Control // miraculous ladybug

Chapter Seven

The boys name sits on the tip of Love Bug's tongue, not quite finding its way out.

"N-Ni..." She mumbles to herself, her eyes wide as she watches the boy before her slowly turn to dust.

"Nino!" A female voice cries as Alya runs towards the scene. Love Bug stands there frozen, her arms by her sides as she stares down at the pile of...of Nino.

Nino, that's the name. Love Bug feels a piece of Marinette reach through and she clenches her fist.

"No," Love Bug hisses to herself, "Stay away."

Alya flinches as she reaches down to touch the dust. She stands up straight, looking at the akumatized ravenette before her.

"Marinette," Alya shouts, her teeth grinding together. Love Bug looks up at the blogger. "What have you done! You've become a monster!"

Adrien takes a step towards Love Bug, a frown on his face. Alya watches him as he walks towards the villain. He reaches his hand out to touch her but Love Bug flinches.

"Marinette," Adrien whispers. Love Bug hisses as Marinette reaches out further. She has to fight her way to sanity. "Please."

Adrien places his hand on the girls arm, and just as Marinette gets close enough to break free, Love Bug pulls away from the model and lets out an ear alarming shriek, flying up into the air as Marinette's tears begin to fall from Love Bug's face.

"How dare you," Love Bug speaks to herself, to Marinette. "How dare you try to escape! We need to get revenge, you stupid girl!"

Alya looks to Adrien, confused. "Who's she talking to?" She asks. Adrien shrugs.

"Alya, I need to show you something. I'm done with keeping secrets from my friends." Adrien turns to look at the girl that Nino's totally crushing on.

She simply nods, confusion sprawled out across her features like a tired cat on a kitchen bench.

Adrien sighs, looking up to make sure that Love Bug is watching. When he's certain that she's looking his way, Adrien taps his ring and calls upon his kwami.

"Plagg, claws out!"

His transformation begins and Alya lets out a small squeak, covering her mouth with her hands as Adrien turns into the infamous Chat Noir.

"Adrien?" Alya asks out of pure shock. He turns to the blogger and gives a sheepish smile before he extends his staff and shoots off into the sky.

Love Bug blinks multiple times, trying to understand what she just saw. It leaves her no time to react as Chat Noir flies into her, wrapping his arms around the girl and falling to the ground with her in his grip.

"Get off me, you stupid cat!" Love Bug screeches, causing Chat to cringe at the unnatural sound. She doesn't sound like Ladybug or even Marinette.

"Chat!" Alya yells from where she stands. He looks towards her. "Save our friends!"

Chat nods and turns his attention back to Love Bug, grinning wildly at her.

"I might regret this now, but I definitely won't regret it later." He speaks before he leans down, pinning the Akuma-ridden ravenette's arms to the ground so she can't escape. Chat presses his lips against hers, closing his eyes as Love Bug's widen.

She melts into him after a while, giving Chat perfect access to remove one of his hands and break the item that the Akuma is hiding in - her lucky charm; the bracelet.

He moves his hand slowly across her arms, grazing his clawed fingers along the delicate surface ever so lightly as he makes his way to the charm bracelet. Once he has a good grip on the item, he pulls it off her wrist and crushes it between his fingers.

Chat pulls away from the girl below him and he opens his eyes to see Marinette laying beneath him, her clothes all torn up.

Marinette's eyes flutter open after a few minutes and she lets out a yawn. Was she knocked out? Did reverting the transformation take away all of her energy?

Chat scoops the girl up in his arms, frowning as she blinks multiple times so that her eyes can adjust to her surrounding sights.

"Hi, Princess." Chat whispers and the ravenette looks up at him, slightly startled.

Marinette stutters over her words. "A-A-Adrien!" Chat places his pointer finger over her lips as he shooshes her quickly.

"Don't yell it. I don't want people knowing." He speaks. "Like you said," Chat winks at her, "we should keep our identities secret."

Chat finds himself walking towards a conveniently placed bakery nearby, just talking away about...anything, really.

"Marinette?" He whispers to her and she looks up at him innocently. "Where's Tikki?" She frantically searches for her purse, opening it up and rummaging through. Her actions halt within Chat's arms and she frowns, her eyes pooling up. Marinette shrugs, looking down at her fingers as she plays with them.

"I-I don't know..." She whispers. Chat sighs.

"We should get you some food," he suggests and Marinette nods her head. Chat carries Marinette into the room, finding a display case full of cream puffs and cakes and all sorts of things. He pulls one out and hands it to the tired girl.

She takes it in her small hands and stares down at it. "I-I'm sorry." She whispers. "I must've put you through hell."

"It's fine, don't worry about it." He smiles at the girl.

"I can't believe I let Hawkmoth take over me. I can't believe I let my emotions take over me. I was stupid to think you would like me. As Marinette, nonetheless." She sighs, closing her eyes as one of her hands drops from the pastry.

"Hey, hey," the blonde boy places his hands firmly on Marinette's shoulders, "look at me." She looks up to see his perfect human green eyes. "It wasn't your fault. It was my fault. I should've considered your feelings." He lets out a sigh himself as he runs a shaky hand through his hair. "How long have you...liked me?"

"Ever since you handed me that umbrella." Her voice is barely audible as she speaks. As if on cue, it begins to rain outside.

His eye widen. "All this time?"

She shrugs, "Have you never noticed how awkward I get around you?" She asks him. He frowns as he tries to recollect his memories. After a few short seconds, he shakes his head and she lets out a weak breathy laugh.

"Hey, look." Adrien places his hands on her shoulders once again as he pulls her towards him. He then wraps his arms around the small girl. She instinctively wraps her arms around his torso, letting out a content sigh. "No more crying. No more akumatized heroes, okay? From now on its just us."

Marinette smiles. "We're going to find Hawk Moth and kick his butt."

Adrien presses a soft kiss to the top of her head. "You bet."