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lawbreaker13 · 2 years

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Elation Exaggeration

OOPS I DRABBLED AGAIN.

No, don’t get me wrong, I have nothing to “fix,” I loved every single moment of this episode and it was PERFECT. And this fic is NOT Marinette salt in any way. She recated just like anyone else in her position would have. Girl is stressed, it’s fine. However, I am and have always been a sucker for Marichat, and as much as I respect Adrien’s acknowledgement that his romantic endeavors as Chat Noir will always be somewhat of a parasocial relationship because he can’t ever delve any further into who he really is, I do think that there was potential for the rest of the season to have a whole lot more Marichat rather than what it’s so obviously about to do, lean entirely into Adrinette. Again, I AGREE WITH THIS EPISODE. And I am not mad at the direction that the show will take from this point forward. Marichat was officially executed for one episode and one episode only, and it did so perfectly, and ended with good reason. But like…indulge me for a moment, won’t you?

Anyway, this is my (less climactic) version of that scene that basically answers the question, “What if Marinette was like. A year older and had the wherewithal to think for like. A second?”

Be warned, there is much, disgusting, sappy fluff. Read and vomit at your own risk.

Note: I do not speak French and will be updating all the canon dialogue once the English dub is released, but this is my understanding (and slight interpretation) of what the true English script will be based on transcriptions, subtitles, and honestly, the way I think things should probably be best worded.

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They were kissing. They were kissing. Her hand was on his face and his mouth was on hers and they were kissing. Man, if you’d have told Adrien this morning that he’d be kissing Marinette on the beach that very night, he might’ve had a heart attack right there on the spot. BUT THEY WERE REALLY KISSING. Sure, he wasn’t Adrien right now, he was Chat Noir but—

Oh shoot. He was Chat Noir.

Chat Noir opened his eyes and pulled away quickly. “Wait, what are we doing?” he exclaimed. “I can’t do this.”

Marinette was vaguely surprised as his sudden lack of confidence. “No, no, you were great!”

“No,” Chat began to explain, “I know who you are, but you don’t know who I am. I’m taking advantage of the fact that you’re a fan.”

Marinette almost laughed at the idea of her being just another fan. He had no idea.

“No, not at all!” she replied. Chat sighed.

“But you are,” he resigned. “And that’s wrong.”

Marinette closed her eyes and growled under her breath. Then she sighed. Of course he thought she was just another fan. And he was right after all, Ladybug was the one who had told him exactly this. This is exactly what she and Alya had been arguing about earlier, too. Their identities would always get in the way, no matter how they swung it. She opened her eyes and looked at him solemnly.

“Chat Noir, listen to me.” Marinette reached for his hands, but he pulled away. She felt her a pang in her heart, but swallowed it. She pulled back. “Of course I’m a fan. No one in their right mind—and Monarch certainly isn’t in his—no one in their right mind would be anything but a fan of the guy who saves Paris from evil ten times a week.” Chat Noir let out a small chuckle and smiled just a bit. “And I don’t know about you, but I don’t think I’m ‘just a fan.’ I mean, how many other fans have you gone to the movies with?” Marinette swallowed as she asked it. The thought that there were other girls in his life hadn’t really crossed her mind until this moment. What if she was just another fan?

Chat Noir shook his head. “None.” She felt the weight lift off her chest. Thank goodness. “But Marinette—”

“How many fans have you tried to get ice cream with?” she asked, this time much more confident in her point. Chat looked down.

“None.”

Marinette smiled softly. “How many fans…have you kissed?”

Chat Noir swallowed and looked back up at her. “Just you,” he said. She tilted her head and looked at him sweetly. “But Marinette, it’s just too complicated.”

“Life is complicated!” she laughed.

“I have too many secrets,” he tried rebutting. “I have a whole identity you know nothing about, and I don’t know when I’ll ever be able to tell you. It’s too dangerous for you to know, and it’s not fair to you that I know you and…” Chat thought about trying to get ahold of Marinette this morning as Adrien. She clearly didn’t want to spend time with him anymore. She didn’t like him anymore. She’d just said so herself. “…and you may never truly know me,” he said. “I can’t use you like that.”

“You’re not using me, Chat. And I don’t think that…I don’t think either of us think that I’m just a fan.” Marinette hesitated for a moment, but reached out for his hand again. This time, he let her take it. She placed her other hand on top. “Look, we all have secrets. I have secrets. I have big secrets. Ones that I don’t know who I’ll ever be able to tell…or when. You may think I don’t get it, but I do.” She pulled her clasped hands closer to her chest, and Chat Noir put his other hand on top. Marinette let her gentle smile return as she continued. “Life is complicated. Everything you do is dangerous and complicated. But my life…it’s a lot less complicated when you’re around. I don’t think about my secrets. I don’t think about danger. All I can think about is you.”

Chat Noir’s face softened, now looking some mix of love and concern. “I feel the same way, Marinette. But it just feels so manipulative a-and wrong! You may never know who I am—at least not until Monarch is defeated—and you are a fan. It doesn’t matter what I feel. I just cannot take advantage of your feelings like that. I can’t take advantage of you.”

Marinette was about to cry. Yes, of course his insistence was heartbreaking. But this was also why she liked him so much. He was just so sincere. So caring, genuine, sweet. She held back her tears and tried one more time.

