"Wow! That looks absolutely amazing" Tikki gushed as she slowly flew around Marinette who was trying on the outfit she put together at last minute.
The outfit was really casual, but still adorable. She was clad in a black and red plaid skirt with tule underneath that had a ladybug pattern. She wore black knee high socks that was complimented by the white flats she was wearing. On the other hand, while the bottom of her outfit seemed casual and cute, the upper half sure was not.
She wore a black top that had no sleeves, and the top was embroidered with a flower patten (much like the patten on her shirt) and she wore a shiny locket that was silver. She blushed slightly as she looked at her reflection in the mirror. She felt a little weird not having anything on her shoulders, or anything covering her neck or chest, so she grabbed an old black infinity scarf she made a long time ago and wrapped it around her neck and a small smile formed on her glossy lips.
"Are you sure this is alright Tikki?" Marinette inquired as she awkwardly scratched the back of her head, staring at her red cheerful kwami.
Tikki's eyes went wide and she let out a gasp.
"Marinette! You look absolutely aamzing! I wouldn't ever lie. Don't ever doubt yourself."
Marinette squinted her eyes slightly and gave her companion her infamous, awkward, cheeky smile.
The smile of Marinette's quickly vanished and her pupils shrunk.
"H-how am I going to be Ladybug though? If I transform, the outfit disappears!"
Tikki gasped and slowly nodded as she realized Marinette's problem.
"That sure is a problem," Tikki shook her head side to side as she thought, "how about that Ladybug cosplay? You already had red ribbons and you can just take the mask off of it, plus since you won't be transformed, I can accompany you! I'll help you out and give you advice!"
Marinette quickly nodded in agreement and pulled out a trunk from beneath her bed that held extra fabrics and such. She dug through the contents and finally struck gold. She pulled out a replica of her original mask, and she quickly slipped it on over her face. She cringed slightly at the feel of it. The mask felt slightly less secure, and the mask had a black band that held it to her face.
"Ugh, Tikki, what am I going to do with this? The black band is too noticeable to hide with my pigtails."
Tikki flew towards the worried Mari, and grabbed onto her red hair tie on her left pigtail, and slipped it off slowly. Tikki quickly did the same to the other. Marinette's short thick black hair was free from its bounds and was at collarbone length. The ends of her hair curled in slightly on each side, giving it an odd curvy affect that perfectly added one more finishing touch to her appearance.
"If you have your hair down, we can hide the band behind another section of your hair." Tikki stated matter-of-factly as she flew up slightly higher towards the top of Marinette's head. grabbing sections and laying them over the band.
Marinette examined herself once again in the mirror and smiled.
"This is perfect! I just have to be careful and make sure the mask doesn't fall off." Marinette smiled sweetly at her companion.
"I think I'll transform though, just so I can get there on time, then I'll change back to normal okay?"
Tikki nodded and her antennas bounced. "You got this Marinette, you don't need any reassurance. I trust you."
"Plagg! Damn! Stop eating so much cheese! And you wonder why I never take you anywhere." Adrien scolded Plagg as she changes out of his t-shirt and put on a white button up shirt and threw on a long sleeved black blazer. He brushed his strands of golden hair out of his emerald eyes and glared at the sly, yet annoying kwami.
Plagg gave his partner a cheeky smile and finished off his piece of cheese and wiped his small black paw-like hands on his bulging stomach and burped loudly. Adrien scrunched up his nose and gagged as he smelt the retched odor of all the cheeses Plagg had eaten throughout the day. He grabbed onto his blue scarf and wrapped it around his nose.
"Could you be anymore obnoxious?" Adrien asked bluntly, his words being slightly muffled by the scarf.
Plagg smiled innocently and Adrien groaned. He wrapped his scarf around his neck and quickly drew his phone from his back pocket and checked the time. He raised his brow at his black kwami, clearly impatient.
"You ready to go?"
Plagg nodded slowly and rolled his eyes. "I'm ready, but I don't think we can go."
Adrien titled his head to the side like a confused dog, and he had his mouth open slightly, his buck teeth showing from underneath his top lip.
"Why do you say that?"
"Your dad is awake. You can't sneak through the window. You can't transform since you know who could be awake, and if he finds us, we are done. Ladybug won't be able to save us since she's at the place you told her to meet you at."
Adrien furrowed his brow and paced around his room, stroking his scarf instead of his chin as he pondered.
"Ah screw it. We need to go. We need to. My princess is out there probably waiting in the cold!"
Adrien grabbed onto Plagg and shoved him underneath his blazer and opened the door and ran down the stairs.
His dress shoes hit the marble stairs, emitting an echoing noise. He cringed at each slight noise he made. He exhaled and he finally felt calm, until he felt the presence of someone else behind him. His breath hitched in his throat and his throat suddenly got dry.
"Adrien, where are you going?"
Gabriel Agreste, Adrien's father stood there completely straight behind his now trembling son. Gabriel had on a night cap with a white pom-pom at the end, and night gown that was a cream color. Adrien was completely puzzled by his fathers appearance.
"Uh.."
"Adrien, speak. Tell me now. It is past your bedtime. What are you wearing too? All that stuff was for a shoot for Thursday."
Adrien choked on the lump in his throat and finally swallowed it down with all his strength and he faced his father.
"I have something to do. I'm not doing anything bad. I just wanted to see the street lights and get inspired.. Because, because I have a play at school, and I want to do my best."
Gabriel raised a brow and frowned.
"Alright. I trust you on that, but why're you wearing that horrid scarf? Wear something warmer. Go get a turtle neck or something of that sort. I don't want you getting sick. We need the money from your shoot so I can get a jacuzzi for my office."
Adrien stared at his father in complete shock, and he swallowed his hatred for his father and cracked a weak smile.
"This scarf.. It's fine. I want to wear it, and, I will not get sick. I'll be looking at other things as well.. So I won't be completely outside."
Adrien's father raised his eyebrows and walked up the stairs, shooting glares at his son as he finally went to his room. Adrien exhaled when he finally heard the click of the door being closed. He was even more grateful when he heard the lock.
Plagg flew out from Adrien's blazer and he looked at him sadly. He pressed his petite paw on Adrien's cheek, and he flinched to the sudden feel of something hot and wet. His eyes went wide when he saw Adrien's eyes well up with tears.
"Adrien..."
A/N: :0 So sorry for not updating this fanfic. The story is coming too a close soon, but don't worry. I have other stories in mind, (as always, sorry for the errors) and poor Adrien. It broke my heart writing this.