Blindly in Love

What now?

As soon as Adrien reached his room and detransformed, he fell face down on his bed.

"Couldn't you at least give me some Camembert before you fall into depression?" insisted Plagg. Adrien slowly sat up and without a word he opened the drawer of his bedside table to reveal a large wheel of just the thing Plagg loved most. Then he just sat there, staring blankly at the wall.

After a while, he asked, sadness in his voice "What do you think I should do, Plagg?" Plagg had his mouth full, but he managed to reply "Isn't this the best situation a teenage boy could wish for? Fucking the girl of his dreams with no strings attached, no dates to plan, no expensive gifts to buy her affection with and nothing holding you back when you finally meet the new love of your life?"

"No, Plagg! Knowing that she will never love me, the pain in my chest is too much to bare and when we kissed, it felt so right and yet so torturing at the same time... ugh, this is sick, how could she do this to me, Plagg, how could she?"

"You mean how could she kiss you so deeply that your face turned red, your tail got stiff and your head felt dizzy? How could she fill your head with images of how much fun the two of you could be having every night? How could she be so warm and sweet and close to you? You poor thing. Now get some beauty sleep so your dad doesn't kill you for looking impuuurfect in the morning."

As soon as Marinette got back to her room above the bakery, she served Tikki some macrons and collapsed in the heap of cushions on her bed. Her eyes were red from crying, her head full of questions. "Don't cry, Marinette, you did the right thing... I think. You told him what was bothering you and you were honest with him."

"You might be right, Tikki, but what if he never wants to talk to me again, what if we can't work as a team anymore, what if by being horny I destroyed our chances of saving Paris from Hawkmoth, I'm the worst Ladybug ever!"

"The kiss was quite good, though, wasn't it?" asked Tikky in an attempt to brighten Mari's mood.

"Tikki, the kiss was the most amazing thing I've ever felt! If this is what kissing his lips feels like, imagine what kissing the rest of his body would do to me!"

"Oh, Tikki, I'm such a bad person only thinking about my own needs, selfish, greedy Marinette..."

"Don't be so hard on yourself. Things might still turn out OK. Besides, it's a school day tomorrow and I bet someone's angelic face will cheer you up!" Being too tired to argue, Marinette soon drifted off to slumber...