Marinette's POV:
"Adrien. Hi. It's been awhile."
"Yeah. Been, what, four years? I've missed being your friend, Marinette."
"Me too."
That was our first conversation after he had left for five years.
No explanation, nothing.
I used to like him, too.
To get over Adrien, my twelve year old crush going strong for three years, I turned online.
I tried to get over him leaving by stalking various chat room I learned how to hack into.
Nobody minded.
I was always civil, and everyone always assumed I was a friend of a friend.
Nobody noticed I was an infiltrator.
Except...
Marinette's Computer:
this is Chat's posts
this is Ladybug's posts
PM: You don't belong here.
PM: Yes I do. I'm Lady Wifi's friend.
(It's true. She PM'd me to meet irl and it turns out we're best friends in the real world)
PM: You still hacked your way here.
PM: It's not like I mind, though. You're interesting.
PM: You're not going to turn me in?
PM: Perish the thought. I'm just interested how a girl got good enough at hiding who she was and at hacking people to get into so many chats.
PM: You're what's known on the Internet as 'Ladybug'. That's your callsign, isn't it? Your username every single time?
PM: No!
PM: You vary it, of course. Spotted Princess, Princess, Koi Fish, Lady Luck.
PM: Always having to do with good fortune.
PM: I'm like you.
PM: Sorta.
PM: I hack chats because I'm lonely and need a little fun.
PM: You most likely do it because you're bored.
PM: Actually, this is the first chat I've been in that I was actually invited to since I was forced to move here.
PM: Am I right?
PM: Wow. You got me. Square in the chest. I'm dead.
PM: How about we blow this popsicle stand for a better chat, mister...
PM: Chat Noir, at your service, Ladybug.
PM: Click me...
Adrien's Computer
this is Chat's posts...
this is Ladybug's posts
PM: What is this place?
PM: Have you created an avatar yet?
PM: Obviously.
PM: Have you bought what I asked you to?
PM: Yep!
PM: Plug it in your computer/ phone in the headphone jack.
PM: Then lie down on your bed/ couch/ floor... wherever.
PM: Then put the glasses thingy on your head.
PM: Then say 'Start Up', but quietly, so you don't overload the sensors.
PM: See you in a second!
Chat's POV
"Whoa!" I shout, looking around at this digital world. I look down at my body, and it looks exactly like my avatar's clothes, but somehow tailored to fit me. I reach a light skinned hand up to touch my bright green hair.
"Exactly." I spin around to see a short-ish red-haired girl. She's wearing a red dress with a bell skirt on an empire waist. Her legs are almost buglike, smooth and shiny. They're actually really nice boots. She has a bob cut, stylish, but not overbearing like my 'friend' back 'home'.
Her figure, though.
Wow.
She extends her beautifully slender hand out to shake mine. I oblige.
"Name's Ladybug. And yours, sir?" She giggles slightly from beneath her black mask.
"My name's Chat Noir, M'lady Ladybug. How are you doing this purrfect afternoon?" I reply back, grinning cheekily.
She literally starts rolling on the ground in laughter.
"M'lady Ladybug, are you meowright? You look pawsitively pawful!" I say, laughing now too.
She stops laughing abruptly, and sits up, staring into space.
Marinette's POV
Cat puns.
Adrien always used to make cat puns.
Chat's POV
"M'lady! Are you okay?" I asked, with genuine concern.
She waved me off. "It's fine! A friend of mine just always used to use cat puns. You reminded me of him for a minute. That's all." She sat up then, dusting off nonexistent pixelated dust off her dress.
Her smile is absolutely beautiful.