Hey, OTPeople! Welcome to my first Valentine's Day oneshot! Just going to clear some stuff up real quick before we get to the actual story. All of the events in my nine Valentine's Day oneshots happen on the same day. I'll try to post them in order of what time in the day they happen, but there are no promises, since most of have flashbacks or happen throughout the day. Tikki x Plagg will be a bit confusing because when the kwamis leave Marinette and Adrien for the day, it's pre-reveal but when they come back at the end of the day it's post-reveal. Review if you have any questions. I'll be switching the POV a lot, so bear with me. This chapter is based off of something that happened between me and my crush. Here you go! WAIT! Nearly forgot to remind you. You MUST watch/hear the Meow Mix song before reading this. I know it seems ridiculous, but you have to because it's ESSENTIAL to the plot.
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Yin and Yang: Adrienette/Ladynoir
February 13th
Cat Noir's emerald eyes gleamed as he stared into the sunset, absentmindedly swinging his legs from the top of the Eiffel Tower.
This was what he loved most about being a superhero.
He could see everything.
And right now, everything that he saw was perfect.
No screams, no villains.
Just sitting beside the love of his life.
Ladybug stared into the sunset and breathed in all of the vivid colors that surrounded her.
The sunsets she saw every day inspired design after design, but not a single article of clothing could truly capture the beauty that was beheld before her.
Even when she tried to describe it, she couldn't find the right words. "The sunset, it's just so….so…."
"Beautiful," Cat Noir finished.
Ladybug nodded.
"Every sunset put together could never compare to the set of blue stars I find myself staring into right now," Cat Noir happily sighed.
Ladybug blushed.
"You said that poetry was cheesy during the last patrol," she teased.
"Poetry is cheesy. The truth is not," her partner stated.
A few seconds of silence passed between them.
Cat Noir wanted to break the silence by telling her something important that he truly meant with all his heart: I love you, Ladybug. Even if you don't love me back, just know that I love you. All the puns and flirting, it's not fake. I'll love you until infinity ends.
The words were on his tongue, and he was ready to say it, until he noticed what she had been gazing upon the past few minutes.
It was a billboard.
With him on it.
No, he hastily corrected himself. With Adrien on it.
Oh.
"Hello. Earth to Ladybug," Cat Noir said, waving a clawed hand in front of her face.
Ladybug's eyes glazed over as she stared at a billboard with Adrien on it, standing in the rain with an umbrella.
The photographers had waited over a week just for a rainy day so they could finally have that photo shoot.
She remembered the first time that she met him.
She thought that he was just another rich brat like Chloe, but she couldn't have been more wrong.
She remembered the sad look on his face when he told her that he had never had friends before.
And yet this perfect boy, this depressed yet glorious angel, had given her his umbrella.
She was a baker's daughter, a million ranks below him on the social class scale.
She was practically a stranger to him, and yet such a simple act of kindness caused her heart to blossom with a strange nameless emotion, a combination between love and sympathy.
There was only one word in the universe that was even close to describing how Marinette felt that day.
Awestruck.
She had never expected to be filled with such emotion from a plain, black umbrella that was given to her by the most puzzling of human beings, a mystery that no one could solve.
Adrien Agreste.
Cat Noir's voice snapped her out of her trance.
"Sorry, sometimes I just space out like that," Ladybug apologized.
"You're not the only one," Cat Noir reassured her.
A few tense minutes of silence passed between them again.
"So…...no akumas tonight, huh?" Ladybug awkwardly tried to start a conversation.
"I guess not," Cat Noir shrugged.
"What do you want to do tonight?" Ladybug asked.
"I really don't know," Cat Noir said.
They remained silent again for a minute or so.
At least, that was what Ladybug thought.
Until she realized that if you listened ever so closely, Cat Noir was humming an oddly catchy song.
"What are you humming?" Ladybug asked, starting to hum along to the strange tune.
"You'd laugh," Cat Noir responded, his cat-like eyes shining with glee.
