"Yeah, no, I really think that the double combo is super overrated!" Marinette ranted, shoving her hands into the air for emphasize. She and Adrien had long since finished studying at her house, and she was busy ranting about how frustrating some video games could be.
"Like, some people are so focused on trying to get their combos that they don't enjoy the game, y'know!" She shouted, looking to Adrien for reinforcement.
"Yeah, totally," He laughed and nodded, his face obviously showing he had no idea what she was talking about.
She laughed with him, finally lowering her hands and calming down.
"Whatever, it's frustrating." She chuckled, crossing her arms.
"It sure sounds like it."
Suddenly, Adrien's phone beeped, and his face dropped.
"Hey, I got to go, sorry," He explained, getting up, "I had a lot of fun studying with you today, though. Thank you so much for having me over!"
"Of course!" Marinette grinned, helping him gather his books, "You can come over whenever!"
He grinned- with pinkish cheeks that Marinette definitely noticed- and left, after giving his thanks to her parents as well.
Marinette smiled in her room, staring out into the peaceful scene of Paris in the afternoon. The sun was setting, and the sky was a light pink-orange, with fluffy clouds dotting it. The buildings seemed to be glowing, the birds were flying home to their nests, and the giant pillar of smoke was rising over by the library.
Wait.
Marinette groaned loudly, rolling her eyes.
"It's too late for this nonsense," She grumbled, slowly standing up to transform. Can't a girl have a break?
An hour or two later, she sat huffing and puffing with an equally exhausted Cat Noir. This akuma wasn't exactly difficult, per say, but boy was he exhausting. Marinette swore, if another little boy with endless energy got turned into an akuma, she was leaving the fight to Cat.
"You alright, Ladybug?" Cat Noir asked, waking her up from her frustration.
"Oh, yeah, I'm fine," She laughed, "You?"
"I'm good," He answered with a nod, "Although a little tired."
"Me too," Ladybug agreed, "That was ridiculous. We need to have some kind of battle plan for the next time someone with that much energy gets turned into an akuma."
"We should make up some kind of fight-combo," He laughed, punching the air as his point.
Ladybug looked up to him with a blink. Now just what was he thinking…?
"I don't know, battle combos seem like a bad idea," She shook her head, still smiling though.
"I think they're a great idea. After all," He added with a smirk, leaning in, "They work so well in video games."
To anyone else, that was an innocent point. Anyone could have said that to anyone. It was true, and video games were the things most known with combos, after all. So nothing stood out to anyone else in the world when he said that.
But to Ladybug, that was an answer.
She just looked at him, her joking glare slowly fading off into a smile, as they looked into each other's eyes.
Yeah, that was familiarity in his eyes, all right.