**continuing from the last chapter***
BONUS chapter! (I might turn this into a multiple chapter DEPENDS ON HOW MANY REVIEWS I GET IF YOU GUYS WANT IT TO CONTINUE!) Who would have thought this would have turned into angst.
The lingering moment between the two, her voice ringing through his head as he stared intently at her. She sat perched on top of the roof with him, holding her yo-yo's frame staring at the house just across the street. But- Chat wasn't paying attention to that, he wasn't watching what she was observing- or rather looking for in the house. Closing the top of the camera's yo-yo, she looked over at him. Feeling startled, Ladybug fumbled with the toy in her hand; she clearly wasn't expecting him to stare so much.
"W-what?" She questioned looking around, her lips pouting slightly as she looked at the cat. "Why are you staring at me like that?"
"You just- look so.." The blonde said through parted lips, letting a small breath of air escape the perfect fine shape of them. "Beautiful."
Ladybug turned her head, standing quickly; how embarrassing! To be complimented by not only Chat Noir, but in such a time like this, while she was just looking inside Adrien's house for him.
"I-it doesn't look like there's any danger! So- I'm going home." She flipped the Yo-yo into the air and swing off the roof top, leaving Chat Noir to his thoughts, and to truly think about what had just happened.
"Wait-!" Chat stood reaching his hand out into the air, but it was too late, she was already going home at this point. Looking down at his ring, the full green paw; he clenched his fist and smirked looking back up to the direction she flew in.
"I'll see you soon.. My lady." Chat Noir jumped from atop the roof, spinning his stick within his hand- in the direction towards his mansion. Luckily they sat just on the roofs in front of his house, so he didn't have to go very far.
Landing on top of the shingled roof, he looked around, before sliding on the side of the house, and slipping into his bedroom through the window.
"Plagg, claws in." He breathed outward, as the transformation was ripped from his body to reveal his usual self.
"U-uhhhh…" Plagg whined landing on the bed; "Need cheese…" he mumbled, as Adrien paced the room. "I think today might be the day Plagg." Slamming a fist into his palm, he smiled looking over at the Kwami that laid helpless on the bed.
"I'm going to tell Ladybug and show her who I really am!" Reaching for a box that had the gross cheese within it, he opened it- as the Kwami flew after it like a starving animal.
Feasting his mouth between the gooey stinky substance, Adrien looked at Plagg; "Eat up buddy, we've got a long day ahead of us!"
"Are you sure Adrien? I thought Ladybug didn't want to know." Plagg asked through his full mouth chomping down on the food.
"I have a good feeling about this one Plagg… Don't worry."
Sitting on his bed he sighed, stretching outward onto it, it was still mid-day, he wanted to do it at night; when nothing or no one could disturb them. "After Ladybug had been missing for a few days, it really did get me thinking. What if something bad would have happened to her when she wasn't Ladybug? How could she tell me? How would I ever know?"
Adrien turned on his side and huffed a long breath of air as he looked at the distant photo of him and Ladybug. "We need to know now."
Plagg glanced up, a spec of cheese sitting on his lips as he rubbed it away with his small hands; "If you say so Adrien."
"Yeah.. I'm sure."
Leaving the house, he walked with the blue scarf around his neck, it was around 4 o'clock; and he had the sudden taste for Marinette's parent's croissants. It wouldn't hurt to stop by and say hi, would it?
Luckily her place wasn't so far, as he walked quickly he opened the door to the bakery;
"Welcome!" He heard a familiar voice say, glancing up from his phone he noticed Marinette behind the counter. Her face flushed as she looked away; "Adrien! What are you doing here?" She asked fumbling with her shirt; making eye contact once again with him.
A warm and inviting smile made its way to Adrien's face as he walked to the counter, leaning on it; "I had a taste for some Croissants. So I decided to come by to get some."
"Oh!" Marinette exclaimed beckoning him towards the display bin filled with the fresh baked pastry; "These were just made, here- let me get you some."
"Thanks.." Adrien said through a small chuckled; how cute- even though Marinette always seemed quite nervous around him. The way she went out of her way for him, and others; it made him feel special.
Giving him the brown bag, he reached for his wallet in his pocket;
"Don't worry about it." Marinette said in a happily tone, retracting her hand behind her neck where she stared into his green eyes.
"Thank you, but.. are you sure?" The male was more shocked if anything, it's not like $5.00 was anything to him. "Yes I'm sure! My parents would be more than happy." Marinette nodded to the other as she held onto the strap of her purse tightly.
