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Here's Part Four!

Chapter 8: A Spark of Hope

It wasn’t hard for Alya to sadly tell Mrs. Cheng that Marinette wasn’t in her room and that she’d stop by the next day.

It wasn’t hard for her to act horrified when Sabine Cheng called her mom and tearfully told her that Marinette had never come home.

It wasn’t hard for her to sob into a distressed Nino’s shoulder the next day when Marinette was officially reported missing.

It wasn’t hard for her to play the despondent best friend for the next two weeks.

Mostly because none of it was an act.

School is going on as usual, but Marinette’s absence is felt by the entire class. Alya looks over at the empty spot beside her, feeling just as empty inside. The bell rings, signaling the end of school, and Alya gets up, packing her bag on autopilot.

Nino walks up to his girlfriend and touches her shoulder softly. “Alya, do you want me to walk you home today?”

Alya shakes her head. “There’s someone I need to talk to first. You go ahead,” she says, definitely not sneaking a glance at a specific blond-haired boy sitting in front of her. She pecks Nino’s cheek. “But thank you.”

A ghost of a smile flits across Nino’s face. “Anytime, Als. I’ll call you later, okay?”

Alya’s lips twitch upward. “Okay.”

Nino walks out of the classroom, which is now empty except for Alya and a certain someone. She turns to him, looking into his red-rimmed eyes worriedly. “You cried yourself to sleep again, didn’t you, Adrien?”

Scarabella and Cat Noir had revealed to each other two days after Marinette’s departure, with the former insisting they do so in order for her to be able to support him.

Was she surprised to find out that Adrien was Cat Noir? Nope.

Was she upset about Marinette and Adrien having danced around each other the entire time and therefore having caused her best friend to go through so much anguish regarding her love life?

…Yes. Yes she was.

Adrien rubs his eyes. “I-it’s fine, Alya.”

Alya crosses her arms over her chest. “No, it isn’t. How hasn’t anyone at your house noticed how out of it you are lately?”

Adrien glares at the floor. “No one cares. No one ever did.” He hesitates, then sniffles. “Only Nino does and… Marinette did.”

Alya sighs and pulls Adrien in for a hug. He’s clearly holding back tears. “I care, too.”

Adrien lets out a choked sob. “What if she doesn’t come back? What if she thinks that she can live a better life without me by her side, one where she can live with the boy she loves and-”

Alya pulls back to stare Adrien in the eyes. “Seriously, Agreste?”

“W-what?”

Alya groans. “Adrien, you’re the boy Ladybug kept rejecting Cat Noir for!”

Adrien gapes at her. “W-wait, what?”

“Yes. Marinette loves you, Adrien. You were just too dense to notice.”

A smile fights its way onto his face. “She really loves me?”

“Yes, she does,” replies Alya, a small smile appearing at the look on Adrien’s face. “I had to listen to her go on about how perfect you are and how much she wanted to marry you and have three kids and a hamster named-“

She stops and chuckles at Adrien’s blushing face. She grabs him by the shoulders.

“But importantly, she couldn’t go through a single day without thinking about you. She’ll definitely come back, because she loves you that much.”

Adrien looks at her hopefully. “Really?”

Alya nods, happy that her ship is sailing, despite the fact that one half of it isn’t present for her to enjoy it fully. “Really. And I know for a fact that she wouldn’t want you to worry this much about her.”

Adrien looks toward the window, a lovesick grin on his face, any sign of tears gone. “Then I’ll wait for her for as long as it takes.”

His hope is infectious. Alya feels her heart lighten as she and Adrien leave the classroom.

Come home soon, girl. Your loyal knight is waiting for you.

Chapter 9: The Other Tikki

Marinette looks down at the earrings in the box in her hands. She sits on her bunk, staring at it.

She’s wearing a loose, red plaid shirt over black leggings. It turns out that Kit had made each Marinette multiple outfits with the color scheme of their alter egos. All of them had thanked her profusely, Avis practically crying tears of joy, and Kit had glowed.

And then she had turned to Marinette and given her the ladybug miraculous from Zara and Philip’s universe.

Avis walks into the bunk room and spots Marinette. “Oh, hey, Mari! Have you talked with Tikki yet?”

Marinette shakes her head slowly. “It’s just…the Tikki from my world knows me so well, and this one probably won’t. And what if her personality is completely different?”

Avis sits next to her and pats her back sympathetically. “Kwamis are almost always nice. As far as I know, Plagg, Trixx, and Xuppu are the ones to look out for, and even they have their preach moments sometimes. It’ll be okay, Mari.”

Marinette smiles at her. “O-okay, then. Thanks, Avis.”

Avis grins back. “No problem! I’ll head out to give you two some privacy, okay?”

Marinette nods, and Avis gives her a quick side-hug before leaving the bunk room.

Marinette takes a deep breath, then takes the earrings in her hand. A pink glow spirals out and materializes into Tikki. Marinette swallows hard, trying not to impulsively cuddle the kwami to her cheek.

“Marinette? Where’s Roaar?” Tikki asks, her sweet voice sounding like music to Marinette’s ears.

“Tikki, I’m a Marinette, from a different universe. I’m your holder there. I left my Tikki behind with a trusted friend, and I’m here to be your holder for the time’s being. Is that okay?” Marinette asks quietly, trying to gauge the kwami’s reaction.

Tikki’s eyes widen, and then narrow. “How do I know that you’re telling the truth?”

Marinette startles. “Oh! Um…” She untucks her kwagatama necklace from underneath her shirt. “Your alternate version gave me this.”

Tikki examines it, then nods. “Yes, I recognize it. We must be really close!”

Marinette smiles warmly at her. “We are.”

Tikki giggles and cuddles up to Marinette’s cheek. “It’s lovely to meet you! What’s your nickname?”

Marinette cups Tikki with a hand. “Marieta, Mari for short.”

Tikki floats up in front of her. “It’s wonderful having a holder again! Though, I do miss Plagg…” The kwami visibly dims.

Marinette kisses the top of Tikki’s head. “We’ll get your Plagg back, I promise.”

They smile at each other.

“We should probably meet the others outside,” says Marinette, getting up. “It’s almost dinnertime.”

Tikki lands on her shoulder, and she walks out and toward the dining room.

Seeing the kwami and holder getting closer, Zara and Philip share a triumphant grin.

Chapter 10: Twenty Questions

Scarabella is sitting on a rooftop, enjoying the remnants of a cup of coffee that Nino had bought for her earlier. She watches the sun set and revels in the beauty of it all.

A clank of metal against the roof signals Cat Noir’s arrival. Scarabella continues to stare off into the distance. “Hey, Adrien.”

“Alya…I was thinking…”

Scarabella sighs. Things had gotten better since their conversation in the classroom the previous day. Alya no longer moped around, and instead did her work diligently, letting her newfound hope for Marinette’s return guide her. Adrien, too, seemed to have recovered overnight, with him cheerfully cracking jokes at school.

Of course, they were both still worried for Marinette’s safety, but they now refused to let that worry consume them.

Besides, Marinette wouldn’t have wanted them to.

“What is it, Adrien?” asks Scarabella as Cat Noir sits down beside her.

“What if…” Cat Noir swallows hard. “What if she doesn’t love me enough to come back?”

“Oh, for goodness' sake!” exclaims Scarabella, throwing her arms up in the air in exasperation. “You've got to be kidding me!”

Cat Noir looks at her in confusion. “What?”

"Cat Noir, you listen to me right now. Marinette Dupain-Cheng is smitten with you."

"Yes, but how much does she love me?"

Scarabella sighs and thinks. Finally, she comes to a decision: for this idiot to figure out the truth, she'd have to take some drastic measures.

"What I'm about to tell you might hurt, Adrien," she warns.

