#Carabug

[toripar]

@ninetteweek2021 day 6— "protect"

:)))

[adrienscroissantx]

@ninetteweek2021 day 3: Lights

this was hell but i regret nothing

[crizztelcb]

My fic the consequences of a mistake is out on ao3 go check it out!

I will update both here and on my ao3 account, it would make me very happy if you guys could check it out.

[spartanxhunterx]

Question, how does the LoveSquare work in Gattinera and Bug and Shell?

Bug and Shell(d) is easy, Nino has had a crush on Marinette for years but has never confessed or otherwise shown signs.

Marinette fell hard for Carapace after he stood up for her during Stoneheart 2:Electric boogaloo.

So Ninette is reverse Canon Adrienette, CaraBug is Reverse LadyNoir. Caranette is Ladrien and NinoBug is Marichat.

Gattinera is harder, as it’s not a lovesquare yet. Right now it’s essentially Marichat but with Ladrien Vibes.

Lila currently isn’t in a place to be thinking about romance as a civilian but when she’s Gattinera her thoughts are free to go where they please.

And they go right to Marinette.

It will eventually become a love Square, possibly, when Marinette falls for Gattinera but by this time Lila would be able to pursue Marinette as Lila in stead of Gattinera.

So it just become a massive mess.

[seasonofthegeek]

This is an AU where Nino has had a crush on Marinette/Ladybug for years when she gives him the Turtle Miraculous and asks him to join her team. After a few bad turns, she ends up in a battle alone. She holds her own but gets hurt doing it and Carapace jumps into protecting his hero and the woman he loves the best he can until their teammates can make it to them. At some point I will hopefully actually write this all in story form, but for now, here is a comic. 

This is dedicated to my bestest friend, @lahiffed, who I am blessed to be able to talk Ninette with at the most ridiculous of times. HAPPY BIRTHDAY and I love you lots, Katie, and thanks for being as much trash for this ship as I am. <3

[gale-gentlepenguin]

Carapace and Ladybug

Similar to what I said about Ninette.

But addition to having Carapace being Ladybug’s Shield. Which I can see being super cute

(Same as Ninette, so You know how I feel that I ship it more than)

[chatalyst]

This is the best day of my life don't touch me 😭🙏🏽😩♥️💘💙👏🏽

[spartanxwrites]

List of AO3 Works/ Current W.I.P's

Bug And Shell(d)

Hero Swap, With Carapace and Ladybug as the main duo.

Ninette/ Carabug.

If Fu did not receive the small level of training that he did, he would not hesitate to release the power of the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculous.

But he knew better then that, he could not risk them to a powerful foe. At least... Not both.

Gattinera

Kwami Swap with Cat! Lila.

Lilanette.

Life is odd. Life is unpredictable. Lila Rossi knows this better than anyone, it's why she carves her own path while others wait for a road to appear before them.

From wanderer to Vault Hunter

Borderlands/ Miraculous Ladybug Crossover.

" it's time to tell yet another story, of Vaults and Heroes. Enemies and Bad guys and... Oh you know the drill. "

"This is the Borderlands, where the smart and ruthless survive and the Dumb and Morally good perish. It's time to learn the story of our newest Vault hunters, it truly is Miraculous."

Send any questions, prompts, song recs and ideas. I'd love to interact with you all more.

[justanotherpersonsuniverse]

Ok, so my fic murders DJWi-Fi by proxy of being a Carabug/ Ninette Fic right? So... How about I throw in some Queen Rogue/ Chloya Love Square shenanigans?

...yes

YES

YES

Fuck

Yeah

[toripar]

@ninetteweek2021 day 2 — "heroes"

they're patrolling :))

[adrienscroissantx]

Did I just spam the entire recent ninette and carabug tag? Yeah. I'm crying. They're my favorite. Please send help. It's 1am

[miraculousmumma]

I wish youd write a fic where Marriedrienette faces a problem-- like Chloé/Lila/Clingy Model #35 kisses Adrien and Marinette walks in or Carapace is hit by an akuma and LB has to kiss him or some other mistaken/technical cheating scenario and they have to work out their trust once again.

