“Woah, you okay girl?” I took a breath calming down, it was just Alya.
“Yeah, you just startled me.”
“Hey, I thought you were going to see your grandpa today.”
“I was.” I nodded. “What are you doing here?”
“Oh, well, you were busy so me and Nino are meeting up for a date.” I started to take note of her extra nice makeup and classy outfit.
“I’m sorry, I’ll head home.” My eyes widened and I jumped out of the seat. “I didn’t mean to interrupt.”
“No, no, it’s alright, he’s not even here yet, I’m way early.” She pat the seat and I sat back down. “Your eyes are red and puffy, are you okay?”
“Yeah, I’m fine.” I wave off the question.
“Were you crying?! Who dares to make my best friend cry?!” She was so furious that I was surprised she wasn’t on fire.
“No, it’s alright, it’s no one.”
“Alright, if you say so.” she calmed down a bit.
“So, where are you two going?”
“He said it’s a surprise.”
“Well, you have fun then.” I grinned at her when I noticed Nino entering the park. “I should probably go, um, see to my cat...” I trail off seeing Chat on my balcony.
“You don’t have a cat though-”
“Have fun on your date!” I started to run home.
Chat caught sight of me.
“Marinette-!” I shushed him from where I was as I hurried to the door.
“Hi Marinette, how was school?-”
“Great! I need to do some homework! See you!” I ran up to my room, my feet pounding on the stairs as I did my best to get there before any passerbyers saw Chat up there.
I flung open my trap door startling Chat.
“Gah! Sorry!” I jumped back. “Are you okay? Wasn’t there just an Akuma?”
“Yeah, but I wanted to see you!”
“You really should stop abusing your kwamii like this.”
“Don’t worry, he’s fine as long as whenever I’m detransformed I give him a human’s lifetime supply of cheese daily.” How do I reply to that? I can’t exactly say ‘Really? My Kwamii's content on a cookie for a meal!’
“So how are you? Were you crying?” He took note of my eyes.
“No, sorry, one second, feel free to make yourself at home.” I ran to the bathroom to splash cold water on my face.
“What am I going to do Tikki?”
“Tell him the truth?”
“No, I need more time.”
“I trust you to make the right choice Marinette.”
“Okay, I can do this.” I breathed, my fingers running over my throat, any proof of what happened gone but I could still feel it. I dried my face and made my way back upstairs.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to leave you.” I apologized, tucking a strand of hair behind my ear. Chat was admiring my dress still on the mannequin.
“Hey! You finally finished it! It looks amazing!”
“Yeah, thanks.” I blushed.
“Can I- May I- um?” he stumbled over his question.
“You want to see it on me?”
“If it's alright that is.”
I carefully slipped it off the mannequin and brought it back into the bathroom. I changed, the fabric sliding over me. Some makeup caught my attention when I started moving to the door. In a spontaneous decision I decided to put some on and fix my hair into a simple twist. I stepped back to admire myself.
I made my way back to Chat and his jaw dropped before his mouth formed a playful smirk.
He bowed down, holding out his hand. “May I have this dance?”
I giggled. “But there isn’t even music.”
“Not a problem we can fix.” he purred before pressing play on a song and holding out his hand.
I took it and he started twirling me around the room.
“You look pawsitively radiant my purrincess.”
“You as well my prince.”
“On the day of the dance, save me a dance, will you?”
“Hmm.” I grinned, pretending to think. “Of course!” I giggled as he dipped me. In a spur of the moment idea, I pulled him closer, our lips coming in contact, Chat kissed me back. When we pulled away, we both were as red as a beat.
“S-sorry.” I turned my face away, my fingers brushing my lips. I felt Chat’s lips press against my forehead. I looked up to him and he had his face hidden in his hands.
“Chat?”
“Don’t apologize, I like you.”
I felt my cheeks heat up and a giggle stuck in my throat. I needed to ask him one thing and it felt harder than I was anticipating, this was harder than coming to terms with dying at the end of the month.
“Do you want to go out with me?” I blurted out before shrinking back, panicked. I closed my eyes, completely prepared for rejection. And if he did reject me, it would be fine, I’m not even going to be around for the new year so it’s all fine, right?
“Y-yeah.” I opened my eyes to see his face lit up. It was a moment before he asked me a question in turn. “So, what would we be then?”
“Um, a couple? I’m not sure, do you want to be?”
“Yes, but only if you want to be.” He was quiet for a moment. “Do you?”
“Yeah.” I barely let him finish his sentence before answering. We shuffled our feet, awkwardly as we blush with happiness, the music still playing in the background.
A thought shot through my head, I’m being so selfish, when I die, I’m going to leave him all alone. Is it okay to want happiness at this expense?
“Marinette?”
“Huh? Oh, sorry.” I lightly giggled the sadness from my features. “I guess the stress of the dance is really weighing down on me right now.” I lied.
“Well, I’m sure it will be great!” He gave me thumbs up.
“Thanks.” After a second, I heard Chat’s phone go off.
“Sorry, my dad’s looking for me.” His face looked emotionless for a split second. “I’m sure it’s nothing, have a good night purrincess!” He grinned before jumping out the window.
How long can I keep my secrets now?
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Im so sorry I suck at writing romance, hopefully I did well enough writing this chapter.
Anyways, you might be wondering why I uploaded 2 chapters today instead of just one. Well thats because I'm not going to post any chapters next week! Why you may ask? Because I'm getting my wisdom teeth removed the day before and will most likely just be sleeping the day after so I decided to get chapter 19 out of the way and uploaded a week early.
In other news, we're on chapter 19 meaning that there's only 4 chapters left before this book is finished! I'm very excited to share the ending with you and then the sequel. All of the chapters fir this book should be up by December 23 and I'm planning on putting off uploading the sequel, Wolf, until January the 13, 2021 which is the actual day that the sequel starts for the characters. I only use real dates to help give an outline of moon patterns so I can adjust the schedule and outline accordingly so the entirety of this book takes place in December 2020.
Thats all I had to say and I hope you have an amazing week. Thank you for reading and Happy Thanksgiving!
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