#but i dont think i really wanna make a new kwami

[kari-go]

Okay so

This is what I have so far :DD

Not sure if hooved is the right spelling but whatever, there's so many of them I thought there would be a lot of felines

The ones not in any category just didn't fit anywhere but some (like the scorpion and spider) are from the same group. So that's what I need help with :]

I don't know if you want to do It, but considering that you have so many kwamis, we will have any "animal club"?, like "reptil club" or "bug club" drawing post?

yeah, I definitely wanna do that, that would be so cute.

It was also how the boxes were for a while in the past before they changed to a different sorting system. It all depended on the Grandmaster as they were the leader of the Order of the Guardians. I'm kinda still figuring things out but I have a rough outline of the hierarchy

[kathasofwander]

The YJHD Miraculous

Ok hi! I am from India, where Bollywood is one of the major movie industries.

Anyway. Back in 2013, There was this movie, called Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. It’s there on Netflix, so if you wanna watch it, go ahead. You might get a inkling of the movie when you read the whole thing, so anyway. 

When I last saw the movie, A few dialogues really reminded me of Adrien and Marinette’s situation and I thought up the whole thing. So here goes. 

(This is going to be an incredibly long post. Please bear with me.)

Ladybug and Cat Noir are some 17-18 when they defeat Hawkmoth. Chat/Adrien, is very obviously shocked and saddened when the villian is finally unmasked. This is pre identity reveal, and they reveal their identities after the fight. They part ways after talking about everything they could, (except their feelings) and she lets him keep Plagg. Marinette is happy that her best friend is also the guy she loves, so she decides to tell him her true feelings. She waits a week, because Gabriel Agreste is awaiting trial and Emilie has gone into a deep coma. Three weeks later, when everything has cooled down, she makes her way to the Agreste mansion, only to see Adrien leave with a bag. “Adrien?” she calls out. “Oh hey Mari!” he replies. “Are you going somewhere?” “Yeah. I realised that Father didn’t let me see a lot of the world with his obsession to keep me ‘safe’ and the whole miraculous thing. So I am going on a tour. I want to see the world he wanted to shield me from. I am an adult now, so I can do as I want” He explains. Mari’s heart breaks, but she keeps a brave face, and wishes him luck. She had been hoping that his feelings for Ladybug wouldn’t change after getting to know who she was, but well. 

8 years pass. Alya and Nino are getting married. It’s happening in Martinique, where the Cesaire family is from. Marinette, is obviously the Maid of Honor and Nino has been in touch with Adrien all these years, so Mr.Sunshine is his best man. They all agree to meet at the venue a week before wedding to catch up. And since Mari is designing the wedding gown, she arrives with Alya. She is meeting Adrien for the first time since he left 8 years ago, so she’s nervous. Alya and Tikki help her calm down. “Its ok girl! Adrien is going to be happy to see you!” She says. “Alya’s right, Marinette! He’s not just Adrien, he’s also your superhero partner.” Tikki tells her. She agrees with them and cools down. When the four finally meet, Adrien is surprised to see how different Mari is; more confident, bold and...beautiful. 

Alya decides to show the other three around Martinique. Adrien thanks her because it was the only place in Europe he hadn’t been to. Alya decides to be the ultimate wingwoman and makes him and Mari sit together in the car. They even walk together during the sightseeing and spend the whole time together. They enjoy the tour and on the ride back, Adrien drives the car with Mari sitting in the passenger seat. The to-be bride and groom have passed out in the backseat. “You have been awfully quiet during the whole drive back to the hotel.” she says. “Huh? Oh yeah. I have been...thinking.” he says. Plagg and Tikki come out of their wielder’s bag/coat and hover in front of them. “He’s been doing that a lot.” Plagg quips. “Thinking?” Tikki asks. Plagg nods. “What are you thinking about?” Mari asks. “Home. How different things would have been if Father wasn’t Hawkmoth, or if I was not Chat Noir.” he says. She looks at him softly. Her heart was breaking for him. Adrien was so young, and had been through so much; his mother’s disappearance, his father’s arrest, the possibility that Emilie would never wake up. “They took mom off the ventilator last year. Called me to ask for permission.” Adrien explains further. “She wasn’t getting any better, so there was really no point in keeping her in the hospital. Nathalie was the only one from the family at the funeral, apparently.” He finished. He stops the car on the side of the road, gentle enough to not wake their sleeping friends. “Adrien, I am so sorry!” Mari says, and hugs him tightly. He holds her in that position, and they stay like that for five minutes.

