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In Black and White - Day 1: Soulmates - AU Yeah August

Day 1 – Soul Mate AU – In Black and White (@auyeahaugust )

Summary: At thirteen years of age, Marinette has never seen colors, but her parents' love inspires her to dream of it. Adrien’s life is devoid of the colors that he has heard so many people praise, and he isnt sure anyone in his home will ever see them again. Then one fateful day, two small jewelry boxes change both their lives in ways they never expected.

A retelling of the origins episodes.

You can also find it posted on my account on ff.net under penname- marauderluverz

Marinette Dupain-Cheng had only ever seen in black and white. Living in a world where you only saw colors once you found your soulmate. And even then, you could only see colors if you were touching them in some way.

She knew of colors, of course. It had still been taught to her as a child. And what shades of gray tended to correspond to the colors her parents and other people spoke of.

She was inspired by her parents love, and hoped that one day she’d be able to live like them. The couple constantly allowed their hands to brush while working in the family bakery. Sometimes she would walk in and see her mom resting a hand against her dad's back while he carefully decorated a wedding cake. Because of course at a wedding there would be a need for a colorful cake. More than half the people there would be able to appreciate it.

Marinette only hoped that one day, she would have something just as special in her life. After all, designing would be so much more fun with colors. Although, she supposed it could be successful without them too.

Gabriel Agreste had managed as much. Marinette's favorite designer had lost his wife in recent years and all the news reports had said this would be the end of his company, his brand. Instead, he had found inspiration in the monochrome. His designs had become bigger and better even without the color they used to have. The designs sold especially well with the younger generation. It was rare to find your soulmate before sixteen and so the preteen and teen clothing lines were quite popular.

And while Marinette frequently wished to find her soulmate so she could see colors too. Or if she couldn’t have her soulmate yet, for something exciting to happen in her life. This wasn’t exactly what she meant.

She hadn’t wished for one of her classmates to transform into a strange rock monster. And she hadn’t wished for that monster to attack their city. And she most definitely hadn’t wished for a strange bug-mouse creature to appear in her room.

She stared at the strange creature that had appeared out of the jewelry box. It was a… kwami she had said? But what the heck was that even?

“I'm your friend, Marinette. You must trust me,” Tikki told her, “You’re the only one who can stop Stoneheart.”

Marinette shook her head. “This has to be some mistake. The only super power I could possible have is super-awkwardness.” She thought for a moment. If we need a superhero…

“I know! Alya would know. At least, I think she would. She loves superheroes.” Marinette nodded, “She’d totally be up for the job. You should go see her.”

Tikki flew closer, “Marinette, you’re the chosen one.”

Marinette had given in, she had put on the earrings and transformed (albeit by accident) into a superhero. And now she was using a yoyo of all things to swing across Paris.

She yelled as she flew through the air. I knew this was a mistake! I’m gonna crash and die now and-

CRASH!

Marinette’s eyes stayed closed as she felt her body smack into something that surprisingly wasn’t the cement. She opened her eyes to find she and whoever she had crashed into were tangled in her yoyo and hanging upside down.

She looked at the person and found herself staring into the most vivid eyes ever. Except, she could see colors. She wasn’t exactly sure what color his eyes were, shed have to check a color chart later, but that wasn’t what mattered now. What did matter was that she was sure his eyes were the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. The color made her feel like bolt of electricity had struck her. She took in his hair, the sheer brightness of it made her feel warm inside.

She glanced down and saw that her suit was red. That’s what Tikki said it would be. She looked back up to find that the boy she was currently tangled up with was staring at her, his eyes wide. Well, that was fair, she had just crashed into him.

Adrien had known how awesome life would be as soon as a little cat creature had appeared in his room. Being a superhero was a dream come true. But now something even more amazing had happened. He had found his soulmate and she was beautiful. The way her eyes sparkled in the sunlight. The shock of her costume’s boldness. Beautiful.

He helped them both down from the tangled yoyo and was disappointed when his vision turned back to black and white.

