Fortuitous (A Miraculous Gender Neutral Reader Insert)

Catathrenia

(A/n: This is the second chapter in a double update. Go back a chapter if you came straight here when you saw I updated.)

Shit! Shit! Shit! Where is it?! This cannot be happening. Not just when you were getting your life together. You flip your messenger back over and empty it. It's not there! Your costume is missing. This can't be happening!

"Challenge conquered by Nino. You moved your head to the beat, Mayor Bourgeois! That counts as dancing!" Alec says from your laptop. There's about to be an akuma and my costume is missing. This could not get worse. You keep rifling through your things hoping you just happened to overlook it.

As you watch the dark energy emanate off of Simon Says, you realize, yes it can get worse. Forget it. You run to the tv studio and hope you can figure something out on the way there. When you get there, Simon Says is flinging cards at the crowd to make them his soldiers. You take the long way to avoid being seen and sneak in the backdoor.

You run up the stairs and run into Ladybug and Nino. "Ladybug! Nino! Did you see Adrien?"

"We're taking a quick look before we warn Mr. Agreste about the akuma after him." Ladybug replies.

"Nino! (Y/n)? How did you get here?" Adrien says as he meets you halfway across the glass walkway.

"Adrien! Dude, you okay?" Nino asks at the same time you reply, "I ran."

"I'm fine." Adrien's eyes meet Ladybug's and he blushes. "Hello." Ladybug stutters but actually manages to get a coherent sentence out. At least this stayed the same. "I'm fine, really. But we've got to get to my house now! My father's in danger!"

"Let's go. Cat Noir will meet us there." Ladybug replies. Ladybug leads you out of the building through the way you came in. When you step into the street, you see it's filled with people in a trance-like state. You wave in front of them but they don't react.

"Dude, what're you doing?!" Nino whisper-yells. Ladybug and Adrien don't notice what you're doing on account of being too busy blushing and stumbling over their words. And no, I am not jealous of either of them or their cute pre-relationship

"They don't even see us. We could walk right past them and they wouldn't notice." You already knew Adrien and Marinette were gonna end up together (Y/n). Why are you choosing now to be jealous?

Nino dashes towards Ladybug and Adrien to tell them and you stare at the woman's face. It's devoid of any emotion. Creepy. Nino calls you over and you dash to keep up. "I wonder where Heureux is. They usually show up by now."

"Maybe the akuma got to them before they could."

"I guess everyone has off days." Nino replies. The both of you fall into a comfortable silence. "How long have you known Adrien?" Or maybe not.

"I met him on his first day...I think it was his first day." It's all fuzzy.

"Are you getting enough sleep?" Adrien interjects. Now he notices me.

"No comment." you reply.

"(Y/n)-." You know that tone.

"We're here." you cut him off. Adrien runs through the gates and front door and the rest of you run after him.

"Nathalie, where's my father? He's in danger!" Adrien yells.

"He knows already." Nathalie answers.

"Good evening, Ladybug." Gabriel greets.

"Why are you still here?!" you ask knowing exactly why he is.

"Father, you've gotta get outta here. The hypnotist Simon Says is coming after you!" Adrien shouts at the same time.