A Masked Mistake

The Trick is to Keep Breathing [24: Origins]

"Hi, we're Marcel and Fleur and we met three years ago via Tinder. I wouldn't say it was love at first sight, but maybe love at first message. We got married two years ago and we have been trying for a while to have the pitter patter of little feet without luck. However, Fleur is pregnant now with our little miracle baby and we're both really excited."

"Hello everyone, I'm Odette and this is my boyfriend Olivier. We've only been together seven months and we're looking forward to this next adventure together. We were originally lycée sweethearts, but I moved away for university, leaving Olivier here in France as I studied in Germany. We met again at the Halloween event in the Catacombs and ended up getting lost together, and surprise...I'm now seven months pregnant."

"Hi, I'm Severine and this is my husband, Lucien, we've been together for 12 years and this is our third - and last, child. We were married straight out of university, and have only separated twice. The first time he cheated on me with a model, the second time I cheated on him with a musician. We're hoping this child will save our marriage."

"Morning, I'm Marie and this is Maman, Camille. I was pregnant from a one night stand with my best friend and we decided to keep the baby. His girlfriend wasn't too impressed at first but I think she's slowly coming around to the idea."

Chat Noir looked around the room and couldn't feel more out of place if he was at a dog park. He wasn't the most sociable of people; yes he could hold a conversation with others, or make small talk but he really wasn't feeling hearing about Severine's pregnancy flatulence, especially as he was dealing enough with Marinette's; but that was fine, it was funny. She was his wife. Severine was not!

He never thought about that kind of thing happening. Like, sure, as their relationship progressed they became a lot more comfortable with each other, that seemed normal; but the gas, well, that was an unexpected development. However, since she'd been pregnant it seemed she only needed to walk to set it off. That being said, neither would ever voluntarily tell a bunch of random people about his wife's bowel issues, especially in front of Lucien who seemed to have taken a liking to the polka dotted heroine.

Chat could feel the hairs prickle on his neck as the guy eyed up his wife, Ladybug obviously feeling his discomfort and placing a hand on his thigh.

"And how about you two?"

How about you two? He could have laughed. The instructor sat there looking at them as though they were just another normal couple here for the antenatal workshop, not a giant sized cat and ladybug with super powers who he was sure everyone knew the majority of their life's work. Their story wasn't exactly a secret.

Thanks to Chat Noir's outburst at Gabriel Agreste the whole world now knew Ladybug was pregnant with their baby and Gabriel had once more been taken into custody awaiting trial along with Andre Bourgeois; it seemed a money trail had been found and the ex-Mayor now had a lot to answer for.

Adrien had even come forward as himself to say his father was delusional and a danger to everyone around, stating he would not be safe to walk the streets; and with Adrien's recent publicised return to Paris people were listening to him, maybe having a heavily pregnant superhero on his side too helped the containment. Gabriel would not be allowed bail, and every time he screamed his daughter in law was Ladybug it caused laughter amongst the masses. Firstly, Adrien was dating a local designer (still unnamed, according to the press) and secondly everyone knew Ladybug was married to Chat Noir. Luckily for the heroes, nobody believed a word that left Gabriel Agreste's mouth; not even considering the two might actually be one, a few tricks from Rena Furtive helped too.

For Ladybug and Chat Noir though, they were more popular than ever, the offers flooding in for the heroes to be seen supporting different brands. They ranged from the most simple diapers, bottles, and maternity clothing, to the latest high tech breast pumps and even ridiculously expensive babymoon holidays.