Marichat May 2020

Day Eleven: Hiding

Hello everyone! So this is the first day that we are back to our normal one-shots! This one shot is rated teen! Please vote and comment if you've enjoyed!                                                                                                     -Colorado

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He couldn't believe it. How could he have been so stupid? Ladybug was going to murder him, if his fans didn't first. 

What would all his friends think? More importantly, what would she think?

'Please be home, please don't be mad, please let me in.' He thought knocking rapidly on her trap door.

"Just a sec Alya, looks like we got a visitor." A familiar voice said, directly below him. She opened up the trap-door smiling widely. "Hey Kitty! I have Alya over right now, but you don't mind right?" 

'She must not know.' He realized. He plastered on a fake smile. "Not at all!" He followed her into her room, where Alya was lounging on her chaise.

"You're in big trouble." She said not looking at him. 

"I know."

"Nothing's going to be the same after this." Alya still wouldn't look up from her phone. Chat gritted his teeth.

"I know." 

"So, what are planning on doing?" Alya sat up and clasped her hands together. "Now that everyone knows."

"Knows what?" Came the question from the girl who had pulled up her desk chair to the chaise. "Is this what was so urgent that you had to come over ASAP?" Marinette asked.

"You haven't seen the news, haven't you?" Alya said. Marinette shook her head.

"I got so caught up in designing, I haven't been on social media since I got home."

"That would explain your nonchalance." Alya remarked. She let out a long sigh and look up at Chat. "Do you want to tell her, or should I?"

"Just show her the video." He said, voice heavy.

"Chat what's wrong?" Marinette's voice was filled with concern. "What's going on?"

"Just watch this." Alya handed her her phone, "it will explain everything."

'My father is a despicable excuse for a human.' Chat thought bitterly as Marinette pressed play on the video that would haunt him for the rest of his life. 

Chat still couldn't believe it. His father, his own father, was Hawkmoth. It had pained him when he found out and it had pained him more when he gave him an ultimatum. Give up his miraculous or have his identity exposed to the world. He had chosen the former option. His secret would be out, but at least his miraculous was still in his hands. 

He needed to find Ladybug. She could give out miraculouses to their team and then they could go and defeat Hawkmoth, once and for all. 

He heard a shriek, no doubt coming from Marinette. He knew why. Hawkmoth had figured out his identity because he had caught him on transforming on one of the newly installed Agreste mansion security cameras. That Adrien had forgotten about.

"What a pathetic person." Marinette sneered. This was his worst nightmare. 

'Marinette hates me.' He thought glumly. 'This has got to be-'

"How could he do that to you?" The question was directed towards him and she had a certain amount of venom is her voice.

"He's Hawkmoth." He sighed.