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Why do stray cats follow me? P. 3

I know it doesn’t look like it yet, but this is a (really slow burn) MariChat story. Please don’t hate me.

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Adrien’s day had been tired so far. It started at 6 am with Gorilla waking him up.

“Where’s Nathalie?” He said, with his eyes still semi closed.

“... Not coming today.” 

Adrien had a well-balanced, lonely, and healthy breakfast. At 7 am he was already in Pont de Bir-Hakeim for the ‘City Life Collection’ photo shoot of this year. Vincent was talking to the Art Director about locations and special lighting for the shoots when he spotted him.

“Adrien, you’re already here! Go to make up and dress yourself up with combo number 4 first.”

Walking to the dresser he saw Lila with the hair stylist and saluted them from afar. He already knew she was going to be there. For some reason unknown to him, his father agreed on three photo shoots with her. This was barely the second. And because she was good at it, it wouldn’t surprise him that she will eventually sign up for more.

Six long hours passed, and they were done. To celebrate, everyone in the set ate lunch together. Lila was stuck by his side and he didn’t push her off, to be fair, she wasn’t doing anything wrong to anyone that day, so he tried (and failed) to have fun as well. He meant it when he talked to her: they could be ‘friends’ but there was a limit to how much he will be able to endure, specifically if she insisted on hurting his friends. 

"Adrien, do you want to go to somewhere else and enjoy the rest of the day with me?”

“Thank you, Lila, but I can’t”

“If it is because of your father, maybe I can talk to him?”

“I had plans with Nino today, but they got cancelled because Father wants me to practice a new song for an upcoming event. I don’t think his opinion will change.”

“Oh... okay, later then.”

Adrien entered his car without offering her a ride, Gorilla closed the door and Adrien lowered down the window. “Yes, later. Have a nice day, Lila”

“Bye!” Lila said and Gorilla started the engine and the car moved away from her, who kept waving goodbye until they disappeared in the next corner. 

And it was true. Nino wanted to show him how to breakdance and he really wanted to learn, he didn’t specify with his father about the plans, but Gabriel Agreste had a sixth sense when it comes to letting him have fun with friends. Suddenly the day before he was informed that there will be an event host by the Tsurugi family next month and he was supposed to play a couple songs during the evening: “Painted” and “River Flows in You”, both from Yiruma. 

He already knew the second one by heart. It was one of her mother’s favorites.

So, he returned to the mansion and started to practice the first one. For the first two hours he was practicing seriously. The third hour he recorded himself to create a loop that would be played later when Chat Noir went out to play. 

Gorilla appeared at his door around two hours and a half later to give him some food. He returned the empty dishes just before going out. His recording had a very elaborate edit of his very best try, looped three times, and then a couple recordings with errors here and there. If his father came when the errors were being played, he won’t disturb. If he went when the recording was sounding perfect and realize he still was playing, he won’t interrupt neither. Nobody will enter his room in the next 3 hours, probably. It was almost 5 pm.

“Plagg, claws...”

“Wait!” Plagg interrupted him mid-sentenced.

“Plagg?”

“First you shush me because you are recording and now you suddenly transform without saying a word? What happened to your manners kid?”

“Sorry Plagg, but I didn’t have any recording of that song, and I really wanted to go out.”

Plagg was still playing hard. Floating with both arms crossed in front of Adrien’s face “Where are we going today?”

“I don’t know... anywhere else but here.” Plagg was still with his tiny arms crossed, clearly upset for being ignored. “But I’m sorry bud, do you want extra cheese before going out today? Or do you want to stay? We can play video games if you want.”

Adrien would probably never realize how much Plagg loved him. He dropped his arms and decided to go lie down to the blonde’s head so he couldn’t see his face. Adrien moved something inside Plagg with his suggestion to stay home to make him, the God of Destruction, feel better when clearly Adrien just wanted to run away. “Nah, I ate the emergency supplies when you were recording. I’m fine if I got three extra cheeses when we return”

Adrien pet Plagg’s head over his head with a smile “You are incorrigible buddy. Plagg, claws out!”

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To be honest, she woke up that morning thinking that her day was going to be exhausting.

But here she was, smiling, hugging Luka’s back on the way home, resting her head on him. Both were on his bicycle, carrying an empty box behind. 

Luka smelled like lavender, probably because of the cloth softener in his house, but it recalled her freedom and peace. And she just wanted to keep hugging him all day.

