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Is it really a surprise if I'm playing with your mind
And I treat you likе a prize, then I throw you to the side?
And am I really that bad if l love to make you mad?
“What? Don’t you think white matches my eyes?” He threw the apple at her and without realizing what she was doing, she let her yo-yo fall and grabbed the apple. “Oh, good catch, my lady.”
“W-why is it-”
“White? See, me and Papillon did some experiments.” He grabbed his baton and spun it in his hand. “And you can akumatize a miraculous holder.”
Fear ran down her spine as he approached. He stopped spinning his baton and put it under her chin, raising her head so she could stare at him.
“Look how beautiful you are when you feel helpless.” He licked his canine tooth and she swallowed hard, letting the apple fall. Chat tilted his head to the side and put his free hand on her back, pulling her close.“Look how pretty you are for me, like the good girl you are.”
She closed her eyes when he brushed his nose against her neck, smelling her and making her shiver as his hands brushed her ears. His hands wrapped around her hair and pulled it, making her moan.
“Let me take care of you, pretty girl. Let me take this weight from your shoulders. I know how tired you are from it, how tired you are of taking care of everything, of saving everyone.” He brushed her ears and she turned her face to the side, his lips brushing hers. “My sweet princess, let your kitty take care of you.”
His fingers brushed her ears and she closed her eyes, opening her mouth to let him kiss her when she was pushed to the side, an arm wrapped around herself, and she was pulled behind a dark and tall body.
She looked down and saw Chat Noir protecting her from the Blanc version of him. He was squeezing her hard behind himself with one hand, the other holding his baton in front of them.
“Chat?”
“What the fuck were you doing, my lady, letting this stupid akuma trick you?” He hissed and pushed her to the right. “Grab you yo-yo while I distract him.”
She didn’t move, still not believing him. He looked over his shoulder with an anxious expression, like he couldn’t believe her.
“My lady.” He said again and she blinked, finally moving. She reached for her yo-yo and grabbed it, running to Chat. She made a shield and blocked the Chat Blanc attack, staying right in front of Chat.
“What are you doing here? Helping me? Is this a new plan from you and your best friend?”
“Can you just stop your sass for half a second and accept my help?” He hissed and like they never stopped fighting side by side, Ladybug stepped to the side and Chat attacked, hitting Chat Blanc.
It vanished like it was fog and Ladybug turned to Chat, wrapping him around her yo-yo and pulling him close until they were face to face, their mouths so close that if she gave one step closer, she would be kissing him.
“Kinky.” He winked, and she rolled her eyes.
“It was a distraction. I knew I couldn’t believe you. Seems like you made your choice.”
“The akuma is an illusionist that plays with your deepest fear. The akuma it’s inside his brooch. Trust me .”
Ladybug frowned and Chat sighed, putting his forehead against hers and staring at her with a deep sincerity, a raw emotion that made her grasp on her yo-yo loosen a bit.
“I’m by your side. Can you believe it? Can you believe me ?”
“You already played with me a lot, alley cat.”
“I’m serious. I choose you, my lady. Give me a chance to prove it. Come on, you saw how in sync we are. Don’t say you didn’t see it. Don’t pretend that you didn’t feel safe when I was by your side. Ladybug. My Lady .”
“Oh, like the million of chances I gave to you? Like when I slept by your side after you fucked me and you stole my earrings? I gave you chances before like a fool and you played with me. What makes this any different? All I see is you begging me to trust you again just to let me down.” She swallowed hard and saw that her words were harsh because he choked.
“This time is different. I promise.”
They heard a loud blast and she looked to the side, watching the fog from a fight happening in the distance. She let Chat go and sighed, frustrated.
“I’m going to help with the fight, because you know, that's what partners do.”
“What can I do to make you believe me?”
“Prove it to me. Show me with actions that you made your choice.” She said and used her yo-yo to run to the fight that was happening, trying to leave her drama with Chat to deal after because right now she had a city to save.
*
In the end, Chat was right. The akuma was inside the brooch. While Ladybug was checking if the man was alright and comforting him, Chat appeared. And ignoring her partners, he wrapped his arms around her waist and put his baton on the floor, making it extend until he reached the top of Eiffel Tower. He put her on the floor and she pushed his chest, hissing.
“I hate you!”
“Listen, we don’t have time, Papil-”
“Stop! I don’t believe you, I already told you, just because you were right about where the akuma was, it doesn’t mean you’re good!”
“Ladybug, listen to m-”
“I’m glad you finally brought her to me, Chat.”
Ladybug turned around as Chat stepped closer to her, holding her hands. Papillon was right in front of them, his hands over his cane and an evil smirk on his lips.
