New York, New York

Aftermath

*Marinette|Ladybug*

I watched in surprise as the akuma stuff came off of him.

Quickly de-evilising the akuma I watched in shock as Anna and Spider-Man conversed with the guy about Star Wars.

"Not the way we thought things turn out huh Mi'lady?" Chat Noir said.

"Yeah, definitely not the way I thought." I said still watching them. "Welp, bug out!"

I swung off and hid behind an empty banister quickly de-transorming.

"Girl, did you see what just happened with the akuma!?" Alya exclaimed running over to me.

"Yeah, crazy right." I said.

"And what's even crazier, is the fact that Ladybug wasn't there." Alya said.

I gasped looking at where the three of them were still talking realizing that I didn't reverse the damage. I sighed knowing that I couldn't transform now because Alya won't leave me now.

"Don't you find it weird how everyone isn't bothered by the damage?" I asked Alya.

"Get used to it girl, here in New York, there is no damage reverser, you just deal with it. That's why people here get out of the way fast. Not because thy are scared of what can happen to them, but the fact that if they die they aren't coming back. this is why I have started to take an interest in the Avengers. They are able to find ways to clean up their messes and instead of doing it the easy way of having a magical status quo do all of the work for them they have do it the tougher way which lead to them having this thing called damage control which is run by them and cleans up the messes manually." Alya rambled and I couldn't help but feel neglected.

Ladybug used to be the only superhero Alya talked about other than team miraculous but now she is taking an interest in the Avengers. Sure they are a pretty good team but people died because of them.

"Can I just have some alone time for a bit?" I asked her.

"Yeah sure." she replied before running off to find Nino.

"Hey, Marinette?" I heard a voice ask me.

"Chat Noir?" I asked before realizing that he wasn't wearing a mask and it was actually Adrien.

"Sure?" He replied and I giggled. "What's wrong?"

"It's just that I feel like Alya is suddenly taking an interest in the Avengers and I feel like Ladybug will feel neglected." I told him.

"Because you're jealous of the new attention that the Avengers are receiving?" Adrien asked.

"W-well I-I'm not jealous, I-I'm just jealous for L-Ladybug." I stammered.

"Because you're Ladybug." Adrien said.

*Narrator|NorthPointSkatingAcademy_Figure_Skater*

Then Marinette felt like a bomb was dropped on her head.

*Marinette|Ladybug*

"Me Ladybug!? Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, I'm way to clumsy to be her. She's so brave. How can I be her!? Maybe you should go to therapy Adrien." I said my voice going a pitch higher.

"You're not fooling me." Adrien said his eyes narrowed in a playful manner. "So how about you just accept the fact that I figured it out."

He walked off to join Nino and Alya who were passing by and I followed joining in on their conversation.

I looked over at Adrien who was on the opposite of Alya and Nino and he gave me a thumbs out.

I smiled inwardly and looked around.

The day was almost over.