#sl kwamis

[zoe-oneesama]

I have notice that you are giving the kwamis different and more uniques personalities. How you imagened their unique emotions and how they react with the holders?

For sure, there are very few instances where the Zodiac Kwami get to show their individualism except for Sass or when they briefly interact with their new holders, so I really grabbed on to any little bit I could see and held tight.

Mullo - In the story of the Chinese Zodiac, the Rat rides the Ox and jumps off at the last minute in order to arrive first, so I thought it'd make sense for Mullo to be mischievous - also because Marinette uses it first for some cheeky misdirection. I got lucky that Mullo turned out to be a bit of a prankster when "Mega Leech" came out.

Stompp - As one of the Leftover 4, Stompp didn't get a lot of expression when they were shown in "PenalTeam", but I kinda ended up working with how calm they were. The way they addressed Chloe not knowing the kwamis names gave her a Disapproving Mother vibe, so I went with them being a nurturer. I picture them wanting to watch over their holder, particularly children ones, and watch them grow into full grown Oxes.

Roarr - So this one was easy cuz they've been very consistent in the show, and since the kwamis default to loud and bratty when they're in Mob Mode (ie, when all the kwamis act in sync instead of in line with their personalities), Roarr was simply a too rambunctious child. An extrovert to the extreme. Their name is very appropriate.

Fluff - This one is pretty established in canon, so I guess I'll just extend my headcanon. Fluff is easily confused and babbles a lot, and I think it's because they're being constantly bombarded with information from so many timelines. Existence is a prison and Fluff just comes across as dumb because all their brain power is overheating from a massive influx of information, so they have nothing else to offer in the Present.

Longg - "Ikari Gozen" makes them out to be a Long Winded Old Man/Woman (depending on the dub lol), but aside from them being pretty polite later, they don't hold on to it. I am. Longg is old as shit and just wants these damn kids to hear out their long ass stories, but they just don't know how to edit because it's been forever since they've been out of the box (a nod to how Dragons are now "mythical"). They don't know how to talk to the youngins anymore.

Sass - Okay, c'mon, we all know Sass. Sass is the only one we know definitively. They're the leader and being level headed and calm is the thing that distinguishes him from the rest. He is mildly cursed like Fluff to recall every remade time line, remembering what happened the other times that needed a second chance, but it's less of a burden than it is for Fluff.

Kaalki - I opted to lean in to her being a Diva, obviously thanks to her attitude in "Startrain". You'd think that'd clash with Max, so the struggle was more about making them work together despite that, so I also gave her a fascination with innovation. She's not very technologically literate, but she's interested in what humans have been able to do, especially when it comes to exploration. But in the end, she's still pretty vain lol.

Ziggy - since they were very upset at how mean Chloe was in "Miracle Queen" as opposed to angry like Stompp and Roarr, I felt Ziggy was probably younger and a bit sensitive. I also leaned into some goat traits, having them eat paper and headbutt Nathaniel.

Xuppu - Xuppu can easily become very annoying, especially in "Destruction" where they're trying to be helpful, but uhhhh...they aren't. So I just stuck with how they were portrayed in their canon debut episode. Like Roarr, Xuppu is very much like A Child, so even in Mob Mode they feel in character - getting into stuff and making a mess.

Orikko - I made them very patient, which you gotta be when your powers are bullshit and you constantly have to give a tutorial on how they work. They could talk all day with their holder trying to find loopholes.

Barkk - So they have two standout moments where they're allowed individuality - in "Furious Fu" and "Risk". In the former, they are stubbornly staying behind to guard the house and the Miracle Box, and in the latter, they're super excited at getting a new holder and getting to "play". So both a guard dog and a puppy. I met in the middle where they DO really want to play, but also want everyone to be as excited as them which takes a little coaxing. Like an Extrovery adopting Introverts.

Daizzi - They're just very sweet. Almost just like Rose but soft spoken. They feel very much but like to focus on the things they like, no matter how simple they are.

[kittenninja14]

Marinette says hi, loll!!

(yes i am aware that I didn't give her the striped pigtails, lol. I honestly liked it without them in this art)

@zoe-oneesama, I honestly LOVEEEEEE ur comic soo much!! I used to read it wayyyyy back when I didn't have an account and then lost it. I'm so glad I found you and the comic once again!! <3333

ps. ur artstyle is sooo cuteee!! <333333

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[solitairesys]

lowkey why do bonbon (fnaf) and tikki (miraculous ladybug) sound the same-

[celestiall0tus]

Miraculous Absolution - Chapter 8 - Preparations

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            Papillon sat in her lair. She watched through her butterflies as each hero retired for the night. She stood and moved over to her prep tables. The Ladybug was on her way at long last, but she wouldn’t be alone. The Ladybug has employed the assistance of other kwamis, creating her own team as Chat Noir eventually did. At least the Ladybug had better choice in kwamis. The wolf of freedom was an outstanding choice compared to that of devotion and protection. At least with freedom, there was another to take out her creations. However, that posed a problem.

            Papillon recognized that her abominations would be useless against the Ladybug’s team. Fera handled her latest one with such precision and finality that she hadn’t seen in any of Chat Noir’s teammates. She would be dealing with far more capable individuals. She needed to get creative.

            Papillon snapped her fingers. A row of butterflies appeared before her. Their purple wings transformed into the faces of Chat Noir and his team. They have been at this for two long years save for Whisper and Bunelle. Carapace kept high spirits on and off the battlefield, as did Bunelle. Whisper held a righteous fury within her that fueled her fighting spirit. This made them untouchable, but not Chat Noir and Queen Bee. The little Bee was reaching the end of her wit, torn apart by her devotions. Chat Noir is a mess of problems pretending to be a person, much like herself.

            Papillon hummed at the thought. It was true she saw a lot of herself in Chat Noir. How they were brought up, the loveless parents that raised them, and being forced into lives they didn’t want. It would only take one good shove to send him over the edge just as it did with her. However, what could that be?

            A pulsing light caught Papillon’s eye. She glanced over at the cocoon at the very end next to Sabine’s. She laughed at the realization.

            “Of course! Love! That’s what will send the boy over! Over and over again! Excellent idea.”

            Papillon scooped up the butterfly with Chat Noir’s face. She wracked her brain as she thought about the boy’s preferences. She couldn’t recall any women ever turning his gaze. No small feat given his line of work. Though she did recall a few instances when men caught his eye. When he’d allow himself a brief, blissful moment to ogle.

            Papillon opened her mouth but paused. She needed to hold off using her power. She needed to finish her other preparations first. She placed the butterfly back with the others and snapped her fingers. A new line of butterflies appeared. Their wings transformed into the potential faces of the Ladybug’s team. Fera, Luka Couffaine, and Marinette Dupain-Cheng.

            Papillon knew the Dupain-Cheng daughter had the earrings and would rise as the Ladybug, but she didn’t know when. She wagered it would be some time yet if this Fera, the wolf, was the first of the messengers. She had a hunch that there would three more messengers to match Chat Noir’s little team. Though she wasn’t sure the frequency of when the Ladybug’s teammates would pop up.

            Papillon had already seen Fera. She knew that Luka Couffaine, Whisper’s brother, would be returning to Paris after the news of the Dupain-Cheng’s deaths. She assumed he was affiliated with Marinette, likely as a boyfriend or something like that. Regardless of what he was, he would certainly be on Marinette’s side. With Fera tonight and Luka returning in a couple of months, she bet on a new hero popping up every month that would lead to the Ladybug’s grand entrance. If this was true, she had about four more months to prepare.

            Papillon smirked. There was no time like the present. She clapped and the butterflies on the wall lit the entire room in a purple hue. She moved to the wall near Tom’s cocoon and clapped again. The rock transformed into a sliding door. She pushed it aside and dug through a cupboard of jewelry boxes. She pulled out three and stopped beside each of the cocoons. She placed a necklace in Tom’s, an eye mask in Sabine’s, and an anklet in the final cocoon.

            Papillon flew back. Tiny screams could be heard from within that made her laugh. She stopped as she looked at the cocoons. It felt like she was missing one before her collection was complete. She hummed as she looked at the Chat Noir butterfly. She grinned, knowing who to add, but it would be for another night. She looked at the Ladybug’s team and considered. Once she learned more, she’d add more to the collection just for them.

            Papillon scooped up the Chat Noir butterfly again. She remembered the words of a foolish man and his frivolous thoughts wasted on mere, useless money. If he wanted to see Chat Noir fawn over Luka, she’d make it possible. Send him over the edge just as she was once long ago.

            “Alter.”

            The butterfly transformed into a dark rosy, red butterfly with rounded heart-shaped wings.

            “Go forth, little butterfly. Twist the boy’s mind with thoughts of obsessive love. Let Whisper’s brother be all that remains in his empty head. Now, go.”

            Papillon watched the red butterfly flutter away. She turned back and dismissed the other butterflies. They would all be saved for another day. She moved to a designing table with a plate of nectarines beside it.

            “Nooroo, wings fall.”

            Nooroo emerged from the brooch and de-transformed Nathalie. She took a seat at the table, then cut up the nectarine. She held the plate up for Nooroo, who took a slice of nectarine. She scratched his chin before she turned to her designs. He took a seat on her shoulder and watched her work.

            “What are you thinking?” Nooroo asked.

            “I want to take control of a holder. Is that possible?”

            Nooroo nodded. “So long as their will is broken completely, otherwise your butterflies won’t be effective.”

            “I see. That shouldn’t be a problem with Chat Noir. His will is strong, until a point. It won’t be difficult breaking through. Queen Bee may prove a challenge. The only thing that plagues her heart is her loyalties between Chat and her girlfriend. Which, I’ve attempted to look into her girlfriend, this Lila Rossi, but there is no information on her. It’s like she doesn’t exist.”

            “So, that just leaves Chat, doesn’t it?”

            “It does. Unless I can get more information on the Ladybug’s team, but I believe they’ll provide the greatest challenge.”

            “I agree. With the wolf of freedom, you’ve already got your hands tied. The wolf is typically a holder with an unbreakable will. Kinda comes with the territory of mantling freedom.”

            Nathalie hummed. “Then it really does just leave Chat Noir.”

            “Does it bother you?”

            “Not in the way you may think. There’s a risk that if I take control, he’ll level the planet.”

            Nooroo chuckled. “You already did that.”

            “Nooroo, that wasn’t the same. I was just teaching a lesson.”

