something miraculous

Yawn.

Writer's Note: Sorry if there's any spelling issues in this chapter, my spellcheck died, but enjoy.

Marinette~

I slowly closed my journal, sighing.

Chat, Carapace, Vesperia and I had just fought off a brand new Sentimonster and Akumatized Villain duo, who turned out to be Lila, *gag*. From what I could tell, she was angry with her mom for always being gone, and Shadowmoth was very generous to her. Not only did she have the power to teleport anybody to this giant jail cell just by touching them, but her sentimonster, Piege, would lead her straight to the people she hated most.

Of course, she wasn't exactly pleased to see me, but at least my suit prevented her from realizing I'm not the Marinette she grew to despise. Ladybug was enough to fuel her, and the plan was really easy. I had Carapace protect
me while I lured Piege and Lila towards me, and Vesperia caught them off guard with Venom.

As always, Chat Noir destroyed the object with the amok and akuma in it, which happened to be a stack of post cards in her drawer.

Even though the plan was easy enough, Shadowmoth's attack had us all going home at almost 11 p.m., and writing in my journal left me looking at my clock, 11:34.

Wonderful, now I definitely won't get to sleep in time.

I heard the small crunch of a cookie, and looked beside me to see Tikki eating one of my parents' cookies, half asleep.

"Go to bed Tikki," I laughed softly, getting up from the spot on the floor I was laying on, and gently cupped her in my hands.

"No... I'm good I promise, I'm just getting a bit..." yawn, "...tired..." she squeaked, stretching.

"I'll go to bed too, don't worry. There's just some late night things I want to take of before bed, and you need more rest than me. If I need to be Ladybug, I can't have you yawning and stretching!" I whispered. I put Tikki down on her usual spot on my pillow, and brought myself over to my desk.

I had a little bit of homework to finish, for real this time. It was always my go-to excuse when I was busy and someone tried coming into my room. I quietly unzipped my backpack and lazily took out my thin binder. I flipped through a few pages of design sketches and silly drawings Alya and I drew, then finally to my homework.

It was math, which was one of my best subjects. I guess I took pride in the fact that even with me having an incredibly busy schedule, I still kept my A's in all classes. And this was way, I couldn't sleep while knowing my assignment as unfinished and due tomorrow.

12:53 a.m.

I didn't even remember what I'd been doing a few minutes earlier at this point. My whole brain was math, until my phone dinged.

I nearly fell over at the sound, catching myself... just barely.

When I picked up my phone, I looked at myself in the black screen. God, I was a mess, more than usual. I relocated the notification, and it was from the Ladyblog. What the heck could Alya have to say right now at this time?

I curiously went to her blog, and found the newest post in seconds. If I could rip my hair out and scream, I would.

Adrien~

"Plagg, claws in," I said, jumping in through my window and landing on the floor. He landed himself right on my shoulder, face up.

"Feed me Adrien, I feel my own insides deteriorating," He groaned.

"Calm down, your Camembert is right there," I said, glancing to the drawer beside my bed.

"Can't...move..." He said, I could tell he was faking. He pulled this act every time we came back from a mission at night. I brought him over and picked him off of my shoulder and dropped him into the drawer, shutting it. Of course, that didn't last long since he could just move through it.

"Hey, aren't you going to bed? It's like 11 o'clock!" Plagg said, two pieces of cheese in his hands.

"Nope, I feel energized. She does that to me," I sighed, thinking of Ladybug. She was so perfect, her presence was enough to keep me awake.

"Oh come on, you know your little lady doesn't like you fawning over her," Plagg replied.

"Well, she's not here. Plus, I had so many things I wanted to say to her tonight, and I had to keep them all bottled up. You don't understand how hard that is,"

"I'm beginning to," Plagg groaned, stuffing his face. I laid on my couch, deep in thought.

"Plagg, this is getting way too hard. She always shuts me down, but it's starting to get to me. She doesn't like me, there's something about me she doesn't like. Is it my personality?" I asked him. He flew beside me and perched on the arm of the couch.

"I mean, maybe. If I didn't know the real you, I'd assume you were an arrogant flirt, too," he said.

"She thinks I'm an arrogant flirt?" I exclaimed, sitting up.

"Nononono, I meant that she only knows your Chat Noir personality. She doesn't know the good things you're always doing for people and all that, you only give her this version of you that loves her and flirts with her all the time,"

"Hey, I'm good at flirting," I said triumphantly.

"Okay Romeo, then why don't you have the lady of your dreams? And then why did you get dumped?" He snapped. Talking about Kagami still made my heart hurt a bit, and I hung my head.

"I'm sorry Adrien, I didn't mean that," Plagg said worriedly, coming into my view.

"No, you're right. I just find it so hard to be myself as Adrien now, I feel so detached from it. Everything I do or say is documented for press, and all of my personal relationships are basically stepped on by my father. I don't know how I can mix Adrien and Chat Noir together, it's like water and oil. They just don't mix," I explained, putting my arms over my eyes.

"You need to do some serious soul-searching. Personally, I think this Ladybug thing could be holding you back. You're never Adrien with her, and it's like when she's there, you're strictly Chat Noir,"

"I always get so fumbled around her, because I'm trying to follow all her rules now. I don't flirt with her, so I get serious, then I make jokes, but she doesn't like that either. She just doesn't like me. I don't know how I can please that girl!" I exclaimed, realizing I needed to talk quieter.

"I hate following her rules now," I whispered angrily, digging up feelings I didn't know I had, "I can be respectful and mindful of her feelings to me, but she's just making me less and less me,"

"That's it! I think you're onto something now," Plagg cheered.

"I just need to talk to her, and tell her about this. I don't care how mad she gets, but I can't let her run my life because I loved her," I said.

"Did you say loved? As in, past tense?" Plagg said.

"If she can't compromise with me or understand my feelings, maybe my feelings for her are gonna change," I said firmly.

"Suddenly I feel tired," I added plainly, changing and getting into bed.

"Goodnight Adrien," Plagg said, taking his normal sleeping spot.

"Goodnight," I replied, closing my eyes.