Mari pulls away, and suddenly resigns to her seat. He wants to ask her what the matter was, but Alya wakes up. “Have we reached?” she asks. “Nope, but we are almost there.” he says and continues driving. Mari jumps out of the car as soon as the vehicle comes to a stop in front of the hotel, and runs up. All the wedding guests are already there, so the other three greet them and time flies as they are all meeting everyone. Chloe is surprisingly there with her girlfriend; someone she met while in New York. Adrien talks to them, and when the gf (I cant think of a name please help) goes to get a drink, Adrien asks her. “How did you find her? She’s incredible, and seems to tolerate you.” Chloe hits him lightly. “Sometimes, when you spend enough time with the right person, you just know. We were classmates in New York, and even worked on a project.” She explains. Adrien has an epiphany of sorts. All the time he spent with Marinette, whether it was 8 years ago as superheroes in Paris, or as themselves during the tour, it had all felt right. Just like it was meant to be. He excuses himself from Chloe and runs towards Mari’s room. He knocks on the door. “It’s open!” she calls. “Adrien!” she says when she sees him. “Hey! You aren’t going to meet everyone?” he asks. “Oh no, I have to work on...Alya’s wedding gown.” she lies. “Alya told me you were done with it long ago.” he counters. “Are you all right? You seem pretty out of it since we got back.” “Oh yeah. I am fine.” Tikki flies up from her seat on the table. “She’s not fine at all, Adrien. She’s been upset for the past five hours.” she says. “Tikkiiiii!” Mari scolds. “What? It’s the truth.”

“Upset? About what?” Plagg flies out and settles beside the ladybug kwami. “Nothing, Absolutely nothing. I am fine.” Mari denies, while facing the window. “You are lying, Mari. You have always done this; hiding your true feelings from everyone.” Adrien points out. “Oh what do you care about feelings? You gave up on your love for ladybug as soon as you found out it was me.” she bursts. Then she calms down, “I am sorry Adrien. I shouldn’t have said that. I better go down to meet everyone.” she turns to go. “What do you mean?” he stops her. “What’s the matter Mari? You have been avoiding me since we got back.” he asks. “I haven’t.” she lies again. “Yes.” “No” “Yes.” “FINE, yes. I have been avoiding you. Because I cant stay with you any longer.” she says. “What?” “Adrien. why dont you get it? If I stay here with you any longer then...I will fall in love with you, again. But you won’t, again.” she rants. As she is about to open her mouth to say more, he silences her with a soft kiss. She melts into it, and a few minutes later. he pulls away and rests his head against hers. “I never stopped loving you, My Lady.” he says. “The eight years that I spent away from Paris, from you, I have missed you so much.” he says. “Remember when I said, that I have been thinking about home? I want to come back. Enough of seeing the world. I want to be with the girl I have loved for so long.” he says. He kisses her again, and this time, it lasts much longer. 

An hour later, they go down to meet everyone and for dinner. No one says anything much when they see Adrien and Marinette holding hands. Alya smiles and nods at her best friend. Nino gives Adrien a fist bump through the air. No one sees Alix handing Kim a 20 euro note, grumbling slowly. 

Ok so, the actual movie ended very differently. VERY DIFFERENTLY. I had to change some parts of it to fit into the Miraculous storyline. But here it is. 

I finally wrote it! It was in the back of my head for so long and its finally here!! Oh god! Wow! Enjoy! Please tell me how it was. (Except the fact that it was an excruciatingly long read. I know that, please and thank you) 

[familyagrestefanblog]

Peacock miraculous theory

Alright yall, the current state of the peacock miraculous, Mayura in general, Emilies coma and the damage it does/did to Natalie and Emilie has been wracking my brain FOR MONTHS but I think I’ve got something now

So buckel up folks, this is gonna get longer. Here we go

Lets start with the obvious question everybody had (and immediately dismissed as a mistake) in “Mayura”. Why did the miraculous look different and what does it mean

There is alot to unpack here, so first things first.