Cat Noir's ears droop, and he looks away. "That bad, huh?"

"What? No!" exclaims Scarabella.

"Then what is it?"

Scarabella takes a deep breath. "Marinette's gonna kill me," she mutters, then asks, "Do you remember the blue scarf you got for your birthday? The one from your father?"

"Of course!"

"It wasn't his gift. Marinette made it."

Cat Noir gapes at her. "What?!?"

"She made the scarf herself and dropped it off at your house."

Cat Noir looks torn between heartbroken and lovesick. "Wh-why didn't she tell me?"

"She said that you looked so happy thinking that it was your father's, and she didn't want to ruin that for you."

"She cares," murmurs Cat Noir softly, looking out over the Paris skyline.

"And when you started dating Kagami," Scarabella says, setting her empty cup down, "she was absolutely devastated, but she tried to move on because she thought you two would be happy together. So don't you dare think Marinette won't come back for you."

A bright grin spreads across Cat Noir's face. "Thanks, Alya."

"No problem."

…

After that, Adrien begins to constantly ask Alya questions about Marinette.

Alya finds herself not minding. The nostalgia keeps them hopeful for her return.

And Alya wants to make sure she doesn't come home to a broken partner.

…

"Alya?"

"Mm?"

"What ice cream flavor does Marinette get from André's?"

"I think it was something like 'peach pink like his lips and mint like his eyes' when she goes alone."

"Really?" Adrien's lip curls upward and he blushes.

Alya rolls her eyes, amused. "Yep."

"And when she goes with someone else?"

"When we get ice cream together, her part of it is always blackberry."

"Blackberries…"

"Ugh, you two are going to be that one eternally mushy couple when you finally get together, isn't that right?"

"You bet!"

…

"What's Marinette's favorite color?"

"Adrien!"

"What?"

"You seriously don't know Marinette's favorite color?"

"...No?"

"It's pink, and it's literally all over her room!"

"What kind of pink, though?"

"Blush pink."

"Like the pretty blush she has on her face everyday?"

"...Adrien, you are hopeless."

Adrien doesn't hear her over his happy daydreaming.

…

"Scarabella, can I ask you something?"

"What else have you been doing this week besides ask questions, Cat Noir?"

There is no reply. Scarabella looks over to a fidgeting Cat Noir.

"What's wrong, Adrien?"

"I just...I don't want to offend you or anything…"

"You won't offend me, don't worry. What is it?"

"Why did Marinette share her identity with you and not me?"

Scarabella sighs and rubs at her face. "She was depressed and convinced that she was doomed to lie to everyone about everything. She felt completely alone, Adrien. Master Fu was her mentor, and when his memory was wiped, she blamed herself for it. And then she and Luka broke up, and she convinced herself that no one could love her."

Cat Noir is still and quiet, but his ear twitches, an indication that he's listening.

"The day that me and the rest of the Gang of Secrets was akumatized, she had tried to drive off all of her friends, including me. It was after you two defeated us that she decided to tell me, and she nearly had a breakdown while doing it. And afterward, she felt guilty about not telling you. I think it has something to do with why she didn't want an identity reveal between you two. But she never told me why you and her couldn't share identities. Every time I asked her, she would get all sad and look away, and then Tikki would come over and try to comfort her while shooting me her signature 'shut up right now' look."

There's a moment of silence, then Cat Noir speaks, his voice fierce and low. "I'm never going to let her feel alone again."

Scarabella cracks a smile and pats his back. "Me too, Cat Noir," she says as they stare out at the horizon, "me, too."

…

Adrien Agreste @ 2:08 AM

ALYA

R U AWAKE

Alya Césaire @ 2:10 AM

Wtf Adrien

It's freaking two in the morning

Go to sleep

We have school tmrw

Adrien Agreste @ 2:11 AM

BUT I NEED TO KNOW

Alya Césaire @ 2:11 AM

Know what?

Adrien Agreste @ 2:12 AM

HOW DID MARINETTE DO MULTIMOUSE IF SHE'S LADYBUG?!?

Adrien Agreste @ 2:15 AM

ALYA

Alya Césaire @ 2:19 AM

Sry the kwamis were explaining Multimouse and Kwamibuster to me

Apparently

When Tikki was sucked into Kwamibuster's vacuum thing, Marinette rushed over to Master Fu's place and wore all the miraculouses except his

Then she used the Mouse Miraculous to transform into Multimouse and clone herself

And then one of her clones unified the Fox Miraculous to become Multifox

And then Multifox and the other Multimouses(Multimice?) jumped into each of the kwamis’ mouths and flew over to the TV studio

Fluff(who was carrying Multifox) hid away while the rest of the kwamis charged at Kwamibuster

One of the Multimice came over and got your ring before charging at Kwamibuster

Inside Kwamibuster’s vacuum thing, the Multimouse with your ring transformed into Multinoir, while the Multimouse that had Ladybug’s earrings transformed into Multibug

Multinoir cataclysmed the vacuum from the inside when Kwamibuster was on the roof, thus releasing the akuma, the kwamis, and the Multimice

Multinoir detransformed back into a Multimouse, and while you were transforming, snuck back to join the others

Multibug called on her Lucky Charm and got a bowl to hold the akuma

All the Multimice hid behind the bowl while Multifox called on Mirage to make an illusion of Ladybug and Multimouse’s interaction to trick you

Once you left, Multifox dropped the illusion, detransformed back into a Multimouse, and then all the Multimice merged back into a regular sized Multibug, who detransformed into Ladybug, purified the akuma, used her Miraculous cure, and returned all the Miraculouses she had taken back to Master Fu

The end.

Adrien Agreste @ 2:22 AM

I love that girl

Alya Césaire @ 2:22 AM

As if you haven’t obsessed about her ever since you two met

Now GO TO SLEEP

…

“Alya?”

“Yeah?”

“What did she name our future children?”

Alya groans. “Shouldn’t we be working on the project?”

“Just this one question. Then we can work on the project.”

“Ugh. Fine. It was Emma, Hugo, and Louis.”

“I love them already…”

“Of course you do, you romantic sap. Now FOCUS.”

…

“How many times has Marinette tried to confess to me?”

“…Do you really want to know?”

“Aw, come on, Alya, it can’t be that bad. Tell me.”

“…we were nearing 700 before she left.”

“What?!?”

“Yeah, that’s just how dense you are, Agreste.”

…

“What’s the relationship between Marinette and Luka like?”

“Ooh, do I hear a jealous kitty?”

“NO! Wh-what, n-no. I’m not jealous.”

“Sure you aren’t.”

“Answer the question, Alya, please.”

Alya rolls her eyes. “What’s the relationship between you and Kagami like?”

“We’re…friends, I guess? Just not as close as we were before.”

“Same thing with Marinette and Luka. Though Luka’s trying to become closer friends with her, she’s become slightly more awkward around him.”

“Oh.”

“…why do I hear a hint of relief in your voice?”

…

“Why do Marinette and Chloé hate each other so much?”

“Goodness gracious, Cat Noir. Look at Chloé, for god’s sake.”

“I mean, I get that Chloé can be…not nice, sometimes-”

“That’s an understatement.”

“-but Marinette seems to have a big grudge against her. Not that I don’t like seeing my lady standing up for people and being her beautiful, awesome self, but…just, why?”

“Cat Noir, Marinette was bullied by Chloé for years. It was only when she became Ladybug was she able to stand up for herself and others.”

“…Chloé and I are going to have a chat about this, even if she doesn’t want to.”

“FINALLY.”

…

“Does Marinette get bothered by Tikki as much as I get bothered by Plagg?”

“Hey!” a certain kwami shouts from inside Adrien’s pocket. Adrien grins at him mischievously.

“Nope. Tikki’s a real sweetheart.”