Sorry this took so long for me to reply!  I was working on two prompts from it!  Have a look at these, hope they’re okay!

Marriedrinette Misunderstanding

Marinette looked on in horror at the scene before her.

Adrien’s shoot was over, she had just overseen the clean up of the clothing he had modelled, and she had gone to find him.  But the scene before her wasn’t something she had expected of her husband.

One of the tall, beautiful, slender models he had been posing with had her arms around his neck, her upper body against his, their lips pressed together in an unmistakable kiss.  Marinette was speechless, her Adrien in the arms of another woman at a shoot for her line.  It was like parading it in front of her.

The model’s eyes darted to the side, spotting Marinette and parted from Adrien slowly, certainly not the rush of someone caught doing what they should be.  She wiped the corner of her lips and patted Adrien’s cheek softly.  ‘Thanks, sweetie.’  She grinned before sashaying towards Marinette.  ‘Mrs Agreste.’

Adrien’s head shot around at the greeting, realising Marinette was standing there, her wide eyes and trembling lip a sure sign she had seen everything.  ‘Marinette, it’s not…’

He didn’t get to finish the sentence.  Marinette spun on her heel and left, Adrien calling out after her as he gave chase.  Reaching the street outside he could see no sign of her and knew she would have taken to the rooftops.  If she didn’t want him to find her, he wouldn’t stand a chance.

Plagg flew out of his suit jacket, bobbing before him with an unimpressed look.  ‘Well, you screwed that up, kid.’

Carabug/Ladypace?

‘You want to explain this?’  Adrien yelled as Marinette detransformed as she entered their home via the balcony.

‘Explain what?’  Marinette frowned as she walked further into the room.

‘This!’  He pointed at the TV which was paused, a still of Ladybug in a passionate embrace with Carapace.

‘Oh that.’  She nodded as she slipped off her shoes.  ‘The kids go to sleep okay?’

‘Kids?  You’re worried about the kids right now?’  Adrien glared at her, even more incensed by the complete lack of fucks she was apparently giving.

‘Yes, I worry about the kid.  Because you yelling like this will wake them up.’  She said slowly, her voice low yet tone no nonsense.

‘You were kissing my best friend!  A lot!’  He hissed as he replayed the footage, rewound it, then played it again, as though he were trying to jog her memory.  ‘I swear to God, Mari…’

‘You swear what?’  Marinette asked, trying to rest her hand on his arm, only to have him jerk it out of her grasp.  ‘Go ahead and finish that sentence, Adrien, because whatever it is you’re about to say it will not end well for you!’

‘You know what?’  Adrien started for the door, grabbing his jacket on the way.  ‘I don’t even need to finish it.’  And with a slam of wood on wood, he was gone.

‘Idiot cat.’  Marinette muttered as she took her phone from her pocket, just in time for two small wails to come from the bedrooms.  She rolled her eyes and put her phone to her ear as she started towards the noise.  She was sure it would take her forever to get the twins back to sleep.

‘Oh my God, do my eyes deceive me?’  Adrien put down the drink he was nursing at the sound of the familiar voice.  It had been years since he heard it last but it was still recognisable.  ‘Adrien Agreste, supermodel and husband extraordinaire, drinking alone at some shitty little bar!’

‘What do you want, Lila?’  Adrien groaned, picking up his drink again and taking a fair slug, enough to burn all the way down and make him flinch.

‘I was just passing, wondering who would frequent such a hovel, when I glanced inside and saw your ever recognisable shock of sunshine.’  She ruffled his hair and he tried to get out from under her hand.  ‘Married life gotcha down?’

‘No.’  Adrien angled his body to face the bar, as far from Lila as he could get without being rude, but she pursued him, leaning bodily on the bar and into his personal space.

‘Really?  Because I saw a certain spotted someone kissing a certain shelled someone on the news tonight and I couldn’t help but think; “hey, isn’t that Adrien’s wife and best friend?”; Was I wrong?’