It has been an awesome day so far. She woke up late but on time to meet Luka. She stayed very late the previous day dividing the gifts by types. Sweaters, scarfs, gloves, hats, everything was also divided by colors. She tagged everything, unwrapped it and put it into bags, and those bags into a box.

Luka gently carried her around Paris to deliver the clothes into a couple charities for homeless. They got lunch together by the Seine. They saw street performers by the Eiffel Tour doing brake-dance and a couple mimes playing with kids.

Luka bought her a smoothie and they walk down the Jardin des Tuileries while talking about everything and nothing at the same time.

When they passed near Notre Dame, he told her he would like to show her his new progress with her melody, so she listened quietly the 2 minutes song on a bench next to him, watching the peaceful Parisians enjoying a sunny and beautiful Saturday. 

Everything was lovely and colorful. So far, no Hawkmoth, no Chloé, no Lila, no stress, no danger. It was like a vacations day and she was up to live it full for what it last. Since the moment she opened her eyes she was waiting for the next akumatized person to show up and change her plans, but it was already 4:00 pm and Luka was successfully distracting her from her own thoughts.

Luka never asked her why she had so much male clothes, and even that small detail gave her peace at mind. He didn’t judge, he just listened. 

There was a moment in which she was startled by a purple butterfly on Notre Dame. He immediately put himself on between them, with a fierce determination. But it was a regular butterfly. They laughed together by the realization but laughs stopped when he hugged her.

“I promise I will protect you with all I have if Hawkmoth dare to attack today”

And Marinette knew it was true, he has already done it after all, jumping to protect her from the bees last time. If Luka haven’t done that, who knows what would have happened to her that day.

It made Marinette immediately sad. It was horrible to know that thanks to Chloé: Luka will never be Viperion again, Alya couldn’t be Rena, Max couldn’t be Pegasus, Kim couldn’t be Roi Singe, Kagami shouldn’t be Ryuuko and Nino couldn’t be Carapace.

Of course, Luka thought she was suddenly sad because Marinette was scared for him. He caressed her cheek. “Don’t be sad, Marinette. If there’s something I’m scared of is not Hawkmoth, but to not being able to cheer you up when you are distressed”

Marinette hid her face in his chest.

“You want to talk about it?” He asked, softly.

“What do you think will happen if Hawkmoth wins?” she mumbled.

“That won’t happen. Paris has the best heroes on earth.”

“But what if” she insisted.

Luka meditated his answer for a couple seconds “Then everybody in Paris will help Ladybug and Chat Noir to get a proper revenge. If Hawkmoth ‘wins’ I’m sure everybody will fight along with them to help them restore everything back. Including us both. Am I right?”

Marinette let a little giggle escape her lips. “But of course, Luka”

“I can imagine you as a hero you know, brave, smart, beautiful”

Marinette blushed immediately “Ugh... stop. Don’t exaggerate”

“I am not!” he said, kissing her forehead. Marinette’s heart skipped a beat. “You will probably overshadow Ladybug. At least to my eyes.”

She didn’t immediately reply to that. She was feeling too many butterflies in her belly and even her neck was probably red right now. She covered her face with her hands and mumbled a quiet “Thank you”.

Luka released her from the hug and got on his bicycle again “Let’s go, I don’t want your parents to think I kidnapped you.”

And really, time flies. How come she already spent 8 hours with Luka without noticing it?

So here she was. In her way home, hugging Luka’s back and smiling while mumbling the melody he played for her a couple hours ago. Since the last battle she has spent countless hours talking to Tikki and the other kwamis, studying, learning about history and her new role responsibilities and thinking about strategies. She had been holding quite difficult discussions in her room lately. And she didn’t even have the chance to talk to Chat Noir yet.

So, it felt good to be able to relax today. She didn’t realize she needed a moment of peace that much.

She also didn’t notice Chat Noir jumping from rooftop to rooftop, but he did spot them and gave them a sincere smile from afar.

“Hey, Luka”

Marinette called him from behind when they were a couple streets from her home.

“Yes? Do you want me to stop?”

“No, just change directions please”

“Change directions? Where do you want to go?”

“Anywhere” She hugged him stronger. “If it is okay. I just want to stay a little more with you today. Just one more hour.”

Luka’s heart shrank and he almost lost control of the bicycle by Marinette sudden comment.

“Do you want to see the sunset from Sacre Coeur?” He asked.

