinette got up and walked over to the window. As she saw who it was, she sharply inhaled, as a nervous and terrified look took over her expression.
"Ch-Chat Noir?"

The blond hero had a regretful and sorrowful look on his face. Marinette instantly knew that this was going to be about Ladybug, so she changed her expression into a small smile, and opened the window.
"Hi, Chat-"

Without warning, the black cat jumped at her and wrapped his arms around her in a tight hug. "I-I'm sorry."

Marinette stiffened. He's sorry? "F-For what?" Marinette tried to sound as dense as she could, but Chat was clearly looking through her facade. 

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. Neither as a superhero, nor as a civilian." Chat Noir pulled away, his hands gripping her shoulders. 

Marinette gulped, not wanting to respond. Had he found out she was Ladybug? "C-Chat, I really don't know what you're talking about." Marinette told him as she waved her hands in front of her.

"Yes you do, Marinette. You know exactly what I'm talking about."

Marinette felt a shiver go down her spine as Chat's tone of voice almost instantly changed. "Chat?"

His grip on her arms tightened as he pulled Marinette in closer.
"Chat!"
Before Marinette could stop him, Chat kissed the bluenette.

Marinette struggled against his grip, but failed as his grip on her only tightened. 
She then began to try and flail her arms around, but once again failed.

"HEY!"

Marinette froze, and she saw Chat Noir stiffen. 
Pulling away from the hero, she turned to face the boy standing at her trap door, his eyes wide and filled with hatred. "What the hell do you think you're doing?!"

A/N: I'm really sorry this was late, but I felt too lazy to write all week. This chapter was also really short, so I didn't make up for it at all. But I still hope you enjoyed, even though this was short and cringy! (っ＾▿＾)っ

-Dweller