{"id":9007,"date":"2016-03-20T19:04:57","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T19:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/2016\/03\/20\/avatarsarny-ok-but-imagine-chat-noir\/"},"modified":"2016-03-20T19:04:57","modified_gmt":"2016-03-20T19:04:57","slug":"avatarsarny-ok-but-imagine-chat-noir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/2016\/03\/20\/avatarsarny-ok-but-imagine-chat-noir\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

avatarsarny<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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ok but imagine:<\/b><\/p>\n

Chat Noir beginning to suspect his Lady\u2019s identity through frequent visits to Marinette\u2019s balcony<\/p>\n

She gives him delicious baked goods, blankets when he accidentally ends up sleeping over, an ear to listen, a shoulder to cry on, and eventually (she swears<\/i> she\u2019s only doing it to shut him up) gentle fingers to scratch at the spot behind his ears that makes him slump into a pile of blissful goo.<\/p>\n

And by observing her, her infectious smile, the freckles lightly dusting the bridge of her nose, the midnight hair framing those impossibly familiar blue eyes\u2026Chat\u2019s resolve crumbles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She\u2019s too much like her, like his Lady, for it to be anyone else. Her voice – so clear and confident, her bravery when standing up to Chloe\u2019s bullying, her sharp wit that only seems to come out when he\u2019s facing her behind the guise of an alley cat\u2026<\/p>\n

Not to mention he catches a glimpse of a small red thing flitting around her head every now and then, and with his enhanced hearing, can hear it talking to her<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Marinette\u2019s a miraculous holder, and Adrien\u2019s in love.<\/p>\n

But he\u2019s not sure if she feels the same way\u2026on either side of the mask. And it scares him. Ladybug simply rolls her eyes at Chat\u2019s advances, and Adrien seems to make Marinette rather uncomfortable.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s lost his mother, his father\u2019s never there for him, and he can\u2019t lose his best friend and first love, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So he dials back on visits to his princess, not only to protect himself from rejection but also so that he can\u2019t kiss her like he desperately wants to; he stops kissing Ladybug\u2019s hand in greeting, and keeps his distance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His friendship with her is one of the most precious things life\u2019s ever given him, and he refuses to let his love for her get in the way of ruining it.<\/p>\n

Till a particularly rainy day arrives, and Adrien finds himself unable to stop the tide pulling him ever closer to her.<\/p>\n

Chloe\u2019s talking about Chat Noir, and he snaps out of his mid-afternoon daze.<\/p>\n

\u201cI personally don\u2019t see why Ladybug needs him. She\u2019s quite capable of saving the city without him. All he does is get in her way,\u201d she remarks absently, inspecting her perfect manicure, Sabrina nodding in agreement.<\/p>\n

Something in Adrien deflates, and he pretends he hadn\u2019t heard that.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe doesn\u2019t deserve to be called a hero, remember that time he completely destroyed<\/i> my room-\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t you dare<\/i> say that about him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Everyone listening looks over in shock, and Marinette\u2019s standing with Alya in the doorway, brows furrowed in a \u00a0way that makes her the spitting image of Ladybug facing an akuma.<\/p>\n

Adrien\u2019s heart is beating so fast he wonders whether it\u2019s going to stop any minute. He can\u2019t look away or pretend he isn\u2019t listening anymore.<\/p>\n

Chloe smirks and opens her mouth to retort, but his Lady cuts her off once again.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s loyal to Ladybug, and he\u2019s unbelievably kind. He\u2019s devoted to saving Paris just as much as she is, and without him on her side, she wouldn\u2019t be<\/i> here today!\u201d<\/p>\n

If Adrien\u2019s blush could get any redder, it\u2019d be worse than Nathanael\u2019s hair right about now.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s just as important and heroic as she is, and he deserves every good thing in the world. So don\u2019t talk crap about people you barely know, or about people who do a heck of a lot more for the world than you<\/i> do!\u201d<\/p>\n

Chloe\u2019s stunned at the girl\u2019s ferocious defense of the black cat, but she sneers even though she\u2019s cornered.\u00a0\u201cIt sounds like you have a bit of a crush<\/i> on him, Marinette. Careful, wouldn\u2019t want a dirty street cat like him to hear. He\u2019s nobody\u2019s hero. He hasn\u2019t even been seen in some time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marinette fixes her with a glare, but her voice softens.\u00a0\u201cHe\u2019s my<\/i> hero,\u201d she says simply.\u00a0\u201cAnd I\u2019m willing to bet there are many others who\u2019d say the same. He\u2019s my hero, he\u2019s Ladybug\u2019s<\/i> hero, and he\u2019s\u2026he\u2019s someone I miss very much right now.\u201d Her voice seems to break then, and she turns on her heel to walk out the door, leaving Chloe and the others gaping after her.<\/p>\n

Adrien is utterly floored. Completely, irreversibly floored, and he can\u2019t muster any coherent thought except to find Marinette as soon as possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His head is buzzing. Marinette\u2026Ladybug, she\u2019s missed him. Missed him while he tried to give her space and keep his distance, when all she\u2019d wanted was for him to be right next to her.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She\u2019d sounded so passionate and sincere when she defended him that perhaps, perhaps<\/i> she might love him, too.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s still raining when evening arrives, and she finds her drenched kitty shivering on her balcony, after such a long time.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s still raining when he presses his lips to hers right then and there, and she lets him kiss her the way he\u2019s wanted to for so, so long. She\u2019s warm and sweet and strong against him, and they melt into each other.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s still raining when they reluctantly break apart, Marinette pressed up against him, drenched from head to toe just like he is, chests heaving and cheeks flushing.<\/p>\n

His miraculous beeps a warning-Plagg hates the rain- and he moves away to hide his face as he detransforms. What if he, Adrien, isn\u2019t enough?<\/p>\n

She cups his cheeks and meets his gaze.\u00a0\u201cMinou<\/i>, I\u2019ll love you no matter who you are underneath that mask. Please, please don\u2019t go away again,\u201d she implores, as if she\u2019d read his thoughts.<\/p>\n

He doesn\u2019t deny her, knows that he can\u2019t ever<\/i> deny her anything, and he breathes out a promise.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cI won\u2019t, my lady. Never again.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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