“I would love to”

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Adrien arrived home before anyone noticed it and went downstairs to have dinner at the same time as always. His dad was unexpectedly waiting for him at the table. 

“Father? What are you doing here?”

“I have some news to share with you, Son” Gabriel asked him to take a sit with his hand. Someone from the service staff served him a plate with onion soup, toasted bread and a glass of water.

When they were alone, his father started conversation again “As you know, Nathalie have not been feeling well lately”

“Is she sick again?” Adrien was looking at his food with a sad look. Something that was stressing him out lately was how much Nathalie’s condition resembled his mom’s.

“Yes, but there’s good news on that regard” Adrien raised his gaze with a hint of hope. “A doctor found out what was happening to her. She will be out for three weeks for recovery, but she will be cured”

“Really? That’s awesome!” Adrien stood up with energy and a smile from side to side, truly excited for the good news “What did she had?”

“Something related to her inner ear, which explains the dizziness. A minor surgery fixes it”

“Can we go and visit her?”

“She prefers not to. But you are welcome to find a gift if you want, for when she returns” His father kept his gaze busy on his tablet, probably still working.

“I will do it, thanks, Father”

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When Marinette closed the door of her room, Tikki flew in front of her with a smile.

“Marinette, did you have fun today?” 

“Yes!” Marinette ran to the divan and laid there hugging a cat pillow, while giggling “Today was great, Tikki. I think I didn’t have this much fun in a while.”

“I’m glad” Tikki sat above the cat pillow.

“But as fun as the day was today,” Marinette sat down, letting the pillow aside and holding Tikki on her hands “We have work to do.” She climbed up the stairs of her bed and pull out the miraculous box out of her hidden spot. 

She opened it and took the panjas bracelet, put it on and Roarr appeared in front of her. “Hi Guardian! Is it my turn today?”

Marinette giggled at the little kwami “Hello there, would you please be as nice as to help me to know you better?”

“I like peanuts!” Roarr answered fast “I don’t like when the weak is abused, I’m very protective” 

“I know you can control the lighting of a place and reflect yourself to camouflage” Marinette was taking notes “I also know you take most of the decisions with Sass back in the box when Tikki and Plagg are out”.

“I have had only 13 permanent holders. Nothing compared to the others, so I’ve stayed most of my time taking care of the world inside the box”

“By what circumstances have you been handled to permanent holders?”

“I was stolen 4 times, 7 times I was needed to hide the order of the guardians, 1 time the guardian of the box preferred my powers to fulfill his job, you know, like Master Fu with Wayzz, and one time the Guardian of the box preferred the Pig miraculous, and give my miraculous to his lover so I can help to keep the box safe with her.”

Marinette stopped writing. “What?”

“What, what?”

“A Guardian share this secret with his lover?! Who was it?”

“It was many, many centuries ago” Roarr jumped from Marinette’s hand to her hair “The guardian was married when he was appointed to the task and he decided that the way to keep his family protected was to share the secret with Abelia.”

“Was it a good idea?”

“Many tragedies overcome his family. I know Abelia didn’t regret any.”

They chatted a bit more, Marinette did a pause to get her some peanuts, she showed her the room and what she liked to do and finally they wish each other sweet dreams after a couple hours of getting to know each other.

It was already after midnight and Marinette was already laid on bed when a noise called her attention.

“Ugh... again?”

She popped her head out and saw a watering can spinning on the floor. It stopped and a little kitty walked out there. 

“What are you doing inside there, little buddy?” It was a brown kitty, smaller than the one she saw the other day, but this time the kitty didn’t run away the moment he heard her. It walked to the watering can again, searching for something. Marinette saw how he started to lick the metal, so she went out and pour him some water in a flowerpot base she saw near him.

The kitty followed her and started to drink water “Were you thirsty little one?” She couldn’t help it and pet his head a little. “Such a cutie”

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Gosh I’m the worst... I know this looks like a Lukanette (which I also love) but this is the most realistic turn I can take after that season finale! This is a Marichat story even if I haven’t prove it yet :) (please remember the sloow slowwww burn disclaimer from part 1)

#marichat #lukanette #ml fanfic #marinette deserves better #slow burn #my writing #marichat... eventually #after season 3 finale #lovesquare

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Why do stray cats follow me? P. 2

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“Hey girl, Mylène is inviting us to her house for a pizza party. Are you free tonight?” Alya whispered lowing her head so Ms. Mendeleiev couldn’t notice them talking.

