If you didn't notice, I'm using pairing names for the chapters so I hope to hit all four corners at some point. =^-^=
Ch. 2 - Adrinette
The next morning Marinette growled at the clock when her alarm went off. She hadn't gotten much sleep because of that incident with Chat Noir. Then when she did sleep... it wasn't exactly restful. She was able to get going ahead of her normal time only because she'd been so restless all night. As she entered the school she noted it was very quiet. Taking a quick glance at her phone showed her that she was very early. It would probably be twenty minutes or so before everyone else showed up. "At least I'm not late for once." She groaned. Not that it was much of a consolation prize.
She opened her locker and Tikki popped out to join her since she was alone. "You really need to get your mind off of it Marinette. I'm sure there's a good reason Chat acted like that. You know he'd never do something to hurt you on purpose." The kwami consoled.
"I know but," She sighed. "I guess I was more shocked than anything. I froze up when he grabbed me, just like my civilian self would."
Tikki chuckled. "You know you're still a teenage girl even with the mask. When an attractive guy hugs you like that, you're going to have a certain... response." She gave Marinette a knowing grin which the girl frowned at.
"That's not funny Tikki." The red kwami begged to differ if only because she knew the whole situation. "I-I like Adrien so... I can't be like that with Chat."
Tikki rolled her eyes. "Maybe you wouldn't have to worry about stuff like this if you just fessed up. I mean, you don't have nearly as many problems forming complete sentences around him anymore. Tell him how you feel, and then you can tell Chat Noir you're taken. That'll definitely give him a solid reason not to hold out hope for you." Since he'll already have you of course. Tikki giggled at her thought.
"You know it's not that simple Tikki. Yes I can talk to him, but I go right back to stuttered words and jumbled verbs when I talk to him about anything to do with my crush." Which was usually two ambiguous words followed by the most random tangent she could think of to get away from the topic.
Tikki sighed again. "Okay Marinette, but you really need to get yourself together about this. Anyway, is that little fish pillow for me?" She asked pointing to Marinette's signature purse.
"Pillow?" She opened her purse and saw the torn cat toy from the night before. "Oh, right this." She pulled it out and squeezed it gently in her hand a few times. It was slightly spongy with something crinkling inside as well. She then ran her thumb over the torn seem at the tail and sighed. "Not really, but you can use it for one. If you like it, maybe I'll sow it back up and you'll have something soft to sleep on when you're stuck in there."
Marinette gave her a smile that Tikki matched. "I would love it Marinette, thank you." She then hugged her chosen and rubbed her face around the neckline of her shirt. The cute moment ended abruptly when she heard someone else enter the locker room. She peeked around the door of her locker to spy Adrien of all people arriving bright and early.
"Oh, morning Marinette. I didn't think anyone else would be at school yet." He greeted while going straight to his own locker.
"Right, morning Adrien. I surprised myself if I'm being honest." She pushed the pillow back in her bag and Tikki popped back in as well. She then closed her locker to wave at him.
"I'm kind of in the same boat." He admitted and she noticed he looked a little tired. "I didn't get a whole lot of sleep last night."
"Did something happen?" She asked with minor worry. She noted his face flushed slightly as his eyes turned away.
"Kind of, but it's nothing to worry about." He then noticed she didn't look too rested herself. "What about you?" It wasn't the first time they'd notice the other looked tired. Of course neither knew the other was doing late night patrols.
"I was... stuck on a design." She quickly covered. "I just couldn't go to sleep until I thought of how to make it work." She then playfully punched her own head. "I was just being stubborn." She ended with a laugh as she moved to approach. "Anyway, I'll see you in the class room."
Adrien waved as she walked past but froze the moment she did. "Marinette?"
She stopped and turned to him curiously. He sounded confused. "Something wrong Adrien?" He placed a hand on his forehead as if he were dizzy and she rushed back to him. "Adrien?" She moved to take his own hand away, and the moment she did, she felt the whole world spin. In a split second she found herself pinned inside his locker while Adrien stared at her with the loopiest grin she didn't even think him capable of. "A-adrien?"
He took her right hand in his and held it to his face with a droopy grin. "Wow, Marinette. Your hands are so soft. They smell nice... and warm."
A strange sense of Déjà-vu smacked her in the face, but she was too shocked to think of why. Adrien Agreste was rubbing her hand on his face while pinning her in his locker. That went on for a good minute or two before Marinette's processing power came back up and she tried to reason with him. "A-adrien, w-what are you d-doing?" She meeked out as best as she could.
His response was a lopsided smile as he leaned in closer to her. Her brain short circuited again when he started to rub his face just above her breasts. "You're so nice... I love this Marinette..." He mumbled.
