Hey everyone! This is chapter two of the Miraculous Ladybug story and I hope that you enjoy all the Marinette-Adrien/Cat Noir-Ladybug parts! Enjoy! ; )
Chapter Two – Don't You Understand? These Masks Are Stuck To Our Faces!
Marinette's POV
I sat in class, twirling around a strand of hair as I absent-mindedly sketched a picture of Adrien, almost drooling as I stared at him. Yes. I did that. Alya kept bending over me to see my drawing and then looked away whilst whistling to make it seem as if she wasn't doing anything even though I already knew.
"Alright class, I have some good news that you'll always be excited to hear!" Miss Bustier announced, smiling and placing her folder on her desk. "We're having our annual school masquerade this Friday!"
The class cheered and Nino and Adrien did a cool little fist bump. That was so cute... I smiled over to Alya and she had that same look in her eye as always. "Adrien. Mask. You. Mask. Dance. Together. Awesome," she muttered.
I giggled. "Like that could ever happen," I sighed. "But it's still a great chance to talk!
Alya nodded. "Yup!"
"So, this Friday afterschool a masquerade will come your way! Make sure you all bring your masks!" Miss Bustier continued. Then the bell rang. I got up, grabing my bag when Alya tapped my shoulder and pointed over to the brat, Chloe.
"Hey, Adri-kins!" she called, running up to Adrien. Oh great, was she going to? Yep, she was going to... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! She would ask Adrien to the masquerade party! No no no no no no no, I couldn't let this happen, I had to do something.
Adrien's POV
Chloe ran up to me, calling out my stupid nickname which, did I mention, killed my soul for life?! Do I have to speak to her again? I wish sometimes I could just shut myself away and live my life just jumping around on buildings as Cat Noir... that would be the life.
"So, Adrieeeeeeeeen, would you like to be my date to the-"
"CHLOE!" a loud weird voice shouted from somewhere at the back of the room.
"Ugh! What is it?! I'll be back, Adri-kins!" Chloe said as she walked away, blowing me a kiss that I rejected. Phew. Whoever that was: THANK YOU!
Marinette's POV
Yes. I just pretended to call Chloe. But I had a good cause. Adrien and Chloe just don't fit. Adrien walked out with Nino and I did a small high-five to myself. Chloe couldn't go back now!
"Great, you got rid of Chloe! Now ask Adrien to the dance!" Alya encouraged. "You can do it girl!"
"Y-You think?"
"Yep, of course. Adrien's right there – all you have to do is be brave and go for it! All right?"
"All right! I can do this!" I marched up to Adrien with my head held high.
"Hey Marinette," he called.
I squeaked and turned around but Alya pushed me back to him. "Oh no you don't Marinette. Ask him!"
I found myself face to face with Adrien and his bright emerald eyes. I blinked away my confusion. "U-Ummm, hello," I laughed nervously doing a little wave.
"Hi, you going to the masquerade?" Adrien asked, putting on the really attractive inquistive face he did when he asked a question.
"I – I – I guess so – yep – masquerade balls are the best kind of ball – not that I think the other balls are bad – it's just – um – yeah..." I stammered, petering out when I realised I was speaking gibberish.
"Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, who are you going with Adrien?" Alya shouted from aside, trying to move the conversation along. I half wanted to punch her, and half wanted to thank her for helping me communicate with Adrien. Seriously, there was something about him that automatically tied my tongue so that I couldn't speak.
"Going with? Huh, I guess I never thought of that. I don't know. Who are you going with, Marinette?" he asked me.
"U-uh nobody yet."
Adrien looked like he was thinking something over. "Maybe we could-"
"Adrien, come over here please, I need you to help me with something," Miss Bustier interrupted.
"Huh? O-Oh okay coming Miss. Catch you later Marinette," Adrien called with a wink. If only he knew that he made me melt when he winked.
Alya pulled me out of the classroom. "Ohmyladybugohmyladybug! OH MY LADYBUG! Marinette, Adrien was totally just about to ask you to the dance!" Alya exclaimed.
My heart had a little flutter-fest."Really?! That's what I thought too!" I giggled. "Yay!"
"Too bad he got interrupted. I'm sure he'll try again, let's just go eat lunch for now. Maybe we can tell Nino to sit with us so Adrien will sit with us as well!"
"Alya you're the best!" I laughed, tackling her with a big hug.
Alya and I found a bench to sit on and we didn't even need to ask Nino to sit with us – he sort of just joined us because Adrien was occupied. Things were working out well! As I waited for Adrien I observed something I hadn't seen before. Alya and Nino were getting along. They were getting along well... ah, it was probably nothing. Eventually, Adrien did show up and when he saw us he came over to our bench. "Hey, what's up," he greeted, sitting down on the grass in front of the bench, cross-legged. How adorable!
"Hi Adrien," I said, this time no stuttering. Nailed it! "What did Miss need you for?" I asked.
"Oh it was just about some essay or something. To be honest I was just too hungry to pay attention..." he laughed stuffing some food into his mouth. "Mmmm."
I giggled.
"Oh yeah, that pastry that you made, that was amazing. It was the best i've ever eaten!" he praised making me feel so happy. When he complimented me, it meant a lot.
