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Marinette sighed and took another sip of her cocoa. The night itself wasn’t cold, but cocoa was her drink for pretty much any occasion. This time, the occasion was Adrien. Like all the other 321543 times.Goddamit. Why her brain melted faster than ice cream in summer when she was around Adrien was still beyond her. Seriously, she had crushes before and she was never this bad. There was something fishy there. Ugh. Did anybody's crush work out or them or was it all a myth?
“My, my and what brings you, my sweet macaron in such a foul mood?”
Marinette arched an eyebrow at Chat.
“Sweet macaron?”
“You said Princess was getting old and I need a new nickname for you.” he reminded her.
Marinette snorted. At least he distracted her for a second…
“Marinette?” Chat’s voice was softer this time and when she looked up, Marinette was maybe a little surprised to see genuine concern.”Do I have to ask or will you tell me?”
“Just girl problems. Sure wanna hear them?”
“I’m all ears for you.” he said and she got up.
“It’s just I like this guy. He is wonderful. So sweet, genuine and just always offers his help even though he has a super busy schedule, he helped me with my uncle once, you know. And honestly, he is such a great person and I have the biggest crush on him, but I’d be happy even if we were just friends, but we can’t be even that. Because my stupid brain stops working when I’m around him. It is incredibly frustrating,” Marinette sighed.”Do you know the feeling Chat? Being in love with someone out of your reach?”
“I might have a little idea,” he said sadly, looking in the distance at Notre Dame. Marinette leant against the railing and sighed. Why was love so complicated?
Few moments passed before she felt Chat move off her lounge chair.
“This is a lovely night. And we shouldn’t mope around like heartbroken lovesick fools.”
“We are heartbroken lovesick fools.” Marinette stated matter of factly, pushing in the back of her mind the fact that she was the reason he was in that state.
“True, but still.” he jumped on her railing.”Come on, let’s go on an adventure and take our minds off things.” he extended his hand.
Marinette narrowed her eyes. On one hand, she could really welcome a distraction. On the other hand...a lot of things.
“Tell me, princess, now when did you last let your heart decide?” Marinette couldn’t keep from giggling. She wondered how long till he would use that line on her.
“Oh, fine.” she accepted finally.
“All aboard Chat Noir express.” he said helping her jump on his back. Marinette secured her hands around his neck as Chat grabbed her thighs. Then he started shaking his ass and Marinette wasn’t sure if she wanted to laugh or groan. She forgot he does that before pouncing. Not that she got the time to tease him about that cause they were off.
Don’t get her wrong, Marinette loved the feeling of flying over the Parisian rooftops, but she preferred it when she was in charge of it. Still, she trusted Chat won’t drop her. On second thought, it was quite a fantastic thing. She got to enjoy the view without having to worry her yoyo won’t catch on something and she’ll become a creepe on the concrete. Chat Noir Express also seemed to have music incorporated. Her minou kept passionately humming something since they left. Marinette was pretty confident about what the tune was, but when Chat softly sang the next verse, she only got confirmation. Marinette rested her chin on his shoulder and continued the song, loud enough for him to hear.
“A whole new world, a dazzling place I never knew. But now from way up here it's crystal clear that now I'm in a whole new world with you.”
Maybe it wasn’t the most inspired thing to do given Chat almost lost the grip on his baton. He regained his composure fastly as he launched them over Palais de l'Elysée. Marinette hoped the president didn’t mind the two teenagers singing from the top of their lungs and thumping on his roof.
“Unbelievable sights! Indescribable feeling!” both Marinette and Chat sang as loud as they could while Chat kept running over the rooftops. He made another leap with the help of his staff and Marinette had to get off his back for this one. She needed to dance on this duet. And they were in front of the rose window on the western side of Notre Dame, she just had to spin a little in front of it, okay?
“Every moment red letter,” she said twirling around.” I'll chase them anywhere.” Chat joined her.”There's time to spare. Let me share this whole new world with you.”
Honestly, they were a little bit off tune and the falsetto was in bloom, but they couldn’t care less. Marinette turned around and kept singing. She didn’t even notice Chat did the same until they were few steps apart.
“A whole new world. That's where we'll be.” They closed the space between them and intertwined their fingers.” A thrilling chase.”
“A wondrous place.”
“For you and me.” they smiled at each other and bumped their noses together. The night really took a beautiful turn.
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“Enjoyed the night with your girlfriend?”
“She’s not my girlfriend, Plagg! It was strictly platonic.” Adrien defended himself.
“You had a duet of a famous love song while jumping over the rooftops of the city of love. And you ended the duet holding hands on top of Notre Dame. It sounds awfully like a date to me.”
“It was platonic!” Adrien stubbornly replayed.
“Whatever helps you sleep tonight kid.”Plagg snorted.
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“Chat is awfully romantic, don’t you think?”
“Oh my God Tikki, that wasn’t romantic at all!”
“Are you sure? It sounds pretty romantic to me. A shame you didn’t kiss.”
“Tikki!”
“I’m just saying, it is perfectly fine to feel like that about Chat.”
“I don’t feel like anything about that stray. Now goodnight.”
“Whatever you say, Marinette. Sleep well. Don’t let the black cats bite you.”
“Tikki!”