Control // miraculous ladybug

Chapter Ten

"Hey, hey. It's okay." Adrien soothes her, rubbing her back in an attempt to comfort her. "Master Fu is fixing your miraculous. It's all going to be alright."

"No, it's not." Marinette snaps. "I don't have my miraculous. Without my miraculous, I can't see Tikki. I can't transform into Ladybug. Without Ladybug, I can't cleanse my Akuma."

"We'll figure it out."

"And what about if Hawkmoth decides to make another Akuma? What then? Because you can't cleanse them." Marinette argues, looking up at him. "Are you kidding me, Adrien? Think! Use your brain for once instead of being some smart ass cat who finds humor in every situation. This is serious!"

A lightbulb goes off in Adrien's head at that moment. Finds humor in every situation, huh? Adrien thinks to himself. Not a bad idea.

Marinette stares at Adrien with raised eyebrows, a bewildered look on her face. "Stop daydreaming you alley cat." She pinches Adrien's ear, pulling him out of his thoughts. Adrien lets out a short whine until Marinette releases her grip on him.

"Well we're in a pretty picky situation here, aren't we?" He chuckles, trying to lighten the mood. All he wants is for her to smile. After all, this whole thing started because of him and his inability to see the bigger picture.

Marinette rolls her eyes, "That was so terrible. Even for you."

Adrien hums as he nods his head, "I agree, it's not my best work. But, it stopped you from thinking negative thoughts, didn't it?"

"Not entirely," she mumbles to herself as she crosses her arms over her chest. Adrien lets out a laugh.

"Come on, let's go do something. It's my mission to keep you positive and happy, yeah?" Adrien gently grabs ahold of his Princess's hand before he starts to lead her through the streets of Paris.

"Actually, your mission should be finding Hawkmoth and saving Paris." She scoffs, once again rolling her eyes at the model.

"In a way, you are Paris. You're Paris's hero so therefore you're the face of Paris. So yeah, it is my mission to save Paris. I'm keeping my Paris happy." Adrien grins cheekily at the ravenette behind him and she can't help but smile at him. Despite the fact that he's Chat Noir, he's still Adrien and nothing will get rid of her crush on him. As bad as that sounds, to like one side of him but not like the other, it's still the truth. He probably felt the same anyway, right? He only likes Ladybug, right? Of course he does, Marinette thinks to herself. Adrien could never like me as Marinette.

Adrien leads Marinette through the streets of Paris, being careful not to run into any Akumas. He still couldn't believe that the one person who's able to cleanse Akumas had gotten Akumatized herself. He was at fault though, wasn't he? Adrien shook off the thoughts, trying to think positive himself so he wouldn't get akumatized too.

Marinette was confused. Amidst the possible danger, the two of them were strolling through Paris as if they were two normal teenagers going for a walk. Or perhaps rather, two normal teenagers on a date? Nah, Marinette ditches the possible insanity instantly.

"Hey," Adrien looks towards the half-Chinese girl behind him. "Do you like ice cream?"

Her eyes light up at the mention of the cold treat, "Who doesn't?"

He smiles. "Good." Gripping onto Marinette's hand, the model drags the ravenette towards a small ice cream shop just up the road from where they were walking. They have to travel up a fairly large hill to get to the place, but it's worth it. They sell the best ice cream. Adrien heard it from the Gorilla. Apparently Adrien's bodyguard used to go to the ice cream shop as a kid. The Gorilla occasionally took Adrien there as a secret treat after photoshoots. Even his bodyguard thought he was far too skinny for his own good.

"What is this place?" Marinette asks as the two of them step through the door, causing a small jingle to sound when the door passes a bell atop the doorframe. An elderly woman comes rushing out from the back room of the small shop and she welcomes the two teens with a warm smile.

"Hello my dear Adrien!" The woman spurts her joy at the site of the blonde boy. "Come, come. I have a new flavor for you to try. Don't tell G." The woman winks and Adrien chuckles, gripping tighter onto Mairnette's hand before he leads her into the back room, following the elderly woman. "Oh! Where are my manners?" The woman exclaims as she spots Marinette standing beside Adrien, their hands laced together. Not even Marinette had the time to blush profusely over that fact. "Nice to meet you, my dear. My name is Anna. Adrien's bodyguard is a very loyal customer here at my ice cream shop."

"Hi," Marinette speaks rather shyly. "I'm Marinette."

"Such a lovely name." Anna sighs longingly, keeping her eyes trained to the pairs locked hands. "Such a lovely couple."

"C-Couple?!" Marinette stammers, suddenly realising that she is holding Adrien Agreste's hand. The boy looks down at her and she stares at his face, watching as her mind rearranges his hair to make him look like Chat. Her blush leaves her face as the image of Chat Noir stands before her and she calms her breathing, replacing it with a raised eyebrow to match Adrien's expression towards her. It was at that moment that Marinette realised that this was going to be a long day.

// Sorry for the excruciatingly long wait. Lol. Happy 2017, guys. May new beginnings shower you.