#bugnette

[eighthchair]

Petition to have all of Marinette's friends who know about Ladybug call her "BugNette" because it Just Makes Sense

[sassyduckqueen]

30 Days of Lukanette- Comfort

Based On Ladybug. I had fun with this one :D

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"If you had been akumatized, nothing would have stopped you from handing your miraculous over to Hawkmoth!" Tikki gasped as she floated around the room. The worry was clear in her face as Marinette laid on her bed, hugging her pillow. 

 "And there would be no more Ladybug," She sighed. "End of story,"

 "We can't let that happen," Tikki declared.

 "Neither Lila or Hawkmoth will win. I will prove my innocence!" Marinette gasped. "If only Alya could help me,"

 "Alya didn't become akumatized early today at school," Tikki pointed out. "I'm sure it's because she trusts you. Call her,"

 "You're right!" Marinette gasped, getting up and grabbing her phone. She quickly dialed Alya's number, who answered on the first ring. "Hey,"

 "Oh, Marinette! I'm so sorry!" She gasped.

 "It's fine. I just want to prove my innocent," Marinette gasped as she sat on the roof garden. "Any suggestions?"

 "Let's recap what we know," She stated. "You're accused of stealing the answers to the mock exam. Evidence one... the paper were found in your school bad. You're also accused off pushing Lila down the stairs. No one witnessed the actual incident but everyone did see Lila at the bottom of the staircase. You're also accused of stealing Lila's necklace, which was evidence two... found in your locker. And finally you have a motive. I know you hate Lila from day one because she hangs around Adrien,"

 "I'm so glad I called you. Thanks for the support," Marinette deadpanned. "Anyway, that can't really be used as motive. I don't even like Adrien in that way anymore and Luka hates her more then I do,"

 "True but Luka isn't at our school, isn't the one in trouble and I'm pretty sure he scared Lila after the Reflekdoll incident," Alya pointed out. "Anyway, you're my best friend, Marinette. I totally believe but the evidence is stacked up against you. The good thing is the world's greatest supporters always seek the truth so I'm gonna prove your innocence,"

 "Phew... thanks, Al,"

 "First off, a culprit always leaves clues. That's a given and by following these clues, it will lead us-,"

 "To Lila?" Marinette gasped, annoying Alya.

 "Noo! To the guilty party," She explained. "If you're so quick to accuse Lila, you might just overlook another potential baddie,"

 "Ohh... right," Marinette nervously laughed. 

 "Whoever it was had to have touched your locker when they put the necklace in," Alya mumbled. "I'm gonna track down some finger prints,"

 "Marinette, can we have a word?" Her mum suddenly stated as she popped up. Marinette looked over and nodded before turning back to the phone.

 "I'll meet you later at your place," She stated before hanging up. "Yes, Ma?"

 "Can you come downstairs please?" She asked before going back down. Marinette frowned and followed her into the bakery, where her dad was waiting with a spare apron. She frowned. Her mum turned to her. "Now, listen, honey, we love you but this whole thing has gotten very complicated and until we've found a new school for you, we've decided that you should help us with the bakery,"

 "But I'm telling you I didn't do anything," Marinette gasped. "If I have to spend all my time in here, how am I gonna be able to prove that I'm innocent?"

 "It's fun here in the bakery," Her dad piped in, handing her the apron. "You'll see,"

 She took it before looking at her parents with a sad face. Before they could say anything, tears just started to roll down her face as she couldn't hold them back any longer. 

 "Y-you do-don't be-believe me, d-do you?" She gasped, trying to wipe them away. Sabine and Tom frowned. 

 "Of course, we do sweetie but-"

 "T-then why are you punishing me?" She sobbed, unable to hold back anymore. "I've d-done n-nothing w-wrong,"

 "We know," Tom replied, placing his hand on her shoulder. "But you're sensitive. You'll overthink and get yourself worked up if you don't have something to focus on. That's why we want you to help. It's not a punishment, sweetheart. I promise you. We believe you,"

 "Y-you do?" She wiped away her tears and put on the apron.

 "Of course," Sabine reassured. 

 (***)

 Marinette collapsed on her bed as she felt drained and tired from working in the bakery. Since her dad always got overly serious with his baking, he told her off for answering her phone to Alya. Of course, he then apologized when he saw the hope drain from her eyes. Alya had came up with nothing. No finger prints at all. Marinette curled up as tears began to fall again before a light tapping got her attention. She frowned and looked up as she heard it again. It was coming from the Skylight. She opened it and a green steak jumped in.

 "Scales rest," Luka ordered before catching Sass. Marinette instantly threw herself into his arms and he caught her, tightening his arms around her.

 "Luka," She sobbed, burying her face in his chest. "Today's been awful,"

 "Juleka told me what happened," He mumbled. "She said that Lila had accused you off stealing from her and assaulting her?"

 "She made it look like I stole answers to a test and her grandma's pendent and that I pushed her down the stairs," She frowned, making him growl lowly. "She framed me, Luka and hardly anyone believes me. I don't think even my parents do,"

 "Hey, I believe you and so does Juleka," He replied, cupping her face and wiping her tears away. "Remember what I said when we faced Miracle Queen,"

 "T-that no m-matter w-what you've a-always got my back," She sniffed.

 "Still true," He smiled softly before hugging her. She hugged back and for a few minutes, they just stood there. In those few minutes, Marinette felt like nothing could get her. She was in the safest place in the world and nothing could ever get to her while she was in his arms. Not an akuma, not Lila, not Hawkmoth and not Mayura. "Juleka said there were scarlet akumas but no one got akumatized,"

 "N-not true... a few people did... my mum did and Juleka and Rose did..." She mumbled.

 "Did you?"

 "Did I what?" She pretended not to know what he meant.

 "You know what I mean," He stated, looking at her. Her eyes moved down and she looked ashamed. "You did, didn't you?"

 "I'm s-sorry. I was just hurt-"

 "You don't need to be sorry," He cupped her face again. "None of this is your fault, Marinette. Lila may try and make it seem that way but it is not. She's the one who threatened you, she's the one who has been hurting our friends and she's the one who is responsible for this and I'll be damned if I sit by and let her continue,"

 "I know you want to prove my innocence but even Alya-"

 "Alya is not me," He smiled before getting a serious face. "Or Viperion as a matter of fact. And while this is about you, I always can't stand by and let her give Hawkmoth an advantage. He has his new Queen and you've got your knight. I'm taking down Lila Rossi and her lies with her. I'm ending her role in Hawkmoth's chess board and by the time, I'm done with her, she'll wish she'd never stepped foot in Paris or even declared war on my girl,"

 She blushed as he called her that. 

 "O-ok but how do we do that?"

 "I'm not sure yet but I promise you I'm gonna catch her out,"

 "Thank you, Luka," She smiled. "Can you stay with me tonight? I don't really want to be alone,"

 "Of course," He smiled, pressing his lips to her hair. "I'm always here for you,"

 ~The Next Day~

 Luka frowned to himself as he typed on the laptop, trying to find ways of learning more about liars and the types they are. He had stayed the night at Marinette and sneaked out in the morning but not before writing her a note, telling her that he loved her and he would be round to check on her later on. As soon as he got home, he had fallen asleep. Not because he didn't want to get on his expose Lila plan straight away because he did but Lila was a smart girl and if he was gonna expose her for the nasty cretin she was, he had to be at his best. He had the same dream about Cat but he was so use to having it now and his mind was focused on other things that it didn't bother him as much as usual. Once he woke up, he grabbed his laptop and logged on to the web. He had narrowed her down to a Sociopath Liar. Basically, she didn't care who she hurt as long as she had control. He had read up on typical behaviors of liars, why they do and how one can spot it. He jumped as someone knocked on the door. He looked over and saw his mum. 

 "Hey, Ma,"

 "You ok?" She asked. "I noticed you sneaked out last night,"

 "I went to Marinette's," He replied. "She was really upset,"

 "Oh, what about?" She asked, sitting on the edge of the bed. Anarka approved of Marinette a lot. Luka bit his lip.

 "Well, there's this girl in her class called Lila,"

 "Ah, isn't that one of Juleka's friends?"

 "I hope not," He replied, frowning. "I've told her to stay away from Juleka and that's she's not welcome here. Not that Jule will listen to me,"

 "Now why would you do that, Lad?" She asked, knowing it wasn't like Luka to dislike someone. Not unless their heart song freaked him out.

 "Mum, she framed Marinette and got her expelled from school, she threatened me when I said I didn't want to be her friend, she got Juleka and two other friends of ours re-akumatized and she lies like there's no tomorrow," He gasped. "Worst part is she's really good at it,"

 "She what?!" His mother gasped angrily, surprising him. "Why didn't you tell me before?"

 "Well, she only just framed Mar-"

 "I mean about her threatening you and getting Juleka re-akumatized!" She growled, looking pissed off. He looked down.

 "Because I didn't want you to become Captain Hardrock again," He replied, making her frown softly.

 "You're too good for this world, Luka," She replied.

 "She's a really good liar and I don't know how to prove it," He sighed. "I promised Marinette I would but I just don't know how,"

 "I don't know what to suggest so how about some advice," She stated. He nodded. "I've met people like her before and they only fear two things, my lad. Lack of control and expose. If you're gonna try and prove Marinette's innocence then this girl will do everything in her power to stop you. You need to be prepared at all times for anything. She will try and make you look like the bad guy but the thing is about these people is they are cocky. If they think they've won, they will show off and flaunt it and so they will make a mistake. They might not notice something or know someone's habit. If you really want to defeat a person like this then force them to play by your rules and get them in an area that you know like the back of your hand,"

 "I think I have an idea," He smiled before leaning over and kissing her softly on the cheek. "Thanks, Mum. You're the best,"

 ~One Week Later~

 "I'm so glad you invited me, Juleka but what about your brother? He scares me you know," Luka rolled his eyes when he heard her voice but he just played his guitar as she walked by him. "I just don't understand why he would threaten me like that? Has he always had a tendency to overreact?"