"Hmm, what pastry is this, may I ask?" Alya questioned.
"Yeah," Nino added.
I blushed, remembering the amazing time with Adrien yesterday at his house."Oh it was-"
"Awesome! We played video games and I won every single round," Adrien lied.
I raised an eyebrow. "Ahem?"
"Okay I won one round. But I was going easy on her. Anyway, she's a great baker," he laughed sheepishly.
"Adrien, you were going to say something to Marinette earlier, weren't you?" Alya brought up.
"Oh yeah, I was going to ask you, Marinette, if you wanted to-"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" someone shrieked from somewhere. "SABRINA YOU'RE SO STUPID!" Yep that was definitely Chloe.
"What was that?" Adrien asked. Ugh, why did he have to get interrupted again?
"Never mind, so what was it?" I said impatiently.
"Do you want to-"
"HEY, ADRIEN WHAT'S UP?!" some random guy yelled.
"Yeah, hey dude. Okay anyway, Marinette will you-"
"Marinette I want to take y-"
The bell rang and all the teachers started yelling at people to go inside. I sighed and hung my head. "You can always tell me after class..."
"Yeah, I will," Adrien laughed. "I guess luck is not on my side today."
"Same here..."
Turns out luck wasn't on my side for the WHOLE week. Poor Adrien kept trying to tell me whatever it was he wanted to say, but it seemed like he entire world wanted to stop him. It was already Friday morning, the day of the dance, and he still hadn't got to tell me. What was I going to do? Ask him... In your dreams, Marinette. He still had time to ask me – but I didn't know for sure that that was what he was going to ask me. What if this whole time he just wanted to say something else... UGH.
I went to school like any other day and sat at my seat. I spotted Adrien as he walked in. There he was, right there – I just had to stay cool and calm. "Hi Adrien!"
"Marinette, there you are." He looked around suspiciously. "If anyone says anything to me... just ignore them. So, for the fiftieth time," he took a deep breath. "Marinette do you want to go to-"
"Adrien sit down and be quiet. Marinette, you too. Class time isn't time for socialising," Miss Bustier scolded.
"Sorry..." Adrien and I apologised in unison, as he slumped into his seat in front of me.
Normal POV
Sabrina stood beside Chloe, trying on millions of different outfits for the masquerade. "Chloe, when can I get changed?" Sabrina asked, sighing. "I need to get dressed too!"
"Sabrina, be quiet! I need to look my very best in front of Addddrrriiikkkiinnss!" Chloe said, fixing on a pair of earrings.
"But we're going to be late!" Sabrina protested.
"Shut up, Sabrina! I need to look perfect! I have to be the prettiest girl there, of course!"
"Well, what about Marinette or something?"
"Ugh. Marinette? I don't need to worry about that mess!" Chloe sniggered.
"Then I need to get dressed. No, I don't even have a dress since I've been with you this week! Can I borrow something?"
"Ewww! Of course not! These are all designer clothing! You'll just be my side girl!"
"Chloe! It's my masquerade too!"
"Oh, please," Chloe laughed, flicking her hair back. "I'm the real star that everyone should see! I need to look my best!"
Chloe continued to blabber on about how she needed to be the prettiest girl at the masquerade to impress 'Adri-kins' as she pouted her lips at the mirror. "Chloe, I need to get ready now, the dance starts in 5 minutes!"
"No you don't! You have to judge my outfits."
"But I won't have time to get ready myself."
"Well, you are going to need a lot of help to get you ready!" Chloe laughed.
"And what's that supposed to mean?"
"Be quiet Sabrina, just tell me, outfit 7, 9, 21, or 34?"
"CHLOE! It's my dance too!"
Sabrina stormed out, full of rage. She fell back onto an empty bench. "I have to get ready myself! Sometimes it just seems like I'm invisible or something!"
Adrien/Cat Noir's POV
I had been trying to ask Marinette to the dance for a few days now, and no one would let me! It's like Chloe was getting revenge on me for turning her down... I really wanted to ask her. The day passed, and there was only twenty minutes left until the masquerade. I found Marinette once agin and started: "Do you want to-" and surprise surprise I was interrupted again. This time by a loud news report. "A crazy large lizard has been roaming our streets and now cannot be found anywhere! Is it invisible? And where's Ladybug and Cat Noir!?" the news reporter said. Someone had been akumatised. "Sorry Marinette, i'll tell you later," I sighed and walked into a broom cupboard. "Plagg, claws out," I said unenthusiastically.
I walked back out of the cupboard as Cat Noir and snuck past all the students to get out of school.
I guess i'll just have to miss the dance I won't even have time to get changed. Oh well. All this time wasted.
I jumped out to the streets where the cat-tastrophe was happening and again Ladybug beat me to it. "Hello, my lady," I jumped down to kiss her hand, but she pushed me away again. Geez.
"Cat you're finally here!" Ladybug said. "No one can seem to find this weird lizard-thingy!"
"Maybe it's a chameleon. You know, camoflauge," I suggested, walking up a little closer to her.
"That could be. But, we need a way to find it!"
"Got it, Bugaboo! Follow me!" I shouted, already running away.
