If he didn’t know any better, he’d say she was waiting for him, opening the hatch to her balcony mere seconds after he scratched at it.
“Adrien? What are you doing here? Why are you still a cat?”
His paws had never taken so long to morph into human limbs before.
Faster! He didn’t have much time left, and he wanted to take her in his arms and press her close to his chest one last time. Fur slowly dissolved all over his body, replaced by the designer clothes he’d soon no longer need. His fingers elongated, arms stretched, legs straightened. As soon as he could, Adrien wrapped Marinette in a hug, burying his face in the crook of her neck.
She was so warm. And for the next ten minutes, she was all his. At least, he could pretend so. He knew she would allow him this selfish whim because she was his friend and ten minutes was all he had.
Cursed at his birth by an ancient spirit, Adrien is forced to live half of his days as a cat and half as a human. The only way to break the curse is to find his true love and share a kiss with them on his twenty-first birthday. Adrien thought he’d find the girl. All he had to do now was to kiss her and he’ll be free of the curse forever. Then, why does a life as a cat in Marinette’s care sound a lot more appealing than a human life with anyone else?
I worked on a collab with the amazing @chocoluckchipz-bag for the @newbeginningszine!
