#rena rouge's hair is so much fun to draw

[tears-of-xion]

Made a Rena Rouge mermaid design. :3

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[hcm92literature]

‘Out Of Character’ 17th December 2022

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Author’s notes: so this took a long time to finish, but good news! not only have i finished the entire fic, i also commissioned @akumatizedcamembert for some art of a particular moment in this chapter! it’ll be at the end of this chapter so make sure to check the bottom of this page for some fantastic art! i will also be posting the final chapter on the 31st so keep an eye out for that!

Marinette had spent the majority of November and early December furiously creating new costumes for the December larp event, as it was taking place at the Grand Palais instead of the original arena. Something about the organisers not being able to lease it for the weekend because December was a busy time of year, and the Grand Palais had been frozen over for December. It would also offer some good publicity as people could watch as the game played out on the ice. So they had come up with an in-world reason for it being a slightly smaller frozen landscape and had instructed the players that could make it to the event to bring skates and modify their superhero costumes to look like they had ice power ups. Not being content to just modify her suit, Marinette had created an entirely new one, complete with thermal fleece padding, fur trims on the hood and where the gloves and boots joined the main suit, and blue snowflake gems on the spots. When Alya had seen her handy work, she had begged for a similar suit of her own. Marinette was happy to oblige, as she had been inspired to draw more designs based on the winter suits. And it totally wasn’t just so she wouldn’t have to think about the kiss.

Alya had been teasing her about it for the entire week since and kept referring to Adrien as Marinette’s supermodel boyfriend. But something just wasn’t clicking in her mind. Something about Adrien at last week’s party was nagging at her... He had called her Nettie. Had he even heard anyone call her that before? She couldn’t recall a time when either Alya or Nino had said it in front of Adrien. So how did he know about it? And… the way he said it sounded so much like…

Marinette shook her head and focused on tying her skates up. She hadn’t seen her partner yet, and their texting had ceased altogether since the night before the party, which was suspicious. The lump in her throat was refusing to go, no matter how much she tried to swallow it away. Alya - now dressed as an icy Rena Rouge - could tell how nervous her friend was and was trying her best to keep things positive as they got ready for larping on ice.

“C’mon, girl. I know it’s weird and complicated, but just try to enjoy today, okay? Adrien’s not here, and fighting bad guys is always fun!” Alya grinned at her friend but Marinette still felt apprehensive. What if Adrien was there?

The sound of a megaphone being turned on alerted the pair to the organisers signalling that In Character time was starting, and they made their way to the rink. Marinette wobbled as her skates hit the ice, threatening to slip onto her bum, when someone caught her. Looking up, it was clear that Alya was not the one who had prevented her from falling, as she was stood in front of her looking over her shoulder with a smirk. Gradually looking round, Marinette felt her face flush. He had also made a new suit, with fur lining his hood and blue gem accents dotted all over his black suit. He had even dyed the tips of his messy blond hair blue. If Marinette wasn’t so flustered she would have made a comment about it being over the top, but she couldn’t deny it suited him. His contacts were still the same green cat eyes and his grin was still the same Cheshire cat grin. Marinette felt her heart thu-thump thu-thump thu-thump against her ribcage as if it were a bird desperate to escape.

“Looks like this new power will have a slippery slope of a learning curve, eh LB?”

Laughing nervously, Ladybug clung to Chat Noir as he raised her to her feet and began skating alongside her. Before long, Viperion and Ryuko had joined them, along with Rena and Carapace, and the partners’ arms had been unlinked in favour of aiding their accelerated skating. Even Queen Bee had tagged along, possibly because they were the only heroes attending this particular event and she didn’t want to be on her own. There were still a few of the miniaturised Parisian landmarks dotted around the rink, painted blue and white to match the ice and donned with Christmassy decorations, and the group deftly weaved between them whilst a few “civilians” leisurely skated around. A muffled thud came from the Arc de Triomphe being pushed over, and the heroes spun around to face the akuma. Glaciator was back. Ladybug knew exactly how to deal with him. She looked over to Chat Noir only for her heart to sink as she saw that Ryuko had grabbed hold of his arm and the pair were skating off to one side. Rena and Carapace partnered up and sped to the other side to flank the akuma. Only Ladybug, Viperion and Queen Bee remained, the latter of which raised an eyebrow.

“If either of you think you can pair up with me, you can forget it.”

Viperion gave Ladybug a small smile. “I know who you really want to be paired up with.”

Ducking her head, Ladybug tried to hide her blush. “I mean… we’re supposed to be partners, that’s all…”

“Is that why you looked so dejected when he rushed off with Ryuko?”