“Hello, miss Ladybug. What a pleasure finally having you here.”
“Ladybug!” Rena screamed and Papillon pointed his cane to the right. A huge purple dome covered them, locking Rena and her partners outside.
“I’m sorry, but this party is exclusive. And you three are not invited.” He looked back to Ladybug, who shoved Chat’s hand to the side and grabbed her yo-yo. “This ends now. So be a good girl and give me your earrings.”
“Oh, it does end now. You will hand over your miraculous and I will take you and your little kitty cat to the jail.” She hissed and Papillon sighed.
“I tried to be reasonable, but you’re making things difficult. Chat, please, hold her while I take back what is mine from her incompetent hands.”
Chat didn’t move and Ladybug raised her eyebrows, looking at him like she was waiting for his next step. The only thing she did was grab his baton, making both Ladybug and Papillon confused.
“Fine. I will take them myself.” Papillon took the sword from his cane and attacked Ladybug, who was too slow to defend herself.
She was lucky that Chat was fast and he blocked the attack with his baton. He pushed Papillon, making the man strumble, and stared at him with anger.
“What are you doing?” Ladybug and Papillon asked at the same time and Chat screamed, attacking Papillon. The villain defended himself raising the sword and like a match of fencing they moved around, trying to find a way to disarm the other.
Papillon pushed Chat to the floor and raised his sword, ready to attack him, but Ladybug was faster and threw her yo-yo around the wrist that was holding the sword and pulled it.
“Your bitch!” Papillon screamed.
“Shut your fucking mouth!” Chat screamed and raised, grabbing his baton. Ladybug pulled the yo-yo to make Papillon’s arm stay stretched out and still.
“Chat, the sword!” She screamed and Chat nodded, hitting his arm with all his strength. Papillon cursed, letting the sword fall and pulled his arm, making Ladybug lose her equilibrium and almost hit the floor.
Chat didn't lose time and taking advantage of Papillon's distraction, he grabbed him, putting his arm around his neck and holding him from behind. Papillon put his hands over Chat’s arm, trying to get himself free from his hold.
“So that’s it: Are you going to betray me and choose some bitch? After everything, even knowing what you’re sacrificing?” Papillon said.
“At least she was honest with me!” Chat hissed and squeezed his hold, making Papillon scream, frustrated. “At least she wasn’t intending to sacrifice me without telling me the truth!”
Papillon’s eyes widened and Chat gave him a cold laugh.
“Yes. I know that for my mom to be back, I need to die. And if you had been honest with me since the beginning, maybe I would help you. But I realized my mom would never want this, she would never want you to choose her over me, so for the first time in my entire life I’m making my own choice.” He ripped the brooch from Papillon and threw it at Ladybug.
The moment the brooch was taken from Papillon, his transformation dropped down with the weird purple dome covering them. Ladybug grabbed the brooch and her yo-yo, watching as Chat let Papillon go with disgust.
The man that terrorized Paris for years looked up with anger burning inside his eyes - eyes that Ladybug saw a few times but she would recognize everywhere. Right in front of her, in the place where her worst enemy was Gabriel Agreste.
She looked up, to Chat, and everything suddenly made sense. Why suddenly he betrayed her, why he was fighting by Papillon’s side. The man had Adrien Agreste - and Chat Noir - around a collar and leash and he was blindly deceived by the only man he trusted, his own father.
“Chat,” she whispered, and he looked at her for a few seconds, a smirk that didn’t reach his eyes on his lips.
“Now you know what I choose.” He grabbed his baton and left before she could move from her shock.”
*
The next few hours were insane. Going to the police station and giving the details from the last fight with her partners, then interviews, and other blurred things she couldn’t barely remember. Her mind was focused on the last two miraculouses that weren’t in her possession.
She looked at the miraculous box, complete except for her own miraculous, the peacock one that Gabriel was refusing to tell her where it was, and the cat one.
Marinette closed it and squeezed her eyes shut hard, trying to brush the tiredness from her shoulders. She was exhausted and her body wanted nothing more than rest, but she couldn’t, not when she knew her Chaton was lost and alone in the chaos that his life turned now.
The company was already insane and she bet she would wake up with a phone call saying she was fired, but right now it was the last of her problems. Adrien was ignoring her phone calls, the miraculous and normal ones, and no one saw him.
Luka offered to take her to sleep at his home or sleep at hers so she wouldn’t be alone. Alya and Nino also offered their places, all of them worried about her emotional state. She denied everyone, thanking them for being so kind, but she needed to be alone.
Deep down, she was hoping Chat would look for her. Chat or Adrien.
