Miraculous Oneshots and Drabbles

The Note - Love Square

This fic is a gift for my friend JRArmitage and can also be found on Amino. Happy birthday, Jade! 🎉💕

"Ha! I win again!" Marinette shouted triumphantly, playfully sticking her tongue out at the boy to her right as she did her usual victory dance.

Adrien chuckled at her and leant back in his seat, a soft smile overtaking his features as he watched her celebrate yet another victory over him.

It was her third win in a row (to be fair, they were playing Ultimate Mecha Strike which she had a weird knack for) and Adrien thought he may as well just give up on trying to win at this point. But that would take all of the fun away so he still persisted and carried on trying to defeat her, receiving sly smirks and victory dances in return every time he lost.

Marinette really was a force to be reckoned with, and Adrien found that spending time with her was one of his favourite parts of the day. After being ditched by Alya and Nino enough times, their friendship was bound to evolve. At this point, they spoke to each other every single day, even if that meant they communicated via text.

An idea popped into his head and Adrien decided to go with it. He already knew what her reactions to his overdramatic ways were like, and he found the amused smile it brought to her face endearing.

"Oh no," he started to shout, hardly holding back the grin his lips were curling into, "I'm never going to win! Please, Marinette, teach me your ways." For added effect, he gave her his best kitten eyes.

Marinette let out a scoff at his small outburst, rolling her eyes. The amused smile Adrien loved crept onto her face, causing Adrien's heart to beat dangerously fast all of a sudden.

"Only some of us are destined to be this great, Adrien," she played along, barely containing her giggles. "It'll cost you."

"What's the price?"

Marinette pursed her lips as she thought about it, one thing coming to mind that she knew she couldn't possibly ask for. It's not like he'd shown interest in her anyway, so it'd a stupid suggestion for her to make.

"Hmm. How about... no awful jokes for a week?"

Adrien looked utterly appalled as he dramatically placed a hand to his heart. "I feel attacked. How could you betray me like this?"

Marinette poked him on the forehead, causing a goofy smile to adorn his face. "Dork," she muttered, trying to hide the light dusting of a blush tinging his face.

"Your dork," he whispered, his voice full of tenderness, as he grabbed her hand, causing her mouth to hang open in shock. It seemed that Adrien hadn't instantly registered what he said until a few moment later when he suddenly let go of her hand and pushed his chair away from her.

"I'm so sorry. I don't know what came over me," he apologised, sincerity laced in the tone of his voice. In that moment, it felt so much like he was joking with his lady so he couldn't stop the words from flowing out of his mouth. There was a sense of familiarity whenever he was around Marinette that he couldn't shake, but he shouldn't be dwelling on that right now.

"It's okay." Marinette quietly responded, still looking a little shocked by his sudden flirting. Neither of them had been expecting it, after all.

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"Look, kid, I'm not saying that you're an idiot but you're being stupid about this right now."

Plagg sighed at the lack of response from his holder who was currently sprawled out on his sofa, stomach down. One of his arms dangled off the edge, holding his phone that was open to a selfie he and Marinette had taken a few weeks ago when she'd come along to his photoshoot.