Miraculous Oneshots and Drabbles

Evidence - Max

Loud shouts and hollers could be heard as Ladybug and Chat Noir raced over the rooftops and past a crowd of people who were overjoyed to spot the two of them.

Another akuma had been defeated and the two had just finished up a quick interview with the press, not realising that someone had been taking notes to add to their theory the entire time.

Max smirked to himself as the two heroes passed by him, waving at the citizens and tourists on the street below them.

He kept a firm grip on his laptop that was placed underneath his arm, not wanting it to be potentially stolen due to the fact that all of the clues he had collected were saved on it. He held a small notepad and a pen in his other hand, the one he had just been using to take notes with as the heroes answered almost all of the questions the reporters fired at them.

Reaching his destination, he pushed open the door of the quaint little internet cafe and stepped inside, thankful that there was an empty table in the back corner. That way, nobody would be able to see the large amount of evidence he had compiled together. It was too early for anyone to potentially see it.

Max sat down at the table and opened up his laptop, logging onto the free WiFi that his favourite cafe supplied. He often came here to finish extra work as the view of the Eiffel Tower was beautiful and the food tasted delicious. The free connection was just an added bonus.

He rapidly scrolled through all of his files and opened up the one that he had labelled 'Evidence', clicking on a certain document to reveal a carefully crafted spreadsheet filled to the brim with facts and their sources. He had only used reliable sources such as the local news station or his friend Alya's blog, the Ladyblog, of course.

He looked through all of the data he had collected thus far, scanning through it for errors or disproven facts in order to make his current theory sound more accurate. He didn't want to present it to a certain two people only for it to be completely wrong.

'Fact number one. They're never seen in the same place at the same time.'

Max thinks back, trying to remember a time where he could have possibly seen them in the same place at the same time.

'There was that one time with Timebreaker.'

He thought before shaking his head as he remembered an equally important fact.

'According to my sources, two Ladybug's showed up at that fight, so this is potentially a correct fact!'

He grinned to himself and switched documents and typed up a summary on the fact, his fingers racing across the keyboard as soon as the right words formulated in his head.

'Fact number two. Appearances are almost exactly the same.'

He pictured an image of the four - or possibly two - people in his head, noting down any similarities in his notepad so that he could type them up soon afterward.

"Here's your usual." A cheerful voice stated, placing down a mug of coffee onto the table. Max nodded in thanks, slightly annoyed that his trail of thoughts had been cut off so abruptly.

'Same hair colour, same body shape, same height. It's too much of a coincidence.'

He decided and typed up his new point once again. By the time he was finished with this, he would hopefully have a believable conclusion.

'Fact number three. The two of them lie about where they were during an attack a lot.'

Max obviously wasn't stupid. He liked to think he was an observant person, and he had observed their habits quite closely once the idea had originally struck him one night.

'He grits his teeth when lying, something that often happens when talking about his location. She tends to stutter and make up highly unbelievable lies, whether that be about lateness or locations.'

Max smirked to himself, all of the clues finally aligning and sounding just right in his head. He hoped that they would believe him and not call his theory farfetched, labelling him as a lunatic for even thinking that it was possible.

'Fact number four out of four. They know more than they should.'

Max could think of multiple occurrences the two of them had said more than they, or anyone else for that matter, should possibly know.

He saved the document when he was finished with it, saving it into the folder alongside the evidence he had been slowly building up over the past few weeks.

He left a small tip along with the money for the coffee on the table he had been sat at, walking away and out of the cafe.

'All of my evidence leads to one thing.'

He concludes, feeling satisfied with his results.

'Marinette and Adrien are Ladybug and Chat Noir respectively. The next problem to solve is whether the two of them know that themselves.'

Now all he had to do was present it to the pair and hope for the best. The worst that may possible happen would be that he was wrong, but he was sure that the two were the type of people to just laugh it off and continue on with their day like the whole ordeal had never happened.

What could possibly go wrong?

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"And that concludes my theory." Max proudly stated, looking expectantly at the two teens sat in front of him.

They both had dumbfounded expressions adorning their faces, and they seemed to be in a state of disbelief.

Max frowned as the two looked at each other, shock and recognition washing over their faces.

The two proceeded to point at each other, mouths hanging agape as they jumped back and let out a small scream.

Max winced at the sound. Ah, that's what could possibly go wrong. On the plus side, the two had just confirmed what he believed to be true.

He smirked to himself and left the two alone in the classroom, feeling content with himself for what he had done.

It was about time those two sorted out whatever weird love square they had managed to create.