"Cat?" Ladybug said, but she followed me anyway.
We arrived at the school art room. "Paint! We can use this paint to find the chameleon!"
"Great idea! If it's there then the paint will stay!" Ladybug said, picking up a bucket of paint.
"Yeah, I know i'm awesome," I laughed, getting on more bucket of paint.
"Come on, Cat Noir," Ladybug giggled. That was so cute, it reminded me of something... I don't know.
Marinette/Ladybug's POV
Cat Noir and I ran back to the street and saw a few things smashing, and people falling. It must've been there. Cat Noir splashed his bucket of paint randomly along the way, wasting his time, so I strategically did it myself where something was moving on its own. Like a normal person would.
"Throw it!" Cat Noir cheered.
I tossed the bucket at the air, crossing me fingers and it worked! A large red figure-thingy slithered around the buildings and the chameleon turned back into its original green colour, shaking off some paint from its eye.
The chameleon hissed at Cat Noir and I and everybody fled from the streets.
"If you all think i'm invisible, here you go!" the chameleon hissed again.
"Invisible?"
A small flash of somebodys face appeared on the chameleon's head. A girl? Sabrina?!
"Where's the akuma?" Cat Noir asked, stepping back a bit.
"Wait, what? Is that chameleon wearing glasses?"
"Never seen that before," Cat Noir sniggered.
The chameleon pressed its weird glasses and turned invisible once more, but the paint still remained.
"Aim for her glasses!"
Cat Noir managed to reach the chameleon's head by jumping on the buildings with his cat skills.
"Ladybug! Catch!" he called, throwing the glasses at me, turning the chameleon visible once more.
I snapped the glasses in half, the akuma flying away.
"No more evil doing for you little akuma! Time to de-evilise!" I caught the akuma in my yo-yo. "Bye bye little butterfly!" The small white butterfly flew out. "Mira- wait, what do I do know? I didn't use my lucky charm this time... What do I throw into the air? I never really thought about that ha ha ha..."
Cat Noir hopped up and down and raised his hand. "Here! Throw me!"
"Nah. That would be animal cruelty."
"Just fix the stuff. Use the yo-yo or something. I'm not the ladybug here!"
"Miraculous Ladybug!" I threw up my yo-yo.
The chameleon turned back into Sabrina, coughing as she fell to the floor. "Pound it!" we shouted in unison.
"D-did I miss the dance? C-Chloe?" Sabrina muttered.
I gave her my hand. "Don't worry, we'll take you there, right Cat?"
"Huh?" Cat mumbled as he turned around, clearly not paying attention. "Oh yeah, sure. I've got time. I didn't use cataclysm either."
"Sabrina, go to your dance! Forget about anyone else and have fun!" I smiled. Cat Noir and I tried pushing her in, but she was so nervous and awkward she didn't move, so we had to go in and pushed her in even harder.
Great. Now everyone cheered as we came in. Whoooo(!) Now people knew we were there. "Ladybug! OOHH!" Alya shouted from the side. She took off her mask and took millions of pictures for her Ladyblog.
"Ladybug and Cat Noir! Dance!" one boy cheered.
"Yeah!" someone else joined.
"Dance? Oh no, that's alright! We better leave now," I insisted, already halfway out of the door.
"You are wearing the masks!" Alya sniggered. Thanks. Now I have to dance with Cat Noir. Ugh.
"Yeah, little lady, let's dance. It can't hurt for just one song!" Cat Noir sniggered, winking.
"Uhhh! Fine, only one song." I moaned.
Some really really really really slow music came on and everyone stood by the side, recording videos. Cat Noir pulled me closer to him, whilst grinning widely. Idiot. I put my arm around him and began dancing. I wasn't much of a dancer, and being put under all of this pressure, I was doing even worse than I expected. Cat Noir kept on pulling me even closer and eventually I got it... and I have to admit Cat Noir is an awesome dancer... I kind of enjoyed it... in some ways... but I kept stepping on his toes and he made liitle meowing noises. I really wasn't looking forward to the viral video that would come out of this...
The dance ended and everybody started clapping. I pushed away from Cat, who was still smiling. "Nice moves, my lady," he laughed.
"Not to bad yourself, Cat Noir," I said. "But, anyway this Ladybug's gotta fly."
"Same here. I have some things to take care of."
"Things?"
"Yeah. Some stuff."
"Yeah... me too..."
"See ya around, Bugaboo!" Cat Noir saluted as he ran off and I followed behind him as the people in the masquerade hall cheered. That was fun. I admit.
Adrien's POV
I ran back to my house and had transformed back into myself. That was amazing. I just danced with LLLLLLLADDYYBBUUUGG! I may faint. I fell back onto my bed and Plagg flew around next to me, eating a piece of cheese. "Great improvement, Adrien, but you've got a masquerade to be getting to!" Plagg reminded.
"Right," I said, nodding. "We should head to the dance. Hopefully Marinette isn't already with someone else..." I mumbled to myself. I opened my wardrobe and looked for something to wear hurriedly.
Marinette's POV
I reached home and transformed back into normal Marinette. Tikki flew out of my bag. "Marinette, quick! Let's see if Adrien still needs to tell you something!" Tikki winked as she smiled. She was as excited as I was.
