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Two Turtle Doves

"You kidnapped some random birds?" Plagg shrieked before he burst out laughing. The small, black kwami rolled over on Adrien's bed, clutching his stomach as his obnoxious laughter continued to fill the room.

Adrien turned around to glare at him before yelping as the two turtle doves he had found and sneaked into the house began to rapidly fly around his room again, constantly slamming themselves against his giant window as they attempted to flee into the sky. Adrien quickly ran after them, trying to get them to calm down. He sneezed as a few feathers worked their way free of the birds, fluttering down to his bedroom floor. His nose began to burn, but if this is what it took for him to get Ladybug the perfect gift, then so be it.

"I did not kidnap them!" Adrien finally managed to protest as the two turtle doves slowly calmed down and settled themselves onto his basketball hoop. They titled their heads to the side as they looked down at both Plagg and Adrien.

Plagg managed to get himself to stop laughing for a few seconds to gasp out, "you grabbed some random birds off the street. That's called kidnapping."

"I'm not hurting them!" Adrien argued. "It was a spur of the moment decision to do something romantic for Ladybug. I heard that turtle doves were Christmas-y and it got me thinking. Then when I actually saw them, I thought I had been blessed with the perfect romantic opportunity." Adrien sneezed again.

"I don't think sneezing in Ladybug's face constitutes a romantic moment." Plagg chuckled.

"Ah, you see this is why I have come up with the most perfect plan." Adrien smirked smugly, folding his arms across his chest. "The turtle doves aren't the main present, they're just a small part of it." He then turned to look at the doves, beginning to look slightly worried. "Though I must admit, when I pictured turtle doves, I thought they'd be the romantic white kind that you see at weddings and stuff. These guys just look like pigeons."

"So your plan has already backfired." Plagg sniggered.

"No!" Adrien quickly defended. "I-it's a good thing…I can work with this. Pigeons are easily trained right? I was going to have the turtle doves carry some flowers and a card to Ladybug, and it will all be very romantic and mysterious. At least this way, I don't have to worry about getting shy like last time, nor do I have to show my face after the whole embarrassment of yesterday. Then Ladybug will be so happy, that she'll forget about what happened yesterday, and we'll all live happily ever after!"

"Yeah – umm – I'm pretty sure I can already spot several flaws in this little plan of yo –"

"We'll all live happily ever after!" Adrien yelled slightly manically at his kwami again.

Plagg's ears flattened against his head. "Okay, okay, whatever you say, kid."

"This is the perfect gift for Ladybug, I just know it," Adrien proclaimed confidently before holding up a bag of seeds he had brought up from their kitchen supplies. "Now I just need to train them."

It took a lot longer and a lot more effort than Adrien had been expecting. At first, the birds just simply did not want to co-operate. They just simply stared at him before flying around the room, completely ignoring him before slamming themselves against his window again. However, Adrien soon managed to capture their attention with the seeds as soon as he sneezed, causing a few of them to spill out of the packet and onto the floor. The birds immediately began devouring them and managed to figure out where they had come from.

Adrien smirked as they continued to walk towards him, staring at him, waiting for him to drop some more. Hopefully now he could try and train them to carry Ladybug's gifts. It took him all afternoon, but he finally managed to get them both to fly towards his basketball hoop at the same time with the gifts carried in their clutches. Meanwhile, Plagg had been laughing the whole time, especially when one of them pooped on Adrien's desk and the other had tried to snatch the bag of seeds right out of his hands. For dumb birds, they could be pretty crafty sometimes.

"You still don't actually believe this will work, do you?" Plagg questioned as he tossed a piece of camembert in his mouth, swallowing it whole.

"I managed to keep getting them to fly to the basketball hoop with the gifts," Adrien explained, feeding the birds a few more seeds to keep them interested.

"But Ladybug isn't a basketball hoop."

"I know she's not." Adrien took a deep calming breath as his nerves began to build. Plagg's doubt certainly wasn't making him feel any better. "I'm sure the birds will work it out." Adrien sneezed again.

