Oh lordie. I snuck onto the computer because this idea popped into my head and I cannot lose another idea!
Anyways, enjoy the second drabble!
C2: Hiccups
A single case of the hiccups can lead to a lot more...
"Hic," Marinette gave a sudden gasp; a hiccup and covered her mouth with a hand. She dropped the fabric and glared angrily at her design. Tikki's giggles were contained by the large cookie in her mouth.
"Seriously?!" Marinette stood up with a huff and angrily tugged at her pigtails. "Out of all the- HIC, other times I could've- HIC, gotten the hiccups, I got it no-HIC, now?!" The bluenette growled angrily and started smacking her throat lightly. "This- HIC, is gonna mess up my entry for th- HIC, the designing contest!"
Tikki downed the rest of the cookie and whizzed in front of Marinette's face and smiled comfortingly, "don't worry, Marinette! Drink a lot of water, or watch a scary movie! Your hiccups will be gone in no time!" The kwami tried to cheer her up sweetly.
Marinette tried to smile, but grimaced when she hiccuped once again.
She sighed tiredly and squinted at the clock. Twelve am already. The bluenette hiccuped again, but managed to groan out an entire sentence without hiccuping, "I'm going to bed, Tikki. Goodnight."
The bluenette drank an eighth of her bottle and finally laid down to sleep. Tikki flew down to the bed her Chosen had made for her, and snuggled up in it. "Goodnight, Marinette." She giggled a bit before finally drifting off to the land of cookies and dreams ..
The sunlight seeped through the windows and hit Marinette's cheeks. It managed to get through her fingers, and onto her eyelids. She cursed the sun with a groan and rolled over.
It only took her ten minutes to realize her alarm had been blaring for 20 minutes.
Marinette tumbled off of her bed with a squawk and woke Tikki up.
"Tikki! I'm going to be late for school!" She bit out through her teeth, which were holding her ribbons. Her hands were already occupied trying to tie up one pigtail. The kwami rubbed her eyes blearily.
Tikki squinted at her chosen before racing to help her get ready for school.
"Marinette! Are you awake? Your alarm has been going off for the past 30 minutes!" Maman called out from downstairs, and Marinette smashed her hand onto the alarm clock.
The teenager slammed her dresser open and closed as she took some clothes out. "Don't worry maman, I'm getting re- WAH!" She fell over while she tried to pull her pink pants on.
Tikki heaved and pushed the last book with a huff and started scolding her Chosen. "Marinette! You need be more prepared!" Marinette growled and scrambled up, used the dresser as support and pulled her pants up.
"Says the kwami who slept in as well!" The bluenette rolled her eyes, pulled on her blazer and grabbed her purse and bag.
The kwami grabbed a few cookies before flying into the purse.
After making sure she didn't forget anything, Marinette rushed downstairs. "Morning sweetie! Breakfast? Cereal, or dad's specially cooked omelettes?" Papa beamed cheekily at his daughter and grinned playfully under his moustache.
The bluenette shook her head quickly with a sigh, "not this morning papa. Thanks anyway, bye maman, bye papa!"
She kissed them both on their flour-powdered cheeks and stuffed a baguette into her mouth before running off.
The parents gazed off at their daughter before staring at each other sweetly. "Kids these days."
After finishing the baguette with a loud gulp, Marinette had finally entered the school. "Hey girl!" Alya greeted Marinette with a high five when she spotted the bluenette, "Hey, Al!"
"So guess what happened?!" Alya suddenly turned on her friend with a grin. Without waiting for a response, she continued. "Ladybug dropped a history book! Not only that, it's a book that only our school uses, and only grade 10's use!"
Marinette pales for a second, and feels her bag hurriedly to see if she had forgotten her history book.
There was no unusual large lump in her bag that poked out.
She swallowed down a squeak, and stammered out, "o-oh yeah?" Alya fished out the history book out of her bag and studied it.
"Too bad there's no name on it.." She muttered a bit before turning to the bluenette excitedly, "so? Who do you think it is?"
Marinette unconsciously gripped her purse strap uneasily, "oh, I uh uhm I'm no- oh, Alya, you don't think it's me, do you?" The awkward teenage girl stopped fiddling and blinked innocently at the ombre-haired girl.