"Yeah! Lemme just get changed!" I nodded.
I got changed into a long purple dress that I hoped Adrien would like. I hoped. It doesn't mean that he would. I hope it's fancy enough. No, I shouldn't make it too fancy! Then it'll look like i'm desperate! OH JUST KILL ME! I fixed on my earrings, gotta keep those the same, and brushed my hair. I put on my shoes – ones with no heels so I could run - and rushed out. "Bye, mom!" I called, running out and holding up my mask.
"Bye sweetie! Have fun! You look beautiful!"
I finally arrived at the masquerade and Adrien came just at the same time as me. Literally. Exact same time. I saw him running, half dressed and tying his green tie. We bumped into each other and fell back in either direction. I rubbed my head, sitting up on the ground. "SORRY! Sorry I didn't see you! Sorry! So sorry! Really!" I apologised.
"It's fine, Marinette," Adrien said, still so calm and cool and cute. He fixed his clothes and brushed himself off. HE LOOKED ADORABLE. He was wearing the most attractive clothes: a white shirt and a tie, like a real gentleman! He was so cute. His hair was scruffy in a good way, making him look even cuter. Oh my god, I was going to faint over his cuteness.
Adrien jumped up, and gave me his hand (just the touch of it made my day). He pulled me up and smiled. "Whoa, Marinette, you look really good," Adrien said.
"Huh?! Me? Thank you, Adrien!" I said, tinting red. "You look amazing too. Very handsome. UH-I MEAN-"
"Thanks Marinette."
"...Yeah..." I squeaked as my dumb self.
"Listen, Marinette, I need to ask you something without any disruptions."
I tried to keep my cool on the outside, but on the inside I was dying with excitement. Was he going to ask me?! EEEEEEEEEEEEEE! "Y-yeah," I managed.
"Marinette, if you aren't with anyone else yet, would you like to go to the masquerade dance with me?" Adrien stared at me deeply with his handsome emerald eyes which made me just melt inside. "I mean – if you want – I mean i'm not the best guy but it'll be fun, I guess."
"YES!" I exclaimed, smiling so hard it hurt. "Yes!"
"Great!" Adrien smiled.
HE LITERALLY JUST ASKED ME OUT TO THE DANCE AND THAT COULD MEAN HE ACTUALLY ACTUALLY COULD EVEN LIKE ME AND WE CAN BE TOGETHER FOREVER AND ME AND HIM WILL DANCE TOGETHER AND THEN KISS AND THEN EVERYTHING WILL BE GREAT AND HE ACTUALLY JUST ASKED ME MEANING THAT HE MIGHT LIKE ME AND I THINK I MAY JUST DIE OF HAPINESS I'M GOING TO DIE OF HAPINESS THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!
"Uh-I-um-oh-I'll be back, Adrien!" I said, running off to find Alya. She just needed to know.
"Oh, there you are Marinette!" Alya called. I ran over to her. She wore an orange dress that really suited her. "Marinette, you look amazing!"
"Back at ya, but I have the best news ever to tell you!" I exclaimed, my smile permanently glued to my face.
"Oooh Marinette, what is it!?" Alya jumped a little closer.
"Okay. Marinette. Calm down. Alya, Adrien just asked me out to the dance!"
"Seriously!?"
"Yeah! HE ASKED ME!"
"Well done, girl! I told you you could do it!"
I tackled Alya with a hug. "Thanks Alya. Thank you for always making me so brave."
Alya pushed me away and twirled me in the other direction where Adrien stood. "No problem girl, but Adrien's waiting! Go and have some fun!"
"And what are you going to do?"
"Oh, I dunno, think about Ladybug probably."
"Well," I turned around, "Why not go to... um... say, Nino?"
"What?"
"Oh... nothing... nothing... just have fun!"
"You to, Marinette! Go to Adrien!"
I nodded. "See you!"
Adrien's POV
I poured a drink into two glasses for Marinette and I. I finally got to ask her and she said yes!
"Hey, Adrien," Marinette mumbled.
"Marinette, here you go," I passed her a glass, and our hands touched for a second. Then there was a loud bang and Chloe entered with the most fanciest (little over-the-top) dress. "Adri-kins!" she called, strutting up to me. Great. Just great. She jumped in closer. "So, Adrien, do yoooou want to go to the dance with me!?" Chloe asked.
I pushed her away a little. "Yeah, about that, i'm so sorry Chloe, I can't as I said before... i'm with Marinette."
"What?! Marinette?!"
"Yeah. Sorry."
Marinette was far better than Chloe. She was much better to be with. Marinette was beautiful. I had never realised it that much before.
"Ugh!" Chloe exclaimed as she stomped away. Now that's dealt with.
"So, Marinette," I continued, turning back to her.
"Yeah?" she asked, walking up to me.
"Would you like to dance?"
"Huh!? Yeah-sure-please-no-can I-maybe- yes!"
"Great!"
"But, i'm not that good of a dancer," I said, blushing a little.
"Don't worry. I'll teach you!"
Great!
