Marinette lay on her bed as she spoke on the phone, her kwami beside her as Adrien's voice filtered through the small device. "Alya has been hounding me with questions. She was asking new questions before I could even answer them" Adrien laughed from his end of the call
"Nino just asked me to explain it from start to finish" he chuckled
"Alya wasn't just asking about the 'How' and 'what' or even that basics though she was asking about us too. she has so many questions its made me so tired" Marinette giggled. "So Im making her send me an email with all the questions she wants answered so I can do it all at once and not freak out"
"I'm sure you'll be fine, Milady" Adrien soothed
"Nino was way cooler by the sounds of things" a new voice added, the voice muffled as if eating
"Plagg! take your stinky cheese somewhere else" Adrien growled.
"Plagg eat's cheese? Maye he would like the cheese pastries I make that way it wont stink up your room" Marinette offered.
"I can try, if they are anything like the macroon I had during the dark owl fiasco I'd love it" Plagg answered
"Marinette made that" Tikki giggled "I have a stash in her pink purse and another in her room"
"Milady aren't you lucky, your kwami loves cookies while mine likes stinky cheese" Adrien chuckled
"I'll make some and bring them to school tomorrow" Marinette giggled. The two slipped into a comfrotable silence when a thought slipped into her head "Hey adrien, have you ever thought of telling your father about being chat noir?"
"No" Adrien scoffed "Chat Noir is my freedom. He'd find a way to take that away from me. Why's that purrincess?"
"Well I feel bad that Alya and Nino know but My parents don't, I mean they are my family, they raised me, don't you think it's only fair"
'"I say if they are trust worthy enough to keep it a secret, then tell them" Plagg said into the phone
"Plagg's right, I'm all for whatever decision you make. I trust you and you've never led me a-stray" Adrien snickered and Marinette rolled her eyes "I can even come over as Chat Noir to help you out if you get tongue tied and if they don't like not knowing who their daughter is working with I'll tell them who I am"
"Tikki?"
"I'm with them on this, I'm not against it, and from what I've seen of your parents it would be just fine" Tikki smiled.
"Adrien would you mind...?"
"Already on my way, Milady see you shortly" They ended the call. Marinette slid off the bed and went over to her desk and looked over he photos of her parents she had resting there.
"Marinette will you come down for a minute" Sabine called. Marinette immediately knew what this was. Entering her livng room she spotted Chat Noir with her parents. "Is Marinette is danger?" Sabine asked worriedly. Chat shook his head and looked to Marinette
"Mari asked me here so..." Sabine and Tom looked to their daughter.
"Marinette is everything okay?" Tom asked. Marinette nodded nervously. Chat rested a hand on her shoulder with a nod.
"Mama, Papa, I've been keeping a secret from you and I think now would be the best time to share it" Marinette's voice cracked at the end.
"I'm sure whatever it is you had good reason" Tom soothed seeing how nervous his daughte was. If Chat Noir was here to support her it couldn't be bad, especcially witht the grin he wore.
"Well, I'm... Ladybug" Marinette whimpered. Her parents remained silent. Chat could feel Marinette shaking under his hand and moved to rub soothing circles on her back mindful of his claws. "Mama? Papa?" Marinette stuttered
"This is a lot to take in" Tom finally spoke. Marinette chewed on her lip waiting. Tom sighed "But I am proud of you Marinette" Marinette perked "and I understand this is no little thing. but I would like to set a few rules from now onwards. We want to be sure that you are safe. So after every akuma attack you are to let us know that everything is fine, either in person or by text it doesnt matter we just need to know"
"Thank you papa I will" Marinette smiled hugging her parents.
Tom then turned to Chat Noir. The black cat raised his hands as if in surrender "I can tell you who I am if you don't trust me" Chat suddenly blurted.
"That would be nice..." Sabine answered
"But that's up to you Chat Noir as long as Marinette knows it's fine" Tom finished.
"I don't see a problem with it. you are Milady's parents after all," Chat Noir bowed "I trust Milady and if she trusts you then I do too" Chat let his trnsformation drop and scratched his head awkwardly. "Hi"
"Well then... Adrien... please take care of Marinette for us" Sabine smiled
"Of course. you don't even need to ask"