Secret Identities – Or Maybe Not
Author note: Hey guys! First thing is that I´m still learning English. Because of that there might be small or big mistakes in my story´s. If you find one, please remember that. I´m always willing to correct something and learn from it. Second things is that this is one of my first story´s. I´m pretty sure there are a lot of things that I could have written better. But practice makes perfect and I will always do my best. So please enjoy. :D
Ladybug sighed.
An akumatized villain. Check.
Trapped with Chat Noir in an old, dusty house at the end of Paris. Check.
Used up Cataclysm and Lucky Charm. Check.
Two minutes until their transformation will wear off. Check.
It could be worse. They were alive, it wasn´t raining through the holes in the roof and it was a warm night. What was she doing? She needed to plan their escape, before it is too late and they know who they really are. As she looked through the house, she saw a broken piece of the roof. It was sharp and not far away. "Hey Chat!" she whispered, "Do you see the wooden bar in the corner off the room?" "Yes milady. What is in your mind?" "If we swing to the bar, we could cut the rope." Chat´s answer was a short nod. So they began to swing from side to side. They were lucky that the villain wasn´t paying attention. As Ladybug´s earrings and then Chat´s ring were beeping, they began moving faster. As they reached the wooden bar, Ladybug reacted fast. She cut the rope, swung around and took the item, with the akuma inside, from his owner. She destroyed it and captured the little black akuma. Chat watched Ladybug in awe. After she released the butterfly, she throw the item that she got, through Lucky Charm, in the air.
As she talked to the victim and told him to go home, she didn´t noticed that her earrings were beeping. But Chat did. "Ladybug your earrings! You need to hide!" Ladybug swung around and shove the person through the door. After she slammed the door shut, she ran as fast as she could to the next door to hide, but it was too late.
For Chat as well. After he told Ladybug that her transformation will wear off. He ran as fast as he could to the next room. Not the first of course, because he left it for his lady. But he didn´t reach it soon enough. After he heard both of them detransform he wanted to close his eyes, to run away so he couldn´t saw her and she not him, because he knows how important this is to her. But his curiosity won and he turned around. He wasn´t ready for what he saw.
She couldn´t believe it. She was to slow. Ladybug was to slow. As she thought about the consequences of this she noticed that someone was in this room too. Apparently Chat was still in this room. But I thought his transformation would wear off too? She only thought about Chat Noir as she opened her eyes. But she didn´t saw a black cat. She stood in front of the back of a boy. And she knew this boy. Adrien, was the only thought that crossed her mind. She just stood there. Mouth opened, as he began to turn around. She hesitated. Oh no! No NO NO NO NONONO! This isn´t good. Absolutely not. What will he think? Oh he will be so disappointed.
Now Adrien stood directly in front of Ladybug. Only it wasn´t Ladybug who stood there in front of him. It was Marinette, his classmate and friend. She just stood there, mouth opened and with shocked eyes. And he knew his expression didn´t look better. Marinette? The clumsy and cute girl that he meet all day and sit behind him. It couldn´t be. But as he thought about it, they were pretty similar. Maybe not their behaviour, but Ladybug and Marinette had the same blue pigtails and the same sapphire blue eyes. He didn´t know Ladybug very good, but in some sort she acted similar to Marinette. It was still shocking and he didn´t know how she would react, but he could get used to it.
There was an awkward silence in the room. The two teenagers were just staring at each other. No one knew what to do. They were fighting with their confused minds, trying to process this new information as fast as they possibly could, to break this silence, which already lasted far too long. After some more painfully silent minutes Adrien began to make the first move. "Uhh, … so you´re Ladybug?" Marinette answered with a short nod. She was still looking at him with shock. I couldn´t talk to him when I saw him, but NOW … I can never talk to him ever again. Some seconds passed before Adrien continued. "All the time?" This time she needed to answer him with spoken words. "Um, … w-well y-yes. S-since the b-beginning of this school y-year." She needed to know it. Now or never! "A-are you di-disappointed?" There she said it. But now she needed to wait for his answer. This was the most painfully minute in her entire life.
She really was it. After all this time he knows who Ladybug is. But he needed to calm down. It´s a bad time to burst into glee. They needed to talk about a lot of things. "A-are you di-disappointed?" He heard Marinette say. Wait. What did she say? Disappointed? Am I disappointed? Marinette was always a good friend. One of his first friends! But after he met Ladybug, he never considered that she could become more. As he thought about it, he saw characteristics he never thought about. Of course she is clumsy, but cute in her own way. She also helps everyone who needs help, has great ideas and she is a loyal partner. I never really thought about Marinette or the girl behind Ladybugs mask. But now, I think I'm really starting to like every aspect and side of her. I hope she likes me too. …Wait, I still need to answer! "I-I´m not disappointed. Why would I be disappointed?"
In this moment, Marinette didn´t even thought about who talked to her. She just wanted to go home and get some sleep. She quickly snapped out of the thought and tried to answer as calm and collected as she could, though know her head told her again who was standing in front of her. "Be-because I'm nothing special. I´m clumsy and defenceless. I-I really try to stand out more, to be confident, but I mostly fail every time. I´m not in any way like Ladybug." She looked to the ground.
He couldn´t stand it anymore. He grabbed her chin and lifted her face up. Now she needed to look at Adrien, who stood now closer to her. "Marinette, please don´t compare yourself to Ladybug. You ARE Ladybug. With or without that mask you´re this strong, cute, confident and smart girl. I have seen every side of your personality. I have seen a cute, friendly girl who helps her friends, as well as a confidant fighter who does everything to stop Hawkmoth. You should not devalue yourself." "Yes, I should!" She screamed and broke away from Adrien´s grip. He just stared at her in confusion and shock. "You may see that, because you´re blinded by Ladybug. I´m nothing but a clumsy and dumb girl!" She half screamed half cried out to Adrien and run away with tears in her eyes." "Didn´t you listen? You´re not …" She slammed the door shut. "… worthless." Adrien just stood there. Trying to consume everything that happened in those two, maybe three, minutes. Why is she disvaluing herself? Or is she disappointed it is me? What should I do?! He didn´t notice that a black kwami was hovering in front of his face. "Adrien, you should really calm down. And you should stop asking so many questions. You´re freaking me out." "Wait, was I saying them out loud?" "Yes." "Sorry, but I´m really worried right now." "I can see that. Your face is upper funny and creepy at the same time." "But if she…" He couldn´t finish the sentence, because a slight angry and annoyed Plagg was now hovering direct in front of his eyeballs. "Now listen close. She needs to get everything together. This was an exhausting night for her and for you too. So give her some time to recover and some rest. And me some camembert!" Adrien was shocked about the seriousness of his kwami. Normally Plagg didn´t help much, but today seems to be a VERY confusing day. After he searched for some cheese in his jacket and gave it to Plagg, he went on his way home. Only now he noticed how tired he was. "Plagg, maybe you´re right. Some sleep should be good to relax and get everything sorted out." "Of course I´m right. Have you ever doubted me?" Adrien ignored Plagg´s comment and went on. Tomorrow is Saturday. Maybe I can see her then.