Hello all! I'm not known to write outside of the Teen Titans fanfiction, but I looked around for a story like the one I'm going to be writing, but couldn't find any so I thought to myself, well might as well do it myself. As you read from the summary (with the little Avengers line), this story is going to be a little different from the normal Miraculous Ladybug Adrien we're used to. Naturally, this will cause a slight shift in Marinette's character. As mentioned, this is my first MLB fanfic, and though I do have an ongoing Teen Titans flinx story, I am not known to update as frequently. Please don't forget to leave a review or favorite this story if you want more! Now enough about the torture you might endure, let's get on with the story!
Marinette could not believe her luck. She felt a shiver of disgust run through her body as the loud and wet kissing noises continued. Looking to her left, her kwami, Tikki was peering through some dusty books at her lycée's library. Marinette narrowed her blue bell eyes at the tiny goddess. A feminine moan made her gag. Tikki side glanced her and rolled her large purple eyes but continued to search for the item she was so desperate to find.
Suffering under enough agony, Marinette angrily whispered, "Tikki! I've had enough of this! Let's leave now before I throw up last night's dinner."
Tikki turned to her chosen, folding her tiny arms across her chest. "I need that book, Marinette! If it's the book I think it is, then it could be the key to stopping Hawkmoth."
Marinette huffed under her expectant stare.
After a moment, Marinette caved.
"Fine. I'll do it." Nodding her head with approval, Tikki flew back into Marinette's open purse
The dark haired girl got off the hard carpet and got closer to the sound of her revulsion. In a secluded part of the library sat Adrien Agreste with the body of a girl straddling him. Marinette had briefly seen the girl this morning, but knew enough from the rumors circulating in school that she was Lila, a new transfer student from Italy.
Marinette cleared her throat in an attempt to pull them apart, but found their lips still attached. Moving her bangs in th slightest she cleared her throat louder.
"AHEM."
Adrien seemed to snap out of his daze, but Lila took that opportunity to move down to her neck.
"Oh, hey ma princesse, what brings you here? Care to join?" Lila got up from her place on his neck when he slightly jostled her. Father would neuter him if he showed up to a shoot with a hickey. Again. The Italian girl glared intensely at Marinette, annoyed at her audacity to interrupt them.
Marinette did not back down from his teasing, instead quipped back with, "Sorry I'm not into girls."
"What are you doing here then?" Lila got up from Adrien's lap. She stared down, trying to use her height to intimidate her.
"Adrien borrowed a book from me and I'd like it back before he has to leave."
The blonde boy muttered a curse after quickly checking the time on his phone.
"Merde! Here Mari, just take what you need I have to go to fencing!"
Marinette let out a humph as Adrien close to threw his heavy book bag at her, running in the direction of the boys locker room. Great. She was left with Adrien's leftovers to deal with. She went over to the table to close the old weathered book that she came for when Lila began to grab her stuff from the table also.
"'Mari' was it?" Lila leaned against the counter.
"Uh, actually it's Marinette. Sorry about Adrien, he's. . . yeah,"
Lila nodded and gave her a one over. Whoever this girl was, she was important to the boy she was sucking faces with.
"So, are you his girlfriend?" The minute Adrien saw the girl he called her two nicknames and hit on her, so she had a couple questions.
"Mon dieu, no. Adrien, he's an absolute flirt and player, he doesn't do relationships and stuff."
"He seems to like you though," her tone was all condescending, finding it hard to believe the boy had no interest in her. As they were walking into the library, he caught sight of Marinette and he lost track of where he was going and bumped into a column. She had to be lying. No guy would walk into a wall after looking at a girl unless he was head over heels for her.
Long after Marinette left, Lila couldn't stop herself from this dark feeling from opening in her chest.
"This book better be what you thought it was Tikki. I interrupted Adrien when he was busy with another girl," she groaned into the cat pillow she hugged, "he's not going to let me hear the end of it."
