A/N: Hey guys! I haven't been on in a while but I recently watched Miraculous Ladybug and I can't get over it! I am obsessed with the characters and I am going to die if season 2 doesn't come out soon. Anyway, I had this story idea and I decided to share it, I don't know if it's any good, but oh well. There is a possibility of spoilers, but if you're caught up in the fandom then you should be fine. I personally think all the ships in the love square are adorable, and I can't really pick a favorite, I kind of just consider them all basically the same thing. But technically, all of them will make an appearance at least once in my story.

Sorry if the writing is bad but hopefully you will read all the way through. I'll try to update regularly. Thanks for reading and let me know what you think!

{credit to the cover artist}

I do NOT own Miraculous Ladybug.

-It Reminds Me Of You-

Chapter I: Adrien

Never in his entire life had Chat Noir's heart ever beat this fast. He paced the rooftop anxiously, waiting for Ladybug to make an appearance. He held a rose between shaking fingers, it was as bright and beautiful as the girl he hoped to give it to. Chat had waited long enough to tell her how he felt, and he decided tonight was the night to finally let the cat out of the bag. He only prayed that Ladybug came before the sun disappeared, along with his courage.

"Chat," her voice made him jump. "Ready to go on patrol?"

"Of course, M'lady," he bowed low, concealing the rose behind his back as he stood. He looked up into her eyes, had they always sparkled like that? He took a deep breath. "But first, there is something that I have to tell you."

"If it's a cat joke—"

"It's not," he said quickly, "It is much more important." Ladybug gave a slight frown, then she sighed.

"Okay, what do you need to tell me?" Again, Chat took a deep breath, gathered his courage, and handed her the rose.

"It's for you."

"Oh, Chat—"

"That's not what I had to tell you," he said, "What I wanted to tell you was…was that you're the most beautiful girl I've ever met. I would do anything for you, M'lady. You're really special to me, like, really special, I hope you know that. You know, I've never felt this way about anyone before, and, um, and I just thought that I should tell you… because I, well, I can't keep it to myself anymore. And, um…I love you. I'm in love with you, M'lady." Ladybug held the rose tightly to her chest. She didn't speak for a long while, then finally she touched the rose with the tips of her fingers and frowned slightly.

"Oh, Chat," her voice was soft, "Chat, I-I can't. I'm already in love with someone else. Oh, Chat, I'm so, so sorry. You're really special to me too, just…not in that particular way. I wouldn't trade you for any other partner in the world, I swear, but I… I just can't. Wow, um, now I really wish you would have told me a cat joke instead." She laughed sadly. Chat could hear his heart shatter, and he thought maybe she could to.

"It's fine," he lied through a smile. "I just thought I'd tell you. Anyway, who ever you are in love with, he's really lucky to hold the heart of such a purr-fect girl."

"Chat," she smiled, "I'm so lucky to have a partner like you. Now, let's get to patrol, okay?" He nodded followed after her.

"I must be the unluckiest black cat in the whole world," he whispered to himself.

The fact that Ladybug couldn't return his feelings wasn't even the worst part. The worst part was that even though she didn't love him back, he still loved her with all the pieces of his broken heart. It's not like he could just forget about her now that he knew he didn't have a chance. In fact, that made him want to hang on even tighter. The realization that they could never be together only made her all the more beautiful to him, it made his heart long for her that much more. And

that was what hurt the most. Nothing would change, it was relieving, and heartbreaking, all at the same time.

Chat looked up and swallowed his sadness. Following Ladybug across the rooftops today held a different sort of feeling, one that Chat had never really felt before. He couldn't quite place a word on it, but he knew he didn't like it. It made him feel empty. Like he was alone in a crowd of people.

"Chat," Ladybug stopped. "Are you okay? You seem distracted."

"Yeah, I'm feline great!" He forced a smile.

"Is it about what happened earlier? Chat I—"

"It's not that," he lied. "I just, um, I'm worrying about a big test I have tomorrow. Gotta study. Mind if I take off now?"