As if Glaciator could hear their conversation, he bellowed at the pair approaching him that they were with the wrong partners. Chat Noir and Ryuko nearly fell over as Glaciator hurled several scoops of brightly coloured ice cream at them and they sped off in different directions. Viperion gave Ladybug a small smirk then turned to glide after Ryuko, leaving an opportunity for Ladybug to go after Chat Noir. She hesitated until Queen Bee rolled her eyes and pushed her in his direction, muttering something about her being utterly ridiculous. Trying not to fall flat on her face, Ladybug threw herself into skating full pelt towards Chat, though she hadn’t thought about how to slow down when she got to him. “Chaton!”

Chat spun around just in time for Ladybug to slam into his chest, sending both of them sprawling over the frozen floor. “Ice of you to catch up, milady. But maybe slow down a bit next time so we don’t break the ice!”

Snorting, Ladybug propped herself up on her gloved hands to look down on him, then nearly fell back down as all the blood in her body rushed to her face. They were so close. Too close. She was straddling him and if anyone hadn’t seen her crashing into him just moments before, it would look incredibly suspicious. Even he was blushing from their proximity, and his expression was one of confused surprise. Ladybug threw herself off him and landed on her bum. Chat snickered as he sat up and straightened his costume. “It seems you really need to work on your glacial awareness, milady.”

Ladybug groaned and she swiped at his outstretched hand before actually taking it and allowing him to pull her to her skates. They both blushed again as they stood upright, their chests nearly touching, then they turned as Glaciator knocked over another nearby set piece trying to get away from the other heroes. He spun around and lifted a purple painted scooper at Ladybug and Chat Noir. “I’m Glaciator, the mean ice cream man, and I am your number one fan!” He then dug his silver scooper into a bucket strapped to his hip and threw the resulting scoop of ice cream at the pair, making them jump slightly apart.

“If he’s such a fan, why is he acting so chilly towards us?”

“Ladybug and Chat Noir are made for each other! But they have been standing under the mistletoe and have done nothing about it!”

Eyes widening, Ladybug turned to Chat Noir to find her expression mirrored on his face, then they both raised their gaze to a sprig of mistletoe hanging from a lamp post above them. Ladybug groaned. This was just like at Alya and Nino’s party. And if Glaciator’s remark was anything to go by, it would happen almost exactly the same way as it had then. With an added audience looking on from the perimeter of the rink… Looking back at Chat made her stomach sink, as his face had flushed and fallen. He clearly didn’t want this. Ladybug slid backwards a half-step when Queen Bee yelled across the rink at them.

“You’re so lame, just kiss already!”

Chat let out a breath, then closed the distance between them, giving Ladybug a smile as her face flushed a deep red. “It’s tradition, right milady?”

Swallowing thickly, she nodded, then took a deep breath, inhaling Chat’s sandalwood cologne. The same cologne Adrien wore… She didn’t have time to dwell on that fact as Chat quickly leaned down and pressed his lips to hers. It was exactly the same kiss as at the party. His lips moved against hers and she felt a jolt of excitement run up her spine as she responded. One of his hands wrapped around her waist and pulled her closer whilst the other cupped her face, and she found herself sliding a hand up under his hood to entangle her fingers in his hair just as she had a week ago. Just as she had a couple weeks before that on her balcony… Suddenly Chat’s breath hitched and he pulled back, recognition in his eyes. “Ma-?”

“Okay love birds, we need your help here now!”

Blushing at the applause from the crowd, the pair turned to see the group still trying to subdue Glaciator and leapt away from each other towards the ruckus, trying to focus on the game and not each other. These revelations would have to wait until the game had finished and there weren’t a bunch of onlookers. Glaciator was more difficult to deal with this time around, possibly due to the icy terrain, and because there were more of them fighting him at once. Also probably because Ladybug and Chat Noir kept stumbling every time their eyes met or they got close to each other, which slowed things down a bit. Eventually the group freed the butterfly figurine, wiped the purple paint off it, and helped André out of his costume.

There was a brief pause for lunch, with a festive buffet spread for the role-players and organisers. Most people were hungrily tucking in, making the most of the small bites of turkey sandwiches, various cheeses, mini gateaux and glasses of champomy, but Adrien kept trying to catch Ladybug who kept making flustered excuses and rushing off. Did she not want to talk to him now that she knew who was beneath the mask? If he had figured it out then he was sure she had too. Though he knew she wasn’t as taken with Adrien as she was with Chat, so was the revelation that they were one and the same too much of a shock to her? He sighed and ran a hand through his hair before turning to the buffet. He guessed he would just have to be patient with her.