 It took all of his strength not to strangle her there and then. Naturally, Lila had wormed her way back into Juleka's affection, despite his warnings about her or at least, that's what she thought. Juleka had finally seen Lila for what she was after he got her and Rose to contact Prince Ali and asked him about Lila. They were heartbroken to find out that they had been lied to when Prince Ali confirmed that he had no idea who Lila was. Upon releasing Luka was intending to bring down Lila, Juleka and Rose asked to help. He hadn't told them his full plan but told them to act natural and not to let her realize they had seen the truth. As part of that, they had invited her to the boat. He hated every second of it but Lila might hurt Juleka and Rose if she realizes that they know the truth. They suspected her after the Scarlet Akumas turned up but realized when Marinette had been let back to school. Lila had claimed she had a sickness that made her lie about stuff and asked the head teacher to bring her back. That's got them wondering. What else had she lied about? Of course, no one else thought that but they were so blinded by Lila and it was so obviously a lie that they thought Marinette had threatened to hurt her if she didn't get her back to school. Even Marinette's teachers were exactly the same. Right now, everyone but Alya and Kitty Section believed that Marinette had done all of those things but he'd be damned if he was gonna let her get away with this. Fornately, having Kitty Section and Alya back on Marinette's side allowed his plan to be put into action. Everyone was in place, expect for him. He got up and walked outside onto the deck, making sure Lila had seen him go outside on his own before he sat down, stumbling his guitar lightly. Since he wanted to expose Lila and her lies, he had made sure he was well in the way of the CCTV his mum had set up on the boat, in case of thieves. There was no audio but he suspected he wouldn't need it once he pissed her off enough. However, just in case, he would have his phone near by and on record as he often recorded the songs he played. It was something he did so he could listen back to it and work out where he was going wrong with a song. If it just happened to capture Lila's confession then that would be perfect. He took out his phone, pressed record and placed it on the side table next to him before closing his eyes and taking a deep breathe.

 "Take one," He stated before he began to play. However, a few seconds in the song, he heard someone coming across the decking. He knew from the footsteps that it was Lila.

 "Wow, you've actually gotten worst since I last heard you play," She stated in a bitchy manner.

 "Lila, go away. I made my feelings on you very clear," He stated, playing again but he moved closer.

 "Oh come on, Luka. You should be thanking me for getting that psycho out of your life," She purred before touching his arm. He didn't expect that so he jumped up and away from her. "I had the wrong idea. I should have seen really but Marinette doesn't like Adrien as more then a friend anymore. She likes you,"

 "And I like her back," He stated but Lila laughed. 

 "Oh please. Marinette is a stupid idiot who fell right in my trap," She grinned in a wicked way. "I promised to take everything away from her and I almost have. All her friends hate her, none of the teachers trust her... even her own parents think she's guilty,"

 "You framed her?" He gasped with shock. She laughed again, causing him to frown.

 "Of course, I did. As if Marinette would ever steal test papers or my grandmother's necklace... I still can't believe people brought that. I made that necklace to trick Adrien into thinking I was the descendant of the fox hero. Anyway, she got in the way," She stated, making him frown. "She stopped you from been akumatized,"

 "Hold up... you said those things to me on purpose to get me akumatized?!" He gasped. She laughed again.

 "Of course. Hawkmoth has given me the world. In return, all I have to do is create some sad lonely victims for him," She smirked evilly. "You and your sister were perfect as were Marc, Kagami and Mylene but Marinette... oh she was the icing on the cake! So many people trusted her. It was too easy to frame her and so much fun. I told her I'd ruin her life. She's such a trusting fool but what pissed me off was when I saw her kissing you and you-"

 She poked him in the chest harshly.

 "Resisted the akuma!" She screeched before flicking her hair. "Well, I had to get rid of her and now you're gonna become an akuma again and there will be no Marinette to save you this time,"

 "Why are you telling me this?"

 "Because no one will believe you," She smiled sweetly. It made him feel sick. "Everyone knows you're on Marinette's side, everyone knows you've hated me since the beginning and Juleka told me all about your anger issues,"

 With that, she walked away from him and sat down.

 "W-what are you doing?"

 "Oh I've done nothing. I simply came to make peace but you viciously attacked me for no reason and no one will actually believe that you didn't," She smirked. "The best part about this is it will take the last thing keeping Marinette from breaking away from her. She's going to lose you,"

 She smirked at his horrified face before letting out a scream of pain. A few seconds later, the whole of Kitty Section and his mum ran out. Juleka and Rose rushed over to her as she cried fake tears.

 "What happened?" Rose gasped.

 "L-Luka... he attacked me for no reason!" She gasped. "I just tried to talk to him and he went nuts on me!"

 "What?" Ananka gasped. "That's not like my boy at all!"

 "H-he did. I think he blames me for Marinette!" She gasped but she almost broke character as Luka simply walked over to his phone and picked it up. He pressed something and faced her.

 "I didn't attack her," He stated, calmly. "She's faking,"

 "Luka?!" Juleka gasped.

 "And I can prove it," He replied. "Mum, what do I normally do when I play my guitar regardless of where I am?"

 "You record it," She stated.

 "And I came out here to play my guitar," He smiled, calmly before pressing the play button. 

 "Take one," His voice echoed before the guitar started to play. Lila's face drained off color as she realized he had recorded the whole thing. 

 "Wow, you've actually gotten worst since I last heard you play,"

 "Lila, go away. I made my feelings on you very clear,"

 "Oh come on, Luka. You should be thanking me for getting that psycho out of your life. I had the wrong idea. I should have seen really but Marinette doesn't like Adrien as more then a friend anymore. She likes you,"

 "And I like her back,"

 "Oh please. Marinette is a stupid idiot who fell right in my trap. I promised to take everything away from her and I almost have. All her friends hate her, none of the teachers trust her... even her own parents think she's guilty,"

 "You framed her?"

 "Of course, I did. As if Marinette would ever steal test papers or my grandmother's necklace... I still can't believe people brought that. I made that necklace to trick Adrien into thinking I was the decendant of the fox hero. Anyway, she got in the way. She stopped you from been akumatized,"

 "Hold up... you said those things to me on purpose to get me akumatized?!" Her laugh echoed.

 "Of course. Hawkmoth has given me the world. In return, all I have to do is create some sad lonely victims for him. You and your sister were perfect as were Marc, Kagami and Mylene but Marinette... oh she was the icing on the cake! So many people trusted her. It was too easy to frame her and so much fun. I told her I'd ruin her life. She's such a trusting fool but what pissed me off was when I saw her kissing you and you resisted the akuma! Well, I had to get rid of her and now you're gonna become an akuma again and there will be no Marinette to save you this time,"

 "Why are you telling me this?"

 "Because no one will believe you. Everyone knows you're on Marinette's side, everyone knows you've hated me since the beginning and Juleka told me all about your anger issues,"

 The sound of footsteps are heard on the recording. 

 "W-what are you doing?"

 "Oh, I've done nothing. I simply came to make peace but you viciously attacked me for no reason and no one will actually believe that you didn't. The best part about this is it will take the last thing keeping Marinette from breaking away from her. She's going to lose you," 

 He let the scream play out before he pressed stop. 

 "T-that doesn't prove he didn't attack me," She gasped. "A-And he could have prerecorded th-that with Marinette,"

 "Oh, I thought you'd say that. I thought of that too," He smiled very calmly. "I knew you'd confront me about Marinette. It was an obvious move. You'd do what you can to make sure I fell along with her since I'm the only person to believe her... or at least, that's what you thought. Mum, if you don't mind,"

 "CCTV, girlie," Anarka smirked, pointing to the camera before taking out her phone. "Connected to my phone. I saw the whole thing and have the video saved,"

 She smirked before she pressed play and showed the footage of Lila threatening Luka and then moving across the deck and sitting down before pretending to be hurt by him. She looked around as Kitty section crossed their arms. Lila looked like a deer in headlights as she realized she was trapped in a corner with no way out. 

 "Well, it's not like anyone else knows," She grinned, finally dropping her facade. "Who's going to believe a bunch of wannabe tramps over me!?"

 Luka couldn't help but laugh softly as he shared a knowing grin with Juleka and Rose.

 "What's so funny?! Why you smiling like that?!" She gasped. At that point, Cat Noir and Ladybug turned up and Lila turned on the tears. ""L-Ladybug! This psychopath is trying to frame me for-"

 She frowned as she noticed that Ladybug and Cat Noir were smirking too. Once again, she dropped her facade.

 "What is so funny?!" She growled, stamping her foot down. "Tell me!"

 "You're on the air, Lila Rossi," Ladybug smiled, pointing to the CCTV that was still filming them. 

 "When I got akumatized into Silencer. After I had been transformed back, Bob Roth accidentally revealed live on air that he had stole our designs and music thanks to Cat Noir. This is whole situation is currently live steaming through the Ladyblog," Luka confirmed as the sound of police sirens were heard in the distance.  The color drained from her face as she realized she had well and truly lost. "You just admitted to basically the whole of Paris that you were working for Hawkmoth and that you're a liar,"

 "B-but... how?!" She gasped. "How did you know?!"

 "Viperion has been onto you for months, Lila. He found evidence of you meeting with Mayura and worked out that you were the direct cause of the recent akumas. He overheard Luka shouting at you and when the mass akumatization happened at your school, he was certain. He realized that Mister Couffaine would be your next target again as he was one of the only people to believe Miss Dupain-Cheng so he contacted him to warned him about you and discovered your hatred towards Miss Dupain-Cheng and the attempted akumazation," Ladybug confirmed. "We just need you to confess to it so Luka volunteered to put himself in danger,"

 "But you can't use that as evidence! You didn't have my permission to film or to record me!" She gasped.

 "Actually, I was just simply recording my music and my mum had CCTV installed in case of a break in. You were the one who incriminated yourself," Luka replied, calmly as Roger came over and placed her in hand cuffs.

 "While that is correct, there are ways around," Ladybug grinned as Roger held out a warrant and a pair of handcuffs. "We have a warrant signed by the mayor of Paris and the head of the police stating that we can use what we got here to do as evidence due to you committing acts of terrorism,"

 "Miss Rossi, you are under arrest for acts of terror, plagiarism, fraud, preventing the course of justice and harassment," Roger stated, placing her in hand cuffs. "You have teh right to remain silent," 

 "You might not get sent to prison for your acts of terrorism, Lila but at the very least, you'll be deported and banned from Paris. Hawkmoth won't and can't come to you for help anymore," Ladybug stated. "The whole of Paris knows you're a sociopath and a liar,"

 "You won't get away with this!" She gasped, getting shoved into the police car.

 "Knight takes Queen," Luka muttered so only Ladybug could hear him. 

 ~Meanwhile in Hawkmoth's Lair~

 Gabriel looked his phone and saw Lila trying to call him. She was probably trying to get him to help her but he frowned to himself and hung up before blocking the girl's number. She was useless to him now. He had seen the footage and watched the news that reported her arrest. Luckily, he had never revealed who he truly was to her but he frowned. Chloe had failed, Lila had failed.

 "Nathalie," He stated as his assistant walked over. He had banned her from using the peacock miraculous but she had gotten much better now and he had fixed it, thanks to the guardian's records.

 "Yes, Gabriel," She stated. 

 "I was wrong to think those children were worthy of been my Queen piece," He stated, taking her hand and placing the peacock miraclous in her hand. She gasped and looked at it.

 "You fixed it?"

 "Yes. Now it won't make you sick," He smiled before transforming into Hawkmoth. "And now is the time for Mayura to take her true place by my side as my queen!"

 "Yes, Hawkmoth," She grinned, throwing her glasses aside. "Dusuu, spread my feathers!"

