As much as I love Ladrien and want it to happen, this is the pre-reveal dynamic that if it prevailed, it'd probably cause the most uproar, in-universe. We know from Prime Queen that Ladynoir has quite a few followers, and literally all of Marinette's class wants her to get with Adrien (see: Gigantitan, Frightingale, Gorizilla to name a few). If Adrien and Ladybug were together, it could mess with the dynamic with Chat and Ladybug (would Chat pretend to be jealous, see how loyal Ladybug is? Would he be oddly calm and stop constantly flirting with her? I dunno, but it sounds suspicious). Alya and the rest of her class would wonder why Marinette isn't actively going after Adrien, but she still seems to be in love with him. Not jealous either. At least she's respecting his boundaries.
Basically my point is that Ladrien would cause so much confusion even if it is a win-win.
That is....if it's public.
There'd be like, no problems if they kept it secret besides Ladybug's identity.
Chat gave a blank expression, looking at the male in front of him.
The newest Akuma had bypassed Hawkmoth and was sent to the top of his shit list.
Amortentia, the Akuma, which Chat noticed was named after the Love Potion from Harry Potter, had been yet another love Akuma.
The male was a rather lanky and shy male, too nervous to talk to girls in his calls. Momentarily reminding him of his classmate Marinette who struggled to speak with his civilian self.
That… was a thought for another day.
Amortenia was similar to Princess Fragrance, and like her, he used his powers to have his own little army of women. Several of which he currently knew.
Alya was in the pack of females, camera held high. It wasn’t too surprising her obsession stuck around even affected by an Akuma.
Rose, the small blonde was currently plastered to his side. Her face tucked against his ribcage, glazed over eyes looking towards him.
The one that put this male at the top of his shit list, however, was Ladybug. The ravenette stood confident next to the male. Hip cocked and lips tilted into a smirk. Her usual blue eyes glazed over with the same pink as all the other girls.
His eyes narrowed at the arm around Ladybug, resting on her hip that was cocked upward a bit. Jealousy and rage swelled within him at the fact that this Akuma was not only controlling some of his friends, but was using his best friend, the woman of his dreams, against him.
“What’s wrong, Minou?” Ladybug’s voice had a playful tone, “Jealous?”
That wasn’t what made the rage in him burn hotter, it was the way her and several other girls had a moment of lucidity. It happened in waves.
It was some girl he didn’t know, brown eyes taking over pink and a confused look. Then Rose’s cerulean eyes and a panicked look around—likely looking for Juleka. They were all overcome by the magic as quickly as it had broken.
Yet, when Ladybug’s eyes cleared for the moment, bluebell eyes look at him pleading, her hand trembling.
None of girls had moved a muscle outside of Ladybug’s trembling hands and their wandering eyes.
They couldn’t move.
At least, not on their own will.
It seemed however, his need to have more and more women in the group was causing his power to waver.
“Aren’t you going to answer my lady?” The cocky smirk on his lips and the way he tugged Ladybug closer as the pink took back over the blue.
Oh. Hell. No.
Chat lunged, “Don’t you call her that!” He snapped, his arm swinging and before he could reign in his anger, his fist collided with the male’s jaw.
It was only a beat before Ladybug’s body reacted in response, her own fist swinging. “Chat, move!” The distraction had let her consciousness break from the power, where her body had not.
The black clad male twisted around, catching her by her wrist and tugging her to him. Her body thrashing and squirming, trying to get out of his hold.
“Let her go!” Amortentia snarled, moving to sit up, his hand rubbing his jaw as three females began pulling him up to his feet, dusting his.
Chat’s eyes watched the male as he tightened his hold on Ladybug, her body’s thrashing slowly calming down to where she was just weakly pushing on his chest. Eyes narrowed into slits, the cat-like influence from Plagg.
“I’m going to try to break his hold on you, M’lady. Do you know where the Akuma is…?” Chat’s voice was soft in her ear, despite the sharp look in his eyes.
“G-Glasses… His glasses.” She was looking at Chat, feeling her mind going fuzzy.
“Ladybug, shove him off!”
The order came sharp and her mind screamed in protest as her focus stilled and her arms shot out, hitting painfully into Chat’s chest.
The blond grunted as he was shoved back.
“If that’s how you want to play it. Fine.” Chat hissed low, moving to fix his stance as he’s use his baton to push the female out of the way. She was undoubtedly fighting the magic that was taking over her.
He ran towards Amortenia, “You need to learn to keep your paws to yourself!”
A smirk graced his lips as he pivoted, his right fist once again swinging out as he heard Ladybug groan and exclaim, “Really, Chat!?”
There was a distinct crunching of the frame holding the lenses buckling under the force. It and the male’s nose were likely broken as the butterfly fluttered out.
He normally didn’t resort to such violent actions, but this Akuma had crossed a line.
One by one each girl that had been flocking him snapped out of it. Several were confused, others completely aware of what had happened.
“Time to devilize!” He saw the spotted yoyo shoot past him to capture the little black butterfly. His head turning to see her face as the white butterfly flutter out. “Bye, bye little butterfly.”
This is what he liked seeing… Not her struggling to control her body.
Chat and the girls turned to the groaning boy who’s suit had melted away.
“Lucky Charm!” She had to summon a Lucky Charm to use the Miraculous Cure. He watched as a small cat toy fell from the air.
Ladybug’s cheeks flushed before she threw it up into the air, “Miraculous Ladybug!” The magic undid the form of the toy, the ladybugs made of her creation magic began sweeping over the area and everyone hurt by the magic. The male included.