“Aw, thanks, Alya,” Tikki coos from inside Alya’s purse.

“What about me?” Trixx pipes up.

“You’re a sneaky little foxy,” Alya giggles.

“But they don’t bother you for camembert?” Adrien presses on.

Alya cocks an eyebrow. “No. Should they?”

Adrien says nothing but glares at his pocket as Plagg snickers.

…

“Does my lady snore?”

“Really, Cat?”

“No but does she?”

“Nope. But she drools.”

There’s a lovesick sigh.

“You know what, Cat Noir? You’re the first person I’ve ever heard sigh romantically after they’ve found out that their love interest drools in their sleep.”

…

“Alya?”

Sigh. “What is it now, Adrien?”

“What if she falls out of love-“

“Adrien, no.”

“But what if-“

“No. Shut up. She’s in love with you. Period.”

“But she’s not in love with Cat Noir, is she? I rejected her and then her dad got akumatized! What if she falls out of love with me because I’m the flirty cat hero who makes bad puns that she hates and who caused her dad to turn into a giant werewolf?”

Alya sighs and facepalms. “I do not get enough appreciation to deal with this.”

She turns to a fretting Adrien.

“Adrien, listen to me now because I am NOT going to say this again: Marinette is desperately in love with you. Sure, it’ll take her a while to process that her crush and her partner are one and the same, but she’ll get there eventually.”

“You really think so?”

“I know so. And she doesn’t hate your puns.”

“Wait, what?”

“Yeah, she giggles and rolls her eyes at them when she tells them to me.”

“But she sometimes yells at me about them!”

“Because your timing sucks! You need to focus during battles, and your puns can be kind of distracting.”

“The first thing I’m going to say to her when she gets back will be a pun.”

“…Mari’s gonna kill me.”

…

Adrien Agreste @ 5:32 PM

Alya

Alya Césaire @ 5:35 PM

What is it you despicable human being

You’re disrupting my date with Nino

Adrien Agreste @ 5:37 PM

Sorry I just missed Marinette

And I was going through the stuff she’s given me

But I really want to know

Alya Césaire @ 5:38 PM

What is it now?

Adrien Agreste @ 5:38 PM

Did Marinette send me a card for Valentine’s day?

Unsigned?

Alya Césaire @ 5:39 PM

OHMYGOD YES

YOU READ IT?

Adrien Agreste @ 5:40 PM

WAS IT THE ONE THAT WAS PINK AND SHAPED LIKE A HEART?!?

Adrien Agreste @ 5:42 PM

Alya?

Alya please answer

Alya Césaire @ 5:43 PM

SORRY I’M BUSY EATING ICE CREAM WITH NINO AND SQUEALING OVER HOW SOMETHING ACTUALLY WENT RIGHT

YES IT WAS

Adrien Agreste @ 5:43 PM

I KNEW IT

Well tbh I thought Ladybug sent it

But now I know they’re the same persin

*person

My day couldn’t possibly get any better

Alya Césaire @ 5:45 PM

Neither could mine

Now can I enjoy my time with my boyfriend?

Adrien?

…

“Alya? Have you ever noticed anything…off between Marinette and Lila?”

“Other than the fact that they hate each other with a burning passion?” Alya replies, spying the brunette liar of the pair across the hallway. “No, not really.”

“But it’s precisely that,” says Adrien, frowning. “My lady isn’t one to hold a grudge against a person unless what they’ve done is exceptionally wrong. I thought Lila just told a couple of lies about celebrities.”

“I thought Marinette hated Lila because she was jealous that Lila was trying to get close to you,” Alya says thoughtfully. “But Marinette and Kagami are pretty close friends, so why can’t Marinette ignore Lila’s lies and try to be friends with her?”

Adrien narrows his eyes. “I feel like there’s more going on that we don’t know.”

They sit in contemplative silence.

“Do you think Tikki knows why?” Adrien asks suddenly.

Alya looks at him, wide-eyed, then grabs his arm and drags him with her behind a wall. She opens her purse, and Tikki zips out.

“Where’s the akuma?” the kwami asks, alert.

Alya sighs. “There’s no akuma, Tikki,” she replies. “Adrien and I just wanted to ask you something.”

Tikki eyes them warily. “What is it?”

“Why does Marinette hate Lila so much?”

“Because Lila threatened Marinette in the bathroom and nearly got her akumatized,” the kwami deadpans.

“What!?” gasps Adrien, gaping at Tikki.

“Tikki, when was this?” Alya demands.

“When Lila supposedly came back from the kingdom of Achu,” replies the red kwami. “Marinette confronted her in the bathroom after she pretended to save Max from the napkin Marinette threw at her, and Lila threatened to cause Marinette’s friends to turn on her while Lila made Adrien hers. And then the akuma came after Marinette, but she was able to repel it.”

Adrien clenches his fists, his nails digging into his palms. “I thought it was just lying. I told her that if I let her model with me, then she’d have to leave Marinette alone. I didn’t know that she had done this.”

Tikki grimaces. “That wasn’t the only time either. It’s been happening more and more frequently lately. Lila does something at school, Marinette gets negative emotions, Shadowmoth sends an akuma and an amok after her. Marinette’s convinced that Lila’s working for him, but she doesn’t have evidence.”

“But why didn’t she tell us?” Alya asks.

Tikki shoots her a deadpan look. “Because you two kept telling her to leave Lila alone so that she wouldn’t get akumatized again.”

“We won’t need to worry about her getting akumatized if she’s cataclysmed,” Adrien hisses darkly.

“Adrien, as much as I’d like to let you do just that,” Tikki says slowly, “shouldn’t we disprove her to everyone and tear down her reputation instead? She’ll live in disgrace, the exact opposite of what she wants.”

Adrien sulks. “Fine.”

…

“Hey, Alya?”

“Mm?”

“What’s my lady’s favorite flower?”

“Cherry blossoms.”

“Then when she comes back, I’ll be waiting for her with a bouquet full of cherry blossoms. Pink ones.”

“Gosh, you really are a romantic, aren’t you? How did I not notice this before?”

“I’d do anything for Marinette.”

“I don’t know whether to coo about how sweet you are on her or puke.”

…

“Why did Marinette give her earrings to you the first time around?”

“You mean when Robostus was akumatized for a second time?”

“Yeah.”

“Her parents forced her to go on a trip to London with them to see her Aunt Shu-Yin.”

“Oh.”

“What’s wrong, Adrien?”

“I mean no offense, but I thought there might be a more…pressing reason rather than visiting her aunt.”

“Her Aunt Shu-Yin is the scariest woman I’ve ever met. Even scarier than your father. Mari and her dad are always trying to escape their visits.”

“It’s saying something if she’s scarier than my father.”

“Mhm.”

“Wait…how’d you defeat the akuma?”

“Um…remember how everyone was giving Robostus what they held most dear to them?”

“Yeah?”

“Well, I guess her parents consider her the most precious thing they have, because she was there, too.”

“What?”

“Yeah, so we sacrificed ourselves, she and the Lucky Charm were released, and I guess she worked her Ladybug magic because everything was solved.”

“…wow.”

“Oh, no, here comes the gushing.”

…

"Hey, Alya?"

"What is it now, Adrien?"

"What did my lady name our hamster?"

"Seriously? Go ask her yourself when she comes back."

"But I want to knoooooooow…"

"Adrien, you're acting like a two-year-old."

"Please, Alya?"

"..."

"Pleeeeeeease?"

They hear screams from afar.

“Looks like you won’t get the answer to your question after all, cat boy.”

“Bully.”

…

"Why did Marinette and Luka break up?"

"Adrien, you do realize that you don't need to know everything about Marinette for her to love you, right?

"I just want to know what he did wrong so I don't do it."

"I don't think you can do it."