            “A lesson? That’s a funny way to describe setting every nation ablaze to get them to back off assisting Paris.”

            “What? I warned them and they thought I was bluffing. That was their last mistake.”

            “And what about when you kept people trapped within the city when they attempted to flee?”

            “It’ll do no good if I let all escape. I need some people around to test on. And it all worked, right? The Ladybug will soon be here. Once she’s here, I can finally have my wish.”

            Nooroo paused. Pain and grief twisted his heart. “What if you didn’t though?”

            “Nooroo?”

            “Why don’t you, I don’t know, rule over this new world you are unintentionally ushering in? You could build something up from the ashes. Create a better world where no one has to suffer like you did. That way I… I won’t….”

            Nathalie smiled softly. “It’s… an idea, but I can’t.”

            “Can’t or won’t?”

            Nathalie chuckled. “Both. You don’t want someone like me to rule. You don’t want someone like me in general.”

            “But I do. You’re the best human holder I’ve had, ever. You take my powers to the heights and limits it was supposed. No human ever has like you.”

            “You know, it’s always struck me as odd that you are never bothered by these things. Most anyone with a heart and conscious would be appalled by this work.”

            Nooroo shrugged. “It’s not my first rodeo, and it won’t be my last.”

            “But wouldn’t you rather this be used for good? For the people? Not the needs of one?”

            “We are tools, as we’ve always been once we are in the hands of mortals. However we are used is up to the whims of mortals. If I didn’t like it, I would have left long ago. I don’t care for it per say, but I like you. You’re reason enough to stay.”

            “I don’t see why. I’m no one special.”

            “Maybe to the world, but you’ll always be special to me. You’re my Nathalie.”

            Nathalie covered her mouth as tears sprung from her eyes. She turned away from her designs as she sobbed. Nooroo’s words always found a way to get to her. The void that ensnared her lit up and filled with warmth. It was unfamiliar and terrifying at first, but she couldn’t deny she had grown to like it.

            Nooroo finished his snacks, then nuzzled Nathalie. She smiled and nuzzled him against her cheek.

            “You realize every time you do this, you make this decision more and more difficult, right?” Nathalie remarked.

            “Good, because I’m here. This world may have long turned its back on you, but I won’t. I’ll be here until the bitter end when they rip me from your cold, dead hands.”

            Nathalie laughed through the tears. “Thank you, Nooroo. It feels good to have someone in my corner. It’s odd still, but an equally odd comfort.”

            Nooroo smiled. He booped his nose against Nathalie’s, then curled up in the nape of her neck. She wiped away her tears before she gave him a kiss. She sighed and returned to her designs.

[bugaboooooooooo]

Did sum lineart and added colour to @zoe-oneesama's sketches of Chloe with the 5 main miraculouses✨

[emdoddles]

@zoe-oneesama I love Maotif design, she’s beauty, she’s grace she’s going to punch scarlet lady in the face.

[sasstrash]

A Drawing that I just finished of my take on what Koki Marina aka Turtle!Alya from the scarlet lady au! I haven’t seen an official design yet but I’ll wait patiently, I need some constructive criticism for the art to so go ahead!

[imthepunchlord]

For Dodged a Beetle, if I recall correctly, you mentioned in response to an ask that you could see Lila being extra enough to have star-shaped spots instead of regular ones or spots that ultimately form/shape/outline a star on her costume to bounce off of her hero name, Bella Stella. Do you have any mock-ups, sketches, or even final designs that you feel like sharing? Would Lila’s sausage ties be done up in any special way (kinda like the different hairdos Zoe does for her in SL/did for her in that Bustier girls’ outfit post) for her transformation? Would her outfit incorporate any small bits of white and yellow like real-life ladybugs? You’re really good at coming up with fun kwami swap hero designs, Hopscotch and Mariposa being two of my favorites, so I figured I’d ask if you had anything in mind.

I haven't thought of Bella's design too much myself, but @zoe-oneesama has done a take for her design. Perhaps she'll share it.

[immaturityofthomasastruc]

(tumblr refused to let this be a norm ask so here we are!)

So i have kwami swap stuff up on my blog and i got a like from this person called “Duusudeservesbetter” or something.

and i get curious on the people with usernames like that so i open their page and the first name i see is “PlaggAndAdrienBondingIsTheBestandCosmoIsBestGirl!”

…………………. i think they have a new acc, if you weren’t aware of it. It’s only appearing on the blog side view which leads me to believe its them again.

 wanted to alert you before anything happened 

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I just checked after getting this, and it looks like Plaggandadrienbondingisthebest changed her account name again, this time to @Duusuneedsmorescreentime and set her account to private recently, which means now I can’t access her blog at all now and she still won’t give an actual apology to me or any of the other blogs she’s attacked. This is most likely in response to @harriyanna​, one of the more prolific Miraculous Ladybug blogs on this site to be harassed PAABITB calling the police as a result.

However, one of my followers was generous enough to share a couple screenshots from her blog recently, which featured the standard Adrien worship, a couple posts about Sonic X (another show she really likes), and, of course, treating Marinette and Alya like they’re pure evil.

I personally love how she reblogged fanart of Alya using the Peacock Miraculous (the artist was taking Kwami Swap requests) just to call it “disturbing” right after she reblogged fanart by the same artist of another character using it and was very happy to see it.

(Credit for both images goes to @darks-ink​)

And that was after she called Lady Noire a certain derogatory term usually associated with… let’s be generous here and say older, more promiscuous women, even though Marinette is fourteen years old.

Yes, she actually said that about Marinette. Say what you will about the character, but I don’t think she’s deserving of an insult that lewd.

In fact, I think I get why she hates the very sight of Lady Noire so much. She has made it clear in almost all of her posts she loves Plagg and Duusu as characters, and especially loves Adrien and Plagg’s bond, so the very idea of Marinette and Alya using the Cat and Peacock Miraculous feels like a personal attack against her.

And of course, I’d be remised to mention that even after everything that she’s said and done, she still thinks she’s the victim whenever people talk about her.

(The gif at the bottom was supposed to show one character being punched to show how “tough” PAABITB was, but the person who sent it to me wasn’t able to get the gifs to sync up correctly)

Look, you’re not just defending Adrien, PAABITB. Believe it or not, you are also guilty of harassing random people, and just two weeks ago, you tried to impersonate harriyanna​ to make her look like she was racist, even though you couldn’t convincingly recreate her typing pattern (she normally types with no caps for one thing), sounded nothing like her, thought asking someone to unfollow Harriyanna would work without thinking the real one could just block someone if she was actually racist, and claimed to be her while anonymous and unable to back up your point while doing a piss-poor job at actually acting like a racist.

Seriously, you managed to make Chris-Chan’s JenkinsJinkies persona look like an undercover CIA agent in comparison.

While I used to at least try and defend you or at least try and reason with you, you’re the only reason you’re in this current predicament. I literally asked you why you felt the need to attack other Miraculous Ladybug blogs after you pretended to apologize to me, and you just gave a vague explanation about your “struggles” without actually owning up to your actions. The whole reason so many people like Hariyanna are “harassing” you, as you so bluntly put it, is because they’re sick of how intolerant you are about other opinions in this fandom and all the things you’ve done to slander anyone you don’t like.

And, just one more thing before I end this little post.

If you’re going to call out something I said in one of my posts, at least say my name so your followers at least know who you’re addressing instead of sending these vague threats towards me.

[unreachablevoice]

Wear Your Heart On Your Wrist And Together, We’ll Soar To The Sky

eyooo hewe ish thee wong– okay I'll stop *ahem* here is the long awaited Chapter 3 of WYH yay! I would've posted sooner but a lot of fics and mangas/manhwas kept tempting me and I am but a weak man. I also just witnessed a birth of a new favorite ship of mine called DokJin, a crossover ship between orv and sl featuring KDJ and SJW and I want more.

Anyways hope you enjoy! :D

Warning: Swearing and cuss words may be present. Please read with caution, thank you!

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Chapter Three – Tugging At Your Heartstrings

A few days have passed, a long hour of flight has been survived, and Marinette still honestly couldn’t believe that they have now arrived in Gotham City. Although, she'd be lying if she said it didn’t make her feel excited.

Just imagine all of the designs and clothes she could make out of their hotel’s structure alone! Really, coming to Gotham was, surprisingly, a good idea! Why didn’t she ever think about it before?

“Gotham is so full of Misfortune and Destruction; I'm glad that you’re thriving, Marinette!” Her red Kwami looks at her from her purse and smiles.

“Is the reason why I'm thriving because I’m a ‘Miracle Soul’ or however you call it?” The ravenette smiles back at her Kwami’s small yet eager nod.

Tikki had said that she was not just a True Miraculous Holder—or, as it’s more commonly known for the Guardians, a Héshi, someone who is attuned and perfect for a specific type of Miraculous—like the rest of her friends but she was also a Miracle Soul. The small Kwami explained that a Miracle Soul is a Soul that's one of a kind; a Soul like no other. It is a Soul that's carefully crafted by God Himself or as all of the Kwamis call Him, The Creator, and is the only one He ever created. Which is why such a Soul only reincarnates a hundred years after every death and can never vanish.

She had heard from the Kwamis’ various stories that The Creator is the one who started everything. The one who created them, the Kwamis, and the whole universe. And since the Kwamis are practically His children, not only are Miraculous Holders wielding such powerful artifacts that possess god-like magic, but they are also in charge of tiny gods. Which means that Marinette and her friends are currently looking after a bunch of two-inch gods all on their own right at the moment. Not that she’s complaining, though. She’s having loads of fun doing so!

Marinette lets out a contemplative hum. Well, she is glad that it means her bond with Tikki and the other Kwamis are strong. She'd hate to think if she didn’t have some sort of relationship with the Kwamis she practically thought of as family already.

“Bug!” a familiar voice calls out to her as a pair of hands grab her arm. “Stop spacing around, you’re going to get left behind!” the hands—who she now recognized as Adrien’s—proceed to drag her over to what looks like the entrance of the hotel, without letting out so much as a word from her.

“Wait!” Marinette exclaims. “My luggage! I still haven’t—!”

“Don’t worry, Kim’s already got it covered.” The blonde briefly looks back at her and smiles before looking at the front again as he drags her over to their classmates who are currently huddled over to the side with Mme. Mendeleiev trying to calm them down, while Mme. Bustier talks to an unenthusiastic-looking receptionist.

