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I don't own Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
It should have been easy. Take it, put the Miraculous Snake Talisman on your wrist, transform. Once transformed, activate the special ability "Second Chance". Now you are in a cycle that lasts five minutes. If the situation requires it, you can roll back to the present moment until the superpower is activated.
That's what Adrien thought. He activated Second Chance while feeling quite elated. Yes, it was a little annoying that Lady Bug had just dismissed Chat Noir, but on the other hand, she had entrusted the Miraculous Talisman directly to Adrien!
So, the guy was generally happy and had a big smile on his face. He was even joking. And flirted. And laughing. And watched with loving eyes.
It should have been easy.
So, it was the first dozens of times. His smile persisted, words of admiration flowing easily from him. His Lady was still as beautiful as ever. It was unpleasant to see her die, but he knew that he had the opportunity to replay everything.
In one attempt, He even gave her a red rose, which he managed to pull out of some flower basket.
She blushed but accepted the flower.
It should have been easy.
His attempts were close to one thousand. The smile wasn't so bright anymore, and the words sometimes faltered. But His Lady was still beautiful.
Her death felt stronger, and he flinched every time it happened.
In one attempt, he confessed his love for her. Unfortunately, he didn't have time to learn her reaction. She disappeared into the golden smoke.
It should have been easy.
Attempts exceeded the limit of six thousand. The smile was trembling now. He rarely spoke to his Lady, preferring to keep quiet so as not to stumble.
Her death sent shock waves through his body every time.
On the six thousand three hundred and twenty-seventh attempt, he confessed that he was Chat Noir. Lady Bug gasped, stumbled, and fell under Desperada's fire, disappearing into the golden smoke.
It should have been easy.
At some point, he lost count, but unfortunately, the number of his failures was displayed on the bracelet. More than ten thousand.
Each death of His Lady sent shivers through his body. Each vision of gold dust caused a pain in the heart.
The smile was gone.
But now, muscle weakness has been added to that. He thought that each reboot replenishes his energy, but this was not the case.
It should have been easy.
After fifteen thousand, the smile turned into a frown. The death of His Lady sometimes brought tears to his eyes. He didn't try to flirt or flirt anymore. There was no longer that joy that his Lady had chosen him for a Talisman. He was beginning to regret agreeing to this.
Right now, on the seventeen thousand one hundred and nineteenth attempt, he needed a smoke break. His legs ached, and his lungs ached from the frequency of his breathing. With an aching heart, when His Lady disappeared, he didn't use the Second Chance but went down the drain.
He slid down the wall, pressing his back against it, covering his face with his hands and fighting back tears.
"It's not worth it, Kid," Plagg said wearily, appearing in front of him.
«Lady Bug needs you», Adrien thought, as if the Snake Talisman's kwami, Sass, were talking to him.
"If you go mad, Lady Bug won't be happy," said Kwami Destruction, as if he could hear his thoughts.
"A couple more times," Adrien muttered. – «If it doesn't work out, I'll give up the Snake Talisman.
"Promise me, Kid," Plagg urged.
"Yes, yes, of course," the guy nodded. – «I promise."
Adrien took a deep breath, wiping his tear-stained eyes, and whispered:
"Second chance".
It should have been easy.
The twenty-thousand mark was reached. If earlier the guy thought that everything was bad, now he is convinced that everything can be even worse.
Each death caused pain in the heart. Each time, his eyes watered. Each death of His Lady got worse and more detailed by her.
It still echoed with one of the worst deaths, when Lady Bug screamed, turning into golden smoke.
The guy was already used to turning his entire wrist.
It should have been easy.
Adrien was now constantly in a state of tears. His legs were weak with pain. His lungs burned. His eyes were closing from lack of sleep. Every time he closed his eyes, it took him a huge effort to open them again.
The death of his Lady caused even more tears to flow, but also added hysterical sobs with curses.
Every few attempts, he was found by Plagg, who tried to force him to give up the Snake Talisman.
He resisted, because Lady Bug had chosen him. He couldn't let her down.
It should have been easy.
Adrien collapsed in an alley, his eyes full of tears. He didn't even see if Desperada had seen him. He just ran away as soon as his Lady disappeared into the golden smoke again.
She disappears into the gold dust and again, and again, and again...
The guy was curled up on his side. There were tears running down his cheeks, mixed with snot and blood that came from a small cut.
"I can't take this anymore," Adrien croaked, bursting into tears.
"I told you to give it up right away," Plagg said as gently and seriously as he could, appearing out of nowhere.
"I should have listened to you," the boy muttered. – "I should have listened to you from the beginning and not accepted the Snake Talisman."
"Yes, you should have," the Kwami of Destruction sighed. "But it doesn't matter anymore. You have to reboot, you have "- he looked at the number "25912" on his wristband - "thirty seconds left. We'll also find out how much damage you've done to your psyche. Come on, kitten. Last time.
"One last time," Adrien whispered, nodding. "A Second Chance."
"Now you have five minutes to -"
- Sass , Scales Slither.