Driven by Love

Chapter Thirteen: Moments that live on

Most of our lives are a series of images, they pass us by like towns on a highway. But sometimes a moment stuns us as it happens and we know that this instant is more than a fleeting image. We know that this moment, every part of it, will live on forever.
—Lucas Scott

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Chat sat on the edge of the Eiffel Tower, looking at the ring in his hand. It had taken two months but finally the mission was complete. As he played around with Kagami's ring a sense of relief passed through him. He could finally get back to Marinette. He can finally have his life back. The clock in the Eiffel Tower told him there were still ten minutes until his true love appeared on the Tower beside him.

He hadn't seen Marinette all week. She hadn't been feeling well so he'd given her time off work to recover, leaving him stuck with Kagami and Felix to handle alone. Adrien and Kagami had been having 'secret' rendezvous; in clubs, museums or even coffee shops. The press had gone crazy. 'Adrienette' seemed to be no more. They didn't attend anything together and the questions had been broached about their relationship. They stuck with saying nothing and neither confirming or denying what was happening.

Chat slipped the ring onto his little finger and then pulled it back off. The ring was silver with the 'Tsurgui' black family crest on it. He'd told Kagami he would like to get it engraved onto his silver ring as he thought it was a beautiful design. Without hesitation she gave it to him. It had been far to easy. He didn't have to kiss her or anything, much to his joy.

He looked down at his ring, his beautiful black Miraculous which had changed his life, and placed Kagami's next to it. When they first met she said the rings were a sign they were made for each other, and he'd believed her. Plagg was always annoyed with his choice to date the girl, but the day he'd literally bumped into Marinette without the mask his life had ... well, changed! His ring was partnered to her earrings.

He laughed quietly to himself, thinking about their first encounter.

"Jackass."

"That you are." A red spotted heroine had sat next to him. He looked straight into her glittering eyes.

"M'lady, I think we need to talk. I don't know quite how to say this but you see, spending time with Kagami recently has shown me parts of her that I never knew and well, I think we should see other people." Ladybug looked at Chat her mouth hanging wide open. She didn't know what to say. He looked down at the ground thousands of feet below his steal capped boots and started to laugh. "Oh wow! You should have seen your face."

"You're an ass! You know that!" She stood up and slapped him round the back of the head.

"Me-ouch!"

"You deserved that man!" Another voice spoke up as Chat followed his Lady towards the centre of the tower.

"I've asked a friend along." Ladybug said as Chat and Carapace gave each other their signature handshake. "You do realise you're both adults now, don't you?"

"Of course dudette, but no need to take away the fun."

"It's good to see you, Nino." Ladybug took him into a hug.

"Woah! Mari, where have you gone? You must be half the size of when I last hugged you." Marinette had been sick a lot recently but didn't think much about it at all. Life was stressful at the moment and she wasn't sleeping well; it was her own fault.

"I've just been a bit sick. Nothing to worry about."

"Yeah, I'm not buying that!"

"Thank you! Finally someone else agrees." Adrien walked behind Marinette and wrapped his arms around her.