As soon as Mme. Bustier sees them, she quickly waves them over to catch their attention. Not that they didn’t already see them, though.

“Marinette! Adrien! Thank goodness, you’re here!” She smiles at them as they reach her side and pulls at Marinette’s arm and faces her to the receptionist. “Can you please help me converse with this man? I’m still not fully in-depth with speaking in English, so we can’t quite communicate smoothly.”

“Maybe I can help?” Adrien butts in and points at himself. “I can speak English pretty well so maybe I could—”

“Adrien~!” a shrilly voice cuts him off as a thudding of feet were heard. “Come with us! Just let Marinette do all the talking.” As if on cue, Lila wraps her arms around Adrien’s and tries to pull him. Keyword being “try”.

The blonde stares at her, throwing her an icy glare while keeping his feet glued onto the floor. “No,” he simply says and harshly shakes her hand off of his arm.

“No?” Marinette sees Lila’s hands ball into fists as she tries to smoothen her expression instead of outwardly glaring. “What do you mean ‘No’?” Her eyes narrow for a fraction that if it weren’t for the ravenette’s trained eye, she wouldn’t even be able to notice it.

“I mean, I don’t want to go with you. Not when I know I can assist my friend.” Adrien’s tone takes a sharper turn as he and the brunette have a one-on-one stare off competition.

“Yeah, and why would he even come with you?” Chloé, along with their other friends, come up behind Adrien and rests her elbow on his shoulder as she looks at Lila from head to toe. “You’re not even friends, remember?”

At the other blonde’s tone, Lila coils back as her face twists into a scowl. Marinette vaguely remembers Adrien’s declaration of war to the brunette that day. She wasn’t sure why but Adrien just suddenly reared back from Lila that time, as if she burned him, and had loudly proclaimed that if she ever goes near him and his friends (he specifically mentioned Marinette) ever again, he will make sure that she will be blacklisted from every modeling company/magazine there is.

Marinette was shocked at that; she knew that Lila was somehow on Adrien’s Father’s pocket so she wasn’t sure how to react on him just blatantly saying he basically hates her. What if Adrien gets pulled out from school? What if Adrien’s not allowed to hang out with them anymore because of that stunt he just pulled? (Even though it was pretty satisfying to see how Lila’s face turned sour).

Surprisingly enough, none of what she feared happened. Adrien was still attending the school the next day and she heard that his father didn’t even bat an eye with Adrien asking to cut ties with the Italian. Turns out, the older Agreste had been planning to do so for a long time already. Adrien complaining to him about who knows what was just the icing to the cake. It was even funny how Lila had basically screamed when she was given a dismissal note from the Gabriel brand the next day; Marinette could barely contain her laughs.

“Pfft—!” The ravenette suppresses her laugh and disguises it with a cough instead. Curse her and her mind for remembering how Lila looked like a malnourished monkey who sucked on lemon for the first time! “It’s all right, Adrien, just go with Chloé. I can handle this.” she calmly smiles at the two blondes, completely ignoring the fuming brunette in the background.

Marinette twirls around and faces the receptionist, secretly smiling as she hears the Italian's stomps fade away. “Sorry about that, Monsieur,” she says in perfect English and gives him her best customer smile, she swears she could even kind of see the guy brighten a little. Wonder why, though?

“It’s all right. Now, how may I help you?” the receptionist asks as he also gives her a smile of his own. One point to her for making a stranger smile! She feels a strange sense of pride surge within her, something about finally seeing a smile on someone’s face here in this unusually dark and edgy city felt somewhat rewarding.

“Oh, uh, we’re the class from France who won the school trip from Wayne Enterprises,” she replies. She remembers the response email sent to her saying that she should just state who they are and where they're from and the staff will immediately understand what she’s talking about since Wayne Enterprises basically own the hotel they were assigned in staying at.

The thought really reminds her of how awfully rich and big-of-a-deal their trip’s sponsor is, that it makes her feel like a small ant in a bustling city. Which is really not that far behind since she’s literally just a five-foot-two teenager in a city somewhere in America.

“Oh, then, I suppose a belated welcome to Gotham City is in order.” He smiles at her again and shuffles a few papers in his desk. “Well, congratulations for winning the contest. Your submission was very good, I guarantee it since everyone read it.” The receptionist piles what seems like their room keys on the desk and pushes it in front of her. “Here you go. And, I hope you enjoy your stay here in Gotham. Well, as much as you can in a place filled with crime so much that there’s news about five bombings each day!” he exclaims as though he had not just scared the life out of her. She waves the thought away and smiles blindingly at him as he hands her eight room keys, which she immediately thanked the receptionist for, and she passes them over to Mme. Bustier.

“Thank you, Marinette.” The redhead smiles at her and begins to distribute their keys.

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Marinette ended up rooming with Juleka. Which is not entirely the worse since being alone with the shy girl did give her a sense of calmness just like how her brother did because they’re both so quiet at times. The only problem is, unlike their other classmates who look at her with disappointment and frowns, the brunette only stares at her impassively. Which sometimes unnerves her.

Letting out a soft sigh, she brings her suitcase over to her side of the room and begins taking out her items one by one. Putting her clothes into the other half of the walk-in closet that they were given and arranging her necessities on top of the nightstand beside her bed, all the while ignoring the look Juleka was giving her (whatever that means).

Just as she was about to head out to meet the class down the lobby, the ravenette hears a small hum coming from the goth, calling her attention.

“Yes?” She swerves around to look at the taller girl without letting go of the doorknob.

“Can-Can we talk? Before we, um, go and meet the class?” The shy girl avoids eye contact and quietly tugs at her bangs, showing signs of discomfort and anxiety that Marinette almost wanted to go over to the girl and pat her shoulder and comfort her, telling her that everything will be okay. But then, she remembers that they weren't really that close to have that talk; not after Lila came, that is.

“Um, sure.” She reluctantly releases the doorknob and moves closer to the girl. “What did you want to talk about?” She smiles to at least soothe the goth’s nerves.

“I, uh—” Juleka rubs her arms and looks down at her feet. “I wanted to say sorry.”

Marinette blinks and wonders if she heard the girl correctly; she even pinches herself a little to see if she was dreaming. But no, she did not wake up from whatever she was in and she actually did hear the brunette right.

“W-What?”

The girl in front of her raises her head and finally meets her eyes. Her vermillion orbs look determined that Marinette's own bluebells widen in mild shock. This look that Juleka was sporting looks and even feels different; it was like she finally had this little push to her back to finally have courage to speak to others. And Marinette couldn't help but feel proud.

The ravenette briefly shakes her head to rid of her thoughts. Seriously, Juleka is talking to her for Kwami’s sake! Stop wandering around, mind!

“I want to apologize,” Juleka says and catches her attention once more. “For pushing you away and for ignoring you,” she admits and looks back down at her feet again. “It wasn’t right for us—for me—to ignore your opinion and not hear you out. Especially when you’ve always been there to listen to my problems. I-I've been looking up what Lila’s been saying for the past few weeks. B-Because I thought that if you had something to say about her claims, there must be a reason why.”

This time, her eyes widen even more, so much so that it probably looked comical. Her eyebrows disappear into her bangs and she opens and closes her mouth like a fish. Did-Did she really hear that correctly?! No one had bothered to fact-check her claims (well, except her friends) before, so why now?

Marinette feels her own mouth slowly curve into a frown and bites her lip in retaliation. She doesn't want to get angry at the girl, especially since she was trying for reconciliation. But she still feels bitter at her—their—actions. Why is she only seeing the wrong now? Why didn't she try to look into what Lila was saying the first time? Why is she only apologizing now when Marinette finally learned to accept the state that their friendship was in? Why now? Why only now when she'd finally stopped questioning herself if she had done something wrong? If it was her fault that they snubbed her? Why now? Why? Why? Why? Why—Why did they even leave her?

“Why are you only doing this now?” She looks away from the brunette and rubs her arms in a form of comfort to herself, trying not to fall into the pit that was pulling her. She hates getting angry, or even feeling negative in general—perks of being held hostage by a psychopath who loves butterflies, so much so that he uses them as objects that possess people for him to use as toys—because it drains her, both emotionally and physically.

“Because—!” Juleka cuts herself off and sports a hesitant and uncertain look on her face, and Marinette almost barks out a laugh at how incredulous the situation was. She was the one looking scared? She was the one hurt? How funny, the last time Marinette heard, she was the one being shunned and ignored by others.

The ravenette sighs and shakes her head. “Mmes. Bustier and Mendeleiev must be waiting for us, let's just talk later.” She opens the door and goes out, leaving the goth no room for discussion.

Outside their hotel room, she lets out a breath and feels her nails dig into the palm of her hands, shaking off the bitter feeling blooming in her chest as she begins her walk towards the elevator.

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Since they left on Friday, the first activity in their itinerary doesn’t start until Monday. Meaning: they have two days to shake away their jet lag (if they have any) and to be more familiar with Gotham (but that doesn’t mean they’re allowed to roam the city without supervision, okay, are you crazy?). And right now, Marinette was surrounded by her wayward friends, talking about dares and percentages and video games and music and let's not forget about the signature “Ridiculous! Utterly Ridiculous!” from one Chloé Bourgeois, while waiting for their chaperones to finish doing headcount because they were about to go out to eat an early dinner (they were given a reservation on some fancy restaurant by their sponsor as a Welcome to Gotham! thingy). Damn that’s a long sentence... Anyways,

Marinette could see in her peripheral vision how Juleka kept trying to make eye contact with her but she doesn’t pay her any attention. If the ravenette says they’ll talk later, then they’ll talk later and that’s final. She doesn’t want to ruin her night—well, it might be later, when their “talk” finally happens, but that’s a problem for future Marinette—just because she decided to spill all the icky mush inside her heart out to the goth.

Shaking her head, she lines behind Adrien as Mmes. Mendeleiev and Bustier usher them to their designated bus. Her eyes roam around her surroundings as she lets her friends’ chatter become background noise; the buildings’ structures already creating an image of dresses in her head, ones that she’ll write down inside her sketchbook as soon as she sits down on the bus.

Just as she was about to finish the fifth dress shirt on her mind, a familiar tingling feeling pokes her wrist. A warm feeling wraps around her hand and it urges her to look down. And nothing in this world or in any other universe could prepare her for what she was seeing.