After a couple hours of eating and resting and a zamboni repairing the ice the heroes’ skates had torn up, the game was back on. The next akuma was a man dressed like an ice sculpture called Frozer who had an assistant following him with a giant tub of snow which he kept digging into to throw snowballs at the heroes. Ladybug continued to avoid going near Chat, much to his dismay. It made things awkward when she was nearly hit by Frozer and Chat had to leap to push her out of the way, as she had begun stammering and scrambled away on all fours as fast as she could. He understood that they needed to focus on the game for now, but they would need to talk at some point. Preferably before Rose and Juleka’s party on new year’s eve… And the way she was avoiding him made him think she really wasn’t happy finding out who he was. Adrien sighed again before returning to the group to cleanse the butterfly they had extracted from Frozer’s skates, ending the game and receiving a cheer from the audience.

art by the amazingly skilled and talented @akumatizedcamembert!

[sunfoxfic]

Ok I was kinda of afraid of saying this because it can upset a lot of people but here we go.... don't you think that ml redesigns lack something? I think they are beautiful but literally all that I came across just don't feel special.

is just this "oh look a drawing" and nothing more. Especially with chat noir redesigns, they don't bring anything to the table to me and this makes me think I'm just annoying. Like yes the show has bad designs I can't say it doesn't but they are more pleasant to see to me, maybe is because they are simply and easy to focus and to remember, and the fandom ones got too much going on that stop being a hero design and yes a model or something. Just want to know what's your opinion on this

The thing about redesigns that absolutely kills me is that so often people don't justify their redesigns. Like, there are designs that annoy me -- I completely redesigned Lady Horse after Sentibubbler came out (also I refuse to call her by her actual name) but when I did that, I specifically said, here are X, Y, and Z problems I had with the suit, here's how I fixed them, here are some reasons why my suit maybe isn't the best design ever and some ways in which the canon design is better.

But there are a lot of people who will claim that they can do it better without actually having any grasp of how to justify their "better" or trying to understand the reason why certain suits were designed that way in the first place. (I think that Ladybug's suit being "plain" makes absolutely perfect sense given that, you know, she was anxious as shit and didn't want to draw attention to herself that first day she transformed. "She looks boring" well sometimes that's the point, Jan, and making her look "better" by making her more feminine or "interesting" isn't exactly a feminist win because all it does is sets the standard the people must look good even when the activity they're doing has nothing to do with how they look.)

Designing for fun or because you want to try your hand at it or because your AU necessitates it is something else entirely; that's not what I'm talking about, nor do I think it's what you're talking about. Designing because you think you're better than canon almost always feels like it's built on a mindset of "oh canon could never do those characters right, but I could." Very often it's because they fail to consider things that canon has to consider, such as: Is this within the animation budget? Will this look balanced/readable on the screen? Is it in character? Is it marketable? Will it get approved by producers?

And trust me, the people designing the suits hate some of those questions as much as we do, but it doesn't matter, because if they aren't asked the show won't get made.

And yeah, I think there's a time and place to say "no, this element of the design was dumb and it should have been left out entirely." I hate, for example, how a solid majority of female characters get longer hair when they transform (Lady Noire is actually the exception, I love her hair, but I don't appreciate: Rena Rouge, Queen Bee, Pigella, Lady Dragon, Ladybug's new powerup, Ladybug's water powerup, Pegabug, Lady Bee, all of whom either get longer hair or their hair stays the same length while getting pulled into a ponytail/higher ponytail, implying that it's longer). And I think Rena Furtive's blue eyes don't look good. And I understand why people would have liked for Aspik to have hair. But redesigning because you think you're objectively better and the creators of the show are doing them wrong? You're building yourself a throne of hollow superiority.

[the-second-tonks]

hey! i heard you are doing a really cool avengers game and i would like to participate!’🥳 i’m a straight female and here are some info about me

basics

capricorn sun, libra moon and leo rising : ENFP/ ENTP i keep going back and fourth with those mbti types

i have medium length black wavy hair

i’m tan but not tan tan

people say i have expressive eyes lol

average height

likes and dislikes

likes

socializing, i enjoy meeting new people and hangout out with others

i like science and social studies they r my favorite subjects in school. i also like art and pe

taking risks and big adventures

traveling, spontaneous activities and shopping lol

dislikes

people who are always serious (although i like to push their buttons), no humor and dull

being restrained, underestimated

people not being nice to one another

people who can’t carry convos (it doesn’t bother me a lot but still)

personality

i’m extroverted but can be a tiny bit shy

i like the hustle, and really passionate and determined - action oriented

im very humorous and witty and creative

people mistake my friendliness as flirting (but im a huge tease)

i like to see the big picture; and get carried away with multiple projects bc i may not finish them all.