"What do you mean?"

"They broke up because Luka could tell Marinette was hiding something but she couldn't tell him she was Ladybug."

"..."

"Adrien? You good?"

"That sounds almost exactly like how Kagami and I broke up."

"Wow…I had no idea. Being a superhero really takes over your life."

"Tell me about it."

…

"Hey, 'Bella?"

"It's Scarabella to you, cat boy."

"Scarabella, then. There's something I need to ask you, and I need to know it full detail."

"No, I'm not telling you about Marinette's body habits."

"No! W-what..th-that's n-not what I-"

"Pfffft! Your face! HAHA!"

Cat Noir glares at the laughing hero, his face bright red.

Eventually Scarabella's laughter subsides. "What is it, kitty?"

"First of all, that was the dirtiest joke I've ever heard. Second," he continues, ignoring Scarabella's amused snort, "don't call me kitty. Only Ladybug calls me kitty."

Scarabella immediately sobers up at hearing the name of her best friend's alter ego. "Sorry, Cat Noir."

"It's okay. Can I ask my question?"

"Yeah."

"When did Marinette fall in love with me?"

Scarabella's lips curl into a smile. "You want all the details?"

He nods, sitting down. "All the details."

"Okay. On an eventful second day of school, Marinette Dupain-Cheng had finally stood up to Chloé Bourgeois, her longtime bully, and a newcomer who Marinette believed to be Chloé's new bullying sidekick: a certain blond model who had joined her class."

"Oh, god, don't remind me of the gum incident."

"You asked for all the details, cat boy. Now, Marinette was sure that the new kid was a jerk just like Chloé, so when he approached her after school, she ignored him...until he confessed to being inexperienced when it came to making friends and to only trying to take the gum off of her chair. She was spellbound by his green, green eyes as he offered his umbrella to her, an offering of friendship. Her face heated when their fingers brushed as she accepted his gift. Her heart sped up at the sound of his laughter, a sound that was music to her ears. And that, Cat Noir, is how Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Paris’s fiercest protector, irrevocably and deeply fell in love with Adrien Agreste.”

“…that was the most beautiful story I’ve ever heard,” sighs Cat Noir, blushing and looking at the pink sunset.

Scarabella smiles knowingly. “She described it to me the exact same way I just told it to you, cat boy. Just with a whole lot more feeling.”

Cat Noir smiles softly and sends a flying kiss into the sky, hoping it reaches his lady, wherever she is.

…

“Why doesn’t my lady let her hair down?”

“Because she feels more productive with her hair tied back.”

“She should let it loose more often. I’ve seen it down before. She looked like an angel sent from heaven.”

“I’ve never seen her with her hair down, so I can’t judge.”

“You should’ve seen her when she was Multimouse. Her hair was in these adorable space buns…”

“…I am now going to tune out the next hour of romantic nonsense that spouts from your mouth.”

…

Adrien Agreste @ 1:55 AM

Alya

I need to know the truth

Alya Césaire @ 1:56 AM

There better be a good reason as to why you're texting me @ 2 am in the morning, Agreste

Adrien Agreste @ 1:56 AM

Does Marinette secretly like it when I call her Bugaboo?

Alya Césaire @ 1:57 AM

YOU WOKE ME UP FOR THIS?!?

WHAT THE HECK ADRIEN

Adrien Agreste @ 1:57 AM

Sorry

But does she

Alya Césaire @ 1:58 AM

Well

I don't know for sure, but

Adrien Agreste @ 2:00 AM

But what

BUT WHAT, ALYA?

Alya Césaire @ 2:01 AM

But I asked her about it once

And…

Adrien Agreste @ 2:03 AM

Alya

Alya tell me please

This poor cat can't handle the suspense

Alya Césaire @ 2:04 AM

She blushed

Adrien Agreste @ 2:04 AM

YES

SHE LOVES ME

LADYBUG LOVES ME

MARINETTE LOVES ME

Alya Césaire @ 2:05 AM

Yes she does you silly boy

Now let me sleep

And the next time you text me past midnight I'll tie you up in my yoyo and dangle you from the top of the Eiffel Tower

Adrien Agreste @ 2:07 AM

Yes ma'am

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“Scarabella…”

“What’s wrong, Cat Noir?”

“What if…what if she can’t come back?”

Scarabella whips around to face a fearful Cat Noir. “Wh-what do you mean?”

“What if she physically can’t come back even if she wants to? What if she’s in danger?” He chokes. “What if she dies?”

“No,” Scarabella says sharply. “No no no. Ladybug is alive, you hear me? She’s the smartest, most resourceful, and most capable person you and I know. I bet she’d even survive the end of the world if it came. You don’t need to worry about her. She’ll be fine. She has to be.”

Cat Noir looks at her with tears in his eyes. Scarabella tugs him into a bear hug, ignoring the fact that her hands are shaking. "We just need to have hope. She'll be back, Cat Noir. She won't leave us behind. She won't leave you behind."

They stay like that until the sky turns dark.

Chapter 11: Regrets

Marinette blocks a swipe from Avis's foil with her own. She dodges another and then uses her foil to lightly tap Avis's abdomen. She lifts her mask, panting but grinning. "Touché!"

"Ughhh...Again?" Avis groans.

After the trio of Marinette recruits had learned about sentidemons, Philip had suggested that they all use the fencing court, boxing ring, and wrestling mat that Ajax had bought and somehow installed for them on the lower level of the bunker.

"The most basic punches and kicks can hold off a sentidemon for a while," he had said, "or at least until you can find somewhere to transform. It's important to be able to defend yourself if a sentidemon manages to jump you. Zara, Kit, Ajax, and I will teach you everything we know about the sentidemons, and we'll try to prepare you as much as we can for battle against them and Roi Paon."

And prepare them they did. Apparently the Sabine Cheng in Zara's universe had taught her martial arts, and Zara passed on her knowledge to the rest of L'Espoir, as well as the weak spots of every sentidemon.

Ajax had taken it upon himself to teach the Marinettes fencing and wrestling, and boasted good-naturedly when he won. The Marinettes refused to give him too many opportunities to boast, though.

Philip had introduced them to boxing, and had taught them about all the different types of sentidemons. There were stealth ones that snuck up on their opponents and rarely did any open combat. There were elemental ones, with powers to control one or more of the five natural elements: fire, water, earth, wind, and lightning. There were destructive ones, who only aimed to destroy anything and anyone in their path. And lastly, the more dangerous torture sentidemons, whose powers used up more of Roi Paon's energy to make but did more damage, especially if a cure or prevention for the pain they induced is not found quickly enough.

Each member had their own personality and skills, despite them being alternate versions of the others. Ajax was the jokester of the group, and the best fencer, though Marinette would pay good money to bet that her Adrien would beat him in a duel. Quiet Philip was the fiercest boxer. Fiery Zara could judo flip pretty much anybody, and friendly, outgoing Queenie was a monster when it came to wrestling. Avis had the best throwing aim, and Kit could sneak up on someone so well that she seemed to materialize out of virtually nowhere.

As for Marinette, she was the strategist, and her quick thinking and yo-yo skills were rivaled by none.

All of them had been sparring with each other and honing their skills, but they were yet to fight against an actual sentidemon.

Marinette extends a hand to Avis, and she shakes it. Avis walks off, and Marinette goes over to the boxing ring to watch Zara take down Ajax. They're wearing combat suits that Kit had made them made of black skin-tight spandex, similar to the material most of the superhero suits were made out of. The girls' suits featured a hooded, long sleeved shirt that ended just above the belly button and leggings, with the hems and flame-like embroidery that ran up the legs and matched the color scheme of their alter egos. It was the same for the boys' suits, except their shirts reached the waistband of their leggings. Everyone wore black combat boots.