"At least sing the lyrics to me," Ladybug said, her tone rather amused.
"Fine. You asked for it," Cat Noir smirked.
He took a deep breath.
"Meow meow meow meow,
Meow meow meow meow,
Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow-"
Cat Noir stopped when Ladybug started laughing uncontrollably.
"Sing the real lyrics to me," Ladybug giggled.
"Those are the real lyrics. It's called the Meow Mix song. Rather catchy, isn't it?" Cat Noir grinned as Ladybug hummed along.
"Great," she groaned. "Now it's going to be stuck in my head for all eternity."
"Just wait until mew hear the ten hour edition," Cat Noir said.
"I'll watch five minutes of it," Ladybug promised.
Their Miraculouses beeped simultaneously.
"Sorry, Bugaboo, but this cat has to leave!" Cat Noir shouted as he pole-vaulted away and sprinted on all fours.
What an odd kitty, Ladybug thought as she used her yo-yo to swing to her own house.
She ended up watching not five, but ten minutes of the Meow Mix ten hour edition video.
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February 14th, Valentine's Day (Today)
Adrien wandered through the hallways, looking for the science lab.
He was partnered with Marinette for a science project, and they had ten minutes before class to discuss ideas for their experiment.
The door was open, and he suddenly stopped walking as a familiar tune echoed through the hallway.
The Meow Mix song.
He peeked into the science lab.
Marinette was sitting at a desk, happily sketching a new design while waiting for him.
And humming the Meow Mix song.
He walked into the classroom.
"Good morning, Marinette," he greeted her.
Marinette looked up from her sketchbook.
"Oh, g-good morning to too you! I mean, good morning to you too," she nervously stuttered.
"What song were you humming?" Adrien casually asked.
"I-It's just a song that a friend of mine started singing yesterday. He told me that he would get it stuck in my head, and he was right," Marinette said, with more confidence this time.
No way, Adrien thought. No way no way no way NO WAY! NO FREAKING WAY, THIS IS NOT HAPPENING! All signs are pointing to it. Marinette is Ladybug. Marinette is Ladybug. MARINETTE is LADYBUG! THE LOVE OF MY LIFE HAS BEEN RIGHT BEHIND ME THIS WHOLE TIME, and OH GOD I'M SUCH AN IDIOT-
He suddenly couldn't breathe.
He probably could've done better in revealing his identity, but did he do it properly?
No, he didn't.
"Well, I see that my lady has kept her promise," Adrien gallantly said.
He took a sweeping bow and sprinted out of the science lab.
"What?" Marinette asked herself. "WHAT JUST HAPPENED?"
She took a deep breath.
Adrien is Cat Noir and he knows my secret identity, Marinette thought. ADRIEN is CAT NOIR and he KNOWS MY SECRET IDENTITY.
She was so going to get him for this.
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She had to wait three hours until lunch time.
Three.
Hours.
Three hours of angrily glaring at his beautiful emerald eyes when he occasionally turned around to flash a classic Cat Noir grin at her.
Then the bell rang.
It was time to put her plan into action.
Madame Bustier and the rest of the students left for lunch, and only Marinette and Adrien remained.
"Look, Marinette, I'm sorry for-" Adrien tried to apologize.
"YOU can't just tell me that you're freaking CAT NOIR and you KNOW MY SECRET IDENTITY and then just run away," Marinette angrily hissed.
"So you are Ladybug," Adrien confirmed.
"And you're Cat Noir," Marinette responded.
Adrien sighed. "I'm really sorry for that. I mean, I should've planned this out better, because I've had this scenario locked in my mind-"
"What kind of scenario?" Marinette asked, her tone calmer now.
"Ummmm….Well…." Adrien blushed furiously.
"Tell me," Marinette commanded.
"I may or may not sometimes daydream about us making out in a closet and then we detransform and you tell me who you are and we confess our undying love for each other," Adrien blurted.