“Sorry Alya, I have plans with my mom. Lately, she has been very interested in to teach me how to cook Asian food”

“I heard Luka is invited”

Marinette smiled at her friend “Still no”

Ms. Mendeleiev let her rule hit the desk to catch the girls’ attention and warned them with her eyes. Both immediately stopped the little chatting. But Alya was not an easy quitter. 

After a while she passed a note to Marinette. “Everybody saw how Luka played a song to you the other day by the river. You were clearly enjoying it. Do I need to beg for details? Because I’m going to beg”

Marinette wrote down a quick response “Let’s have this conversation later”

“You have been avoiding the topic for the past 4 days, girl. Even I have a limit.”

“Maybe I don’t know what to say?”

“Ok, you asked for it. Just reply to the questions I know I want to know: 1) Are you going to give away all the gifts you made in advance? 2) Have you already kissed Luka?”

“Yes. No.“

“Do you want to kiss him?”

“I don’t know. Maybe, if the moment is right. I won’t push it or pursuit it, though”

“Do you find sexy he is older? >o<”

“It’s actually refreshing how mature he is. It’s easy to have conversations with him. Hard to believe he’s just a year older.”

Alya let out a little chuckle, she was about to write another question when she felt Mendeleiev presence next to her. “Can I have that paper, Miss Césaire?

Before Alya could react, Ms Mendeleiev was already reading the paper and Marinette was close to fainting. Alya’s face was pale as a ghost, but she still tried to beg for mercy.

“Please don’t read it out loud Ms Mendeleiev, I was the one pushing it.”

Adrien and Nino turn on their sits to watch the scene, along the rest of the class that was paying full attention to both girls. Rapidly increasing Marinette’s anguish.

“That I can see, Miss Césaire. Miss Dupain-Cheng next time avoid replying to this kind of conversations during class. Older boys can be attractive but that has nothing to do with Bohr’s Model of the Atom. Clear?”

Marinette was completely ashamed, the louder the class’ whistles, the brighter the red tone of her face. “Clear”.

Adrien smiled softly to her, and she wanted to die right there.

And it was the first class of the day.

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To Marinette’s misfortune, Nino and Adrien joined them for lunch.

Alya stopped her apologies when the boys approached them. A best friend job is to know the last person Marinette wanted gossiping about the morning incident was Adrien.

Of course, the blond didn’t even try to mention a thing.

“So, Mari, who-ough” And when Nino tried to bring up the topic, Alya silenced him with a stomp and a fresh new conversation.

“So, learning Asian cook?” She shamelessly ignored Nino’s complaints.

“Yes, my mom says I’m almost seventeen and that I should be self-sufficient, know more about my culture and not starve to death in case she’s out”

“But Mari, you literally live on top of a bakery and you know how to do literally every pastry there” Nino managed to say, foot pain already forgotten.

“I guess ‘Woman does not live by bread alone’ is strong on this mom”

“And what’s she teaching you?” Adrien asked.

Marinette did her best to reply as a normal person. It was a little bit easier every day. “Little bit of everything, I already know how to do a basic fried rice but today I’m going to explore the wonders of stir-fried beef.”

“Whenever you learn how to do Kung Pao chicken, sign me up!”

“You want to learn how to do it, Alya?”

“Nope, but I will surely have Kung Pao chicken hungry that day. Trust me, I have my sources.”

The four of them laughed together and Mari promised to bring everybody a portion whenever she learns. Lunch was somehow relaxing until a non-invited presence appeared at the table. 

“So, Mari, tell me, who is the lucky guy? Are you head over heels for an older boy? Naughty!” Obviously, Lila appeared just when everything was ok in her world. She did not hide the discomfort on her face.

Surprisingly, it was not Marinette who cut her off.

“Aren’t we being a little bit rude, Lila?”

Four pair of eyes were on Adrien, who was not smiling, not joking, not looking at her, just stating a fact while cleaning his lips with a napkin. He was already done with lunch.

Marinette was maybe the most surprised of them.

Lila was not surprised at all. Last time she talked to the blond he let clear that he was putting his limits where Marinette discomfort started. She even had to lie to bring her back to school anyway. Honestly, she was there only to test if Adrien was capable to face her in front of others as well. Looks like the answer was yes.