“So, you must be the partner my kwami told me about. I’m…” he thought for a second. “Chat Noir. Yeah, Chat Noir. What’s your name?”

He fought the urge to touch her again. Obviously, she was still adjusting to everything, he didn’t want to freak her out.

“I'm M-” she tugged on the string of her yoyo, until it came loose suddenly, swinging through the air and promptly smacked him on the head. She pulled it to her. “Madly clumsy. I’m so clumsy. Sorry.”

He laughed, “No worries, Clumsy girl. I’m still learning the ropes myself.” He paused for a moment, unsure how to bring up the color that had flooded his vision moments before.

“Did you-” they both started at the same time.

“Sorry.” Both of them again. He could only smile as he gestured for her to talk.

“Did you see what happened just a minute ago?” She asked.

Adrien's smile grew. “So it wasn’t just me?” he held out a hand to her and waited for her to accept it.

Marinette stared down at the black clad hand. She knew now that his costume was actually black. But the thought of taking hold of it scared her. If she did, and if her world filled with color, wouldn’t that mean she’d just found her soulmate?

Her eyes darted up to look at his face and she saw that his smile was fading into an uncertain frown. He pulled his hand back.

“It’s all right,” he muttered, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. “Everything’s kind of happening fast.”

Marinette nodded sheepishly. Did I really just refuse to hold my soulmate’s hand?

She didn’t get another moment to dwell on it though as the next moment there was a crash as a nearby building toppled.

Chat extended his baton, bounding off in the direction of the crash.

“Where are you going?” she yelled after him.

He glanced back. “To save Paris, of course!”

She stared after him before looking down at her hand again. “Trust yourself. Trust yourself.”

Then she flung her yoyo toward the nearest building and screamed as it pulled her along.

“Pound it!”

The moments their hands touched the stadium lit up in color. And even though she expected it to, Chat Noir’s hand didn’t linger against hers.

She opened her mouth to apologize for before but Chat's ring beeped again as another pad disappeared.

“You need to go before you transform back,” she told him.

He nodded, “See you later Super Bug!” he called out as he leapt away from the stadium.

Marinette stared down at her hand. “See you, Chat Noir.”

The next day at school, Marinette was fuming after her interaction with the new kid in her class. She was already having a rough day after finding out that she hadn’t purified the akuma properly and had therefore put Paris in more danger. But to then come to school and find she would have another bully to worry about was too much. Adrien Agreste seemed every bit as stuck up as Chloe. No wonder they’re friends, she thought to herself as she sat in class.

It was too bad too. With her love of fashion, she was sure they could’ve been good friends. They would’ve had tons to talk about.

Marinette glanced at Adrien. She watched as his eyes flicked in her direction and she quickly averted her gaze with a frown. It really was too bad.

The following day, as Adrien watched Ladybug give her speech atop the Eiffel Tower, he found he couldn’t be any happier that she was his soulmate. She was… miraculous. He smirked at his mental pun.

“All right, Chaton, time for us to go.” She waved before spinning her yoyo to swing away.

He reached out and grabbed her shoulder. “Wait! Shouldn’t we talk or something? We just found out we’re soulmates.”

Ladybug fidgeted, uncomfortable with how green (she’d since remembered that that’s what the color was) his eyes were. “I- we can’t right now. We have to go before we detransform and I don’t know that I’m ready for us to reveal our identities just yet.”

Adrien nodded, trying to hide his disappointment. “Right. That’s fine. No rush, My Lady. We can talk next time.”

And with that, Ladybug took off into the Paris skyline, leaving Chat to wonder when they'd see each other next.

Adrien walked into class feeling great. They had successfully defeated their first akuma, his dad had decided to allow him to attend public school, and he had found his soulmate. Even if she did seem a bit… reluctant. She'll warm up to me eventually.

He stepped into the classroom and waved to Nino. Then with his hand still raised, he greeted the girls sitting behind them. He watched with dismay as Marinette turned away with a huff.

And she’s still mad at me, he thought, dropping into his seat with a sigh.

