Hey guys! Sorry about the severe lack of chapters this weekend. Family problems and Memorial Day and all that. I TOTALLY didn't mean to leave you on a cliffhanger for so long! Also I apologize if it seems rushed. I was forced to type on my phone and that NEVER WORKS FOR ME.
Chat Noir blinked, and gave a half-assed smile to Ladybug, his hands up defensively in front of his face. "Uh, haha, um, you're funny, Ladybug. Really, a comical genius."
Ladybug stared at Chat Noir, her hands dropping to her side. "Oh. My. Gosh. How did I not see it before! Your hair, your eyes, the really, really bad puns! It all makes sense!" She began to pace back and forth, seemingly yelling at herself as she pinched the bridge of her nose, deep in thought. Chat Noir only smiled as he watched, admiring her beauty in the moonlight. "Oh come on, Marinette—"
Her head shot up and she stared at him, absolutely mortified by the sound of her name. "How long have you known!?" She asked. Her anxiety went through the roof, and she felt dizzy. She had to grasp the railing of the bridge to steady herself before she lost it. Chat Noir frowned and went to her side, gently taking her in his arms. "Oh, Marinette... Don't work yourself up over nothing..." As he spoke, Ladybug buried herself against his chest, seeming to relax at the sound of his voice. He laid small kisses on her head and stroked her hair with his claws. He calmed her, soothing her with his voice, with shushes and whispering small, loving nothings to her.
Ladybug sighed softly, her eyes closed as Chat Noir comforted her. For once, it was only the two of them. They were alone, with only the ripples of the Seine as their music. Chat Noir swayed with the rhythm of the waves, and she looked up at him. "I'm sorry I didn't ask you when I had my suspicions, Marinette. I hope this doesn't change things." He said with a smile as he spun her, slow and gentle. Ladybug's cheeks flushed red, and Chat Noir pulled her close, his arm around her waist as he held her hand up. He kissed her cheeks and nuzzled her face like a small kitten, and she chuckled softly.
With a bright flash, the two transformed to their civilian selves as they slowly danced late into the night, laughing and smiling, enjoying each other's company. They had not a care in the world, not noticing Tikki and Plagg's snuggling in the cold.
Marinette eventually broke away from Adrien, her hands still in his. "I should go home. I have plans with Alya tomorrow, and it's already way past my bedtime!" She said as she chuckled. Adrien frowned, but understood. "Are you going to turn into a pumpkin or something?" He asked as he brought his hand to her cheek, brushing her hair away as his thumb stroked her face. "Because that would be so cool."
Marinette smiled and said, "Yeah, something like that."
Marinette's alarm went off for the third time, and she pushed her phone off her bed. "Leave me aloooooone!" She groaned as she rolled over onto her back. Tikki flew over to the phone and shut the alarm off before returning to Marinette. "Marinette, it's 10:30! Alya's gonna be here any minute!"
Marinette sat up and looked at Tikki with a frown. "But I don't wanna." Tikki frowned, "Yes you wanna! Get up, get up, go get a shower, you look like a wreck!" She pulled Marinette up and ushered her off the bed, downstairs and to the bathroom.
As the searing hot water flowed down Marinette's back, she sighed in delight. She closed her eyes and did her best to remember all of last night...
As Adrien and Marinette found their way back to her parents' shop, they had talked. She couldn't remember what about, though. They laughed a lot, and maybe that was why her lips hurt.
No, that wasn't it. That wasn't why her lips hurt.
They had kissed. They had kissed, and couldn't stop. They were filled with such passion, such love for each other, that they wrapped themselves around each other, kissing frantically and sloppily. Their teeth clanked together, they bit each other—all the common mistakes of a teenager's first kiss—and she loved it.
"Oh my god! I kissed Adrien!" Her head popped out of the shower, grinning at Tikki, who blinked up at her. "Yeah, so?"
"Tikki! Adrien, the boy of my dreams, KISSED me. K-I-S-S-E-D me!" She hopped around in her shower in her excitement. "Ohmigosh I can't wait to tell Alya!" She exclaimed and grinned. Tikki sighed, "And what is Alya gonna say when you tell her Adrien kissed you at, like three in the morning after discovering he's the 'cat' you've been getting annoyed by for around nine months now?"
Marinette didn't listen, though. In her fit of exhilaration, she slipped on the shower floor and fell on her behind. Tikki cracked up in laughter. "Shut uuup Tikki!" She groaned. The kwami shook her head, "You're so hopeless."
"Adrien did what now?" Alya blinked. They were leaving Pozzetto, ice creams in hand. Marinette grinned happily and licked her strawberry ice cream, "Yes! He kissed me! I- I mean I kissed him. N-No wait... I mean, we both kissed, and it was so great!" She twirled, spraying a bit of strawberry into Alya's sea-salt caramel. Alya chuckled and pulled back, "Calm down, lovebird. You'll ruin my perfect ice cream with your basic-ass nastiness!"
Marinette pouted playfully, "Yerrrr just jealous." Alya laughed and grinned, "Nah girl, you can have your supermodel, I like my nerd."
As Alya said that, the two boys turned the corner and met them. Nino grinned at them, "Hey babe! Fancy meeting you here!" Adrien looked at Marinette and smiled before his face turned red and he turned away. Marinette blinked and waved awkwardly.