 She transformed into Mayura. 

 "Lila Rossi and Chloe Bourgeois may have failed you but I won't," She declared, pulling out a feather and turning into an amok before she placed it in a keyring of the Effiel Tower. 

 ~Later That Day~

 Luka stretched as he got up and headed into the kitchen. Life felt great and while he knew Hawkmoth would be up to something, he couldn't help but feel a little lighter. Marinette was proved innocent, Lila was gone from their lives and now he could finally focus on what his dreams meant. He got a class of water but stopped when he heard Juleka gasp. He looked over and saw Ladybug fighting Mayura as Cat Noir joined her. He frowned as Marinette had literally just walked out of the door. As amazing as she was, even as Ladybug, there was no way she could get to the Arc de Triomphe that quickly. Sighing to himself, he put his water down and grabbed his jacket before leaving the boat. He walked at first but then broke out into a run before detouring into an alleyway.

 "Sass, Scales slither!" He declared, transforming and then sending Ladybug a message before he jumped up onto the building and activated his second chance before jumping into the battle, seeing cat about to kiss 'Ladybug'. "Cat No!"

 Unfornately, she grabbed his ring and he turned back into Adrien. Viperion pushed the head of the snake back and wasted no seconds from jumping and shoving Cat away from Ladybug.

 "What the hell!?" Cat gasped, getting up.

 "Firstly, you've got a girlfriend and secondly, she's trying to steal your ring and finally, that isn't the real ladybug," He pointed out.

 "H-He's lying," She gasped, getting up. "He's jealous because you and I are meant to be. He won't stop until he has gotten rid of you, Cat Noir. He wants me all to himself!"

 "Seriously?!" Viperion gasped. "If that's your best impression of her then you're hopeless. The real Ladybug would know that while I love her, her happiness is more important to me then my own,"

 "H-he's just saying that!" She gasped, tears in her eyes. Cat growled a little. 

 "You just can't accept that mi'lady loves me, can you?!" He gasped, charging at Viperion, who simply grabbed his arm and twisted it.

 "Open your eyes, Cat. That is not Ladybug," He stated as Cat struggled.

 "How would you know?!" He argued, glaring at the snake.

 "Because I'm right here," Ladybug stated, landing next to him as Viperion let him go. Cat gasped in confusion and surprise. "Viperion's right. That is a fake. She's manipulating you and you know I'm already in love with someone else,"

 Cat Noir looked over at the two bugs with a pained look.

 "Listen to your heart," The fake Bug cried.

 "Urg! No, listen to your brain!" The real Ladybug groaned. 

 "You're just an illusion!" He shouted, throwing his baton at her but she caught and threw it back at him, confusing him even more. 

 "See? I'm real enough,"

 "I-Impossible! There can't be two ladybugs!" He gasped, really confused.

 "She must be a fan of Ladybug who's been akumatized by Hawkmoth," The Fake Bug gasped spinning her yoyo. "Don't fall for her tricks,"

 "Mi'lady, no!" Cat gasped.

 "Viperion, Cat Noir... we have a villain to fight. We'll take care of me later," She gasped.

 "That's the lady I know," Cat grinned, causing Viperion face-palming. "Viperion?"

 "Viper, please tell me you don't believe this?" The real Ladybug asked, getting rid of any doubts in his mind. Not that there was any. He knew Ladybug better then anyone else. 

 "Of course not, Bug," He grinned, moving next to her.

 "She's controlling him!" The fake bug gasped. 

 "No kidding! Don't worry, Danger Noodle. We'll save you!"

 "I can't believe he just fell for that," Viperion sighed. Sometimes he wondered how Adrien managed in life. He was so dense sometimes. 

 "Ok! Good Job! You win! I am the fake Ladybug!" She gasped, sounding annoyed before pointing to her ear. "But there's no way I'm letting you Cataclysm my earrings!"

 Viperion almost face-palmed when he felt for that again. The real Ladybug let the fake one capture her as Cat Noir charged at her, ready to destroy the earrings but Mayura turned up, shouting for the fake Ladybug to stop. 

 "Hello, Mayura," Ladybug stated, shocking Cat Noir. Though Viperion was completely unfazed.

 "Mayura?!" Cat gasped. "But she looks so real,"

 "Things aren't always what they seem to be," Ladybug stated. "Right, Viper?"

 "Right,"

 "This Ladybug isn't an akumatized person or an illusion,"

 "She's a sentimonster," Viperion confirmed.

 "But she's so much more elaborate then any of the ones we've faced," Cat gasped before looking at Viperion. "How did you know?"

 "Sentimonsters give off a low-frequency sound that other people do not," He replied. "I can hear it the same way I can feel vibrations,"

 "The Snake Miraculous," Cat replied. "Gives you snake like powers... but I don't get it. She's so perfect. There's nothing monstrous about her at all,"

 "Sorry, Kitty but you should have known. I'm no where near as perfect as her," Ladybug confirmed.

 "I love you just the way you are, Mi'lady," Cat Noir admitted.

 "I got an idea of where the amok is," Viperion pointed out. "Look at what Mayura is holding,"

 "Good work, Viper," Ladybug replied.

 "Whatever it takes steal their miraclous from them and don't hold back!" Mayura ordered as the Senti-bug looked at them before throwing up her yoyo.

 "Senti-charm!" She shouted, catching a bazooka gun.

 "Let me show you a real... Lucky Charm!" Ladybug declared, catching a folk. 

 "Ok, you're definately to the real one!" Cat gasped as Viperion grinned. They all dived out of the way as Senti-bug started to fire at them, dogding the attacks. Viperion landed a hit on her and Cat hit some of ammo away from them. Ladybug saw Mayura hiding and seemingly tired. The Peacock Miraculous may be fixed but she still recovering. Cat dived on Ladybug, stopping her from been hit as Viperion joined them.

 "Mayura looks drained," Ladybug noted. "That's our chance,"

 She jumped across the ammo and dived in the air. Her bug sight highlighted a glass panel and an idea popped into her head. 

 "You two, cover your ears!" She ordered, landing on it and scraping it down the glass. The two heroes covered their ears as Mayrua and Senti-bug covered theirs, dropping the keyring. Ladybug grabbed it and went to break it but she stopped before she looked at the monster. She was stood there, looking sad and harmless. She sighed and walked over to it, giving it the keyring so it could make it's own choices. Viperion and Cat moved over and joined the two bugs as they all turned to Mayura, advantaging on her. Mayura, however, destroyed the Senti-bug cause Cat Noir to charge at her angrily, which is when Hawkmoth turned up and started to battle them. It didn't take long for him to get the upper hand and capture Cat Noir. Viperion wasn't sure what to do, especially when Ladybug captured Mayura. To his surprise, both Hawkmoth and Ladybug threw their prisoners off the building and jumped after their partners. He shook his head and jumped down as Ladybug told Cat that she did that because he was her partner and that Ladybug didn't sound as cool as Ladybug and Cat Noir. To Viperion's annoyance, he went to kiss her but she stopped him.

 "But the real Ladybug's heart belongs to someone else," She stated, throwing a shy look towards Viperion before she used her magic ladybugs. The three of them were sad as it didn't bring back the Senti-bug. "The Peacock's power can be so cruel in the wrong hands. More so then the butterfly's.... anyway, aren't you with Ryuko?"

 Cat's face fell and he sighed, getting up.

 "We... we broke up..." He sighed, making both her and Viperion frown. "She told me that she didn't want to be second best and that no matter how hard I tried, I was still in love with you and she's right. I love you, Mi'lady and always will,"

 "I'm sorry to hear that," Ladybug frowned but Cat Noir's ring beeped. He bid them farewell and went off. Viperion's bracelet beeped as well. 

 "I'll see you later," He smiled before running off. Once hidden, he turned back into Luka and fed Sass. "I'm worried about Cat. Do you think this is how he goes evil?"

 "I don't think so," He replied. "Come on. Let's go see Mari and Tikki,"

[hopelessguardian-blog]

   Adrien has just WITNESSED how Ladybug had been knocked unconscious by the akuma, unable to help her because he had used cataclysm a while ago and was running out of time. But that GUILT was eating him up, which DEEPENED due soon staring at her detransforming and revealing her identity        to say he was SHOCKED would not be enough to convey his emotions but that did not matter. Not now,  not ever . His opinion and feeling towards the topic was plain irrelevant.

   Rushing over her, the blond picked Marinette up on his arms as green hues scanned the area for a safe place to hide, running practically towards a dark alley. 

His heart was beating too loud, his worries were going skyrocket. What should he do? Plagg was still eating his cheese but, when would she WAKE UP ? It was a terrible and dangerous akuma, at this rate the entire city will be fully-wrecked. . .

   Carefully placing her down, he could feel his heartbeat making him go DEAF, but even Plagg voiced it outloud.

                                     ‘ Kid, the situation is not looking any better,

                                we need Ladybug whether it’s Marinette or not ’.

Adrien did not want another Ladybug, as selfish as that could sound under this stressful situation so he bit his lip, and removed Marinette’s miraculous much to her kwami’s surprise who had just finished eating a cookie from her bag and blue orbs stared back and forth from Plagg to him. THANKFUL from the bottom of his heart that Tikki had been understanding and that said miraculous had been magnetic earring all along.

   A SILENT EXCHANGE OF GAZES before her kwami told him what to say although Adrien stared at Plagg and then back at his ring, he truly did not want to remove it but mixing miraculous? What king of power would that be? Clearly not one he ever heard of being possible at all! Furthermore, Marinette would need to wake up and have someone explaining the situation to her. 

   Holding her hand and placing his former miraculous in her ring finger, he gave her a light reassuring squeeze uncertain whether she felt it or not before standing up, straightening his back and taking a deep breath for his following words that had him shaking to his core. 

   “ Tikki, spots on! ” saying those words made him choke on air as he transformed in matter of seconds, not paying attention to his new suit.

   “ Don’t worry Marinette, I’ll be right back. ” EASIER TO SAY THAN DONE, alone Ladybug had been knocked over because Chat Noir had not been there ( WHY COULDN’T HE BE THERE?! )             it was only fair for him to receive twice the impact to save Paris.

( @floofymuses / SEMI—PLOTTED ).

[the-witches-you-couldnt-burn]

Daminette headcanon - Comfort

Damian is emotionally constipated because of his childhood and Marinette represses all her emotions due to a certain emotional terrorist. So when Mari eventually breaks down (which she will) Damian won’t really know how to comfort her.

Talia (even if you believe her to be a good mother) wouldn’t be able to protect Damian from the rest of the league’s attitude to ‘weaker’ emotions. Toxic masculinity = no crying for Damian = him having no clue what to do with a crying bugnette.

What I believe he would do:

He wouldn’t say much, if anything at all. He would hold Mari in his lap, arms wrapped tightly around her. Hand rubbing her back, her head tucked into his neck/chest. If Damian can’t provide verbal comfort you better believe that he will provide any amount of physical comfort for his beloved.