"That...was…" Ajax wheezes as the two step out of the ring.

"Epic. I know," Zara flips her ponytail and winks at Marinette, who smirks back.

Roaar floats in front of Zara. "Can I have my jerky now?"

Zara rolls her eyes. "Mon dieu, Roaar. Fine, let's get you your jerky." She walks off, Roaar following closely behind.

"Wait until the other Adriens come," Ajax grumbles. "We'll have a huge game of dodgeball, and I'll kick Zara's butt."

Marinette's heart flutters at the mention of her Adrien, but then she has a horrible thought.

What if he's fallen out of love with me?

Flashbacks of the past few weeks before her departure flit through her mind. Her constant rejections. Her yelling at him as he looked at her, crestfallen. His miraculous lying on a rooftop.

His miraculous lying on a rooftop.

He gave up his miraculous because of me.

I'm such a jerk.

"Hey, Mari, you good?"

Marinette shakes her head rapidly to return to reality and nods to Ajax, giving him a strained smile. "Y-yeah, I'm fine."

Plagg snickers from inside Ajax’s hood. "You sound like a wheezing rubber duck."

“Plagg,” Ajax says, his voice measured, “do us all a favor and shut up. You know where to find your Camembert. Go and fill yourself until you puke, you glutton.”

Plagg speeds off, cackling. Ajax rolls his eyes, and then his gaze turns gentle and calming as he looks at Marinette.

“Mari,” he says, putting a hand on her shoulder, “you know you can talk to one of us, right? You’re like our sister. We’re always here to lend a listening ear if you need it.”

Marinette remains quiet, but nods.

Ajax jumps onto the platform where the boxing ring is, sits down, and pats the spot next to him. “C’mon, lucky ladybug, let’s talk.”

She smiles and sits next to him.

“So?” He prompts, swinging his legs. “Tell this dashing cat your woes.”

Marinette hugs her legs to her chest. “Well…in the weeks before Zara and Kit brought me here, I wasn’t being the best partner to my Adrien.”

“Mm,” Ajax nods understandingly.

“You see, I was in love with Adrien, but Cat Noir was in love with me. It never occurred to me that they’d be the same person. Which is why every time Cat Noir professed his love to me, I rejected him.”

“Marieta, you don’t need to apologize for your feelings-“

“Don’t. Just don’t,” she chokes out through the tears that have started to fall down her face. “Please. It gets worse.”

Ajax falls silent, watching her with concern.

“I made a mistake. A mistake that caused Master Fu to name me the next Guardian. And then all the pressure just…fell on me and I couldn’t take it anymore and-“

“Shh. Breathe, Mari,” Ajax says, pulling Marinette into a side-hug, “breathe.”

Marinette continues to choke out words. “And then I told Alya, Ajax. I told her about my secret identity. Cat Noir found out and became upset. And then Paris named us the number one couple and I lost it and yelled at him when he jokingly suggested we kiss. He started to miss out on akuma attacks. And just a few days before Zara and Kit arrived, I-I yelled at him for missing out on so many attacks, and he got so mad and upset that h-he gave up his miraculous.”

Ajax gapes at her. “What?”

Marinette moans and covers her face with her hands. “He came back, of course, but just…I treated him so badly! How can I expect him to still love me?” She begins to sob.

Ajax rubs her back. “It’s okay, Mari, it’s okay,” he soothes, letting her weep into his shoulder.

When her sobs subside into sniffles, Ajax pulls back so she faces him. “Mari, every Adrien is their Marinette’s soulmate. We’ll always have this connection. So even if your Adrien’s mad at you now, he’ll get over it.” He wipes her tears away. “It seems like you and him have things to discuss, and once we bring him here, you can have that talk, okay? I’ve got your back.”

“And so do we!”

Marinette and Ajax turn around to see the rest of L’Espoir at the doors to the bunker’s gym.

Queenie bites her lip. “Sorry, we didn’t mean to intrude, I just heard you guys talking and we went to investigate and-OOF!”

Marinette races over and crashes into Queenie, pulling her in for a bear hug. She reaches an arm out and pulls Kit into the hug, too. Ajax jumps down from the platform and joins the team in a group hug. Just a couple of seconds later, a group of curious kwamis, who had wanted to check in on their holders, join the hug, nuzzling the cheeks of their respective holders.

“You guys are the best,” Marinette whispers.

Plagg lets out a loud purr, and L’Espoir laughs.

-End part 4

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous au #mlb fanfic #multiverse au #alya cesaire #adrien agreste #platonic alyadrien #marinette dupain cheng #miraculous tikki

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princess-of-the-corner · 11 months

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So, after four seasons/seven years of dragging things out, now they're speeding through Adrienette's romance all the way to the NextGen fanfic stage? (Even though she looks more like DJWiFi's daughter) At least tell me that by the time MiracuKid comes from, they both know each other's identities.

Oh that last sentence put so much fear in me.

......

You know what? I shouldn't have put the energy of 'it's not like ML could have anything that beats the finale of HIMYM!' into the universe because the idea of adrienette and djwifi breaking up only for an alyadrien hookup is on the table now.

I'm..... I'm going to hope that it was a slight translation error on someone's part and TA was saying 'the special is Nextgens' and not that the character in the promo is specifically the adrienette kid.

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friendfromdsmp · 2 years

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I’ve got a fic going where Marinette successfully gave Alya the Ladybug Miraculous in Origins and I wanna know where to go with the love story since I’ve had calls for both Marinette and Alya/her hero identity Shutterbug

In terms of Adrichat’s current feelings on the hero side of things he had an interest in the original Ladybug and is very sad that she’s gone, but he quickly grows close with Shutterbug and they have really good vibes what with Shutterbug’s excitement at being a superhero working perfectly with Chat’s playful nature and then of course they both have flirtatious banter like they do canonically. They’re also obviously going to have the most time to grow as a pair due to being superheroes and the whole thing being largely ventured around them, with Marinette being more pushed aside as a third wheel side-ish character

As for Marinette I kept the umbrella scene as it was aside from Marinette’s sudden debilitating crush right as he leaves being cut out, she’s able to talk to him normally and currently they see each other as good friends but Adrien has been super touched by her kindness during The Bubbler after, instead of the pre-made scarf to show her love for him, she instead decorated the umbrella he gave her in Origins with gorgeous designs and then Nathalie tried to pass it off as Gabriel’s present but he caught her out because that’s a pretty sentimental gift that’s specific to those two so he calls Nathalie out on it and he ends up reflecting on how sweet and amazing Marinette is to do something so thoughtful for him and then he’s like ‘oh shit is this love fuck that’s the third girl in the past week Plagg help me no I don’t want a cheese analogy’

I’ve set up a dilemma for Adrichat very early in (I’m still writing Mr Pigeon so only Origins 2 and The Bubbler have been done already) so I have a whole bunch of time to leave him wondering if I can’t decide right away but I have set up the option for both love squares to eventually occur with a good build-up

If it sways any opinions I am definitely planning to make Mari a temp hero at some point, though I’ve not decided yet on which Miraculous she’ll get (thinking fox or mouse at the moment but this could easily change since I’m a good ways off yet) and I’m wondering about having Chat realise she was the original Ladybug but idk. All I know for certain is that when temp heroes are an option I wanna use them and Mari would obviously be Alya’s first choice

So are there any preferences on whether or not this should become Marinette X AdriChat or Ladybug!Alya X AdriChat or am I back to the drawing board?

#miraculous ladybug #fanfic #alya cesaire #marinette dupain cheng #adrien agreste #lovesquare #adrienette #alyadrien

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teapartiesandfandom · 3 years

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Adrien Parkour pt.2 (romance)

It takes a while adrien to realize his attraction to nino and alya. Like he’s kinda just minding his own business laying ona rooftop when he‘s like “oh shit, i’m in love with my best friend and his grilfriend.” Plagg thinks it’s hilarious that he‘s been kissing the, and hugging them and didn’t realize he was in love.