i have a loud laugh

kinda competitive

in romance i like to keep switching from chasing my partner to them chasing me (just for the thrill)

hobbies

i like hanging out with my friends/family, learning new stuff, cooking (i try), napping, playing sports (i try), biking, playing my flute and drawing.

fun facts about me

i’m left handed but can write with both hands

i can wiggle my nose without lifting my eyebrows

i can raise and wiggle both of my eyebrows

i kinda have a lot of stamina and could run fast

chat noir and rena rouge are my fav characters from mlb! i like their personality and their powers!

people say my personality is kinda like Black Cat from the Spider-man comics expect i lean more towards the heroic side hahah

i tend to fall for ENTJS, ISTJS, and ESTPS 😫😫

my comfort characters from marvel are peter, steve, rocket (the racoon, i think that’s his name), steve, ant man and groot

i’m a gryffindor

ships

from the ship request, i believe you shipped me with peter parker/spider-man. but i’m also curious to se my secret admirer if that’s fine

and that’s it!! i tried to minimize but keep things precise at the best of my abilities! i hope it’s not too much and i’m excited to see my life if i were in the MCU!! have a great day and take care!! 🥳🥳💞💞

Hii! Okay , it's a bit more than medium , but it's fine ! Okay sure ! You also asked me to add you fall in love quickly and also your comfort character is thor . But again, the decoration is so beautiful !

Coming back to your ship .. thank you for participating !

Your power is

Super strength !

Wow wow . This is so good . Okay , I know you already have much stamina , but for your adventures and stuff , I guess you'll have this . From your birth . Yes . You'll be always the one who's oh so powerful and stuff . Your strength will give you popularity . Not just this , ofcourse you'll be one of the best additions in the team of Avengers . You'll always be the one who's compared to Steve . Let's face this , you might not be able to defeat him sometimes , but that doesn't mean you don't win . You would be a tad bit smarter than Steve and so , you might win many times .

Your life with the Avengers

You were the one who had like three sisters and two brothers . In-short , a big fat family . But in tug-of-war , you alone vs all of them , still you'd win with few efforts . Because you were born with super strength . All , everyone from the neighborhood used to ask you mother about your diet and activities , but it was just what normal people ate . Okay , now having supers strength didn't mean you were so bulky and stuff , you had toned body , perfect for a girl. You were often the one who stood in front of the bullies , and the bullies simply ran away because they know who you were. You were quite popular in your neighborhood , until a team member (Tony Stark) from the famously called Avengers , sent you a letter . He asked you to side with him in the civil war . You did , but you also met the boy called Spiderman , Peter Parker . You and hit off really well as soon as you both met . Fighting together through the war , you also encountered Wanda , who appreciated your bravery and smartness before you knocking you out (bonus - you were caught by Peter before you could hit your head to the ground ). Finally , from fighting saving the wizard on Tony Stark's orders to following Peter into the spaceship , you were now battling Thanos with Doctor Strange , Peter Parker , etc . Strongly standing against him , you were still fighting until you got knocked out . Waking up, you saw doctor strange giving the stone to Thanos , who disappeared. Everyone was fine now , but the situation was tense . Suddenly , people began disappearing . Your eyes travelled to Peter , your love , who was already looking at you . He stumbled , staggered and fell down , whispering how he was feeling. He simply gave you a full-of-love gaze and disappeared .

With a new hope and a bit excitement of the risk , you stood on the machine beside Thor , the cool guy . Soon , from going back in time with Thor and Rocket to fighting against Thanos again , you saw Peter enter through the hole . All alive and well. You knew it wasn't the right time to be emotional and so, you contained your excitement and continued to fight . Finally , after saving Tony Stark with your witty brains , science and help , you all returned back . Reuniting with Wanda , you talked about the severally things you both had missed out . Later but yes , the boy Peter , did find some courage to ask you out .

Your bestfriend would be

Wanda Maximoff !

"Wanda , forget it. You won't be able to do it" your competitive nature spoke as you tried to discourage (jokingly) your bestfriend Wanda . She had been trying to wiggle her nose without raising eyebrows to raising and wiggling both the eyebrows , just like you do . And all you were doing was laughing at her attempts . Okay , it was really funny . The weird crooked faces she made , oh lord . "Okay , I give up . I know I can't do this , but I definately can beat you in running " she huffed but spoke the last part smirking . "Without magic" you added , informing her not to cheat .

After the run , Wanda was lying on the floor , exhausted but you still had the energy to stand . Looking at her with a big smirk , you let out a friendly hand which she took . But she was yet not done friendly competiting you . She tried writing with both hands , again she ofcourse couldn't manage it . Then , she took the biking challenge (almost cheating in it) , the drawing challenge was just fun (because she drew you so wierd and kept laughing at it for full one hour ) , the cooking challenge (okay , she nearly won in it) to playing sport . At the end , your score was quite higher than her , but not to deny the day was fun . Cue you playing flute , that peaceful sound filling the house and soon , Wanda's loud snoring accompanies .