She couldn't decide if she should be happy or terrified. On one hand, Adrien Agreste, was saying he loved touching her. On the other hand... he was touching her and acting weird! She snapped back to the real world when she felt a strange vibration against her collar bones. Was Adrien... Was he purring!? What the hell!? "A-adrien, uh... w-what's going on?"
"So soft... nice..." Was all he could say and she was almost ready to push him away even if she did secretly love having him leaning on her like this.
That dream shattered as a bizarre realization hit. She could hear more than one purring sound. When she looked down, tucked just under Adrien's chin, she saw a little black ball... with ears. "What... What's that?"
"Plagg likes you too Marinette..." Adrien drooled as the little black creature rubbed his cheek in time with the young blonde.
"Marinette! Stop them!" Tikki finally intervened, popping out from her hiding place. She flew around to see Plagg had joined his chosen in the bizarre action.
"Tikki!?" Marinette tried to get her away so Adrien wouldn't see her, but Plagg noticed first.
He tackled her in midair, and began to rub himself all over her just like Adrien was doing to Marinette. "Oh, Sugar Cube, you smell nice... and you're so warm." His purring was almost louder than Adrien's considering the size difference, and Marinette didn't have the brain power to contemplate more on that side note. She suddenly pushed Adrien back with whatever strength she could muster, and swiped Tikki from the air away from her clingy counterpart.
Adrien looked dazed as he stumbled back from the force. She was glad she hadn't pushed him hard enough to make him fall. She was just so... confused right now. She looked between a dazed Adrien and a floating dazed Plagg. She knew that Kwami. It belonged to Chat Noir, and Chat Noir had given her the look Adrien was giving her right now. "N-no way..." She held her hands to her mouth and dashed out of the room as soon as it came to her. It was way too early for stuff like this! Her brain couldn't process all of this! She was already running on shorted circuits because of Chat Noir last night, and now Adrien...
The poor dazed model wasn't fairing much better as the dazed feeling subsided and the horror of what he just did sank in. Plagg cursed as he snapped out of his stupor. "Shit!? She's gonna kill me!" He started banging his little head on the door to Adrien's locker.
Adrien was doing something similar only to the back of his locker. "Oh shit, shit, shit! I can't believe I did that to Marinette! What the hell is wrong with me!?" He groaned, ashamed on how he'd been all over her. He couldn't remember everything. Most of it was still a haze, and he could almost swear he heard another voice. He did know one thing though, he'd just done something unforgivable to one of his best friends. The sweet, kind, creative, always ready to help Marinette. At the sound of more voices Plagg jumped into the teen's bag and Adrien reluctantly headed for the classroom.
About halfway through class Tikki deemed the students distracted enough that she could dash to Adrien's bag without worrying about being caught. He was backed up against the boy's wallet as the red Kwami stared him down. "What the hell got into you!?" She whisper yelled being sure to not be heard out of the bag.
Plagg held both hands up in defense. "It's not what you think Sugar Cube! I swear I didn't mean to do that. The kid too."
Tikki crossed her arms with a stern expression. "Start explaining Plagg! Right now!"
The black Kwami rubbed his head sheepishly. "You remember how I get around catnip right?"
Tikki went from angry to aghast then back to angry. "You promised me you would stay away from it! You know what happens to you when you get too excited!"
Plagg nodded with a light blush. "I know, I know. I really don't know where we found it. I found a piece of it in the kid's hair last night when he was about to go to bed." He saw her glare. "And I got rid of it." He then sighed. "I don't know how it happened again. Maybe there was some more in Adrien's locker?"
Tikki shook her head. "Did you tell Adrien? You've obviously over synced with him if he's doing it too."
Plagg nodded. "Yeah, I told him last night of course. He was really worried about how Ladybug would see him after that. I told him you would understand it wasn't his fault... or mine... this time." He added at the end.
Tikki let out a huff. "I hope Marinette takes it okay. By the way, she saw you before. I think she knows Adrien's Chat Noir, or at the very least, she will know. The dots won't be hard to connect."
Plagg nodded in agreement. "Yeah, but at least we won't have the square anymore?"
Tikki shot him an irritated look. "Plagg, can you honestly say this was a good way for them to realize their feelings for each other?"
Plagg rubbed his chin. "Well don't teenagers like admitting their feelings while all tangled up together?" He added a suggestive eye brow wiggle.
Tikki merely rolled her eyes. "You're hopeless..."
Getting closer to funny with this since now we're getting a good idea what's going on. I had some wonder about syncing? That'll be explained next chapter. I appreciate any feedback that can be given.=^-^=