The same, familiar red string with gold lights that she once saw the night before they left for Gotham binds her right hand and her Heart glows a soft gold once more. She watches as a thin, red string slowly forms a line, rushing in between crowds and passing through the people of Gotham that are walking on with their lives. She lets out a sigh—or was it a gasp? —and watches as the string glows a soft red.

Marinette simply stares and it takes her breath away. Any previous sound of chatter dies down and the people around her blurs into the background; and all she could see is the bright, red string that seemed to call upon her, all she could hear are the shaky breaths she huffs out of her mouth. It was like she and the string (and possibly the other person at the end of the said string) were the only ones that existed right at that very moment, that nothing else matters in this world but them and them alone.

She feels the string make an experimental tug. One, two, and for the third time, she takes a step forward. Holding her breath as she feels her feet tremble, she tries to looks pass the crowd in front of her; she steps on the tip of her toes and tries to look over to the other side. Just a bit more, a bit more, and she’ll finally see her Soulmate. Just a bit more, please. They’re right there. The only thing separating them is this hoard of people. Please.

She feels her breath grow quicker with anticipation and she tries not to sob with utter joy at the thought of finally meeting her Soulmate.

Just a bit more.

Slowly but surely, the crowd starts to disperse one by one and holes start to form at the supposed “wall” that separates her and her Soulmate. She takes a step, and another, as more people start to move, and she could almost see the buildings that they blocked her view from. She’s almost there. She’s so close, she could almost jump for joy.

Only to be yanked back by a sudden force.

“Ack!” she shrieks as arms link around her own and drag her away. She looks at her captor and all she sees are familiar emerald eyes accompanied by sunshine blonde hair and a soft smile.

“Let’s go. We wouldn’t want to be left behind now, would we?”

She simply stares at the blonde and, instead of giving him an answer, she looks back towards the apparent direction of her Soulmate; finding the string gone, leaving behind only a warm, tingling feeling on her wrist.

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[starrynighttime]

Miraculous Ladybug SL AU Part 2

Based on the AU by @zoe-oneesama​

Part 1

Ao3

Chloe was furious. The attention was always on the two useless sidekicks instead of on her, which is where it should have been! She kicked, screamed, cried, and pouted up a storm, but there was nothing she could do. Or was there…

Marinette was excited. She was actually going to see her hat on the runway! It made her giddy just thinking about it. 

“Pollen, I just can’t believe it!” she squealed for the millionth time. 

“I am very excited for you, my q- Marinette.” Pollen buzzed happily as Marinette dug through her closet. “May I ask what you are looking for?” 

“My other sh- found it!” Marinette exclaimed, holding up a pink, strappy heel. 

“Marinette, are you ready?” her mom’s muffled voice called from downstairs. 

“Yeah, mom!” Marinette called back, shoving her foot into the shoe and rushing downstairs. Her dad pulled her into a tight hug when he saw his daughter. 

“My little girl is all grown up and showing her amazing work to the world!” He cried, proudly. When he finally let go, Sabine was waiting paitently at the door. 

“Come on! We don’t want to be late!”

Adrien straightens his jacket nervously. 

“How do I look, Plagg?” he asks, turning to look at himself in the mirror. The kwami grunts. 

“If I say yes, will you stop asking me?” 

“But I want to make sure I look good tonight!” 

“Why?” Plagg snickers. “You wanna look good for Pigtails?” Adrien blushes and straightens his tie. Plagg sighs. “Kid, you look fine. Can we go now?” Suddenly, someone knocks on the trailer door. 

“Come in!” Adrien calls as Plagg zooms out of sight. The door opens and Marinette steps inside the trailer, but… it was a Marinette he’d never seen before. She was wearing a short, but still very elegant, pink lacey dress with a black belt. Her hair was loose on her shoulders, which only made her look more beautiful. She waves nervously. 

“Hi, Adrien. I’m just here to drop off the hat and wish you luck!” She says, holding up a hat box. Adrien tries to ignore the blush creeping up to his cheeks. 

“Oh, right! Thanks.” He says, taking the hat out of the box. Marinette smiles as he puts it on. 

“So… are you going to model it for me?” Adrien blinks. 

“What, now?” Marinette nods. 

“Yes, now! Show me how you walk the walk! Fash-ion show! Fash-ion show!” She chants, bouncing a little. Adrien chuckles 

“Well, if the lady insists…” He does his best model walk to the end of the trailer, then turns and does a quick pose. Marinette claps happily. 

“Wow! You have the catwalk down!” Adrien feels himself blush for the hundredth time. “

I-thank you.” He stutters. Marinette walks over to the mirror and leans on the little table in front of it. 

“I’m honestly really nervous” she admits. “Audrey Bourgeois is in the audience and she’s, like, the biggest name in fashion! She could end my designing career before it even begins!” Adrien pauses, then walks over to stand next to Marinette in front of the mirror. 

“You’re super talented, Marinette. I wouldn’t be standing here, next to you, wearing a hat that you made and designed if that weren’t true. I think it's awesome; so does my father. Otherwise he wouldn't have picked it for me.” Marinette takes a deep breath and turns to look at him. 

“Okay, you’re right. Maybe I am overthinking this. I just need to let today happen and face the consequences tomorrow.” Adrien smiles. 

“Exactly.” They stand there in silence for a little bit. Their faces were so close, Adrien could smell her cherry lip gloss. Did Marinette always have that little freckle under her left eye? Adrien resited the urge to touch it. Suddenly, the trailer door swings open, causing the teens to jump back, unfortunately for Marinette. Her foot caught on something, sending her flying backwards onto the floor. 

“Ow...” “Marinette! Are you okay?” Adrien cries, helping her up. Marinette chuckles. 

“Yeah, I’m fine. Probably should have thought twice before wearing heels, though…” 

“Ahem” Nathalie coughs, pulling out a clipboard. “Sorry to interrupt, but Adrien, the show is about to start. Miss Dupain-Cheng, I am to escort you to your seat.” Marinette gulps, then nods. 

“Okay. See you on the catwalk, Adrien.”

As soon as Marinette saw Audrey Bourgeois she fought off a grimace. Oh, god, there’s two of them. When the Fashion Queen sat down next to her, Marinette knew she was in for a long night.

A/N Chloe’s mom isn’t going to become akumatized in this story because A) I am too lazy to write it, B) Gabriel is taking a day off from being Hawk Moth to be there for his son, and C) It didn’t make much sense that Marinette’s friends were invited to a private event, so I am writing them out of this part of the story (sorry, Alya!).

After the show, Marinette meets up with Adrien in the entry hall. 

“That was amazing!” She cries, hugging him. 

“Excuse me.” a haughty voice calls from behind them. Marinette turns to see Audrey Bourgeois walking over with Chloe close behind her. Without a warning, she takes the hat off of Adrien’s head and inspects the brim. 

“This hat is not a Gabriel Agreste. Are you responsible for that?” She asks, looking at Marinette in a intimidating manner. Marinette gulps. 

“Um…” she looks nervously at Adrien, who flashes her a thumbs up. “Stand proud!” Marinette takes a deep breath and nods. “I… I’m the one who created it.” 

“Miss Dupain-Cheng won a fashion design competition at her school.” Gabriel says, appearing behind Marinette, making her jump a little. Audrey lifts her glasses to get a better look at the hat. 

“It’s the most…” Marinette shrinks, anticipating shame as Chloe smirks. “…exceptional thing I've ever seen! You're a visionary, Marinette!” Audrey exclaims, placing the hat back onto Adrien’s head. Marinette gasps happily. 

“R-really?!” “Of course! Glitter’s had its day, feathers are the trend of tomorrow!” 

“She does have talent.” Gabriel says, smiling at Marinette. Audrey studies Marinette with interest. 

“You want to be a fashion designer, right?” Marinette nods nervously. 

“Y-yes ma’am.” Audrey spreads her arms wide. 

“Then come to New York with me! I can make you the biggest name in fashion! I'm sure you'll even-” 

“-WHAT?!” Chloe screams angrily. “This is ridiculous, utterly ridiculous! I’ve never been to New York with you and you’re taking Dupain-Cheng?!” 

“I’m taking her because she's exceptional Claudette. Uh— Chloé.” Chloe gasps and stamps her foot. 

“I’m exceptional too!!” Audrey inspects her gloved hand. 

“The only exceptional thing about you, my dear… is your mother.” Marinette and Adrien grimace. Chloe growls and throws off her sunglasses. 

“Ugh! I'll show you how exceptional I can be!” she smirks and strikes a pose.

“Tikki, spots on!” 

[gale-gentlepenguin]

How would you think the general Scarlet Lady setting would go in a clasic kwami swap storyline (i.e. Adrien has the Ladybug and Chloe took the Cat from Marinette's bag)?

(Well I did make a version of this called Blond brigade au (but it could use a revamp. But I think if we are going with Scarlet Lady set up. This is how it goes down.)

-Plagg meets Chloé. He did not know what to expect and honestly didn’t really care. Chloé ends up catching him and he explains similar to how with Adrien.

-She becomes Princess puma. and she is on the prowl.

-Adrien meeting Tikki, though she was expecting to go to Marinette. But she adjusts rather quickly and finds that likes the boy just fine.

-(He is called Gentlebug) He runs into Princess Puma and it is clear that this was gonna be a strained partnership

-Puma is reckless and almost kills Stoneheart with Cataclysm without realizing it.

-Gentlebug manages to handle things (but accidentally let the akuma escape

-Since Adrien is the Ladybug of this world he learns to take the role seriously and steps up. Since Chloé doesn’t have the luxury of having the fix it powers, she actually needs to try to stand out more. Though she does do a bit more then her scarlet lady counterpart (so she can have action shots) she is no where near as useful as Queen bee. Chloé still has an overhyped ego from being Puma, but it isn’t as large as her SL counterpart and she does at least Listen to the cute spotted boy, even if he is bossy to her.

-Gentlebug has an even bigger appeal towards marinette, and Tikki is shipping Adrien with Marinette hard. Giving him advice and helping him navigate social norms.

-Plagg is torturing Chloe with his need for cheese and cat like tendencies. Chloé can’t control him and Plagg is better at making people’s lives much harder without trying.

-Fu realizing he made TWO mistakes. One was the kwami swap and second was that one went to the wrong person.

[crazyrandomfucker]

Toblerone to obliterate someone

Based by a challenge promt of @gale-of-the-nomads

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As Marinette left with his father, Adrien simply stood where he was, smiling like an idiot and waving goodbye to them.