‘You weren’t wrong.’  Adrien signalled the bartender for another, still refusing to give Lila eye contact despite her hand rested affectionately on his arm.

‘If you want to talk, I’m here for you.’  She said, leaning closer.

‘Thanks, I’m good.’

‘Really?  Because they say talking can help.’  She said encouragingly, her eyes drifting to the window where she could see Marinette walking across the road towards the bar.  ‘As can other things.’  She leant fully against his shoulder with her chin while twirling hair at the back of his head between her fingers.

Adrien opened his mouth to reply, but before he got there he heard the bell above the door ring, signalling the arrival of another patron.  Glancing in the mirror behind the bar he saw his wife, face like thunder.  He spun in his seat in time to see her throw the door open hard enough that it slammed against the wall, the clapper from the bell falling out.  ‘Marinette, wait!’  He jumped off the barstool and threw a wad of notes on the bar before taking chase.

‘Oops.’  Lila smirked to herself as she pushed the notes towards the barman.  ‘I’ll have a bottle of your finest red out of that.’

Adrien took to the rooftops as his alter ego the moment he hit a suitable spot to transform.  He knew that if Marinette wanted to leave him behind, to get out of there fast, it would be as Ladybug.  Sure enough, silhouetted against the Parisian skyline he saw her swinging towards Sacré-Cœur.  He put on a burst of speed, hoping to catch up with her, suspecting the landmark was her destination, but then paused, staggering to a stop on a rooftop.  What was he doing?  He hadn’t done anything wrong.  She was the one caught on camera.

‘What are you doing out here, moggy?’  The acerbic tone had him sigh before turning around.

��I’m not in the mood right now, Chlo.’  He shook his head.

‘Is this about the whole body swapping love akuma fiasco?  Ridiculous, if you ask me.’  She flipped her ponytail over her shoulder as she leant against the chimney stack behind her.

‘The what?’

She rolled her eyes dramatically.  ‘Oh, come on, don’t play dumb, it doesn’t suit you.  It was all over the news, Chamack pointed out that this was a deliberate attempt to cause people to break up by putting people into the wrong bodies and making them kiss their significant other to break the curse, or whatever you want to call it.’

A second ticked by, during which Chat Noir had a huge moment of realisation.  ‘I gotta go!’  He yelped, throwing himself off the rooftop.

He wasn’t expecting the first thing to get when his feet touched down on Sacré-Cœur was a fist to the face.

‘Stop following me, you mangy, cheating, hypocrite!’

He would recognise that angry voice anywhere as the woman he loved, but right now he could only see stars as he stumbled back, barely catching himself before he fell off the side of the building entirely.  ‘Alright, I jumped to conclusions, I’m sorry!  But what was I supposed to think?’

‘Oh, I don’t know!  Maybe trust me?’

He was glad she had stuck around as he still couldn’t see properly and honestly, had thought she might have left him there.  ‘I should have, I know.’

‘That was Alya in my body, you dumb fuck!’  She kicked him in the shin, making him hop just as his vision cleared.  He didn’t think he had ever seen her this angry.

‘I am a dumb fuck, I admit that freely.’

‘And then you go to a bar and within ten minutes you have Lila of all people draped over you like a cheap suit!’  She threw her arms in the air and he flinched back, expecting her to hit him again, and he really wouldn’t blame her.

‘Exactly, Bug, she was draped over me!  I wasn’t encouraging it, I didn’t ask her to join me.  You know she even now has a hell of a knack of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.’

‘Should have left her as a fricking shellfish.’  Ladybug muttered and he couldn’t help the twitch of his lips in amusement.

‘It was an improvement.’  He shrugged.

‘Don’t you dare be amused!  Wipe that smirk off your face this instant!’  She waved her finger in his face.

‘Smirk gone.’  He straightened his face immediately.  ‘Am I forgiven?’  He asked hopefully.

