Neglect Me No More

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So I know this chapter was supposed to come out yesterday but for some reason, it wouldn't upload... I'm so sorry. 

This chapter is pretty long tho (in my standards) sooooo ENJOY!

An hour passed uneventfully, and each second that Marinette wasted felt like an eternity. Too many things were crossing her mind, the biggest two being that Paris was frozen and that someone knew her identity.

Out of all the people who could have found her identity out, why did it have to be one of the people who willingly cooperated with Hawkmoth? It was just her luck.

Marinette shook her head. Right now wasn't the time to think about this. She had a city to save. But how was she going to deal with this later? Questions plagued her mind as she slumped back into the bed.

She nudged her head into the voluminous pillow and inhaled a large breath of air. A nice masculine scent took over her senses. She took another deep breath. The scent left an incredibly comforting feeling. It took a while for Marinette to realize whose bed this was.

She jumped out of the bed immediately and put her hands on her flaming cheeks.

Oh god! What was she doing...? She couldn't believe what she just did.

It took a while for Marinette's body temperature to settle down again. By the time it did, Tikki had eventually come back.

"Marinette, I'm so sorry! I was exhausted and fell asleep." Tikki exclaimed as soon as she saw Marinette.

Marinette looked at her little friend, relieved that she seemed alright. "Tikki... it's okay, I'm glad you're fine. I'm all rested up. We should head back now."

Tikki nodded. Marinette immediately transformed and headed to the window. As she opened one of the panes, a freezing gust of wind entered the warm room sending her into shivers. She couldn't go outside like this. Marinette looked around the room for something that could help her and immediately spotted a black coat.

'He won't mind if I borrow this...right?'

Marinette reasoned with herself and shrugged. She was going to have to see Felix again and she would be able to return it later on anyway. Saving Paris was her top priority right now anyway.

She grabbed the coat and immediately knew it would get the job done. As she slipped the thick coat on, her sense of smell was immediately ambushed by the comforting masculine scent. 

Marinette's cheeks went aflame instantly. She then shook her head. Now was not the time. And with that, the heroine of Paris headed back to save her city, making sure she closed the window behind her.

As Ladybug soared from building to building, she found no sign of life. It scared her so terribly. There was no light in any of the windows of the buildings near her. Ladybug looked back. Only the mansion she had come out of was lit with light. Looking around the neighborhood, she realized she was in the incredibly wealthy area of Paris. Ladybug had been all over Paris but she didn't recognize this area. Just where was she...?

Ladybug pulled her yoyo back from the ledge of the next building she was going to swing on to and turned on her GPS. She gasped. Just how far had Stormy Weather blasted her? 

Ladybug was on the other side of Paris, where all the extremely wealthy lived. The area was called Auteuil-Neuilly-Passy. No wonder she hadn't been here before. All access to this area was extremely restricted.

Ladybug turned off her GPS and stared swinging from building to building. According to her device, she would be coming across a large gate that surrounded the entire area.