Simplified answer: in the first picture Duusu is IN the miraculous and in the lower she’s OUT of it.

“But how can Duusu be IN the miraculous, nobody is wearing it!” I hear you asking and of course I’ll explain. What I believe is that the way we saw the peacock in “Mayura” came to be because Duusu was renounced, meaning she was put into the miraculous without anyone wearing it to conceal her or something like that. This already happened before, first time when Marinette and Adrien opened their miraculous boxes

Plagg and Tikki are already in their Miraculous and power them up and only come out to face their new holders. Also nice little touch, the ring starts glowing first because Plaggs a hungry little shit with no patience to get cheese lol

But the second time this happened is the one I wanna focus on. In “the Collector” when Gabriel detransformed to akumatize himself.

These are the two forms of the butterfly (or any miraculous for that matter) that we know of but when Hawkmoth detransformed back into Gabriel to become the Collector, Gabriel did something interestin. He renounced Nooroo. Then this happened

The miraculous turned back into its “active form” even though Gabriel wasnt wearing it and stayed that way when he put it away.

Meaning yes, the peacock miraculous we saw in “Mayura”makes perfect sense when Duusu was simply renounced.

Next.

I dont have a smooth transition for thisbut stay with me, I need to explain this first. Why does Mayura/Natalie look so different from the other holders and the way Duusu and the miraculous damage her (and Emilie)

As everyone hopefully noticed by now, Mayuras design looks very different from the other miraculous holder. Everybody (including ancient holders) looks like they are “wearing” their powers (suiting up) but Mayura looks like she’s possessing the power, the way the akuma victims do. No I#m not about to tell you that mayura is akumatized, what I’m saying is that Natalie absorbes Duusu as Mayura.

Okay please hear me out

A while ago someone from the ml crew leaked official concept arts and included was Mayuras

as you can see, even though Mayura is tranformed here she’s oddly still wearing the “inactive form”. The miraculous doesn’t fit to the color scheme the way every other does and it has 9 feathers instead of the normal number 5 that is also present in every other miraculous (because of the timer). So yeah, its the normal form.

So what I believe is that since the peacock miraculous is broken, it cant absord Duusu anymore while transforming the holder. Its “leaking” as to say. It can hold Duusu when shes being renounced (as seen in “Mayura”) but once a holder is involved? The power/Duusu go straight through the miraculous right into the person.

Which is why the person using the miraculous becomes so incredibly sick andeven falls into a coma. A human being is not meant to absorb the power of a Kwami. As Astruc said himself Kwamis are GODS, humans needed the jewlery to be able to “use” the Kwamis because they are just THAT powerful (flashback to Plaggs little Cataclysm in “Style Queen” that fucking BROKE 90% of Paris or him being the reason the dinosaurs went extinct)

So we have an explaination for what happened and is currently happening to Emilie and Natalie but thats not everything I have for this point! I also believe that Duusu herself somehow got sick. For this I dont have alot to work with (because of the little screentime Mayura and her miraculous had up until now and 0 scene AT ALL for Duusu herself) but what we have leaves me a bit perplex, starting with Duusus design.

Duusu is the ONLY Kwami whose colors do not fit to the real life animal. Look t this and see what i mean

THIS is not how a peacock looks like, where th is the pink coming from? If Duusu were accurate like every other Kwami (purple butterflies exist, so even Nooroo is accurate even though purple isnt the first color that comes into your mind when you think of butterflies. Its close in my case tho) she would be green instead of pink! But you know what? The green is actually there, let m show you something

In negative Duusus peacock green is there, which lets me believe that Duusu turned pink because shes sick (keep in mind that the show often works with negative/opposite colors, Queen Bee and Antibug for example). Beside that I also find curious how much they focus on Duusus emotional outbursts here in her introduction picture. No other kwami has THIS emotional range, not even Plagg comes anywhere close to this and hes the most “out there” Kwami we know!

