Prologue: A Cat's Dream

*Narrated by Chat Noir/Adrien Agreste*

*Two months ago*

"I'm freeing you from evil!" she cried out, as she swung her yo-yo around and around, as fast as the eye could see. She set her sights on the evil-infused insect that was in front of her. She swung her yo-yo in front of her and captured it inside her yo-yo's glow. As soon as it was in, the yo-yo closed up and engulfed it in its purifying light. The red-clad superheroine snagged her yo-yo on the rebound and exclaimed "Gotcha!"

She tapped on her instrument of good, causing it to open. A butterfly, whose wings were as white as the heavens flew out from it and began departing. "Bye bye little butterfly." she said as it departed.

"Good job!" the two of us exclaimed, as we connected our fists together like we always do.

Oh, please, do allow me to introduce myself. The name's Chat Noir, the most amewzing superhero you'll find in all of Paris. That is, except for my partner and also my lady, Ladybug. She's purrfect. Together, the two of us protect the city from any dangers it may face. Most commonly, we fight creatures known as Akuma, which are butterflies that harbour on negative emotions and corrupt its targets to become henchpeople of the villainous Hawkmoth. It's a tough job, but my lady and I always manage to pull through in the end. Just like right now.

"Man, Hawkmoth must be losing his touch. We didn't even need to use our powers to finish off this one." I said to her, feeling proud of what we accomplished. I folded my arms behind my head and took a deep breath, revelling in from our accomplishment.

"Either that, or we're getting better at doing our job." she replied back, followed by a cute giggle that I always love to hear coming from her. Sadly, I never hear it from any of the puns I make. I always get groans instead, but one of these days I'll get a giggle from her.

"Well Chat, it's been fun, but our job's done so it's time for me to take my leave."

"Wait!" I said, halting her before she could leap off. She paused momentarily to hear me out. Truth be told, I was unsure what to say. I just didn't want her to leave right away. You see, while Ladybug and I are partners, I harbour some rather romantic feelings towards her and these feelings were the cause of my rash outburst. I had to think of something to say to her and quick!

"I was just wondering if… maybe… well… you know, since this is a rare opportunity for the two of us where we don't need to worry about our transformations wearing off, I was wondering if maybe you'd like to hang out a bit? You know, get to know each other a bit better and everything?"

She didn't say no right away, that was a good sign. Usually she has a habit of denying my requests right away whenever I ask, or well… should I say offer. However, upon inspection of her beautiful face that was being scrunched up with worry, I felt like I wasn't going to like the answer she was going to give me.

"Gee, Chat, I'd like to but-"

Before she could continue, I thought of a way to hopefully convince her. I put my hands and arms together and stared my lady right in the eyes, making them as big and wide as I could make them. You see, cats have a special power that makes them look cuter and more irresistible with this look and I was fortunate that this was an ability I had too, even though I rarely use it unless if I'm in a dire situation, like this. After all, this is my love life we're talking about here.

I continued to look my lady in the eye with my special stare. I saw her lip beginning to quiver, and eventually, she looked away and sighed, retracting and equipping her yo-yo back to her waist. "Well, just this once I think I can spare some time."

I felt my eyes grow wider with surprise, tears filling up inside of them from the sheer happiness I was feeling. I raced over to Ladybug and gave her a huge hug. "Oh thank you my lady, thank you!"

She placed her finger on my forehead and pushed me away, breaking off from the embrace. "Don't mention it Chat, really. Sooo, what would you like to do?"

It was late in the night, a lot of the areas of the city were pitch-black at this point. It wasn't a problem for us however, as my lady and I were standing on the top of the Eiffel Tower, looking out into the city underneath. The lights from the homes and shops illuminated the city and gave it a beautiful glow.

I wanted to bring Ladybug up here as part of our hang out. The Eiffel Tower is usually where the magic happens in Paris, where couples get closer together and bond, which is what I was hoping for. At the same time though, I thought it would be nice (and romantic) for the two of us to gaze out at the city that we're sworn to protect. I remember her mentioning at one point she wanted to do this sometime but never got the chance to due to our work getting in the way. The last time we were here was when we fought The Mime and Ladybug, she… she cut the Eiffel Tower in half. But hey, now that we had the opportunity, I thought it'd be the perfect time to bring her up here.

"To think, this is the city that we watch over each and every day. It's fascinating to see, isn't it?" I asked, gazing out as I rested on the balcony, much like my lady was. She was swinging her yo-yo back and forth in a playful way. "It is. I almost forgot how beautiful it looked."

"It pales in comparison to you though."

I saw a small smile develop on her face and her cheeks grow red in response to my compliment. However, she turned away to hide these features and changed the subject. "You know Chat, the two of us do good work out there. I'd hate to think what the city would do without us."

"I'm sure it'd be a cat-astrophe."

"Urgh!"

Puns aside, what Ladybug said brought up a thought I'd been thinking about for a long while. It's been something that I haven't had a chance to ask her yet but now, that the two of us are alone, I couldn't see a better opportunity for it.

"Hey, LB, have you ever thought of becoming a full-time hero?"

"A full-time hero? What do you mean?"

"You know… just setting aside out personal lives and protecting the city around the clock. The city's not as safe as it used to be, and it could really use our full attention."

"I see…" She looked back out at the city and thought before she replied. "I'd be lying if I said I hadn't thought of it before. However, I have people that rely on me, the real me, as much as the city relies on Ladybug. And I'm sure the same applies to you as well Chat."

I had to take a minute and absorb her words. People that rely on the real me… yeah, that makes sense. Sometimes it's hard for me to feel that, in my real life when I'm not Chat Noir, but she spoke the truth.

I nodded back at her. "Yeah, I getcha."

She leaned forward and placed her hand on my shoulder, the sudden act taking me by surprise and sending my heart beating. She looked into my eyes. "Hey, let's continue to protect the city together, the way we have been. Alright?"

I couldn't help but develop a wide smile on my face, feeling ecstatic about the moment we were sharing together. "Yeah, you got it my lady!"

Author's Note: Hey there everyone! :D So this is my first multi-chapter fanfic for Miraculous Ladybug that I'll be posting~
New chapters will come every week, either on Friday or Saturday~ I'm really excited to share with story with y'all so I hope y'all enjoy :3

Sorry if this one's a bit dry too. I had to set up the story some way XD;; And maybe have an excuse to write some LadyNoir too XD;; But mainly the former XD;;

Chapter 1 comes next week!