Marinette's POV
A pretty slow song came on and people started dancing in pairs. I was extremely scared and blushing like crazy. Adrien led me to a clear spot and put his arm around my waist. It felt so comfortable there. He used his other hand to hold mine and put it on his shoulders. This was amazing. I was so glad I didn't just faint then and there. "And know we dance," Adrien said, smiling. I started to dance really slowly, trying my best not to step on him, and I failed, but his cute laugh made me feel a little less nervous. It was a really comfortable position and I really wanted to stay like this forever. Adrien looked even cuter up close as well. He made me feel so warm and safe and I loved it. Alya cheered from the side, occasionally winking also. I kept messing up though, stepping on his toes a number of times. He made little noises when I did that. It reminded me of Cat Noir, but this was way better!
We continued to dance like this and I got even better. Adrien started to close his eyes as if sleeping. LIKE A CUTE LITTLE CAT! It was adorable. It was really comfortable and I hesitated to let go of his neck. We eventually stopped dancing and that sure was the best part of the night. "Marinette, you're really good at dancing when you try!" Adrien said.
"Thanks, Adrien, that was fun," I smiled.
"Yeah. Thanks Marinette for, you know, accompanying me."
I looked down, blushing like mad. I played around with my hair. "No problem. I loved it."
Alya's POV
Awww! They're so cute together! I sat on a small couch, analysing the Ladyblog when Nino walked over wearing a pretty cool blue shirt. "Hey Alya," he said, sitting beside me, "So, since when were Adrien and Marinette a thing?"
"Huh? You didn't know? It's pretty obvious," I laughed.
"Nah. I never really knew. Just noticed know when Chloe started crying about how Adrien didn't go with her or something."
"Well she deserves it. Marinette's far better than she'll ever be."
"Right."
I put my head back on the couch. "So..."
"Want something to drink?"
"Oh, sure."
Nino stood up, grabbing my hand and led me to get a drink. He sure was being more of a gentleman today instead of, well, how do I say, Nino.
Marinette's POV
The time I spent with Adrien was amazing, but it had to come to an end. "So, Marinette, should I walk you home?"
"Huh? Really!?"
"Sure."
Adrien escorted me home after I thanked Alya again who was talking to Nino non-stop. We talked and talked and somehow I didn't stutter at all. "Here we are," I announced, turning to Adrien, "Thank you Adrien."
"No problem Marinette. I'll see you at school, okay?" Adrien smiled at me, tilting his head a little.
"Yeah," I nodded. I gave him another pastry just to see his face light up like it did before,, and he went home in his impressive outfit.
The next day I headed straight for school wearing a permanent smile. Literally. I couldn't stop smiling. I tried. It didn't work. Seriously. I entered the classroom and everyone was gathering up around where Adrien, Nino, Alya and I usually sit except for Sabrina and Chloe in the side. I joined them. "Hey Alya," I said, joining everyone.
"Hey Marinette," Nino said, "Have you heard about the newest story of Ladybug and Cat Noir!?"
"Huh? Ladybug and Cat Noir?" I asked.
"Oh yeah! Ladybug and Cat Noir! I've already posted it on my Ladyblog. Awesome!" Alya exclaimed. "It's the latest scoop about Cat Noir and Ladybug's relationship!"
"Relationship!?" I exclaimed in unison with Adrien. I turned around to a shocked-looking Adrien. I loved that Adrien along with all the others!
"Yeah, dude. Turns out Ladybug and Cat Noir are a thing now!" Nino laughed.
Alya turned her phone to show a picture of... great... me and Cat Noir dancing. Whhhooo(!)
"Really? I always believed in them," Adrien kicked back his legs as he streched out.
"I totally love this!" Alya turned back her phone.
"Oh-uh-yeah-um-sure-but... I mean, really, Cat Noir and Ladybug? I dunno..."
"Come on, you have to admit they're perfect for each other," Alya said.
"I admit," Adrien raised his hand.
"Alright you guys, enough chit-chat!" Miss Bustier entered the room with her folder in her hand. "We need to get to work!"
Everyone took their seats, and I was still in shock of this Ladybug and Cat Noir thing. People would start liking us together. Great. Oh well...
Alya was still looking at her Ladyblog. "Alya, no phones in class please," Miss Bustier said. "Please put it away."
"Oh, yes Miss," Alya hid her phone underneath the table. She was addicted to her Ladyblog.
"Yeah Alya, don't break the rules!" Chloe moaned as she glared at Alya.
"Anyways, class," Miss continued, only to see Alya still on her phone under the table. "Alya! Please I told you to put that away."
"Sorry Miss," Alya put away her phone.
"Ugh! Miss! No!" Chloe complained.
I heard a small, cute sigh from Adrien.
"Miss," Chloe said, "We need more discipline at this school! It's a mess!"
"Chloe, please, the school has rules and everything is under control," Miss Bustier said.
"Ugh! Miss, you need to up your discipline. Or students will never respect you!"
"Chloe, please."
"This school is a mess!" Chloe stormed out and everyone stared at Miss as to what to do.
"Uhh..." Miss Bustier mumbled.
"Dude, what was wrong with her?" Nino said.
"It's Chloe. What do you expect?" Adrien said. I laughed quietly and apparently he heard. He turned around and smiled at me, making my heart leap. "She's a bit," he twirled his finger at the side of his head, "crazy, right?
