Miraculous Ladybug One-Shot Drops

Caring Isn't Creepy

Hey, everyone! This is my first attempt at a fanfiction but I dared to come out of 2024 with something new, something I've never done before. So here goes something and enjoy 😊 bugging out 🐞

Ladybug scanned her surroundings from her hiding place.

    She was on the rooftop of the abandoned house beside the Agreste Mansion, spying --oh, no, don't say that --- just casually checking up on her beloved soulmate.

    Adrien hadn't been acting like himself lately, hardly smiling or playfully bantering with her or anyone really...something was just off.

    She'd pulled him to the side, after morning classes, and gently asked him if he was alright or anything, but he'd brushed her off lightly.

    "I'm fine, Marinette," he'd said. "It's nothing."

    Had she been anyone else but Marinette, she'd have believed him and left him alone to wallow in whatever he was in. However, that would never be the case as Marinette.

    Of course, Adrien had practically signed up for the Forever Intense Love & Caring Concern Treatment that'd come with the name tag "Boyfriend".

    She narrowed her eyes at his large glass windows, waiting for signs of life. One of the long windows was already wide open.

     She adjusted her cramped-up position. It was strangely chilly but not enough to worry her.

    Should she go in there and surprise him? Or is that weird, seeing as she's Ladybug at the moment? Or does it mean she's clingy as Marinette?

    She shut her eyes, desperately.

    Oh, Adrien... Let me know if you are okay, at least.

    "Ladybug?"

    The polka-dotted heroine jumped with fright, letting out a high-pitched shriek.

    "Cat!!! What are you doing here!?!"

    "I might ask you the same," he said calmly, gazing at the Mansion. He looked at her. "Do you still suspect that Gabriel Agreste is Monarch?"

    " What? No,I just---" She cut herself off and took a deep breath. Truth, truth, truth. "I'm here for Marinette."

    Or ,at least, some of the truth.

    "Marinette?" He seemed a bit too surprised. Ladybug frowned at it, slightly.

    No, kitty. Don't be so surprised with the name of the girl you made out with rolling off my tongue.

    She shoo-shooed away the fact that she was the girl he'd made out with.

    "Why?" he asked, dipping his head to the side."Is she okay?"

    "Yeah,yeah--she is," Ladybug waved her hand about nervously and exhaled. Hard. " It's just that she's worried about Adrien... You know..her boyfriend?"

    Ah, she had to tag that one on.

    "Why?"

    "Why?" Ladybug repeated, exasperatedly. "Hello? He's been acting strange for a while -- How can she not be worried? It comes when you care about a person,you know!"

    He'd flinched slightly. Maybe that was because he hadn't bothered to check up on her, ever since her and Cat's moonlight kiss.

    " And so she asked you to check up on him?"

    " Duh!" Ladybug exclaimed." It's not like she can get up here like I can."

    " And spy on him?" Cat Noir smiled teasingly.

    Ladybug shot him a glare." I'm checking up on him. It's not creepy at all."

    The smile in his cheek seemed grow wider, a dimple revealing itself.

    She didn't even know he had one!

    "No, it's not," he chuckled, then sighed. "I have an idea. Why don't you go back and tell Marinette that I'll talk to him?"

    She stared at him. It could work but...

    "Don't give me that look," he said immediately. " I have a girlfriend of my own and I'm not going to interfere with their relationship. I'm just going to give him heart-to-heart chat."

    About a girl that they're both in love with. Well, share just about the same feelings...or, something...

    Ladybug felt an ache in the back of her skull and shook her head. Another headache.

    Maybe she should leave it to him. Guys probably go through stuff like this all the time. Bro Talk or something.

    Okay,the headache was getting to her.

    "Okay, whatever, kitty," she said , standing up from her uncomfortable position. She pulled out her yoyo and swung back her arm, ready to throw it. "Just please be gentle about it. You don't know what he could be going through."

    She swung away, leaving behind a shocked but touched Cat Noir.