I don't own Miraculous Ladybug. I have been reading a lot of stories in which Adrien's entitlement, obsession with Ladybug, and flirting cause him to lose the ring. My favorites at the moment is the LadyBugOut on tumblr by MiraculousContent and Leave for Mendeleiev by imthepunchlord. They make me see Adrien's actions in a new light. Also, I don't like his high road approach and his doormat personaility. So he won't get a happy ending. As for Master Fu, I wanted him to be more of a mentor. If nothing else, he took the ring back because three angered girls with Miraculous (one of which is the strongest) will mean unspeakable pain (They could kick his ass and he know they would if he doesn't agree. Mellona and Ryūjin were fingering their weapons threateningly.)
Not for Adrien fans
It wasn't fair. That should have been him.
"This is Nadia Chamack, reporting live from the airport where Marinette Dupain-Cheng, the former Ladybug and leader of the Miraculous Team have just arrived with her fiancé, Felix Chevailer, son of Bridgette and Louis Chevailer." The tv screen shows Marinette smiling and Felix glaring.
He should have been the one standing next to her. He was the original Chat Noir, the rightful owner of the Black Cat Miraculous. Not that prissy Lord Noir.
Everything had been going so well too. When he had told Marinette that confronting Lila won't do any good, she had listened. She had confronted Lila a few more times, but eventually stopped. She chosen to ignore Lila and the rest of their class, choosing to spend more time with the other classes. Looking back on it now, he realizes that she hadn't given up. She had just changed tactics. She was gathering support to go against Lila.
He found out at Audrey's design contest, when Lila stole Marinette's design. Everyone but their class support Marinette. It nearly become physical. Audrey managed to calm everyone down. Marinette proved that they were hers. Lila was leaded away by her classmates, crying. She or one of their classmates who was shooting nasty glances at Marinette, who didn't seem to notice, could have been akumatized. Marinette was too wrapped up in the trophy that Audrey had her and the congratulations that their schoolmates had given. He was so disappointed in her.
He had made his disappointment clear when he had pull her aside later. He had tried to steer on her on the right path, the high road. He had reminded her that Lila's lies weren't hurting anyone. That was when she had snapped and started screaming about someone named Bridgette, whose career ended because of a lie. Then she had said she expect better from him. She had expected better from him, one of Paris' superheroes! She stomped off murmuring about how she doesn't want anything to do with Gabriel Fashion. Well, good. If she was going to be that way, then it is better that she doesn't have anything to do with him or the class. She will only create unrest and akumas.
Then that evening, the video of their confrontation was broadcasting all over the news. Audrey Bourgeois was also showed stating that Gabriel Fashion was suspicious for caring about design theft. Much to his confusion and anger, people were taking her side. His father had missed dinner that night dealing with the fallout. He went to bed, angry with Marinette for causing so much trouble.
The next day, his father had ate with him at lunch. Gabriel wanted him to get on Marinette's good side and reverse the negativity publicity. Nathalie had showed him a clip of an interview Mariette where he learned that Marinette used to have a crush on him. His father wanted him to use her feelings to get her to support Gabriel fashion and shut the critics up. He was all prepared for on it on the following Monday, but Marinette had transferred classes. Her new classmates and Chloe won't let him get anywhere near her.
His bad luck spilled over to Chat Noir. His Lady had informed him that they were getting new teammates. He had tried to make her see that it was unnecessary, that she only needed him. But she had been stubborn and said the decision was final. He had run off, furious. Why can she see that he was the only one she needed?
