Miraculous Short Stories |MLB|

A Miraculous Box Pt.8: Smiles and Secrets

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As soon as they reached back to the Agreste mansion, Adrien rushed up to his room and flopped down on his couch.

Plagg flew to him and asked in his usual snarky tone.

"Something wrong lover boy?"

"The box..That box...a-a kwami..red..same hair colour and eyes..Sa-"

Seriously how much longer?!

"Oh for the love of cheese, yes she is ladybug!", Plagg yelled in frustration.
"God, you're so slow."

Getting the conformation that he needed, Adrien sat, wide eyed. There were so many things that he wishes to say now that he knew, but for some reason he chose, "You weren't supposed to tell."

"It's not like you wouldn't have figured it out, eh? Unless you were that slow. Besides, it was a torture watching your oblivious brain work.", Plagg replies nonchalantly, munching on his gooey Camembert.

Adrien chose to stare at his ceiling than to acknowledge his kwami's answer. After all this time, his love of the life turned out to be his close friend. It turned out to be the wonderful girl who sat behind him in class, who was always positive and full of life. A girl who was so nice and adorably clumsy. An amazing girl who was Marinette.

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It's been 3 days now.

3 days ever since Adrien discovered the box and existence of a kwami at Marinette's.

3 days ever since he realised that Marinette is Ladybug.

3 days ever since they had talked to each other.

Today was the day. There was no avoiding it now. Today was the day of confrontations and reveals. Today was the day that they both clearly dreaded.

Sitting next to each other at a café, Adrien and Marinette stole awkward glances towards each other. It was Alya's idea to head down there after compiling the work, after she was done fangirling over the dress. Nino was ecstatic too so it didn't really leave a choice for the superhero duo but to comply.

The air around the two was thick with awkwardness and hesitation. Both were far too nervous to even make an eye contact. Luckily, Nino and Alya were far too engrossed in their own conversations to notice anything strange about their two best friends .

Adrien glanced secretly at Marinette in between those light laughs and giggles. He hated this being like the way it was. He wanted to talk to her so badly but an unknown fear and anxiety prevented him from doing so.

'Will she be mad?'

'Will she accept me?'

These thoughts kept assaulting his mind and her sitting next to him wasn't helping.

Meanwhile, unbeknownst to him, Marinette too was stealing glances at him. Despite having a cheerful portrayal outside, her mind was completely clouded with worry. Were they back at square one? Were they reduced to mere acquaintances now? It broke her heart just thinking about things like this. They had come way too far from that stage to go back now.