Your s/o would be

Peter Parker !

Your laugh echoed through the empty corridor as Peter ran in your direction . The boy , Flash Thompson excused himself on seeing Peter , your boyfriend . You smiled at Flash before turning to Peter and hugging the boy who was almost out of breath . "Hey Peter !" You chirped . "H-hi Y/N" he greeted back . You and him had decided to go on shopping after grabbing some of your cooked meal which he loved .

Walking to the table , you both sat on it . You slowly removed your tiffin and offered Peter , who smiled and picked up the first bite . Ordering you some food , you both were peacefully eating except for some disturbing glances from Flash Thompson , who not so secretly admired you and thought you deserved someone better than Peter , someone like He himself . After finishing the science class with Peter , you both set out for shopping. The complete while , during shopping , Peter was looking at you as if you were some princess . Ofcourse he did treat you like that , but you felt something off . As if this treating was much of lowering himself than hyping you .

When you both returned back to your house with full bags he was silent during the whole walk . He didn't laugh or blush at your teasing . You were shocked at his behaviour and seeing the bigger picture , you concluded that he was tired . But no , you missed the minor details . The way he kept looking between flash and you in the canteen , the way he was always looking around to see a girlfriend and boyfriend enjoying themselves and then letting his head drop with dejection and how he simply listened to your witty jokes and teasing . Finally , when you both sat on the couch to check out the dresses , you spoke "what's up spideyboy ? Something gor you tired?" . He simply smiled and continued to look through your dresses . But you knew that look. The broken look . Immediately you dropped the dresses and hugged him . As expected by you , he let it out . He cried . Balled his eyes out . "Y/N , I-i'm really s-sorry for th-this . B-but really , we bot-h know you fa-all in l-love pretty quickly-y . Mayb-be you-u made-e a m-mistake in m-my case. And m-maybe , y-you des-serve a g-guy lik-ke Thompson , wh-oo ca-an make you l-laugh and s-smile ." You shushed him and spoke "P , I do fall in love pretty quickly , but do you realise I've been in love with you for 7 years ..and everytime I think about you , just the thought is enough to make me smile " . He released you from the hug , confused . You replied "yes p , 7 years .. did you forget the five years of the blip?" .he smiled teared eye and spoke "We . Are going to New York . Tomorrow itself . Start packing" and with that , you hugged him again .

I hope you liked it !

Thank you for participating !

[salthaven]

Stupid and in Love: “p6″ but not really

“Chapter Six”: Evillustrator

So I wanted to come back to this story idea, but I didn’t want to write a full chapter (one part laziness, one part lack of motivation, one part lack of time)...so instead, here’s a rough outline of what I would do if I was writing the full thing out! :D (And if I ever get motivation back, maybe I will write it out, haha!) 

The chapter opens much like the actual episode. Nathaniel is caught drawing his fan comic, where he saves Marinette with the help of the Miraculous team. Chloé is an asshole like usual, and makes fun of Nathaniel for his crush.

We get the first divergence from canon when we look to Nino, and dang is he upset. (Note: This is pre La Paonne, so Lila isn’t here yet.) 

Alya sees the glare Nino shoots at Nathaniel and has to hold back a laugh. ‘Normally,’ she thinks to herself with a small smile, ‘I’d want to help him win her heart.’ He seems like a good match for her best friend, Alya can see it, but… ‘Her heart has already been taken by Carapace, and there’s no competing with a real superhero.’ What a shame that Nino isn’t secretly the turtle-themed hero, right? Sucks for him, they can’t all be masked saviors like Alya is.

So the day continues. Marinette is a bit flustered because wow someone likes her, Nino is a bit upset because now he has competition (and yet he also feels bad because he knows that it’s practically impossible to not like Nette, but come on), and Alya is a bit amused because of course she is.

And then the group projects are formed. Marinette is, of course, upset. She’s partnered with Chloé and Sabrina, after all. But it’s fine, right?

Hint: It’s not fine. Chloé pulls a Chloé and expects Marinette to help Sabrina, and Chloé is going to just go have fun. Marinette tries to tell Chloé off like she does in canon, and it ends the same way- with Evillustrator sending a hairdryer after Chloé.

Blah blah blah get to the point where Marinette loses her wall.

Evillustrator asks her on a date. He’s all sweet and blushy and Marinette can’t help but feel bad because wow. He’s so sweet, he’s even promising to leave Chloé alone if she’ll go out with him. That goes against his wants as an Akuma. What even, how much does he like her?!?! 