And she wasn’t wrong. It was almost 4 AM and she couldn’t sleep, so she went to her kitchen to grab some water when her doorbell rang. She went to her door and looked before opening the door.
Adrien was behind the door, carrying a backpack and a suitcase, looking nervous and looking behind his back every two seconds. She opened the door and his eyes filled with relief and anxiety at the same time.
“Hey.” He swallowed hard. “I’m sorry for being here so late, but I don’t have anywhere to go. Could I spend the night here? The police didn’t let me get my wallet.”
She tilted her head to the side and stepped aside, letting him enter. She barely had closed her door when he pushed her against her door, his body all over her, his arms wrapped around her, and his face on her neck, kissing and biting her skin.
“You have no idea how afraid I was to lose you.” He confessed with a deep voice, making all of her body shiver and feel alive.
“Adrien,” she whimpered, and he brushed his dick against her; his hands moving over her body, cupping her breast under the shirt she was wearing.
“I need you, my lady . Say you need me too. Please, say you love me too.”
“I love you. Always did and always will.” She slipped her arm around his head the best she could as he grabbed her hair and pulled it, making her groan and tilt her head to the side to kiss her jaw.
“I will fuck you now and the only sounds out of your beautiful mouth I want to hear are my name and how hard I am fucking you, do you understand, my pretty girl?”
“Yes, sir.”
“That’s my good girl,” he whispered against her ear, and she shivered. Moving in sync, as he pushed his pants down his legs, she raised her shirt up and moved her hands to her panties, but he grabbed them and brought both her hands behind her back.
He held them together, put his hands on her head, wrapped his fingers around her hair and dragged her closer to him.
“You’re mine ,” he whispered against her ear and moved his free hand down her body. She felt him moving her panties to the side and soon he was entering her hard. He hugged her with his free arm, since the other was still holding her hands behind her back.
Marinette put her head against his chest as he kept fucking her hard and fast, mumbling sweet nothings against her ear between moans and groans. She whimpered how much she loved him as he hit that sweet point that made her a shivering mess in between his arms.
He let her hands go and with the hand he was holding them with, he moved to her neck and wrapped his hand around it, kissing her cheek as he thrusted harder until she reached her orgasm, moaning “ mon chaton ”. He pounded hard and fast until he also reached his limit, fucking her through his orgasm.
They both panted, trying to recover from their moment, and Adrien slipped out of her, his cum dripping down her legs. He blushed and caressed her bottom lip that was marked with her teeth from how hard she bit to not scream his name and wake her neighbors.
“Sorry if I was too rough, I-” He cleared his throat, and she put her hand gently against his cheek, caressing underneath his eye with her thumb. He gasped and held her hand hard against his face, staring at her.
“You have no idea how glad I am that you are back with me, mon chaton . Mon Adrien .” She whispered against his lips and he whimpered, hugging her as he kissed her hard, pouring all the hidden feelings they felt for each other in that kiss.
“I’m yours, my lady.” He cupped her face and cleaned the tears from her cheeks with his thumbs. “I always have been and always will.”
“I know. I know .” She stared deep inside his eyes. “And we will be by each other’s side until the end of days now.”
“Forever.” He promised and took her to her bedroom, where he spent the rest of the night proving to her how he was hers.
And how she was his.
*
Marinette woke up and didn’t open her eyes. Like she did every day since she lost her earrings, her first move was to put her hands on her earrings, checking if Tikki was with her and safe.
Her earrings were in place and she sighed, relieved. She ran her hand down her face and a cold metal thing brushed her cheek, making her open her eyes widen and move her hand in front of her.
In her fingers, was Adrien’s ring. His miraculous . And on the other side of the bed, nothing but messed sheets and a note.
Shaking, she grabbed the note and unwrapped it, her heart beating so fast she was almost throwing up. When she read it, though, her heart finally beat slowly.
I had to go to the police station, they want me to testify again. I think it is not a good idea to have my ring with me - my father can throw my identity at them and having the ring will raise suspicions. Can you take care of Plagg until I’m back?
ps: don’t give him cheese. He already ate 3 wheels of camembert.
love you. always. and I will never stop, it doesn’t matter where I am. - A
She sighed, relieved, and put her hand over her chest, laying down on the bed with a huge grin on her lips.
“Hey, princess.”
She raised her head and saw Plagg sitting on her belly, a smirk playing on his lips.
“Do you have some cheese?”
“Ah, Plagg.” She half laughed and cried. “It’s so good to have you both back.”
*
In the end, she was indeed fired. As well as all of Gabriel’s employees, his son included. Since they couldn’t prove that the money Gabriel made was from his years as a designer or terrorism, it was frozen and Adrien had no acess to it.