That disappointed Chat, but he knew it wasn’t exactly the boy’s fault as it was Hawkmoth’s.
“You have one hell of a right hook.” The heroine said softly, moving back towards her partner, her earrings just starting to beep. She had five minutes. Her hand was raised, fist directed towards him.
“Pound it!” He grinned, it felt like it had been too long since they both said that. Yet, he slipped his hand away from hers all too soon, moving to grasp her fist and tugged her towards him.
“You need to be more careful. I could have hurt you…”
“I did hurt you…” Ladybug closed her eyes as she fell into his embrace, welcoming his hug. “I’m sorry.”
“It wasn’t you, Bug. Now go before it’s too late.” He took a step back, releasing the female as she nodded slowly.
LadyNoir July: Prompt: Petty Arguments. Do I Know You?
LadyNoir
Prompt: Petty Arguments
Rated: T
LadyNoir July
Do I know you?
Chat always knew he was the less popular of the duo. It had never been something to bother her until recently.
Her words from after everything with Amortentia filled her head.
“Yours, Chat. I’m yours.”
Since that night he realized just how much people liked Ladybug.
Green eyes narrowed, watching his slightly flustered partner. He knew she didn’t exactly function well in crowds.
The red clad female was trying to back up, a crowd of boys his age… her age too? He realized he still didn’t know her age.
This made the bitter feeling of jealousy turn into seething aggravation. He knew so little about her… she knew so little about him.
That had been her choice.
He didn’t need to know who she was. He just needed to know her.
But he didn’t even know that.
When the ravenette turned around to smile at him, she saw his body tense and a scowl on his face, while his eyes weren’t directed at her, she knew she did something wrong.
The female swallowed and moved to grab his wrist. His eyes finally flickering to hers. His hand twisted to take hold of her wrist as they took off. The heroine calling a goodbye before he tugged her away.
His hold wasn’t hard, nor his tugging forceful. His hold was just firm, very different compared to his usual gentle grasp.
“Chat?” She voiced her confusion, he turned a corner and guided them to a lone rooftop.
“Not yet.” He spoke firmly. This caused her to blink, very confused.
“Do I know you?” Came from him after a moment.
“W-what?” She was so confused, blinking at him.
“You’re so quick to run from me, yet you say you’re mine! I know nothing about you, your fans know more about you then I do!” She almost flinched.
“Chat, come on… you know me…” She reached out. He jerked away in response.
“No, I don’t!”
This made her pause, he just seemed to want to argue. Her lips pursed in annoyance, she had no idea what caused this, but she was putting an end to this petty crap.
“What’s my favorite color? My favorite place? What am I afraid of?”
“Pink. The Eiffel Tower. Spiders, and letting people down. I mean I don’t even know your age!”
“Yea—When did I tell you I was afraid of spiders?” Her eyebrows shot up under her mask. The stupid cat knew her better then she thought he did.
“You freaked out a bit when one was on your yoyo last month. I saw the look of horror on your face when you tried to hide the fact that you let go to escape it.” He explained off handedly, almost as if he hadn’t realized he was answering her question. “I don’t know anything about your family other then you have both parents and that they’re pretty supportive! I don’t know where you want to go to University! I don’t know what career you want other than that it is creative!”
Ladybug swore under her breath, she had tried to be smoother than that. She had been toying around with her yoyo—mainly because she got heavy into Overwatch and was lowkey obsessed with Widowmaker at one point. Until she came nose to nose with a little black spider and let go. She tried to catch herself, and he gave her a look, but she just laughed it off as “Clumsy me!”
Her thoughts turned back to the ranting male. She listened for a moment before she couldn’t take the questions.
“You’re an idiot.” She said simply.
He quickly went quiet, looking at her.
“You can tell when I’m upset, even when I’m faking it. You know my likes and dislikes, you know my greatest fears, Chat. You just want to argue, because what? You got it into your head that you don’t know me?” She asked him, shaking her head. “The same damn age as you.” She remembered when he told her he was fifteen when they first started.
“Chat, you know me well. You don’t even realize it… so this?’ She moved her hand between them. “This argument you want? No. Just no. I get enough fighting with my friends, classmates, and Akuma. I am not doing this with you!” She raised her voice, tears beginning to well in her eyes.
“You said you’d be patient, and I know it’s hard… but I’m not ready!” Tears fell and Chat wished he could take everything back. His cat ears plastered to his ears in shame. “I care about you, idiot. I want to be with you… but you deserve to know me and I’m trying! I’m trying!”
He took a step towards her, and his heart broke at what she did—she took a step back, away from him.
“No. I’m mad at you… I’m hurt. I know a lot of this is my fault, but you dragged me up here to argue about how you don’t know me. If you thought, at all, this would end well… then you were right… you don’t know me.”
He knew it wasn’t going to end well, but he hadn’t expected this. He hadn’t been thinking.
“J-just… go home Chat Noir.”
“It was… I didn’t know how old you were… and everything just came out.”
Ladybug paused, looking to him, “Now you know for sure—but somewhere in the back of your mind you knew how old I was. At least the general age.” Alya’s finding her school book so long ago had practically told them hold old she was. She may have joked about being Tikki’s age, but she used to talk to him about school work on bad days. Physics—something he offered to help her in.
“I…”
“Don’t apologize right now, Chat, please. I’m going to go home. We’ll talk when we are both calm.”