“I was just joking Adrien” she giggled a little, “since you are all so close to Marinette I supposed all of you already knew about the mysterious guy. But I don’t want to upset her more, I did already too much last week and I apologize again Marinette” this time she was looking directly at her blue eyes, with a puppy face “I can’t control my disease but I will leave immediately to not bother you anymore”.

“You are not bothering Lila, but we were already leaving” Alya stood up, followed by the other three “Class is just about to start”.

“Oh, sure, let’s go” Lila followed them and engaged a conversation with Nino and Alya.

Marinette and Adrien were walking side by side in front of them, in silence. Each of them immersed on their own thoughts.

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“Hella weird, girl” Marinette had Alya on video chat on the rooftop. She was planting the Asian Greens in her new flowerpot. Alya was getting ready for the pizza party.

“It was just... so sudden? He is not like that” Marinette was still surprised by Adrien standing up for her. She didn’t know how to feel about it, or what to think.

“Yeah, I mean, I thought they were friends. His dad even helped her to get her first model job... Which pants do you think look better on me?” Alya showed two options to the camera.

“The blue one.”

“Maybe Adrien realized he has a crush on you after you were expelled, you know. Realizing he won’t be close to you again and that. Deal breaker feelings.”

Marinette let out a dry laugh “Impossible Alya, you know he likes Kagami. You saw them.”

“But explain why he was suddenly so aggressive on your behalf.”

“Maybe he has spent a little too much time with Lila and now he sees who she really is”

Alya was a little more on board to Marinette’s side after she heard Lila’s excuse. It was a super sad story, granted, but Marinette was in her full right to stay as far as possible from a friendship with her. Even if everything was solved the next day with Lila’s apologize. “Maybe Mr. Sunshine resembles more his father than we originally thought. His voice was so cold that it caused me shivers.”

“Maybe.”

“So, what about the gifts?”

“Not delivered yet” and Marinette gave her a sincere smile “Luka will help me to carry them on his bicycle tomorrow after school.”

“I like Luka, you know. I approve him, in my best friend position.”

“Not that I asked your permission, though! Or that anything is going on!”

“You obviously don’t need to ask for permission, it’s all wrapped in the best friend package.”

“Marinette, honey, it’s time!” Sabine’s voice called her from the distance.

“Guess this is the goodbye. Shame you can’t come to the party.”

“I’ll go to the next one, I promise. Bye”

“Alya out”

Marinette sighed. She just wanted to fall into bed and sleep until tomorrow. Too many mixed feelings were bubbling inside herself.

But she couldn’t let her mom down. “Coming mom!”

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I didn’t think so many people would like this story! I’ll try my best to keep writing constant updates. Thanks for reading guys! Feedback appreciated :).

The marichat will eventually come, I promise! As I said, this is a sloooow burn fic ^^U

#marichat #ml fanfic #ml fic #marinette deserves better #slow burn #my writing #marichat... eventually #after season 3 #lovesquare

[quarantine-writer]

Why do stray cats follow me?

Quick answer from Quora: They will follow you because they feel you do not pose a threat to them and… they are likely hungry for food.

So, this is a MariChat slow slooow super slow burn story. Hope you like it if you give it the chance, though!

Right after season 3 finale!

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The only sound in the room was Tikki chewing her cookies while looking at her holder. Marinette had already taken down Adrien’s pictures from the walls, changed her desktop background and put her 50 gifts for Adrien’s next birthdays in a box to donate to charity. 

Today she was a new woman. It was time to move on. She had one million other things between her hands, starting by her new Guardian role, as to be wasting her time with heart breaks and childish plans on how to woo guys.

She wasn’t in the mood to have a boyfriend or pursuit a relationship. Something like that requires time she didn’t have and a commitment that she couldn’t make because her top priority will always be to save Paris, to keep the miraculous safe and to study more than ever about the Guardian role, as Fu was no longer in the picture.

Part of this was her fault. She was the only culprit as why Fu was caught in the first place. Looking for him while in disguise was an error and she needed to assume it and forgive herself. But the reason behind that was that she was so jealous, so distracted and unfocused on the mission because she saw Adrien almost kissing Kagami, that she did a huge mistake. And she had to live with it. Embrace it and learn from it in order to grow.

She can’t let something like that to happen again.

She needed to shut down that part of herself. And she already decided she will do.

“Okay, done”.

“Are you sure about this, Marinette?” Marinette was putting the lucky charm Adrien gave her for her birthday in the same box where the magazines he appeared on and the unsent letters she wrote confessing her love were at.

