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Another argument was exactly what Adrien Agreste needed. Transforming into his alter ego, he proceeded to rush into the evening of the city of love and lights, letting the cool breeze sweep his messy golden locks.

Adrien loved being Chat. Chat was free but Adrien was not. Bounded to be the perfect son, the perfect student and the perfect human, Adrien felt captured, but as Chat, he could be a silly, flirty and pun loving dork to his heart's content.

Today's argument particularly hurt him beyond measure. It was about his mother. He missed her too but father should try to move on too.He already lost one, he didn't need to lose another. Didn't father see that they needed each other in a time like this?

The weather seemed to be reflecting his inner turmoil. Grey clouds captured the blue sky, leaving no place for the bright sunshine to penetrate through. And as if on cue, a heavy downpour descended from the grey skies, engulfing the whole of Paris.

Chat quickly took cover, not being really fond of water. He just stood there, watching the falling rain, until some movement not too far away caught his eye.

Standing underneath a park tree, visibly frowning was none other than his shy classmate Marinette Dupain-Cheng. The look of displeasure on her face clearly conveyed that she did not appreciate the sudden downpour.

'But she lives just round the corner. Couldn't she just run?' Chat thought.

That's when he noticed two big bags of fabric by her side. She didn't want them to be ruined.

Being the cocky and flirty superhero that he was, he decided to be his little lady's knight in black leather.

Jumping on the roofs, he landed in front of a small shop and the owner was more than happy to let him borrow an umbrella. With a promise to return it later, chat scurried away, jumping up on the tree Marinette was standing under.

The impact of the landing made the branches sway and water droplets fell from the green leaves, all over Marinette and her fabrics.

She yelped in surprise and looked up, an annoyed expression plastered all over her pretty face, only to find a guilty back cat superhero looking down at her sheepishly.

'Well so much for my luck." Chat mumbled.

"Chat Noir", she greeted before bending down to inspect the slightly wet fabrics. Satisfied with their state, she looked up to find the flirty black cat-themed superhero standing in front of her.

"Is there an akuma attack Chat Noir?" Marinette asked, slightly panicked. But what caught chat's attention was how her whole demeanor changed. She clutched her purse, stood up straight and alert and looked ready to kick some ass. Her eyes had a look of determination similar as that of Ladybug.

"Oh no purrincess, no akuma attack. Just this knight in black leather paying a visit to his pawsome little lady." Chat said cheekily.

Marinette let out a sigh at his puns but giggled slightly nonetheless.

"Okay Chat Noir. But what surprises me the most is that you are out here in this weather. Don't cats dislike water?"

"Anything for my purrincess." Chat answered, winking at the bluenette.

Marinette couldn't help but let out a little laugh as well as roll her eyes at his flirtatious attempts.

'That is why I don't think his affections for Ladybug are genuine. He might as well be flirting with every girl in Paris. This is why I love Adrien.', the superherione in her civilian self thought.

"Aw. But didn't you promise your faithfulness solely to Ladybug?" She asked teasingly.

Chat's cheeky expression turned softer, his grin turning into a big smile and the mischievousness in his eyes being replaced by a dreamy one.

"Of course I did. I love her." he answered calmly.

Marinette was taken aback by the gentleness and sincerity of his confession. There was no hint that he was kidding.

'He loves Ladybug? Me?', she thought.

A slight pressure on her thigh conveyed that Tikki was awake and heard every word.

"You really love her? For real?"

Chat turned his face towards her and for the first time she noticed the familiarity of those green eyes that was hard to ignore. Those eyes were similar to a boy she knew and had loved ever since that umbrella incident.

"Of course I do. I did ever since we defeated our first akuma. And I don't just love the girl with the mask, but the girl beneath that disguise." Chat paused for a moment and then continued.

"Your hair is dark as night,

Your pretty bluebell eyes,

I wonder who you are beneath that strong disguise.

Every day we see each other and I hope that you'll be mine,

together our love could be so true, please, will you be my Valentine?"

A baffled Marinette just stood there, the strong familiarity of those words ringing in her head. 'Of course!' she thought. It was the love poem that Adrien wrote. But how did Chat know about it?

Chat noticed her baffled expression and let out a small chuckle.

"It was a valentine poem I wrote for Ladybug. Too bad that I couldn't confess that day."

"Y-you wrote t-that poem?" Marinette asked, completely shocked. Adrien had written that poem but yet Chat recites the same poem and says that he wrote it for Ladybug. What was happening?

"Yes." came his simple reply. But then, his expression turned sad. "But she loves someone else."

The sadness lacing his voice made Marinette's heart twinge in hurt and guilt. She extended her hand and put it on his shoulder in a comforting way.

"I'm so sorry chat."

Suddenly the sound of the falling rain became a source of comfort for the both of them. The comfortable silence was soon broken by Chat when he jumped and flashed his all too famous grin at the bluenette.

"Oh before I forget purrincess.." he pulled out a black umbrella that was placed next to the tree trunk. He held it open for her, looking at her with a familiarity that was too hard to shrug off.

Marinette couldn't hep but stare into those green eyes. They displayed such familiarity that it put Marinette in an existential crisis. This was history repeating itself. Flashes of a boy with those electric green eyes giving her the umbrella came in front of her. Adrien wore the same expression that Chat did. The look of care and friendliness. Memories of the past and the moments of the present mixed, and a picture came in front of Marinette. A picture of Adrien with cat ears. a mask, a leather suit and messy hair. A picture of Chat holding an umbrella.

The loud noise of the thunder snapped her out of her trance and there chat stood. Gingerly, she took the umbrella in her hands and stood there, her bluebell eyes boring into his green ones.

So caught up in the moment, she accidentally pushed the button and the umbrella snapped shut trapping her head in it.

A booming laugh was heard in the rain and Marinette freed herself to see the superhero laughing the laugh that she loved so much. Adrien's laugh. She was flustered beyond measure, but couldn't help but let a few giggles escape herself, while at the same time freaking out internally, doubting if what she was thinking was true.

Chat took a deep breath to calm down himself.

"Some things never change huh princess?" he spoke without thinking. Seeing Marinette's widened eyes, he realized his mistake and quickly tried to cover it up.

"I-I meant....uh... You k-know. It's getting late. I should head back."

He gave his two finger salute to her and dashed away into the rain, remembering he day he gave her the umbrella as Adrien to as for forgiveness. He smiled to himself while a wide eyed and shocked Marinette stood behind.

She was still processing what was happening. Finally catching on, she picked up her bags, grabbed the umbrella tightly and ran towards the bakery, skidding and slipping on the way, but it never slowed her down.

Meanwhile, watching the slipping bluenette, a petit Chinese man wearing a red Hawaiian shirt and khaki pants and holding a black umbrella, whispered to his kwami:

"About time Wayzz."

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