Short but cute unbeta'd chapter for you all.
  Sorry for any grammatical errors.
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"Did you really have to follow me all the way up here as Chat?
   I thought we agreed I'd speak to Adrien." Marinette sighed as Chat placed her on her feet.
She made a note not to look down. The last thing she had hoped for tonight was to climb up on the roof of a several story high building just to talk.

"Yeah, so you can worm your way out after Adrien gets drunk?" Chat mused, shaking his head. "Not gonna happen." He jumped in front of her, the sunset contrasting against his very well known features, Marinette often found it hard to look away.

"I-but...what if someone sees us?" Marinette stammered, finally pulling her gaze away from the golden guy in the cat suit. She breathed in, scolding her hormones as they started to act up again.

She couldn't let her guard down, or he'd find out for sure.

"So? We can always come up with a story. At least we are in a less compromising position than last time..."

Marinette sighed and she slumped over. She knew it wasn't a good idea to hide things from him. She learned from the last time. The situation with Nathan turned out the way it did because she kept things from him.

Tikki and Alya were right....

She pressed her lips together, looking over at their city with glossy eyes as she began to contemplate.

"Are you suspicious of me because you don't trust me?" Marinette asked, turning over to look at Chat Noir with a grimace.

Chat paused, his brow furrowing before he looked at Marinette, taking in her appearance with a bit of hurt to his heart.

"No, it's not that..." he sighed, looking down at the lights below. The two of them remained silent, standing awkwardly by one another as Chat tried to formulate a proper sentence.

They've had their ups and downs, and they both had to admit that the hiccup between them regarding Nathan and the kidnapping of their son was the worst to burden.

At least so far.

"I just want us to communicate...we made a promise that we would..." Chat murmured, looking over to her. "We're supposed to be a team...we're exchanging vows...we have a child together, we need to start relying on one another. We can't keep things hidden from each other. That's not how marriage works."

Marinette frowned, looking up at him. Her heart felt heavy in her chest and she sighed.

"I...don't want to go through what we went through..." Marinette interjected, her heart aching at the memory of how he wouldn't even look at her or touch her or acknowlege her.

     "We were in a bad place...because I chose to be vague...to both you and Nathan. It cost us the safety of our son, and the trust that both you and Nathan had for me..." Marinette reached up to rub her chest, almost as if she was desperate to soothe some ache in her chest.

"You didn't even look at me...let alone remained in the same room with me... I couldn't touch you, talk to you...even lay with you..." her eyes drifted lower at the dark memory. "It was as if you had become unreachable, damaged by my own doing..." her voice trailed off.
"I don't want to do that to us again...to hurt you...and lead you away hurts me more than you could possibly imagine.

Chat frowned, without hesitation he approached the petitte bluenette, placing his claws straight at her waist and tugging her close.

"Marinette..." he whispered, resting his forehead against hers and closing his eyes. "I see you now..." he slowly opened his eyes to look into hers. "You're here....we're both here and we are okay. I won't leave your side no matter what you have to tell me..." the hero assured, a sour feeling in his stomach as he knew she had something to say, but he didn't have the slightest idea what.

Marinette blushed, her heart fluttering in her chest as she reached up and cupped his cheeks. Her thumbs lightly brushed over the smooth material of his mask. She closed her eyes, the glow of his eyes slightly permeating through her eyelids.

For the first time in quite awhile, Marinette felt at ease. She was at peace with his assurance and Marinette knew she needed to tell him.

"N-Now don't get too touchy with me..." She teased, lightly pulling away. "I'm a married woman....well, almost married. To Adrien Agreste that is..." she chuckled. "I can't be seen by myself with you on the night of an event where people everywhere are watching."

Chat chuckled, his hands snaking around her waist and pulling her closer again.

"Aw c'mon. I thought you liked your kitty." He teased, a small smile on his face. "Louis likes when I dress like this...in fact, I should see him more often dressed like this!"

Marinette furrowed her brow, nudging him once more. "More like you'll be in a body bag if you don't get your hands off of me. If I end up on the front cover of a magazine with another misleading title to sell, I will literally kill you."

   She was only half joking.

Chat frowned, lightly pulling away as his gaze began to drift off with such a sadness it immediately made Marinette recoil into him again.

"You....don't have cold feet, do you?" Chat asked, looking down at her again.

Marinette widened her eyes, her lips parting slightly. The sounds of his words rang like whistles in her ears, she wasn't quite sure if she was hearing correctly.

"W-What?" She asked, blinking.

