M'Ladybug | Adrinette//Ladynoir

Chapter Thirteen | Mind Games

Ladybug used her yoyo to send herself towards the Paris skyline, looking for Chat's dark outline in the pale city lights.

He sat on the edge of the roof, sinking deep into thought. Ladybug almost didn't want to disturb him; he looked so lost in his mind.

She cleared her throat gently and he jumped slightly, whipping his head around. He relaxed when he saw her.

"Someone sure is a scaredy cat," Ladybug said, walking to meet him at the edge.

"That was weak, even for you. Leave the puns to me." Chat Noir smiled as he spoke, but it didn't reach his eyes, which were still clouded over with thoughts.

"What's up?" Ladybug said, nudging him. "You can tell me."

He sighed, closing his eyes. "Nothing much, things just have been insane."

Ladybug sensed he didn't want to say anymore, so she just nodded.

"Do you wanna play a game? Twenty questions?" Ladybug said, reclining back on her palms and gazing at the night sky.

Chat looked up at her in shock. "What's gotten into you? I've been trying to get you to play that for months now. Are you sure you're okay?"

"I'm feeling spontaneous. Enjoy it while it lasts. I'll go first." Ladybug said simply, smiling softly at him.

"Question one. What's your favorite color?" Ladybug asked.

Chat Noir rolled his eyes. "Really? Out of all the questions, you waste one on that? It's green, obviously."

Ladybug laughed and blushed slightly. "I haven't really played this game much before now. Or ever."

"You've never played twenty questions?" Chat said in fake shock, mockingly grabbing his heart. "Be still my heart, are you even fit to be a super hero?"

Ladybug jokingly shoved him. "Oh shut up and ask your question."

Chat had been dreaming of this moment for what felt like forever, and now that it finally was here he couldn't think of anything--anything at all--to ask her. All he could think about was Marinette's baby blue eyes as she laughed or a million other sappy things no one was supposed to know he thought.

"Um, I guess what is your biggest fear?" He asked, shoving Marinette to the back of his mind. Adrien had to go, it was time to be Chat Noir.

She thought about this for awhile. "Well, my biggest real fear would have to be public speaking. My biggest mental fear is being forgotten."

Adrien smiled. "You won't be forgotten. Not only as Ladybug, but I guarantee you've impacted someone's life in the real world."

"Thanks Chat." Ladybug said softly, before clearing her throat. "What would you change about your personality and looks?"

"Good one M'Lady, see you're getting the hang of this." He thought for a moment. "I don't really care about my looks much, but I'd definitely change the way people perceive me."

He leaned closer, as if sharing a secret. "I don't know if you'll believe this, but at my school people really just think I'm shallow and rich. I'd change that. Maybe I'd even make myself a little more forgotten."

Ladybug smiled and nodded, taking in every word. She'd never seen this side of him before, and she'd never found him more attractive than she did that moment, smiling in the moonlight.