"Trust me" // mlb fanfiction

8//secrets

"Chat Noir, what are you doing here?" She asks.

Chat turns around to face her "We're friends, right?" He asks.

"Of course we're friends." Marinette says, uncertain where this conversation is headed.

"Can I trust you?"

Marinette is confused, what secret is he going to tell her, what is going on? "You can trust me, what's going on?"

"Well, there's been something on my mind for a few days now and I needed to tell someone." He starts.

"Why won't you tell Ladybug?" Marinette asks, curious why he went to see her instead of- well- her.

"Ladybug has a lot to deal with right now, I can't bother her with my issues." He speaks the honest truth.

Marinette immediately feels bad, she never wanted him to feel like he couldn't tell her anything. "You can tell me if you want, but I would advice to tell Ladybug whatever is on your mind too, she is your partner after all." Chat nods, he doesn't confirm or deny whether he's planning on telling Ladybug.

"Alya, I believe she's a friend of yours, got akumatised into Lady WiFi a few days ago. Ladybug and I managed to de-akumatise her, but I got hurt pretty badly." Chat pauses, rethinking if he should tell her, he decided he has no other choice. "Ladybug asked me if I was okay and I lied to her saying it didn't hurt. But after a few days, I'm still hurt badly and I don't know for how much longer I can keep this a secret."

They both stay silent after his confession. Chat is waiting for Marinette's response, Marinette is thinking how she should respond. Of course, he lied to her, but he did it with good reason and now he still confessed to her, even though he doesn't know it's her. Why is this so complicated?!

"I don't know, Chat, I'm not a doctor. But I'm certain Ladybug wants you to tell her. It's obvious she cares about you. Why else would she have stayed with you all night after Lady WiFi attacked?" Marinette immediately realises what she said, Chat never told her they stayed together all night.

"How did you-" Chat starts his question, which Marinette interrupts "My friend owns the LadyBlog, she told me she saw you guys." Chat shrugs, he doesn't overthink her answer.

"I'm thankful for this talk, Marinette, I'm glad you're my friend." Chat says, giving her a smile.

"Me too, Chat." She says.

"I better get going, I'll see you soon, purincess."

Chat jumps off the balcony, extending his stick and leaving over the rooftops. Marinette does now notice he's moving differently, his back must really hurt. Again, she feels guilty she made him feel like he couldn't tell her.

"He should tell me- I mean- Ladybug!" Marinette tells Tikki. "He's hurt pretty badly. He should take some rest before fighting again, I can manage on my own. His injury could decide whether we win or lose a fight. Whether he tells me or not, I must protect him at all costs!"

"That is the exact reason why he didn't want to tell Ladybug. He doesn't want you to feel overprotective of him, since you're having a lot of responsibility already." Tikki says.

"My responsibility is to keep Paris safe, but he's the one person that can help me. Especially now that all identities from the other miraculous owners are revealed to HawkMoth. I need him, at his strongest. We both need to be at our strongest to defeat HawkMoth, him being injured affects us both." Marinette says, overthinking the situation, as she always does.

"Don't take this frustration out on Chat Noir, the only reason he didn't tell you is because he cares about you. You care about each other, you trust each other, don't let something this small take that away from you." Tikki says, she's always so supportive and wise, she can find the right words in the hardest times.

Chat Noir jumps through the open window, de-transforms, gives his black kwami cheese and falls head first on his bed.

"It felt right to open up to Marinette about this." Adrien announces. Plagg, who knows the real identity of Ladybug, doesn't know what to say. He's not allowed to tell him her identity, yet it would make everything much easier.

"Yeah yeah, Marinette is amazing, you've said that a lot. Why don't you ask her on a date? She's much better than the ice queen." Plagg says.

"Kagami really likes me, I don't want to break her heart. And there's Luka for Marinette, no way I can compete with him." Plagg can't believe those words just got out of his mouth. Why doesn't Adrien just recognise the love signals coming from Marinette, he's so oblivious!

"Of course you can compete with him. You're Adrien Agreste, a famous teen model. And besides that, you're Chat Noir. No one can compete with you."

"You don't get it Plagg, you only love cheese. And by the way, I'm in love with Ladybug." He gives him another piece of camembert before changing into pajamas and taking a good night sleep.