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Marinette had grown accustomed to Chat Noir’s visits late at night. They would watch a movie, play some games or just be there with each other’s company. Later, Chat Noir would leave and Marinette would go to sleep. This night though, it was raining, so Marinette assumed Chat would stay in his house.
She really liked rainy nights. She put on her pajamas, washed her teeth, went up her bed and sketched a little with the soothing sound of the rain as background noise. She was about to turn off the light and go to sleep when she heard familiar footsteps on her balcony. It hadn’t stopped raining yet, so what was he doing here?
“Princess?” Chat called from above. Marinette just sighed and moved to the side of the bed, so he could climb down safely.
“Hello, Chat.” Marinette smiled.
“Good evening, sorry to come this late but I couldn’t get out of my house until now, so here I am.” Chat Noir said, his grin lighting up his whole face as he climbed down from her balcony.
“I just assumed you wouldn’t come tonight because of the rain.” Marinette said, and started moving down the ladder from her bed. She grabbed a clean towel she randomly had in her chaise and threw it to Chat Noir. He caught it and began his way down from her bed too.
He began drying himself off, and Marinette went to her desk and grabbed her laptop.
“Should we watch a movie?” Marinette said, as she once again went up her ladder to her bed.
“Yeah! Can we watch a Studio Ghibli movie?” He asked, hopeful.
“Uh, sure! Come up here,” she patted the space beside her on the bed. Chat Noir made his way next to her and curled to Marinette’s side.
“Thank you for letting me watch a movie from Studio Ghibli. I have only watched Spirited Away and when I told my best friend that, he just looked at me in disbelief, so I want to watch another one” He smiled, as he talked.
“Really? You have only watched Spirited Away?” Marinette was really surprised, and that reaction got a pout from Chat Noir.
“Yeah. Let’s just watch. Which ones are there?”
“Sorry, sorry. So there is…” Marinette started naming the movies she remembered. Then she searched for some more, and after a lot of movies, Chat found one that he liked above the rest of them. ‘How am I supposed to choose, they all look so good’ He had said.
“So, we’ll watch Howl’s Moving Castle, then.” Marinette smiled. “I really like that one.” Then she searched on illegal websites, until she found one with Howl’s Moving Castle in japanese with french subtitles. For some reason, Netflix didn’t have any Studio Ghibli movies.
After getting cozy, Chat Noir’s head on Marinette's shoulder, and his arm around her waist, a blanket over both of them, Marinette pressed play. “Sorry for not having food ready like the other days, I really thought you wouldn’t be coming today, sorry.” Marinette said, as the movie started.
“No, it’s okay. Don’t worry.” Chat Noir nuzzled his head in her shoulder and she smiled.
“Thank you, now pay attention.” She pointed to the screen, and he chuckled.
Marinette had fallen asleep before the movie ended but Chat Noir was really focused, so he didn’t notice until the movie ended. When he turned his head towards his best friend to comment about how much he loved the movie, and about how everything connected in the end, he saw her peaceful sleeping face, and decided he should let her sleep. He was retracting his arm from her waist and was raising his head from her shoulder when she moved in her sleep. After more seconds, she didn’t move again so he was about to get up again, but her arms found his torso, and hugged him closer.
He sighed. At least tomorrow would be Sunday, he could sleep here tonight. Besides, it’s not the first time he has slept over. He closed the laptop and put it on the desk, from where he was on the bed. He was grateful at that moment to have long arms, and for the desk to be so close to the bed. He draped the blanket over their bodies again and closed his eyes. He didn’t have any trouble falling asleep.