Hi! I've decided to write this Miraculous Ladybug fan fiction! This is dedicated to my friend Delaney because it was going to be a birthday present as a short story but then I didn't write it in time. So I thought, hell why not make a fully fledged fan fiction am I right?! So here we are. I hope I portrayed all of the characters to the extent that they are in the show. Also if its not very good I apologize, this is my first fan fiction. I hope you enjoy! :)
Adrien crumpled up a paper and threw it across his room.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"I'm trying to write Ladybug a letter, Plagg."
"Why?"
"I want to confess my feelings for her, and I thought that maybe if I write it down she would take is seriously. But I can't seem to get it right"
"Why don't you just tell her in person, I'm sure it'll work fine."
Immediately after he said that, Plagg slowly ate a piece of Camembert, with his mouth full he started,
"What changes-" he chewed the cheese, "about it now anyway? Why are you going to confess now?"
"During class today, you were in my locker eating cheese, it got all over my stuff, have I mentioned how disgusting that is?"
"I'm sorry for enjoying cheese!"
"Anyway, in class today Juleka confessed that she was in love with Rose and it was so inspiring, I want to do that to Ladybug. I want a moment like that. I want her to feel that beautiful energy."
"Oh, well I'm sure you'll figure it out." Adrien put his pen away,
"This isn't working, I'm just going to tell her in person."
"And when are you planning on doing this, Loverboy?"
"I'm not quite sure, probably the next time we meet to fight one of Hawkmoth's victims."
Marinette and Alya ran out of the school, this was right after the end of the school day, also right after Juleka had confessed her feelings to Rose.
"I am gonna do it, Alya!"
"Girl, you've told me that so many times before, how am I supposed to know you're not going to bail at the last second?" Alya gave Marinette a skeptical look.
"It's different this time, love is in the air!"
"Yeah, but that doesn't change you."
"Trust me, ok. I'm gonna pull through this time. Come on, I have something to show you at my house."
Marinette grabbed Alya's wrist and started running towards her house.
"Damn girl, you're strong."
They got to the house and go up to Marinette's room. She revealed a dress on her mannequin, it was a soft baby blue and covered in delicate lace. It must have taken Marinette forever to get the stitching just right.
"Woah girl, did you make this? Like, just for this?"
"Well I was planning on making it for a while, but I thought that this would be a great thing to wear it for."
"Won't it be weird that you'll be the only one dressing up?"
"Yeah, that's where I need your help. I was thinking that we could get all the girls in our class to dress up, but keep it a secret from the guys to surprise everyone."
"I'll tell everyone we know! They'll all agree I'm sure of it, they'd love it if you and Adrien got together. And by everyone I mean everyone good, all of our friends."
"Thanks Alya, I know I can count on you!"
She smiled, she was grateful to have such a dedicated friend.
"You better not get cold feet tomorrow, right now I gotta go, see ya girl!"
After that, Alya went downstairs, gave her salutations to Mari's parents, and left. As soon as Alya was gone Tikki came out from the inside of Marinette's purse.
"Marinette, are you sure you need to do this gesture? Why can't you just write him another letter? What if he doesn't want to be put on the spot?"
"I know I don't need to, Tikki, but the bigger gesture, the harder it'll be to back out."
"I guess that makes some sort of sense"
"Man, I didn't even think about how he would think about being in front of everyone. Tikki! Maybe this is a bad idea, maybe I shouldn't do it anymore."
"I'm sorry, Marinette. I shouldn't have asked you about that he's going to be fine. Besides, you can't back out now, right?"
Tikki gave Marinette a look, and they both started laughing.
Alya texted Marinette that the plan was ready, and sent her a picture of her in a dress, it was pink which wasn't a color she usually wore, she looked adorable. Marinette got ready for the school day, there wasn't any akuma to fight the night before, so she actually got a decent amount of sleep and she got up at the right time, a bit earlier than usual so that she could dress up. She got ready for school and put on her special dress, and decided to let her hair down for once. She made sure to keep the hair ties on her, just in case she needed to become Ladybug. She looked different, but in a good way, in a great way.
"Tikki, I'm not sure about this… is it too different?"
"You look amazing, Marinette, never doubt that for a second! Everything's going to turn out great!"
Tikki flew down nearby the opening to downstairs, excited to get to school and watch Marinette face her fears. Marinette obeyed her hint and went downstairs. Unfortunately, going downstairs meant that she had to deal with her parents, and all of the questions they would pose about her new appearance. Right as she walked down the stairs, just as suspected...
"Marinette! You look beautiful, look at our little girl! Why are you dressed like this, is it for a boy? If it is than who?!"
