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As diligently Marinette worked on her new dress, three subtle knocks from above scared the living hell out of her. Who could be knocking on her balcony at this ungodly hour? She could be sleeping by now but she decided to take an all-nighter.
Out on her small balcony was the black cat himself, taking what she said seriously. He leaned against the rails, looking down at the Parisian streets at this night time. Granted, he came in a few minutes early but he doesn't think it matters much, doesn't it?
Marinette opened the door and saw first the boots the cat wore and she finally came to realize it was Chat Noir or Adrien Agreste, the model and very son of the designer she admires who is none other than Gabriel Agreste. "You..actually came." She stood on the ladder with visible yet slight shock looking around her surroundings before actually climbing up to join Chat on her balcony. He laughs momentarily, "I keep my word well, Marinette."
An uncomfortable silence looms over the two of them, Chat frequently scratching his nape but eventually winces in pain because of his cat nails. "Where do I even begin..?" He whispers to himself but Marinette still manages to hear it. "You know, I'm not that mad like I was earlier." She admits to continue or start the conversation to which Chat looked alarmed. "You aren't?" He asks her and she nods slowly.
"But I still gotta explain myself." He then continued to explain himself, Marinette casually stands beside him on the porch. "I really swear that I didn't put that on there, I was just trying to remove it for the person who was going to sit, which in that case was you. I really have no intentions of harming or hurting you in any way or form Marinette. I know I have already made a bad impression of me to you but.. I'll try to make it up to you I guess?"
He gives a small grin out to her. "So..are we good?" He straightens himself and hands out his hand. "Yeah we are." Marinette returns back the smile and shakes his hand.
It was already midnight and the streets were getting silent. Less cars are passing and the lights from buildings are all being switched off. "Guess I have to formally introduce myself again to you, perhaps?" Their hands were still holding the each other. "I am Adrien Agreste, m'lady. But I am also known as Chat Noir." He took her hand and kissed the back of it, making Marinette jolt but giggle.
"I'll be your trusty sidekick when fighting crime but by daylight, I'll be just one of your classmates." He continued on. "Alright then Mister Agreste. I'll introduce myself to you too. Name's Marinette Dupain-Cheng the clutz but I'm now widely known as Ladybug. Alright then, trusty sidekick." She laughs.
"It's running dark and we still have school tomorrow. Looks like we'll look like we haven't got any sleep yet, right?" Chat Noir says and managed to get a chuckle from her. From this point on, it looks like she'll warm up to him and he'll warm up to her. Doesn't sound much of a bad idea, isn't it?
"Yeah." Marinette agrees and surprisingly yawns beside him, seemingky enough it felt like it was his time to depart. "Well then, gotta make sure a hero gets sleep. I'll see you tomorrow then, Marinette." He climbs on the rails. "I'll see you, Adrien." She walks back to the ladder and waves at him as he waves back and goes out to the night, back to his home.
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"Marinette! You have terrible eyebags!" Tikki exclaims and on cue Marinette looks in the mirror. The kwami was right but it felt as if it was an understatement. "I'll just cover it up with some foundation, no worries Tikki." The girl got prepared and went downstairs to eat breakfast with her father and mother.
She again, walks to school. Not running, mainly cause she wasn't surprisingly late despite sleeping in late. There at school she got greeted by her new friend Alya and went to class along her said friend. She's noticed that the blond boy who she has spent talking to last night was already in class. He noticed her back and gave her a smile which she returned back and went to her seat which was on the opposite of Adrien.