Letters to Marinette [Complete]

5 ~~ Consideration

A/N: [Akuma attacks mentioned in this chapter— Dark Cupid and Horrificator. If you have not watched these episodes, I suggest you do.]

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Marinette 🐞

Dear Ladybug,

My name is Théo Barbot and I am writing this letter to tell you how much I admire your strength and courage as Paris's superheroine. You save people's lives so easily here and for that I can never say how fond I am of you because it's too great to describe. I know you probably don't know who I am, but I'd like to show you one day, if that's even possible. To many people, you gave them bliss from de-evilizing akumas. To me, you are the blessing.

To: Ladybug
From: Théo Barbot

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I was working in the Dupain-Cheng Bakery one morning while my parents went out to get ingredients to make more Melting Moments— those biscuits were selling out like crazy, especially since Valentines Day was coming up.

I was sorting out the cashier, packing foods in specific boxes and separating strawberry-sweet from lemon-sour, until the bell rang and Adrien walked in! I was so surprised: what was he doing at the Bakery? Why was he coming so early in the afternoon? Was he there for croissants? It's his favourite, after all.

"Hey, Marinette," he greeted with a wave.

"H-hi, Adrien," I stuttered, "Uh, hmm... What brings y-you here on a S-S-Saturday mor—?"

Before I could finish my sentence, another person walked into the Bakery after Adrien and, I swear, I felt my heart stop.

"Well, isn't this a surprise," Théo said with a devilish smirk, "Marinette... Dupain-Cheng. It's like a mix of French and Chinese, or something. It's cute."

I just stared at him, standing dead still behind the cashier, blushing. I thought back to Adrien's phone and the conversation I had with Théo about the Copycat incident. Adrien asked if I was alright and I waved my hand to the side, indicating that I was just fine and he should forget about it.

"Do you two know each other?" Adrien asked, looking between me and Théo.

I imagined what Adrien's reaction would have been if I told him the truth— Oh, I stole your phone and everything but Théo helped me get rid of an embarrassing voice mail on it and that's how we know each other so yeah!— he'd hate me for life.

"Marinette and I bumped into each other when she was in a hurry to get to school," Théo explained for the both of us, "I found out she was the girl I captured from the Copycat incident and we just had a quick chat before she abandoned me."