"No, I haven't seen anything suspicious tonight anyway," she placed her hands in her hips in that cute way that she did and turned her head to look at the town. "I should probably bug out too. It's getting late."

"Goodnight, M'lady." Chat didn't wait for an answer.

Once he made it to his house, he climbed through the window and transformed back into Adrien. Then he threw himself onto his bed and laid on his stomach. He pulled his arms to his chest and closed his eyes, taking a long, deep breath in.

Adrien had never been in love before, but if this is what it felt like, he wasn't sure he wanted to be in love. If broken hearts were all that came out of it, then he would prefer to live without it. He figured that maybe if he didn't see Ladybug for a while, his longing to be her her would go away. But he was sorely mistaken. In fact, it seemed that the further you were from what you loved, the more you loved it.

"I'm so tired," Plagg groaned from across the room.

"There's cheese on my desk, Plagg. Have at it." Adrien sighed.

The Kwami rushed over to the desk and devoured the camembert with one bite. Then he floated over and set himself on Adrien's pillow. "What's wrong? You seem really sad."

"Yeah well that tends to happen when you have a broken heart," Adrien said.

"Your heart can't be broken, or else you'd be—"

"It's a figure of speech, Plagg," he sighed. "And it hurts a lot more than if my heart had actually stopped."

"Want some cheese to make it better?"

"I think I'll manage without."

Adrien pushed his head further into his pillow. He didn't feel like crying, he was too sad to cry. He couldn't believe what an idiot he'd been, it was his own fault that his heart got broken. What did he expect when he let it out of its cage? He listened to his breathing, he listened to Plagg whine some more, and then, finally, he fell asleep. His dream wasn't sweet, he wasn't even sure if he had a dream, but when he woke up the night was in full bloom.

He swung his legs over the side of the bed and sat lost in thought for a moment. His mind raced through the events that had transpired earlier in the day. His heart ached with every memory. He wished it would just go away, he wished he could just forget. Adrien shook his head, then stood.

"Plagg?"

"Not now, too tired to talk."

"Plagg," Adrien said again, "How do you heal a broken heart?"

"I don't know. Sleep always does the trick for me. Tomorrow you will feel better, so now is the time to sleep," he could hear Plagg groan in exhaustion. Adrien shook his head, that wasn't exactly the advice he had been looking for.

He walked across his room and stood by the window. Usually, on nights that he had trouble sleeping, he would go on patrol as Chat Noir, but tonight he didn't really feel like being a superhero. Tonight, he was content just looking at the stars.

Adrien could feel tears sting at the corners of his eyes. Looking at the stars made him feel more lonely than he thought humanly possible. They were millions of light years away from each other, and yet, that was closer than he felt to Ladybug. He covered his face with his hands and shook his head. He couldn't believe he had been so stupid. He may very well have ruined their partnership with his inability to conceal his own selfish feelings.

He had hoped that it would bring them closer together, but he might have just ended up tearing a bigger wedge between them. He sighed and leaned his back against the window. Ladybug was the most amazing person he had ever met, she was everything he had ever wanted, everything he had ever dreamed of. And she was not his.

She was not his, Adrien realized.

He could chase after her as much as he wanted, but she was never his, and she never would be. Ladybug was free, and flying, and maybe that's what made her so beautiful, he couldn't drag her down. Black cats were unlucky, and something like a Ladybug could never love one. But still, his heart clung onto the tiny idea of hope that maybe one day she would love him back. If he told her who he really was, would that help to close the gap between them? The thought had crossed his mind more than once, but in the end, he always left things as they were.

Before Adrien realized it, night had turned into day, and the moon had turned into the sun. Natalie knocked lightly on his door before opening it.

"Adrien, you're awake?"

"Yeah," he rubbed his eyes, "I had trouble sleeping."