Now on the flip side. Marinette comforting Damian.

Oh BOY. She would burrito wrap the Ice Prince in a blanket and bake so many comfort foods. She would probably put time into finding Arabic foods that he enjoys (Damian probably prefers savoury foods to sweet). Mari wouldn’t say “everything’s going to be ok”, it would be more like a “I’m here” or “I’ve got you”.

The aftermath would end with them both having messy hair, misty eyes, pink cheeks and held close to their love. Not everything will be ok, they are both hurt, emotionally challenged teenagers who struggle to process situations well. Not everything will be ok but they’ll have each other.

GIVE ME DAMINETTE COMFORT FICS

[bi-ladynoire]

So...

What if when Adrien calls Marinette "just a friend", it's a way for him to convince himself that he's not in love with her?

After all, s4 will be about their romance, about Adrienette and maybe Marichat.

That would explain Chat Blanc and his hesitation to kiss Kagami in Miraculer Queen.

Bonus: Unconsciously Adrien knows Marinette is Ladybug o/

BUGNETTE, GUYS

BUGNETTE

[thegayestasexual]

This new episode made me happy

Bro this is the best Miraculous Ladybug episode to this date. Everyone started standing up for my girl and like?? ADRIEN FINALLY GREW A SPINE!!!! ALYA DIDNT BLINDLY BELIEVE WHAT WAS BEING SAID ABOUT MARINETTE! And bugnette?! Beautiful, I love her so much

This by far is my favorite episode. I’m so proud of the writers for this episode

[helshades]

Technically still in February: making a ton of sort-of-crêpes* for lunch!

[alinette-coccinelle]

ML Winter Week Day 4 - Decorating

AO3

Chat Noir couldn’t help but wonder if it’d be too cliché to hum the pink panther tune as he vaulted silently across Paris in the dead of night. He wouldn’t normally be out so late, Akuma non-withstanding, but he had something particularly important to do today. Something for his Princess, his lady, his Mari.  

For the first time ever Marinette was going to be alone for Christmas, not alone-alone because he wouldn’t dream of letting her be alone on Christmas day just like she had given him a standing invite to her Christmases for the rest of his life, but alone as in without her parents. Sabine and Tom were off visiting relatives in China and whilst Mari had been invited she’d wanted to spend her holidays with her Teammates and friends (and as Alya had cheekily pointed out Ladybug was the industrial Akuma cleanser, so Paris needed her too.)

Being nearly 18 her parents had agreed to let her stay home if she checked in everyday, but this meant Marinette had spent all of December so far home-alone living above the closed Bakery. Adrien and the others tended to pop in often but he felt the emptiness of the house was starting to weigh on her holiday spirit; the tree was out but undecorated (she claimed this was because she was saving it for the team to decorate on Christmas eve), none of the bakery’s external lights had been put up and the glass windows had remained empty rather than displaying their usual winter time fare. It made a stark contrast to the glowing cheerful beacon of last year and after a quick Skype call to his second family holidaying in China he’d hatched a plan.

He landed silently on Marinette’s roof mentally noting proudly that he hadn’t even made a thud. Not the Marinette was likely to surface on a mid-winter night for anything other than an earthquake, she took the ladybugs hibernating thing seriously. This was the primary reason Chat was out at 3am in the middle of winter, that and he hadn’t wanted to be spotted by random Civilian’s decorating his girlfriend’s house. Happy he’d be undisturbed for the next few hours he pulled out the boxes he’d fetched and hidden with the Dupain-Cheng’s guidance in the past few days and began unpacking the decorations.

 ______

 It ended up taking him nearly 3 hours in the end, it turns out the processes of decorating was easier if you’d done it before and several times Adrien had caught himself detransforming to check with Plagg. Who was being surprisingly helpful under the promise of Mari’s cheese biscuits. At least he hadn’t had to worry about ladders, instead using his baton to vault around the building and string the lights. Now all he had to do was hit the switch on the outdoor plug and the bakery would be a festive beacon again.

But first he needed his bug! With a beamingly proud smile Chat pulled open the trap door to Marinette’s room, thankfully she’d stopped locking months ago when the team took to literally dropping in. He dropped straight down on her bed in a crouch, manging to land just to the side of the curled-up pile of blankets he knew was his princess.

“Princess?”

“Bug?”

“Mari?”

He tugged a corner of the blanket with each name, slowly trying to prise the cocoon free. He hadn’t got far when a jumper clad arm shot out of the blankets pulling him down into their warmth.

“Shush Kitty, it’s too cold.” Marinette’s bleary voice stumbled out at him. Her eyes still scrunched shut as she wrapped and arm around his waist, burying her face into his chest.

That had been her first mistake, the cool metal of the zip biting on her cheek. The second mistake had been her sitting bolt upright in shock, the blankets falling free to the chill air waking his sleepy bug immediately.

“Nooo! Why?! Why Minou?” her sad pout was worth the pillow to the face he got for laughing.

He chuckled some more before tucking the bigger blanket around her shoulders and dragging her towards the roof door. “Come on Bugnette, it’ll be worth it. Chats honour.”

Adrien knew she’d follow him anywhere when he shot her the cheeky smile and it was much easier to convince her to move out into the cold when he kept his arms around her and his warmth near her always. Once he’d got Mari situated on the roof he stepped briefly away from her to switch on the lights, craning his head to watch her face as they all switched on in one flashy go. He wasn’t disappointed as her face lit up in awe her eyes reflecting the twinkling lights in the dark.  

“Oh Chat…” her voice was full of awe as she reached towards him blindly too busy taking it all in. “It’s beautiful, did you do all this!”

Adrien met her half way, lacing his fingers through those of the hand reaching for him before wrapping his arms around her from the back and resting his chin on her shoulder, effectively encasing her in his arms and his warmth as he began to purr happily. His voice vibrating with the action “I had a little help, the tiny black cat kind.”

As she reached up to scratch behind his ears with her free hand Marinette paused. Humour lighting her expression. “Chat? Is that one a cat in a Santa hat?”

@miraculous-weeks 

This one is pure fluff and once again set in the same AU as the first 3 prompts, Post Reveal, aged-up, Full Team Miraculous but miraculous have side effects. (Mari hates winter, Adrien purrs)

Still running a little behind on these prompts but should have the others done by tomorrow! Yay! :3

[freedom-shamrock]

Someone Chatty This Way Comes

Also on AO3. Look, an actual one-shot!  This is the @miraculousfluffmonth  Aug 24 prompt, wrong number. Since I am incapable of true one-shots, part 2 is here and part 3 is here.

Once Marinette had gotten Tikki settled with a couple of warm cookies, still soft with melty chocolate, she picked up her cell phone.  "I'm just going to make sure Chat got home all right."

"He did get thrown pretty hard today," Tikki said.  "But the miraculous cure should have fixed everything."

Marinette shrugged.  "It may have fixed the physical bits, but there's still the memory of it."  She knew that first hand.  She knew she didn't have to be concerned about him developing a tolerance to the cure, and that it would work on him every time; she'd questioned her kwami after a particularly brutal attack on that particular topic.  She pulled up the messaging app they'd started using a few months ago.  She'd learned about it from Alya.  A lot of their classmates used it to keep in touch out of school, and to get homework help.  Ladybug and Chat used it to talk when they were out of their suits.

"It's nice that you worry about him," Tikki said, smiling happily as she took another bite of the cookie she was working on.

"Of course I do," Marinette said, indignant.  "He's my partner, and one of my closest friends."

"Any chance his persistence is paying off?" Tikki asked.

Marinette turned away, feeling the heat in her cheeks.  "I have no idea what you're talking about."

"Sure you don't," Tikki agreed.  "You'd never blush over your partner."  She giggled.  "You're so cute, Marinette."

"Ugh!"  Marinette collapsed into her desk chair.  She didn't want to admit that it was nice how much attention he paid to her, that he noticed when she was happy or down from the tiniest cues.  And at some point, he'd scaled back his flirting to fun banter when it was appropriate.  He'd moved on to sweet and kind acts of appreciation, which touched her more than they embarrassed her.

Bugnette: @mon_chaton did you make it home okay?

Mon_Chaton: Yep.  And just before the final warning, too.

Bugnette: You worked so hard today.  Thank you for the save.

Bugnette: Saves.  I know those couldn't have felt very good at the time, even though you knew they'd heal up.

Mon_Chaton: It's an honor to serve as your shield.

Bugnette: You know that's not ALL you are, right?

Mon_Chaton : Yes, Bug.  I know.

He was probably smiling in that insufferably sweet way he did when he was agreeing, but had another motive or take on it.

Bugnette: I have to get started on my homework, but please do me a favor and be nice to yourself tonight.

Mon_Chaton: Is that a euphemism?  Because it sounds like one.

Bugnette: OMG Chat!  I just meant I wanted you to take it easy and maybe pamper yourself.  Like a bubble bath or your favorite treat or something.  I know you work hard in your civilian life too, and I was hoping you could step it down a notch because you deserve it.

Mon_Chaton: You're too easy.

Bugnette: Is THAT a euphemism?!

Mon_Chaton: Eh, no.  I meant easy to tease, not the other kind of easy, which I can firmly state you are not.  

Marinette giggled.  At some point, their partnership had truly become friendship, and he was as comfortable to talk to and joke with as Alya and Nino.  While she was no longer a stuttering mess around Adrien, it was still a lot of work to talk to him.

Mon_Chaton: I'm gonna let you get to that homework before I can accidentally say something too offensive.  And I'm going to be nice to myself and go to bed early.  I'm too tired for all this.

Bugnette: Did you just gesture to all of me?

Mon_Chaton : You bet your miraculous I did.

Marinette was staring at her physics homework.  It just didn't make sense.  She hadn't missed that class at all this week, but apparently today's lecture had evaporated out of her brain before she could commit the contents to long term memory.  She dialed Alya.

"Hey girl!" her best friend answered after the first ring.  "What's up?"

"Physics," Marinette replied, groaning.  "Did I fall asleep in class today?  I have no memory of that hour."

Alya's laugh was one of Marinette's favorite things about her best friend.  It could almost always make her smile.  "No you didn't.  But it was a tangled mess.  I've got Nino over here right now and we're trying to figure it out before we give up and call Adrien."

"Dang it," Marinette muttered.  "It's the last thing I have to do, and I really want to get this done so I can work on a project."

"Well, you could always ask Adrien for help yourself," Alya suggested.  "He's on the chat system right now."

"Adrien uses the chat system?"  She was surprised.  She'd never seen him in any of the groups she used.

"I half think he's addicted to chatting," Alya replied.  "I'll text you his contact info and you can add him, okay?"

