11/25/21
16 Reviews, 4 Favs, 3 Follows
(Adrien's POV)
2 months went by and my hair has gotten longer. Plagg insisted that I let my hair grow for disguise but now it's just ridiculous. I look like the anime character Alucard from Castlevania. But as Cat Noir, the transformation makes my hair into a ponytail. Now only my cousin knows I'm still alive as Adrien. I removed my shirt and grabbed my scissors to cut my long hair. Plagg was right, no one can recognize me but until the end of the year, I'm going back to my original hairstyle. I have to do it carefully to not cut on my ears.
"You could've kept it longer. You look like a whole different person" Plagg said.
"I'm just gonna cut it to my shoulder-length, that's all. But until the end of the year, it's back to my original hairstyle" I said while cutting the ends of my hair to measure the length.
"Very well then" Plagg replied.
I cut the snips of my hair until I got to my shoulder length. That should look good. I can barely see any Adrien in me. I'm also gonna need a shower again at high school. Marinette always guards me indirectly so no one comes in to suspect I'm Adrien.
For everyone's sake, I'm having a alter ego called Aiden Bastet. Aiden is an Irish name for 'fiery' or 'little fire'. Bastet was an ancient Egyptian goddess worshiped in the form of a lioness and later a cat. Yeah, that should be my new name for now. No going back to Adrien Agreste.
After finishing my haircut, I grabbed my clean goth clothes and put them in my backpack along with shampoo and cat towels. I gotta call Marinette through my baton phone to tell her that I'm on my way to the….girls gym locker room to take a shower. So embarrassing. But at least she can't know my number because these magical technology has no phone number.
"Plagg, claws out" I transformed and took out my baton phone to text Marinette that I'm on my way to the school.
x
I came through the window of the girl's gym locker room and saw Marinette waiting for me. Last time she always teased me about cats being afraid of water and taking a shower.
"I'm not afraid of water, princess. But I am afraid to reveal my secret identity to anyone. I don't want you to faint in my arms" I chuckled evilly.
"I would be honored to do that dramatically, kitty. Now hurry up and take a shower, wild cat. I bet you've been hunting real mice in dumpsters" Marinette still making fun of my feline nature.
"Yup, they're delicious when I eat them, little lady. I'm very feral." I smirked and went into the shower room and closed the shower curtains so Marinette can't see me, "Claws in" I de-transformed and strip off my clothes and hang them over the sides, and turned on the shower.
"So you got a haircut? I thought you like having your hair long like a cute princess" Marinette giggled.
"Very funny, Marinette. I'm not cute, I'm handsome. There's a difference." I said and squeezed a bottle of shampoo on my head.
"Fine, then kitty" Marinette replied.
I scrubbed a foam of shampoo on my hair and rinse it off with water, "Lila is not bothering you, is she?" I changed the subject.
"Nope. I noticed she looks here and there in fright after you scared her" Marinette said.
"Good. But as Volpina she always stalks me at night. I guess she wants to get rid of that embarrassing memory in her head" I chuckled and rinsed the shampoo off my hair.
"I bet but you know she might try to mess your head up with illusions again. That's another reason why I didn't want her to fool Adrien like she did during that Oni-Chan incident." Marinette said.
"Well, I hope she stops one day once no one believes her. Like the boy who cried wolf" I joked.
I can hear Marinette laugh, "Maybe. Adrien and I were the only ones that know Lila is a liar. I wanted to expose her but Adrien says it would only humiliate her more"
"Maybe so. But she doesn't deserve hurting anyone" I replied.
"Especially one time she framed me and got me expelled. She nearly manipulated my friends" I heard Marinette punch the lockers.
"That's really low of her," I said and turned off the shower since I'm clean right now, "Hand me the towels please" I put my hand out without letting my purrincess see the real me.
"Are you always so nice to me only?" Marinette asked and I felt the towels and snatched them quickly.
"Why wouldn't I be?" I asked and dried myself with a towel.
"Because you're a criminal and you like to scare people to death" Marinette replied.
"I may scare people but not to death, purrincess. It's called intimidation." I said and once I'm dried up, I wrapped the towel around my waist, "I'm coming out. Turn around and don't look. Unless you want to see how sexy and handsome I am?" I seductively said.
"Gross, no!" Marinette screamed in a yell.
I snickered and moved the shower curtains aside and saw her back facing me, "I'm kidding, little lady. Have some sense of humor" I said and grabbed my clothes that I wore earlier and placed them aside so I can grab my clean ones from my bag.
"You wish, prince char-meow-ing" Marinette scoffed with a pun.
"Meow, was that a cute pun I heard, purrincess?" I smirked.
"Maybe. Are you mad I stole your puns?" Marinette giggled.
"Maybe" I chuckled and put on my black leather pants, black wolf shirt, black leather jacket, black converse sneakers, and my black beanie hat.
"Are you done yet? I feel the urge to see the real you" Marinette said sarcastically.
"Meow, you would totally faint to see my real gorgeous eyes but not today. Plagg, claws out" I transformed back to Cat Noir.
"Well your cat eyes are quite gorgeous," Marinette said, turning to see me in full costume.
"Thanks but you know that's not my real eyes, princess" I chuckled and put my clothes, towels, and shampoo in my backpack.
"I rather not know your real human eyes, kitty cat." She scratched my chin.
