Miraculous Oneshots and Drabbles

Speculations and Surprises (♡square)

Hello! This is basically just some pointless love square fluff. This is also a gift for my friend Maripie whose birthday is in a few days.

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'Ladybug and Adrien Agreste: all the gossip you need to know about Paris' potential power couple.'

Adrien slammed the magazine back on his desk before burying his face into his hands and letting out a deep sigh. The article was only published a few hours ago, but the majority of Paris would undoubtedly have read—or heard about— it by now. Why did this have to happen to him?!

He slowly inhaled a deep breath of air in an attempt to quell the uneasy feeling in his gut before moving his hands to pick up the disgraceful tabloid article. He skimmed through it once again, stopping at certain parts to laugh over how absurd some of it was. It was mostly nonsense (he expected that, though, as these types of articles were often purely nonsensical and full of speculation rather than fact) but the picture at the end was what surprised him.

"How did they—" he cut his mumbled sentence off short as he let out a loud and annoyed groan, chucking the magazine back on the desk before digging the heels of his hands into his eyes in frustration.

The picture had to have been taken only two days prior. That was the day she had shown up out-of-the-blue with a picnic basket and a spotted blanket. With the power of her magic yoyo, they'd swung up to the rooftop of the mansion and had a quaint picnic under the shimmering stars.

It had been a joyous night full of laughter—one that Adrien would always treasure.

A small smile graced Adrien's lips as he recalled pointing out a myriad of different constellations to her, even making a comment about how he could see them shining in her eyes. He'd managed to get a few laughs out of her when he named some fake ones. Adrien shook his head violently a moment later to get the memory out of his head. He needed to focus on the current issue—not how beautiful Ladybug had looked that night.

That wasn't what was on the photo, though. That darned reporter had managed to capture a photo of the two of them sharing a tender kiss under the moonlight.

How the reporter had managed to take that shot, Adrien didn't know. All he cared about was how to get it out of everyone's minds. And fast.

"Why are you treating this like it's such a bad thing?"

Adrien gave Plagg a deadpan look in response to the stupid question. What good could possibly come out of a dire situation like this one?

"Plagg, when my father finally sees this, he might ban me from seeing her ever again," he explained, suddenly feeling melancholy at the thought of losing his lady. "That or he might not let me go to school ever again!"

Adrien let out yet another groan of frustration as he idly twirled around in his desk chair. Of all the combinations they could have been caught in, why that one? It was by far the hardest one to keep out of the limelight.

"Hey, have you seen this yet?"

Adrien almost fell off his chair when he unexpectedly heard her voice. He placed a hand over his heart, breathing out a loud sigh when he spotted her.

"I could have died!" He dramatically wailed, eyes glinting as he watched her lips curl into a grin as she playfully rolled her eyes.

Ladybug called out her detransformation phrase as she paced across the room, leaving Marinette in her place. Adrien always found himself mesmerised by the way the pink and red sparkles washed over her even though he'd seen it too many times to count by now. She placed her copy of the tabloid on his desk when she noticed his still open on the article.