Ladrien June 2022

The Ladybug Shrine

And back to fluff we go! This was very fun to write, and is very reminiscent of "The Birth of Ladrien" which was my first ever standalone one-shot. What a throw back, although I hope my writing (and spelling) as improved since! Vote and comment if you'd like!                                                                                                                                                      -Colorado

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Adrien sat on his bed, exchanging sheepish grins with his kwami and Ladybug (the Ladybug!) stood over them. Her hands were on her hips, her face was affixed in a scowl.

"Well, do you have anything to say for yourself?" She prompted.

"Oops?" Adrien offered.

"Oops?" Ladybug cried. "I just figured out your identity and that's all you can say?"

"Well, it was an accident. I didn't realize that you were right behind me, I thought you weren't stopping by to visit until later!" Adrien pouted.

"I'm sorry that I didn't expect for my superhero partner to be the one and only Adrien Agreste. I certainly wasn't expecting you to detransform right in front of me."

"You didn't think 'huh, I'm going the exact same way as Chat Noir, I might see something that I don't want to see.'"

"I was about to call out to you but then you turned into Adrien in front of my very eyes!"

"Well yeah, that's kinda how it works. It was an accident, ok?"

"I know it was. It's just... a lot to take in." Ladybug sat down next to him.

"Am I in trouble? Are you going to take my miraculous?" Adrien bit his lip, nervous.

"What? No! No, I can't do this without you. I know that I'm not supposed to know, but you're more important than the rules."

"Ladybug? Breaking the rules? I thought I'd never see the day."

"Yeah, yeah, laugh it up. Still, if I were to work with a different partner, I don't think it would end well for Paris. So, we're going to have to be a lot more careful now." Ladybug stood up and put her hands together. "Under no circumstances can Hawkmoth know that I know your identity. I hope I don't need to tell you how bad it would be if-."

"If Hawkmoth got our miraculouses and managed to make the wish? It would be catastrophic, uh, no pun intended."

"Of course you still make a cat pun." She face palmed.

"Well, yeah. Kinda a habit by now."

"And is that your fault?" Ladybug turned to his kwami who had been very quiet up to this point. Probably because he was eating a wheel of camembert.

"You kidding me? The cat puns are all him, I am a bringer of death and chaos! I do not condone his cat puns or charming kitty act." Plagg huffed.

"Uh-huh, sure Plagg." Adrien rolled his eyes. "Don't listen to him, he always loves to pretend to be much more scary than he is."

"I single handedly sunk Atlantis! I made the dinosaurs go extinct! I did not make the leaning tower of Piza lean just for this disrespect I-." Adrien reached up to scratch behind Plagg's ears. "I-, oh that feels nice."

"Uh-huh, that's what I thought,"

"Do not invoke my anger boy." Plagg glared at Adrien, but even Ladybug could hear his purrs.