Marinette agrees to the date, because who is she to say no and anger him? It’s the least she can do.

Cut to a few minutes later. Marinette is now transformed into Ladybug, and she makes a call to the rest of the Miraculous team… who are currently patrolling around Chloé’s room to make sure that Evillustrator isn’t coming back to attack.

“What’s up, bugaboo?” Chat asks, always happy to hear from Ladybug. “Find the guy?”

Ladybug sighs. “So we may have a slight change of plans,” she starts, and that gets all eyes on her. (Except Chloé, she’s been locked into her room by Rena Rouge for a long time by now.)

“What’s up?” Rena asks, looking away to glance around quickly. She doesn’t want to be caught off guard, but this seems serious.

“I need you guys to protect this girl. Her name is Marinette.” Ladybug sends a picture of the bluenette. “Evillustrator asked her out, she agreed.”

“What?” Carapace shouts. “Who goes on a date with an Akuma?!” 

“He said that he would leave Chloé alone if she did,” Ladybug explains. “I have to go on a mission, my Kwami thinks she spotted some suspicious activity and thinks it may be related to the Miraculous. I’ll try to keep an eye on everything, but I may have to stay detransformed for a while. Think you guys can handle it?”

Looking at the fuming Carapace, Chat nods. “Yeah, I think… I think we’ll be alright without you, just this once.”

The call ends.

A few hours later, Marinette is trying to ward off an upset Sabrina. The redhead believes that Marinette is just making excuses, and is ‘just like Chloé’, but luckily for Marinette a certain turtle boy pops up.

“Sorry, little lady,” Carapace says to Sabrina, “but we really need to be borrowing Marinette for this battle.”

“Oh!” Sabrina says, face quickly reddening from embarrassment. “Of course! Sorry, Marinette! I just thought-”

“It’s fine,” Marinette assures the girl. “I’ll see you tomorrow!”

“See ya!” And then Sabrina runs off. 

Then there’s a little awkward flirting between Carapace and Marinette. It’s cute, fluffy, but I have no brain cells right now so we’ll just pretend it happened. Then Rena Rouge and Chat Noir show up, and it’s a bit chaotic because Marinette tries to act casual but not too casual because she’s supposed to be a normal girl, not a fellow superhero, but also she doesn’t want to make a fool of herself in front of Carapace.

It’s a bit of a hot mess. 

Finally, Marinette goes to the date spot. It’s so romantic. Evillustrator went all out, just like last time. There’s the boat, the romantic candlelight, it’s so adorable that Marinette can’t help but feel flattered. 

‘Maybe,’ Marinette thinks as she looks around, ‘it’d be a good idea to move on from Carapace. It’s not like he’d ever fall for a girl like me, and Nathaniel is a sweetheart.’ She knows she could fall for the artist, if only she could push her feelings for Carapace aside.

Meanwhile, Carapace is fuming on the roof of the boathouse. This is awful. The worst. Why did Evillustrator have to be so, so romantic about it! 

Yeah, he’s jealous. 

So everything is going fine. Rena and Chat are both on nearby land, staying close in case they need to intervene. Carapace is on the roof, just silently stewing in anger.

Marinette does the stylus trick.

It works. She tosses the pen to Carapace, who snaps it quickly.

Problem: By snapping the object, the Akuma was let out. This means that 1. Evillustrator reverts back to Nathaniel and 2. The Akuma’s creations disappear...including the boat.

Cue Carapace and Chat Noir having to pull Marinette and Nathaniel out of the river. They’re all freezing, shivering, and… where’s the Akuma?

“Hey boys!” Rena calls out, giggling as her flute lets out a few offkey notes. “Did you know that we can use our weapons as Akuma holders?” She shakes her flute around, and they hear a few thumping noises.

Odd. 

Marinette sneezes a few times, and just like that Carapace is taking her home. He apologizes for getting her cold, and she brushes it off. It’s fine, she just needs to warm up a bit.

The moment he’s gone, she transforms and races over to Rena. The cure is cast, and, luckily, her magic somehow takes away the effect of falling into the river. (Which is good, because Marinette was not looking forward to trying to get the smell of the water out of her hair.) 

Jump to the next day. Nathaniel apologizes to Marinette for the whole Akuma date thing, but Marinette giggles, saying it was fine and that she had fun. 

Nathaniel blushes, not expecting this response.

“If that’s the case…” Nathaniel starts, face red as his hair, “do you, maybe, want to go on a real date? We could go to the movies?”

A part of Marinette screams yes, that she should agree. That she could have fun, and move on.

But then she remembers how Carapace carried her home, and her heart races. 