Tikki was flipping through the pages of the Miraculous index. "I'm sorry you had to witness your boyfriend sucking faces with yet another girl, but hey! It is the book I thought it was, so there's our win!"
Marinette rolled her eyes, spinning on the chair in front of her desk. "He's not my boyfriend, Tikki."
As Tikki searched through the aging pages, Marinette looked around her room. There were photos of her designs, her with friends, lots with her family, and most of all, of him. She let out a lovestruck sigh. His piercing green eyes, the messy blonde locks on top of his head. His jawline that must've been carved by the gods themselves. Despite this, Marinette's attraction for the cat themed superhero of Paris wasn't fully physical. She knew he was a gentleman at heart, always making sure to check in with civilians after the attacks. He made sure they got home safely and weren't going to relapse. He was sweet and chivalrous, always making sure to take the hardest of hits so she would be protected. Chat Noir was a selfless man, he was her beloved partner, and the first person that could believe she could succeed when she first became Ladybug.
Tikki looked to her chosen to see her swooning over her desktop screen. It was a photo of Chat Noir and Ladybug that a fan, probably Alya, had captured. The two were on top of the Eiffel Tower, Ladybug leaning on his shoulder. She giggled. Marinette would have a kick when she found out who was under the mask.
"Did you say something?" The half French, half Asian girl was brought out of her daze at the sound.
"I said we need to show this to Master Fu," Tikki said as she closed the book.
Adrien groaned. His fencing instructor was not happy after he came late with orange lipstick smudged all across his lips and neck. The boys had whistled, but soon those whistles were silenced as the instructor made them do conditioning.
He was in an ice bath at the school, everyone already dragging themselves out to go home. He had a few minutes to spare before Nathalie dragged him home, so he decided to enjoy his few moments of solemnity.
"Adrien, what the fuck!"
Adrien rolled his eyes at Plagg's annoyed tone.
"What did I do now?" Green eyes met the tiny God. Plagg had his arms crossed, his tiny foot tapping the imaginary ground as he floated in front of his chosen.
"Where's the book that we took from your Father's study? I told you it was important, I can't find it anywhere!"
Adrien scratched his head. So many things had happened earlier that day, it must've slipped his mind completely. As he got out of the icy bath, he muttered his apologies at losing it and that maybe Marinette had accidentally taken it.
Ah, Marinette. The one girl that didn't swoon to his good looks, his supermodel job, or even his father's empire. Sure it was cliché. Billionaire, playboy, philanthropist wanted the only girl that didn't want him. It was straight out of rom com trash, but he couldn't help what he was or how he felt! Adrien couldn't help how he acted, girls surrounded him, gave him what he wanted, who was he to be rude and deny them? Besides, after his mother had disappeared he started to hang around Chloe and the other rich socialites of Paris, and well you can see where it got him. His father had doubts of Adrien having fun time with girls, but it only accentuated his career. More women were interested to look at Paris' most eligible bachelor.
Plagg rolled his big green eyes, "Maybe next time you'll start thinking with your other head. You know, the one on top of your neck!"
As he was about to retort a smart comeback, his phone rang.
"Ah, princess, have you decided to take me up on the offer?"
Marinette blushed as Master Fu looked confused. "No, Adrien, I think I took the wrong book from you."
Adrien nodded his head and put the call on speaker phone for Plagg to hear.
"Is it an old looking book? I-ah, if it is, that's my father's inspiration book for his designs."
Marinette and Master Fu shared a look. "I can give it back to you tomorrow if you'd like. I think it was either Alya or Nino that borrowed my history book."
Adrien furrowed his brows, "Oh yeah, that's fine then princess, I guess I'll see you tomorrow then."
Marinette muttered a quick bye before hanging up. Tikki and Wayzz had stopped flying and chasing each other around after the revelation of who had possession of the book.
