paynesgrey_fics | Miraculous Ladybug, "The Tell-Tale Kiss"

Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug & Chat Noir
Title: The Tell-Tale Kiss
Chapter Title: Four - How to Date a Superhero
Pairing/Characters: Marinette (Ladybug), Adrien (Chat Noir), Tikki, Plagg, Marinette/Adrien
Word Count: (for this chapter)
Genre: Humor/Romance
Rating: T
Spoilers: Up to Season 2 (for now)

Notes: This is a new multi-chapter fic though it won't be too long. I've written a few chapters and have the rest outlined. For now, this first chapter is written for my "major" prompt for the Summer Mini Challenge. Characters are aged up about a few years, around 16 years old. Canon divergent from Season 2/3.

Notes for this Chapter: .Adrien asks Ladybug out...but the super model may have to wait.

Other Links: FFnet | AO3

Summary: Adrien has had enough. If Ladybug won't accept him as Chat Noir, well, then maybe she'll say yes to Paris's top male model? When she gives her answer, he doesn't expect what comes next.

Ladybug delighted in Adrien’s touch as he held her within the silence of his room. She felt his hot breath as he waited for her to speak. Adrien’s impatience must have gotten the better of him because he spoke before she could open her mouth.

“Please, Ladybug, be my girlfriend,” he said, hugging her tighter. “Now that I know how you feel, I don’t want anyone else to have you.”

She chuckled a little. “That’s not going to happen.” She turned around into his hug and drew back so she could look into his mesmerizing green eyes. He leaned closer, and she cupped his cheek and closed her eyes, waiting for his inevitable kiss. His lips were soft and warm, and he explored her tentatively at first, but then his mouth demanded more as she sunk into him. His tongue teased the seam of her lips, and she complied, falling under his spell.

He pulled her closer, his hands caressing the curve of her back and settling at her waist. She arched into him, their hips moving against each other creating friction and heat. When his tongue slid over hers, she moaned in his mouth.

She broke away to say his name in a sigh, “Adrien…” The sound of her voice sent thrills that electrified throughout his body, digging deep into every inch of his being.

“Please, Ladybug, tell me your answer,” he said, and after a kiss like that, how could she refuse him? Still, Ladybug remained cautious.

“I want to, I do, but I’m worried about you, Adrien. We are both in the public eye, and Hawkmoth, he’s dangerous and vindictive. If he found out we’re together, he could use you against me,” she said with worry, and Adrien would expect nothing less from Ladybug. She cared about people above herself, and that was one of the many things he loved about her.

He nuzzled against her nose and kissed her again, light pecks that he peppered over her lips and jaw. “I know, but I don’t care. I’m willing to take the risk.”

She kissed him back, carding her fingers in his hair, pulling him closer to her. “I’m afraid you’d say that.”

He kissed her deeply again, pushing them both against his wall. She wrapped her arms around him, his body pressing so eagerly against hers. She felt his arousal, which almost made her retreat out of fear, but she was too far into him. He kissed her all over, and they both gave into their desires, their urges to consume one another. His hands rested on the swell of her ass, and he pulled her flush against him, rubbing against her hips with a frenzied grind.

Things were hot, and Ladybug knew they couldn’t go much farther than this no matter how much she wanted to. She pulled away, their lips breaking with a disappointed smack. She stared into his deep green eyes, hazy with desire, and smiled. “I want to say yes…”

Adrien’s plump, kiss-bruised lips pouted. “But you can’t…”

“Not yet… I need to figure out a good plan that won’t put you in danger. I need… to think things through. This is important, Adrien. I’m serious when I say I don’t want you to be in danger,” she said softly, and she gave him a quick peck on his forehead.

“Please don’t think that I don’t want this,” she said, and he nuzzled against her forehead. They closed their eyes, holding each other in a tight embrace again.

“I know,” he said.

After a long moment, Ladybug kissed him again, and she pulled away before they could get drunk on it. “I need to go. Give me some time, and we’ll see each other again.”

“Yeah,” was all Adrien could say, and he grabbed her hand and kissed the top of it like a true gentleman. Ladybug released a small gasp, and then she smiled at him.

“Until next time, hot stuff,” she said with a wink, and he followed her as she departed from his room, mesmerized as she bounded off his balcony and into the shadows and corners of Paris.