Plagg shook his head. "How did I ever end up with a Chat Noir who was allergic to feathers? It's such a disgrace to cat-kind."

Adrien gasped as he caught sight of the position of the sun in the sky.

"We better get going if we hope to catch Ladybug in time," he urged.

"Aww, but I was having so much fun watching you be a bird whisperer," Plagg groaned.

Adrien ignored his kwami's jibes. "Plagg, claws out!"

Plagg groaned again as he was drawn into the ring, once again transforming Adrien into Chat Noir. He grabbed hold of his gifts for Ladybug before quickly herding the two turtle doves into two small cages he had gotten so he could carry them around the city while he looked for Ladybug. He opened his window and launched himself out, the birds flapping their wings in panic, sending feathers flying everywhere. Chat Noir's nose burned even more, and his throat felt incredibly scratchy as he continued to sneeze. He just hoped that his constant sneezing wouldn't give him away to Ladybug if he stumbled across her closer than he would have liked.

But for once, luck seemed to be on his side. It wasn't long before he spotted Ladybug in the distance, sitting on a roof and watching the Eiffel Tower as it began to sparkle. He could just about make out her awed expression, and it looked like she was in her own little world. How was it that every time he saw her, she only looked more breath-taking? Her beauty and infectious happiness was something that he never got use to. He couldn't help but freeze in place and stare at her dreamily, wanting nothing more than to be able to watch her forever.

But as much as he wanted to, he couldn't.

He needed to get these gifts to her.

Taking a deep breath, Chat Noir placed the cages on the ground before crouching down next to them, carefully unlocking the doors. The birds stayed huddled inside the cages, once again tilting their heads at Chat Noir. He smiled down at them, waving the bag of seeds in front of them in an attempt to entice them out. They began slowly making their way forward, as if the bag of seeds had hypnotised them.

Good. Hopefully this meant that Chat Noir's training had worked.

He lured them further forward with the promise of food, leading them towards Ladybug's red roses and card that had been delicately placed on the ground. Chat Noir began to grow more confident as the birds seemed to remember to grab hold of them, jumping on top of the gifts and gripping them between their toes.

"Good little birds," Chat praised, once again waving the bag of seeds in front of them, "now remember what comes next?"

Chat Noir pointed towards Ladybug who was still sitting down on top of the roof of an apartment building, still staring into space. Her legs dangled off the edge of the roof, kicking gently back and forth. She still hadn't spotted him, but Chat Noir knew that it wouldn't be long before she did, so he knew he needed to get a move on.

The birds seemed unsure at first, but right before Chat Noir was about to start panicking, the two turtle doves finally took off, once again causing him to sneeze. However, his discomfort soon turned into glee as he watched the birds fly towards Ladybug.

Yes! Chat Noir mentally cheered. It was going to work! They were going to take the gifts to her!

He watched as they flew closer to Ladybug. Closer and closer and closer, until…

They flew right by her.

Chat Noir's joyous expression morphed into one of horror as he watched the birds continue to fly into the horizon, disappearing from view with his gifts for Ladybug still clutched tightly against them. Ladybug had snapped out of her daydream as they flew passed her, watching them as they flew away before she blinked and squinted her eyes in confusion.

His heart sinking, Chat Noir quickly ducked behind a tree just in time as Ladybug's gaze whipped around to look in his direction. He held his breath, hoping that she hadn't seen and figured things out. The seconds ticked by, and there was no sound of Ladybug coming towards him, so he finally dared himself to peer around the trunk of the tree to see what she was doing.

She was standing on top of the roof now, still looking around in confusion. After another few seconds, he watched as his lady finally seemed to shrug to herself before pulling her yo-yo from around her hips and taking off into the evening.

All the while, Chat Noir could feel his heart shredding itself into pieces, only for them to then be blown away by the evening breeze. He slammed his head against the tree trunk in humiliation and frustration. How could he have been so stupid? He should have known that the turtle doves would need more than a day's training. Now he was never going to hear the end of it off Plagg, and it meant that he now no longer had a gift for Ladybug once again.

It looked like he needed to go back to the drawing board.

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