Adrien got dressed and left for school like every other day—though, he skipped breakfast despite Natalie's warnings. His stomach twisted in pain, but he dismissed it as a mix of anxiety and loss of sleep. His heart didn't hurt as much this morning as it did last night, in fact, he couldn't really feel anything at all. He figured things would get better when he got to school. Plagg shifted inside Adrien's shirt.

"Hey, what about my Camembert?"

"I'll give it to you when we get to school, now shush."

"Why not nowww?" Plagg whined.

"Plagg!"

"Alright, alright. Gosh, I'll wait till school. Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning." Adrien rolled his eyes.

Nino was waiting for him when he arrived at school. Adrien listened to his friend go on about Alya and what an awesome time they had yesterday. He nodded along absently, his mind on different things. Chloé called his name from somewhere, but he ignored her, he really wasn't in the mood to be around her right now. He realized this was becoming a reoccurring feeling. He didn't know who he needed right now, but for some reason he found himself wishing his mom was here.

"Dude, you okay?"

"What?"

"You seem really out of it," Nino opened the door to the classroom, "You wanna talk about it?"

"No, I'm fine," Adrien said. "Just really tired is all." Nino didn't seem to buy his story but let it go for the time being.

Adrien sat in his seat and waited for class to start. He spun his pencil absently over his fingers and smiled at Marinette as she walked in the door. Her cheeks flushed furiously as she tried to muster a smile back. Then she tripped and fell into her seat, throwing her backpack into the air. Adrien laughed, he thought it was so cute when she got flustered.

He leaned down and picked up her bag. "I think you dropped this."

"Th-that's my backpack, I mean, of course it's mine, you already that knew. I mean! Uh, th-thanks." Marinette flushed even harder as she took the bag back from him.

"Dude, she's got a mad crush on you," Nino whispered. Adrien shook his head.

"No, I mean…no."

"She totally does! I mean seriously, the girl can't even get a full sentence out when she's around you. She's totally crushing on you," his friend shot a glance toward Alya who smiled mischievously. Adrien shook his head, suppressing the urge to smile. Nino leaned over and whispered something to Alya who laughed and whispered something back. When he thought about it, he wouldn't mind if Marinette did have a crush on him. In fact, maybe it would help him get over Ladybug.

Class started and Adrien's stomach did flips. He wrapped his arms around his torso and tried to focus on the lesson. His brain wouldn't process anything that was being said, it was like everyone was speaking another language. Adrien bit his bottom lip and crossed his legs, hoping to subside the pain that only grew. After about thirty minutes of waiting, he stood abruptly.

"I-I think I need to go to the nurse."

"Adrien…?"

He stumbled out of his seat and down to the nurse's office. Adrien wasn't a particularly big fan of going to the nurse, he preferred to handle things himself, but today he decided to make an exception. The nurse's office was just a small room that was a little too warm, and it made him feel overly claustrophobic. The nurse set a glass of water beside him. She took his temperature and then left, shutting the door behind her. He rested his arm over his eyes to block out the light. He couldn't believe he had gotten sick, maybe, he thought, it was a side effect of a broken heart.

A racket erupted from outside, Adrien could only guess it was an Akuma attack. He wasn't exactly sure why, but his heart leapt at the thought of seeing Ladybug again. The feeling quickly faded when he was reminded of the events of yesterday. He groaned and tried to sit up.

"Maybe we should just sit this one out," Plagg said, "You are sick after all…"

"Glad you're so concerned with my health," Adrien said as he stood. "Plagg, claws out!"

Chat rushed outside. Paris was in complete chaos, cars were overturned, lamp posts were bent and askew through the street, and people were running about in panic. He looked around for Ladybug, his finger hovering over the button to call her. He decided against it as screams came from down the street.

He got there just in time to save a little girl from falling pieces of rubble. He returned her safely to her parents and looked back at the villain that stood atop a building.

