#barrk

What about Barrk in this AU

Barkk had been curled next to the Miracle box and her head shot up and ear rose slightly. She suddenly took off and phased up out the ceiling and onto the dark balcony.

The torrential rain on her fur made her shiver, but her eyes widened at the sight before her.

He hadn’t knocked and Marinette hadn’t heard him land because the pounding of the rain and resounding thunder was all that could be heard by human ears.

Barkk quickly phased back into the room,

“Marinette! You need to get up here!”

Marinette’s eyes met Barkk’s and immediately understood. She grabbed the black umbrella Adrien had given her years ago that was propped up against the corner of her bedstand and scrambled up her bed ladder and out the trap door, opening the umbrella to shield herself from the rain.

Her eyes squinted because she couldn’t see through the darkness and rain. Marinette gasped as the lightning backlit the superhero in front of her.

Chat Noir was standing there, his head hung, ears down, shoulders drooped, and belt tail limp behind him. He was leaning on his baton for support. He was drenched from head to toe. His blonde hair was matted against his head.

“Kitty?!” She ran to him.

She immediately embraced him with her right arm and shielded him from the rain with the umbrella in her other hand and guided him toward the door.

His eyes were dark and vacant. Her heart squeezed in her chest. He didn’t speak but allowed himself to be guided into her room. The water slipped off his suit puddling around his feet with each step.

Marinette wasn’t worried about the water pouring off the drenched cat. She was worried about him.

When she got him safely inside and off her bed, the umbrella stowed back to its normal spot, he finally spoke.

“I have to give you the miraculous back,” he said, and his voice cracked.

Marinette’s eyes widened, “Wait, hold on. What’s going on, Chat?”

Chat Noir let his transformation drop, which revealed that his civilian outfit and hair were also drenched. His head remained low and his shoulders were scrunched up. Marinette bent down sideways to see his face and she could see his eyes were red and puffy with tears still streaming down his face. Plagg floated next to him green eyes also low. Marinette rushed to grab a towel and then moved toward him, draping it over him, when Adrien spoke,

“I’m a liability.”

Marinette shook her head, confused, but determined to help him, “Adrien… whatever is going on, we can work through it… together!”

“I’m not human.”

Marinette’s body stiffened and was about to speak but Plagg cut her off.

“Kid- technically you are human. It’s just you didn’t come into the world like most.”

Marinette’s eyes darted between her love and Plagg. Her heart was pounding. She couldn’t think. What were the words coming out of these two’s mouths? They didn’t make any sense.

Adrien’s hands were shaking as he reached toward his miraculous ring.

“Wait wait wait!” Marinette touched his quaking hands stopping him from pulling it off.

“Please you two. I don’t understand. Why would you say you aren’t human? Of course, you are! And what are you talking about Plagg…?”