Uncia (Chat Noir X Female!Reader)

The Liberty

Five days had passed since I moved to France. I'd made good friends with nearly everyone in my class (except Chloe, of course) and there had been no Akumatizations since mine so far. Which was good, but it would have been nice to see Cat Noir again... growing love interests aside, my friends had invited me to meet up with them at Juleka and Luka's place: the Couffaine houseboat. I was thrilled to go there, but all week I'd been unable to get Cat Noir out of my head. I hadn't told anyone this, of course - not even Alya. But Adrien messaged me and I felt as if I could trust him, so I thought I might tell him:

Adrien: Hey, are you going to the houseboat today?

Me: Yeah, you?

Adrien: Nah, unfortunately my father's put me on house arrest again :(

Me: Aw, I'm sorry to hear that :(

Adrien: Yeah

Me: Hey, Adrien?

Adrien: Yeah?

Me: Have you ever met Cat Noir?

Adrien: Once or twice. I wouldn't say we're close enough to be friends, but he's saved me before.

Me: Do you think he recognises you from those ads all over the place?

Adrien: Probably. Maybe he sees so much of me that he'd rather avoid me XD

Me: Aw, who would wanna avoid you, Adrien?

Adrien: Oh you flatter me, Stella XD
                Why'd you ask, anyway? About Cat Noir I mean.

Me: Oh, I... you won't tell anyone this right?

Adrien: Of course not.

My heart started pounding, I hadn't confessed my crush on Cat Noir to anyone yet. Thank goodness I wasn't confessing to the actual Cat Noir; my heart would jump out of my body! I took a few deep breaths and started typing:

Me: I have a crush on Cat Noir...

Adrien didn't reply instantly as he had with the other texts. I couldn't tell if he'd seen it and he was quite a polite person so I don't think he'd just ignore it. Maybe his father called him for something, or he had to do something quickly, or-

Adrien: Oooh

Thank goodness, he was alive- well, of course he was alive but I was glad he replied.

Me: You don't think I'm crazy, right? Thanks to the anonymous magic of the Miraculous, I could be crushing on someone who's a grown man and married, with four kids and a hamster named-

In my panic, I'd accidentally sent the message before it was finished.

Adrien: You're not crazy, Stella. Some things happen for a reason; maybe Cat Noir has been thinking about you just as much as you have about him.

Hang on, I didn't say I'd been thinking about him (even though I had).

Me: Yeah. Thanks, Adrien. I'm so lucky to have a friend like you :) x

Adrien: No problem! I'll always be there to help you, Stella xx

He put two kisses, doesn't that mean something? I thought to myself. I checked the time on my phone and gasped, "I'm gonna be late, I have to go!"

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When I arrived at Marinette's (I was going to walk with her to the houseboat), she wasn't outside waiting for me. I went into the bakery and looked up at a large man, "morning, sir, I'm here for Marinette? We're supposed to be walking together to the-"

"I'm here!" She exclaimed, practically tumbling down a staircase.

"Whoa, please be careful," I stated with a stifled laugh.

"You climb up on furniture all the time! That wasn't much different!" She replied as we said a quick goodbye to her father:

"Yes, but when I do it, it's stylish." I replied as I leapt onto a bollard - trying not to fall off. We laughed the whole time as we travelled through the streets of Paris. It was a beautiful, sunny day, and even though I wasn't going to see Cat Noir or Adrien (or my pet lizard Stardust), I would still have a great time with all of my other amazing friends.

We walked out onto the street by the river where the Couffaine houseboat (AKA 'Liberty') was docked. Most of the others were already there and Alya had her phone pointed at something on top of the boat. In fact, everyone was focused on that something. "What are they all looking at?" Marinette asked.

"We'll find out soon enough," I replied. We hurried over to them, "Alya!" I called. She looked over at us for a second and then looked again, before putting her phone away:

"Marinette! Stella! Look who's here!" She whispered the last part, partially covering her mouth with one hand and pointing with the other. I looked up, and sure enough, there he was.