"Wow, I can't believe that went so well" said Plagg hiding on Adrien's other pocket.

"Neither do I Plagg, I feel like walking on clouds" said Adrien smiling stupidly.

"Well, make sure to take good care of her kid. She's a great one" said Plagg.

"Do you know her?" asked Adrien.

"Yeah, I met her that time with Kwami Buster. Then I went a couple of times to check on her, she gave me Camembert filled croissants. That's why if you hurt Princess I'll kick your ass" warned Plagg.

"Since when do you visit people like that?" asked Adrien half curious.

"I only visit Ladybug and her, because I thought she was interesting and I wasn't disappointed" said Plagg.

Adrien was going to reply, but the music stopped and the lights illuminated an enormous screen descending from the ceiling. When the screen was turned on, the saw and listened to Marinette talking with Gabriel Agreste, unaware that everyone was hearing them.

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Gabriel Agreste was a misterious person for sure. Marinette couldn't quite decypher him while they walked towards wherever he was taking her. If someone had told Marinette that he was a robot clone of the real man, she wouldn't have doubted it.

Finally, they got into the backstage and Marinette was ordered to change into the dress she wore at the beauty contest again, paired with the crown they had given her. Once she was changed and waiting behind some very heavy courtains that blocked even the sound of the concert, Gabriel gave her a gigantic Toblerone. It was taller than her, but it didn't weight as much as Marinette had expected it.

"As I told you before, I have something for you to do as Miss Miraculous, but before explaining it, let me congratulate you" said Gabriel with his emotionless expression. "I was certainly impressed by you, as well as I was impressed by your outfits which, correct me if I'm wrong, you yourself designed and tailored them. I will be expecting your debut on the fashion world, which I believe it won't be far from now".

"Thank you sir, it's an honor to hear that from you" said Marinette smiling sincerely as she blushed a bit. "You are the one I've been looking up to when designing and I can't express how hapou I feel hearing something like that" said tearing a couple of tears of happiness.

"I feel honored then" said Gabriel changing his expression into a more relaxed one. "Now, for what I need you to do is simply give that Toblerone to an employee of mine that will be coming in a moment, Lila. I know you are nit precisely on the best terms with her, but as Miss Miraculous it's your duty to deliver this award to hardwork, so do your best effort to deal with it" said before he left.

"Look who we have here" said Lila as she entered the room wearing make up and a red dress. "Isn't it Dupain-Clumsy-Cheng? I'm amazed you won the beauty contest".

"Hello Lila" said Marinette trying her best not to groan and roll her eyes.

"You know, that giant piece of disgusting chocolate remembers me of you. Sweet and repulsive" said Lila laughing.

"This chocolate is your prize for hardworking Lila, I'm sure everyone thinks you deserve it" said Marinette resisting the urge to hit her.

"Having to play nice today? It must be killing you to lie like I do. Seriously, how is everybody so stupid? Even Gabriel Agreste believes everything I tell him involving Adrien's classmates" said proudly the italian girl. "Anyway, that crappy chocolate is not a prize for someone like me

"They are all far too good for you Lila, even if you don't value them. But I do, so I'd recommend you to drop the insults" warned her Marinette.

"Oh come on. They are all stupid fools willing to hear whatever will be best for them even if it's a lie. They are worthless bugs that will follow me to the end of the world just because they believe me" said Lila grinnig. "Like, this price? I haven't worked a single bit and yet, Gabriel Agreste himself decided to award it to me, because I'm the only one he knows, the only one he can trust. Just like that, all the idiots follow me and whatever I plan for them".

"That's it Lila" said Marinette letting a note of anger get to her voice. "Stop insulting my friends, my loved ones and everyone who was unlucky enough to met you".

"Unlucky? They are Lucky to habe someone like me turning them from useless garbage into tools. Just wait until I make you hated by everyone and get Adrien just for me. After all, he's nothing but an accesory" said cockily Lila.

"You deserve no prize! And you don't deserve this Toblerone!" said Marinette now completely angry as she picked the toblerone and hit Lila with it. "You know nothing of them and you know nothing of Adrien! All of their problems, of their virtues! They are amazing and you don't deserve anything from them!"

"Ow! You little sl-" began to say Lila, but shut up once she saw that the curtains in front of them were opening and everyone was looking at them on a screen.

Everyone booed and was very angry with Lila, calling her everything but pretty. Gabriel Agreste called the security guards and told them to kick Lila out. Marinette was shocked. She didn't expected everyone to be listenning to them, she thought that Lila's reaction would be filmed afterwards she got the price, not before. Gabriel Agreste aproached her and picked up the Toblerone bar from the floor.

"I must say ypu never cease to impress me young lady. You value your connections and the people you get to know. You haven't showed an ounce of selfishness when I praised you, nor when I tasked you with this... Unpleasant task. And above all, you have placed your friends, your family and your aquantice before your own sake just now. For all of that, I think you fit better a price like this, for your selflessness and dedication" said giving her the Toblerone. "Thought please refrain from hitting someone else with a chocolate like this one, the ones this size are rather rare".

"O-Ofcourse. I'm sorry" apologised Marinette confused, not sure of what to do or say.

"Marinette!" said Alya as she went and tackle-hugged her best friend. "Oh my god girl, that was so badass! I love you girl!"

"It's nice to see we can always can count with you Mari. I'm sorry for doubting you" said Nino with a bittersweet tone.

"That was very nice Marinette. Well, not the part of hitting Lila, because that was cool" said Adrien.

"I will take my leave for now. Have fun Adrien and enjoy the rest of the event Marinette. Goodbye" said Gabriel leaving.

"That was..." said Adrien.

"Weird? Yes, a lot" said Alya raising an eyebrow. "Your father is a very strange man, no ofense Sunshine".

"No, I think so too" assured Adrien.

"At least he hasn't obliterated a liar with a giant Toblerone" teased Nino and Marinette blushed.

"Hey, leave my girl alone or I'll begin to tease your boy and we both nknow I have some sweet material for teasing" said Alya smirking mischievously.

"Alya no" said Adrien. "I've got enough of your microphones for a year".

"Such a pity you disconnected your microphone at a crucial time" said Alya feigning sadness, but then a flashy grin appeared on her face. "Or it would be if I hadn't put another microphone on Marinette. We still have to listen to it, but it will be less painful if you two spill now".

"Alya!" exclaimed Marinette getting redder.

"I know a good scoop when I see one girl and I won't believe for a second that nothing happened. You are lucky I won't share it with the girls" said Alya.

"If you dare even think about sending that to them I'll ban you from the bakery forever" said Marinette completely serious.

"Noooooooo. Your delicious baked goods no. You monster" said Alya dramatically.

"I'm fine with telling them" said Adrien. "I mean, I was probably going to tell Nino anyway".

"Watch it young man, or no croissants for you" said Marinette.

"I'm just saying, things will be faster if we tell them now rather than keeping it a secret and thwn suffering Alya's reporter mode" pointed Adrien.

"I'll take that as a compliment Buttercups" said Alya.

"I've been wondering, why do you and Alix call me sometimes Buttercup?" asked Adrien.

"Nothing! They are silly!" said Marinette desperatedly.

"Then it's something about you? I'll ask another time then" said Adrien and the sides of his lips curved.

"We'll talk about that later" said Marinette glaring at him annoyed.

"Yes yes. Let the old married couple banter for later, I want the deets" said Alya.

"We're not an old married couple!" said Marinette and Adrien blushing.

"Yeah, and I'm Hawk Moth" said Nino laughing.

"Anyway, I need the details. Now" said Alya grabbing Marinette.

"W-We're dating" said Marinette blushing.

"Well no shit honey, that much is obvious. Tell me how it went and how much I'll have to punch our oblivious supermodel" said Alya.

As the teenagers talked, a black shadow zoomed unseen from Adrien's jacket into Marinette's poach on the waiting room. The black cat kwami touched the red kwami and awakened her.

"Hello Sugarcube. It's weird of you to be sleeping at a time like this" said Plagg smugly grinning.

"What are you doing here? And what do you mean? I have slept during the whole party, Marinette told me to do so in case we get another midnight akuma" said Tikki, not hidding her irritation from being woken up.

"You have slept through all?" said Plagg and began to laugh wholeheartedly. "You have missed the thing you love most!"

"What are you talking about Stinky Socks?" asked Tikki.

"My kitten and your baby bug, that's what I'm talking about" said Plagg smirking.

"No way. Are they finally a thing?" said Tikki beaming.

"And you have slept right through all the declaration" snickered Plagg.

"Noooo" said Tikki.

"Lucky for you, I have a way for you to hear it all" sang Plagg. "But there is a price for such info, of course"

"What cheese do you want?" said Tikki deadpanned.

"Even thought I would love to have some cheese, it's something else what I want this time" said Plagg smirking.

"Spill. What is more important that your beloved cheese?" asked Tikki a tad curious.

"Don't worry Sugar Cube it's something easy. I want that your baby bug learns my kitten's identity" said Plagg. "She is the guardian now, if anything happens she'll need to know that".

"Plagg, if Ladybug knew that your kitten is Chat Noir, she'll broke up with him and one of them will be akumatized. On a different timeline your kitty was akumatized and destroyed everything and the fight against him was horrendous. She bowed to never ever date Chat Noir after Chat Blanc told her that their love had destroyed everything" said Tikki.

"I see your point Sugar Cube but you forgot a little fact there" said Plagg. "You don't know why was my kitten akumatized. If I had to guess, only something that seriously broke him would make him akumatizable, like his father being Hawk Moth or if something happened to your bug".

"So what? We're risking another akumatization?" said Tikki. "Because I have to remind you that my bug has been almost akumatized two times. I will not allow it to happen again".

"If my kitten was akumatized being civilian, how would your bug know that she's not having support? What will happen if, like Gorizilla or Style Queen, my kitten can't help your bug and the enemy is way too strong for her? Reveal Hawk Moth where does she live?" said Plagg harshly. "This Ladybug is stronger than what you think. I trust her, do you?"

"Of course I do!" replied Tikki offended.

"Then do it! Because all I'm seeing now is your fear!" exclaimed Plagg annoyed. "You're just scared to lose her like the rest of Ladybugs!"