"Dad, I have a presentation, it's not like that." She didn't want to confess to him the real reason for all of this, because if she was rejected or something went wrong, she didn't want to risk him becoming akumatized again. "Well I've got to go, I don't want to be late!" She ran off, incredibly nervous.
"Tikki, what if I mess this up?!"
"You'll do fine! Why don't you write down what you want to say in a letter and if you can't say it and give that to Adrien."
"Tikki! That's a great idea!" Once she got to the school, a lot earlier than usual, she sat at her desk, she thought, man. I've never been here this early, I hope I can finish the letter before Adrien gets here, I hope he'll like my confession! The other students filed into the classroom, each girl looking just as beautiful as the last. Alya walked in with Nino, they were holding hands.
"Girl! You look so adorable! Stand up and give me a twirl!" Marinette stood up like Alya asked, and spun around. As she finished her spin, Adrien walked through the door, they made eye contact. It was like something from a romance movie, Marinette felt like she was about to melt. The bell rang, shattering the romantic aura like fragile glass. Marinette could hardly focus the rest of class between the nerves and what just happened. The butterflies in her stomach were having a party in there.
Adrien hardly noticed that all the girls dressed up until he walked into the class and saw Marinette, he didn't think much of it though. Due to the fact that he hasn't been in public school for that long, he thought that the events were just something he didn't know about. When class was dismissed, he walked down into the main area of the school. It was a big surprise when he felt a tap on his shoulder, it was Marinette.
"A-Adrien… I have… I" She rushed the next of these words, "I have something to tell you!" She was incredibly nervous.
"Ok, what is it that you want to tell me, Marinette?"
Time seemed to stop, everyone was watching them, but all they could see were each other's eyes. Marinette began to say what she had waited so long to tell.
"I-I've had-" Marinette held out the letter as she spoke, the speed that was a mile a minute, the same as the beat of her heart, "I've had a really, really, REALLY huge crush on you for such a long time… and… well... I was wondering- I was wondering if you would want to hang out sometime? But not in a friend way, like a-a date?"
She did it, after waiting forever, all of the other girls were incredibly surprised and happy for her. Everyone was waiting for Adrien's response.
"Marinette, this is, you are- so sweet!"
He felt incredibly guilty for having to break her heart, especially in front of everyone like this, but he knew he couldn't lie.
"It's just that, well, I think... I think that I'm too busy for a relationship right now,"
it wasn't exactly a lie, because Adrien was very busy, but he would have worked really hard to make time for a relationship. But he had been thinking about if for a long time, if he were to get into a relationship with even Ladybug how would he even have time to fit her into his schedule, other than the crime fighting.
"I just have so many things going on, like with my school work and my after school activities, and I feel so horrible for rejecting you, I don't want you to feel that it's anything about you. You're an amazing girl, and you deserve someone who can focus time and energy on you and your relationship. I'm so sorry."
Marinette's face fell, she knew rejection could've happened but she never thought about it too much. The hardest part to her was to actually confess her love to Adrien, but it was so much worse now because she didn't expect to be rejected, she thought that once she poured her heart out everything would turn out great. But it didn't thought really, why would it be, why would he like me anyway? She ran off into the bathroom crying, Alya chased after her to console her. Hawkmoth was ready to cast down an akuma to go and vilify Marinette. He casted out the aggravated butterfly onto Paris, unfortunately for him, Alya was amazing at consoling Marinette.
"Girl, this isn't your fault, you finally confessed to him and that's an amazing thing to do! And so what if Adrien doesn't have time to give you the love that you deserve. It's not like he hates you, you can still be friends! Now you can move on from him and onto someone else, someone that does have time time to treat you like a goddess, like the goddess that you really, truly are."
"Yeah," Marinette sniffled, "thanks Alya."
She still felt pretty bad, but definitely not as bad. Adrien felt really guilty about making her upset, though, He tried to soften the blow as much as he could but it didn't seem to work. I just hope she can forgive me for this. Adrien left the school, because at the time of her confession it was time to leave. He felt really bad about everything, and going to his cold, empty home wasn't going to help him feel any better. As Alya comforted Marinette, Hawkmoth was up in his room, ready to impose his akuma. But Marinette was already starting to feel better from the comfort of her friends, so her emotions weren't strong enough to prey on. Plus, Adrien would've been in danger if Marinette was akumatized. Part of him was relieved because Adrien wouldn't be in danger, but he could possibly be a victim to the akuma that Hawkmoth had sent out. Fortunately for him, it didn't take long for the akuma to find another target.