Miraculous Ladybug: Volpina's Return

Curiousity Gets the Chat in Trouble

Adrien spent a few hours each night to try to find his Lady. Anywhere Adrien went he tried to see if he could pick out anyone that could be Ladybug. No one at school fit the bill quite like Marinette did. None of the female models he had work with in the past and recent photo shoots had been similar enough to Ladybug. Even during his free time he went around as Chat Noir to see if anyone in the city could have any similar features of his Lady. He checked the surrounding arrondissement and came up short. Adrien kept coming back to Marinette. Was it really that simple? Had his Lady been the shy girl who sat behind him in class? He still didn't have any proof that she could be Ladybug, although it was looking more and more likely that she was. He wouldn't mind if she was Ladybug but he just didn't want to jump to conclusions.

Adrien was given a free day since his father didn't actually schedule any thing for him on Friday. Nathalie had allowed him to go out to a friend's house, and wouldn't tell his father about. Adrien was so thankful for Nathalie, she did what she could to make him happy. Even at the risk of her job. Unfortunately Nino was sick and was in home quarantine until he felt better. Adrien really didn't have any other friends, other than Chloe. But the thought of going on a several hour adventure around the mall made him nauseated. And the thought of being stuck in his room all day wasn't fairing as a good idea either. Instead Adrien decided to spent the night roaming Paris. It took some bribery, but Plagg agreed to go out. Adrien told Nathalie that he'd be out with a friend and would return later that night.

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Ladybug loved the feeling of being above Paris, soaring above cars and pedestrians. If she swung at just the right height she could see the horizon of the city. It was truly breath taking, and she couldn't get enough of it. The late night swing through the city was just what she needed, the last couple of days were stressing her out. And a night time swing was always the cure. Ladybug was able to forget about the events of the past couple of days. Until a mangy stray broke the illusions of bliss.

"Bonjour, my Lady!" Ladybug groaned, why him, why now? She stopped swinging and waited for him on top of a building. She tried to psych herself out, 'This is just Chat, this is just Chat, this is just...'. "My Lady, are you alright?" Aw crap, he caught her off guard. Darn his cat-like stealth.

"H-hi Chat." She was stuttering, she kicked herself mentally. 'Come on you've never stuttered in front of Chat before. Get yourself together Marinette!'

"You were just the bug I was looking for," Ladybug was thankful her mask was covering most of her face, otherwise her blush would've poked through.

"O-oh, uh... why?" What could he mean, she thought. By this point Chat started to lean on his baton.

"Do I need a reason to see you, Bugaboo?" Ladybug tried to scoff and turn away from him, her blush got worst. Chat's flirts never effected her this way before. But since she knew it was Adrien saying those things to her, made her heart go crazy. The truth was Chat was still in search of who she could be, and just so happened to run into her. Ladybug wanted to chew him out for calling her "bugaboo" again, but couldn't bring herself to do so. She didn't just want to deny him anymore, but couldn't just accept him straight up.

"I suppose you don't. What do you need?" Chat was surprised that she didn't get mad at him for calling her "bugaboo", but didn't mind.

"Nothing, in particular." Chat wanted to admit that he was out searching for her, but figured it was best to leave that part out. "I just had some free time, and didn't have anything else to do today so I decided to stroll about Paris. And that's when I saw you, and decided to spend the evening with you." Ladybug's shoulders tensed up. She could barely keep herself together standing on the same roof with him. She'd surely fall apart if she were to spend the evening with him.