‘Nope.’  She shook her head once sharply.  ‘You can go sleep on Nino’s couch tonight.  And apologise to him too for thinking the worst of us both!’

His eyes went wide.  ‘You didn’t tell him?’

‘Oh, I told him, and you’d better be glad Alya isn’t there yet because she will skin your flea-bitten hide the minute she sees you!’

‘She’s not there?’

‘Who do you think I got to watch the twins after you did your disappearing act?’

‘Oh boy.’

‘Yeah, oh boy.  You are in deep shit, and not just with me.’  She swung herself off the rooftop, leaving him to sigh.  He had screwed up, badly.  It was going to take some doing to get back in his lady’s good books again.

So it seems Adrien messed up in both of them!  And I don’t know how Lila knew who they are, I didn’t think that far, but it fit so lets leave it as is! :D 

[spartanxhunterx]

It's not my fault that you're simply irresistible.

-Marinette about Carapace

[seasonofthegeek]

Value Me

Today’s drabble was requested by the wonderful @128andfalling for Ladybug and Carapace.

"I’m here to relieve you, Spots,” Carapace announced with a mocking salute. “Coffee?” He held out a dented blue thermos and Ladybug reached for quickly.

“I think I actually fell asleep at one point. This has to be the most boring stake out ever,” she complained. “And for this being Chloe’s idea, she’s yet to show up for a shift.”

“Are you really that surprised?”

“No,” she pouted, taking a scone he produced from the soft lunch tote he’d attached to his shield for the trip over.

The Louvre was showcasing a very rare diamond from a traveling exhibit and the mayor had insisted the heroes of Paris keep constant watch over the item until it’s week-long time in the city was up. 

“I’ve been tempted to leave because we fight Hawkmoth and he only cares about these jewels.” She tapped a fingertip to her earring. “But I just have that funny little feeling that if I did leave it unguarded, something would happen.”

“So here we sit,” Carapace sighed. 

“Here we sit,” she agreed. “Thanks for breakfast.”

“Well, I know how grumpy you get when you’re hungry.”

Ladybug stuck her tongue out. “Everyone gets grumpy when they’re hungry.”

“Yeah, but you get, like, comically grumpy until it turns and then you just get mean,” he teased.

“I do not!”

“Do too. Here, take a second scone just to be safe.”

“I’m going to stuff this scone somewhere very uncomfortable if you don’t cut it out,” she warned.

He grinned and pushed the scone toward her mouth. “See, mean.”

Ladybug primly bit into the scone and looked the other way. The sun was just beginning to rise over the horizon and it was that magic period where everything seemed a little soft, a little hazy. She yawned and realized just how tired she was from her all-night guard duty. 

Carapace bumped his shoulder against hers. “Why don’t you go get some sleep, Mari? I’m here until Nora can take the twins for Al.”

“You’re going to be so bored by yourself.” Ladybug yawned again and rested her head on his shoulder. “I can keep you company for a little bit, at least. You did bring me breakfast after all.”

He chuckled and enjoyed her warmth radiating against the left side of his body. “You don’t need to do that. I brought you breakfast because I wanted to, not to bribe you.”

“I like being with you though,” she murmured sleepily.

“Is that so?” When he received no answer, he relaxed a little beside her. “I like being with you too.”

After a few minutes, she wove her arm in between his arm and body and snuggled in closer with a happy sigh, her cheek pressed to his shoulder. After a few more seconds though, she was adjusting again with a little huff. “Can you put your arm around me?”

Carapace blinked in surprise but obeyed and then Ladybug was snuggling against his chest. “Much better,” she whispered as her eyes slid closed. 

She soon fell asleep and he sat as still as he possibly could even as his back, shoulders, and neck began to ache. He noticed pictures being taken of them in their perch right outside the Louvre and he really did think about waking Ladybug up but she kept making soft sounds every few minutes in her sleep and he couldn’t bring himself to do it. He was sweating under his suit by the time she finally stirred.