"I am Memory," the villain announced, "I am tired of everyone always forgetting who I am. They are always forgetting about me and the promises they made to me. I think it's time that everyone else know how it feels! I will take your most precious memories, and the memories of your loved ones. Then I will rewrite them to make sure no one ever forgets about me. I'll steal the memories of the entire world if I must! All of Paris will finally know what it It like to be forgotten." Chat clenched his fist.

"Well, this is quite a purr-oblem."

"Chat Noir, this is no time for jokes," Ladybug was at his side, "We need a plan. C'mon, follow me." He melted at the sound of her voice. The heartache that had subsided earlier was now returned at twice the power. He was still, most definitely, in love with her.

They chased after Memory and toward the Eiffel Tower. Chat was even further distracted from the task at hand as Ladybug grabbed his arm and pulled him to cover. Being near her only made his feelings strengthen. She poked her head around the corner and then turned back to him. The only thing he could understand from her explanation was that she thought the Akuma was in Memory's bracelet. Chat nodded.

"Chat? Chat, did you hear me?" Ladybug frowned.

"What?"

"The plan."

"Yeah, yeah I know. Distract him, and get the bracelet so you can purify the Akuma."

"And—" she leaned in, making his heart rate increase tenfold, "—don't get hit."

"Don't…don't get hit," he repeated. He flung himself up the side of the tower.

Memory stood at the top, aiming his bracelet at citizens, and with a burst of light he cursed them with amnesia. Chat whistled, calling attention to himself and away from Ladybug as she made her descent toward the Akuma. The villain whirled and shot a laser in shock. Chat dodged easily, he swung his leg and knocked Memory off his feet. The villain fumbled slightly, then he grabbed Chat's leg and pulled him to the ground.

Memory reached for the ring, Chat scrambled back quickly and got to his feet. His head spun from hitting the ground so hard. The villain scoffed.

"Chat Noir," he said, "Before I wipe your memory, you have something I want. Give me your miraculous."

"I'm only gonna say this once, so try and remember it," Chat leaned on his baton, "There's no way I'm just handing my ring over. If you want my miraculous, you're gonna have to take it from me." Memory sneered and lunged at him. Chat jumped back quickly, lost his balance for a moment, and swung onto the side of the tower. M'lady, I hope that was enough time.

Ladybug was only inches from Memory when he turned and faced her. The two instantly locked in battle, a mirage of punches and whirl of kicks flew between them. Chat watched her in awe. Ladybug was amazing, he thought to himself. He couldn't think of a better word to describe it. It was simply amazing, she was amazing.

She looked more beautiful right now than she had any other time he had been lucky enough to look upon her. He found himself smiling even as his heart broke further. Chat wanted her more than he had ever wanted anything in his entire life. He wanted to hug her and never let go, he wanted to sit with her and watch time pass. He wanted to be hers, forever. But, all he would ever be was her partner. And lately, if that was all he was going to be to her, Chat found himself wishing he could forget the feelings he had for her.

"Chat! Snap out of it and help me!" She called, fending off punches from Memory. He shook off his daydream and leapt to her side.

The villain was pushed back a few feet, giving Ladybug a small window of time to catch her breath. Chat charged at Memory just as the bracelet sent a laser of amnesia. He was hit square in the chest, and for a moment he stood frozen. When Chat finally realized what had happened, he realized he didn't feel all that different. Seizing the chance, he grabbed Memory's Akuma and threw it toward Ladybug. His head spun as he forgot where he was for a moment, but the feeling passed quickly.

"No more evil doing for you little Akuma," Ladybug smiled, "Bye bye, butterfly."

Everything returned to normal, and the two heroes climbed down from the tower. Ladybug ran to him and grabbed his arm.

"Are you alright? You got hit…"

"Of course, M'lady," he smiled, "I'm fine."

"Good," she sighed in relief.

Ladybug held out her fist and smiled. Chat did nothing at first, he just looked at her confused. She lowered her arm and looked at him with hurt and concern. What was it she wanted him to do?

He couldn't remember.

. . .