Alya stuck out her tongue jokingly, "well, who would think the world's clumsiest girl was Ladybug? I mean, no, but unless you didn't bring your history book with you.." she eyed her friend suspiciously.
Marinette gulped. Before she could answer, the bell rang.
"Saved by the bell, Mari. Catch ya later!" Alya bid her farewell before winking, then running off to her science class. Marinette smiled awkwardly, until her friend was out of sight. She dropped the act and groaned miserably, before making a dash to her own science class.
"Marinette, have you been paying attention?" Mme. Mendeleiev nasally voice suddenly stopped droning on and was now directed to the bluenette, who squeaked in surprise.
Did anyone else notice that tiny hiccup?
Adrien's ear twitched and blinked up at his classmate. That was the most adorable sound he had heard. It sounded like a, a guinea pig! Or a hamster! She looked mortified, like a deer caught in headlights when she noticed him staring at her.
"Ye-yes, Mme!" she stuttered out.
"Hic," The hiccup came back and it was louder than before. Louder, as in everyone heard her.
The entire class gaped at their classmate, who had made such an adorable sound. Chloe snorted with laughter, "that sounded so stupid! Ahahaha!" She didn't bother to hold back, she was laughing like a pig.
Marinette's bottom lip quivered anxiously, her eyes darting around, sometimes landing on Adrien.
"Then what did I just say? Was it true or false?" Their teacher glared at the bluenette who hiccuped again and started fiddling with her fingers.
"I-uh, uh- HIC!" Before she could stop it, another hiccup escaped her throat. She smacked it lightly and scrunched up her nose. Chloe started obnoxiously laughing again.
"That's it! No more interruptions! Sit down, be quiet before I make you go to the principal's office!" She barked at Marinette, who glanced down gave another tiny hiccup. The bluenette shrunk under her glare and slid down her seat silently.
After a few moments of the teacher writing on the board, she spoke again.
"If you mix this formula with any oth-" The already infuriated teacher stopped pacing around when she heard another hiccup. She glared at the unfortunate student again, and spat out, "MARINETTE! Enough! Go to the principal's office!" Mme Mendeleiev snapped at Marinette who deflated, packed up her belongings and wallowed out of the classroom with another hiccup. Chloe didn't bother to suppress the cackle, but was immediately shut up by the teacher.
After being granted an hour of detention after school, Marinette returned home at lunch time. "Tikki," She groaned as she flopped onto her chaise, and the kwami zipped out of her purse, "my hiccups aren't gone."
Tikki 'awwed' and touched Marinette's cheek and began encouraging her. "Marinette, don't worry! They'll pass soon."
Marinette hiccuped, but smiled back, then scowled, "I embarrassed myself in front of Adrien, nonono... I sounded so stupid.." Before she could say any more, Tikki cut in, "no, Marinette! It sounds very cute!"
The bluenette's lips widened slightly, "really?" The kwami nodded honestly, "yes! Don't worry, it's not going to haunt you for the rest of your life!"
Marinette gave a sigh. Before she could reply, a scream was heard by both of the beings. "Tikki, time to transform!" Her earrings lit up. "Tikki, sp-HIC!" She hiccuped. Marinette groaned, and chugged some more water before calling out again. "Tikki, spots o-HIC." The bluenette growled with frustration and pulled on her pigtails, hard.
"TIKKI, SPOTS-HIC!"
"TIKKI, S-HIC!"
"Tikki, spots ON!" Finally, she succeeded in saying the phrase without being interrupted, and in a flash of pink, she was off.
Chat Noir was fending off Doctor Payne's killer needles when Ladybug got to the scene. She hadn't hiccuped yet, so she was certain that there would be no more interruptions for now. Ladybug edged in forward, arm stretched out to grab the akumatized object; his wristwatch. Right when she was about to curl her fingers around the object, something interrupted her.
And it wasn't that one civilian that constantly distracted the superheroes.
It was-
"Hic." Her outstretched hand flew to her mouth, bluebell eyes wide in shock.
WHAT?! WHY NOW?!