Adrien smiled and gently brushed his hand across hers, "I better go, thanks again Mari." A quick flash of a grin formed onto his lips and he turned for the door, pushing it to exit. Reaching into the bag he placed the croissant in between his lips before looking behind him at Marinette who waved.
"Oh Tikki… He's so dreamy." Marinette held onto the hand that he brushed and sighed staring at the door; "Marinette get a grip girl." Tikki flew from the purse and landed onto her shoulder; "So, you said you were going to ask him out?"
Marinette jumped and held onto the top of her head; "Oh no! But my parents aren't home! I could have did it now!"
"Well go call him back!" Tikki pointed at the figure of Adrien, the now distant figure. "Yes! Go ahead and hide Tikki!" Marinette closed the purse after the kwami settled herself down. Running for the door, she pressed her weight onto it. It opened at her will, quickly placing her hands on either side of her face she shouted; "Adrien! WAIT!"
Seeing the blonde stop, he spun around; the distance between them was greater than she initially anticipated. Lightly jogging forward; she immediately stopped when a large figure fell between her and Adrien with a slam.
"A-ah!" Marinette shouted, covering her eyes with the crease of her elbow, peaking up she noticed the new akumatized figure. The person was quite beautiful, being taking over by evil;
"Destroy Adrien Agreste!" The new akumatized person shouted, as they reached forward gripping onto Adrien; "Marinette!" He shouted, his hand reaching forward as the akuma jumped from the section and into the air. The blue scarf slipped from his neck and the brown bag of croissants falling to the floor settling itself onto the pavement where Marinette stood in shock.
"Adrien.." Her voice was small and she looked down at the scarf picking it up in a clenched fist; she knew what she needed to do. Clearly this akuma had a beef with Adrien, it was a male after all.
Running for the bakery she closed the door placing the scarf onto the side of the counter.
"Tikki."
"SPOTS ON!"
Adrien hung from the side of the building, a string of rope tied to his feet, making him upside down- it was too dangerous to even try to transform to become Chat Noir. He had no opening. And by the looks of this guy, he wasn't too friendly.
"-Because of you Adrien Agreste, I got rejected! I loved this girl so deeply, and she didn't love me back. She rejected me because she loves you!"
"Hold on- I have no idea what you're talking about. Why don't you untie me and we can sort this out?" Adrien asked in a shaky voice, seeing the new akuma Handsome Lad take out a knife and start to slice at the rope.
'Come on Ladybug.. where are you?' Adrien thought more to himself, seeing the rope grow increasingly unstable.
"Now- I will watch you fall to your death pretty boy!" Reaching his hand up, he moved to the rope to officially cut it, but the black dotted yo-yo slammed the knife out of his hand to fall on the side of the building.
"I don't think so." Ladybug said, pulling back her yo-yo to let it slam in her hands; "And I'll be taking him now." She jumped into the air, before landing onto her feet- the Handsome Lad ran after her letting an electric shock through his fingertips.
Adrien watched in awe, his lady came- she really came. And she was wearing his blue scarf. Moving around between the rope he heard it start to rip; glancing up at his feet where he hung he noticed it was about to snap any second.
"Ladybug!" Adrien shouted to her, the green eyes meeting her sapphire blue. She looked over at him opening her mouth, knowing full well what was about to happen next.
Time slowed between the two as they exchanged looks between each other, horror grew on Adrien's face as the loud noise echoed throughout their very ear drums.
SNAP!
The rope broke, and down Adrien went from the top of the roof- "NO!" Ladybug shouted swinging the yo-yo between her fingers for the male. The wire wrapped around his leg, making him slam against the brick wall.
"I-I got—"
The Handsome Lad slammed his hand against her skin, sending a large force between the two. She fell forward still holding onto the wire tightly as she struggled between him pressing her down, he hadn't used the electric shock on her yet.
"U-uh."
Adrien moved around in the rope, as it began to unfold—just enough so his hand was free. Reaching for the wire wrapped around his leg, he managed to become free from its grasp. Swinging forward he climbed onto the building.
The picture before him made him curdle with anger; Ladybug's head was hung forward, and the new akuma person had their foot on top of her back, holding her down; the Handsome Lad laugh with pure glee.
"LET HER GO!" Adrien yelled- running after the other, hopping into the air and kicking him straight to the face, sending him to the floor of the roof with a thud.