"And you don't think he'll mind?"  He'd helped her with physics in class before, so she figured it would be okay, she just worried about coming off as needy and stalkerish, especially now that she could recognize how inappropriate her early crush behavior had been.

"The boy loves helping, and he's damn good at it," Alya said.  "If the modeling thing doesn't work out, he should consider teaching."

Marinette copied Adrien's chat details and opened the app.  She plugged him in, grinning in amusement when his screen name popped up.

Bugnette: @NerdAlert, hey Adrien.  This is Marinette.  Alya gave me your contact details, I hope it's OK.  I have some questions on today's physics homework and was wondering if you could help me out.

Immediately after hitting enter, she realized her mistake.  She'd forgotten to log out as Ladybug and log back in as herself.  She stared at her screen in horror for a moment, before trying to talk herself down.  "It's okay.  We picked screen names that wouldn't give us away.  I can work with this.  I can totally play it off as a gaming pseudonym or something and switch over to my regular account.  There's no way he'll know."

NerdAlert: My Lady?

"Oh shit."  Marinette pushed herself away from her desk hard enough to fall over.  She sprawled on her back, legs dangling over her upended chair, stuck in a mental feedback loop of Adrien is Chat.  Chat is Adrien.  A shadow loomed over her skylight and a polite tapping came from above.

Tikki who had gone to look at Marinette's computer after her intense reaction and withdrawal, hovered over her chosen's face.  "Chat's here."

Marinette covered her face with both hands, whining inarticulately.

"I'll just let him in, then," Tikki said brightly.

Not looking out from behind her fingers, Marinette heard a click of the latch, then quiet greetings.

"Welcome Chat Noir!" Tikki said cheerfully.  "It's so nice to finally meet you.  I'm Tikki."

"It's a pleasure to meet you Tikki."  There was a pause.  "Are you sure it's okay for me to come in?  She looks paralyzed."  How had she not recognized his voice?

Tikki giggled.  "It's just shock.  Stay Chat for just a bit, and I'm sure she'll come around.  Then I'd love to see Plagg.  It's been ages."

"Yeah, he mentioned that."  He chuckled, and though his feet made no noise, cat that he was, he was obviously getting closer.  There was a shuffling noise as he sat down near her head.  "Are you going to come out, My Lady?"

"You have reached the life model decoy of Marinette Dupain-Cheng," she said, keeping her face covered.  "Please leave a message after the beep.  Beeeeep."

He giggled.  

Oh god, it was such a sweet sound.  How had that not outed him?  Then she felt his familiar gloved hand on her forehead, gentle.  Groaning, she rolled toward him, flopping her legs onto the floor, and pressed his face against his shin.  "Oh gooood.  I'm so stupid."

His hand slid to her back.  "My Lady is definitely not stupid.  And my friend Marinette is one of the smartest people I know."

"I suck at physics," she pointed out.

"Nah.  You just don't have a great teacher for it."  He picked out her hair binder and pushed his free hand into her hair, massaging her scalp.  "You always pick it up quickly when I explain it to you.  And I'm only as good at it as I am because it's review for me.  I love physics and my summer tutor is amazing."

"Of course Chat Noir is a physics nerd," she muttered.

"What do you mean?" his fingers slowed.

"You do all that crazy, on-the-fly, applied physics in every akuma battle.  It's freaking brilliant, and you're obviously a genius."  Now that she knew both the boys she liked were the same person, she could stop pretending to not admire her partner as much as she did.

"Oh," he said softly.

She peeked up at him, surprised to see pink in Chat Noir's cheeks.  "Oh my god.  You're adorable."  She abruptly sat up catching his face between her hands.  "You need to keep your Adrien sweetness under wraps when you're Chat, I don't think Paris could handle that combination.  I, personally, would be completely unable to work under those conditions."  She let go of him and gave a sniff of mock disdain.

He stared at her a moment, his mouth hanging open.  Letting out a huff he said, "Right.  But you need to put Ladybug's sass away when you're Marinette, or I'm going to suffer cardiac Agreste."

"Did you just?"  Honestly, she wished she'd come up with that one first.  "No more puns," she said firmly.

"But you like puns," he said, surprised.

"True, but after that one, all others will be pale and inadequate."  She shrugged.  "You have attained pun perfection, may as well stop."

He giggled again.  "I'm so glad you're my Ladybug."

"Yeah, well I'm even more glad you're my Chat Noir… well that Adrien is my Chat Noir."  She shrugged.  "You can drop the transformation.  I won't scream now."

"Heh.  You should have heard me when I got your message."  He grinned.  "Plagg, claws in."  With a wave of green light, Chat Noir was replaced with Adrien.  He waved.  "See.  It's me."

She rolled her eyes.  "I do see.  And I'm wondering why I didn't see it before."  She looked at the tiny black cat hovering over Adrien's shoulder.  "Oh.  You must be Plagg.  I've heard so much about you."

"It's all true," Plagg said.  "Especially the really nasty bits."  He darted close enough to whisper in her ear.  "My kid is totally bonkers for you.  Be gentle with him, he's only tough on the outside."

"Plagg."  Adrien's voice held a firm cautionary tone.

"Plagg!" Tikki squealed.  "Come on let's catch up.  I bet you need tummy rubs."

"I'm roughly one hundred and eight years behind on them, so yes," Plagg agreed, allowing Tikki to drag him off to her hideout.

Marinette righted her chair, offering it to Adrien.

"Thanks.  Uhm…"  He rubbed the back of his head.  "I didn't really plan what I was going to do, here.  Once I realize you were… you, I sort of forgot everything else and rushed over."  He shrugged.

"I'm actually glad you did."  She settled into the other chair.  "You being here defused my freak out, so thanks."

He looked so much happier than he did in his professional photos.  "Still want help with physics?  I'm here, so I may as well."  He pointed to the tablet and open text book on the desk.

"Yeah.  Let's do that."  She moved closer to him.  "Wanna stay for dinner?  We can go for a rooftop run afterward," she suggested.

"You have the best ideas," he said with a sigh.

"Not sure about that," she teased.  "It was my idea for us to use a chat service."

"Yeah."  He leaned his chin on his hands and beamed at her.  "That was possibly your best idea ever."

Started as a 30 minute exercise but I was still kind of out of it from my diphenhydramine, and my brain was not at peak function.  I also realized it was insufficiently fluffy ending with the reveal, and we needed Chat to actually show up for maximum fluff.

[kindcstguardian]

MISC.

Name. Adrien Agreste Date of Birth.   ( Star sign: ). Sexual Orientation. Bisexual. Languages. French, English &&. Chinese. Height. cm Weight. kg,

VERSES.

Main verse.

TAG.  「 V • Françoise Dupont ; Adrien Agreste ／」

TBA.

Separated interactions. TAG. 「 V • DESTROY ; Adrien Agreste ／ ˢᵖˡⁱᵗ ᵃᵖᵃʳᵗ 」    Something went wrong and it was the first time this had taken place with any miraculous holder but the strangest part had to be, Plagg still had a physical form. The kwami only had his powers missing. Chat Noir is an entire different being from Adrien, or he’s supposed to be despite possessing all playful and even rebellious traits Adrien used to have. On the other end, Adrien is shyer than before and seems to be recluctant when it comes to meeting new people, introvert and lacks his usual spark. It’s hard for him to keep his pretend act of every day self when he doesn’t have that confidence.

Swapped Kwami. TAG. 「 V • PURIFY ; Adrien Agreste ／ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖᵒʷᵉʳ ᵗᵒ ᶜʳᵉᵃᵗᵉ 」    Adrien Agreste was running late for class after escaping a modeling job but he stopped to help an old man cross the street, did that mean that chances of being trapped were higher? Most likely, but he wouldn’t ran away from an old man in need thus he helped him. But then, things changed when he was captured and sent home for he found a strange box with a couple of earrings, magnetic earrings. They resambled a ladybug for him and without questioning its purpose, he soon found out he had been chosen to protect Paris as soon as he put them on and that those earring were powerful—with the power of creation.

Apocalypse. TAG. 「 V • Zombizou ; Adrien Agreste ／ ʷᵒⁿ'ᵗ ˢᵗᵃʸ ᵇᵘʳⁱᵉᵈ 」    Zombizuo is, by far, the worst akuma that ever happened France — no, worse. The entire world. A teacher wrongly akumatized in a fierce attempt of protecting a student caused this chaos; after all, who doesn’t want a peaceful world with nothing but love and happiness? Such an easy task for someone with the hability to send corrupted kisses to brainwash civilians. Adrien is one of the few survivors.

RELATIONSHIPS.

These will be based on canon until someone requests to be main or exclusive!          In terms of romantic wise speaking, Adrien is singleship.

Gabriel Agreste./ FREE SPOT     Adrien loves Gabriel, don't misunderstand him, but due the gap that currently exists caused by his mother's disappearence—the younger feels distressed and lonely, feeling that he lacks the emotional support of an actual father who only demands from him to become the best.

Nino./ FREE SPOT    Nino quickly became one of his first friends and is currently his best friend, holding that position close to his heart because the other is always there for him when he isn't feeling the best and has even stood up to Adrien's father in more than one occassion which holds great value for Adrien. Nino also gives advice to his lost and oblivious friend on ocassions, supporting him wholeheartedly. 

Marinette Dupain-Cheng./ Exclusives with floofymuses.   Despite their friendship having a rocky start due none other than Chloe Burgois, they actually became pretty close after he apologized and explained that he never had a life outside his house and gave Marinette his umbrella on a rainy day. From there, they became not only close friends but also gaming buddies.    Adrien holds great respect for his talented friend and admires what type of person Marinette is. He doesn't doubt to help her if he's capable of and he even speaks highly of her when someone mentions her or defends Marinette when someone is trying to talk bad about her.

Ladybug./ Exclusives with floofymuses.     He first fell in love with her when both became new to this assigned job without their consent, Adrien doesn't know who she is—but he swore to love both, the heroine and the one behind the mask as he was left speechless and mesmerized by this one girl who showed great weakness due her insecurities that quickly vanished and this feeling was replaced by a sense of justice, Ladybug became in matter of moments someone brave who no longer doubted her decisions. 

TAGS.