Marinette didn't know how to feel. It made sense in so many ways, but it didn't at the same time. How would Gabriel know about the Miraculous, what did he want from Ladybug and Chat Noir. She couldn't risk attacking him without even knowing if he was indeed Hawkmoth.
All four in the room felt a wave of discomfort, and they knew.
"Trouble."
Volpina had to be by far the toughest akuma Ladybug and Chat Noir had fought. Ladybug had cursed when she realized that Volpina had talked about a girl had ruined her chances with a boy she liked and headed towards her parents' bakery. At realizing where she was going, Chat had fought the akuma harder than he normally would. Ladybug had to claim that she knew a shorter way just to get there before the two.
A second after she got into her room, she heard a hard knock on her trap door. Quickly ripping all of her Chat pictures of the wall and powering down her computer, she ran to the bathroom turning the shower on.
"Uh, come in!"
Chat jumped down, avoiding landing on her bed with his shoes. He noted that the room hadn't changed much, save for the tiny Chat Noir and Ladybug plush on her bed.
"P-Marinette?" He quickly descended down, looking around for Marinette or Volpina.
The door to her bathroom opened and Chat blushed. "Yes?"
Marinette was only in a fluffy pink towel, her hair dry. "I-I uh, was about to take a sh-shower, did you need anything?"
Chat scratched the back of his neck nervously, the blush peeking out from under his mask.
"Sorry to interrupt, but there's an akuma after you. Ladybug was supposed to get here before I did,"
Marinette paled, immediately speaking up, "M-Maybe she caught up with the akuma and they're fighting right now."
And that was when the day went to full shit for Marinette.
Volpina bursted through the trap door, looking around for Marinette. Chat immediately stood in front of her. She raised her flute, creating tons of Marinettes, and the real Marinette took this as her chance. She jumped into the gaggle of her dopplegangers, climing behind her couch, quickly transforming while Chat was preoccupied with the Marinettes. Ladybug had swung her yoyo at the fake Marinettes, making them disappear in an orange cloud.
Volpina laughed however as she grabbed the last Marinette, dragging her out the trap door.
Although the battle was long and strenuous, Paris' heroes had defeated Volpina. Chat, however, had been so on edge. When Volpina threatened to drop Marinette from the Eiffel tower, he let out a strangled cry, almost taking off his ring. Ladybug hit the Marinette with her yoyo, making that illusion disappear. She had never seen him so broken, so willing to give up his Miraculous. Even after defeating Volpina, Chat took off in the direction of her parent's bakery.
She took the shortcut and landed into the window of her bathroom, turning the shower on again.
"P-Marinette!" Chat called out into the empty bedroom.
Ladybug cleared her throat from inside the bathroom. "In here Chat, I'm taking a shower."
Chat approached the bathroom door, clearing his throat. He furrowed his brows.
"How'd you get away? I was sure that the akuma had grabbed you."
Ladybug paled, her earrings beeping softly.
"I-I, uh, I ran through all the fakes and hid under my vanity."
Chat looked to the side and saw a vanity set that he didn't even notice. He was sure he would've seen her crawl there if she had-
"Thank you, Chat for checking on me. D-Don't tell Ladybug, b-but you're my favorite hero."
Marinette spoke barely above a whisper, but he heard it loud and clear. His heart skipped a beat and he opened his mouth only to find it dry. The girl that sat behind him in class, who wasn't fazed by his looks, status, or money was. . . just. . . amazing. She took his breath away with her confidence and her need to protect everyone, not to mention her beautiful blue eyes and dark hair.
"Thank you, I, I think I'm going to go now." Chat moved closer to the door. He placed his forehead and hand lightly on the door.
Ladybug behind the door was about to answer but caught herself, instead placing her forehead and hand on the door.
Soon after, Chat looked one last time at the door and ran out her window.
Ladybug counted after he left and she stepped out.
Not sure about this ending, but here you go! Hope you enjoyed the first chapter!