"You're going to love it here." Plagg spoke with a smile and led Chat Noir into a beat up building.
"Whatever you say." Chat chuckled and rubbed the back of his head, looking down at the ground, as he followed behind him.
Plagg opened a curtain and dropped it behind him. Chat caught it before it could close and stopped in his tracks. His mouth fell open and his eyes grew wide.
A girl with midnight hued hair in pigtails with a red spotted filigree mask hung in the air. The red silk aerial hammock wrapped around her back beneath her arms and she gracefully spun with her body perfectly straight and her toes pointed down. She tilted her head back and gripped onto the two silk lines before pulling her knees to her chest and flipping around so that she was now sitting upright.
Chat peered at her like she was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. She spun around and flipped down and dangled in the air. She split her legs in a fanned motion and spun around until she pulled herself back into an upright position. She bent her body back until her head nearly touched her stretched out foot and peered over at him with a smile.
"Who is that?" Chat couldn't look away. She was amazing.
"Oh her?" Plagg pretended like she was no big deal. "That's Ladybug. She's pretty good huh?"
"She's-" Chat was breathless as he watched her more.
She wrapped the silk around her ankles and gracefully let herself straighten out, before she began to spin gracefully in the air with her arms above her head, hands reaching out around her in slow motions. She reached up and stretched out one foot, while tucking in the other and arched her back with her head bent back before letting herself roll down the silk in various graceful flips. She brought the silk around her back again and under her arms and spun around like a ballerina would on the ground. Chat's eyes sparked at the sight.
Plagg tsked him and rolled his eyes. The kid was transfixed by her. Most men were. Hell, most women were too. She was one of a kind and the public loved her.
Ladybug stood up on the silk and slowly went into a sitting position before rolling back and dropping, letting the silk tangle her ankles and suspend her in the air. Her loose black lace cover up fell down her arms to the floor below her and she was left in a form fitting, structured sparkling red bodice and high waisted shimmering black short shorts. Chat's mouth ran dry at the sight of her.
"C'mon. You have stuff to sign, kid. Don't get distracted by the other acts." Plagg pulled him by the arm.
The last thing Chat saw was Ladybug pulling herself up by arching her back slowly and stretching her legs out behind her with one of her hands holding onto the silk. She smiled at him and blew a kiss towards him. Chat smirked and a blush rose to his cheeks, as he was pulled into a room where the door slammed behind him.
"Wow." Was all he could say when Plagg sat him into a chair.
"Get a grip, kid." Plagg grimaced at him.
"Sorry. What were you saying?" Chat shook his head to bring him back into reality.
"Nevermind. Let's talk about your act, shall we?" Plagg opened a drawer and flung a contract in front of him.
"Right." Chat shook his messy hair and tried to focus on the business contract.
"What makes you special?" Plagg peered up at him.
"I can do things that you've never seen." Chat smirked and crossed his arms across his chest with a dark expression in his eyes.
"Try me." Plagg gave him a dirty look back.
"It'd be easier to show you." Chat sat back in the chair.
"Alright. What do you need?" Plagg sighed and gave in.
"Just this." Chat brought out a silver staff that had a place to hook something to it at the top. It looked short and it confused Plagg.
"A little small isn't it?" Plagg gave him an inquisitive look.
"Ha." Chat chuckled and stood up. He flicked his wrist and it shot out into a six foot pole.
"Oh. Alright. Show me what you got." Plagg followed him out to the room where Ladybug had been working on her routine.
"I need a line." Chat looked around.
"Here." Ladybug came out of the shadows and walked over to release a rope from a hook and a line came down with a clasp on the end.
"Thanks." Chat gave her a dashing smile and she rolled her eyes.
He hooked the clip to his staff and let it go. "You ready?"
"As ready as I'll ever be." Plagg rolled his eyes and sat down to watch.
Chat slipped off his black shirt and overcoat. He only wore black slacks and Ladybug's mouth fell open at the sight of his body. Saying he was fit was an understatement. He was muscular and perfectly tanned. His body was perfect in her eyes and he was drop dead gorgeous. Ladybug watched him. His bright green eyes hid behind a black solid mask. Leather cat ears sat on his head within his messy blonde hair.
He spun the pole on the ground and walked around it with a look of determination. He walked with a smooth and sexy canter and she bit her lip at the sight. He caught the pole with one hand and slowly ran in a circle, building up momentum before letting himself come off the ground in a lunge and spun around in the air in perfect form. His muscles tensed beneath his smooth skin and Ladybug had to control her breathing.
He leaned back and brought his knees into his chest, letting one foot extend out and he gracefully spun. Chat brought his feet above his head and wrapped his ankles around the pole before letting go with his hands. He arched his back and leaned back with his arms out and let the aerial pole spin in a circle like a pendulum. He spread his legs out along the pole and reached up and spun off of the pole onto the ground in a dance move. He caught the pole and swung his body up and around it until he was balanced on his pelvis and spread his arms wide, riding it around in a slow circle.
Ladybug looked at Plagg, who had his mouth open as well. She smiled at him and went back to watching the new act.
Chat rolled and flipped back onto the ground. He picked it up off of the ground and slowly swung it around his waist before bringing it above his head with one hand, letting it spin in his palm. He brought both hands onto it and brought it down to spin and soon he was brought up into the air. He held on with one hand and spun around in a circle with his legs out behind him. He brought his legs up and gripped the pole with his knee and let his body dangle down. He brought his arms out at his sides and spun in a circle. He gave Ladybug a wink and she looked away with her arms crossed, appearing to not be interested in him. He smirked and gripped the pole with both hands and held his body out with core strength before flipping around to grab the pole with his legs again. The pole lowered, as he spun and he gracefully touched the ground with his feet and took a bow.
"You're in." Plagg finally found words and ran up to him. Ladybug brought a hand to her mouth and bit her knuckle with a smile.
Chat breathed hard, grabbed his discarded shirt and coat and followed Plagg back into the office to sign his life away on a dotted line.
Inspiration:
YouTube
Ladybug act- Selkie Hom Eye of the Needle silk hammock barn shoot
Chat act- Cirque du Soleil Act Saulo Sarmiento Aerial Pole
