Spot Lights On! (Singers AU)

Second Verse

Same old, same old. I come back from a long day of doing everything my father wants me to, and I'm once again exhausted. Despite the fact that I'm tired as all hell, I know I can't go to sleep. I promised Ladybug I'd help her with her song, but so far I haven't had any luck. Just like her, I'm having no luck. I've read over her description of the guy over and over again, but everything that ends up on paper is complete trash. It sounds factory produced, not genuine. I guess that makes sense though because I'm writing about someone else's crush.  

I can't give up yet, though. All I need is a little more inspiration. Maybe going through some of her videos to get her style down more. Maybe looking through her social media pages will help. I might even read Alya's entire fan site for Ladybug. 

During my frustrations, my phone dings. The alert tells me that Ladybug is doing a live stream. I shrug, maybe this will help me write the verse. I go to my computer screens and play the live stream. 

I don't really pay attention to the first part of the stream, using it as background noise while I continue to try to write. It's only after I scrap another failed verse that I actually pay attention to the stream. She's talking to her fans, something about a future cover. 

Ladybug reads a suggestion, "You should rap." Suddenly, she bursts into laughter. Her chuckles filling the room she's in, her smile brightens up my screen. Her bluebell eyes scrunch up in pure happiness. Her cheeks slightly tinting red. After a while of laughing, she catches her breath and starts talking through gasps. "I can't rap! Why would you even suggest that!" She goes back to laughing. I can't help but start to laugh with her. There's something about her laugh that makes me happy, something about her smile that makes me want to smile with her. 

Something in my mind clicks. I quickly go through Ladybug and my messages before I reach her message about her crush. I re-read it for the hundredth time. All of these things, all the ways Ladybug described her crush, is exactly how I'd describe her. Maybe, instead of writing about her crush, I write about mine. 

I turn off my computer and start jotting down lyrics like a madman. I write and re-write and re-write. Ideas flow out of my mind like a fountain, and I keep throwing coins in hoping and wishing I can write something coherent out of the constant flow of ideas coming from my mind. 

Finally, the ideas come to a stop. I re-read the words on my paper and I decide, this is as good as it will get. Actually, who am I kidding? THIS IS AMAZING! I read it one more time. 

I am a cat, just chilling out.

But in the night, she's all I think about. 

I feel so strong when she's around. 

She picks me up when I am down.

Oh oh oh

Oh no, you'll never know.

Oh oh oh

My love will only grow. 

Oh oh oh 

And when I see her smile, that's when she becomes. 

And the rest is the melody and whatever else Ladybug decides to do with the song. of course, it's not ready yet. The song is about her crush, not her. I swap all the female pronouns with male pronouns, and the "I am a cat" part to "I am a bug" And there we go. I can send this to ladybug no problem. And that's exactly what I intend to do. 

I write the lyrics down in a message to Ladybug and send it. Before I can see how she responds though, my computer shuts off. "No, No!" I mumble. I check my wristwatch and sure enough, it's my curfew. I sigh and get ready for bed, the entire time my mind is on one thing. Ladybug. I want to know how she feels about my writing, but there's no way to know now. 

I lay in bed, trying to remember the time a couple hours ago I felt exhausted. I try to channel that through my body to sleep, but it's definitely not happening now. All I can think about is ladybug, and sleep has nothing to do with ladybug. So my heart wants nothing to do with her. 

At some point, I finally fall into a restless sleep thinking of only Ladybug. 

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I'm sooo sorry that took so long to publish, but this part finally came out. I'm half asleep while I'm typing this and I can bearly function, but I hope you liked it anyways. Thanks for reading and I hope to see you in the next part!!