"W-What?" Marinette stuttered, a blush redder than her superhero suit creeping upon her face.
"You heard me," Adrien shrugged.
Marinette now knew how to get revenge on her kitty.
"Well, I think I can make your little daydream happen," she said, inching her face towards his.
"O-Okay," Adrien whispered hoarsely.
"But," Marinette smirked as she pulled back, "We can save that for later."
"I have something saved for now," Adrien announced. "Marinette, will you…..will you go on a date with me? At patrol. The usual time."
Marinette gasped.
"Of course!" she said, wrapping Adrien in a hug that was so tight that it squeezed his lungs. "Of course, kitty."
"Glad to know, Bugaboo," Adrien grinned.
"Shall we go to lunch?" Marinette asked.
"You should know that it's good to have a picnic lunch on speed dial," Adrien continued.
"You don't have to spoil me like that!" Marinette blushed.
"But it's my choice," Adrien purred.
They walked to the park together.
A red and white checkered tablecloth waited for them under a tree.
"My father would probably kill me if he found out I was ignoring my diet," Adrien laughed.
"Then I suppose that being a sneaky little kitty will save you from your doom," Marinette teased. "Because I brought quiche."
Adrien's face lit up like he just found out that Christmas had come early.
"QUICHE?!" he squealed. "Thank you thank you thank you!"
Adrien picked Marinette up and hugged her while twirling around.
"Put me down! You're making a scene!" she scolded him.
Adrien gently let his lady down on the tablecloth.
"Shall we start our picnic?" he asked, kissing her hand.
"But what about the paparazzi?" Marinette questioned, pointing to the bushes that had not-so-discreet camera lenses poking out.
"Don't worry," Adrien grinned. "I don't care about them. In fact, I want the whole world to know that I love you."
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Cat Noir hurriedly pole-vaulted to the Eiffel Tower, a bouquet of red roses in one hand, his pole in the other.
Of course, having the power of bad luck itself didn't really help towards his cause.
Cat Noir was late for the date that he had arranged, and it was all because of Plagg.
His kwami kept on complaining that "Valentine's Day is my free time! I should be with Tikki right now, and our reunion was interrupted by your love issues, and I haven't seen her in centuries!"
After ten minutes of Plagg's complaining, Adrien forcefully transformed into his superhero persona.
Adrien just found out that Plagg could actually refuse to be absorbed into the ring.
And so here Cat Noir was, pole-vaulting to the Eiffel Tower.
He soon landed on one of the platforms with a gentle thud.
"Oh, there you are!" Ladybug said, hugging him.
"I'm so sorry that I'm late. Plagg absolutely refused to turn me into Cat Noir," he said.
"No need to apawlogize," Ladybug smirked.
"YOU MADE A PUN! HISS IS PURRFECT!" Cat Noir shouted in delight.
"Calm down, kitty. So what exactly do you have in mind for today?" Ladybug asked.
"Well, I thought it could start like this," he answered, getting down on one knee and handing her the bouquet of roses.
"Will mew be my catentine?" Cat Noir grinned.
"If you make one more pun I'll say no. And for good measure, I'll push you off of the Eiffel Tower," Ladybug deadpanned. "And it certainly isn't just going to be one of Volpina's illusions."
"Fine," Cat Noir sighed. "But I think that my puns are-"
"DON'T YOU DARE-"
"Hissterical!" Cat Noir laughed.
Ladybug pulled him closer.
"You are so, so, so lucky that I love you," she said.
And then, magic happened.
As they kissed, the world paused.
Everything froze, for only they mattered.
Everyone else simply did not.
Instead of being opposites, Ladybug and Cat Noir became one.
Yin and yang bonded.
They united to become the very thing that this world needs most.
They became the living configuration of love.
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I'm crying. More than I should be. I thought that this would be the perfect way to kickstart An Armada of Ships. On to the next chapter: DJWifi! (That's Alya x Nino, for those of you who don't know.)