「 Adrien Agreste ／ rêveur 」

「 Chat Noir ／  chanceux 」

「 Bug Boy ／ créateur 」

「 Adrien Agreste ／ MUSINGS 」

「 Adrien Agreste ／ INQUIRY」

「 Adrien Agreste ／ VISAGE 」

「 Adrien Agreste ／ MANNERISMS 」

「 Adrien Agreste ／ ROMANCE 」

「 Adrien Agreste ／ HEADCANON 」

「 Adrien Agreste ／ MUSIC 」

「 Adrien Agreste ／ CRACK 」

✘ · Marinette Dupain-Cheng ♡（ᵗʰᵉ ᵐᵒˢᵗ ᵃᵐᵃᶻⁱⁿᵍ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵗᵃˡᵉⁿᵗᵉᵈ ᵍⁱʳˡ ⁱⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ʷᵒʳˡᵈ ʷʰᵒ ᶜᵃᵖᵗⁱᵛᵃᵗᵉᵈ ᵐʸ ʰᵉᵃʳᵗ）

✘ · Adrienette ♡（ ᵀᵉˡˡ ʰᵉʳ ʸᵒᵘ ˡᵒᵛᵉ ʰᵉʳ ᵗᵒᵒ ）

✘ · Ladrien ♡（ ᶠᵒʳ ᴵ ᶜᵃⁿ'ᵗ ʰᵉˡᵖ ᶠᵃˡˡⁱⁿᵍ ⁱⁿ ˡᵒᵛᵉ ʷⁱᵗʰ ʸᵒᵘ ）

✘ · Marichat ♡（ ᴳⁱᵛᵉ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᵃˡˡ ᵗᵒ ᵐᵉ ᴵ’ˡˡ ᵍⁱᵛᵉ ᵐʸ ᵃˡˡ ᵗᵒ ʸᵒᵘ ）

✘ · Ladynoir ♡（ ʲᵘˢᵗ ʷᵃⁿⁿᵃ ᵇᵉ ᵈᵉᵉᵖ ⁱⁿ ʸᵒᵘʳ ˡᵒᵛᵉ ）

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✘ · Bugnette ♡（ ᴴᵒᵖᵉˡᵉˢˢˡʸ ᵈᵉᵛᵒᵗᵉᵈ ᵗᵒ ʸᵒᵘ ）

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Miraculous Ladybug: Adventures Of Lupine Alpha and Corvus. Chapter 10

Summery: A new girl has started at Adrien’s school. One whose elder brother is just as rich and famous as his father. Adrien gets to know the girl more as his father works with her brother on a new project and finds she is a lot like him. As Chat Noir he continues to work along side Ladybug to keep Paris safe when a new Miraculous Holder appears along with a new enemy. Just who is Lupine Alpha? As their knowledge changes and expands more and more information about the Miraculouses comes to light. As do more miraculous holders.

The pharmacist at the drug store couldn't help but feel like this was the strangest day of their lives. After all it wasn't everyday four superheroes walked in wanting to buy the strongest non-prescription allergy medicine there was. The wolf's face was red especially around the nose but not as red as the cat's was. 

The crow and ladybug hung back a bit which suddenly made sense when the crow extended an arm pointing out a specific brand of medicine and one of the feathers on his arm brushed against the cat's face causing him to go into a sneezing fit. The wolf gave a sigh and offered up a sheepish smile. "Sorry Chat Noir is allergic to my partner it seems."

"You have got to be kidding me?!" The pharmacist exclaims in disbelief. Ladybug and Lupine Alpha shook their heads while Chat Noir looked to be in pure utter misery and Corvus gave Chat an apologetic look. The pharmacist grimanced in sympathy for the poor boy turning to retrieve the medicine Corvus had pointed out and set it before them before casting them a doubtful look.

"I don't suppose any of you are over the age of 18?" Lupine and Corvus simply looked at the other two who shook their heads. "We are." They both said in unison. The pharmacist nodded in relief. "Now I don't suppose either of you have an I.D. on you?" He questions hopefully this was making his job far more interesting as it was he hoped not to have it made anymore complected at the very least.

Both shook their heads. "Secret Identity and all." Lupine explains a bit gruffly. "Umm can I at least get a date of birth to enter in then?" Lupine hesitated a moment, Corvus was the one who spoke up screwing up his face as he spoke. "December 12th. I'm 18 as of last December do the math." He states his dark eyes giving the poor guy the creeps what with no whites just all glossy blackness.

The pharmacist entered in the date of birth and scanned the medicine a second time telling them their total. All four looked at each other. "Anyone got any money on them?" Lupine asks patting her sides to show she had no pockets so no where to keep money. Ladybug shook her head doing the same thing as Lupine had.

Chat who did have pockets emptied them of all the random junk he had in them which included a white lily flower which caused Lupine to start sneezing herself. "Why do you have a lily Chaton?" Ladybug asks exasperated with her own partner. "I was going to give it to a furend later." He says flashing his lady a smile like that of a cat who got into the cream.

"Sorry I only have Yen on me not Euros." Corvus replied when all eyes turned to him. "Why?" Ladybug questions somewhat curious as to why he actually had money on him in the first place. "Because that's what I had in my pockets the last time I transformed." He answers playfully giving her a slight smile and a shrug. Chat didn't know how to feel about this new guy just yet other then Lupine seemed to really like and trust him he was her partner after all.

"I'll pay for it." A citizen says from behind them causing them all to turn and peer at the man holding the hand of an over excited little girl her other arm in a pink cast covered in stickers. "Really you don't have to..." Ladybug starts to say raising her hands to wave off his offer. "No it's fine I want to besides my little girl here wants to know if you would sign her cast for her." The father says pulling out his wallet to pay for the medicine.

All four melted at the hopeful look the little girl gave them. Her arm broken and being stuck in a cast is never fun but getting to decorate it and have people sign it makes it better. As the father payed for the medicine each hero took a different colored marker from the little girl and signed their names on it. Ladybug in red, Chat in green, Lupine in brown and Corvus in purple.

They even let the father take pictures of them with the girl who babbled on and on about how much she loved Ladybug and Chat Noir and was now fans of Lupine Alpha and Corvus as well. Chat gave the girl the lily as a parting gift earning a squeal of delight and her little arms being thrown around his neck in a tight hug.

The girl waved to them from the street below as they took to the rooftops once more. "Okay she was totally adorable you can't deny it." Lupine laughs as she swung herself onto the next roof with her whip. Corvus flew beside her the long gloves that covered his arms acting as wings with the attached feathers allowing him to actually fly or rather glide through the air.

The two miraculous holders with allergies stopped to take the medicine they had just gotten each gulping down the pills desperate for it to take affect so they could breathe again. Ladybug took the time to talk to Corvus. "You're the Crow Miraculous Holder?" She asks. "Yeah my miraculous," He held up his wrist showing her the bangle like bracelet that hung from it, "is from the same set as Lupine's is."

"What's your power if you don't mind me asking. I have the power of creation while my partner Chat Noir has the power of destruction and we know your partner Lupine has the power of Protection." Ladybug questions remembering how Lupine said something about him having the power of Choas or something like that.

"I have the power of Chaos. It's somewhat like Chat's destruction but instead of physical mine works differently more on a mental emotional level. It causes things to go out of control. It can cause people to go out of control." He states simply but his voice seemed to hold a power in it that suggested he knew all of what his power did exactly to people around him when he used it. That was something that freaked Ladybug out but also something she could respect. He knew his power was dangerous and knew exactly how to use it the best he could.

"Bugnette if you're done flirting with my partner can we continue with our discussion from earlier before Chat started being allergic to my partner?" Lupine growls softly her gold eyes hot with jealousy. Chat was glad in a way that he wasn't the only one jealous. If Lupine liked Corvus the way he liked Ladybug then he felt better about the crow hanging around with the female there to keep him in line. Her comment caused them all to remember what had transpired not to long ago.

"Corvus! You get back here! I'm so going to kill you when I get my paws on you!" Lupine Alpha howls in furry using her whip to try and grab Corvus's legs and pull him down out of the air as he flew over her head keeping out of reach and only landing when he had to to get another running start to take to the air once more.

His costume at first seemed to be all black but upon closer examination the only true black thing about him was one his eyes and two his hair. His sleeveless shirt with feather trim on the bottom, was blue black just like his pants. His arms were covered almost completely by a pair of long gloves that were black with a tinge of purple to them like his feathers that extended out from the gloves and going up and down the length of them.

The boots that covered his feet that went up to his calves had a green tinge to them like his mask. His eyes were black and had no whites to them or pupils just pure black. His hair was a soft black compared to the glossy black of his eyes. At the base of his throat was a gem pinned to the collar of his shirt. A string was tied across his chest which held a four winged boomerang on his back. A bracelet or bangle hung from his wrist a thick heavy metallic black metal with five purple crows feet marks on it.

He was avoiding getting caught by the furious female he called his partner to the best of his abilities not wanting to face her wrath given the choice. But eventually she was going to win their little spat as persistent as she was. She lunged and tackled him to the roof top landing on top of some of the lilies causing her to start sneezing while she tried to grab him by the shirt front and shake him.

She was growling at him between sneezes yelling at him in another language speaking to rapidly for them to even get an idea of what she was saying. After a while of letting her yell at him Corvus sat up seizing the girls hands to keep her from beating on him and scooping her up with his other arm drawing her waist in close to his so he could maneuver them away from the lilies.

Her face was bright red not just from sneezing but because of his actions. "Deep breaths Hime and then I'll explain myself okay?" He asks the wolf getting a shy nod from her and a few more mutters in a strange mix of whatever language she was speaking earlier and English. They were able to pick out a few words from it that were English and some names but not much else. Chat Noir perched on the far edge of the roof farthest from where the two other superheroes where.

Ladybug sat down beside him listening an watching the two. After a few breaths Lupine Alpha was able to calm down enough and breathe somewhat clearly enough to talk clearly. "Corvus what on earth are you doing here?I left you in charge of Tokyo I told you I was coming here. That's why I left you in charge I figured the city would be safe as long as you where there." She questions worriedly her gold eyes brimming with it.

"That's part of why I'm here Lupine. After you left it got quiet all of a sudden. Very quiet." Corvus explains releasing his grip on her waist but still holding her hands not quite trusting her not to hit him again. She was stronger then she looked. Lupine paled and yanked her hands free of his grasp to clutch the front of his shirt tightly her eyes wide and desperate. "Tell me everything!"

"Not long after you left another possession occurred and I went to handle it. It got rather long and drawn out without you being there but eventually I got it under control. Then another possession happened shortly afterwards with in the same day. Again I took care of it. For three days possessions happened one after the other it was exhausting. But then it grew quiet. Very quiet. The thing that really bothered me was the first one took place on the day you left. Just after you left. And then it stopped everything was completely quiet and no signs of her at all. I got some news from my family that involved me having to go away for a while and with how quiet it had gotten I got worried so I choose to come here and find you. By the way did you know you are all over the internet along with Ladybug and Chat Noir?"

Lupine sank down ignoring the last bit of what he said rolling her eyes though at his playful jesting tone. She started to bite her talons on her hands before her hand was knocked away by Corvus. "She hasn't shown up at all since the last attack?" She asks looking up to meet Corvus's solemn eyes as he nodded. "It got quiet the possessions decreased in strength and got spaced out before dropping off abruptly. I've been checking the news and the Howler for anything regarding incidents or possessions and nothing. Not even regular crime its too quiet Lupine. Way to quiet." His playful smirk had fallen away as he met her worried gaze.