“Of course, Tikki. I don’t have time for this. Hawkmoth is getting stronger each day and I need to think of a strategy to take him down soon. After that I will probably have time to focus on my love life again”

“Marinette, I know you are young. But I had lived longer than you and you need to know this: Love comes unannounced. You can’t decide to just close the door, it will find its way through a window.”

“If it arrives, it arrives. But I won’t be pursuing it any longer. It’s hard and it makes me stupid and prone to embarrassments I don’t want to keep having. I’m clumsy enough without the extra mess in my head, Tikki” Marinette sat down in her divan, holding Tikki between her hands and giving her a smile.

“You’ve matured a lot lately, Marinette. I’m sorry this is happening to you being so young.”

“Hey, don’t worry. I’m glad I’m Ladybug, I’m glad to have you in my life. Together we will defeat Hawkmoth and restore the order once again.”

Both were suddenly startled by a noise in the rooftop. It was like a flowerpot breaking. She hopped to the trap door and put her head out. It was dark so she needed a few seconds to adjust but she finally saw it as clear as day. A kitty was smelling the soil from the broken pot. It was gray with a white tail and big blue eyes. She breathed out resigned, the kitty broke her attempt to grow Asian Greens this summer.

“Thanks Kitty, I’ll need to start again.”

With the sound of her voice the kitty disappeared as fast as his shorty legs let him. “Thanks for the quick visit, though” Sarcastically, she went up to clean a little bit. Tomorrow she will need to buy a new pot after school.

Separating the roots and the broken pieces from the soil, Marinette said: “Well, you know what they say: Never is too late to start again”

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#marichat #ml fanfic #ml fic #marinette deserves better #slow burn #my writing #after season 3 #lovesquare

[quarantine-writer]

That's an inspiring prompt! Mind if I help with the idea?.. (small spoilers from season 3!)

SORRY I COULDN'T CONTROL IT, STAY AWAY IF YOU CAN'T HANDLE A SUGAR OVERDOSE.

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After minutes of complete silence where Chat Noir was interiorizing her words, he finally replied:

"It makes sense, my Lady. Do not apologize."

Paris was cold that night, with Autumn almost ending. They were both alone at the school's rooftop for the meeting Ladybug asked early that week. One that Chat Noir never saw coming. He didn't thought Ladybug will say they needed a change this big in their dynamic. She was going to give him a power which if fallen into the wrong hands, could destroy them both.

"I know it will be very tempting, to have the secret revealed so close all the time." She started to move her hands around while talking "I know you are curious and I need you to know that I'm curious too" both were making direct eye contact "...but if it was dangerous before, it is even more dangerous now. It is not like if we screw up Fu is going to fix it or at least save us and give us guidance. I mean. He is not longer with us. He doesn't remember. We are alone. Everything it's up to us."

Chat Noir took her hands with his own, trying to give her support and comfort.

"Buggaboo. I understand. I also understand that if anything happens to you and it's not with the mask on, I won't be able to help."

"And yeah" Ladybug continued "I mean if anything happens to me and I'm with the earrings Tikki can just run on your way and tell you but what if something also happens to the earrings! How would you be able to know where are the rest of the miraculous if you need to call someone for support? Like Carapace or Rena Rouge or..."

"My Lady..."

"And you also need to know that if we die with the jewelry on, Plagg and Tikki will be sealed, unable to reach for the other one..."

"Yes..."

"And I want you to know that I have been thinking this for weeks now. It is not a rush decision but it is a hard decision. I don't know if this will be ok or the right thing to do but it is what feels right..."

"What I understand, LB" He squeezed her hands tightly "Is that you have complete faith on me. And for that I thank you" Chat Noir lower his voice to a barely whisper to be sure only Ladybug will hear him, even when they were both alone. "I will have your name written in an envelope along the exactly location of the box. This information is so important that I'm sure you wouldn't even think about giving it to silly Chat Noir a couple years ago. I thank you for the confidence you have in me now."

And it was true. Marinette has been the guardian for three and a half years now, but the akumas were getting harder each time and Hawkmoth was recruiting more allies now. After a particular hard one four months ago, she started to consider her options.

And it is also true that the only one worthy of the secret was Chat Noir. He grew up during the past few years, he was now a different man. He got a couple girlfriends in his civilian life. He stopped to try to get an identity reveal. He accepted her as a friend only. He was more reliable on missions. She was sure he didn't even realize the small changes towards their current relationship but she did pay attentions to all of them, over the past few years. She got more mature by his side. He did too.