Alright, whats next?

Ah!

Why was Duusu only renounced in “Mayura”? What are her powers and how can Mayura use them?

Last one promise!

From what we have seen in “Mayura” the peacock is simular to the butterfly in terms of the “akumatizing and communication” stick but both of their powers are not the same! The big difference is that the butterfly adds power to a persons emotional energy which posseses them and the peacock takes the emotional energy an dcreates a ptotector out of it. Both use the energy of a person but only Mayuras power is actually really channeling them. When Mayura rescued Hawkmoth in “Heros day”, he collapsed when Mayura channeled his energy but Im pretty sure thats because the peacock is damaged. If it were normal I believe it would give the person the power to control the protector. Probably also alot more but thats everything Im getting out of the one scene we had with her but I think her powers will be very energy based in general. In the concept art is a picture of Mayura attacking with somesort of energy blast and thats there for a reason for sure!

Where I’m getting here with the whole energie thing is that I believe Duusu on her own can channel a persons energy to protect/preserve and maybe even heal a person. Peacocks are (beside other things) known for Spirituality, Awakening, Immortality, refinement and incorruptibility. So Duuse being able to channel a persons energy is possible, its like Plaggs ability to destroy everything on his own.

Okay I think we all know where Im getting here, so Ill just say it.I believe Duusu was only renounced in “Mayura” even though shes sick/damaged because normally shes trying to/being used to keep Emilies comatose body alive. Of course she isnt doing this 24/7, she cant because shes damaged which also expalines why Emilie is not getting better but worse. Duusu and her powers are aick and damaged, they are probably only able to keep her alive for a little longer before they cant stop time anymore.

This is also supported by the last scene in “Gorizilla”. Remeber this?

We dont see Emilie or anything in close up here, but what we can do, is hearing! Remeber the ticking noises that sounded just like the miraculous timer? Again in the concept we also see this

It seems like the miraculous in their normal form can use some kind of powers too and once again, just like the “activated” timer, something is dissapearing from the miraculous. So maybe gabriel is making Duusu useing her powers to help Emilie and the ticking noise we heard was the efect it has on the miraculous like seen above. It stands in question why Duusu would need the miraculous for useing her powers but its likely because its damaged and Astruc once comfirmed that Kwamis need the miraculous jewleries to interact with humans. So since both she and the miraculous are damaged, she needs to use her powers through the miraculous to be able to help. But thats just one possible way, I need more context for this detail.

Alright u guys, THATS IT

[cheryllcher]

startrain reaction -- spoiler alert!!

so i finally had time to sit down and watch aftee thinking about that cute adrienette ifieekdkekek hey tumblr really needs to add the keep reading thingy to mobile im sorry for spoilers :(

-ohhhh anither akuma that we missed with rena rouge ://

-oh hey the sketchy art style for the scenario bit is nice awwww marinette sacrificing her fun for paris u deserve better

-the host miraculous?? wut?? also it looks like an eye patch ngl but um "iM aLrEadY PutTiNg aLoTtA rIsK By hAvIng 2 mIrAcuLousEs oUt" sure master fu

-adrien adrien adrien u cant underestimate your father hawkmoth he'll just do it anyway but wat a rebel

-plagg being plagg of course never change i love u

-woah roger looks so weird without his hat

-ohboy mothface is here here we gooooooo

-um sir isnt your window closed??? i mean u wouldnt really be smelling the pollution if u did unless it's open .-.

-wow sabrina has a chloe alert

- did u just park your car at the side of the road???? okay cool- OHOHOH IT'S MAX'S MUM DJSJJE

-alya-- just how many blogs do u have??

