MariChat May 2nd: Purring
(ao3)
Marinette loved cats. She liked how cute they were, how soft they were to pet and especially how they purred when they were happy. Unfortunately she lived above a bakery; meaning she was not allowed a cat. Her parents had instead gotten her an insanely cute giant cat plush for her tenth year. She adored it, but was left with a longing for one day having a pet cat of her own.
She didn’t really expect becoming a superhero would be the way she finally, kinda, got a cat. In the form of her superhero partner no less. Stranger still was how much Chat seemed to drop by. Her parents didn’t seem to mind the young superhero, but seriously what was he doing visiting Marinette so often? She was constantly worried about her identity and having to hide behind her fake fan-persona grated on her a bit.
She couldn’t really deny him when he asked to play games with her. Now that she thought about it she couldn’t deny him anything whenever he used those eyes of his. Honestly he was worse than Manon.
It didn’t really occur to her that he was basically part cat until one evening while they were playing games when he let out an actual purr. He had obviously taken great pleasure in the fact that he had just creamed her in their current game of Mecha Strike, but she really hadn’t expected, or even realized, that he could even make a noise like that.
He had only purred for a second, but she definitely wanted to hear it more. She therefore spent the rest of the evening trying to get him to do it again. Frustratingly he seemed to not care about her quest and instead simply continued to beat her in every game. Especially since she grew more frustrated as the evening rolled on. When he left without her managing to get him to do a repeat performance she pouted.
“Mark my words Chat Noir: I will get you to purr again!” She swore to herself.
Her parents whom were relaxing on the couch stared at her strangely as she headed up the stairs before turning to each other and laughing.
“She’s so cute when she gets determined like that.” Laughed Tom.
Sabine let him know she also thought the same by giggling.
The next time Chat Noir was over Marinette had researched purring and come up with a plan. They both sat on her chaise as Chat ate a snack of delicious Macaroons. She shifted closer to him. Ever so slowly her hand reached up to hover over his head. She moved her hand closer to his head with every breath. Closing the last bit of distance she was surprised by Chat bemused stare as he continued to eat his sweets. Well if he didn’t mind.
She slowly moved her hand through his hair. She brushed one of his cat ears and pouted when it didn’t react to her touch. Instead of continuing to obsess about his ear she started to gently scratch his head. In response Chat Noir finally put the plate with his snack down. She frowned. He still wasn’t purring.
“I don’t really mind, but what exactly are you trying to accomplish?” The boy asked in a somewhat bemused manner.
“Just trying to relax the great Chat Noir.” She made sure to put her best acting skills to use and even ended with her best puppy dog eyes.
Chat’s eyes widened slightly and with a bit of a blush moved towards her. She only realized what he was doing when his head was already in her lap. Right this could work.
She started scratching his scalp as gently as she could and with her other hand she ending up playing with his hair a bit. She was actually surprised when Chat Noir did start purring, thought that didn’t stop her from letting out a sound of triumph.
“Always wanted a cat haven’t you?” He chuckled as his eyes stared at up her.
She flushed. “That obvious?” She asked biting her lip.
He just chuckled at closed his eyes. When she didn’t start again he sighed. “How ‘bout I be your cat for today? I owe you for all the help you’ve given to me and Ladybug anyway.”
She smiled wide and agreed.
When Tom and Sabine found the both of them hours later they were curled up against each other and sleeping with Marinette’s hands still resting in Chat’s hair. Deciding they needed to keep the memories. They took several pictures of the adorable girl and her cat.
Totally worth Marinette yelling at them later. Especially when they framed one of the pictures.