"Mm-hmm," I giggled, so happy that Adrien didn't like Chloe either. Yay! One more step closer to...uh...whatever...
Normal POV
Chloe stormed into the Principal's office with a scowl carved into her face. "Mr Damocles, this is RIDICULOUS! There are deliquents in this school running wild and YOU aren't doing ANYTHING to stop them! I demand you step up the discipline right away," she yelled, stabbing her finger at Mr Damocles.
He sighed and continued with his paperwork. "Chloe please, you are merely over reacting."
"Over reacting? I don't think my father would agree. I'm calling him right now."
"No no, wait a minute now. What do you mean by discipline?"
"I want criminals like Marinette and Alya to be punished for their terrible behaviour!" she demanded. "And i'm innocent so no sanctions for me!"
"But that's-"
"That's okay, i'll just tell my father that you don't know how to run a school," Chloe called, walking away.
"Chl-"
As soon as she had left, the phone on Mr Damocles' desk rang. "Um, hello?" he asked nervously into the phone. The mayor was on the other end of the line, very unhappy. The principal managed to appease him by promising to make the school well disciplined, and Chloe was the only exception. It was unfair, but what could he do...
Adrien's POV
Chloe stomped back into the classroom, looking pretty pleased with herself, and took her seat. Mr Damocles came in too, about 10 seconds after her. " I have an announcement," he began. "From tomorrow, you will all be required to wear a school uniform," he said. The whole class groaned. "That means: A shirt and tie, school trousers or a skirt, school shoes and a blazer. Also, no jewellery, so no rings, necklaces, earrings and so on. This is a strict rule and if anyone is found with them, you will be sanctioned."
TOMORROW?! I looked at my ring. I couldn't ever take this off! I always needed it! This was ridiculous.
"Anyone with jewellery now, hand it over and it will be confiscated."
"B-But sir, can the whole confiscating thing start tomorrow o-or something?" I heard Marinette ask behind me in a voice that was more worried than usual. "I mean, we didn't know there was a 'no jewellery rule' until just now so..."
Chloe glared daggers at Mr Damocles, and he gulped. "Alright fine, no jewellery will be confiscated now. But from tomorrow, it will be."
I sighed with relief. I was safe for now. Mr Damocles left. "Ugh, seriously? Uniform? That sucks, man," Nino groaned.
"I know, it's so uncalled for," I agreed, trying to think of what to do about my ring.
"Mr Damocles, just because Chloe said-" Alya began, but was interupted by Chloe.
"Be quiet Alya, criminals like you need strict laws!"
"Uh, yeah. Get back to class all of you, school is for learning!" Mr Damocles stormed out without any further questions.
What was I meant to do?! This was a disaster... Chloe...
Marinette's POV
I arrived home and fell back onto my bed, face-down into my cat pillow. "Ugh! Tikki! What do I do now?!" I moaned.
"We need a way to stop Chloe from controlling the school!" Tikki squeaked.
"But how? I need my earrings if I ever need to turn into Ladybug!" I jumped up and sat straight on my bed, thinking hard.
"Okay... let's see..." Tikki muttered. "Marinette, we have to think of something!"
"Adrien..."
"Not him!" Tikki laughed.
"Oh... he he... sorry..."
The next day, Tikki and I still had no idea of what to do. I decided to try and hide my earrings somewhere, but something was telling me that it was all going to go wrong somehow. I fixed on my new school clothes which were extremely itchy everywhere. I tried to pull down my tie a little so I wouldn't suffocate, and my skirt was extremely annoying. Literally it was so itchy I would've died. But I didn't. Gladly.
"Okay Marinette, make sure you aren't spotted with the earrings today, and hopefully we'll find a way to stop this madness!" Tikki reminded.
"Yeah," I nodded.
I left the house after my mom and dad explained how they thought the uniform could be good in some ways. When I reached school the sight of only black made me feel like I was in a funeral ceremony or something. "Hey, Marinette," Alya called in her new clothing she clearly hated also.
"Hi, Alya," I said, walking closer to her. "These uniforms are really starting to annoy me now. That little loser Chloe!"
"Wait Marinette... I just realised! Chloe will be wearing uniform too! I can't believe she didn't even remember she'll have to follow her own rules!"Alya sniggered.
I tapped her and turned around to a long white limo. "Spoke too soon." I sighed.
Chloe came out, still wearing her own clothing! That was so unfair! Her yellow clothing in all the black made it seem as if she was a goddess or something. "Ugh! What?! Chloe, why aren't you wearing any uniform?!" Alya asked, stomping over to her.
"Well, since my daddy's mayor there are some exceptions for moi!" Chloe laughed, walking in the direction of... Adrien... Hold up, I just realised something:
Adrien looked adorable in school uniform! The blazer and all! It looked so perfect!
Sorry. Just had to. I squeaked a little really quietly as I turned to Adrien. I couldn't get over the fact how cute he looked. Chloe strutted over to him. Great. What was she going to do know? "Great, now Chloe is just- oh, never mind," Alya sighed.
"This is so unfair!"