-again: wut 👏 a 👏 rebel 👏 now: please do something about lila--

-wowowowow fancy new train graphic thingy and awwwww maxipoo max wut a great mum u have didjdjsj i like her *whisper* i want u to live your dream

-alya this is a sweet moment don't just take photos of it please

-chloe alert aga- oh hey the akuma- oh no it's gone in the suitcase. oh mr roger and his fines

-yea dude your akuma disappeared into a girl's suitcase

-chloe wut- yea ms bustier that's a mood right there. and there goes the redemption arc out the window kinda

-marinette's yawn is so cute???????? like dont needa be embarassed girl it's norma- OMG LOOK AT THAT SOFT LOOK *screenshots* GET MARRIED ALREADY

-uh-huh she's been planning alright. about how to take down akumas

-yea mari go with the flow and those lil drink whipper-upper magic machines are adorable

-awwww ivan and mylene (idk their ship name) and juleroseee and kim and alix please just date already i ship u guys now

-oh forgot that liar existed. woah art skills i can never achieve and ms bustier is just unaware

-markov i never see enough if u and you are SO ADORABLE wanting to make friends with all robotic things i love u too

-alya's scheming done right for once YAS

-huh i would have thought adrien had air po- AHHHHHHH SO CUTE ADRIENETTE *screenshots like 20 times* *replays it like 50 times*

-aww the girls supporting adrienette. and lila u sure u wanna do that in front of the entire class?? wut about your "nice girl" act??? so u can just like-- scooch away from my babies and let them have this moment??

-kim?? wut r u doing?? ohgod it's probably something goofy

-chloe no offence but u could idk help instead of just "hey im queen bee it's all good" also aren't u hot it that?? pretty sure the tempreture is not that cold. okayokay u doing good- welp nevermind u shouldn't have mentioned the akuma. okay i'll give u a pass for now for sorta doing it

-wow hawky "i lost contact"

-kim- pffffffft wut are u doing my boy HAHAHAHAHA

-and the extras have names!!

-marinette probsbly thinks she's dreaming lollll AND CAN U SEE THAT LITTLE SMILE ON ADRIEN?? OMG "sHe'S jUsT A FriEnD" PLEASE

-alya and nino to the rescue!! uhhhhhh not really nevermind

-noooooo max's mummmmmm woah u just did that without hawkmoth cool

-woahhh space- kim wut the heck man i love u but seriously waddaheck dude

-"this is spacey" juleka u sweet girl keep doing wut u do :'')

-wow there's emily- wait nathalie why would u check the oassenger seat if u knew that adrien was at school?? i mean technically he didnt tell u but why would u need to check??

-yea gabriel it's really ironic. u know wut else is ironic?? your son is one of your enemies

-ah i see where max got his number speak from. nice

-ohhhh it's horse. makes more sense

-ohboy chloe looks sad. should i be scared for miracle queen now?? clearly she didnt listen in miraculer though idk which came first

-nooo markovvvvv- um that should have destroyed him but okay

-chat noir i love u but seriously this isnt the time for poses

-wow some fancy kwami. nice. ohmygosh do u see that leg cross?? i think i got a new fav here

-wowwwwwwww that's some pretty nice transformation there

-um im guessing everyone has these visions in this show now aaaaaand they're breaths should be able to hold that long- oh wait nevermind they have superpowers

-markov :(

-those moves. darrrrrn also did he like come up with a name on the go or something?? it's a little random. but cool powers tho

-oh heyyy the did go to big ben after all!!

-hey ladybug u kinda are smooshing chat's face. and his butt

-im happy for max's mum go live your dream!!

-oh they went back to paris awwww man adrien has to go now darn it nathalie

so this episode was good. the adrienette shipper that i am is practically screaming in happiness now. i mean we have liela almost destroying things but thank god. BUT THEY ARE SO CUTE

LOOK AT THEM

LOOK AT HIS SMILE AND HOW COMFY HE IS

[catboythanatos]

Adrinette April Day 3

Still going strong! (for now)

they dont actually fence in this dont get your hopes up, i just let the prompt take me wherever. anyways heres a lil post-riposte anxious marinette...

Day 3 Prompt: Fencing

Marinette would be lying if she said she hadn't joined fencing specifically for Adrien.

Sure, she thought that swordfighting was super cool, but she normally probably wouldn’t’ve been all that inspired to join up.

She had joined fencing to spend time with Adrien. It wasn't exactly his fault that he was never available and seemed to consistently blow off plans with all of his friends. He had an incredibly hectic and crowded schedule.