"Who are you guys talking about if you don't mind me asking? And what's this about possessions?" Ladybug questions stepping towards them. "And what's a Howler?" Chat asks hopping down from his perch to walk over to them. "Like you guys have someone you face off against so do we. You have Hawkmoth who from my understanding has a miraculous and is using it for evil. Well we have someone too. Her name is Deer Woman. She to got a hold of a miraculous that does not belong to her and is using it for evil." Lupine Alpha explains.

Corvus shifted positions while his partner did the explaining scratching at his neck where the feathers around his shirt collar itched his skin. Chat was standing across from him and suddenly wrinkled his nose as one of Corvus's longer feathers on his arms stretched across the distance getting in Chat's face. Chat sneezed suddenly unable to hold it back. The suddenness of it caused Corvus to start his feathers ruffling. This caused Chat to sneeze again and again. The sneezing fit finally ended when Corvus backed away enough coupled with Chat backing away there was enough room between the two males that Chat did have a reaction to Corvus's feathers.

"What was that about?!" Lupine Alpha exclaims in surprise her eyes wide and darting between her partner and Ladybug's who was currently groaning and looking like she would rather be else where. "I forgot dammit." Ladybug curses going over to her partner to make sure he was okay. "Chat Noir is allergic to feathers." She explains somewhat sheepishly. "You have got to be kidding?" Lupine mutters her eye brows raised or rather the top of her mask raised. Ladybug shook her head while Chat regained his breath. "No. Chat really is allergic to feathers." "So basically what you are saying is Chat Noir is allergic to my partner?Ohh this is just too good."

All three settled themselves down in comfortable positions on the Eiffel Tower having chosen that place to sit and discus what was going on. "Okay first question." Lupine directs with a nod towards them telling them to begin. "What's a Howler?" Chat Noir asks quickly before his lady could get in her question. She had already gotten part of an answer earlier while he didn't so he felt it was only fair to be answered first since he had starting sneezing due to Corvus not that it was his fault.

"The Howler is a social media page. A blog run by a fan who follows the fights and tries to get interviews with us any chance he gets." Corvus explains pulling his boomerang off from his back and gave a tug on two of the wings pulling them apart from the rest so the middle slide open reveling a screen. A few quick taps and a page was pulled up. The top of the page had two large prints on it. One in English reading The Howler, and the other is kanji characters.

He handed the boomerang to Chat letting him scroll through the pages curiously while Ladybug finally got the chance to ask her question. "What is this Deer Women's powers?" Ladybug asks directing her question to Lupine while the guys browsed the blog. "Deer Women has the power to brain wash and posses men and children. She takes over their minds and controls them. Her power works best on men especially those who have been unfaithful or are promiscuous. Children it's not as strong with I've found and the connection is easily broken."

"That explains the child during the Skin Walker and Wendigo incident as well as the native american theme with them. If this Deer Women is here in Paris somehow and is now working with Hawkmoth then that explains these last few akumas. She is using her powers to weaken the people and make them vulnerable to Hawkmoth's control and then strengthening them once they are Akumatized controlling them and using children and others involved."

Lupine and Ladybug continued discussing Deer Woman their faces grim as they hashed out the last few akumas and how things had differed from normal. Their growing heated argument over how to handle things. (Lupine wanted to handle Deer Woman herself with Corvus since she was their enemy and let Ladybug and Chat Noir handle Hawkmoth. But Ladybug opposed splitting up arguing two separate teams working on two different but possibly connected things wasn't going to work they should stick together)

Chat Noir let out a surprised shout interrupting the two females causing Lupine to drop her growling that she had been doing. Her teeth bared and a low rumbling growl rising from her throat as the two dominate females clashed over how to handle things. They turned to the males to see what had caused the commotion. "Who is that?" Chat asks his eyes wide pointing to a picture that had appeared on the screen having been posted on the blog some time ago.

In the picture a tall lanky dark haired dark eyed male stood there frowning seemingly disinterested as a perky smiling girl hung off his back her arms wrapped around his neck her head resting on his shoulder her green eyes light with happiness her long dirty blonde hair pulled into a pony tail laying draped over the guy's shoulder. He should no annoyance by having the girl cling and hang off him the way she was in the picture at all. "That is Itsuki and J.J. they are friends of the owner of the blog."

[freedom-shamrock]

We Don't Have to Choose Just One

Also on AO3. This is the @miraculousfluffmonth  Aug 14 prompt, telling the truth.

"Hey Chat, can we talk a minute?" Ladybug asked as she landed near him on the Eiffel Tower.  They were meeting up for their usual mid-week check in and joint patrol, and there was something she'd been putting off bringing up for far too long.

"We can talk for more than a minute," he said with a smirk.  "You have my absolute attention, My Lady."  He bowed to her.

She sat down patting the space next to her.  "Why so far away, Chaton?"  She'd gotten good at keeping her Ladybug and Marinette nicknames for him straight, though she occasionally dreamed of outing herself by using the wrong one.

His expression turned rueful.  "You sound serious tonight, and that's always a bit… worrying to me."  He shrugged and settled next to her.

"It's nothing to worry about," she promised, patting his knee.  "It's just…"  She broke off with a sigh.  "It's something I should have brought up months ago, but… you know how I am.  Overthinking.  Worrying."

"Overthinking is the sign of a high IQ," he said, clearly trying to ease her mind with a lighter mood.  "Besides you know I do my own share of it."

She leaned against him.  "That's true."

He lightly rested his arm around her back, something he did often, giving her farther shoulder a little squeeze.  "Tell me what you need to, Bugnette.  I'll listen, and I'll try not to judge you while we work out whatever it is I should know."

She snorted.  He knew her too well, and she was glad.  "You like me, Chat.  In a fairly serious romantic way."  They'd never actually discussed it, but she was neither blind nor stupid.

"That I do," he agreed, apparently deciding there was no point in denying what they both knew.

"I know I haven't really made it clear to you, but…"  She took a deep breath.  "I very much like you in the same way."  She stared out at the city, though she could see him from the corner of her eye as he turned to face her.

"But there's a complication," he suggested.

She nodded.  "You… you're not the only person I feel this way about."

"Oh?" he sounded curious, not hurt, which was good but not expected.

She tangled her fingers together.  "At first, when I realized that I cared about you this way, when I already liked A… this other person, I thought I was fickle and awful.  I thought I should be able to choose one of you, but…"

"You couldn't," he finished for her.

She shook her head.  "I… I've done some research, and, well… I think I might be polyamorous.  Maybe."  She tangled her fingers together, nervously twisting them until his free hand settled on top of them.

"Is it just me and this other person?" he asked, genuinely curious.  "And have you ever felt like this before?"

"It's just you and him."  She smiled a little.  "I think you guys would like each other.  You both like the same animes.  You have very similar senses of humor.  And I think you even have the same favorite pastries."

"Wow," he said, chuckling.  "I think you have a type, My Lady.  Who is he?"

"His name's Adrien."  She finally turned to look at him, surprised by the stunned expression on his face.

"A-Adrien?" he asked.

She nodded.  "Adrien Agreste," she clarified.  "I've… been visiting him sometimes in the evenings."  She hadn't previously confessed that bit.

"Ahh.  In… costume or as your… uh… civilian self?"

This was where it got a little dicey.  Marinette and Adrien had been hanging out a lot these days.  She wasn't even sure what started it, and she didn't much care.  But Ladybug had been stopping by to visit Adrien on Thursday evenings since around the same time Chat had started stopping by to visit Marinette on Friday evenings.  "In costume," she said.  For now, it seemed easier to separate her identities.

"So you like both Adrien and me, and you can't choose between us?" he asked.

She nodded.  "I'm sorry.  That makes me sound like some sort of horrible greedy person who can't make up her mind and just…"

He touched his index finger to her lips.  "You aren't horrible or greedy.  If you legitimately can't make up your mind, then maybe you're right.  Maybe you really want to be with both of us."

She nodded, relaxing a little.  "You're taking this so much better than I thought you would."

"Well," he said, drawing out the word.  "I should probably come clean and admit I'm in the exact same boat."  He smiled and offered a small shrug.  "I didn't mean to do it, and I've been low key hating myself for months about it.  But I think I'm in love with two people, too."

She blinked at him a couple of times, processing his news.  She tamped down on the tiny bit of jealousy she felt.  She had no right.  If she could love two people, so could he.  "I did not see that coming."  She giggled.  "Do I get to ask about them?"

His smile turned sweet and shy.  "Her name is Marinette.  I worked with her on the Evillustrator akuma, when you weren't available."  He shook his head.  "I've been visiting her as Chat.  I'm not sure she'd like my civilian side as much."  He patted her hands, before dropping his hand in his lap.  "She reminds me of you, though that's not why I fell for her.  And she makes me feel like I can do anything."

They sat there in silence for a long moment.  "So what should we do about this?" she finally asked.

"Maybe we should sleep on this, and then talk about it again," he suggested.  "And we should probably each have a conversation with our other, um… possible partners.  See how they feel about this."

Ladybug nodded.  "Thanks for listening, Chaton."  She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.  "I'm sorry it took me so long to bring it up."

He snorted.  "You were braver than me."  His fingers lightly brushed her cheek.  "And we'll work it out, My Lady.  Together, we can do anything."

Next in series > Talk the Talk

30 minute speed write.

I get a little tired of the self-hate inflicted on these two when they realize they’re in love with two people. These kids are modern and smart, and I could totally see them googling their situation to find a solution (Adrien especially). Polyamory is absolutely an option they should consider (at least until identities are revealed and they discover the two people they love are the same person). It would also be nice for poly relationships to show up in fiction (outside of smut) more often than it does. I have a lot of ideas for continuing this, but it's a little lower on the to do list than other things.

[freedom-shamrock]

Bare With Me - 4

Also on AO3  You can catch the previous chapters there or on Tumblr (though there’s not a lot of plot here, so it’s not strictly necessary). Chp 1  Chp 2  Chp 3  Chp 4

Ladybug paced along the ledge of Notre Dame waiting for her partner to show up.  After last night's festival of eye candy she needed a hard run through Paris, and their usual game of tag would give her exactly what she needed.  

"Good evening, my Lady!" Chat called as he bounded into sight.  He landed smoothly near by.

"Hey Chaton."  She smiled at him, infected by his happiness.  "You're in a good mood."

"It's just a much better day than yesterday," he said.  "Speaking of which…"  He beamed, looking mischievous.

"No," she said firmly, hoping to stop him.

"How did it go, transporting the underdressed model home?" he asked, as  if it were of no more interest than the weather.  He was totally faking.

"Oh…"  She needed to defuse his focus on this.  "It was good."  Awkward, nerve wracking, and utterly blush-worthy counted as good, right?

"Just good?" he asked, shaking his head.  "Simple drop off, then?  He didn't offer up any kind of appreciation for the save?"  He huffed.  "I think I'm offended on your behalf."

