Adrien was right, for that night, Chat would be visiting Marinette and that night would be full of surprises...
Nobody's POV
Marinette was doodling in her diary and thinking of you guessed it: Chat Noir.
Over the passed two months the longer he didn't visit her the more desperate she was to see him. She saw him as Ladybug for patrol and akuma fights but this wan't the same.
Marinette didn't know what to think anymore. If Chat liked her he would've visited in the past two months right? She gave a cruel smile. It was funny how just when he got over her she was starting to love him. She missed all of the chances she had with him as Ladybug, because she was afraid of him being disappointed about the girl under the mask.
Maybe he was disappointed and that's why he didn't come. Maybe she wasn't good enough. Tikki looked at her sadly.
Was everything just in her head? The forehead kisses, the confessions or flirts, the nickname Prince-
KNOCK
Before she could finish her thoughts there was a knock at the balcony door. She nearly fell out of bed. A rush of exhilaration pumped in her heart as she scrambled to come up from her trapdoor.
And there he was.
His broad stature covered with straps of black leather, a devilish smirk appearing on his face, and a playful smirk spreading across his face. Before Marinette could say anything, Chat whisked her up in his arms and placed her gently down on her balcony.
"Hey Princess." He whispered.
"Please... don't say anything... yet... You deserve an explanation and I'm here to give you one."
Her heart was beating so rapidly that it felt like it was beating out of her chest. Leaning down he bent down and kissed her hand.
Marinette's breath felt like it had just been stolen from her. She didn't know how or why she was feeling this way. He didn't come for two months and now he finally shows up and she scrambles to meet him?
He better have one hell of a good explanation.
"I-I I'm so sorry. I just didn't want to take advantage of you or-or lead you on until I knew... How I felt... trust me, Marinette you did nothing wrong... My girlfriend and I broke up about two months ago and I just- I needed some time to think and-"He stopped.
"And?" She questioned.
"I'm sorry I didn't visit after everything. You mean more to me than you- I didn't want to lead you on if I still had feelings for someone e-else or-or- I know I should've said something to you instead of ghosting you but Marinette- I-I'm sorry it t-took so long for me to realize. .. two to three years precisely but I love y -"
He was cut off by Marinette who placed her lips on HIS forehead. She smiled into it. He said exactly what she needed to hear. Even if she didn't give him a chance to finish it...
She smirked at his reaction as her lips parted from his head.
"Do you wanna come in?" She gestured inside her room.
Chat felt his face turn red as the girl he had just tried to confess his love to just invited him in her room.
"Y-yeah sure..."
"Awesome!" Marinette said as she clapped her hands together. "Stay right there I just need to clean up."
"Marinette what are you doing!" Tikki squeaked.
"One movie can't hurt right?" Marinette said playfully as she hid the miracle box from behind her computer to under her bed's mattress. It fit just perfectly fort no one to see. She cushioned the vibrant box that was showing with her giant cat pillow on her bed. She sighed. "You'd think we would have found a better place for this box..."
"Princess?" A voice questioned from above.
Marinette scrambled down her room grabbed some extra blankets and pillows, to make a mess on the floor.
"Come in!"
Chat came in trying to maintain his confidence but he looked more sheepish and nervous if anything.
"What's wrong Chaton?" She said cupping his face.
Chat's face went even redder. She rolled her eyes.
She patted the space next to her in a puddle of blankets on the floor of her bedroom. He hopped down, before almost stealing a glance at something under her bed.
"Hey what's that?"
Now Marinette's face went red. The miracle box. Shit. She was an idiot. She really needed a better place to put it.
Chat had began to climb up the ladder to her bed again, to investigate.
Right before, Marinette pulled on his tail to stall and he came crashing down on the floor. The pillows at the bottom cushioned the blow, thankfully. She couldn't help but smile at how adorable he was when he was in shock.
"Hey!"
"What? Didn't you know curiosity killed the cat?" She teased extending an arm to help him up. She had tried to play that as cool as possible. So that he wouldn't find out that she was secretly his partner that rejected him for three years and was only finding now that she was attracted to him.
Instead he smirked and pulled her down with him.
"Chat!"
She began to laugh and move against him to stand up, but he had pinned her down on the cushions and blankets on the floor. The were giggling and moving against each other, but every time one of them got up they would pull the other right back down.
Both stopped for a minute and realized the position that they found themselves in. Marinette was on top of Chat.
Chat had his hands securely wrapped around her waist and her hands were pressed against his chest. They both were breathing heavy from the game that they had found themselves in and their lidded eyes met each other.
Marinette felt herself lean down on top of him. Her hands moved from his chest to his thick golden locks of hair. She tugged on them lightly as he purred.
Chat snatched her waist and brought her closer to him. Marinette wiggled her hips to adjust and found herself in a straddling position. They stayed there for a while. Watching their breaths sync up right before she finally cupped his face and leaned in-
"Marinette! Is everything okay up there!"
Both froze. Marinette quickly got up, much to Chat's displeasure.
"Y-yeah Mom! We-we're fine!"
"We? Who's we? And what were those thuds?"
Marinette and Chat both felt themselves tense up and exchanged looks.
"Oh! Did I say w-we? I meant uhhhh... Alya! Yeah Alya was on FaceTime with me when I dropped my math books from my bed..?" She looked at Chat for help. He shrugged and gave her a thumbs up with a wink.
(A/N: It scared me to write that tbh...)
-Le Time Skip-
They had watched a good amount of movies together in the past couple hours. They had found themselves on Marinette's chaise by the end of the night. Marinette had fallen asleep in Chat's arms. He smiled. How could someone make his heart do kart wheels even when they weren't even awake?
He smiled. Everything had gone so fast... Four months ago they had come back from New York and he was confessing his love for Ladybug one last time and now-
It had been a blur but in the end... It took him a while but the girl that he had cradled in his arms, he loved her. Chat felt his heart ache a bit knowing that she cut him off before he could tell her. It also ached from knowing that when they were on the ground he wanted to kiss her so bad but her mom almost caught them. Still, anytime with this girl was amazing.
Even as Adrien. He secretly thought that him fainting in class today was a blessing. She had cared so much that she had stayed in the infirmary with him and he regained some of her friendship.
Her room was now completely dark as he turned off the lights. It was a good thing that he could see in the dark or they would both be toast right now. He chuckled as he gently placed her on her bed and under the blankets. He was about to leave quietly when his ring beeped. He silently cursed himself.
Marinette slowly began to stir and saw a pair of green eyes staring back at her in the dark. She smiled and tried to feel out in the darkness for his body so she could give him a hug. He greatly accepted it and wrapped his arms around her petite figure.
If he had broken away he would've seen the miracles box right in behind her. But, sadly, he didn't. While they were hugging, Marinette had managed to maneuver her body in such a way that he wouldn't see it and that her whole body was covering on it. Sneaky.
"Goodbye Princess" he said breaking the hug.
"Chat?" She questioned out in the dark.
"Please don't leave me again... c-can you promise me that you'll always come back?"
The air was stiff and the question hang in the air.
Marinette thought he might have left. It was pitch black after all.
Chat felt a tear slip down his cheek as he finally spoke breaking the silence.
"Princess, I will always be here for you. Always. Always and forever."
-End of Chapter 18-