Amira opened her own brand and called Marinette to work with her, and Adrien to be her model. Both accepted because after all, they needed money. Since the night Adrien went to her, knocking at her door, he never left. They were living together as partners and lovers.
Emilie’s funeral was closed to family and friends and was a bittersweet ending. Marinette didn’t let Adrien’s hand go even for a second, and he was glad for it.
Little by little, they got used to their new life. The miraculouses were safe with them and there was no use for them - until Mayura finally came back for her revenge.
The sentimonster was attacking the school again and Adrien was running fast to an alley where he could transform. He shushed Plagg with a piece of cheese and transformed, running to his lady and partners to help them.
Once he landed, Ladybug was already with her lucky charm in hand, Caparace holding the sentimonters inside a shield and Rena with her flute against her lips. Chat ran to Ladybug and winked at Viperon, who was by her side.
“Sorry for being late, my girlfriend asked for almond milk and I had to drive to a lot of markets to find her favorite brand.”
Ladybug smirked at him as he kissed her temple and Viperion rolled his eyes, amused.
“Sometimes I miss when you both used to hate each other and were enemies.”
Ladybug and Chat traded a dirty look and Viperion huffed, not amused at all.
“The old times are now gone, right, my lady ?” He raised his fist and she smirked, hitting her first against his like they always did after their akuma fights.
“Me and you against the world, chaton .”
ENDING #2
To you, that ignored the author's note (don't do it again my d00ds), this ending is pure ANGST. No happy ending here. Read at your own risk! And give me your tears so I can drink >:D
And I don't know, I don't know how it can change
Watch it go, watch it go, we stay the same
And I don't know, I don't know how it can change
And I don't know, I don't know how it can change
It's all we know, all we know, the hurricane
Everything went too fast for her to notice what happened. One moment she was fighting against Chat and the next one she was on the floor, with him pinning her against it and Papillon taking her earrings from her.
She cried as she watched Chat taking his ring off and offering to Papillon. She swallowed hard and sat down, crying louder.
“Adrien.” She begged. “ Please , no. For me.”
“You wouldn’t understand, Marinette.” Chat said and he was sad, surprisingly. “I have to do that. You have your parents and you’re loved. I tried to live without her, I swear I did, but I need her.”
“You’re… Adrien, the price is too high!” She begged and grabbed his boot. He looked down at her with pity. “Please, don’t do it.”
His reply made her cry louder.
“Plagg, destransformation .”
“Adrien, don’t do it.” She pleaded and sat down. “Don’t do it.”
“Here, father.” He gave his ring to Papillon, who put his hand over his shoulder.
Father?! What did he mean by father ?
Marinette peered between them, unable to comprehend really what was going on between them. Her breathing came out in short pants as her heart pounded harder within her ribcage. She watched as Papillon placed the ring onto his finger with Adrien’s gaze locked on hers, clearly enjoying the shocked expression on her face that showcased her broken heart.
“Why are you so quiet, my lady?”
“It’s too late. I’m praying for a miracle now.”
“Plagg… Tikki… unify !”
Marinette closed her eyes and she knew her miracle wouldn’t come to her.
The bright light blinded her as the two miraculouses welded together and took over Papillon, causing her heart to falter and crack further. It was too late. Too late for her to fix it. Too late for her to save the one person that mattered most to her. There was no way to fix it without her miraculous. Without Tikki. What was done could not be undone by man or magic. And that cold reality took her heart and threw it into the cold ground as soon as Papillon uttered his wish.
The gasp that filled her ears made fear run all over her body as she opened her eyes.
Adrien was right in front of her, gasping for air, his hands clawing his chest like he was trying to do something to bring him air. He gasped, getting pale, looking at her with widened eyes.
And regret burning in his eyes.
Marinette ran to him and knelt in front of him, cupping his face.
“Adrien.” She begged for… what, to be honest? What could she do to save him? The wish was made, the price should be paid.
“Y-You were right.” He said with difficulty and she shook her head.
“Shut up, I will fix it. I have to fix it. It’s my job, right. As Ladybug, as Marinette. To fix things that go wrong?”
“Too… late…”
“Don’t say that!” She grabbed her purse and opened it, looking for her last hope. “I will fix it. I will make things work again!”
He grabbed her wrist and shook his head.
“I… love…”
“Don’t you dare. Not now. Not like this!” She screamed.
“S-sorry. I’m sorry… hurting you.” He closed his eyes and she screamed louder, hugging him.
“No! Don’t go. Not now, don’t go! Please !”
“Adrien?” A sweet female voice said, but it sounded weak. Marinette squeezed Adrien’s lifeless body for a moment and turned to the side, watching Emilie Agreste with anger.