Chat sighed, pulling away to run his hand through his hair.
"I-I mean....do you really want to marry me?" He asked, tugging at his hair. "Is that why you're acting strange? One minute you want to be around me, another minute you're pushing me away. You draw me back into you, and I don't know if its because you're feeling guilty or confused..." he turned away from her, pacing as he tried not to panic. "I know the media can become too much...I worry that my last name puts too much pressure on you..." his face started to grow pink. He tried his best not to cry.

"Please..." his voice cracked as he turned to face her. "Don't leave me in the dark anymore..."

Marinette was stunned. She was completely engulfed with guilt.
  The last thing she wanted was for him to blame himself for her being pregnant. Most importantly, she realized the damage she was doing by keeping things to herself.

  She was destroying him.

She immediately reached out, taking his hand into hers.
"Sweetheart...I've wanted to marry you since I was fourteen..." she chuckled, her cheeks flushing at the remembrance of her younger self promising a pet hamster with him.
"Things went a different way...and we ended up with Louis a lot earlier than we could have expected....but I couldn't have wanted it any other way. I got to know the real you and fall in love with you all over again..." she whispered, her other hand cupping his cheek once more. "You've been with me through so much... we made a child together and in the few years I've known you, I've never been happier in my life..." she moved closer to him.
"I want to marry you...that won't ever change..." her thumb brushed against his cheek softly.
"I promise..."

Chat gazed into her eyes, he was able to fight the tears that threatened to ebb from his eyes.

   "I...I just..." he breathed, reaching up to grab her hand from his face. "I don't want us to drift apart again..."  he admitted sheepishly.

Marinette shook her head.
  "We won't..." she assured, her fingers lacing around his.  The girl chewed her lip, watching as Chat brought her hands to his lips and pressed soft kisses to her skin.

This was the last time she was going to break him and lead him astray.
She had finally learned her lesson.

"Chat-" she began, pulling him from his kissable trance to her wrists.
He looked up at her, his attention completely on her.

"Do...you remember that night when you and Nino were out...and Alya and I stayed behind to work on the project I had to finish?" She asked, her voice trembling as she shifted her weight.

Chat glanced at her, his brow furrowing and he nodded hesitantly.
"Yes...?" His voice mused. He flinched slightly, preparing himself for the worst.

Marinette sighed. She looked down at his claws and she lightly began to toy with his fingers.

"Alya....thought she was pregnant...and so we got these cheap pregnancy tests from the store. I thought I'd take one with her just for kicks..." she looked up at him, trying to read his expression as Chat seemed to almost miss the situation.

"One of the tests came up positive, and it wasn't Alya's" Marinette finished, her heart racing erratically against her chest.

Chat froze, his heart feeling like it had wanted to jump out of his throat.

Marinette glanced up at him, watching as the gears turned in his head and eventually clicked.

"Wait..." Chat shook his head. "So...your test came up positive?" He asked, reaching up to rub his temples.

Marinette blushed and she cleared her throat. "I...um....made an appointment with my doctor... but I think I'm pregnant..." she clenched her teeth, her mouth feeling dry.

Chat stared off into the distance, taking the news in. In his mind, he kept going back to the times they made love. He repeated the scenarios over and over inside of his head, trying to date back to when they conceived.

"Marinette...I...finished inside of you earlier today..." he looked up at her again. "You...let me finish..." his breath got caught in his throat.

Marinette blushed deeply. She had already knew he did so, but hearing it out loud was totally flustering.

"Y-yes...I know." She replied bashfully. "I...just figured it was okay because I was already testing positive. My hormones...made me crazy and I let you finish..." she rocked on her feet. "The first night...when I met you out of the shower...the day I started my job. I think we conceived then..."

Chat chuckled, his hands tugging at his hair as it all made sense.
Every single light in his brain began to click. It was finally setting in.

"I knew you were acting strange." He pointed at her. "I knew this was familiar." He chuckled. He really didn't mind the hormones.
Hell, he was going to be a father again.

That was the best news he had heard all day.

"Y-You're not mad, are you?" Marinette asked, a concerned expression on her face as Chat seemed to be internally screaming.

She gasped at the sudden embrace he had pulled her in. His body trembled against her, and Marinette immediately returned the embrace.

Chat pulled back, his eyes glossy and his cheeks red.

"Marinette....we're going to be parents again!"

  The bluenette smiled, without giving it a second though she leaned up and captured his lips in a soft and gentle kiss.
  
  His reaction went way better than she thought or could have hoped for.

She knew she would never keep anything from him again.