Dabble in Drabbles 34.2: Switched

I did not expect the reviews for the last chapter to blow up on my face first thing in the morning! Oh my goodness why did I bait you all like that?! And I just realized my previous chapter synced with Marichat May Day 5 without me knowing! XD what a koinkydink!

Welp, you got your wish everyone! Teaspoon (I should really change the title) is going to be a multi-chapter fic. I'm sorry for my grammatical errors! I wanted to write it right away, so I lasted till beyond midnight! To whoever is new at reading this chapter, go back to the previous one to understand this story.

ENJOY!

PS. My akumasona is making their debut! Yay! (Please don't get offended!)

Edit 1: thanks to Link Fangirl01, I got informed and fixed a few things. If there are information errors in my writing, please inform me. I try to make my writings as accurate as possible. Critics are greatly appreciated.

Summary: When Adrien finds out Ladybug's true identity, he starts to wonder if he should give her hints to his secret identity as well. But who knew those problems could get any worse. (Like getting body swapped for instance)

"Marinette is Ladybug." Adrien whispered out at the ceiling of his room as he lay on the bed, his head still in a woozy state from his friend's outburst a few hours ago.

Plagg looked unimpressed. "Yes. Okay."

"Marinette. Is. Ladybug." Adrien sat up, a broad grin growing on his face.

Plagg groaned. He knew where this was going to go. "Yes, we've already established that. Moving on."

"MARINETTE," Adrien looked at his kwami with wide eyes, cheeks ablaze, "IS LADYBUG?!"

"For the last time, yes! How many times do you have to repeat that?!" Plagg snapped. "I need my cheese!"

The young boy pulled the covers off him and walked towards his tall windows. "I need to see my lady."

"Adrien, don't you dare-"

"Plagg, transforme moi!"

A few minutes later, a black blur darted from rooftop to rooftop of Paris, bounding for a certain princess's tower.

"So…you think my puns are punny."

Marinette froze; her hand gripped her pencil a little bit tighter, as a certain black cat's voice drawled out from the outside border of her balcony. Her eyes trailed up from shiny black boots up to a lazy swinging tail and even higher from a well-toned torso and ended up locking with a pair of green cat eyes.

"Chat Noir." Marinette said his name, more so a question than a statement.

"Good afternoon, little lady." Chat Noir said easily.

"You saw the video?" She asked hesitantly. His grin, which was wide enough, grew even more.

"I didn't know you were so passionate about defending me." He said. "So much that you stood up against your crush. Speaking of crushes, Adrien Ag-"

"Ahhhhhh!" Marinette slammed her face on her sketchbook. "Don't say his name!"

Chat Noir balked from her unexpected reaction. "Why not?"

"He's gonna hate me! He probably hates me now! And I accidentally confessed to him while trying to defend you and he probably thinks I hate him when I don't and we'll never go on a date and have a happily ever after and and-"

Chat Noir grabbed her shoulders, and said, while trying to suppress his laughter, "Marinette, breathe."

She stopped her minor freak out and took a huge gulp of air, trying to even her fast-beating heart. "S-Sorry."

Chat Noir let her go and leaned on the railings of her balcony. "So tell me, while I am aware that you probably have a minor crush on me-" – "No I don't!" Marinette spluttered – "why Adrien?"

She paused and a dark blush spread throughout her face. "B-because he's nice."

"Because he's nice?" Chat Noir echoed.

"He's a great person." Marinette said even softer.

"Because he's a great person?" Chat Noir tilted his head at an extreme angle, his eyes wide. Marinette glared at him.

"He's polite, respectful, and always sees the good in every single person, even Chloé." Marinette ticked off Adrien's good points.

"Because he's polite, respectful and sees the goo – okay, I'll stop!" Chat Noir laughed as Marinette threw her pencil at him. He deftly caught it and twirled it around his fingers. "How 'bout me? No thoughts at all? The eyes, the smile, the charisma?"