“I’m sorry, but I… I like someone else,” Marinette admits. “It wouldn’t be fair to you to say yes, and have feelings for another.”

He understands, although he’s still upset. (which makes sense, rejections suck) Class starts, and although Marinette feels a little bad for turning him down, she knows in her heart that it’s the right thing to do.

And the episode ends here. 

So that’s the rough outline, with random bits actually written out! I felt bad for never updating the story, and thought that, with me hitting 600 followers today, you guys deserved something special! I hope you enjoyed!

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RPM Day 7: Teamwork

Running super behind, but I think starting tomorrow I’m going to jump ahead to the current prompt and then post the current day’s prompt as well as an old one until I catch up. Hopefully you enjoy this 1.7k of Ladybug/Rena Rouge fluff as an apology for not posting XD

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Day 7: Teamwork

“Are afternoons always this quiet?” Rena Rouge asked glumly, crossing her arms over her chest and slumping a little. “When you invited me out to patrol, I figured we’d get to bust some baddies or rescue civilians from a runaway subway car.”

“Stuff like that doesn’t happen every day, you know. Some days are calm, and truthfully, I prefer it that way.” Ladybug stretched her arms above her head with a slight groan. “Why don’t we take a stroll through the park?”

“To look for purse thieves and children being bullied?” Rena perked up, and Ladybug gave her a puzzled look.

“No, because the weather’s nice,” She said slowly, and Rena rubbed the back of her neck.

“Oh, right.” She nodded with a wince as Ladybug hopped over the edge of the roof down to the streets below with Rena following in tow.

“Peaceful Paris is one of my favorite sights,” Ladybug remarked as they strolled along the sidewalk.

“Yeah, but if everything is always peaceful, aren’t you out a job?” Rena said pointedly, and Ladybug shrugged.

“I’d give up being Ladybug forever if Paris was guaranteed to be safe. The wellbeing of the citizens is my top priority.” She glanced around at all of the children playing and flying kites with a small smile. “One day I hope that they won’t need us.”

Rena felt her cheeks flush a little watching the contented way Ladybug watched over the civilians enjoying the weather in the park. She’d never really thought of it that way. In her mind, fighting villains was so exciting and wonderful, and she never wanted to stop. But she supposed Ladybug was right. In order to have superheroes, there needed to be evil in the world for them to fight. Maybe that’s why Rena always had to give hers back at the end of the mission; she still had so much to learn.

Ladybug’s face fell a little, and a short gasp escaped her lips, drawing Rena’s attention back to the present. “That little girl is all alone.”

“Who?” Before she could process, Ladybug darted off toward the small girl wandering around with fearful eyes.

“Ladybug!” The little girl’s eyes widened when they approached, but their presence seemed to bring a sense of relief to her expression.

“Hi there! Are you okay?” Ladybug crouched down to her level with a kind smile.

“I can’t find my papas,” She said with a sniffle, rubbing at her eye with the back of one hand.

“We can help you find them,” Rena offered gently, placing a hand on her shoulder. “You’ve got two superheroes with you now, and we’re going to find them for sure! So, dry those tears, okay?”

The girl nodded bravely, wiping her eyes and squaring her shoulders.

“Atta girl,” Rena said with a smile, scooping her up.

“What’s your name?” Ladybug asked.

“Mia.”

“Well, Mia, you hang on tight okay? We’re gonna go up somewhere really high where we can see your papas,” Ladybug instructed, and Mia nodded obediently, clinging tighter to Rena like a little koala bear.

“Here we go!” Rena rocked back on her heels before leaping high into the air, followed closely by Ladybug. Mia gasped, glancing down at the ground as they landed atop Marinette’s balcony, and Rena swung her up to her shoulders. “This girl is a friend of mine, so she won’t mind if we use her balcony as a lookout. I wonder if she’s home actually…”

“Uh, Rena, why don’t we focus on the matter at hand?” Ladybug suggested with a nervous glance at the skylight.

“Yeah, you’re right. Sorry.” She said with an apologetic smile.

“Do you see your papas anywhere, Mia?” Ladybug asked, placing a hand to her forehead as she scanned the park across the street. “Can you tell us what they look like?”

“Um, tall and nice,” She replied, squinting a little while she looked. “Ice cream!”

“Oh, looks like Andre is setting up.” Rena pointed to where the ice cream salesman was parking his cart.

“Ice cream does sound pretty good right now.” Ladybug tapped her chin contemplatively. “But we should really focus on getting you back to your parents first.”

“Oh, come on. What harm can it do to get a little treat while we look?” Rena said pointedly, waggling her brows, and Ladybug crossed her arms over her chest, meaning to be firm; however, when she met Rena and Mia’s pitiful pouts, she felt her firm footing slipping.