The blonde landed on his feet, and his attention was immediately drawn to Ladybug who mumbled falling into his arms.
"Ladybug- are you okay?" Cradling her head she looking into his eyes and smiled- "Chat?" She asked in a complete dazed- but soon she became alert, blinking frantically. Pulling back she blushed and stared at Adrien.
'Does.. she already know?' He pondered to himself—but soon he was ripped from his thoughts as the Handsome Lad growled with rage.
"Adrien Agreste, you're dead!"
Ladybug stood, the blue scarf flapping in the dusk's wind, stretching the yo-yo, a grimace appeared across her lips; "I don't think so!"
Swinging at the other the wire wrapped around onto his arm, and she noticed the ring on the other.
"There you are little akuma." Ladybug spoke more to herself, but how would she get a clear shot? She looked around, and where was Chat Noir? He hadn't shown up yet. Was he sick too? Or did she throw him off with her sudden act earlier when he called her beautiful?
Being yanked forward she fell to the floor, the wire retracting back into the yo-yo. The Handsome Lad stared down at her and grinned, "You're finished Ladybug!" The electric hand sparked as he reached forward, but another figure threw itself in between Ladybug and the other. Sending sparks onto him- a civilian. His human form wasn't meant to withstand this. If he were Chat Noir, this would be a piece of cake. It wouldn't hurt.
Adrien yelped, as the akumatized person pressed harder into his chest, making Ladybug realize what was happening. "Adrien!" She yelled, but she had it- the clear shot she needed. All thanks to Adrien.
Reaching forward she pulled the ring from his finger and slammed it onto the ground.
Using her usual magic to dispel the evil from the butterfly, it flew away unharmed and everything changed back to normal. She didn't need to use her lucky charm. Not this time.
Not this time.
She turned to see Adrien laying on the floor, and the male that caused all this destruction looking out of it, as he stood immediately trying to find himself from the top of the building, leaving the two out of sight.
Ladybug reached forward for Adrien and cradled him into her arms; she didn't mean for this to happen. How the roles were reversed, first it was him cradling her. But- It wasn't supposed to be him. Or anyone. Chat always did this to her, and she had to face the feeling of guilt and hurt. Seeing Adrien's eyes closed, his lips lightly ajar, the chest raising and falling, Ladybug moved a piece of his hair away from his face and she frowned.
"I'm so sorry Adrien. It wasn't supposed to be you." Her hand traced the jawline of his; where she let her hand finally be placed gently on top of his strong chest.
Leaning forward she held onto him tightly, at least she wasn't going to be changing back anytime soon.
But in reality, the tables have turned- first it was Adrien visiting her in the hospital when she was Marinette. Would that be her? He didn't look impeccably hurt, but the look of faintness in his breathing worried her. If she stayed here too long, someone might find them, and how horrible would that be. To be found with the model Adrien Agreste.
Hearing him stir in his sleep, she stared directly in the perfect sleeping face. For someone who just got zapped, he looked just like he did every other day. (jealous)
Ladybugs hand wrapped around his waist, holding onto him she pulled out her yo-yo, swinging for the skies, holding tightly onto his heavy limp body. It was time to bring him home. He needed to wake up like nothing happened, hopefully he'd forget what happened.
Ladybug had him slung over her shoulder, her eyes focusing ahead ignoring the mumbles within his sleep, saying her name constantly.
"Ladybug…"
She fell through the window and landed onto her feet, carrying the other to place him onto his bed.
Moving him onto the cushions, the gold locks bouncing from the pressure. Ladybug moved back to stare at the masterpiece that was Adrien, how handsome he was- besides the few scratches she happened to notice she moved back not wanting to stare anymore. That was her fault, all of it.
Noticing the single light that was on, she moved towards it and shut it off.
So this was it, it was huge, there was so many books, so many cool things inside Adrien's room, it's a shame that he wouldn't know someone would actually see it.
Her attention was grabbed by the newspaper photo, a photo of her and Chat Noir. But why did Adrien have it hung on the wall? The fragile fingers of hers traced the outer border of the picture.
'I remember that, it was our first fight together. I was so nervous to have another join me, but it just made me confident. It made me realize that we could be a great team. We were, and we are.'
"That's us."
The male's voice echoed through the room, making her jump and spin around- "Y-you're up!" This must have been awkward, seeing her looking around his room. "What'd you say?" She questioned looking at his figure that sat on his bed, slung over looking rather tired.