Each word he uttered, he took a step closer towards her. Each word he uttered, Marinette's eyes dilated and her cheeks, which were already red, grew even redder as he drew nearer. He said in a low voice, almost like a growl, "You've never fallen for me?"

Marinette gulped, suddenly aware of the proximity between the two of them. She said quietly, "You know, this is a bit much for thanking a random citizen for a video."

"You're no random citizen to me, Marinette." Chat Noir said seriously. "You mean more to me than that. And after your speech, that's when I realized…"

She picked up where he trailed off. "That's when you realized what?"

Chat Noir gulped. "Marinette, je t'a-"

"MARINETTE DUPAIN-CHENG! Dude, control Alya and make her stop using-" Alya burst through the hatch of Marinette's balcony, only to freeze as the two secret superheroes looked at the young reporter in shock. Alya raised her hands up in defense. "Whoops, interrupted a weird moment. Sorry 'bout that, man. Go on with whatever you're doing."

Marinette stared hard at her. "Who are you and what did you do to my best friend?"

Alya brightened up, as if realizing what she just came to Marinette for. "Dude, you're not gonna believe what happened! So there's this akuma and me and Alya were chasin' after it because, you know her, gotta have the latest scoop and whatever, not important – and then suddenly – boom! Me in her and her in me – that sounds weird - And y'know?"

Marinette and Chat Noir exchanged looks. She turned her gaze back at Alya. Or more like… "Nino?"

"The one and only." Nino – in Alya's body – nodded. "Pretty crazy, huh? And so now Alya's out there in my body filming and running around and you know I don't exercise, so go out there and stop her before I'm gonna die from cardiac arrest!"

Marinette and Chat Noir stared at him (or is it her?) and burst out laughing. Nino - in Alya's body – crossed his arms and glared at them. "Not cool, bro."

"S-Sorry Nino, it's just – seeing Alya acting like you is just-" Marinette burst out in a fit of giggles while Chat Noir, on the other hand, at least had the decency to hide his grin. He jumped up on the railings of Marinette's balcony before giving a two-fingered salute. "Well, the sooner I go and fight the akuma, the sooner you get your body back. See you later, my la – my princess!"

And with that, he leaped out of sight and towards the direction of the akuma sighting, leaving Nino – in Alya's body – and Marinette. Nino looked at her. "So, whatcha gonna do now, Mari?"

Marinette turned towards him (or was it her?) and said, "You stay here. I'll be right back."

Nino – in Alya's body – watched as Marinette shut the hatchdoor, leaving him alone on her balcony. With a shrug, he sat down on a chair and listened to music from his headphones (that he was able to snatch from Alya – or his body, to be more precise).

"So what's our new akuma?"

Chat Noir looked to his left and saw Ladybug, or more like, Marinette, standing beside him, ready to take down the new challenge. Apparently he had been staring a bit too much, since Ladybug gave him a funny look. "Chat?"

He snapped out of his daze and grinned sheepishly at her. "Sorry, I got distracted."

She raised an eyebrow, but asked no further questions as they faced their latest villain. The akuma, which had bushy hair and a gender-fluid body with two large yellow diamond patterns down on its front with its fox-faced Japanese mask staring blankly at them, languidly stood up and flexed its sharp claws.

"The akuma's at the blue gem on the middle of its forehead." Chat said. "Apparently, this akuma, whom I dub as Foxface, can switch the bodies of random people."

"Out of all the names, Foxface?" Ladybug said.

"Hey, I'm not the creative one between the two of us. That's your expertise." Chat pointed out as he jumped out of the way just as Foxface's blue light came out from the gem and almost hit him.

"How do you suddenly know what I'm good at other than my superhero self?" Ladybug shouted as the duo split up, running on either sides of Foxface. Her yo-yo shot out towards the direction of the akuma villain, but it ducked down, so her weapon wrapped around Chat Noir instead. "Watch out!"

A second later, Ladybug slammed into Chat Noir and two of them fell on the ground all tangled up. Chat grinned at her. "Wow, Ladybug, I didn't know you were so desperate."

