Welcome to the very first chapter of Chat Chanceux.

I hope everybody enjoys the story. It'll be a bit of a slow burn because I would like to explore various plots.

I have yet to decide my main pairing but never let it be said that I am not a Adrinette shipper.

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Throwing her book bag onto the chaise, Marinette groaned as she made her way to her desk. Gently placing her purse on the table, not watching as Tikki flew out with big sad eyes.

"Oh, Marinette." Tikki sighed as she tried her best to hug Marinette's cheek with her tiny arms. Marinette nuzzled the God with as much affection that she could muster.

"Mon Dieu Tikki, why do I love him so much." Marinette whined sadly, slumping over her desk dejectedly.

It was another day of Adrien treating her as nothing more than a friend. Even though she had actually tried to ask him out for coffee during lunch. It had been two years since she had realized her undying love for the blond model and two years since she had joined forces with Tikki to be Ladybug, defender of Paris. It had also been two long years of constant pining for said beautiful blond model.

"Thanks for the offer Marinette, should we get Nino and Alya to join us?" He had given her such a gentle smile. Green eyes giving her their undivided attention. Marinette could do nothing but nod. Running back to class immediately after to moan to Alya. Earning a scoff and eye roll from Chloe.

Marinette switched on her computer and while waiting for it to boot up, took out some cookies for Tikki on to a plate she had grabbed on her way up to her room. Opening the web browser, she logged in to her favorite website. It was a chatroom where you could make friends and be pen-pals with other kids from different countries. It had started as a volunteer project when she was 12 and she made friends with a French boy who was 2 years older than her. He was enrolled in a boarding school in London.

He had never revealed his name, even though Marinette already had, stating that he liked to keep it a surprise until he came back to Paris. Marinette realized that this boy, whom she only knew of as chat chanceux. Of course, the possibility that Chat Noir and Chat Chanceux were the same people had crossed her mind, but Marinette quickly discarded the idea when the same night of an Akuma attack Chat Chanceux had sent her several texts and images of his homework.

They had exchanged pictures of course. Early into their pen-pal relationship, she had sent him a photo of herself with her family standing in front of the Bakery. Chat Chanceux had sent her an image of him standing in front of his Dorm. The pair had continuously exchanged conversation over the years.

4 years was a long time to maintain a pen-pal relationship.

Marinette trusted Chat Chanceux with most of her problems and he knew her almost as well as she knew him. Name notwithstanding. He didn't know that she was Ladybug either. However, Chat Chanceux had actually brought up Ladybug and Chat Noir several times in conversation. Apparently, the heroes were well known to even the people in London.

Mulling over the reputation of her Hero alter-ego, Marinette mused over what information that she did know of her Pen-pal.

He was tall (at least from the photos he had sent), blonde and had stern deep set blue-grey eyes. He had a strong jaw and a long face. His features were handsome in a classic beauty kind of way. His hair was neatly combed and parted on his left. Standing tall with perfect posture, as if he had been brought up in a strict upper-class family. Chat Chanceux had a younger brother and a father.

Their mother had passed while he was in boarding school and he had never quite forgiven his father. His father who had not mentioned the death of his mother just so that Chat Chanceux, could concentrate on his exams, had only found out about his Mother's passing from his brother. The upset younger brother who had called with tears in his eyes demanding why Chat Chanceux had not been there. Marinette would have done anything to reach through the screen if only to offer her support to her friend. But their mother had passed before she had even befriended Chat Chanceux, Marinette made an effort to be early every day for a week to their scheduled conversations.

Marinette wouldn't have forgiven Chat Chanceux's father either. She had sent him a virtual hug and a selfie of her hugging her cat pillow. "Sending you hugs from Paris, Chat" Her friend had replied with a selfie of him snuggled in blankets,"Trying my best to feel that warmth, Mari."

He didn't seem to have made many friends in his boarding school. There were his flatmates who stayed in the same dormitory apartments provided by the school and Chat Chanceux had a civil relationship with them but they weren't close. Marinette had asked why and Chat had simply shrugged and replied,"Everybody wants to be the best in this school. With competition so strongly permeated in the air, it does not leave much room to make friends, Mari."

Marinette noticed that he would only bring up Paris' favorite heroes only when the Akuma attacks happened nearby her bakery or school. It was sweet, she supposed. The concern Chat Chanceux had for her. When she had questioned him, Chat merely stated that his brother was a giant fan of Ladybug and was also in the same school as her. Apparently, his brother would keep him updated regarding his safety after the incident with their mother. Marinette only nodded in understanding. Chat Chanceux probably held his close friends as close to his heart as he possibly could.

She knew that he would never miss their chat sessions if he could help it. He understood when she logged in late. Sometimes they would video call and he would help her with her homework. Chat was amazing at Literature, he was even confident in tutoring her in other subjects over Skype.

"You're an easy student to teach, Mari. Besides, the curriculum here is much more advanced than yours. I am also two whole years ahead of you. I already know the material." he would say, chin resting on his hand as he watched her do her work on the screen. His own homework in front of him.

"Of course you would understand my course material. Mr-I've-never-brought-home-anything-less-than-an-A." She playfully rolls her eyes and tapped the screen with the other end of her pencil. Chat Chanceux had only rolled his eyes playfully before resuming his tutoring.

Chat Chaceux had even met with Alya once. When the girls had a sleepover at Marinette's and Chat had video called her. Marinette having totally forgotten their scheduled conversation. It wasn't the first time she had forgotten but it was the first time she had had somebody other than her parents in her room while he was on her screen.

Marinette awkwardly introduced her two best friends to each other. Nervously babbling about today's Akuma attack in an attempt to disperse the awkward atmosphere. The moment Ladybug and Chat Noir were mentioned, Alya immediately had a light in her eye as she animatedly retold the heroics that had occurred that day. The awkward atmosphere dispersed almost immediately. From then on Alya dubbed him as 'The Guy Best Friend' and would refer to him as such whenever she brought Chat Chanceux up in conversation.

Of course, as one of her oldest friends, Chat Chanceux knew about her insane crush on Adrien. Stupid beautiful blonde model Adrien Agreste with his perfect smile and green eyes. Marinette groaned again and let her head fall on to her desk with a loud 'thud'. Tikki watched, concerned but knowing to leave her charge when she had gotten into one of her lovesick moods. Those moods seem to appear more often than not recently.

Marinette looked up only to squeal loudly when she read the message that Chat Chanceux had sent her.

"I'm coming home."

The entire Adrien Agreste dilemma had been forgotten immediately.

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