“You could never take advantage of me, Chat Noir.” She removed her hands from their intertwinement and gently curled her left hand up against his cheek. He leaned into it ever so slightly and she ran her thumb along the bottom edge of his mask. “I may not know who you are here,” she said, lifting her other hand and placing her open palm over his heart. “But I know who you are here.” Chat Noir closed his eyes, and nuzzled up against the hand on his face a bit more. He placed his right hand over her fist and looked back at her. She had never looked so radiant. “You’re a good guy, Chat. I know there’s someone under that mask who is, too.”

Marinette removed her right hand from his chest and pushed his bangs back. She stood on her tiptoes for a moment and kissed him on the forehead as he locked their fingers in the hand he was still holding, pulling their grasp down in between them again. As she pulled away from the kiss and placed her feet back on the ground, he leaned down and rested their foreheads together. They both closed their eyes.

“Thank you,” he said. It almost sounded like he might cry, too. Marinette was worried. “But we still can’t be together. It’s too dangerous. Monarch can and will hurt you if he finds out. It’s just…the casualties of the job I guess. I’m really sorry…” His voice was shaking. Marinette kissed him on the cheek, then pulled away and looked back up at him.

“It doesn’t have to be now,” she sighed. “Although I don’t know how he’d find out, ‘hopelessly in love’ doesn’t seem to be the strong emotion that Monarch’s looking to exploit.” They both laughed.

“Thank you, Marinette.” Chat Noir said sweetly. The sadness seemed to pass, at least on the surface. “I had a great time tonight, really. And I would love to do it again sometime…eventually.”

“Me too.” Marinette grinned.

“Come on. Let me take you home.” Chat Noir grabbed Marinette by the waist again and she put her hands around his neck. He extended his baton, pushing against the sand, and leapt off toward the bakery.

As they landed on her balcony, there was a commotion in the distance. They both turned to see a familiar ice cream monster rising up from the very area that they had just come from. They both rolled their eyes. Chat Noir sighed and looked back to Marinette. He leaned down and kissed her on the cheek.

“This isn’t goodbye forever,” he promised her. “Just for now.”

And with that, he jumped back off in the opposite direction to take down the man who’d made them have a stupid “heart-to-heart talk.” How dare he.

Marinette watched him leap off to battle and swooned. She then shook her head, realizing there were more important matters at hand. She jumped back down into her bedroom.

“Thank goodness!” Alya shouted. “WHERE in the world did you get off to??” Just then, Alya’s Alliance ring piped up with a Megakuma Alert.

“As always, I’ll explain later. Timing just sucks. But right now, timing couldn’t be more perfect. Tikki, spots on!”

A flash of light and Ladybug went right back out the way she had just come in. Alya ran downstairs to try and get some footage of the battle, and maybe try to help out in any way that she could. As she ran across town, she thought about Marinette’s supposed crush.

Eh, Alya thought to herself, at least ‘Marichat’ has a nice ring to it.

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And thus begins two seasons of Marichat secret flirtationship antics.

I’M JUST SAYING.

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cynthrey · 5 years

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Before you ever comment again about how Luka is ruining the love-square, read this.

Tell me one single reason why Luka is bad, no, "ruining your ship" doesn't count. Nothing? Exactly. He is not a bad guy, actually, he is attent with marinette (I mean, in "Captain Hardrock" after helping Marinette to escape, when Ladybug arrives he's not like "Oh, Thank you so much Ladybug! You're so amazing!" he INMEDIATELY asks about Marinette and if she's fine. (HE CARES ABOUT MARINETTE GODDAMMIT).

In "Frozer" we see one of the biggest differences between his way to love Marinette and Chat Noir's way to love Ladybug. Luka loves her but when he finds out she already loves somebody else he lets her go because he wants her to be happy even if that means it is another guy who makes her happy, while Adrien/Chat Noir keeps trying to get Ladybug's love even when she already told him she's in love with somebody else (a lot of times). Their both choices are bassed on a single phrase: "If you love someone, let them go" . I know saying that let go someone when you say you love them doesn't sound like a real love but it is and there's another side of the coin: THE POSSESION, when you are so love-blinded that you can't ever imagine them with anyone else because they are yours (and not like a lover, but a thing they own). This last one can drive into the called "toxic-love" , when someone might be in love but is not doing the right things to their couple. We all know Adrien will never do something like that (not consciously at least), but love is like a flower, give it too much water and you will drown it, give it none and it'll die; it won't bloom in one day but with time. Adrien doesn't know this and needs to know it before it's too late. Also the poor guy is just a tool to make Adrien notice his own feelings for Marinette.

If you are a love-square blinded fanatic (and probably not older of 14 years) you must be thinking: "But how is he gonna make Adrien notice that?! Stolen his girl?!" PRECISELY. Look I'm a hardcore marichat shipper and I would do ANYTHING get my ship to be real, but there's one problem: Adrien/Chat Noir is in love with Marinette but he doesn't realize it yet. And, you know what they said "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE UNTIL YOU LOSE IT". If Marinette suddenly starts to spend more time with another guy than with Adrien he'll start missing to have her with him. He might even start to wish it was him who was with Marinette until he finally realizes he likes her more than just a friend (yeah that goddammit phrase we all hate of him)

Luka was literally made to fall in love with a girl and eventually get rejected by her. He was created to make the love-square move forward, both he and Kagami (but Kagami is a witch, I can't deny it). Otherwise it might stay the same forever. Also, it is dumb to say that Luka is really ruining something, after all, Marinette and Adrien are made for each other.

#love-square #mlb #adrienette #ladynoir #lukanette #miraculous ladybug #luka couffaine #marinette #adrien agreste #marinette x luka #adrien x marinette #chat noir x ladybug

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