“I will fix this,” Marinette whispered and lay Adrien gently on the floor, kissing his lips. She grabbed her purse and took the box, grabbing the watch.
“NO!” Papillon screamed, but she just smirked.
“You care so little for your own son that you don’t care about the fact that he is lifeless on the floor!” She screamed. “I won’t let you win. Never .”
She raised and stared at him, she screamed the words that would save Adrien.
“ Fluff, transforme-moi !”
*
Lapin stepped out of the portal to Past!Marinette letting his hand go, in the night she had the chance to take the ring back, because Adrien was drunk. Past!Marinette looked at her, wide eyed, worried.
“What-”
“Take his ring. Trust me, you will regret it if you don’t!” She grabbed Adrien’s hand and stole his ring, turning to her old self.
“He will hate me!” Past!Marinette half screamed, half cried, as Lapin put the ring on her hand.
“It’s better to have him hating you alive than to hear him saying he loves you while dying.” She said, her voice so broken that Past!Marinette widened her eyes. “Trust me. It’s for the best. Live with him far from you, but breathing.”
“But-”
“It’s better this way. Safer. For us, for him, for everyone.”
She nodded and squeezed his ring. Lapin stepped away and grabbed her umbrella.
“Wait!” Past!Marinette screamed. “How… how bad was it?”
Lapin stared at her and said nothing, but it wasn’t necessary. By the way Past!Marinette’s eyes were filled with tears, she realized how bad it was.
“Hey?” Past!Marinette called while she opened the portal.
“Yes?”
“Do you think he will forgive us?”
“I wouldn’t bet on it.”
*
When Lapin crossed the portal, Paris was what it used to be before. She came back to a time she didn’t know him, a time where they never crossed paths, a time where even Ladybug and Chat Noir didn’t meet.
A time where Adrien was happy.
She jumped until she reached the old mansion. She landed on a rooftop where she could watch the windows from his room and sat down, opening her umbrella and putting it over her head, watching the blonde woman running after a blonde young boy.
She couldn’t hear their laughs, but she bet it was full of joy and love.
Emilie grabbed Adrien and spun around. The small Adrien laughed and grabbed his mother’s cheek to kiss her nose.
Lapin closed her eyes and let the tears fall down her cheeks.
Soon Gabriel entered the room and walked to them, grabbing Adrien from Emilie’s arms and kissing his son’s cheek. He grabbed Emilie’s hand and they left the room, laughing.
Lapin smiled and cleaned her tears. It was time to go home.
Even if her home was Adrien and she had lost him.
*
“Amira, I think this is- oh. It’s you.”
She tried to control her heartbeat as Adrien handed her a folder. She grabbed it, looking down because she didn't have the courage to look at his eyes.
“Give this folder to her.”
“Yes, Mr. Agreste.”
“When are you leaving, again?”
“Tomorrow is my last day,” she whispered.
“Then I won’t have to see your face ever again,” he said, and she closed her eyes to not let the tears fall. “I visited my father in prison today, if you want to know. He asked me to say to Ladybug that one day he will haunt her again.”
Marinette raised her head and glared at him without any expression.
“I will win again.”
“Stealing miraculouses while people sleep?”
“I learned from the best one.” She smirked and Adrien rolled his eyes.
“Sometimes I wonder if it was a good idea to chase you in that club and fuck you.”
“Everyone makes mistakes. Mine was to love you.” She walked past him and he grabbed her wrist, turning her around.
“Where did you hide the miraculous box? I notice your ears are bare.”
“I burned all of them.” She freed herself from his grasp. “So it won’t be in the wrong hands. Yours, mine. It doesn’t matter. They’re gone.”
“I don’t believe you.”
“And there was a time you did?” She huffed. “When I tried to tell you about the price, you didn’t listen to me.”
“What price?” He looked confused, and she almost sobbed with nostalgia. A long time ago, on a rooftop, he made the same expression when she said about the price to pay.
And he hadn't believed her.
“It doesn’t matter. So, I had to do what I did to make you alive. Even if I had to sacrifice the love we felt for each other.”
“I hope it was worth it then.”
She watched him, alive and hating her.
“It did. Goodbye, Adrien. I hope you have a good life.”
“You know… I loved you once.”
She froze but didn’t turn to him. She raised her head and took a deep breath.
“And I never stopped,” she said and left before she did something stupid like begging him to forgive her. “Even when you betrayed me in the beginning.”
Because after all, he didn’t know what happened. And it was better that way.
*
The miraculous box was hidden inside a temple in Tibet.
And it was never opened again.