He let out a contented sigh as Plagg appeared next to him stinking of cheese.

“Don’t say anything,” Adrien warned him and Plagg sniffed.

“I wasn’t going to,” he said, but he said something anyway. “Do you have any more cheese? Listening to you guys bumping and slurping on each other was so boring and gross. I need something to take the edge off.”

Adrien rolled his eyes. So much for not saying anything, Adrien thought. He let out a heavy sigh and lumbered over to his bed, his mind buzzing like a hornet’s nest after Ladybug left. His skin felt hot, and he unfortunately was still excited. He closed his eyes and replayed the moment again and again in his head. He grinned, sighing happily.

There was no way he was going to finish the rest of his homework now, not when Ladybug and her delicious lips plagued his senses. He just hoped that he would see her again soon, and that she’d have an answer for him.

Marinette arrived back at the bakery and released her transformation of Ladybug. She flopped onto her bed, the smile stretching across her face wildly. She touched her fingers to her lips and closed her eyes, still mesmerized by the feeling of Adrien’s lips on hers.

She exhaled a heavy sigh as Tikki hovered next to her. “Thank you, Tikki. That was amazing, but…”

“You made it more complicated?” Tikki finished.

“Hrmm,” she said with a nod. “I really want to see him, and at first, I was okay if he wanted me as Ladybug, but I really want him to know the real me too. I want him to love the rest of me, underneath the costume.”

“I don’t think that Adrien will have a problem loving you underneath the costume, Marinette,” Tikki said cheerfully.

Marinette blushed. “Tikki!” Her kwami laughed, but then her expression turned serious.

“I think you’re right to be cautious for Adrien. It’s why you’re perfect as Ladybug,” Tikki said. “I believe you should take things slow and still let it run its course. Ladybug seeing Adrien is fine, but wouldn’t you rather have things develop naturally for you as Marinette?”

Marinette scrunched her brow as the thoughts jumbled in her head. She wasn’t sure what to do next. “Tikki, do you think that it may be inevitable that Adrien finds out who Ladybug is? I know it’s not smart, even dangerous for him, but at this point… if Adrien and Ladybug truly love each other, shouldn’t I be honest with him?”

Tikki didn’t say anything right away, and Marinette wondered if there was something the kwami wanted to tell her but couldn’t. “Marinette…” Tikki began and Marinette turned her head and stared at the ceiling again, lost in her own thoughts.

“You really should be honest with the one you love, but how does that work for superheroes?” Marinette wondered.

“You take it slow. You two only just confessed to each other. It’s all still new for you, so take it one step at a time, and when the time comes and you need to tell him the truth, it’ll work out for you,” Tikki finally said.

Marinette nodded but she didn’t catch Tikki’s expression. The kwami was bursting with the temptation to tell her chosen everything, but she couldn’t. Things had to run their course, and despite keeping their identities secret for this long, she knew, and most likely Plagg did too, that they could not keep them apart. Ladybug and Chat Noir were made for each other, two sides of the same whole, and the yin and yang. Eventually, they would come together and know the truth - like the universe was righting itself.

“You’re right, Tikki,” Marinette said, but her thoughts were still rolling over in her head. “But maybe I can get Adrien to see the real me - as Marinette and not just as his friend.”

“What exactly are you thinking?” Tikki asked.

“I’ve known that Adrien has someone that he loves, and now I know it’s Ladybug. I was afraid of being rejected and now… if he truly loves Ladybug then he has to love me too,” she said. She turned to Tikki with a determined expression and a confident smile. “There’s no need to be nervous now. I’m going to show him the real, confident me, and that Ladybug and I aren’t really different.”

“Because you’re not, and if Adrien begins to see how amazing Marinette is…”

“When he finds out about who Ladybug is… he’ll understand,” Marinette said, pumping a confident fist in the air. “Oh, Tikki, this is going to work! All I have to do now is leave him the proper clues!”

“If you’re sure, Marinette…” Tikki said cautiously, but truthfully the kwami was holding back her joy that Marinette was finally going to do something about her feelings for Adrien.

Finally, things would play out just as they should; Marinette and Adrien, or rather Ladybug and Chat Noir, were going to be together soon, and Tikki had no doubt that in knowing the truth, it would only make them stronger.