“Okay, I guess it wouldn’t hurt…”

“Yay!” Rena and Mia cheered together in unison, and Ladybug sighed as Rena hopped back over the edge.

“Ah, what a wonderful treat! Two superheroines and a little girl looking for something sweet,” Andre sang in greeting. “I have just the thing. A little chocolate and raspberry for our small friend.”

Mia’s eyes brightened with excitement as she accepted the cone from Andre and licked it without hesitation. She reminded Rena of her little sister’s a little bit, except without all the bickering.

“Then for our two lovely heroines, a little strawberry, a hint of orange, topped with a delicious caramel drizzle, and voila!” Ladybug and Rena eyed it a moment, exchanging nervous glances before accepting it.

They staked claim over a bench to eat their treats, Ladybug and Rena sharing theirs awkwardly. It wasn’t so much that they had to share, but rather the implication behind Andre giving them a tailored ice cream to share. The ice cream of lovers as he called it, and although Ladybug was really Alya’s best friend, she and Rena were strictly professional. Besides, her heart belonged to Adrien, or so she thought.

“I wanna go on that!” Mia said after a while, pointing to the carousel.

“Don’t you want to find your papas, Mia?” Ladybug asked, but the little girl had her sights on a brightly decorated horse.

“Please?” She whined loudly, and Rena crossed her arms over her chest.

“If we find your parents then you can ride it with them. Don’t you want to find them?” She asked with a hint of scolding, but Mia puckered her lower lip. “Don’t think those baby-doll eyes are going to work on me.”

Ladybug bit her lip a little, attempting to avert her gaze, but ultimately succumbing to the child’s irresistible charm. She thought that after babysitting Manon so much that she’d overcome her weakness to pouting children, but truthfully, she was still just as weak.

“Okay, but only once and then we have to find your parents,” She caved, and Mia cheered in delight, hopping up and taking Ladybug’s hand.

Rena shook her head as they climbed on, attracting the attention of several nearby citizens who pulled out cameras to take pictures. “You really need a backbone, girl.”

“I can’t help it. I don’t want to disappoint her,” She said with a wince as she mounted a unicorn and pulled Mia up beside her.

“I’ll have to teach you how to handle kids,” Rena giggled, climbing onto the one beside them.

The ride started, and Mia squealed with delight. Rena supposed there was no harm in having a little fun with her given that their afternoon had been so quiet, and she assumed Ladybug felt the same way. Perhaps there was more to heroing than Alya had ever imagined. It wasn’t always just fighting bad guys and defeating villains. Sometimes heroes just needed to be kind to someone, and it only made her admire Ladybug more. She truly cared about the citizens of Paris and their wellbeing, and she felt her heart swell a little bit, rushing blood to her cheeks the more she thought about it.

“Papa!” Mia gasped, pointing to two worried-looking men standing at the edge of the crowd gathered around the carousel to watch, and Ladybug gave them a reassuring wave which seemed to calm their nerves.

When the ride was over, Mia rushed over to her fathers, jumping into their arms excitedly while Rena and Ladybug trailed behind. Rena felt a wave of her own relief seeing the family reunite so warmly, and she felt like a hero just as much as when they fought akumas.

“Mia, we were so worried. You can’t go running off like that,” One dad scolded gently before pressing a kiss to her cheek.

“I saw a doggy,” She said with a guilty smile, twisting one foot in the dirt, and her dads laughed.

“That sounds about right.” The other nodded, ruffling her hair. “Ladybug, Rena Rouge, we can’t thank you enough for looking after our little girl.”

“It’s no problem. We’re just glad that she got back to you safely,” Ladybug said, clasping her hands together in front of her politely. “You be sure to stay with your papas from now on, Mia, okay?”

“Okay!” She nodded dutifully, and they waved as her fathers took her by the hand and led her off.

Ladybug was so genuine and kind, and Rena felt her chest tighten a little more seeing the relief that came over her once Mia was safely returned to her family. Of course she’d always known that Ladybug was the real deal, but now she knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that Ladybug was a true superheroine through and through. Her admiration for her only grew every day, and Rena hoped that she could be half the hero Ladybug was someday.

“We make quite the team, huh?” Ladybug cocked a brow, turning to Rena who jumped a little.

“Oh, yeah, totally!” She replied, a little flustered, glancing at Ladybug’s raised fist before touching it with her own.

“Bien Joué!”

“So, shall we get back to our stroll?” Ladybug offered, and Rena smiled, nodding in affirmation.

Andre leaned against his cart across the way, watching them go with a proud smile. “Where there is love, Andre always knows.”