Surprise! Anyone else miss Christmas? I dooooo! Have you noticed that Ladybug is red and Cat Noir is green? They are MADE for Christmas! Enjoy this special one shot and Merry Early Christmas! ;)
Summary: Mistletoe is a mysterious thing. Almost magical. Many people share a kiss under the leaves and berries, but for some people, they share a whole lot more.
Setting: Ladybug and Cat Noir are finishing up Christmas visits for young kids and are at the last house.
No POV
Ladybug and Cat Noir walk down the winding path leading through the city. Ladybug is humming 'All I Want For Christmas Is You,' when Cat Noir laughs.
"Are you humming what I think you're humming?" She scoops some snow off a bench and tosses it towards his face.
"Shut up!" They then reach their destination and stop. Ladybug exhales and turns to her partner.
"Last house, then we go home. You ready?"
"Ready as I'll ever be." He replies as he swipes the snow off of his face. Cat Noir goes up to ring the doorbell.
"I'll get it!" Comes a small voice from inside. The duo prepare themselves with smiles as the young girl opens the door.
"Merry Christmas!" They say in unison. The girl squeals with delight and surprise.
"Mommy, Daddy, everyone! It's Ladybug and Cat Noir!" She exclaims as she dashes inside to find her family. She doesn't go far, for they're all inside the living room in front of the door. The first person that reappears in the doorway is a certain girl of the age of fifteen.
"OMG! What are you two doing here?!" She exclaims.
"We just wanna spread some Christmas Eve spirit!" Ladybug says. A small boy comes up and tugs on the girl's shirt.
"Al-ya! Quit hogging the superheroes!" He says in an annoyed tone. The blogger rolls her eyes and gets out her phone as she starts a recording.
"Hey guys! Guess who's spreading some smiles tonight! It's Ladybug and Cat Noir!" She gushes. The little boy jumps up to Cat Noir and dangles from his arm. The girl wraps Ladybug in a hug around the waist, which she gladly returns.
"Woah! You're a strong little boy, aren't you?" Cat says as the kid makes his way to his back for a piggyback ride.
"Aww, you two are the sweetest!" Ladybug says as she lifts up the little girl. "What are your names?"
"I'm Grace and that's Pierre!" Grace says. "Merry Christmas, Ladybug!" Ladybug lets out a gentle laugh as the two heroes set the children on the floor. Alya gasps, getting their attention.
"Wow! Guys! I think this might be a memorable Christmas Eve! Look at that!" She says. The superheroes look confused.
"Look at what?" Cat Noir asks. He turn to his partner.
"Look up!" Pierre shouts. Slowly but surely, the duo shift their gaze from the excited family to the top of the doorframe. Mistletoe. Of course. Cat Noir and Ladybug look at each other with anything but haste and blush immediately.
"Um..." He says. "M-mistletoe."
"Y-yeah. Er..." She replies. Alya pipes up.
"You have to kiss or else it's bad luck!" Cat Noir laughs nervously.
"Well, I don't think a black cat can get anymore unlucky!"
"Aww, come on! For the fans? For Paris? For Christmas?"
"For goodness sake!" Grace calls out. Upon being flustered and embarrassed, the duo didn't realize that two certain kids had snuck up behind each of them. Grace shoved Ladybug and Pierre shoved Cat Noir. Their lips locked and the two didn't react at first. Both wanted to pull away, but also lean in at the same time. Desire won in the end and they closed their eyes. It was a simple kiss, Ladybug's hands against his chest and Cat Noir's on her waist, but that's what made it so magical. They lingered for a few extra seconds and pulled away, flushed at the face. Not knowing what to do, as Alya gushes over how cute it was that they were blushing, Cat Noir acted fast.
"Merry Christmas!" They both shouted as he slammed the door. The duo pressed their backs against the door, processing what just happened. Neither dared look at the other, so they just stared at the beauty of Paris at night mixed with the early winter scent of snow with a hint of peppermint. Ladybug spoke up first.
"So... last house, huh?" They still didn't make eye contact.
"Yep... that's all." There was a long pause of silence. They both suddenly turned to speak.
"Ladybug, I-"
"Cat Noir, I-" They stopped and looked at each other.
"I... enjoyed tonight. It was a great idea." Cat Noir said.
"Me too. It was... fun." Ladybug said. They lingered a bit, but eventually Cat Noir spoke again.