Adrien's POV
This uniform was so uncomfortable, and the worst thing was that I had to hide my ring from everybody else! Then, to make it even worse, Chloe (who was wearing what she wanted, hypocrite) came up to me. Great. This was just the best day ever(!) Whoop(!) Sarcasm intended.
"Hey, Adri-kins!" Chloe leapt in and kissed my cheek. Ugh. I'd wash that when I got into school. I've gone through that enough times.
"Oh yeah, hi Chloe," I said unenthusiastically.
"Hope this rule doesn't bother you," she said, batting her eyelashes covered in way too much makeup.
"Oh, uh, sure."
"Okay, seeee you Adri-kins!"
"Alright, bye," I waved my hand, not really caring about where she went. She could just be so dumb at times.
"Chloe. Weirdo, dude," Nino laughed, walking into class. I followed behind him.
After class I headed straight for my locker to put my ring. There it would be safe and I could take it out whenever I needed it. Hopefully. I think. That's when I caught Marinette doing the same thing as me with her earrings. I never realised, but they were always on her like my ring. They must be pretty special. "Hey Marinette," I said, taking out my ring and covering it up so no teacher could see - oh, and Chloe.
"Uh-oh-huh-hey Adrien!" she shouted, falling back, startled from what I said. "Uh, I mean, hi," she laughed.
"Hiding your stuff?"
"Huh? H-how did you know?"
"Don't worry. I am too. I hate these new stupid rules."
"Really? Oh, your ring."
"Yeah. And your earrings."
"Uh, yeah," she looked down, trying to cover them up with her hands, "They're...uh...special to me! They're always with me."
"Me too."
"Not anymore, they're not!" a low and large familiar voice said, turning Marinette and I around with his hands. Mr Damocles. Great. We were dead. "I'll be taking these for confiscation." He grabbed the ring and Marinette's earrings and stuffed them into a pocket.
"Sir, please. It's really special to me," I protested.
"Please, Mr Damocles! I swear I won't wear them during lesson or anything!" Marinette added.
"You were all given the rules and you have clearly broken them, so there is nothing more I can do!" Mr Damocles said, folding his arms. "You two are troublemakers! Chloe was right! Always doing what you're told not to!
"But Mr Damo-" I began.
"No. There it nothing more to say. I will return these in two days. For now, no earrings or rings for you!" Mr Damocles walked off, my ring still in his pockets. NO! NOOOOOO!
"No!" Marinette called. Mr Damocles had already left. "My earrings..." she sighed.
"Wait, what's that?"
"What?" Marinette turned to me.
"That noise from... that way!" I pointed to the door outside of school where a mob of angry pupils stood with signs and boards. They all had taken off their ties, untucked their shirts and removed their blazers and were chanting 'NO UNIFORM!' in unison.
"A protest?" Marinette asked. "This is actually good!"
"Great! We can stop Chloe's rule!" I cheered. "NO UNIFORM!"
"Marinette, Adrien!" Alya called from the mob. "Wanna join? Chloe is going down!"
Marinette nodded. "Of course!"
"Absolutely!" I added.
Marinette's POV
"Right, sooooo," Alya explained, "We have to stop lessons and stop everything! There's only one more sign left, sooooo, I gueess you two are going to have to share one!" Alya winked at me, and I turned completely red. She did know that both Adrien and I could see a pile of signs behind her, right? Still, I would have to share with him! Maybe my day will be getting better soon!
I felt like I was going to die again because Adrien's hand was on top of mine. Literally. My hand was underneath him on the same pole of one sign that said 'No uniform'. The warmth of his hand felt so... warm...and...nice. Yep. "NO UNIFORM!" we shouted in unison as soon as Alya brought out her phone.
"Ooh, new update on the news!" Alya announced, clicking on the screen for a news report to begin. Adrien and I stepped over to see a newslady reporting about a... SOMEONE'S BEEN AKUMATISED! No! What do I do? "Breaking news! Mad man on the loose in the streets of Paris, claiming the lives of poor, innocent humans! But where is Ladybug and Cat Noir to save us all?! They are running late and if no one stops him soon, this could all end in disaster!"
"Where's Ladybug and Cat Noir?" Alya mumbled.
Why wasn't Cat Noir there already? This was terrible. I needed to get back my earrings somehow.
"Uhhh, sorry Alya, Adrien," I muttered, letting go of the sign, and unfortunately Adrien's warmth,
"I-uh-need to go to the ladies room. He he, yeah." I dashed off and Adrien's puzzled expression made me almost melt. I ran over to Mr Damocles's office and gladly he wasn't there.
"Marinette, wait," I heard a familiar voice call. I couldn't mistake that adorable sound.
"Adrien?" I turned around to Adrien was was running closer to me.
"Mr Damocles in there?"
I shook my head, hiding my blushing... I hope...
"Great. I need my ring. It's my... uhhh... lucky charm? Yeah. Lucky charm. Can't live without it!" Adrien laughed.
The words 'Lucky' and 'Charm' weren't really helping the situation at the moment. I needed to become Ladybug. QUICK... or else... "Good! We can get our stuff together-uh-umm-I-I mean-only if you want to and all!"
"Sure,"Adrien nodded as he smiled at me.