Alya smiled at Marinette, "Girl, he had his tongue down your throat and you're STILL gonna act like that? Go walk with him!" She pushed Marinette and Adrien off against their protests, and glared at Nino, "I told you we were going to be here. Nino, it's Girl's Day, and you know that! I always reserve Sundays for Marinette!" She said matter-of-factly as she rested her free hand on her hip. Nino looked down submissively, "Sorry, babe... It's just, I got so excited when Adrien told me about Marinette and him, and I just had to bring him to see her."
As Adrien and Marinette walked, his hand snaked over to hers. "Hi," he said coyly. Marinette tensed, and Adrien could feel it in her hand, but she muttered out a "Hello," to the best she could manage. Adrien chuckled and leaned over, kissing her cheek, "Hey, it's okay... Like Alya said, I did have my tongue down your throat. You can relax." He poked her cheek with said tongue, and Marinette snorted as she laughed, "Eww! Don't do that!"
Crowds of people began to charge past them, screaming in terror as they pushed past the two. Adrien and Marinette looked to each other and nodded in silent understanding, running in separate directions to transform.
A man in cyborg armor stomped through the city, yelling in his rage, "That's right, fear me now, you petty people! Fear the terrible Android!" His cyborg arms punched through the buildings, his smartwatch dangling haphazardly from his wrist. As he walked up to a woman who had tripped, he merely grinned mischievously at her. "You'll be a great NPC for my app." He tapped his watch and zapped her into the mechanism.
Chat Noir and Ladybug stood atop the building above him. "Any idea where the akuma is?" She asked, turning to Chat Noir. He studied the menacing Akuma Victim. "Not that I can see. I need a closer look," He said as he bowed to her. "Excuse me, Milady." He dropped from the building and Ladybug watched him fall and re-assert himself on a lower ledge. Android heard him and sent an electronic wave in that direction, but simply hit the building, causing it to start collapsing on itself. Ladybug, not noticing the trouble quick enough, was sent sliding down and in her panic, she shot her yoyo at the building across the street. She swung across, but collided with Android, crashing into a nearby car. Android in his daze, pushed her off of him and threw her into the next car.
"Ladybug! Like a dead flashlight, I am delighted to have you here!" He pointed the smart watch at her. "You can be the main character of my app!" He tapped the watch, and as it tried to zap her, Chat Noir leapt in front of her, getting transferred into the watch. "No!" Android exclaimed as he began fiddling with the watch. "Get out of there, you mangy cat!"
Chat Noir groaned, laying face-up as he stared up at a blue skybox, with poorly animated clouds above him. "Ugh, what did he do, transport me into a PlayStation?" He asked as he sat up, looking around. He was in a disgustingly modeled kingdom with Parisian citizens, confused and scared. Nino and Alya were among them, holding each other. Chat Noir walked up to them. "Hey guys, are you okay?" He asked worriedly.
Alya nodded, "Yeah, but we can't find our friends. They disappeared in the crowd before we we transported here." Nino held Alya close, "We're afraid they might be hurt, dude."
Chat Noir frowned, "Hey, they're fine. Trust me on this. Okay?" Alya and Nino nodded. "Hey, Nino, take good care of her," He said as he patted his arm and ran off. He needed to find a way out, and wondered if a Cataclysm would work.
Ladybug used her Lucky Charm. As she called it, a pair of handcuffs appeared in her hands. She blinked, confused by the item. "Um… unless Android is into BDSM, I don't know what I'm supposed to—"
She dodged a zap from the watch. "Hey, watch it!" She exclaimed, "I'm busy monologuing! You had your turn!" She tossed her yoyo at a metal rod hanging from the collapsed building and swung from there, looking around. "Handcuffs handcuffs handcuffs…" she looked down at Android. "… Oh." She proceeded to throw herself at Android, knocking him face-down. "You are under arrest."
Chat Noir rose his hand. "Cataclysm!" He yelled as he slammed his hand to the ground.
The ground around him began to rumble and quake, cracks forming where his hand laid. The skybox began to glitch.
The smartwatch began to black out, a crack forming across the screen. As the crack formed, light began to pour out of it. Everyone began to appear around them, and when Chat Noir appeared, Ladybug let out a sigh of relief.
Ladybug grinned as she put the cuffs around him. "And I'll be taking this." She swiped the smart watch and walked over the the Seine, dropping it into the water. "Oops," she said with a grin as the akuma fumbled out of the water. She pulled out her yoyo and caught it before it got too far.
She tossed the cuffs in the air, calling for her Miraculous Ladybug. All damage and destruction around them seemed to heal itself.
Chat Noir and Ladybug slipped out of sight before any paparazzi appeared, transforming quickly and rejoining their friends.
Alya pulled Marinette into a hug when the couple came upon them. "Oh thank God you're safe! If you got hurt, I don't know how I'd be able to explain it to your parents!" Marinette blinked, "What?"
"Oh you know, "Oh my gosh! Mr. Dupain-Cheng! Marinette ran off with her boyfriend to snog and she DIED!"" Alya mocked herself as she grinned at Marinette, who's face brightened in embarrassment. "Shut up, Alya."