"I um, I'll see you around, M'Lady. Merry Christmas."
"Y-Yeah. Merry Christmas, Cat." And with that, (AN: Hehe... Merry Christmas cat and with that... Hehe... Get it? Never mind) they went their own ways. Little known to both, they would see each other soon.
Tomorrow night at Marinette's Christmas party.
Marinette's POV
"Mom? Mom! Where did you put the-"
"In the kitchen on the counter!"
"No, the-"
"In your room next to your scarf!"
"Thanks!" I scurry upstairs to grab my mittens to go fetch the mail. Around Christmas, the office opens only two hours each day that week so people can grab their mail.
"Found them!" I exclaim to myself. I slip them on along with my earmuffs and coat and rush downstairs.
"Woah, Marinette!" Niño says as I bump into him.
"Ah! Sorry, Niño! Hey, have you seen Adrien? He should've been here by now." I ask as I look around.
"No. He said that he was in a meeting about a contract and he'd be along in about half an hour." Good. Just enough time to run to the post office and run back.
"Merci!" (AN: I had to) I wave to Alya and Alix chatting away as I exit the bakery. The cold night air tries to get at me, but thankfully I'm bundled up tight. I walk at a brisk pace towards the office as I look around. Not many people are out tonight, it being Christmas, so it's basically just me and Tiki.
"Are you sure you're not cold?" I ask her.
"Nope! Kwamis are weather-proof!" I giggle at her proclamation and continue on. Snow is falling and I hear faint Christmas music. It's my favorite holiday song. I start to sing along.
"There is just one thing I need. I don't care about the presents, underneath the Christmas tree." I suddenly hear someone else singing with me. I stop in my tracks for a second, but continue on. "I just want you for my own. More than you could ever know." I turn my head as I sing this to see none other than Adrien Agreste singing with me. I smile into the lyrics. "Make my wish come true-ue-ue, baby. All I want for Christmas... is... yo-u." We end on a sweet note and laugh.
"Merry Christmas, Marinette!"
"Merry Christmas, Adrien! Shouldn't you be on your way to the party?"
"Well," he says as he comes closer over to me. "I was, I mean I am, but I saw you over here and couldn't resist saying hi." I smile even wider. He wanted to say hi to me? Eee! Next thing? Marriage!
"I was just on my way to the post office, wanna come?" I ask as I gesture to the end of the sidewalk. He shrugs.
"Why not!"
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After minutes of small banter, we arrived at the post office and got my mail. We then headed towards the bakery and we were now just feet away from it.
"So, that's how I escaped so quickly to come here!" We laugh at his story as I open the door. I wave to Alya and Niño and they start to come over to us, but they stop dead in their tracks.
"What's wrong?" I ask. They look at each other and smile. Alya's grin turns into a playful smirk. Uh-oh. I know that smirk. That's her matchmaking smirk.
"Dude, do you want a lucky Christmas?" Niño asks Adrien.
"Yeah, I guess. Why?"
"Because..." He trails off and points upwards. I take in a sharp breath.
"Not again." Adrien and I say. I turn to him in surprise. Who had he kissed? He seems to be wondering the same thing about me, but the more I think about it, he's probably kissed hundreds of girls. I've only kissed one guy and that's Cat Noir. Both times were forced, not my decision.
We both look up, similar to how I did with Cat Noir, and slowly look at each other. I swear Alya put this plant up, because I sure didn't. She knows what she's doing. She's good.
I suddenly realize that I have to kiss Adrien in front of most of my classmates. Oh. No. He looks just about as nervous as I do.
"C'mon! Just kiss!" Alya eggs on. She comes up to me and takes me by the hand. "Stand here.
"Alya, what are you-"
"And you stand right about... here!" She says as she positions Adrien, ignoring my concerns. He's just about a foot away from me. "Now, close your eyes!"
"Alya, I swear to sugar coo-"
"CLOSE THEM!" I obey, mainly out of fear, and I can see that Adrien does the same.
"Now brace yourselves!" Niño says.
"Niño, what's going-mmph!" I feel myself being shoved into Adrien, cutting the blonde off. I feel Adrien catch me by the arms. We pop our eyes open in surprise and see what's going on. Do I move? Do I stay? I don't move, so I don't really have a choice. I slowly close my eyes, and so does he, and start to kiss.