“Dude, you wanna make friends, right?” Nino asked. “Then talk to Marinette about the chewing gum.”

“But what should I say to her?”

Nino smiled, “Just be yourself.”

Adrien tried all day to find a moment to talk to Marinette, but she did a good job of avoiding him. He groaned as he threw his books into his bag. “Plagg, how am I ever going to fix things with Marinette if she won’t give me the chance?”

Plagg floated just inside of the locker. “So what? Who cares about pigtails girl anyway? Let’s go get some camembert.”

Adrien rolled his eyes as Plagg zoomed inside of his bag. He stepped out of the locker room realizing he was one of the last people at school for the day. “I guess I’ll just have to try again tomorrow.”

So, the last thing he expected, was to walk out the school door and find Marinette standing just under the awning.

Now is my chance.

“Hey,” he greeted, giving a small wave.

Marinette turned away and Adrien looked down. Guess not.

Adrien pulled out his umbrella. “I just wanted you to know, I was only trying to take the gum off your seat, I swear.” He watched as her eyes were trained on him. “I’ve never been to school before. I’ve never had friends. It’s all sort of new to me.” He shrugged, then turned and held out the umbrella toward her. One last chance to get her to see I'm not a bad guy.

He watched her eyes widen at his gesture. Then her hand reached out slowly to take the umbrella. And when their fingers brushed, the first thing Adrien saw was blue.

“Chaton?” she asked.

Adrien couldn’t help his grin as he answered. “My Lady?”

[otakuprincess15]

Maybe I'll try this!

AU yeah AUgust

I’m a slut for AUs and it’s literally in the title of the month.  What can I say?  I saw an AUpportunity and I took it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Celebrate August with a month of Miraculous AUs - any pair don’t care - we’re here to bask in coffeeshops and alternate timelines.  They’re enemies, they’re neighbors, oh my god they’re roommates. 

This calendar may be boring but AUs aren’t!

Tell your friends!  Tell your co-workers!  Tell your local barista!

because we’re about to get alternate universe up in this bitch.

@auyeahaugust

[otakuprincess15]

A Lingering Memory - Day 2: College - AU Yeah August

Sorry it's a day late!!! Also posted on my account on ff.net under marauderluverz

Day 2 – College AU - A Lingering Memory

Summary: After spending his whole life homeschooled, Adrien is finally able to make some real friends when he starts University. With the Ladybug festival approaching, Adrien wonders if he will ever get to meet the superhero he’s been crushing on for the last three years. Ladrien!

AUs: College, Homeschooled Adrien, No Chat Noir

(@auyeahaugust )

It was fall in Paris, October had rolled in quickly and with it the famous Ladybug Festival. I looked around at the beginnings of decorations being set up in the courtyard of the University. The lampposts had red and black streamers linking them, and red balloons with black polka dots were everywhere. Many of the clubs and organizations within the school were setting up booths and I smiled as I thought of how my booth would look.

Well, not my booth exactly. The booth for the Ladybug club. I had joined the week after school started, when me and my roommate Nino were perusing the list of clubs and trying to decide on one.

“What about the anime club?” I had asked.

Nino had made a face and I couldn’t help but chuckle. “Music appreciation club?” Nino offered.

I shrugged, “I don’t know if that’s really my thing.” I looked further down the list. Then something caught my eyes. “There’s a Ladybug Club?”

Nino groaned, “I thought she was joking about that.”

I looked at him curiously.

“It's, uh, well, my girlfriend set it up. So, it’s a new club. I thought she was joking when she mentioned it. Alya's obsessed with Ladybug and she runs the Ladyblog-”

I quickly held up a hand to cut him off. “Wait, your girlfriend runs the Ladyblog?”

Nino nodded, “Don’t make fun of me for it, okay?”

I shook my head. “Of course not. I’m a huge fan of the superhero and the blog. Can I meet her?”