After the trouble she had on her first day of fencing, she didn't think it very necessary that she come back, seeing as she had no real interest in it anyways. And after Adrien’s “Good Friend” comment to Kagami, she had trouble mustering up even the strength to want to see Adrien. She knew he hadn't meant any harm -- in fact, it was probably a high compliment in his eyes -- but she couldn't help but be dejected. No one wants to hear their crush call them ‘just a friend’.

So Marinette sat in her room, sadly watching let's play videos on youtube to try to pass her time.

She was leaning sideways on her chair in an awkward position, watching on her phone despite having her computer screen literal inches away from her.

As she sank further and further into the chair, a sudden noise caused her to jump and she crashed down onto the floor.

“Marinette?” she heard her mother’s voice calling from downstairs. “Are you alright?”

“I'm fine, maman!” she yelled back. “Just knocked something over, is all!”

Marinette sighed to herself, embarrassed about her clumsiness. As she stood up, she paused her video to swipe down and check what the heck the notification that had just about killed her was.

When she read it, she almost collapsed onto the floor again.

1 new message from: Adrien

She picked her computer chair back up and sat in it, clicking on the notification.

The message read:

Hey Marinette! How come you weren't at fencing today? I hope you're feeling alright…

Marinette could hear her heart beating in her ears. Adrien was thinking about her while he was fencing! Not only that, he was worrying about her!! After a short freak out, she started to feel kinda bad.

“Oh no, I made him worry… And he wanted to see me! He was looking forward to spending time with me! I could have been at fencing having an awesome time together with Adrien and I ruined it for both of us by being dumb, oh no…” Marinette sunk down in her chair, sliding back down until she was almost on the floor again.

“Oh, Marinette,” Tikki sighed. “You're not dumb.”

“Yes I am,” the girl pouted. “I just blew it with Adrien yet again.”

“No you haven't -- text him back! I'm sure he'll understand! And maybe ask him if he’s free right now… You could still spend time together.”

“Text him back?” Marinette sounded incredulous, as if responding to a text message was a completely foreign and ridiculous suggestion that made no sense at all. “What would I even say? A lie? ‘I forgot’? Or the truth? That I didn't feel like going to fencing? That makes me sound lazy and noncommittal; forget it, I'd rather die.”

“Marinette! Text him back!” the kwami repeated, shaking her head at the girl’s dramatics. “I'm sure he will understand.”

Marinette pouted. “Fine.” She picked up her phone, staring at the message screen and anxiously hovering her thumbs over the keyboard, completely unsure of what to say.

She typed a

Heyy! Sorry! I'm fine, I just wasn't really feeling it today

Then sighed.

“Are you sure he’ll understand?”

“Yes! I think it's best just to be as honest as you can be with him. I'm positive he will understand.”

Marinette bit her lip, unsure. She looked back down at the message. Squeezing her eyes shut, she hit send, then quickly locked her phone and set it down on the desk.

Sure enough, it pinged again almost right away.

She chewed at her lip as she glanced at the message.

Are you sure? Today was only gonna be your second day of fencing, I didn't think you’d wanna miss it, are you sure everything's fine?

Marinette swallowed. She couldn't admit to Adrien that she had little real interest in fencing, nor that she was depressed that she was his good friend. She still had to be as honest with him as she could be, though, Tikki was right. She decided to express her other big concern:

no im ok. i just dont think im that good of a fencer.

Adrien: What why not??????

Marinette: Just when mr dargencourt made me judge between you n kagami i guess. its my fault she got akumatized i had no idea who won and i just guessed really…

Adrien: Aw, that wasn't your fault Mari! Anyone would have made that mistake. Did you not enjoy fencing at all then?

Marinette: No, no i liked it! It was cool! I'm just embarrassed that i caused all that

Adrien: Well I don't think it's anything to worry about! You’re just learning! And even if you think you're a bad point judger, you're not a bad fencer at all! I actually thought you were really good.. I was looking forward to fencing with you again..

Marinette had stopped breathing at all the compliments she had been getting, and she had to take a step back from the conversation for a moment.

