Blushing Miraculous

The Baton

After going out with Kagami, Adrien went back home and had dinner. He plopped down on his bed again when he got in his room.

"What's wrong now?" Plagg asked him.

"I'm still worried about Marinette. I think that I made her feel worse today."

"Why don't you go over to her house and check on her again?" he suggested.

"I don't want to bother her."

"It won't be bothering her! You'll be doing your superhero duty! You know, making sure the citizens of Paris are safe and sound!"

"You just want me to get you more food, don't you?" Adrien asked, eyeing the kwami.

"She said it herself, there's always extra food laying around."

"We're not going over there just to get more food," Adrien said.

"You're right, we're going over there to make sure she's okay. You know, since you broke her heart and all..." Plagg said devilishly.

Adrien sighed. "Fine, we'll stop by real quick, just to make sure that she's okay." He stood up. "Plagg, claws out!"

He transformed into Chat Noir and took off towards Marinette's house. He was there in minutes. On approach, he saw that she wasn't on her balcony but that her bedroom light was on. He landed on the roof.

"This was stupid," he muttered to himself. Why did he expect her to be on her balcony again? Of course she would be inside her house.

His thoughts were interrupted by Marinette opening up the hatch. "Chat Noir?" she asked into the night air.

He quickly jumped down so she could see him. "Yeah, it's me," he said. "Wait, how did you know I was here?"

"Well I heard a thump coming from the roof. I don't really know anyone else who would be landing on top of my house," she said, climbing out to the balcony.

"Oh, right," he said, chuckling.

"So, what's going on?" she asked. "There's not an akuma attack or anything, is there?"

"No! I just wanted to check on you. You seemed pretty upset last night," Chat Noir said.

"Oh," Marinette said, looking down. "I'm okay." She paused momentarily. "Did you like the food?" she asked, clearly wanting to change the subject.

"Actually, I didn't get to eat any of it," he admitted.

"What? Why not?"

"My kwami ate all of it before I got the chance."

A smile tugged at her lips. "You're kidding."

"Sadly no," he said.

She was smiling a little more. "Wait here." She walked towards the hatch.

"No, you don't have to..." Chat Noir started to say, but Marinette had already jumped down.

After a few minutes she was back with another bag. "Here you go," she said, handing it to him.

"Marinette, you didn't have to do this."

"I know I didn't have to, I wanted to. I mean, what is Paris going to do if our hero faints from lack of food? We would all be doomed!" she said dramatically, then laughed. "Now come on, eat some food here before you go. We don't want a repeat of last night."

Chat Noir reached into the bag and pulled out a croissant. He ate it ravenously. His father never allowed him to eat this type of food at home so he was in heaven. "Thank you so much Marinette," he said, reaching into the bag again. This time he got a madeleine.