"Oh no," she corrected quickly.  "That's not it at all.  I mean… he seemed really appreciative.  We played Dance Dance Revolution.  It was nice." It really had been, even with the unexpected bits.

"Did he end up putting on clothes, or did you get to admire him in all his glory?"

She shot Chat a glare.  "Why do you care?"

Chat shrugged.  "I have a vested interest in you being happy, and while the circumstances may be unusual, you seem to really like this guy."

She sighed.  Stupid accepting cat.  "He's nice.  Actually nice, not one of those fake nice guys who feel the need to point out just how nice they are all the time, because it's not obvious."  She clarified.  "Honestly, I think you two would get along really well.  His sense of humor reminded me of you."

His smile was so bright it could have served as a spotlight.  "Is that your plan, My Lady?  Surrounding yourself with gorgeous blonds who make you laugh."

She giggled.  "Yes.  That must be it."  She pushed herself to her feet.  "You up for a game of tag?"

His smile turned into a smirk.  "Need to run off a bit of energy, do you?"  He hopped to his feet just in time to miss a swat.  As he strolled along the ledge, Ladybug's attention was caught by his gait.

"Are you a model, Chat?" she asked, her voice serious.  Normally she avoided too much personal life talk, at least of the type that could accidentally reveal one of them.

He glanced over his shoulder at her, surprise clear on his handsome face.  "What makes you ask that?"

She hesitated, trying to answer that question for herself.  "You walk like one… a little."  A lot, actually.  She'd noticed his smooth rolling movement before, but it seemed so much more evident after Adrien's brief demonstration in his kilt last night.

"Do I?"  He turned away and walked a few more paces.  It was more sassy Chat than sweet Adrien, but the muscles from shoulder to glute tightened and relaxed in a cascade that was entirely too familiar.  He turned and winked at her.  "Come catch me, Bugnette."  In a move that wasn't at all telegraphed, he dropped off the side of the building, darting away from her.

Their game of tag had taken them all over the city, and had done wonders for wearing her out.  It wasn't until she was detranformed and back in her room that she realized he'd never answered her question.

Another late evening akuma had cropped up, this one triggered directly by the heat rather than the short tempers that went along with it.  Chat had arrived with dripping wet hair, and she couldn't help but notice how tired he was from the get go.

Despite the disadvantages, they were able to wrap up relatively quickly.

"You sure you're okay, Chaton?" she asked, foregoing their usual fist bump to rest a hand on his shoulder.

"Yeah."  He let out a groan.  "But I sure could use a break in my personal life if Hawkmoth is going to insist on frequent evening attacks."  He ran a hand over his head.  "And I'm gonna need another shower."

"You going to be able to get home all right?"  She pointed to his ring, down to three pads.

He nodded.  "Yep.  While I appreciate the concern, there's no need to fret, Milady."  He shrugged.  "And if it gets close, I have a spot to recharge along the way."

"Great.  I'll see you tomorrow."  She waved and threw her yo-yo out to dash home.  She had a pretty strong suspicion her balcony was his emergency recharging spot.  Chat had been casually visiting her as Marinette for months.  At first she'd been terrified he'd figured her out.  But it quickly became clear that her Chaton just needed a friend and a place to hang out that wasn't his home.  Home sounded like it was not a particularly pleasant place.  So instead of discouraging him, she'd welcomed him.  He was her best friend, even if he didn't know it.

She detransformed and dropped through her skylight, hopping off her bed to get Tikki settled quickly, just in case.  She tugged at her sports bra, half adhered with sweat, and grimaced.  She really needed a shower, and if Chat didn't stop by in the next fifteen minutes, she'd give up waiting.

A light tap at her skylight told her that her instincts had be correct.

"That you, Chat?" she called walking over to look up through the plexiglass.  She smiled and waved.  "You want to come in?"

"Is it as hot in there as I suspect?" he asked.  "I mean, you have a pallet out here all set up for sleeping, and all."

"Good point."  She was fully planning on having a shower and then sleeping on the balcony.  "You need a snack?"

"Yeah, actually."  His voice was soft, apologetic.  "Cheese if you have it.  I'm about to detransform."

She quietly raided the family kitchen, heading upstairs with a bundle of snacks for both Chat and his kwami, as well as water for him and her.  The ladder was awkward, but she managed not to drop anything.  When she got there, she was surprised to find a large Chat-shaped lump covered by her light pink sheet.  A tiny black cat was perched on the top, possibly guarding his charge.

"Oh," she said.  "Who are you?"  She inched closer.

"That's Plagg," the Chat-shaped lump explained.  "He's the one who gives me my powers."  Plagg raised one paw and waved.  "He needs the cheese."

"Oh, okay."  She settled on the floor beside them.  "Hey there, Plagg," she said gently.  "I wasn't sure what Chat meant by cheese, so I got you a piece of cheese bread, a cheese danish, and a little block of swiss that we had around."  She untied the tea towel she'd used to carry the snacks.  "Will any of these work?"

"Hey kid, I changed my mind," Plagg said, his voice gruff and slightly nasal.

"Yeah?" Chat asked.

"Definitely keep this girl," Plagg suggested.  "But be sure to bring me treats when you stop by for a visit."

Marinette giggled.  "Thank you for that vote of confidence, Plagg," she said.  "I'll be sure to send him home with treats in the future, now that I know what you like."  She laid out the towel, and Plagg drifted down before she could hand him his snacks.  She reached out and touched what she thought might be Chat's shoulder.  "I brought you snacks, too."

"You really didn't have to, Princess," he said.  The weariness present during the battle was evident in his voice.

"There was an akuma, and you're tired," she replied.  "You need to recharge too, Kitty."

"Listen to the girl, kid."  Plagg shot Marinette a wink.  "I get the feeling she knows what she's talking about here."

Marinette swallowed hard.  Plagg definitely knew she was Ladybug.  But he was a kwami, so it was safe, right?

The lump under the sheet writhed a bit, and a lightly tanned pale hand crept out in her direction.  "All right.  What did you bring me, Princess?"

"It's chocolate bread with dark chocolate chunks and crystalized ginger."  She slipped the mini boule into his hand.  "The ginger should pep you up a bit."

He grasped the little bread and slowly sat up, careful to keep covered.  "Thanks.  You're really ameowzing, you know that."

She giggled.  "Thanks, Kitty."  She watched as Plagg worked through his snack, much faster than Tikki would have.  She realized she was staring, and glanced away.

"Uh, I apologize if Plagg's a pig," Chat said, breaking the silence.

Marinette shook her head, then realized he couldn't see through the sheet.  "Oh… it's okay.  I'm just a little…"  The little black kwami chose that moment to shove an entire danish in his mouth.  "Oh my god Plagg!  Don't choke!"  She reached for the kwami, terrified on his behalf.

Chat laughed.  "It's kind of appalling how fast he can eat."

"It's nice in a time crunch," Plagg said.  "Can't leave our bug without her shield."

"You are not Ladybug's shield," Marinette said firmly, scowling a little at Plagg.  "You're her partner ."

Plagg smirked at her.

"Well…" Chat mumbled.  "We are her partner, but… sometimes it's necessary to buy her time or keep her safe, and that's our job."

Marinette frowned.  Stupid self sacrificing cat.  "Who keeps you safe?" she asked.

"Oh," Chat sounded surprised.  "Well Plagg is a powerful being.  And Ladybug's cure always fixes everything."  He turned a bit under the sheet.  "And you've been helping a lot lately."

"I don't like it when you get hurt," she muttered crossly.  "Here, I brought you some water."  She held up the bottle and sloshed the contents.

Chat groaned happily.  "You are my most favorite person ever."  He twisted some more to reach for the bottle.

"You're getting mighty tangled in my sheets there, Chat," she pointed out, grinning wryly.  "Are you nesting?"

He laughed.  "Nooooo.  But your sheets do smell nice."

"You scent marking her bed, kid?" Plagg asked.

"Plagg!"  Chat sounded horrified.  "You know why I'm under here.  Knock it off."

"You're detransformed," Marinette said, wondering if there was more to this situation that she didn't know.  "Is there something else going on?"

Plagg flopped onto the tea towel cackling happily.  "So much more."

"Gee thanks Plagg," Chat said drily.  "It's not like I haven't humiliated myself enough this week.  Now you had to go and make this weird."

"You know I have to ask what's going on, now, right?" Marinette said.  "You are allowed to decline to answer."

Chat's sigh was audible.  "I was in the shower when the akuma alert came in."  

Ah.  That explained the wet hair.  Oh.  Wait.  "Did you have time to dress?" she asked.

"Nope!" Plagg blurted out.  "You've got a completely skinned cat under there."

What was it with her and naked boys all of a sudden?  First Adrien, now Chat.  And he sounded distinctly less pleased than Adrien had been.  "It's okay, Chat.  It's not weird."  Okay.  That was a lie.  "Well, not too weird.  And… I bet it's really pleasant to be in nothing but light cotton in this heat."

After a long moment of silence, he replied, "Yeah."

"I have some of those gooey caramel brownies you like," she said, trying to squelch the awkward.  "Want one?"

"Yes."  He thrashed a bit.  "Ugh.  Just... let me... get…"  He twisted the other direction a couple of times.  In the process, some of the sheet came loose, providing Marinette a perfect glimpse of naked Chat from the shoulders down.

"Adrien?!"  She gawked at him, one hand pointing at him.

"What?"  He stiffened, hands frantically tugging the sheet back over his glorious backside.  "Uh… who?"

"Adrien Agreste," she said firmly.  While it was not at all what she expected, it somehow still fit.  There was none of the weirdness she expected to feel upon discovering the identity of her partner.  "You're Chat Noir?"  She glanced down at Plagg, who was rolling around giggling, which did nothing to discourage her claim.

The writhing pink sheet went still.  "Sorry Mari."  He sighed and pulled down the sheet covering his face to look at her.  "What gave me away?"

She snorted.  "You have a very lovely and distinctive Assgreste."

His lips twitched to the side as he tried not to laugh.  "That's… surprisingly nice to hear, especially coming from you."  He shook his head.  "But it's not like you've seen me naked before."

She raised one eyebrow a bit.  "Now that the totally hot cat is out of the form fitting bag," Marinette said.  "We are going out to dinner tomorrow.  And you're wearing that kilt."

"Wait how did you know I have a…"  He trailed off, his eyes going wide as his brain finally caught up.  "Oh."  He covered his mouth and gaped at her.

She grinned at him.  "Who knew my Dreamy Kitty was such a tease?"

Big thanks to @seasonofthegeek for inspiring...whatever this is. If you haven't read her stuff, do yourself a favor and rectify that situation post-haste.

I apologize for any typos. I had to type most of this on a qwerty keyboard, and that's not my norm.

Second, thanks to everyone who enjoyed this along with me.