The Valentine
The Valentine is how Alya and Marinette referred to the heart shaped poem Marinette had sent to Adrien for Valentine's day a few years ago. It was also how Adrien referred to the heart shaped poem he told himself was definitely from Ladybug.
Who might even be in his class, 'cause that's where he threw away the original poem. Only to receive another in reply that night without a signature.
This year, though, he was going to make sure his poem actually made it to Ladybug.
Or that's what he told himself.
Once again, he ended up getting rid of the stupid thing, thinking he always had the day of to come up with a better idea.
But when he got to school n Valentine's day with still no clue what to do, he decided to confide in Nino.
So he told him everything. How he had written a poem to Ladybug two years ago and somehow a Valentine had ended up in his mail as a perfect answer to it, but without a signature. Unless you counted the ladybug that had landed on it after he finished reading it.
Nino stared at him oddly for a minute before telling him he had no idea what to do. Little did he know a certain blue-haired pig-tailed girl sitting behind him knew exactly what to do.
When she knew Adrien would be at fencing practice, Marinette transformed into Ladybug and swung over to the Agreste mansion. Slipping through a window- that was thankfully unlocked for some odd reason- she landed on his hard wood floor without a sound.
Now to find that Valentine.
She searched his whole room before she found it propped up by his alarm clock, where she reckoned he would see it every morning when he woke up. She blushed at the thought and grabbed a pen from his desk, signing the poem finally.
She signed it as Ladybug, since that's who he thought it was from and seemed pretty happy at the thought. Maybe, even if it wasn't exactly what she wanted, she could be with Adrien as Ladybug.
Just as quick and silent as she had come in, she replaced the pen and Valentine before jumping back out into the cool Paris air.
When Adrien came home after fencing practice, he was covered in sweat and feeling worse than he had that morning. He had nothing, absolutely nothing to give to Ladybug for Valentine's.
He took a quick shower and changed into pajamas before settling onto his bed, picking up the heart poem. Even though it wasn't-
Signed.
The poem was signed.
Adrien launched forward on his bed, shrieking to his empty room. "But-! But it wasn't signed this morning!"
"Yeah, maybe she realized and came in today while you were gone to sign it."
"BUT IT'S BEEN TWO WHOLE YEARS!"
Plagg rolled his eyes and flew over there, reading the card. "Maybe she didn't think about breaking into your house to sign a Valentine the first two years."
Love,
Ladybug
A new year we may see,
My Valentine will you be?