"Good, it should remain so," I said before leaving.
But I felt my cat tail belt pulled by her, "How rude of you. Not gonna give a goodbye kiss to your princess?"
"Very well" I pulled her close and kissed her on the cheek.
"Good kitty. You owe me one for guarding the shower room again" Marinette said.
"Yeah. I do. We'll meet again sometime" I said and jumped out the window and left.
x
I had my grinder sandwich on the rooftop, watching the Effiel Tower and I heard a yo-yo swish that it's Ladybug again.
"Hello Ladybug," I said coldly, I'm still upset with her because she almost got me killed by a group of robbers with guns at the bank that night last week.
"Hey there Bad Kitty. Still mad over the gunners?" Ladybug asked.
"Yeah, we could have been killed" I replied.
"I didn't mean to interrupt your job. What did you expect me to do?" Ladybug sat beside him.
"Well you could disarm them somehow and none of that would have happened," I said.
"Hmph! At least we stopped those robbers from killing us. We are still alive, aren't we?" Ladybug asked.
"Well that's the positive thing," I said.
I ate my sandwich and gulped hard like an animal starving for food. For the past few months, I have lost a bit of weight.
"You really need to work out," Ladybug noticed my body.
"I always work out, milady. How many times have I fought bad guys as an exercise? Let's just say my metabolism is too high due to all the struggles of surviving and stealing" I said and ate my last piece and let out a belch.
"Urgh! Manners before a lady" Ladybug flinched.
"It's not my fault I've been a bad kitty for the past few months, bugaboo. I think my manners are long gone" I chuckled.
"Yeah, nearly a year Adrien Agreste disappeared. No matter where I look, I can't find him. Perhaps I should put the search on ice" Ladybug said.
"Perhaps but I hope his disappearance doesn't drive you crazy," I said and stared at the tower.
"By the way, what made you get a haircut? Don't you like your hair long?" Ladybug made fun of my hair but I rolled my eyes.
"No, just to keep it out of my face. I don't like looking like a girl. Unless you want me to be your Prince Charming, my fair lady" I flirted with her.
"Hmph! In your dreams, criminal cat!" She huffed and looked away from me.
"Besides I choose how I wanna look" I added.
"Yeah, sure" She played with my low ponytail.
"Hey what are you doing?" I felt her play with it.
"I smell cologne and the shampoo scent. What does it look like I'm doing, kitty? I'm stroking your hair" Ladybug playing with my hair.
"You always do that since I've grown it," I said.
"Why not? You would do it too if I let my hair out" Ladybug said.
"You always have it in pigtails, bugaboo" I purred when I felt her hands on my head and my fake cat ears.
"Yes, but when I was Lady Noire I had my hair like a long tail" Ladybug said.
"Yeah, I remember." I moved her hand away from my hair, "Anyways, it seems quiet without akumas all day. This cat doesn't like to be tamed, milady. I like being wild and free" I purred.
"Yeah though the akumas are unpredictable," Ladybug said.
I pounced on her and got on top. I saw she looked surprised by the move but I am way too wild, "Indeed, milady. I'm very nocturnal all the time." I leaned down and licked her cheek which made her flinch, "However, maybe someday we'll be enemies."
"I don't think we will. You wouldn't dare kill me in cold blood" Ladybug said.
"I don't kill, Ladybug. Not unless I have to survive. There are psychos and serial killers out there that have no emotion or sympathy. If I came across them, I would have no choice. You have no idea how hard it is to survive on the streets. If you knew my street life, you would know how it feels to lose a bit of humanity within" I said seductively as I purred between her neck.
"I know. But I know there's good in you which you can't deny" Ladybug said.
She wrapped her legs around my waist to trap me again, "Maybe, maybe not. Who knows in the next couple of years, I turn into a very wild man." I smirked.
"We'll see, I'll be having a new partner by then" Ladybug smirked back.
"You're lying, bugaboo. You always told me I'm irreplaceable. Without me, it's an unbalanced yin and yang style" I said and licked her cheek again.
"Just if you go full villain, I have no choice," She said.
She rolled and was now on top of me and I wrapped my legs around her. She groaned in frustration and I chuckled at how it feels to get legs wrapped around the waist.
"I got nine lives, milady. And I'll say this one more time, I'm not a psychopath like a villain" I said.
"I know that kitty" She leaned to my face.
"Do you think I'm crazy when I'm a villain?" I smirked at her.
"Sort of. When you fight me for example" Ladybug said.
"Hmm….that's because you always get in the way, Ladybug." I chuckled and put my hands behind the back of my head while my legs are wrapped around her waist, "But sometimes you let me rob things"
"That's when I'm tired of stopping you," Ladybug said.
I chuckled at that angry little pout she makes, "Are you?"
"Of course kitty" She bops my nose.
"Funny. Now please get off me." I un-wrapped my legs off her waist.
"Okay then" Ladybug got off me.
"Anyways, you do your thing, I do mine. Call it even, bugaboo" I stand up.
"Very well. But be ready I may have Rena Furtive as my part-time partner" Ladybug said.
"Rena Furtive? Let me guess, she changed her name" I guessed.
"Yes since Hawk Moth found out who she was," Ladybug said.
That explains it since my father attacked Alya and her family because he found out she's Rena Rouge.
"See you later my Bad Kitty" She waved goodbye.