"Ladybug! And Chat Noir!" The akumatized victim jumped back and held his hands up; one controlling the floating syringes, the other one open wide. "Hand over your Miraculouses! Or face the consequences!" He duplicated the syringe and snarled, "I am Doctor Payne! The one akuma that will defeat you!"
Chat Noir growled back, "never!", however, Ladybug simply hiccuped. "GOD FRICKING DAMMIT!" She stomped her feet with rage and tried her best to keep her glare on the akuma.
Displeased with their answers, flicked his wrist, the syringes flying at them like darts. They both managed to dodge them by bending and jumping around, until: "Hiccup." She jerked with the sudden hiccup, her chest suddenly jerking up, going to be impaled with a needle soon.
Chat's eyes widened, "Ladybug!" he flung his baton towards the needle, and narrowly saved Ladybug, who collapsed onto the ground with shock.
Regaining her composure, she stood up, and dragged herself and Chat onto a rooftop. Payne threw a number of syringes at the building, the biggest one going to the smallest one as they were shot higher, and climbed up them.
Ladybug scowled at this, and pulled out her yoyo. She flung it up, "LUCKY CH-HIC!" no sparkles, no flash, no object. The yoyo came back down and hit her on the head. She growled at the yoyo. On the other hand, Doctor Payne was on the same roof as them, and started creating syringes.
The spandex-clad super heroine jumped onto the next rooftop, and then another. Her partner followed after her.
"LUCKY CHARM!" Finally, a bouquet of flowers fell into her hand. "Those flowers for me, m'lady?" Chat suggested with a wink, and Ladybug pushed his face away.
Glancing around, she spotted the akumatized victim, then Chat's baton.
"Chat, batter up!" Ladybug flung the bouquet at Chat, who used his cat reflexes and hit it with all his might. It 'exploded', and the petals flew everywhere. They caught Payne offguard, some spinning onto his nose, and he started to sneeze, mucus dripping. When he rose his arms up, ready to sneeze again, Ladybug zipped in, snatched the pen and broke it.
She purified the akuma, and her earrings started to beep. "Ah, C-hic, Chat, gotta go and get rid of these stupid hiccups. Bug out!" She yoyo'd away, and Chat watched with entranced eyes. Until...
Hiccup.
She hesitated for a second, and began to fall. Chat's eyes widened, and he rushed to her aid immediately.
She felt the flip in the stomach as she was falling.
Ladybug blinked, and realized she was metres away from death. She squeezed her eyes shut and whimpered, "all this 'cause of some damn hiccups?!"
She waited for the impact to come, but there was none.
It took her a minute to realize that she was in Chat Noir's arms. "Got you falling for me already, Bugaboo," he smiled with relief and hugged her. She returned the embrace wordlessly, shocked from the fall. It was a nice, warm, fluttery feeling, hugging her best friend.
Until . . .
(A/N: You thought she was gonna hiccup again? Jokes on you :^) )
Beep beep beep beep beep.
Her earrings beeped violently, and Ladybug was tossed back into reality.
She tried to sling her yoyo to escape, but, "hic."
Again, she hesitated and nearly dropped her yoyo. The last sounds of her Miraculous were heard until a flash of pink, and..
Chat Noir was staring at Marinette Dupain-Cheng.
The love of his life was the cute, clumsy girl who sat in front of him.
He could sweep her off her feet with ease now. His Ladybug.
The one.
The thought of dating his beloved made him giddy.
For a few seconds, their silence let them notice how loud Paris is; the loud cars honking, sirens wailing, the chatter below.
"Oh my claws," Chat breathed out after a few moments.
Marinette's eyes were wide with horror, and whispered,
"Oh my fuckin' god.'
There was one upside to this.
The hiccups were gone.
LOVE ME! I actually wanna go on with one-shots! I abandoned the Renard Rouge story because the kwami's canon name came out, it had no planning, Nathanael wasn't a good choice, and due to inactivity, the long file I had been working on was deleted. Have no fear, a new story is near! And I'm writing up some one-shots!
Anyways, if you want a sneak-peek of the new story, there's only one word to describe it.
'Yandere'.
Catch y'all laters! Fang out!
-AltFanG