“Go, Marinette!” whispered Tikki.

Marinette: thqnk you omg

Marinette cringed as she noticed her typo after sending the message. It wasn't severe enough for her to bother trying to correct, though, and she feared she’d only embarrass herself more in doing so.

Her phone went off again and her mouth fell open at the next reply from Adrien…

I could help you out if you wanted to get better. I know M. D’Argencourt can seem kind of intimidating so if you wanted some more friendly tips I'd be happy to help if you're interested! Kind of like a private lesson lol

“Private lesson?” Marinette squealed. “With Adrien? Tikki, hold me.”

“I'm physically incapable of doing tha-” Marinette crumpled to the floor with a soft thump. “MARINETTE!”

“I'm fine, I'm fine…”

“You're so silly.”

“Adrien!”

Tikki shook her head. “Well, reply to him!”

Marinette held her phone up above her head, giggling as she typed back a reply to Adrien.

“So?” asked Tikki eventually.

“He's gonna help me with fencing after school tomorrow! At his house!”

Tikki giggled. “Good for you, Marinette! See, was that so hard?”

“Yes.”

Tikki just rolled her eyes.

[cheryllcher]

happy new (tears) year

welp the new year (and decade) is here, so i thought i write a little something, and why not a mishmash of angst (dont worry it’s barely there lol) and a big bunch of fluff it’s crazy. wanted to go for marichat but then this came to mid so yea :) anywayy hope u enjoy this lil short thing and happy new year!! :))

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The Dupain-Cheng household was colourful. No kidding, the house is just filled with multi-coloured fairy lights and glow sticks. New Year’s was just around the corner, and hour walk down the path of time and there it would be. And so, a party is held, to send off the current year and welcome the new one with family and friends.

A whole lot more people came then expected, humans interacting with other humans and laughing with even more humans. This didn’t deter Tom and Sabine though, they continued hosting the party with elegance. The more the merrier they always say. The table had a selection of food laid out on it, each item contributed by the different families that attended. Cider flowing, video games playing, faces smiling, the party was in full swing. A Dupain-Cheng celebration never fails to disappoint, this one included.

Marinette buzzed around the house, making sure all the guests are enjoying themselves, letting her parents relax with the other adults for a bit. Rose and Juleka were huddled by the warm fire munching on pastries, Kim and Alix were currently half-drunk from all the dares(the sober, responsible grown ups were not amused with the children with their underaged drinking *ahem* Roger *ahem*), and Nino and Alya were currently in the corner whispering among themselves suspiciously, which Marinette was sure she knew what it was about. The others were sitting on the ground cheering on a game of Mecha Strike.

Adrien-who was miraculously (pun not intended i swear) allowed to the party with Kagami (also a surprise)- was covered head to ankle with glow sticks. Seriously this guy went crazy he finished a whole box himself and that was like 50 sticks. He was currently conversing with Luka about Jagged Stone and the instruments they play. Kagami was sitting by the side clearly awkward and trying to camouflage with the wall behind her cuz ohmygod there are two hot guys in front of me. The pigtailed girl who was watching from afar deflated slightly at that due to how close her crush and one of her other friends were, wishing it was her who stood beside him instead. But she can’t. It was way too awkward and sort of tentioney to go there.

The clock sure ticks fast, as soon the long hand’s ran close to the 11 mark, indicating that it was slightly more than 5 minutes before the new decade began. (wow a new decade already. time really does fly :) ) Adrien and Kagami were left talking in a corner, seemingly getting closer by the second, Luka long since away from the conversation. Marinette’s heart couldn’t take it, her chest slowly constricting in on itself at the sight. So instead of being with everyone else for the countdown, she snuck up the stairs to her attic-turned-bedroom, before heading to the balcony. Uneasy thoughts swirled around her mind as she looked up at the barely there stars, mostly erased by light pollution from the city below.

Adrigami’s gonna be alive soon, well pretty much alive now, and Adrienette’s dead for good now. What will i do, Monsieur Stars, how will i ever move on?