“I think I fell asleep.” Ladybug straightened with a groan and Carapace rotated his arm to try to get some feeling back into it. “Wow,” she blinked. “It’s bright now. How long was I out?”

He gave her a sheepish shrug. “An hour or so, maybe closer to two.”

“What?! Why didn’t you wake me up?”

“Because you’re cute! What was I supposed to do?”

Deep pink ran out from beneath her mask as she stood and stretched. “I’m really sorry. That must’ve been super uncomfortable.”

“It wasn’t so bad.” He stood with her and twisted from side to side. “Besides, I’ll take hanging out with you any way I can get it, even if I do bore you to sleep.” He grinned at her but felt his smile falter at the expression on her face. “I was...it’s a joke, Spots.”

She shook her head. “No, but we should hang out more, just the two of us.”

“Oh, uh, yeah, we can do that.”

“Like tonight?”

“Tonight?”

She nodded, eyes hopeful. 

“Uh, yeah, I can do tonight.” Carapace pushed his hood back to scratch at his head. “I might be a little tired after doing this all day so maybe we could just watch a movie at your place or something?”

Ladybug frowned then. “Right. Of course you’ll be tired. How about tomorrow night?”

“Oh...okay. So no on the movie tonight then?”

“Well, we can, I guess, but tomorrow will be a date.” She straightened, rolling her shoulders back and lifting her chin. “Is that okay?”

“A date?” He swallowed hard. “A date with like you and me?”

Ladybug bit her lip but stood tall. “Yes.”

Carapace tapped the side of his goggles. “And you know this is Nino under here, right? This isn’t a case of mistaken identity or something?”

A smile tugged at her lips and she relaxed a little. “Yes, I know exactly who you are. Should I ask if you know who I am?”

“Like anyone could ever forget you, Mari,” he said softly.

The deep blush was back and she ducked her head shyly. “Okay, so yes, if you would like to, I really want to go on a date because you’re fun and cute and you just let me drool on you for two hours and I’ve been trying to work up the courage to do this for a while now.”

“It was only a little drool,” he promised. “And I’d absolutely love to go on a date with you, Spots.” 

Buy me a cherry coke?

[niyes-lahiffe]

Carabug (Idk the name)

aa you mean carapace and ladybug, right?

carabug:

(I wanted to use the gif of them fist bumping but I couldn’t find it rip. I couldn’t find ANY gifs of them actually)

E/F: I don’t really like it/NOTP: it’s basically the same as nin//ette for me but for some reason I like it a little bit better lmao BUT I WILL DIE FOR CARABUG BROTP

Send me a ship and I’ll grade it!

[nani-lahiffe]

Fighting Over a Lady’s Love: Chapter 2

Summary: Nino has a productive weekend, gets shocked by the news, gets shocked by Alya, and has the worst Monday ever.

Read Chapter 1 here or read it all on ao3 here

When Nino woke up this morning he felt energized and ready to face the day. It is the beginning of the weekend which means he has a whole two days to do the things he was yelled at for not doing the day before. He quickly turned off his phone so he wouldn’t be tempted to look at it. He also has already told everyone on Friday that he was going technology free during the weekend just so he could get caught up with everything that he has been slacking. Alya called him smart for thinking of that and wished that she could do the same, but the Ladyblog is too demanding. Not only did this tactic work, but by Sunday evening he managed to get ahead of his homework schedule by two weeks.

“You have made some great progress these past couple of days. I am quite proud.” Wayzz says flying over to Nino cuddling up to his cheek.

“Thanks, little dude, I couldn’t have done it without you.” Nino smiles at him and strokes his shell. If it wasn’t for Wayzz always motivating him and helping him figure out the material he couldn’t understand, Nino wouldn’t be as successful as he is now. He even helped clean Nino’s room which was definitely not an easy task. Maybe I should make him his own playlist to thank him, and so he can chill during the day while I’m in class.

“You deserve a break, Master Nino.”

“You know how much I hate it when you call me that.”

Wayzz laughs and with a smirk he says, “I know.”