"And you're being possesive because don't have a murderer this time!" shouted Tikki and inmediately regretted it as she saw Plagg's expression darken. "I'm sorry Plagg, I didn't mean-"

"That's right! I am selfish! I like this pure boy that doesn't misuse his powers! We both now how strange that is!" bursts Plagg. "But I like this bug too! She is different! This two belong together and each passing day that they don't know each other just adds more and more reasons to the list of why shouldn't they reveal because they'll be akumatized!"

"I know okay! I know that they'll have to know someday and it's more difficult each passing day!" exploded Tikki. "But we have reasons not to do it now. Let them be happy for a bit more of time".

"It'll only be worse and you know it" said Plagg bitterly. "Forget it, it's no use to talk to you when you're afraid. Just search in Alya's phone and you'll have your sappy confession" said as he left.

Tikki was hurt. She knew better than anyone how right was Plagg, but she couldn't lose another Ladybug, there had been so many murdered. However, she also knew that Plagg hadn't always had the best holders and even she had found Adrien endearing. If only things were different...

Her thoughts and sobs were interrupted when she heard the door of the room openning and she quickly wiped her tears. Someone took the poach carefully and Tikki peeked to see if it was Marinette. But it was Alya who she saw, so she went back inside the poach again.

"Girl, here's your poach" said Alya.

"Oh thanks god! I feared thar Lila had taken it in revenge" said Marinette relieved.

"I'm going to pulverize that lying fox when I get her! The nerve she had messing with you" said Alya.

"It's okay now Alya, don't worry" said Marinette. "It's enough that everyone knows now".

"But Mari! You were almost akumitized twice and almost expelled once!" protested Alya.

"But I wasn't so calm down. Besides, I'm sure that all the parents that were here today will make a very good complaint to the school, so she's bound to be expelled" pointed Marinette.

"Girls, are you going to take more time in there?" asked Nino from outside the room. "There is an awful lot of people outside that want to talk to Marinette".

"This is not over young lady. I'm going to calm down the audience, you'd better change back girl" said Alya and left.

"Phew, it was hard to evade having another lady wifi appearence" said Marinette.

"What happens Marinette?" asked Tikki from inside the purse, trying to sound normal.

"Oh, you won't believe it Tikki. Lila has slipped and now everyone knows she's a liar" said Marinette happily. "But what was even better was that Adrien has confessed that he loves me and now we're dating! Even his father seems to approve that!"

"I'm so happy for you Marinette" said Tikki smiling bitterly.

"Tikki?" asked Marinette when she opened her poach and saw Tikki. "What happens? Are you okay?"

"I just had a small disagreement with Plagg earlier, don't worry" said Tikki.

"Oh Tikki" said the girl as she caressed the kwami. "What has that alley kwami done to you know?"

"He just told me the truth Mari" said Tikki and suddenly became more serious. "You need to know Chat's identity".

"What?!" exclaimed Marinette.

"Marinette, listen to me. You need to know and no matter what, please don't overreact" said Tikki.

"Is it that bad? You're kind of scaring me" said Marinette.

"I just hope this ends well" said Tikki looking away.

"Then... Who is he?" asked Marinette.

"I can't tell you. I'll go and talk with him later. He has to be the one who reveals" said Tikki.

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Adrien was peacefully sitting on his room, fantasazing about all the wonderful things he could do with Marinette. He wanted to take her on a date, a wonderful one, and he was thinking about the infinite possibilites while smiling like a lovesick idiot, as Plagg would say.

Plagg was being weird thought. He hadn't demanded cheese as per usual, nor had he driven Adrien nuts with all the new girlfriend stuff. Furthermore, he even seemed to be annoyed or maybe angry. But then a red blur entered the room and his mood switched ten times between fury, sadness and hope. The blur stopped in front of Adrien and he recognized as Tikki.

"Tikki? What are you doing here?" asked Adrien confused. "Is Ladybug okay?"

"She is, for now at least" said as she glared Plagg. "I'm here for something very important".

"So you finally saw what we need to do" said Plagg.

"I am under no means pleased with this Plagg. It's going to hurt Ladybug and the odds are quite messed up" replied Tikki annoyed.

"Wait, what is happenning?" asked Adrien.

"You need to reveal your identity to Ladybug. But listen well, because I will be forcing her not to reveal hers, so don't even dare to think about that" said Tikki. "This is important Adrien, everything is going to change, I just hope things will go smoothly, or we're going to have serious problems".

"I don't quite understand..." said Adrien.

"Look kid, it's necessary that Ladybug knows your identity. The thing is, you and her know each other as civilians and the surprise could mess everything or fix you two" said Plagg.

"We'll meet tonight at ten at the top of Eiffel's Tower" said Tikki "Please Adrien, just don't blame her of anything, everything has been our's fault" she said and then left.

"I'm scared. Is it that bad I'm Chat Noir?" asked Adrien feeling very down.

"It's not that kid. Just some time travel shenanigans about a future you were akumatized. Ladybug sweared to never live you to protect Paris, but she is in love with civilian you" said Plagg grabbing a bit of Camembert.

"What?!"

"All this time, the boy she liked was you, but neither of you knew. The irony is hilarious".

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Ladybug was nervously walking from one side of another while she waited for Chat. Who could Chat be? Tikki was clearly worried. Did she know him outside the mask? That must be. Wait, what if they hate eachother outside the mask?

Meanwhile, Chat Noir arrived, his head also full of questions. He saw her, worrying as she didn't stop walking. He made clear he was there to not startpe her and for a second, a bit of fear shined on Ladybug's eyes, but Chat was feeling the same.

"Hello My Lady" said Chat Noir awkwardly.

"Hello chaton" replied her, unsure of hiw to act.

"Before we do anything, I must tell you something Ladybug" said Chat. "I promise that no matter what, I will not blame you for anything or despise you in anyway, even if your kwami has implied so to me before. I could never truly hate you".

"Thank you Chat, it means a lot" said gently Ladybug. She took a paper out of the yoyo. "Now, Tikki has made this plan in hope everything goes better. I'll be closing my eyes and won't open them until your kwami says so".

"Okay... Let's do it LB" said Chat.

Ladybug closed her eyes and turned the sheet of paper to Chat. He skimmed throught it and then detransformwd, giving Plagg a bit of cheese. Plagg read the paper and understood what he had to do.

"Don't open your eyes yet Ladybug, I need to talk with you first" ordered Plagg and Ladybug complied. "First of all, if you two have to blame someone, blame me. I pushed Tikki to convince her to do this and she wasn't very pleased to do so".

"Okay..." said Ladybug without opening her eyes.

"Now, that's what Tikki wanted me to say, but I have to add more. Ladybug, my holder is a good boy, he's not that bad and that's for sure" said Plagg. "And even if there is a possibility you don't quite react well, I personally think that you will like to know who is he".

"That was very sweet of you Plagg" said Adrien surprised.

"Don't get used to it boy" replied Plagg. "Now, open your eyes Ladybug".

She opened them and saw Plagg in front of her making a very silly face. She giggled and pet the kwami, taking him on her hands to look at his holder. And there he was, standing awkwardly, not quite sure what to do, Adrien Agreste. She felt a whirl inside her, spinning her feelings and messing with them. For a moment, she felt sad and hurt, remembering Chat Blanc, but then she realized the truth and began to laugh wholeheartedly as she tackled him in a hug.

"Uh... Ladybug?" asked Chat confused.

"I'm so happy you are my adorable dorky partner" said Ladybug giggling.

"I thought that you made a promise to yourself not to love Chat Noir" said Adrien.

"I thought so, but I've realized that it's impossible, no matter how hard I hide miy feelings" said Ladybug "I cannot stop loving you".

"I- I'm sorry Ladybug, but I now have a girlfriend" said Adrien.

"I know that minou" said Ladybug and let him go. "I was very happy to know who you are".

"I'm relieved My Lady, I was afraid after how worried was Tikki".

"I know, she totally freaked me out but it was worthy. Now I know that my so caring partner, the one I trust the most, is also the boy who stole my heart on a rainy day" said Ladybug with a melancholic look on her face. "I really want to reveal my identity to you now..."

"You can't, Tikki has made it so you won't be able to say anything related to yourself and you won't be able to detransform unless she says so" said Plagg.

"I know, but I do really want to detransform and-" tried to say Ladybug, but red bubbles came out of her mouth.

"Yes, that's what happens" said Plagg. "Thought, it's funnier to see it happen on humans".

"I'm glad that my inability to speak is entertaining for you" sassed Ladybug.

"Don't look at me, it was Tikki's idea" replied Plagg.

"I'm very confused right now and I am not sure what is happenning" stated Adrien.

"It's not important" said Plagg. "Let's go home, I'm getting tired and I don't want to deal with human hormones".

"I guess this is goodbye then" said Ladybug scratching her head.

"I guess so" replied Adrien shrugging.

"Goodbye Adrien" said Ladybug and turned to leave, but stopped halfway, kissed Adrien's cheek and left quickly.

"What was that?" said Adrien confused as he touched the spot where she had kissed him.

"Girls. That's why I told you that it's better to love cheese" pointed Plagg. "Come on kid, transform and let's get home already".

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THE END (?)

[chronicallylatetotheparty]

After the Fall Ch. 8 Pillars

LoganLight, AO3

This chapter is dedicated to Kasienda

'Cause I wasn't gonna write this part! Nope, not even a little bit, but here you go!

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". . . Whut?"

". . . I was Chat Noir."

". . . Whut?"

"I was- Okay, sit!" Adrien pushed Nino onto his couch and turned to Kagami for help.

"He's in shock," she stated.

Adrien gave her a look. "Well, obviously."

"Give him a minute."

Adrien made a face and turned away from them to glare out his windows. "Why does . . . What's so . . ." Adrien let out a sound of frustration at his inability to articulate his feelings.

"Finding out anyone we know was hiding something so big would be surprising. It's not just about you, it's about everything."

You don't know the half of it.

Before calling Kagami over for moral support he'd told Nino she didn't know about Carapace or Rena Rouge. It was . . . safer this way . . . He really hated secrets.

Would it have been simpler to do this without Kagami there? Probably. Was he in any state to make the attempt? No. No, he was not. His nerves were on edge and Nino had already been quiet longer than Kagami or maybe it just felt longer and he was-

"I'm sorry I wasn't there for you." Nino was gazing at him with watery eyes.

Adrien gave him a wide-eyed stare before looking away again. "It wasn't your fault . . . There was nothing you could do."