"Shut up, chaton." Ladybug snapped, trying to find a way to escape from the mess. Suddenly, a shadow casted over the two. Chat Noir and Ladybug looked up in horror at the ominous mask before a blue light engulfed them.

"Ow, Ladybug, your elbow is digging in my ribs." Adrien groaned and opened his eyes, only to be met with vibrant green cat-like eyes staring at him in shock. "My lady, since when did you have my eyes?"

"Since the moment you had my blue eyes." Ladybug said back, her voice a little too deep, a little too masculine, and a lot like his own voice.

The truth hit them like a sack of bricks.

Chat Noir had swapped bodies with Ladybug.

They struggled with untangling themselves from each other. Adrien stood up and felt a little disoriented at the new perspective he was looking through. Everything was quite taller than he was used to. He looked down at himself. He was covered in red with black spots, his blue-black hair was in twin tails, and he had a yo-yo in his hands.

"I'm Ladybug." Adrien said out loud in disbelief. He looked at Marinette, who was currently Chat Noir. "My lady, you're me."

"How can you be so calm?!" Marinette shrieked as she twisted here and there, standing in a way that seemed like someone had just tried on clothes that didn't fit. "I'm literally in your body right now!"

He walked towards a window that showed a reflection of Ladybug – of himself – and pinched himself in the cheek. The reflection did the same and winced. The pain was real too. He put his hands on his hips and it mimicked his actions. "This is like those gender-bender anime I've watched."

It felt weird somehow, like there was sticky wet layer of skin settling on top of one's own real skin. It felt wrong in so many places. The chest felt particularly heavy. Adrien glanced at Marinette, who was occupied with her Chat Noir self, and down at the chest. He lifted his hands.

"NO TOUCHING!"

Adrien jumped at the sharp voice and whipped his hand behind his back and turned towards his lady. He grinned sheepishly at her. Marinette (or Chat Noir at the mo) glared at him. "I know what you're thinking mister. Or miss. Hands to yourself."

"Hands to myself? You do know what that means, right?" Adrien smiled slyly.

Marinette stared at him in horror. "Chat, don't you dare."

"I'm Ladybug right now, ma minou." He said cheekily. He quickly sobered up, however, when screams and shouts of confusion filled the air once more. "Let's go!"

"Since when were you in charge?" Marinette said as they rushed towards the direction of the blue light.

Adrien said, "Since I became Ladybug."

"I'm Ladybug." Marinette said.

"No you're not. You're Chat Noir. I'm Ladybug."

"Not funny, Chat."

"You mean, Bugaboo?"

"Zip it!"

"Gladly." Adrien said as he threw the yo-yo out at the chimney and flew up on the rooftop with a yell. Balancing precariously on the edge, he waited for his partner to catch up. "This is actually pretty fun. It's like a Physics experiment."

"Please, I don't want Maths right now." Marinette groaned as she clumsily fell beside him. "And I smell suspiciously like cheese."

Adrien coughed. "Blame it on my kwami."

"Your kwami likes eating cheese?" Marinette asked him in disbelief. "How do you not stink during the day?"

"Showers." Adrien said simply. He glanced at her, hoping she got the clue. She didn't.

Marinette flexed her claws as her eyes were trained on the akuma villain and for a moment, Adrien could appreciate how good-looking he was from an outsider's point of view rather than looking at his own reflection. Seriously, how did Marinette or Ladybug not fall in love with him when he was Chat Noir?

"Okay, while I distract the akuma, you activate the Lucky Charm." Marinette said.

Adrien grinned excitedly. "I gotcha, ma minou."

Marinette rolled her eyes before leaping down, activating Cataclysm on the way. Adrien tried to push down his giddiness as he did the Ladybug Lucky Charm Ritual.

LUCKY CHARM

And out fell a pair scissors.

"What do I do with this?!" Ladybug complained. Adrien looked around, trying to formulate a strategy.

But then several things happened at once.

First, Marinette tripped.

Second, Cataclysm fell on the middle of Foxface's chest.

