Ladrien June 2022

Flowers

We are officially one week in! Yay! I had a thought to make this one super fluffy, but I got hit with a bucket of inspiration and had to change it up a little. So, I hope you enjoy this unorthodox Ladrien!                                                                                     -Colorado

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It sucked being Ladybug sometimes. She watched as her partner leapt away, cheering with delight. She wasn't sure how he could still be so happy after what had just happened. She looked down at the bouquet in her hand, yellow roses with white tulips. It was an apology, although she should be the one apologizing. Ladybug hated rejecting him, but it was necessary. They couldn't possibly date as superheroes, it would be too dangerous! Plus they wouldn't be able to go on dates, or meet each other's families, it just was a bad idea all around.

That didn't stop her from thinking about it though.

With a heavy sigh, Ladybug turned away. She didn't want to go home yet though, and she wasn't about to detransform. She knew that Chat Noir had recommended taking runs around Paris before. It felt a bit too leisurely for her taste, however. Ladybug was for business only, not for running around Paris.

'There's nothing wrong with an extra patrol or two.' She reasoned with herself.

Yeah! That's all it was, a patrol. She definitely wasn't trying to avoid talking with Tikki or trying to distract herself from what had just happened. Yeah, definitely not. 

Oh, who was she kidding?

She was totally trying to not focus on what just happened. Because that would mean thinking about her feelings, and those were too much of a jumbled mess for her to sort through them. Why was love so hard?

Ladybug began to swing away, trying to pay attention to anything that would catch her eye. However, she was afraid that her heart wasn't set on a patrol. Her thoughts kept on going back to the events of the afternoon, and just what it meant to her.

It had started out normal, with her and Chat Noir doing one of their patrols. However, the afternoon in Paris was way too hot to be running around in full body suits and she allowed Chat Noir to talk her into getting ice cream. They had ended up sharing a singular ice cream cone and eating it near the Seine. It felt too much like a date to Ladybug, but Chat Noir looked so happy like that. However, some pictures of their outing fell into the wrong hands and now the tabloids were awaiting their public announcement. Ladybug had expected Chat Noir to make light of the situation, but instead he stopped their outing and got her flowers.

'Apologies and friendship.' Ladybug remembered, starting down at the flowers.

It was different from their usual routine, and it had a hole forming in Ladybug's stomach. 

But it didn't make any sense.! If anything, shouldn't she be glad that Chat Noir is making an effort to not flirt with her as much anymore? By any logic, that should be the thing that she wanted! However, Ladybug could sense that wasn't it. She was disappointed that he wasn't flirting with her and she couldn't figure out the reason for her life. Was it just because she hated change? Or was it because she wanted him to flirt with her? And if she wanted him to flirt with her, that created a whole new slew of problems.

Ladybug was so wrapped up in her head, she didn't notice her companion until she ran straight into him.

"Ah!" She cried, failing back.

"Oh my gosh, are you okay?" Whoever she had just ran into offered out his hand and Ladybug looked up only to find...

"Adrien?" She could hardly believe her eyes. "What are you doing up here?" She was still on the rooftops, the surrounding noise told her there was a cafe on the lowest level.