Nino stood suddenly. "You're my best friend! I knew something was wrong but I . . . I should've tried harder! I should've realized! I-"

Adrien strode toward Nino and seized him by the shoulders. "It. Wasn't. Your. Fault!"

"You died! You died and I wasn't there for you! I . . . I left you alone . . ."

"No."

Adrien pulled Nino into an embrace and held tight. "I pushed you away. Not the other way around."

Nino wrapped his own arms around Adrien. "But I let you."

Adrien looked at Kagami. She was turned to the side and glanced at them only briefly out of the corner of her eye. Her body language spoke volumes about how uncomfortable she was. But Adrien couldn't bring himself to feel sorry for putting her in the awkward position of observer, because Kagami's presence steadied him.

"Nino, I'm gonna say something and I need you to listen, okay?"

Nino stepped back and nodded, wipping at his eyes.

"I needed someone who wasn't so involved."

With Ladybug or the Miraculous.

"You're my brother. And that makes you biased." Nino opened his mouth to argue but closed it at Adrien's raised eyebrow, conceading the point. "I needed someone who would be truthful. No, I needed someone I would believe when she told me the truth. I . . . I'm sorry. I should have told you first but . . ."

"But you were afraid," Nino finished for him.

Adrien nodded and took a deep breath. "I've always been afraid . . . of letting people . . . see me. The real me. Even as Chat Noir I felt . . . like I couldn't show anyone . . . Like I couldn't show her any vulnerability. B-b-because if my own father could barely stand to look at me," Nino gripped both of his hands and Kagami set one of her's on his shoulder. "W-why would anyone else . . . Why would anyone else . . ."

Why would anyone else care about me?

They guided him to the couch. Adrien covered his tears with his hands as his shoulders shook. They didn't say anything just yet, mearly held him comfortingly. Nino pressed himself into Adrien's side so there was as little space between them as possible. Kagami poured all her presence into the small points of contact where they touched.

". . . Do you . . . still believe that?" Nino asked, instictively understanding Adrien's incomplete confession. He trembled slightly as he restrained the searing flame of his anger.

"Not . . . Not all the time . . . It's been worse since . . . you know."

"You never told me it had gotten worse. I assumed your father would spend more time with you after the therapist scolded him." Kagami kept careful control of her tone, her displeasure a burning cold.

". . . He took me out of therapy."

"What!?"

"Said people were asking too many questions. That it damaged the Agreste name . . . Or rather, Nathalie said for him but what's the difference at this point, I never see him anyway. This week was my last session."

"He's dead!"

Adrien glanced between Kagami and Nino, who stared at each other with startled looks. He chuckled at them and covered his mouth to smother his growing laughter.

Nino's brow furrowed in worry. "Uh, is he okay?"

"He gets mood swings," Kagami explained.

"Oh. Is it usually . . . this . . ."

"Sudden? No, but our simultaneous heartfelt loyalty is apparently very amusing."

"S-sorry!" Adrien took deep, slow breaths to calm himself. The emotional whiplash leaving him . . . disoriented. "So, I was Chat Noir."

Nino blinked at the apparent non sequitur. "R-right! Um . . ." A mess of emotions flew across Nino's face: guilt, sorrow, regret, anger . . . determination.

"Thank you. For always being there. For getting back up no matter how many times you're knocked down. For being so . . . self-sacrificing. Thank you, for inspiring me, for being . . . Chat Noir!"

Shame filled Adrien as an old memory resurfaced. "I . . . the Bubbler . . ."

"What, am I supposed to be mad my bro wanted to party?" Nino smiled softly. "Nah, dude."

Adrien wiped at his eyes as he returned the smile. "Sh-should've told you months ago . . ."

". . . How did you know he died?" Both boys turned toward Kagami in surprise. "Adrien never said he'd died."

Nino fidgeted nervously. "Uh, we'll . . . M. Dupain was the last akuma anyone saw Chat Noir at and, uh, from what Alya's managed to drag out of Marinette it seemed, you know, obvious dude."

Plus, Carapace would get a more detailed account from Ladybug and it'd be easy to put the pieces together . . . Please, don't think too hard about it!

Kagami gazed intently at Nino for a moment before she nodded. "I'm glad Adrien has someone else to confide in," she smiled.

"Don't talk about me like I'm not here," Adrien grumbled, masking his relief. "And I have Plagg."

"Plagg is busy and unpredictable."

"Who's Plagg?" Nino asked.

"The Black Cat kwami," Kagami replied.

"Isn't he with Panthera?" Nino looked at Adrien.

He shrugged. "Yeah, but Plagg isn't big on following rules."

"That's an understatement," Kagami muttered.

"Oh." Nino gazed at Adrien.

"Nino?"

"Yeah?"

"About your kwami . . ."

"Wayzz? The little dude's right here! Did you want to meet hi-"

"He's not invited."

"What? But . . . I . . ."

"I don't know him."

"He's my friend, bro!"

"I know. But he's not my friend."

"Adrien-"

"Please."

". . . Okay."

Adrien glanced at Nino's backpack. He could faintly hear music coming from what he assumed was Nino's headphones as they weren't around his friend's neck at the moment . . . Given a kwami's small size he wondered if Wayzz would be able to hear anything for a while.

I should probably explain why I didn't want Wayzz here . . . Later.

"-how are we going to keep this a secret from your nosy girlfriend?" Kagami's question refocused Adrien's attention on the present.

"Alya isn't nosy, dude!"

"From your curious and persistent girlfriend, then"

"Better. And I have no clue."

". . . We could tell her about my death. Leave Chat Noir out of it."

"That's good of you bro, but it doesn't explain why you're not talking to Marinette . . . Oh. Oh."

Adrien's lips twitched. "Just figuring it out now?"

"I was a bit distracted!"

"He has a point Adrien," Kagami said. "Telling Alya a half-truth is a stop gap measure. Especially when the other half is about Marinette."

". . . What if I . . . started talking to her again? . . . Marinette, I mean."

Kagami and Nino exchanged glances. "Are you sure you're ready for that, bro?"

"It's taken you this long to open up to Nino."

Nino nodded.

"Yeah, but now I have you backing me up in there," he told Nino. "You're a big help, Kagami, but you're not in the same class as us."

As much as you want to protect me, you can only do so much if I don't tell you about the three (and a half) superheroes I sit next to.

"Besides, I'm not going to tell Marinette everything. I'm just going to talk to her. 'Hello, how are you?' You know, baby steps."

And maybe have a long overdue conversation with my former partner. Not that she'll realize that  . . .

Adrien felt his heart accelerate at the thought of speaking to Ladybug again. Their last talk hadn't gone so well.

"Or we could, and I'm just spit-balling here dudes, tell Alya everything?"

"No. We are not telling the aspiring intrepid reporter about Adrien!"

Nino bristled in indignation. "Alya would never betray Adrien's trust like that!"

"Regardless, it's a risk we don't have to take and-"

"Kagami. We talked about this," Adrien interrupted.

She blinked for a bit as she remembered what he meant. "Sorry . . ."

Adrien nodded. Kagami wasn't supposed to speak for him unless he was really out of it. "Nino's right, Alya would never do that."

"See, dude? Now all we gotta do is-"

"Nino. Kagami has a point, too. It's a risk. One I'm not going to take." Adrien gave him a pointed look.

Rena Rouge is very close to Ladybug, Carapace.

Nino caught his meaning. "Yeah, okay bro."

"Right. Nino will provide Alya with the non-superhero version of the story when she inevitably deman- asks for the details of your conversations with Adrien. Meanwhile, Adrien will forestall any of her questions by initiating small talk with Marinette . . . Adrien?"

"It's been five months. I think it's about time I tried, at least."

Nino gave him twin thumbs up. "I'll be there for you, bro."

"Good. So, are we going to discuss Gabriel Agreste risking your mental health because of a few paparazzi!?"

Nino's eyes widened. "Didn't think of it like that! What're you gonna do?"

"I'd prefer not to." Adrien told Kagami as he pulled out a business card. "And I've got it covered."

"Your therapist?" Kagami asked.

"Yup. I have this, a bodyguard-chauffeur who won't sell me out, a caretaker who doesn't watch me very closely, and an allowance that'll cover all the expenses."

Nino whistled. "Must be some allowance."

"It's actually quite stringent by our standards," Kagami commented. "Impressive planning, though."

Adrien rubbed the back of his neck. "Thanks."

Nino slumped suddenly with his head thrown back.

"Nino?"

"My best friend was Chat Noir."

Adrien raised an eyebrow.

Well my best friend is Carapace!

"You're not going into shock again are you?"

"C'mere!" Nino grabbed Adrien's head and cradled it to his chest, running his fingers through the blond's locks.

". . . Stop that." Adrien made no move to pull away.

Kagami sat still for a moment. "Didn't see that coming."

"Ha, ha. Very funny." Without moving his head Adrien reached back and pulled her into a second group hug.

Kagami relaxed her posture as he shifted to accommodate her. Nino removed his glasses so they wouldn't get squished again. Adrien set aside his worries about Alya, his father, Ladybug, and focused on this moment.

Surrounded by friends.

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@kasienda IDK if you read the rest but anyway. Here you go. Again.

[miraculousobsession-blog]

Ladybug finds an adorable stray cat which Chat Noir is jealous of, and Adrien just happens to find out about!

Okay sorry this took forever, I got super into it and I wanted it to be perfect. I hope you like it, enjoy! (Will post on fanfiction.net soon) I like to call this one “The CATastrophe”. hehe. 

EDIT: Included the Fanfiction.net link -  https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12580618/1/A-Small-CATastrophe 

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“Awwww, whats this?”

Chat stopped walking and turned around to see Ladybug on her hands and knees on the roof, crawling around the corner.

“My lady?” He walked back over to see what all the fuss was about. He got there in time to see Ladybug sittting crisscross-applesauce on the roof with a light caramel and dark brown long-haired tabby cat in her lab. She grinned proudly as she gently scratched his ears. Chat’s jaw dropped.

“Who’s cat is that?” He asked as soon as he regained the ability to speak. That fluffy little puffball was just sitting, happily curled up in her lap, like he totally deserved to be there. Chat immediately felt jealousy swell inside him. Which was totally stupid, he told himself, its a cat, and you are THE Chat Noir, crimefighter, partner to ladybug, defender of Paris, etc, etc. Have a little perspective, Adrien, he chided himself mentally. But then he saw her give him a loving, gentle kiss on the head and he swallowed hard. God, what he wouldn’t do to be that cat just then.