And that was how I met Alya, and by extension Marinette. It turned out the three of them had all known each other for years. And they gladly welcomed me into their group. Nino and I became best friends due to being roommates, and Alya and I became close because of our obsession with a certain spotted superhero. As for Marinette, I wasn’t too sure how she felt about me. We seemed to get along okay, but most of the time she couldn’t even have a whole conversation with me without stuttering.

I looked around again, as I helped Alya set up the Ladybug club booth. The club had four members currently and two unofficial members.

Alya was president and she had named me vice-president. Two other guys had joined soon after, Marc and Nathaniel. Neither Nino nor Marinette had wanted to join the club but both had offered their assistance in preparation for the festival.

“Set the comics up over there,” Alya directed, “And we can put the bracelets and hats over here.”

We had decided to sell merchandise to earn some money for the club. Marc and Nathaniel had made some comics featuring Ladybug, and Marinette had teamed up with Alya to make hats and bracelets. It had been nice of Marinette to help, especially since she couldn’t attend the festival with us.

Alya had stared at her in disbelief when she told us yesterday.

“What do you mean you aren’t going?” Alya asked.

Marinette blushed, “Sorry, Alya. But you know how busy the bakery gets during the festival. My parents really need my help.”

Alya sighed and pulled her friend into a hug. “I get it. But one year you have to come to the festival with me, okay?”

“Okay,” Marinette squeaked, “and I’ll make sure I bring back some of the treats from the bakery.”

I brushed off my hands just as we finished setting up the booth. “It looks perfect!”

Alya was beaming, “Great guys! Now if you can hold down the fort for a bit, I need to do a live stream for the Ladyblog. The lighting is perfect right now.”

We sent her on her way and settled into the folding chairs we had set up behind our tables.

I found myself looking around excitedly, this time at the sky. Alya had mentioned that Ladybug was known to stop by the festivals to check them out.

“We'll for sure get to see her!”

As time passed, my excitement began to fade. We were more than an hour into the festival and there still hadn’t been any sign of Ladybug. Why did I assume she would come to our festival? It’s just a university festival. Nothing big. Nothing special. She’d probably rather attend one in the center of Paris. Somehow the evening wasn’t feeling as fun anymore. I stood from my chair.

“You okay, dude?” Nino asked, glancing up from his phone.

I nodded, rubbing the back of my neck. “Yeah, I just kind of forgot I have to work on that Physics project. In all the excitement I totally blanked.”

Nino laughed, “Dude, you can’t miss the festival. You worked so hard.”

I waved him off, “It’s all right. I got to see enough. I'm gonna head out to work on the project for a bit.”

The walk to the sciences building was cold and lonely. I still wasn’t sure how I had allowed myself to get sucked into this fantasy that I'd get to meet Ladybug.

Probably because you’ve dreamed of meeting her for so long.

Ever since the first sighting of Ladybug I'd been intrigued, but it wasn’t until I heard her speech atop the Eiffel tower that I had started to develop a crush. There was something so attractive about the fire in her as she challenged Hawkmoth.

The final straw was the day she saved me.

There was an akuma and I was at a photo shoot. She had flown in just as I was about to be hit by a stream of lava. We had rolled across the grass, landing with her on top of me.

I had stared up at her, speechless at seeing her up close. She had glanced down and upon noticing our positions, blushed as dark as her suit.

I couldn’t help but laugh thinking back to that day. Sadly, it didn’t seem like I’d ever get the chance to really meet her. She was far too busy saving Paris to socialize with me.

As I stepped into the physics lab, I shivered. Why is the room so damn cold? I looked around and saw that a window had been left open. I grumbled some complaints, making my way to the window to close it.

But when I reached the window, I froze.

There’s no way I am this lucky, I thought as I stared at the red-clad figure perched against the building. She had her yoyo hooked up onto the roof and was watching the festivities below with a soft smile.

My heart leapt in my chest. This was my chance.

“Ladybug?”

She jumped and let out a strangled yelp as she twisted around toward me.

