A Game of ... Bug and Chat?

1. A Revealing Dream

Written by: JuliaFC

Betas: Agrestebug, Etoile-Lead-Sama, Speckleflower, anonymousfriend27, liminal.shadow, Khanofallorcs

Big thanks to: Genxha and Khanofallorcs for all their great help!

Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by (c) Thomas Astruc; TS1 Bouygues, Disney Channel, Zagtoon, Toei Animation. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

Written for: Fictionalinfinity

She requested: "I'm not looking for anything particular, but my favorites include group chat fics, identity reveals, crack treated seriously, idiots-to-lovers, etc. honestly, go wild! You don't have to include Alya, Nino, or Chloe but I wouldn't mind seeing them pop up. Favorite sides of the love square are adrienette and marichat." Hope you will like it hun, I think it ticks all the requests :)

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Chapter 1 - A revealing dream

Marinette woke with a start, her eyes shooting open and her mind still fully wrapped in the memory of her dream. Her face and her whole body were covered in sweat; she passed a hand through her damp hair, taking some of the locks out of her eyes. Her dream was still so vivid in her head that she couldn't think of anything else.

"Are you okay, Marinette?" came a voice from her left, causing her to gasp. She darted her gaze around the room, trying to find out who had spoken, and only when her eyes met the concerned big blue ones of her little kwami friend did her heart stop racing in her chest. She sighed a breath of relief.

"Oh Tikki, yes I'm okay." She passed a hand through her sweat-damp hair again and sighed. "I think."

Her little friend flew in front of her nose and gave it a little pat. "The usual nightmare again? The one about Chat Blanc?"

Memories of icy-cold blue eyes made her shiver from tip to toe. "No, Tikki. This was different. Still a dream... but not a bad one." She gulped dryly. "And not about him... or I mean, not about Chat Blanc." She felt blood rushing to her cheeks as her voice started cracking. She kicked herself. Why would her voice need to crack at all?

"Who then? Was it still Chat Noir?"

Marinette nodded. "Yes. And no... I mean, it was Mister Bug, can you believe it? I still see the mental picture of my dream, those piercing green eyes, Tikki..." She felt her blush deepening. Probably her cheeks were rivalling the colour of her spotted friend by now. Her heart was pounding madly in her chest as she sat up and hid her face behind her hands.

"Mister Bug?" Marinette peeked through her fingers and noticed immediately the look of utter puzzlement that Tikki was giving her. "Was he trying to kill you as well?"

"No, Tikki. He was telling me that he loved me... that he wanted to marry me and have a house, three kids and a hamster." She moved into a crouched position and hid her face in her legs.

Tikki stroked her wet hair softly. "I wouldn't really think a dream like that could possibly cause such a reaction, Marinette. You know that Chat Noir loves you, and that's the same whichever form he takes."

Marinette sniffed loudly, her face still buried behind her legs. "No, not that, Tikki. But as he was saying that, his face faded into--"

"Chat Blanc?" interrupted Tikki.

Marinette shook her head and started sobbing. "No. Adrien!" She heard Tikki gasp and her sobs became louder. "His face, his eyes... I was looking at him as he said that he loved me and his face faded so perfectly into that of Adrien that it scared me! His eyes didn't even change. They were Adrien's eyes, Tikki."