Miraculous Ladybug One-Shots

Thief

Sorry I've been dead :D

Art by: taylordraws

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Quite contradictory, isn't it?

A thief.

Isn't everyone a thief of sorts? Stealing air from the sky, land from the earth, fish from the sea?

Even more so, a hero being a thief. Now how does that work?

Chat Noir shakes his head, ridding himself of such thoughts.

No, he decides. Ladybug is no thief. I gave her my heart of my own accord.

The heated air rushes past Chat in a last attempt to bring forth the rain that comes with spring, but to no avail. No, it is now officially summer. School that day had gone out with a bang... literally. Adrien had been so overwhelmed by the sheer amount of air-horns everyone had brought to school, he had nearly passed out when the bell rang and every other student had raised their air-horn high and set it off.

There's still an eerie ringing in Adrien's ears, but he finds himself smiling fondly at the memory. The air-horns had sure woken up his dozing classmate, Marinette. Poor girl had not-so gracefully screamed and toppled out of her chair.

Chat's cheeks warm at the mental picture of her long dark lashes casting shadows over her porcelain cheeks of light rose, her cherry blossom lips parted, her cute button-nose dotted with freckles barely noticed, her bangs of midnight hanging lazily over her forehead...

Marinette Dupain-Cheng, huh? his conscience teases.

Rather than denying it like Adrien usually does, he simply lets it go. What's the point of denying it anymore?

Marinette is the thief.

Adrien never even saw her coming! One minute, she's his nervous, stuttering, blushing classmate, then the next she's this shockingly beautiful, sweet, confident, witty girl whom Adrien had begun to dream about at night, as creepy as that sounds.

Chat Noir begins pacing the current roof he's standing on.

Oh, no! Marinette not only steals his sleep away, but she also steals his thoughts during the day, as well! Steals his attention, steals his every waking minute!

It's true. Adrien had given Ladybug his heart. Had she accepted it?

No.

In fact, Marinette had stolen it so easily that Adrien finds himself worrying about his mental health.

Does Marinette even like Adrien? She's always been so... intimidated by him. Oh, god. What if she's scared of him? What if she hates him? How can he even approach her in school? What would she say if he asked her out...?

Being as rapt by his thoughts as he is, Chat Noir doesn't hear the swift approach of the other half of the duo. Ladybug strolls up beside Chat. When he doesn't acknowledge her presence, she glances at his face, a question in her eyes.

"Chat?"

The aforementioned boy gives a start, iridescent jade eyes wide and jaw working. He turns so fast, he suffers from a small case whiplash. Rubbing his neck, he sighs and looks down at Ladybug.

"Almost gave me a heart attack, LB," he murmurs, his gloved hand sliding down the side of his neck and coming to rest in a comfortable cross over his chest with his other arm.

Ladybug quirks an eyebrow at the lack of Chat's usual ridiculous antics. "Didn't take much, did it?"

Chat smiles sheepishly, but it doesn't quite reach his eyes. "Guess not."