A/N: Halfway through this I realized that there's no good reason for Mari to know about Mothman.
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Prompt: MOTHMAN! CAFE! MOTHMAN CAFE! (LaVievecosplay and alapest)
Marinette was standing in line for the cafe, trying to decide what she wanted to drink. The new cafe had just opened and everyone was desperate to try it, including a certain blond classmate of Marinette's.
"Marinette! Hey!" Marinette turned to see Adrien hope to the back of the line right behind her, a stunning smile plastered to his face, "glad to see a friendly face."
Marinette smiled like an idiot, nodding her head too fast as she turned to face the boy, now was her chance to talk to him! But she wasn't ready, what if she messed up her words and said something stupid and he laughed at her? What would they even talk about? Did he like talking to her or did he just want to figure out a drink in peace? What if she talked to him and he didn't want to talk to her so he was angry with her and she'd never get to go on a date with him or marry him and she would die alone!
"Uh, Marinette, you okay?" Adrien's gentle voice broke through Marinette's spiraling thoughts and brought her back down to earth.
"Marinette, what do you recommend? I don't usually drink coffee, maybe an iced coffee..." Adrien went on, scratching the back of his head sheepishly before grinning down at Marinette, sending butterflies through her heart.
"Do you like Mothman?"
Marinette heard the words coming out of her mouth before she realized what she was saying. She wished she could take the words back, or dig herself into a hole, that question was plain ridiculous, Adrien probably didn't even know who Mothman was! He wasn't from America, why would he know an American myth! She was totally embarrassed.
"Mothman?" Adrien asked, gently guiding Marinette forward as the line shifted.
"U-uh y-yeah... He's an American legend Alya told me about?" Marinette blushed, not daring to meet Adrien's eyes incase he started laughing at her.
"Huh, tell me more!" Adrien smiled down at her, eyes bright and lighting a fire in Marinette's heart.
She nodded and began to tell Adrien all about Mothman, and other legends she had learned about from Alya, quietly sending her best friend a mental thanks for giving her something to talk about with Adrien.
They eventually made it up to the front, Adrien insisting that he pay for them both, saying that Marinette had been so nice to actually talk with him while they waited in line. Marinette blushed but accepted the coffee. Adrien led the way out of the cafe and onto the streets.
As they wandered the streets of Paris, Marinette got more comfortable with Adrien, opening up and talking more confidently as they strolled.
Eventually, the two got onto the topic of akumas and the heroes of Paris.
"So, wait, Marinette, I've never actually seen you during an akuma attack!" Adrien laughed, turning to look at the girl in mock-seriousness, "what are your secrets?" He joked.
Marinette blushed and turned her head away, "I'm just really good at hide and seek."
The two fell quiet, standing awkwardly in front of Marinette's house. Neither really wanted to leave, they had been having a nice time wandering the streets of Paris. Eventually, Marinette coughed, causing the two teens to fall into a fit of giggles.
"Alright, I've got to go, catch ya later, Mothman," Adrien waved, turning to leave.
"S-see ya, cool beans," Marinette teased hesitantly, recalling the joke he said at the cafe earlier. Adrien grinned widely at the nickname, waving enthusiastically as he ran off to his home.
Later that night, Ladybug stood on a random roof, tapping her foot impatiently as she waited for Chat Noir to show up.
"My lady! Sorry I'm late!" Chat greeted, skidding across the roof to stand next to Ladybug.
"It's fine, but we've gotta get a move." Ladybug replied, getting ready to spring across the rooftops and patrol the sleepy Paris in the lowlight of Midnight.
Chat Noir followed her closely, talking about this and that, Ladybug wasn't paying attention much, trying to mentally go over the test she had in the morning.
"-and then! And then my friend told me all about this thing called 'Mothman', oh man get a load of this guy, Bugaboo."
Ladybug nearly fell off the roof at the mention of the American cryptid. How did Chat Noir know about that? There's no possible way... Right?
"Ladybug? Are you okay?" Chat Noir asked, grabbing her wrist and helping her back onto the roof, confusion written all over his face.
Ladybug studied his face, trying to convince herself that it wasn't the boy who always sat in front of her, every class. The blond boy she was totally in love with. The boy she had spent all day telling stories of Mothman and sipping coffee around Paris.
There was only one way she could know if it was Adrien, but if she did take that risk, he would know. And then what?
"Thanks for the save... cool beans."
Chat Noir's eyes grew bigger as he gapped at the girl standing before him, and that was all the confirmation she needed. Slamming her foot down she let out a string of curses.
"Son of a biscuit!" She brushed passed her companion, muttering to herself all the while, ranting about how she should have known. Chat Noir, on the other hand, just stared at her, trying to figure out everything that just happened.
He didn't have time to process before Ladybug, or Marinette? Oh this was confusing, the dark haired girl whirled around and faced him, her cheeks rosy red from what looked to be embarrassment.
"Cha- Adrien, go home, we can talk about this tomorrow."
Adrien watched as she ran to the edge of the roof, heading in the direction of her home.
"Cat-ch ya, Mothman!" He called after her, overjoyed when she turned around with a goofy grin on her face to respond.
"See ya, cool beans."
A/N: Two more then I'll be out of prompts
~Usachan!
