Broken Connection (Alya x Nino)

The day it all went wrong

Akumas have become a regular occurrence in Paris and by this point no one is even surprised when they happen anymore. Everyone knows the drill when it comes to akumas. Get inside and let Ladybug and Chat Noir handle it. Most people tend to stick to that rule.

Alya Césaire was not one of those people.

Every time an akuma attacks she has to get close enough to get a decent scoop for the ladyblog even if it means getting a few bruises every now and then. Yes she ends up with amazing footage each time but some people don’t agree with how she is going about it.

One of those people is Nino Lahiffe.

Each time Alya was about to run towards the akuma to get footage for the ladyblog he always tried to convince her to not get too close. Most of the time she doesn’t listen and when she nearly gets hit it makes Nino vomit in his mouth. It scares him to death just thinking that she could die out there if she isn’t careful, Ladybug and Chat Noir won’t always be able to save her and the thought that this would probably come true one day made him feel even worse.

When Alya returns Nino always gives her a bone crushing hug. Alya thinks he is just being silly but she doesn’t realise how much pain she is causing Nino each time to see his girlfriend running out into a potential death trap.
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The next akuma attack happened during their lunch break. Alya, Nino, Adrien and Marinette were sitting outside Collège Françoise-Dupont chatting about nothing in particular when screams rang out through the streets. Nino knew Alya was going to try getting too close again and this time he was determined to stop her.

He reached out for her wrist and stopped her from going any further.
“Dude for the love of god don’t get too close.” Alya turned around to face him, smiling gently, trying to reassure the terrified DJ.

“Nino you know I’ll be fine. I’ve never been hurt before and even if I do get too close I know that Ladybug and Chat Noir will be there to help”

“But what if they aren’t?” Alya froze. She saw the clear worry on her boyfriend’s face and it broke her heart. She could see how much he cared and how he didn’t want to lose her.
She placed her hands on his shoulders and looked him in the eye.

“Nino I know you don’t want to lose you and I don’t want to lose you either. I’ll be careful. I promise you I will come out un-harmed. Okay?”
Nino gave Alya the biggest hug he could, fearing that if he let go she would disappear.

“Okay” He let go and smiled weakly at her.

“I trust you”
Alya smiled back at him and turned to leave. Once she was gone Nino instantly got out his phone and watched footage of the fight, making sure to keep a close eye on Alya. She wasn’t hard to pick out.

The fight went on for what seemed like ages when all of a sudden the akuma sent out an attack towards Ladybug but it missed her and went straight for Alya. She was too slow to react and he could see that Ladybug was shouting at Alya while trying to get to her.

Ladybug was too slow.

Once Nino saw his girlfriend get hit back against a brick wall with unbelievable force he instantly dropped his phone and ran to the scene.

His mind was going at about one hundred miles per hour, filling up with questions like ‘will she make it?’ and ‘why did I let her go?’

Nino skidded round the last corner before his girlfriend came into view. Chat Noir was kneeling beside her while Ladybug was trying to finish off the akuma.

Nino ran over as fact as his legs would let him, hoping with every ounce of luck he had that Alya would be fine and they could move on and forget that all this happened.
Chat seemed to hear Nino coming since he turned around to face him. He seemed to have been upset himself. Did Chat know Alya maybe? Nino shook his head knowing that it would be unlikely that he did. He probably just felt bad that a civilian was injured and he couldn’t stop it from happening.