Adrien's POV
The door was locked. Simple. I've learnt a few things in my cat years. Claws are pretty useful. "Oh no! It's locked!" Marinette moaned. "What now?"
"Step aside," I said, grinning and hopping closer to the lock.
"What?" Marinette took a step back.
I used my cat skills to unlock the door and opened it up. I gestured for her to go in. "Ladies first," I laughed, smiling.
"Huh? How the... how did you do that?!"
"Uhhhh... I TAKE CLASSES!" I shouted as I ran for the door. My Cat Noir was showing a little too much.
"Ummm... okay?"
I searched around for the ring and Marinette's earrings. They were really important to her as well, so I didn't want to be selfish and only look for my needs. She deserved it. "Did you find it?" I asked, popping up from behind Mr Damocles's desk.
"Not yet," Marinette muttered. I opened up one of his drawers, seeing all his files of different students, and at the top of the stack... a magazine with me on the cover? Really? I hated seeing myself with my stupid photoshoots. But, on top of that was my ring and Marinette's earrings! "Marinette!" I exclaimed, taking out our things.
"You found it!" Marinette smiled, jumping over to me. I handed over her earrings and our hands touched again. She pulled it away and fixed on her earrings, laughing. Th-thanks, Adrien!
"No problem, Marinette,"I said, putting on my ring.
There was a short silence until I realised the whole reason of why I even needed my ring in the first place. "Oh yeah... he he... I have to go now, though! Quickly! Have something to do, you know?"
"Oh-uh-yeah-mm-hmm-me too!"Marinette nodded. "Gotta go!"
I rushed out and slammed myself into the boys bathroom. "Plagg, claws out!"I shouted, and in a few moments I was no longer Adrien, but a weird black cat. "Quick, I gotta go before this mad man kicks up his rampage!" I jolted out and to the scene of the akumatised villain.
Marinette's/Ladybug's POV
I was able to transform with Tikki in my earrings luckily and I just wanted to fall into my bed and cuddle up and sleep for hours, but there was an akuma out there waiting to be destroyed and I couldn't just sit around. Ugh, I hate my life sometimes.
After a long battle I freed the little butterfly and Cat Noir and I had a job done. Pound it!" we shouted together.
I was about to leave, when Cat stopped me. "Wait Ladybug, before you go I want to ask you something!" he called.
"Huh?" I rolled my eyes. "Okay, but make it quick. I gotta make like a ladybug and fly soon," I said.
"Well, I just wanted to ask... what made you so late? What do you even do in your spare time, hmm?" Cat Noir raised an eyebrow and slid over to me. Geez. He was so close.
"Well, I could ask the same thing to you," I said.
He sighed, and his smile disappeared. "It's really annoying how we can't just tell each other who we are. Like, why?" he groaned.
"It's just the way it is, Cat. Besides, it's pretty fun isn't it?" I laughed.
"Yeah, I guess... but, but what if we did know each other in normal life – that would be so-"
My earrings gave me my final warning. I smiled at Cat Noir. "I gotta go, sorry," I called, already leaving. Part of me really wanted to know who he was, but the other half knew it wasn't my place to know. Anyway, I definitely didn't know him in normal life – i'd be an idiot not to realise who he really was if he was always around me. Pfft.
After I had transformed back, I rushed back to school and saw the weirdest thing – Cat Noir marching up to the principal... what did he think he was doing?
"Excuuuuuse me," he announced, "Lemme make this quick, because I gotta leave soon. This school
shouldn't have school uniform anymore, kay?"
"B-but-" Mr Damocles stammered.
"Otherwise Ladybug and I will stop serving Paris."
"Wa-wait-"
"Aaaand while you're at it, stop favouriting pupils, yeah?"
"The principal sighed. Yes, yes okay."
The students all around cheered. "WHOOO! GO CAT NOIR!"
Cat looked smug as he walked in my direction. He looked at me and winked. "Oh why hello, citizen," he said in a deep voice. "You're welcome." He flexed his arms, expecting me to be impressed or something. It clearly wasn't working.
"Thanks," I said unenthusiastically. He was such an idiot.
He saluted and then ran off. Okayyyy? He apparently cared about schools now... That was the uniform problem sorted.
I joined Alya. "Hey," I greeted.
"Whoa! You missed it, Cat Noir was awesome!" Alya laughed. "Great footage for the Ladyblog!"
"Oh I was with Adrien just now, can you believe it? He helped me find my earrings," I purred.
"Aww! Great, you're actually getting somewhere with him!"
"Yeah!"
Adrien's POV
I sat on the top of a building near the school. "Well, you got rejected by Ladybug again," Plagg sneered after I had transformed back.
"Not rejected, just...just...hey it's sort of romantic if you think about it..." I tried to convince myself.
"Yeah, if by romantic you mean a one-sided crush," Plagg teased.
I looked down at the school building and saw Marinette messing around with Alya. Lately she had been attracting my attention a lot. She was really cool, and I swear she reminded me of something but I just couldn't put my finger on it.
"You're staring..." Plagg said.
"What? No, i'm not." I said, jumping to my feet, "Let's just head back to class, Plagg."
"How about a camembert break?" Plagg sniggered.
I laughed. "Let's go!"
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