You were sitting on your couch,  waiting for a knock at your front door.

When you hear it you quickly get up and open the door with a smile.

"Hello y/n, dear! Thank you so much for watching Shadow for us!" Says your elderly neighbor, while handing you a cat carrier.

"It's no problem! I love hanging out with the little guy!" You respond.

While your family has been living in the area, you would always watch whatever pet the older couple had at the time, so they could go on their annual road trip through Europe, as they'd been doing since retirement.

In return, they would babysit at any given time, with barely a moments notice.

So as you take in Shadow and all the things he'd need, you listen to their last minute instructions that's not on the small list you're given.

After you bid the neighbors goodbye, you take Shadow to your room and get his litter and feeding place set up.

"Well Shadow, ready to reacquaint yourself with the place?" You ask, letting him out of the carrier.

As the cat walks around sniffing and finding the best spots to nap in, you notice how much he looks like Cat Noir.

And Plagg, of course.

The cat is completely black, with green eyes.

"Hey, if we put bananas on your head, you would be the spitting image of my boyfriend! And as I say that I realize how strange it sounds." You say with a laugh.

Shadow barely acknowledges you, other than looking from you to his empty food bowl.

"No no, your list says not to feed you until later! I know you just had breakfast!"

If cats can look annoyed, that's definitely the emotion Shadow is conveying.

You laugh and pick him up.

He seems to mind the food predicament a little less now, as he starts to cuddle with you.

You spend the rest of the day making sure s/n doesn't harm Shadow in any way, and breath a sigh of relief when they go to bed.

They weren't intentionally going to hurt him, but rambunctious children and cats who are used to elderly people don't mix. 

You get yourself and Shadow ready for bed as well, though you doubt the small bed will be used much when Shadow jumps onto your bed and watches you.

So you go ahead and unlock the balcony door, then climb into bed with a book.

As you expected, Shadow curls up in your lap, even while you rest your book against him.

Before long you hear the usual knock at the balcony, and since you don't want to disturb the sleeping cat, you just call out for Adrien to go ahead and open the door.

"Hey, Kitty!" You say as he enters.

"Hi, Angel!" He responds while he shuts the door.

You mark the book page you're on and set it aside, while Cat turns around, nose in the air.

"What's that... Who's your friend?" He asks, noticing Shadow on your lap, who has woken up now.

"This is Shadow! I'm watching him for my neighbors. Isn't he cute?" You grin, starting to pet him.

"Uh-huh. Why's he in my spot?"

"What?" You laugh through your confusion.

"That's my spot." Cat says as he walks over.

"You mean the bed? There's still plenty of room for you."

He sits beside you, grumbling a little.

Before you can ask him what he's so upset about, Shadow starts purring because you scratched behind his ears.

"Awwww! Listen, he's purring!" You gush.

"I purr too." Cat says quietly.

"Yeah, but you say it's weird, so you won't let me pet you. Shadow doesn't mind." You tease.

"Hmph."

You giggle and look at Shadow, who starts rubbing his head against your hand.

"Hey!! He can't do that!" Cat protests.

"What? Why not?"

"That's how cats mark their territory!"

"And how do you know that?"

"Plagg told me. He said that's why he shoves his face into cheese sometimes."

"Is that why you were doing this when I had the catnip on me?" You ask, gesturing to Shadow.

"I don't know, I guess. I have no idea what I did. But it's definitely why I'm doing it now." He says, and starts rubbing his head against yours while purring.

"Really?" You say exasperatedly, having your hair pushed into your face.

"So how long is he staying here?" Cat asks.

"Umm, a week or so, I guess. They never really have a set amount of time."

"What if he's here for months and I never get to lay in my spot again?" Cat complains.

"Oh please, it's not going to be months! They never stay gone more than one month."

"Awhh!"

You giggle at his dramatics, until your attention is grabbed by Shadow stretching out.

You pet him a little while cooing at him.

"Aww, who's a good little kitty?"

"Me!" Cat says, leaning down between you and Shadow.

"Most of the time." You laugh in amusement.

"Hey! At least I don't steal other cat's spots!!"

At that moment Shadow jumps up and goes over to his food, so Cat quickly curls himself up where Shadow was.

"You scared him!" You reprimand.

"We'll both live."

"You're a meanie to my little kitty friend."

"Heyyy I thought I was your kitty friend?!"

"Nah, you're my kitty boyfriend."

"Ha! So I rank higher than you!" He says in a teasing voice to Shadow, who has returned to the bed.

"Aww, don't be mean! Come here, Shadow." You say as you pat the bed beside you.

Shadow makes his way over and starts batting at your hand.

"He's the mean one! First he stole my spot, then tried to mark you as his territory or whatever, and now he's gonna scratch you!"

"He's just playing you dork. Are you really jealous of a cat?"

"... No."

"Uh-huh. So you don't mind if I do this?" You ask, picking Shadow up and planting a kiss on his head.

When you look back at Cat you see he's put on his sad kitten eyes, which he knows you can't resist.

"My Angel doesn't love me anymore? I'm so sad! I'm just going to lay here and cry!" He starts boo-hooing, making you crack up.

"You're a silly kitty."

"But I'm still your silly kitty, right?"

"Right!"

"You know what's weird?"

"The fact that you just get protective if a human flirts with me, but you're actually jealous of a cat?"

"Well I know you wouldn't go with some random guy but you clearly like him."

You laugh as he continues what he was getting at.

"Anyway, I was out with Mom the other day and we went to this little place that had a cat. I went to pet it and it tried to scratch me."

"So? Cats are finicky."

"Yeah, that's what we thought, but then a waiter said he only attacked people with cat smell on them, or other male cats."

You laugh at what he's suggesting, and try to speak.

"So you think he got the idea that you're a male cat? Had you recently transformed?"

"Not since I'd left here early in the morning."

"He probably just smelled Plagg."

"Yeah, that's what I figured. It's still weird though. Like what if I get so invested in being Cat Noir I end up eating cheese like Plagg?!"

"I think that's the least of your worries. Just don't go feral and leave me or anything." You giggle.

"Nefur! You just might be stuck with me."

"I don't think I'll complain."

"He might." Cat says, glaring at Shadow, still batting at your hand.

"I doubt it. He just wants to be your friend!" You tease.

"I don't know if I need any more friends."

"You can never have too many!"

"I don't know about it."

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A lot of y'all wanted me to do jelly Adrien a while back, and that's what the whole thing with Jean was supposed to be, but that just ended up more protective, because I couldn't figure out how to make it jealousy. But I thought this would be a purrfect idea😁🤣