I am so sorry
I am a terrible person
Please don't hate me?
Seriously so sorry for leaving you all hanging like that! I have no excuses, please forgive me dears.
Tikki was lost.
When Soccer mom came out and Marinette's bag was left at the arcade Tikki had tried to get back to her, it was hard and she wasn't victorious, once things had calmed down though Marinette's bag was no where to be found anymore, thus Tikki found herself trying to get to the Dupain-Cheng bakery without being seen.
It should have been easy, since she's so small she can hide anywhere. But it wasn't.
If we said she wasn't successful then probably she was caught by a little kid, taken to a home she didn't know and treated like a fairy. Probably she was caught by a scientist who would be recognized by catching this surprising especimen. Probably she got caught by Hawk Moth himself and...
Or perhaps our little spotted kwami simply had some trouble getting there but finally found herself on Marinette's room.
The small kwami got to the room to be greeted with the sight of a small beautiful child playing with that small Chat Noir doll she had made once and saying mew every once in a while to imitate the leather clad hero who was her partner.
The child glanced up and smiled brightly at the sight of the red kwami "Tikki!" She stated loudly and happily; thought that wouldn't last for long, because dear sweet Marinette then was finally reminded that her little daring companion hadn't been with her since the akuma attack, she had been lost. Marinette's expression started changing to one of deep sadness and her shiny eyes started filling with tears as he hiccupped a bit feeling guilty and dropped the doll running to the kwami "Tikki!"
Tikki smiled at Marinette as she took her with maybe too much force and tried to shush her a bit so her parents didn't her "It's Ok Marinette, I'm Ok" She smiled trying to reassure the kid who looked at her and sniffed a bit to contain any more tears from falling
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When Adrien was finally free he want out again as Chat Noir, Plagg complaining all the way because he transformed so much since he started visiting Marinette. The roofs of Paris didn't show any signs of a polka-doted superhero and he was getting paranoid
What if she had been caught by Hawk Moth? What if she had an accident and was terribly hurt in the hospital? What if Hawk Moth had taken her miraculous and kwami? What if she had fallen terribly ill and had only a couple of months left to live?
"You're really crazy" Was what Plagg told him inside his mind and he was completely right, Adrien was losing it, he knew he was probably exaggerating a bit but he couldn't help it, Ladybug always appeared at one moment or another and he hadn't seen her at all this time.
His eyes were open wide as he observed carefully, there, near the Dupain-Cheng bakery he could see red spandex with black polkadots getting closer and closer and he practically flew to the figure.
he felt relief washing over him as he go closer, though he was so busy worrying about her well being and that she was not in a hospital that he didn't realize how short she was until he embraced her tightly. Once he realized he looked down at the girl that stared up at him with big blue eyes and his first reaction was to place his hand on her cheeks to squish them. Little Ladybug tried to get her face away from his hands but couldn't really and he was having so much fun.
"Aw Buginette, you're so cute!" He said with a Cheshire cat-like smirk as she tried to get away; after a few moments though he looked at her seriously, holding her up at arms length "Where were you? What happened? Do you know just how worried I was?" He asked her with a light frown on his face, he couldn't get mad, but he wanted her to know just how worried he had seriously been.
Little Ladybug looked at him with a little sad pout "sorry..." She said and he could feel himself melt at how cute she was, he even felt guilty for gods sake! Little girls would be the death of him "My kwami and I got separated the other day and I couldn't transform so I got turned into a kid"
He looked at the little girl and smiled softly at her "I'm just glad you're Ok" He said softly and got her to the floor offering a hand to her "Want to return to normal now?"
She looked up at him and smiled nodding her head as she took his hand and they left to find Soccer mom
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"Miraculous Ladybug!" Finally the city returned to normal and Soccer mom did too, Ladybug was greeted with the miraculous cure and now smiled as her normal taller self, she offered Chat a fist bump and he returned it smiling
"Well done my lady!" He said and she grinned, her miraculous started beeping and he looked at her "This is not the end, we'll have to talk later about all of this, you had me on a difficult spot you know?" He raised an eyebrow and she rolled her eyes smiling
"We'll see about that kitty, for now shouldn't you return home too?" She said already getting ready to go away with her yoyo and he thought for a moment
"Actually I have another friend who messed something up while she was a ten year old and I'd like to surprise her" He said not thinking it would be too important but ladybug stopped her yoyo, she usually left as soon as possible but she seemed to know something, he dismissed it though and continued not thinking it would matter if he told her about it
"You know that girl, Marinette? The one you told me to help from the Evillustrator? She's a designer, a really good one, but it seems she is actually quite a messy kid" He said smiling fondly, she noticed the look and blushed a bit when her earrings started beeping again
"Well, good luck then Chat, I'll see you later!" She said tossing her yoyo to another building and leaving before her miraculous ran out, Maybe sooner than you think, she thought, she was smiling all the way as she tried to get back home before he could.
When she released her transformation it was on her bed back in her room and Tikki went down with her for some cookies resting on her desk for her "You've become really soft with Chat" She said knowingly and Marinette looked back at her, confusion upon her face
"No, I haven't" she rolled her eyes sitting down on her desk chair looking around the messy room and sighing as Tikki giggled
"Yes you are! When Chat started meeting you as Marinette you were so worried and now you let him in like it's nothing" Tikki said and looked at the walls "You didn't even let him see Adrien's photos though, I can even imagine some time passing and even your parents knowing you hang out with Chat Noir in your room"
"As if Tikki, that would be terrible!" Marinette said trying to defend herself and stood up to clean up the mess in her room a bit, mostly to cover up the blush that was spreading to her face
Tikkin laughed "Imagine this, Chat noir coming so frequently that one day you're not home he messages you saying 'your parents and I are having dinner, are you going to accompany us?'" Tikki laughed an Marinette shushed her laughing too
The first time Chat had visited her after that time he walked her home he had knocked from her balcony and she had hurried to hide her photos of Adrien, because if that cat found out he would never let her forget it, he started coming more and she grew more accustomed slowly, soon she wasn't that worried about him finding out her identity, she wasn't scared about him looking at her eyes and saying "Oh dear! You're Ladybug!", because when the sat down on her room eating cookies and having hot chocolate on her chaise or her roof at midnight it was just them, as Chat Noir and Marinette, no one else.
She bit her lip and a knock came from her roof, she climbed up and opened the window up to her balcony to find Chat Noir holding a white mannequin and grinning softly at her, what took her breath was the fact that his smile wasn't his playful one or the others he keeps giving Ladybug, this one was reserved for Marinette and she didn't even know if he was aware about it, he looked so genuine, the soft curve of his lips growing without him noticing when she came into view.
Also, I am evil, you wanted a reveal right? I am sorry but little ladybug wouldn't say a thing :)