So being the disaster pan that he is Adrien resolves to woo them, as if they aren’t already in love with him to. So adrien goes to chloe, the president of the Rich Bitch™️ club and asks fr help. Chloe does nt know what to do because she kinda jus told Sabrina they were dating one day and it never stopped.

So being the rich bitch that he is Adrien spends money. He buys nino and alya insane things and refuses to be payed back. Because they are also disaster Nino alya assume he feels insecure in the relationship and resolve to make hi. feel more love.

As you can imagine no one wants to see teenagers doubg parkour and kissing each other all of the time. So one day people just starting shouting at them to get a room. Adrien takes this literally and buys a whole ass apartment.

They get it together eventually. Nino mentions their three month anniversary and Adrien’s like “we’re dating. What?” Then it turns into a whole conversation of Adrien not knowing theit dating and nino and alya assuming he felt insecure in their relationship.

He calls Chloe the next day to tell her that he has a boyfriend and a girlfriend now that’s he’s been dating for three months without realizing it.

part two of parkour adrien

#parkour adrien #adrien agreste #miraculous adrien #miraculous fanfic #miraculous fandom #miraculous ladybug #nino lahiffe #alya cesaire #alyadrien #djwifi #adrinino #im calling them djcatifi #djcatifi

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booa-thekwami · 2 years

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new chapter of my fic is out!

i noticed my chapters are too little need to work more on this :/

#ml the consequences of a mistake #ml #ml fanfic #mlb #miraculous ladybug #renanoir fanfic #alyadrien #alya cesaire #adrien agreste

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likedoremi · 3 years

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HELP can anyone help me find an ao3 soulmates au alyadrien fic where it was something like whenever someone who will love you touches you they leave a color mark. and its from adrien pov and he and volpina mark eachother and its so beautiful. i think the bame was something like wherever you are that's where home is but i cant find it

#miraculous ladybug fanfic #miraculous ladybug #alyadrien #pleaseeee i've been thinking about it all day

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yummychii · 4 years

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AlyaNoir May 2020

Day 4 - Thief

Pairing: Alya Cesaire x Chat Noir/ Adrien Agreste Word Count: 780 > Summary: Chat Noir tries to make a mug brownie.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/23954182/chapters/57762379

Snippet:

Alya woke up to the sweet smell of chocolate, but didn’t have the time to appreciate it due to the uncomfortable, awkward position she had been sleeping in.

She lifted herself off the couch she had been sprawled on and looked around, confused. She was in her house’s living room. The lights were off save for a lamp by the side of the couch, and there was a paused movie on the TV screen.

You can read the entire chapter HERE.

While the daily challenge snippet can be read as a stand-alone, it’s also in the same universe as the first story in the series, Cat Pictures.

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crizztelcb · 2 years

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Renanoir fanfic is coming in my head!

........ I don't know how to write it!

#alyadrien #renanoir #rena rouge #alya cesaire #chat noir #miraculous ladybug #mlb #miraculous #ml joke #adrien agreste #fanfic

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purpspencil · 5 months

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So what's the dynamic between Scarabella and Cat Noir like?

I'll try not to spoil too much of the plot (since it's in the process of being written..) but ranting about this au is so fun so expect this response to be a bit long.

Scarabella and Chat Noir have a platonic/siblings dynamic in this au.

Alya/Scarabella got her miraculous first and fought multiple villains before Adrien/Chat came into the picture.

Then Chat did eventually come into the picture, and their relationship started off very tense.

Chat; who just like in the canon series is a goofball, extremely impulsive, very charming and a bit full of himself.

While Scarabella, who has trained to the point of burnout, injury, and one time the brink of death is the total opposite.

She can joke and be charming at times, but she mostly overworks herself to take her role as a superhero very seriously and doesn't think of it as a fun little side thing to get away from her regular life (not anymore at least.)

So at times, it can be a bit rocky, with their personalities and motivations clashing; but no matter what happens, at the end of the day they're partners, whether that means in or out of the suit.

Okay, I think I'll stop there.

Thank you so much for the ask and I hope I answered it well enough <3

If you have any more questions you can always send another ask or type in the replies :)

#scarabellaandchatnoirau #miraculous #miraculous ladybug #miraculous les aventures de ladybug et chat noir #mlb au #mlb fic #mlb rewrite #mlb redesign #ao3 author #ao3fic #alya cesaire #rena rouge #scarabella #adrien agreste #chat noir #cat noir #alyadrien #fanfic #msb answered asks

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adrienaline-rushed-art · 5 years

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Heart-to-Heart

This was meant as a request from a raffle for my last milestone, but I just want to thank @cartoonfanorwhatever for not only their patience but also supporting me on kofi simply out of kindness <333

So here’s a bodyswap one-shot for all to enjoy, although I totally get that it’s a bit confusing so it may not stay a one-shot. For now, maybe I’ll explain a little something in the A/N at the end.

Rating: T

Genre: Comedy/Fluff/General

Chapters: 1/1 (maybe)

Ships: Left to interpretation. Alyanette, Alyadrien, Lovesquare, Alyadrienette...

Summary: Marinette discovers that the body she’s in does not belong to her, and perhaps neither does the heart.

ao3

Aside from knowing for a fact that her capris hadn’t been too tight a second ago, Marinette felt completely out of place upon regaining consciousness. From one point of view, she felt out of place in a good way, and in others in a terrible way. For one, there wasn’t a horrible tightness in her jaw, the burning of blood-shot eyes, stinging from pricks on her fingers, nor a sense of weak limbs. On the other hand, there was a sudden pain in her lower back, a weight on her chest, blurry vision, and her hair irritated the nape of her neck. Nothing felt as it usually did.

Bringing her hands out in front of her, she confirmed that these were not, in fact, her hands. She was in someone else's body. Marinette turned to the large display window behind her. Her reflection met her with the image of her best friend, Alya.

As she stared at herself - watching others collapse, switch, and revive from the corner of her eye - she was more puzzled by the fact that she was in the same spot she remembered being when she was hit.

“I guess-” Marinette cleared her throat, blinking at her new voice, “-this is the difference between swapping minds and swapping bodies…”

“Thank goodness, this way you can still stop the akuma.”

Marinette whipped her head around to look at her kwami. “Tikki! You’re still here!”

“Yeah, you still have your earrings after all,” Tikki smiled.

“Ok, let’s go!”

Marinette started to run but wobbled to a slow stop. “I-I’m not quite used to moving in this body yet.”

“Do you feel weak?”

“No, I feel pretty strong actually,” Marinette flexed her arms a bit, “but I feel like a teenage boy on a growth spurt, tripping over myself because I’m suddenly a different height and weight. And I can barely see.” She groaned, “Great. As if I wasn’t clumsy enough.”

Marinette shook her head and ran off despite herself.

* * *

Alya went to move the pale hand from her face, “Marinette?”

She froze when she realized the hand she was reaching with also seemed to belong to Marinette. She didn’t know what was going on, she was sitting at her desk and apparently fainted. There were no reasons for Marinette to have been in her room as far as she could remember, but now she wondered if even she herself was in her room. Was she even awake? It felt like she was dreaming or in a coma, trying to move only to watch blurry figures move about her.

“What…?” Alya removed her glasses and stumbled around for a mirror, coming face to face with Marinette.

“Well,” she sighed, “this is new.”

Alya leaned forward and rubbed at the puffy skin under her eyes. Her whole body felt drowsy and weak, as though she hadn’t slept in days. God, what had Marinette been up to? She tried smacking her cheeks to wake herself up but stopped when she realized she should be gentle with Marinette.

