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The surprise
Marrinet was making new designs when a flash of black streaked by her window. A second later there was a tap on her trap door the the roof and Chat noir poked his head in through the hole. “Evening princess.” He said, his feline smile spread wide across his face. He dropped in and landed next to her desk chair, pulling the hair away from her face to plant a kiss on her temple. Giggling to herself she closed the book and turned to face him. He frowned a little as his transformation faded away. “Come on, you've been working on those designs for days now, at least let me see one.” He was begging now, he had been asking to see her drawings since they got the assignment. She has been teasing him with it ever since. Marrinet so rarely had the upperhand that she was enjoying his misery.
“Nope, you have to wait like everyone else.” She chided. His frown grew deeper set as he went to the bed and pouted. “I guess you don't want your birthday present then, do you?” He was baiting the hook but she wasn't going to take it. “Oh, and where is this great present, you certainly couldn't hide it in the suit, there's nowhere to hide it.” She got up from the desk to flop down onto Adrian, pushing all the air out of his lungs with an audible oof. He retaliated by grabbing her waist and pinching to tickle her. Marrinet curled into herself with laughter and tried to fight back, but it was an unsuccessful attempt. When he finally let her go she had tears streaming down her face. “So can I see your sketchbook now?” He moved to make it look like he was ready to strike again. “Fine, fine I give, let me get it.” As she shifted to get off the bed, Adrian reached out and flung her back on top of him. He rolled them over to one side so they lay like spoons. “It's alright, my lady.” He chuckled in her ear. “I enjoy the suspense, I want to see the reveal like everyone else.” Marrinet turned around so that her face lay in the crook of his neck, and Adrian placed his chin on the top of her head. “So, about this present of mine?” She asked, itching for an answer now. “Patience, princess. It's on the roof.” She tried wiggling out of his grasp to go see her surprise but he held her tight to him. “Not yet, I want to stay like this for a little bit more.” Marrinet made no argument as she relaxed into his chest and breathed in his clean scent of fancy soap and designer clothes. They lay like this, her back leaning against his chest and his legs coming around her to form a cocoon, until the sun started to set, turning the sky a soft pink. Bird cast black silhouettes against the colors of the sky and city lights. “Alright bugaboo, you ready to see your present?”