Chat Noir and Ladybug watched in horror as black miasma spread throughout Foxface's body before it fell on the ground. The gem crumbled away, revealing the akuma butterfly.

Adrien jumped down and captured the akuma. With a barrel roll, he landed on the ground on all fours before standing up and releasing the purified butterfly.

"Bye bye petite papillon."

MIRACULOUS LADYBUG

Everything went back to normal. Everyone returned to their own bodies. But not everything was returned to its original form.

There, on the ground, lay the dead body of the akumatized victim.

Ladybug took a step back as her hand covered her mouth. "I killed her. I killed a person."

"No, my lady, it's not your fault." Chat Noir said urgently. "It was an accident and-"

"It's Chat Noir's fault!"

Both the superheroes paused. A crowd started to form around them, faces angry and shocked, fingers pointed at a particular half of the miraculous duo.

"Chat Noir killed a person!"

"I thought you were a guardian of Paris!"

"How could you, Chat Noir?"

"Chat Noir is too dangerous."

"He really is a villain."

Ladybug snapped. "Chat Noir is not a villain! It's not his fault! It's because the akuma was-"

"How can you say that, Ladybug, when we all saw that Chat Noir used his Cataclysm on the akuma?" One of them said. A few voices piped up in agreement. "How can you say that when he has the power of destruction literally in his hands? You say that he is a guardian of Paris, but who would want a guardian who can destroy things and kill people?"

"But he's not – Chat Noir would never- It's my fault-" Ladybug protested, but her voice was drowned by people who didn't want to listen.

"Ladybug." She looked at her partner and her heart broke at the sadness and loneliness in his eyes. "It's okay. I'm sorry."

And with an apology to the citizens of Paris, Chat Noir left.

"Chat? Chat Noir? Mon minou, pick up, please." Marinette pleaded as she tried to call her partner. Sadly, there was no reply. She tried failingly to call him for the past hour nonstop, but Chat Noir never picked up the phone. She detransformed and sank on her bed in exhaustion. "Tikki, what am I going to do?"

"It's not your fault, Marinette. Heroes make mistakes all the time." Tikki said. "This isn't the first time a Chat Noir has been accused for being a villain."

"But this mistake cost a life! And my partner!" Marinette sobbed. "And it wasn't him who killed her, it was me!"

Tikki didn't say anything. She just watched as the guilt and exhaustion took over the young girl whose fault was mistakenly put onto blame on another person.

The next day found Marinette tired and sleep deprived. Not even the presence of Adrien could put a smile on her face. But then her eyes zeroed on a particular object sitting on her desk. She dropped her bag on the floor and grabbed the object.

It was a box. A red box with Chinese inscriptions around it. She knew right away what it was.

It was the box that contained Chat Noir's miraculous.

Alya tapped her shoulder and handed her an envelope. Marinette accepted it with shaking hands.

To: Marinette (my princess and my lady)

From: Chat Noir (Your Knight in Shining Amour)

Marinette choked back a sob as she ran out of the classroom, the miraculous box and envelope clutched tightly on her chest.

Nino looked at his best friend. "You okay, dude?"

Adrien said nothing. He just shook his head as he buried his face in his hands, willing himself not to cry even though inside him, he was breaking. Inside him felt as hollow as the finger where his ring once occupied and as hollow as the lack of his kwami's presence.

Outside the school steps, Marinette sank down on the ground, tears streaming down her face and staining the green ink on the paper, making it run. Her small frame shook from the quivering of her soul as she read her partner's words.

Marinette, I know.

I know you're Ladybug and I still love you with or without the mask.

Thank you for everything.

I'm sorry.

I'm crying! Oh gosh why did I write this?! Y'know I actually planned this to be fluff but then Nightshade had to come and bring angst so…Ta da?

It's not done yet! Don't worry! (Or worry because there might be angst?)

(And I'm going to go back to this and edit all the messed up part that didn't flow right)

Anyway, thank you for reading! Look forward to the next chapter!