Nino chuckles and jumps onto his bed. For the first time in two days he turns on his phone and was pleased to see that his friends and girlfriend kept their promise of not messaging him. He sent a quick message to the group chat between him, Alya, Adrien, and Marinette to say that he was still alive, and immediately went to social media to see what he has missed. Though what he was seeing was definitely not what he was expecting.

Love Between Paris’ Superheroes?  

On Friday night a few spectators were enjoying the nice weather when they saw Ladybug cuddling up with another one of Paris’ favourite superheroes, though not the one we were all expecting. It seems as if Ladybug might be more of a turtle fan rather than a cat one. Yes, you read correctly, Ladybug and one of the newer heroes, Carapace, were seen holding each other very closely and intimately up on a rooftop.

One onlooker, Ruben Musquet, took the pictures that are shown below and had this to say, “We were trying to enjoy a nice night so we all went up on the roof of our apartment building, which is when we noticed Ladybug and Carapace. We just thought that they were running around like they usually do around Paris until they started hugging and stayed like that for about 10 minutes. Even when that was over they were still physically close to each other. That is when we really started thinking that something was going on between them. Our suspicions were confirmed when they kissed.”

Nino was used to gossip and rumours about him being spread around but that last sentence made him do a double take. When the hell did we kiss? He scrolls through the article to get to the pictures and sees grainy pictures of him and Ladybug. One of them hugging, one of him rubbing her arms when he was comforting her, and another of when he kissed his cheek. Though of course from the angle that the picture was taken from it looked like an actual mouth to mouth kiss.

Nino immediately starts panicking. He leaves that article and sees what the rest of the world is thinking about this.

Move over Ladynoir, Carabug is the newest ship in town.

Is Chat Noir jealous of the newest competitor to Ladybug’s heart?

Top 10 reasons why Carabug is better than Ladynoir.

Top 15 reasons why Ladybug should be with Chat Noir instead of Carapace.

Is there tension between Team Miraculous?

Every documented interaction between Ladybug and Carapace that will make you realize that this ship has been sailing for a long time.  

Nino has the feeling that he should avoid being Carapace for a while, especially around his teammates. Though he is still scheduled for a Monday night patrol which he is now currently dreading. Friday’s squabble of who loves Ladybug more is going to be minor compared to the yelling he is going to receive since his team must think that he and Ladybug are together. And poor Ladybug is already so stressed from everything, and this is definitely not going to help with that.

Nino’s mind goes to Alya, his actual girlfriend, and starts thinking how crushed she might be when she finds out Ladynoir is ruined, and hopefully that opinion will be quickly changed. He heads over to the Ladyblog to see what Alya has written to find that there haven’t been new posts since Friday. It is very unlike Alya to just ignore the Ladyblog. Even when there is no important news she always plugs in fan work and theories to keep things alive.

He tosses his phone away and sighs. He has patrol tomorrow night so for now he should just sit back and try not to think about how all of Paris thinks that him and Ladybug have a thing going on.

As evening turns into night, Nino realizes no one has messaged him back yet. He lies down in bed and wishes that Paris calms down by tomorrow.

Surprisingly, Nino is the first one of his friends to get to school. Thankfully he didn’t wait long until Adrien’s car pulled up to the school.

Adrien starts getting out of the car and Nino yell, “Hey, dude!” He rushes over to see his friend and quickly stops once he takes a full look at his friend’s face.

“Hey, Nino” Adrien says in a weak voice. The boy was the definition of a hot mess. Disheveled hair, dark bags under his eyes that clearly shows the lack of sleep he has gotten, and eyes that look like he spent his weekend crying.

“Are you alright? What happened to you? Is it your dad again, because if it is I will literally fight him for you.” Nino wraps an arm around Adrien to try and comfort him as they walk towards the school.

Adrien cracks a small smile at that. “No, it’s not about my father, but thanks. It’s just this girl… I guess I thought we were closer than we actually are, and one-sided feelings kind of suck.”