"I need to talk to you Ladybug." Adrien said looking back up into her face, she felt rather disturbed. He seemed like he was on a mission, he seemed like he knew so much that she didn't.
"I— okay." Was all she managed, she couldn't exactly say no, she was a guest in his house after all.
Moving over to where he sat, Ladybug felt her heart pound continuously against her chest, each beat grew louder the more she realized this situation was amazing, yet awkward. Her, Marinette alone in Adrien Agreste's room with him.
Sitting on the computer chair, she stared intently into his eyes. She needed to confess her love to him somehow, she really needed to. But how? She couldn't like this, she was Ladybug.
"I'm sorry about today." She looked down at the blue scarf, pulling it from her neck she reached forward, extended her hand to offer the scarf to him. "Here, this is yours."
Adrien looked at it, and reached forward taking it hesitantly. "How'd you know it was mine?"
Blushing she looked away and coughed- "I saw you wearing it when you were taken. I was on one of the roofs not too far away." Peaking over at him he only stared down at it curiously. Was she spying on him? Did she already know who he was already? It wouldn't surprise him.
"Your partner, Chat Noir." Adrien started opening his mouth to speak, seeing as Ladybug grew stiff. "Yes..?" Leaning forward she frowned, she was expecting the worse, was Chat Noir in trouble? What happened to him?
This surely couldn't be the thing Adrien wanted to talk about, was it?
Adrien turned away from her gaze and smiled; "How do you feel about him?" he grew hesitant, maybe it wasn't the best question to ask. But he was generally curious.
Ladybug rubbed her head, wincing. She must have had a bump. "He's my team member, but- he's not as cool as you." Pausing she laughed standing; "I-I mean. You know, not as.." Moving away from him slowly, she walked backwards to the glass window.
"I better go.. It was good to see you Adrien, and that you're okay. Just please, get some rest." She turned to the window, hoping up onto the frame of it, gripping the yo-yo in her hand she swung it outward as it caught onto the nearest building. Jeez, Adrien AND Chat Noir both made her nervous. She was such a wreck around Adrien alone, but as Ladybug, this was worse.
"Wait- Ladybug!" Adrien called at her quickly stand as he raced towards the window; "Don't leave me again like you did earlier!"
Freezing, she retracted the yo-yo and turned to the blonde whose breath grew heavier with each lingering moment.
"What'd you…say?" Sliding from the window she landed onto the ground staring into his green eyes. The sun was no longer in the sky and the moon came up leaving the bright light of it to emanate inside his room.
"I said… don't leave me like you did earlier." He repeated himself moving forward to her, each step he took Ladybug pressed harder into the window. Was this really happening? Adrien giving her the look of 'kiss me' and here she was blushing frantically but also so confused.
"I wasn't with you earlier." Ladybug managed to say through a shaky voice, she bit onto her lip seeing as Adrien was only a few inches from her lips.
Even with Adrien no longer as Chat Noir he felt just as confident. This was Ladybug, and he was always himself around her, even though she sometimes acted weird.
"I told you.. you were beautiful." Adrien exhaled back, his hand finding its place onto her cheek, where it slid up to the bruise on her forehead. "I'm sorry you got hurt."
Ladybug closed her eyes, feeling tears brimming on the edge of her lids, about to fall. She felt so safe with him near, but she also felt unsure. He never called her beautiful. That was—
Chat Noir.
Adrien pressed his lips against her forehead, kissing the bruise softly before he pulled back, letting her bangs fall back into place.
"I want to know who you really are Ladybug."
The name echoed through her head, as everything began to ring inside Marinette's head. Who was she, she was just a dork of a girl whose parents owned a bakery. But she was also Ladybug. And Ladybug could do anything. Opening her eyes, she stared into his green emerald eyes.
"Adrien- I'm" She managed to croak from her lips, moving forward feeling the strong arms wrap around her firmly. She wanted to melt in his grip, it was so strong, so protective.
Almost like something she remembers, someone who holds her the same way. But she couldn't quite pin point on who.
"Ladybug- I'm." Adrien said, not letting his eyes break the perfect contact they had. This was the moment. He was finally saying it.
"I'm in love with you."
"I'm Chat Noir."
Authors last comments:
Again, people were begging for a bonus chapter. So here it is! If this gets a lot of hype for a 3rd, and maybe a continuation of chapters. I'll definitely do it.