"I'm sorry I'm asking you this, to turn off your feelings and never open the envelope. Something you wanted to know so badly."

"While it is true that I want to know who is the amazing girl behind the mask, I have also realized that no matter who she is I already know her. Because I know you. I don't need to see you without mask to love you more, my feelings or thoughts about you won't change, so I don't really need it. I can handle it. I will keep the envlope in a safe place and never look into it because nothing is going to ever happen to you."

"Thank you, Kitty"

She gave one pen and envelope to Chat Noir and both started to write down their names. She also wrote down the direction of the box, in a warehouse she rents, and the location of the copy of the key, buried in the park in front of her house. The original key was always hanging from her neck.

Both sealed the envelopes and gave it to the other.

"Well, it is done. Thank you again, Kitty"

"Thank you for the confidence. I will keep it in a safe place" He stood up, stretching his arms "But if my services are not longer required, I better get going then."

"Sure Kitty" Ladybug stood up as well "Have a good night."

"Night!"

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Adrien was delighted. It was the best idea he has had in a very long time. It was so good he wanted to brag about it with LB one day but she probably won't understand it as she didn't know his girlfriend the same way he did.

Where to keep the biggest secret of all times? Definitely not in his house, so close to himself. The most secure place of all was in his girlfriend's house, of course. Someone that had not relationship to all of these mysteries.

But he couldn't just give her the envelope and tempt her as well. So he took a box with old stuffs: books from highschool, school pictures, envelopes with old grades and different notebooks, and mixed them with last night's envelope in between. If he ever needs it, he will just ask her for the box.

"Adrien?" The door opened and revealed a very sleepy girl on her pijamas "What are you doing here so early in the morning?"

"Hi Sweetie, sorry I'm here so early but I need to run to a photoshoot and I needed to save this first".

Adrien gave her the box and open it in front of her eyes.

"What's all this?"

"These are old things from school my dad and Nathalie told me to throw away, but I'm very attached to this memories. Could it be possible for you to keep them safe for a while? Please?"

"Do you really want to keep the chemistry book?" She took it out with caution, almost as if touching it will burn her fingers.

"But of course! What if I don't remember what are the covalent bonds?"

"Right... I'll put it somewhere in the attic"

"You are the best! Thank you! I promise I will make it up to you"

"You can make it up by helping me to open the attic door please, I'll put it there now"

"Want me to carry the box instead?"

"No, I can do it. Go ahead."

Adrien kissed her cheek and walked in front of her to reach the attic door and finish with that as quick as possible, but he didn't take into account her girlfriend's legendary clumsiness.

Papers, photos, books and envelopes were all spread all over the floor.

"I'm so sorry! I'll pick it up!" She said, kneeling over.

Adrien panicked and threw himself over the papers, looking desperately for his lady's envelope, but when he found it, it was already in Marinette's hands.

She disconnected from the world. She didn't hear to Adrien's request to hand it over. She neither realize when tears started to drop from her eyes. It was not until Adrien gently put his hand in her shoulder that she looked at him directly in the eyes.

And the started to laugh, uncontrollably.

Adrien waited a bit impatient for her to say something, to explain herself.

"You are a silly Kitty. Do you really thought your girlfriend's apartment was the most secure place to hide it? Dummy Chaton."

She had the biggest smile Adrien had ever seen in her. Bright, sincere, happy. When he realized there was only one reasonable conclusion to the situation, he started to cry. Hard. Covering his face with both hands.

"Kitty? Sorry, I didn't mean to insult you, you are not a dummy, I didn't mean it that way..."

Adrien immediately hugged her and spoke between hiccups "I-I-I am the luckiest man alive. I love you so much!"

And it was it. Both were a mess of tears, laughs and kisses for the following hours.

It was definitely the best idea he has had in a very long time.

I vote for Ladybug and Chat Noir writing down their identities and sealing them inside envelopes in case there’s an emergency and they need to know who the other is. Marinette is absolutely going to feel very overwhelmed as the guardian and I’m entirely certain she’s going to try to follow as many of Fu’s old rules as possible because she’ll feel a responsibility and a duty to do so. But it’s also dangerous to not have any way of knowing who the other is if something terrible happens, so voilà, sealed envelopes. plus, the temptation to open the envelope is palpable and they’d have to trust each other so much you cant tell me that wouldnt be excellent fic fodder

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