I think mistletoe is out to get me.
Something about this seems so familiar. Is it because I've only kissed one guy? Should kisses feel different or all alike? Either way, this feels exactly like Valentine's Day. We pull apart and I almost feel a de-ja-vu moment (AN: Is that how you spell it? It's French, right? I've failed at being a Ladybug fan) wipe over me as we open our eyes. He seems to realize it too, because he looks confused.
"Why did that seem so familiar?" He whispers.
"I don't know. It did though... didn't it?" I whisper back.
"Maybe we should tal-"
"Aww! That was sweet! What were you guys talking about? Plans for tonight?"
"ALYA!" I snap at my friend's 'funny' joke. She laughs and waves it off.
"I'm joking, I'm joking! Listen, you guys wanna grab some punch and sugar cookies? I'm craving some right now!" I nod.
"Let's go!" Just as I'm about to take off my winter coat, Adrien grabs me by the wrist.
"Talk later?" I nod, slowly, and remove my coat and mittens. He smiles and heads over to the others.
*TIME SKIP* (after the party)
"Bye, Alya! Bye, Rose! Bye, Max!" I say as the last few people leave. Well, almost. "So, about earlier..." I say as I turn to the blonde model. "What did you want to talk about?" He sighs.
"That's just it; I don't really know. It just seemed so... familiar."
"I- I'm sure it did! You've probably kissed dozens of girls!" He shakes his head.
"No. Just one before tonight."
"Who?" He stiffens up.
"I-I'd rather not say. She's a pretty cool girl, though. Smart, talented, beautiful, the works. I've only kissed her before and it was actually yesterday night."
"Really? That's the same for me too. I've only kissed two guys, counting you, and the guy I kissed was on Christmas Eve. Under the-"
"Mistletoe?" He finishes.
"Yes."
"Yeah. Same here." He thinks for a moment. "Did you watch the Ladyblog?"
"The-the Ladyblog? Wh-why do you ask?" I say quickly.
"Well, Alya caught Ladybug and Cat Noir kissing under mistletoe last night on camera. Kinda similar to what happened to me."
"Exactly what happened to me." I mutter.
"What did you just say?" He asks. I back away and laugh.
"No-Nothing! It was nothing!"
"No, you said something! You said, 'exactly what happened to me', didn't you?"
"I-I... no? Of course not! How could that exact thing happen to me? I mean, it happened to Ladybug! It's not like I'm Ladybug, that would be crazy!" I slap my hand over my mouth. He steps forward.
"Crazy, huh? How crazy is 'crazy?'" I swallow hard.
"Very... crazy? Super-duper crazy!"
"So, you're saying that it'd be crazy that you're Ladybug?"
"Correct."
"Because you have no capabilities to be Ladybug?"
"Correct!"
"Even though you are Ladybug?"
"Correct. Wait. NO! TH-THAT's THAT IS NOT WHAT I- I mean... I'm not... that is to say that..." I sigh. "There's... no going back anymore... is there?"
"Nope."
"That's what I figured." I drop to the ground in a heap. "Ugh! I'm such a moron! I revealed my identity as Ladybug to my crush! What next? You're gonna tell me you're Cat Noir?" Adrien's silent for a moment, so I look up. "Y-you aren't... are you?"
"Um... how do I put this... cat's outa the bag?" I pop back up to my feet.
"WHAT?! So that's why... the song... the kiss... it all makes sense! That's why it was so familiar! This is all so ironic!" He shrugs and we stand there in silence. I look outside the window at the city lights, processing this.
'Smart, talented, beautiful, the works.' His words racket through my brain. Did he really think that about me? Hmm. I hear a soft melody coming from behind me.
"Cause I just want you here tonight." I smile to myself.
"Holding onto me so tight." I sing as I stand up.
"Make my wish come true-ue-ue." We gently join hands.
"Baby, all I want for Christmas is you." We smile.
"Merry Christmas, Kitty."
"Merry Christmas M'lady."
*Wipes away a tear with a handkerchief* BRAVO! BRAVO! *applauds* That was so... *sniff*... so beautiful! AWWWW! Okay, I'm back to my jeans wearing, fanfic writing self again! *shoves dress and hat into closet and closes door* Did you guys like it? I loved it! Tell me if you laughed at the part where Mari kept saying correct and lemme know what I should do next in the reviews!
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