Adrien and Marinette actually got together after the ‘just-a-friend-zoning’ shenanigans was over, pure sweet, gooey cheesiness around them. So their breakup came as a huge surprise to everyone, disappointing the Adrienette shippers around the city. It was mutual though, both of then clearly not ready to have a relationship in their lives. And they were still friends, hanging out with everyone together except alone with the other. But no matter how hard to tried, how long she took, she couldn’t get her ex and friend out of her head.

Tikki, who had been perched on her shoulder trying to offer comfort to her friend suddenly buzzed away, leaving Marinette conscious of her surroundings. She didn’t turn when the skylight on the floor of the balcony opened, and internally breathed out in relief. At least it’s not an akuma. She assumed it was Alya though, in her too sad to even acknowledge you fully mood, and started speaking to the presence behind her.

“Alya if you’re here to try to get me in on one of your ‘seduce Adrien and make him fall for me again’ plan, I’m not in. He’s clearly with Kagami.”

“Well, I’m not very sure I’m up for being seduced,” a chuckle followed, “but I am now very curious about this plan.”

A shriek nearly slipped out of Marinette’s lips if not for the fact that she placed her hand over her mouth, a silent scream the only thing that remained. She couldn’t speak, couldn’t blink, couldn’t move. Adrien was afraid he’d be seeing her eyeballs fall out, so he continued.

“Sorry for just coming out here, I saw you being sneaky and decided to follow.” Then he did that cure little thing were he rubbed the back of his neck with his hand. Oh god he was adorable.

“Wh-Wha...Aren’t you- gah?”

He heard the many questions in that unintelligible nonsense, understanding everything she was trying to put into words without success. He always did.

“I’m here because I want to talk to you. Yes,

I was with Kagami, and no, we aren’t a thing. I heard you talking to the stars young lady. I... don’t feel that way for her, so I had to be honest with her.” The teasing smile never left his face even if it got a touch shy and awkward.

Oh no I said my thoughts out loud.

“Yes, you did.”

Darn it!

“Anyway, I just wanted to try to confess about how I can’t move on no matter how hard I try and to get some kind of closure or something if you’ve managed to move on with life... but I see the feeling’s mutual?” Hope. Spilling out from his voice, so much.

“You’ve got a minute, hot stuff. Tell me what you wanna say before the year’s over and we’ll see where to go from there. I want to hear everything so speak.” Her confidence is somewhat there, something in her heart fighting it’s way up against the sadness from before. The young man gladly followed the demand.

“Marinette, I know we’ve parted ways thinking it’s for the best as we weren’t up for it, but I still think of you every moment, still falling deeper and deeper into your trap as each day passes. You’ve stolen my heart long ago and it’s so deep in your clutches I simply can’t get it back anymore.

“I want to treat you like the princess you deserve to be once more and make up for all the time we’ve lost. I want to hold you again, shower you with affection and gifts and love. I want to make you smile that smile that I miss so much. I want my best friend back.

“I’m ready now, and I’m not going to choose anyone else, because I can’t... So, Princess, if you are ready as well and are willing... Will you have me? Again?”

The countdown’s starting in the living room.

10! 9!

Her brain short circuited.

8! 7!

His doubts starts streaming in.

6! 5!

She nods her head quickly, tears slipping from her eyes. He laughs out his relief, tears leaking out of his eyes as well.

4! A step closer.

3! Heads tilting forward simultaneously.

2! Eyes fluttered close and breaths mingled

1! Happy New Year!

Lips pressed gently against lips as cheers erupted from downstairs, completely unaware of the sweet fluff happening upstairs. The bells of the Notre Dame rang loud and clear but were not heard by the two teenagers. It lasted for a minute, both parting in need of air.

“Happy New Year, Princess.”

“Happy New Year, my Prince.”

—-

Bonus:

“Geez, my cheese can’t cover up the sweetness here!” A cheese-loving cat kwami grumbled from a shelf in Marinette’s room.

“Well, I guess you wouldn’t want your own New Year’s kiss?” His counterpart asked slyly.

“Nonono, come here sugarcube. I need that kiss to survive the suffering until they figure out their identities.”