Nino always had a feeling that there was someone in Adrien’s life, especially since he seemed to never consider anyone at school as a romantic choice. Also knowing how big of a romantic he is, it was weird that he hasn’t gone on millions of over-the-top dates. “Come on, dude, you’re a model! How can she not like you?”

Adrien gives him a sad smile and says, “I guess looks aren’t everything.”

Nino cringes at his bad choice in words, and he turns Adrien to face him. “I know plenty of girls here that actually like you, and I know that you will get along with them. Don’t even think about rolling your eyes at me. Trust me when I say they actually like you and not model you. You being hot is just an extra perk.”

He lightly chuckles at that and looks Nino in the eye. “Thank you.”

From all the advice he is giving out recently, he should change his career path from DJ to therapist.

One second, he is walking towards the school with Adrien, and the next he is being dragged away by Alya into a secluded part of the yard. When Nino realized where they were heading he was pretty excited to spend some quality time with his girlfriend, and then he looks at her and realizes that she, like Adrien, has also been crying.

Alya turns to face him and shoves her phone into his face. On it was the picture of his and Ladybug’s kiss. “Tell me what the hell is this?” Her voice was as fiery as her hair.

Nino just looks at her confused. “Uh, looks like Ladybug and Carapace hanging out?”

“Don’t do that to me, Nino, cut the bullshit. I know you are Carapace, so please, tell me what the hell this is.” Alya’s voice is strained, and she is trying to control her temper.

At this moment Nino felt his heart drop, because of course she knows and is misreading this situation. “Alya, I-.”

“You think you can become a superhero and cheat on me? Did you really think that I wouldn’t find out? This whole time you have acted like you were uninterested in Ladybug, but in reality, you two were together! Even around the team you acted like you didn’t care about our argument on who she cared about more, because obviously you already knew that answer!”

At first her words weren’t making any sense, and slowly he pieces together her whole statement and realizes a secret that should have been obvious to him. “You’re Rena Rouge.” He whispers.

Of course, Alya would be involved in the team’s fight. She has loved and looked up to Ladybug since she first arrived, has a blog dedicated to her, has risked her life to help Ladybug, and the first person Ladybug has trusted with a miraculous. No wonder he hasn’t seen her throwing herself at akumas lately, she was there as Rena the whole time.

“Yeah, I am. Surprised?” She says bitterly.

“You have it all wrong. Ladybug and I are not dating. She was having a rough time yesterday after the little fight that broke out. Hell, she was crying in every picture that those civilians managed to take! As a good friend, I was trying to comfort her!”

“Then explain the kiss!”

“It was on the cheek and she was thanking me! It meant nothing to the both of us!”

Alya looks away from him. “Just… don’t talk to me for the rest of the day.” She runs off towards the school.

“Merde.” Nino whispers to himself.

He walks back to school alone and enters the building. Across the hall Marinette gives him a strange and undecipherable look that he feels like he should know what she is communicating to him, but his brain is fried from the morning that he has already had. She is probably wondering what is going on with Alya, and I definitely can’t let anyone in on that secret.  

The rest of the day continues awkwardly, and it does not make it any better that everywhere he goes he is hearing about the Ladybug and Carapace situation. It makes him more bitter, Adrien weirdly gets sadder, Alya burns with rage, and Marinette looks uneasy. Alya he could understand why she acted the way she did, but the other two are an anomaly. He assumes Adrien just gets sadder about his own love life every time someone else’s relationship is brought up. Then with Marinette, well she has always been a firm believer of ensuring the heroes have privacy in their lives, which Nino currently wishes more people were like. She must be annoyed that their privacy has been broken.

By the time the end of the day arrived, Nino couldn’t be happier. He was tense and on edge the whole day, and now he is speed-walking away from the school and everyone in it. Sure, he wishes to talk to Alya to maybe make up and make out, but one look at her face says that he probably should not approach her yet. Maybe Alya will be calm once I’m done patrol, so I can visit her, if Queen Bee doesn’t murder me first.