At least she could check the akuma out and snap some photos.

Alya rushed to her door before stopping to stare at her closet. She grabbed a belt and tightened until her pants finally stayed on her hips and continued out the door.

* * *

“My Lady?” Chat Noir looked Ladybug once over, “you’ve been hit, I see…”

Ladybug put her hands on her hips and smirked, “How are you so sure I’m the real thing, Kitty Cat?”

Chat bowed, “I’d always recognize you, Bugaboo,” He peered up at Ladybug, “besides, I know how the akuma works.”

“Really? How?”

“You switch bodies with whoever you consider to be your best friend,” Chat grinned, though a little sadly, “I’m hurt, My Lady, I thought I was your best friend.”

Ladybug smiled. “Of course you are, silly.” She walked up to Chat and touched his shoulder, “you can have more than one best friend you know. It’s not like ‘best’ is for a level of competition. You’re Ladybug’s best friend, Al- er- this… body is.. Ma- my civilian best friend! Don’t you have a different best friend when you aren’t Chat Noir?”

Chat Noir nodded, “I guess I do…” he puckered his lips in feigned deep thought, leaning sideways toward Ladybug, “but… if it were a competition-”

“No way, Chat,” Ladybug giggled, pressing her finger against his nose and pushing him back. “That’s not how it works. Just know that I love you, ok?” Her voice quieted to a more serious tone, making Chat Noir blush, his playful exterior fading.

“Oh- um, thank you- I mean! I… I love you too!” he blurted, finally having the opportunity to speak the three words constantly playing in his mind. “I’m nothing without you.” His eyes widened, knowing he’d already said enough and if he wasn’t careful he’d continue rambling the self-deprecating nonsense that he knew Ladybug didn’t like to hear.

Ladybug reached up to hug him. “It’s not that you or either of us are nothing without the other. It’s that we’re everything together.” Chat Noir smiled and opened his mouth to respond, but Ladybug held her finger to his lips. “I’m gonna have to stop you, sorry Kitty. We still have an akuma on the loose and we’d better spring into action before we get caught with our pants down.”

The two of them stiffened in their embrace upon Ladybug’s statements. They quietly pulled away from each other as Ladybug clarified. “I mean… caught off guard, eheheheh.”

“...right…” Chat tried to laugh.

“Let’s just... go…”

* * *

Ladybug groaned. Dodging all of the flying beach balls was getting tiresome and watching everyone switch bodies was confusing to say the least.

“Well, it doesn’t really do much harm to get hit. At least you kept your powers,” Chat Noir huffed as he ran alongside Ladybug.

“That’s easy for you to say, you haven’t been hit yet,” Ladybug jumped into a tumble as she dodged another ball.

“You seem to be handling it well.”

“I’m getting used to it, but if I switch again I can’t say the same will happen. I think now’s a good time to use my secret weapon,” she winked.

Chat looked toward the street. “Ok, do your thing, I’ll be right back.” He jumped down from the rooftop and ran up to the civilian amidst the chaos. “Marinette? Since when are you interested in recording the fights?”

Alya smirked. “I’ve got a blog to keep up. Who do you think Marinette would switch bodies with, Cat Boy?”

He blushed at the sight of Marinette’s apparent change of personality. “Oh right, Alya then? Live streaming for the Ladyblog?”

“At your service,” she winked.

“Well, hey Ladybloggers!” Chat waved at the phone, “sorry, but I think your reporter will be logging out. Because for about the millionth time,” he tilted his head at Alya, “I have to tell her it’s not safe here.”

“What do I have to lose? This akuma is harmless.” Alya countered, though she lowered her phone slightly.

“Relatively. But who knows who you’ll switch with-”

Alya gasped, stopping the livestream, “You’re right, I’m glad I never used the front camera…”

“-I mean, you and Ladybug are pretty close so if you two ever…” Chat Noir whirled around to squint at Ladybug, then back to ‘Marinette’ . “Wait a fucking minute.”

Alya sighed; realizing he’d put two-and-two together, she pocketed her phone. “I know imagine being the girl who took a bit to recognize her own body.”

“You- t-that’s your… oh, I’m not supposed to know this,” Chat winced.

“Neither of us are. Stop panicking and- look out!”

Chat Noir flinched as a beach ball bounced against his head. He blinked away a fuzz, stretching out a pair of smaller hands and reaching up to feel the ties that pulled his hair back into two pigtails.

Alya cried out in a painfully familiar voice. “Oh, Marinette, wait till you hear that Adrien thinks your his best friend! Is that a good or bad thing…”

Chat Noir and Alya turned to each other slowly. Chat saw his worst enemy, Adrien Agreste, staring back at him with a smartphone held out and reflecting Adrien’s face.

Alya noted that Chat Noir has in fact been hit, and displayed who she could only presume was Marinette’s body.

“Alya, I- there’s nothing I can really tell you…”

“There’s plenty you can tell me, over coffee tomorrow at 7am - HOLy shit i was right . And now you have to bribe me not to tell Marinette because this is huge… this…”

“Marinette has already figured it out, do not threaten the poor boy.”

Alya and Chat Noir looked to the side, Ladybug - still in Alya’s body - stood there staring back.

Chat Noir blinked, “I want to kiss someone but I don’t know who…”

“Uh…” Ladybug tried to focus, “I’m about to transform back…”

“Into Alya…”

“Right.”

“I’ll go take care of the akuma while you recharge.”

“Thank you.”

“I love you.” he blurted again, not sure why this time.

“You… have my face…”

“You have mine!”

“No, that’s Alya.”

“Oh, yeah… so did I just confess to Alya?”

“No, I did, that’s my body you have.”

“We all have a lot to talk about,” Alya decided.

They all nodded silently.

“After the akuma,” Ladybug finished.

“Yeah, after the akuma,” Chat Noir agreed.

A/N: Near the end, Chat Noir swaps with Alya because she had Marinette’s body - and Ladybug was the best friend he was meant to switch with. There is confusion of emotion and feelings both from being flustered in the situation/moment as well as the fact that there is a combination of past romantic feelings and ‘swapped’ romantic feelings.

ex: Marinette and Alya swap, Alya has feelings for Adrien/Chat Noir. As for Marinette, rather than have feelings for herself, she’ll have a slight yearning for a relationship between herself and Alya. These aren’t strong and immediate feelings, more background noise that has them in a confusing mess toward the end of the fic.

If I write a second chapter, I’ll still try and leave it vague enough so that there is no main ship, but clear enough that this explanation becomes unnecessary. Sorry it couldn’t be clear the first time around. Hopefully next time I won’t write late at night.

#miraculous ladybug #ml fanfic #ladynoir #alyanette #alyadrien #marinette dupain-cheng #alya cesaire #adrien agreste #cass writes

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alya-bug · 6 years

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The Best Kind of Friends Chapter 7

Chat Noir finds himself falling for Alya, who loves Marinette, who is just confused. Relationship shenanigans ensue.

Chapter 7: Alya takes Adrien’s emotions on a roller coaster.

Alya looked again at the text that Adrien had sent her last night.

Hey, I wanted to talk to you before school tomorrow. Is that okay?

She waited by the school entrance, waiting for Adrien’s car to pull up. Hopefully, he wanted to ask her how to ask out Marinette. She had a whole plan for this exact situation. She had her “Marinette Date” Pinterest board ready to share with him. He was going to ask her out on the best date ever. Marinette deserved that much.

When Adrien finally arrived, she waved him over. He looked nervous as he walked over to her. He was definitely planning to ask Marinette out. No doubt about it.

“Hey, what’s up?” She asked as he walked towards her.

Adrien smiled nervously, running his fingers through his hair. “Hey.”