“I dunno, he was just sitting up here, curled up in an empty gutter. This poor little guy doesn’t have a collar, either.” She scratched down his back, and the cat purred loudly. Chat’s ear twitched.

“Well I’m sure he’ll be fine, we should go before our transformations run out.” Chat offered a hand to help Ladybug up.

“What?? No!” She turned as if to sheild the cat from Chat’s outstetched hand. “We can’t just leave him here. He’ll be cold, and hungry.” She nuzzled her cheek against his soft fur. “Won’t you baby? Awwww, who’s a wittle bitty baby waby-” her speech quickly devolved into baby talk. She was so cute holding that fluffy cat like that. Ladybug was so confident and strong and quick-witted, he didn’t often get to see her being a gushy teenage girl. He decided this was freaking adorable, and he couldn’t stop the smile from spreading across his face.

“C’mon, he probably lives out here. Besides, I’m cold and hungry.”

“But he’s so sweet!” As if to accentuate her point, the cat curled his tail smugly around himself. “Im taking him home with me,” she declared, and stood up with the floof in her arms.

“No fair, you never let me come home with you,” Chat pouted, leaning his head on her shoulder. He blinked his big green eyes a few times. The tabby booped at his bangs as they fell across her shoulder. Ladybug sighed, but her lips were pulled back into a grin.

“Mon chaton, you aren’t a real cat.“ She playfully patted his head.

He gasped and threw his hand over his forehead dramatically. “My lady, you wound me deeply! How could you say such hurtful words to me, your only partner!” He cried with a grin. This time, she couldn’t help but laugh at his display.  Chat smirked. Let’s see that little puffball make her laugh like that.

“Mrowww,” the cat interrupted.

“He’s right, we should get going now. Ill see you tomorrow night, chaton.”

“Till then, my lady,” he said with a very typical dramatic Chat Noir bow, a cheesy grin, and, for added flair, backflipped off the roof.

Ladybug just smiled and shook her head as she walked off. A quiet evening on patrol usually left them with a lot more energy, but finding this adorable cat made a nice quiet night with Chat Noir even better.

Chat climbed back into his window, closed it, and detransformed. As usual, Plagg plopped himself down in the middle of his oversized bed and moaned loudly.

“I need Camembert,” he groaned, dramatically throwing a leg up. “So tired…”

“Plagg, come on, you didn’t even have to fight today.” Plagg flew himself over and perched himself on Adrien’s head.

“I thought you were gonna fight that alley cat Ladybug picked up,” Plagg laughed and rolled over onto his belly. Adrien sputtered.

“Please Plagg, that’s insane, I’m not going to fight a literal alley cat!” he swatted Plagg off, who floated away and kept bellowing for cheese until Adrien finally gave him some. That cat Ladybug picked up was just a pet, he reminded himself. He was her partner, the only one she trusted with her life, and her with his. Their bond was special. He smiled to himself as he started the shower.

Marinette carefully made her way back to her house, which is much more difficult that one expects with a cat in one arm. Luckily for her, she was able to get her window open with one arm.

“Alright kitty, here we go,” she whispered as she set him gently on the desk. The cat mrrrowed in mild protest at having been manhandled so and began to furriously lick his paws. “Tikki, spots off.” A flash of light briefly illuminated the room as she detransformed. The cat jumped a little at the light. Tikki perched herself on Marinette’s shoulder.

“Marinette, why did you bring that stray cat home?” She squeaked, eyeing the cat suspiciously.

“He seemed lonely and sad, I couldn’t just leave him all alone. Look at him, he’s so cute!” She grinned down at Tikki, who was returning her smile with a dubious glance. “Oh Tikki, I’m sorry, I suppose I should have asked you first, its just so hard to when I’m in costume, and-”

“-Oh Marinette, its okay!” Tikki zipped up to her face. “I think its sweet you want to take him in. Cats can be a very big responsibility, and you already have so much on your plate. Also,” she added, glancing at the cat again, “cats tend to think Im some kind of bird.”

“I’ll keep you safe,” Marinette reassured Tikki as she cupped her kwami in her hands. Tikki nuzzled her cheek happily.

“Now come on Marinette, its late and you have school tomorrow.” Tikki reminded her.

“Alright, let me get something for the cat to eat.” Marinette slipped her shoes off and slooowly opened her bedroom door. She had no idea how to take care of a cat, but she figured they probably liked fish. “I know we must have a can of tuna in here somewhere,” she muttered softly to herself as she riffled through the kitchen cabinets as quietly as she could muster. “….no….no….aha!” She triumphantly pulled the tuna can from the shelf. She grabbed a can opener and cut the can open.

“Psssst, kitty cat?” She crept back into her room and set the can down.

“Mrowwww!” The cat leapt enthusiastically off the desk to lap up the tuna.

“There we go” Marinette smiled, then yawned. “Alright Tikki, I’m definitely going to bed now.”

“Wait one second, Marinette!” Tikki piped up. “Aren’t you forgetting something?”

“My alarm clock is set, my laundry is done, my homework is finished…. I don’t think so?”

“You have to give you new pet a name, silly!” She chuckled.

“Oh! Right!” She paused and sat on her bed and watched the light and dark brown fluffball purr loudly through mouthfulls of tuna. “Well he certainly likes Tuna…. is that a good name? A cat named Tuna?”

“I think its cute!”  giggled Tikki.

“Tuna the cat it is!” Marinette declared with a yawn. “Goodnight, Tikki.”

“Goodnight, Marinette.”

Adrien was tired.More tired than someone his age should be, he determined as he walked off the set of his latest photoshoot in these crazy tight jeans. Admittedly, they looked amazing on him, but beauty is pain and these jeans were proof of that. Oh well, he shrugged as he crossed the street. He pulled out his phone and checked the time. Well, on the bright side, it was only 6:30, meaning they’d finished almost a half an hour early. He had time! Time…..for what, though? Patrol with ladybug wasn’t until 9. Father wasn’t expecting him home until 7-ish. He could just walk around? Enjoy the day? Or- Suddenly his empty stomach interjected with a loud gurgle. That’s right, he had a light lunch today. He grinned. He would go visit the Marinette’s bakery. Father wouldn’t know because he’d think he was still at the shoot. He pumped a fist in the air excitedly. Carbs! Pasties! Freedom! He was so excited he jogged the whole 4 blocks.

“Ting, ting,” the door bell rang as he walked in. He loved everything about this place. The ring of the door when you walked in, the smell of pastries, and Mr. and Mrs. Dupain-Cheng were so nice every time. It was so comforting.

“Hello, Adrien,” Smiled Mrs. Dupain-Cheng warmly as she walked to the counter from the kitchen. He grinned brightly. He often felt more welcome here than in his own home.

“Hello Mrs. Dupain-Cheng,” he said, unable to keep the big grin off his face.

“You’re in a good mood today,” She noted, returning his smile and punctuating it with a small chuckle. “What can I get for you today?”

“Well, I-” He was abruptly interrupted by the sound of a loud crash from upstairs, followed by a yell.

“Mom!!” Came a desperate cry from upstairs even as Marinette climbed down the stairs cradling a squirming cat in her arms. “Mom, I think Tuna’s hungry, he keeps jumping up on my desk and biting my sl-” she froze when she saw Adrien standing in the bakery. “A-Adrien!”

“Hi, Marinette,” he said with a small wave and a smile. “You have a cat?”

“Y-Y-… cat! Yes, I, um, I found a stay cat last night, and he followed me home, and, well, I….” She trailed off nervously before clearing her throat in an effort to regain some composure. “This….this is Tuna.” She held out the fluffball of a feline to Adrien, who now wore a small red collar with a tag that read “Tuna”.

“Aww, he’s so cute, and….” He trailed off as he took the cat in his arms and Tuna batted at his bangs. This was surprisingly reminiscent of….. No, No way. That wasn’t possible…..was it??? Holy crap Adrien slow down! Just because Marinette got a cat the same time Ladybug happened to get a cat and looked exactly the same and the cat remembered him and-

Marinette was kind of confused. Adrien was staring at the cat like it contained the secrets of the universe. She peered curiously at his face. Nervousness was beginning to give way to worry. “Umm, Adrien? You don’t have to hold him if he bothers you, or you don’t like cats, or….?”

“Oh!” He snapped out of his sudden trance. “No no no I love cats, they’re like the best things ever-” He hurriedly reached out to give the cat back to Marinette. “I just remembered I’m late for….” he trailed off as Marinette reached out to accept Tuna back from him. Their hands touched and he froze and looked into Marinette’s eyes intently.

Oh God oh God oh God, Marinette prayed silently. What is he doing??? Her cheeks reddened more the longer he stared. Her heart was racing wildly. It was almost like he was looking for something???“A-Adrien?” She finally managed to squeak out.

Her mother was giving him a really strange look. Shit, he was causing some kinda scene. “Oh! Sorry, M-Marinette. I have to go, Ill be backk later,” He said to Mrs. Dupain-Cheng. He bowed, yelled a hurried “thanks!” as he ran out the door and didn’t stop till he had turned the corner and was out of sight.“I worry about that boy,” Mrs. Dupain-Cheng sighed as she shook her head. “Is he okay?”

“I have no idea…..” Marinette replied, obviously concerned as well. “Ill check on him tomorrow at school.”

“Good idea,” her mom said before heading back into the bakery kitchen. One thing is for certain, she thought as she took Tuna back upstairs, tomorrow was gonna be an interesting day at school.

Adrien’s head was spinning so fast he could feel himself getting dizy. Was it even possible? It wasn’t IMpossible…..right? He believed in coincidences, but this was too much….RIGHT??? He couldn’t think straight. His feet were walking home on autopilot while he tried to digest what just happened. How could he have missed it?? They have the same hairstyle for crying out loud. And blue eyes. And…. wait, no, there’s got to be more than one person in the whole of PARIS who had dark hair in pigtails with blue eyess….RIGHT???

“AAAAGH!” he cried. This whole thing was messing with his head.

“Adrien?” Nathalie called. Oops. He had actually made it home. “Are you okay?”

“Im fine, just tired. Long day, going upstairs to do homework!” One thing is for certain, he thought as he grabbed his backpack and took it back upstairs, tomorrow was gonna be an interesting day at school.

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