I smiled, “Sorry, didn’t mean to scare you.” I strained to see her face through the darkness. Was she upset that I had interrupted her? But no, that almost looked like she was… blushing?

“Adr- I mean, hello. No, I'm fine. You didn’t scare me really. I mean, I shouldn’t have been just hanging around outside the window. I probably scared you. Not that I think you scare easily. I just-” she paused, taking a deep breath. “What are you doing up here? I thought everyone would be at the festival.”

I shrugged. “I was down there before but,” I stopped. What was I going to say? I couldn’t exactly tell her I left because she wasn’t there. “I forgot I had a project to work on.” I did my best to look sheepish.

Ladybug watched me thoughtfully.

“And what’re you doing up here?” I asked. “I thought you only attend the main festival by city hall.

Ladybug looked back at the festival. “I came to check on some friends- Gah! I mean, I like to check out lots of festivals. I just don’t always make an appearance.”

Friends? Did that mean Ladybug knew someone at my university? I stared into her eyes. How was it possible for eyes to be so blue?

“Well, then I’m glad I had to come work on my project. If it means I got to see you.”

A squeak sounded from Ladybug and I realized what I had said.

“Oh, god. That sounded so weird didn’t it. I didn’t mean, it’s just,” I took a deep breath. “You saved me once and I always wanted to thank you but I never got to talk to you again and I figured you probably wouldn’t even remember me so I was just happy that I finally got to see you. And so… thank you.” I groaned internally at how lame I sounded. She probably thought I was a complete dork.

She stared out at the lights below us. “I remember saving you.”

I couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow in disbelief.

“Last July. The Eruptor Akuma attack.”

My jaw dropped. She really did remember me. She remembered me out of a million other people she’d saved.

She blushed. “Not that I was trying to remember you specifically or anything. I mean, it’s just that I recognized you. Since you’re a model.” Her eyes went wide and I wondered what she was thinking as she stammered her words. “N-not that I’m some kind of stalker or anything. I just-” she sighed, “I'm really into fashion.”

I could feel a warmth spread through my chest. Ladybug knew who I was. Ladybug.

“That’s really cool.”

She gave me a shy smile. “You’re really cool. I mean, you must be cool. Cold! Because the window is open. And… it's cold outside.” Her voice quieted until it was barely a whisper and I watched in awe as she tugged at a pigtail.

A thought struck me then. Was it possible that I was making Ladybug nervous?

“Were you planning on going down to the festival?” I asked.

Ladybug chewed her lip in thought. “I guess it couldn’t hurt to make a quick appearance. After all the work everyone went through.”

“You know, Ladybug? You are really amazing.”

She shook her head. “I'm nothing special. Not without my mask.” Her fingers drifted to the edge of her mask.

I looked down at my hands as I tapped the window sill. “I think you must be just as special without your mask.”

Ladybug moved closer, watching me curiously. “You really think so?”

I nodded, “Of course! It’s not like me. Everyone knows about me as a perfect model, but no one really knows me as a person.”

Ladybug reached out a hand and it brushed against my own. “I- I'd like to get to- get to know you.”

I nearly melted right there. Ladybug was telling me she wanted to get to know me. This could not be happening. I smiled, grasping her hand with my own. “I think I’d like that.”

I could’ve sworn I heard Ladybug mutter something before taking a deep breath and leaning in. She pressed her lips against mine.

I was lost in the sensation immediately. They were soft and warm and sweet. So so sweet.

She pulled back and my eyes fluttered open. “You should go enjoy the festival with your friends,” she said quietly.

I nodded dumbly and my heart leapt when she giggled. With a wave, she was gone from my sight.

I stayed where I was, enjoying the way the taste of her lips lingered on my own.

A moment later, I heard Alya screaming in the courtyard. “Ladybug!”

I could only laugh. This was the best Ladybug festival ever, and I couldn’t wait for next year.

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Finally planned all my au oneshots for AU August! Excited to write lots of MLB Lovesquare! First one will be a soul mates au of the origins episodes. Not sure if i should post just on ff.net or here as well.