“You said you wanted to talk to me?” She grinned knowingly. He was going to love her date ideas. She had through a lot about how their first date would go.

“Uh, yeah, I did say that, didn’t I?” He bit his lip adorably, not looking at her.

“You did.” She laughed. “I have the text right here.” She held up her phone.

He frowned, somehow still looking handsome even with his eyebrows furrowed. “Never mind. It was nothing.” He shook his head and began turning away.

Oh hell no. Alya grabbed his arm. “You aren’t getting away that easily!” She was not going to let him give up on asking Marinette out that easy. “Spill.”

Adrien sighed, clearly knowing that she would never give this up. “Okay, but, uh, can we go somewhere more private?” He glanced around at their fellow students, several of whom were already eyeing them curiously.

She smiled, endeared by his nervousness. He really was a sweet guy and he would make Marinette very happy. And she wanted Marinette to be happy.

They slipped away to a slightly more private side of the school, near a couple of large trees. For once, there were no students having secret trysts and they were able to speak without being overheard.

Alya leaned casually against a tree, grinning. “So, what did you want to say?”

Adrien looked almost nauseous. “Uh, well, I was just wondering. . .”

“Uh-huh?” He was so flustered. It was adorable.

“If you want to go out some time!” He blurted it out so quickly she could barely understand it. Or at least she assumed she didn’t understand it.

“What?” He couldn’t have said what she thought he said.

“Go out. With me. Like. . . a date?” His face was red and his voice was weak.

“Me?” Alya couldn’t believe what she was hearing. The rage was building up inside her. He was asking her out? And not Marinette?

He laughed nervously, apparently unaware of the dangerous line he was treading. “Y-yeah. I wasn’t sure I was going to say anything because. . . just because. But yeah, you are really cool and I like you a lot.”

“You shouldn’t have,” Alya blurted out, venom in her voice.

Adrien flinched at the anger in her voice. “What?”

"You shouldn't have said anything." Alya couldn't stay there anymore. She couldn't look at his stupid, handsome face, with his confused expression, apparently not knowing what he did. She turned aways without saying another word, stomping back towards the front of the school.

She was livid. How could he say he liked her? When he had been ignoring Marinette for years! How could he be so cruel. Marinette was perfect! Why didn't he want to date her?

It was still early but she headed to her first class, unable to socialize any longer. She needed something to distract her and calculus would do well enough.

Class was already about to start when Adrien walked in. She had forgotten that they shared most of their classes. It took all of her self control not to yell at him in front of everyone. The only thing that stopped her was knowing that Marinette wouldn’t want her too.

She settled for glaring at the back of his head. A small part of her felt bad for him. He didn’t seem to know that Marinette liked him, so he probably didn’t know why she was so mad at him. But she didn’t really care about that, frankly. If he was so stupid not to notice Marinette’s crush on him for so long, then he deserved what he got.

Marinette burst into the classroom moments before the class started, sliding into her seat with only a slightly reproachful look from the teacher.

Alya’s heart hurt as she saw her smiling and blushing at the back of Adrien’s head. She liked him so much. How could he do this to her?

“Is Adrien okay?” Marinette whispered as the teacher started to lecture. “He looks kind of sad.”

Part of Alya wanted to tell Marinette everything, tell her that Adrien was an asshole who asked out other girls. But she knew that would hurt her. And hurting Marinette was the last thing she wanted to do. So she just shrugged. “Who knows?”

“Mlle Cesaire, Mlle Dupain-Cheng, it would be just lovely if you would pay attention today.” The teacher sighed. “For once.”

The two girls blushed and turned their attention back to their teacher, but Alya found calculus to be not as good of a distractor as she had hoped.

By the time she got home, Alya’s rage had subsided some. She understood that it was unreasonable to be so angry at Adrien, because it really wasn’t his fault. But she was often unreasonable when it came to Marinette. That girl made all of her rational thought fly out the window.

She tried to focus on other things and avoid interacting with Adrien. That wasn’t too hard, as he seemed to be avoiding her too. Poor, stupid boy. It wasn’t his fault he was an idiot. Avoiding Nino had been harder. He figured out that something had happened and he had been hounding her all day to try to get details. When he was worried about a friend, he was worse than she was when she was trying to follow a lead.

She had only just headed back to her room after dinner when Chat Noir knocked on her window.

“You’re here early.” She smiled as she opened the window. Chat was a cute blond that she would be happy to go out with.

Although he looked like she had just stomped on his heart. The frown seemed wrong on his normally cheerful face and it was hard to tell with his weird eyes but he looked like he might have been crying.

“You okay?” She reached a hand out to him, touching his shoulder lightly as she climbed through the window.

“Yeah.” He laughed weakly. “Just, a kind of bad day.”

Alya hugged him sympathetically. “Same.” She grinned at him. “It’s nice to see you.”

“Yeah, it is.” Chat hugged her tightly before pulling away with a genuine smile on his face. “Hugging you always makes me feel better.”

She laughed. “Of course, I’m the best hugger.” She hoped that her blush wasn’t too obvious. He was just too ridiculous.

“You are. The Queen of Hugs.” He bowed dramatically, his grin still not quite reaching his eyes.

“Yes. And you are my favorite subject.” She giggled as he kissed her hand. He was so dorky. It was adorable.

He laughed and sat down on her bed. “What an honor.” He suddenly looked sheepish. “May I have a boon?”

“Of course.” Her cheeks burned as she imagined what he would ask. Would he ask to kiss her? She definitely wouldn’t mind that.

“Can I ask why you had a bad day?”

She blinked. That wasn’t what she wasn’t expected. “It was nothing. I was just being dumb.” She didn’t really want to tell him all about the way she was an asshole to her stupid friend.

“How could you be dumb?” He asked, a strange look in his eyes.

Alya sighed. “So, a friend of mine asked me out and I didn’t respond very well. I kind of freaked out at him and I feel kind of bad because I probably hurt his feelings.”

Chat seemed very interested in the pattern on her bedspread. “Do you dislike him that much?”

Alya leaned back in her desk chair. “It isn’t that I don’t like him. He’s great. It’s . . . complicated.” She didn’t feel like it was her place to talk about Marinette’s crush, especially when Chat would definitely know who she was talking about.

“Do you like someone else?” His voice was hesitant, strangely afraid.

She did like someone else, a couple of someones actually, and that was part of the reason she didn’t want to date Adrien It was as good a reason as any to reject someone, although maybe not as viciously as she did. “Yeah, I do.”

The leather cat ears on his head visibly drooped. “Oh.” He glanced up at her and he looked so cute that she couldn’t handle it. “Who is it?”

Alya considered her answer for a moment. She could tell him that she had been hopelessly in love with her best friend for years and continue their relationship built on pining after beautiful blue eyed girls. Or she could tell him about the other person she had feelings for, and complicate their relationship.

Oh, whatever. She had always wanted to date a superhero and this was her chance.

She smiled flirtatiously. “Well, for one. . . there is you.”

Chat looked up, strange green eyes wide. “Me?”

“Yup.” This dork somehow managed to look handsome with a dumbfounded expression on his face. “I think you’re cute and sweet and funny.”

“I like you too!” He almost fell off the bed in his excitement. “I like you a lot!”

Alya’s blush deepened. “Good.” She bit her lip, suddenly nervous. She was the one who said it, why was she nervous?

“Can I kiss you?” he blurted, his face so red it was almost glowing.

“Yes.” Alya didn’t even need to think about her answer. Her love life might be a confusing mess, but she definitely wanted to kiss Chat Noir.

He leaned forward and then stopped, hesitant, as if he wasn’t sure what to do. Rolling her eyes, she grabbed his bell and yanked him into the kiss.

Their lips met and he melted into it, his lips surprisingly soft against hers.

Kissing Chat Noir was definitely a good idea.

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