His Mute Princess

Chapter 2

Chat Noir was sitting on the Eiffel Tower waiting for Ladybug to finish her side of the city.

When she came back, she sat next to Chat. He had been staring into the beautiful city. Beautiful like Marinette.

When they were at the cafe she was very quiet. Alya did most of the talking. Adrien dismissed her silence as she was eating and listening attentively to Alya's stories of Chat Noir and Ladybug. Her eyes were filled with amazement and Adrien stared at her with adoring eyes. She was just too cute.

"Hello? Earth to Chat Noir?" Ladybug said waving her hand in front of his face. 

"H-huh? W-what?" he jumped. 

Ladybug laughed, "You were spacing out! Where you thinking of someone?" She looked at him and narrowed her eyes at him with a smirk. Chat felt a slight blush creep onto his face. "Mon Dieu! You were! Tell me who the lucky gal is! My kitty found a girl!" she beamed. 

"It's not like that, her name is Marinette, she's a new girl at my school. She's really cute and seems like such a sweet person," he began. He turned to Ladybug seeing her sitting crisscross staring at him with big eyes, her head leaning on her hands. "Continue!"

He held back a laugh "Why are you so excited LB?"

"Not gonna lie, I'm a sucker for romantic stories," she grinned. 

Chat let out a chuckle. "Well, when I first saw her I was like 'she's cute.' I didn't think much of it. She quickly befriended my friend so she went out to lunch with us. My friend is obsessed with you, so she kept talking about you and all our fights." 

"No way, are you friends with that chick that runs the ladyblog?" 

"Yup, now let me finish. When she was talking about all those things Marinette just stared at my friend with amazement. She was so quiet too. I never heard her make a single noise. I just can't get her out of my head." 

Ladybug grinned, "Looks like the cat has a crush." 

Chat Noir rolled his eyes, "No I don't, I just find it particular that she was so quiet."

"Mhm I'm sure, you keep telling yourself that."

"Shut up."

"You love me. Anyways, gotta go! See you later Chat!" she wrapped her yoyo around a nearby building and pulled. She waved at him before flying off. He chuckled.

He got up and decided to go roof-hopping. He didn't want to go home yet. It was Monday but he didn't have anything in the afternoon the next day so he could afford to miss a little bit of sleep.

He walked around for a bit and was about to head home when he saw a light turned on in a nearby building. He furrowed his brow. Last time he had passed by there, it was empty. He wondered who had moved in.

He made his way over to the window that led into a room. Everything in the room was pink or brown with some black. A lot of things were unpacked but there were still quite a few boxes. He noticed someone moving in the room and noticed it was Marinette. He smiled and knocked on the window.

She jumped and turned around quickly. She stared wide eyed at the bright green eyes staring at her from her window. She slowly made her way over to the window and opened it.

"Hello! You must be new. I'm Chat Noir, what's your name cutie?" he winked. She smiled and blushed a little. She didn't respond however. He stared at her with a confused look.

Oh! Her eyes widened and her lips parted slightly. She tapped her throat and shook her head. He still stared at her with a confused look. She frowned and turned around. She walked around her room looking for some paper and a pen. Chat sat on the window and kept his gaze on her. He was so confused.

She finally found a notepad and wrote something down. She turned around with a smile and motioned for him to come in. He stepped inside but kept by the window. She walked over to him and looked up at him, handing him the sheet of paper.

Hi! I'm Marinette! I can't speak. I'm mute.

He stared at her with wide eyes. That's why she was so quiet during school and lunch. She can't speak. "Are your vocal cords damaged?" She nodded. She took the paper away from him and wrote something else on it.

You must be the superhero my friend was telling me about!

"Yup! That's me!" he grinned. Her body jerked forward slightly, her shoulders raising. She let out a quiet huff. She had giggled.

"Did you just move here to Paris?"

She nodded.

"You know, I could give you a tour of my beautiful city," he grinned at her. Her eyes widened and were filled with excitement. She didn't have to write it down to know she wanted to say. Really?!

He laughed and nodded. "Yes, I'd love to." He headed out the window and turned around to face her. He stuck out his hand and grinned. She looked at his hand and then looked back up at him with a shy smile. She took his hand and he pulled her towards him. He put one of his arms under her legs and lifted her up, his other arm behind her back. She wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling herself closer to him. A slight blush crept onto her cheeks. He chuckled at the sight. C'était mignon. Très mignon.

He jumped from her window to a nearby rooftop. He looked down at her so see her reaction. Her face was hidden in his chest and she was shaking a little. His expression changed to a worried one. "Hey are you ok?" She looked up at him. Her eyes sparkled in the moonlight and he felt his heart skip a beat. She nodded slowly. "J-just hold on a little more ok? We're almost there." She smiled. Her shoulders raised and let out a quiet huff.

He jumped a couple of more rooftops before he finally reached his destination. He put her down slowly. She, however, still clung onto him tightly. He laughed, "It's fine, Ladybug and I come here all the time. The view is absolutely beautiful."

The rooftop they were on gave them a perfect view of the Eiffel Tower. The night lights illuminated it beautifully. Marinette stared, her blue eyes filled with amazement and her lips parted. "Do you like it?" She looked up at him with a smile and nodded. It was breathtaking.

"This is just part of Paris, I would love to show you more," he started, looking at the view. He looked over at her and saw her yawning slightly. "But it's getting late and you need to get some rest." She nodded sleepily and wrapped her arms around his neck. Chat picked her up again and held her close. It felt nice having her in his arms.

He tried to be more careful on the way back. It didn't work, but it meant Marinette kept holding on as tight as she could and he didn't mind one bit.

He landed on her balcony and put her down carefully. She immediately wrapped her arms around his torso and hugged him tightly. Chat was in shock and after a few seconds, he finally hugged back. She looked up at him and mouthed, 'Merci beaucoup.'

He smiled and petted her head, "No problem purrincess." She blushed and pulled away hiding her face. He wasn't sure why he called her that, but he liked it. She liked it too.

He took her hand and kissed it. Her face turned almost completely red and he chuckled to himself. "Goodbye Marinette, I'll see you soon." He winked and left, waving goodbye. She shyly waved goodbye as well with her right hand, the other hand on her beating heart.

She smiled and went back inside her room. Maybe living in Paris was going to be better than she expected.

EDITED