Lila: *Literally does anything* Marinette:
Ok but like same.
-Marinette gives up, she is tired of chasing after a boy who only sees her as a friend, and won’t stand up for her when a liar makes her look like a bully. She starts dating Luka, she is happy.
-Adrien finds himself a bit surprised by this, but Marinette is happy, so as her friend, he should be happy for her. (Though his chest hurts for some reason).
-Chat noir and Ladybug beat another akuma, and Instead of getting his fist bump he notices Ladybug looking like she is in a rush. “Have a date my lady?” He joked. But his heart split in too when she said she was late for one.
-Adrien managed to hold it together, it hurt, if there was ever a pain. But Adrien, kept it together. After all, it wasn’t like he knew Ladybug’s life. She could have dates.
-Next time he saw Ladybug, he teasingly asked how her date went, she denied she had one, but the cat knew how to prod to get the truth. She confesses it went great, and that her boyfriend is a sweetheart. Chat noir puts on a Cheshire grin and congratulates the girl. He jokes how if the guy breaks her heart, she should let him know so he could show him how a real man acts. Ladybug was surprised with the cat handling the news well, considering he confessed to her before, and his constant flirting.
-Chat noir cuts back on the flirting in the romantic way, using it more as to tease and prod. Ladybug gets used to this new treatment. Since her partner isn’t abandoning her, or getting akumatized. Chat noir managed to suppress his hurt, maybe behind the sealed door of disappointment and sorrow that he had to deal with in life.
-This all breaks when Ladybug saved Luka from danger. Chat noir saw it, the look of love and worry on the girls face. It wasn’t a look of unrequited love either, he could feel it in his bones. Ladybug was in love with Luka. Luka was happily dating Marinette. And everything clicked. Amazing when one is not blinded by love, how easily things become apparent.
-Chat noir disappeared for a few days. He wasn’t answering calls. Ladybug was worried about her crimefighting partner’s disappearance. He just up and vanished. Rena rouge and Carapace stepped up to help, so akuma were dealt with.
-Marinette went to fu for answers. Where she found an old man looking a touch sad as he held the cat miraculous in his hand. Marinette asked why he was holding it. She was confused, surprised, angry. and hurt. Fu handed her a letter written by Chat noir.
- ‘I am sorry My lady, I just couldn’t hold it in anymore. I tried to play it off, tried to be a good partner, but I failed. I knew if I didn’t give up my miraculous, my pain and hurt would have Hawkmoth turn me into an akuma. If I get akumatized with my miraculous on me, who knows what would happen. I leave it to you, give it to someone better then me. Maybe that guy with the blue tips in his hair, he seemed like someone cool enough to do the job. Good bye, Marinette.’
-Marinette felt her heart sink as she read that. It was heart wrenching to read. She knew the cat was hurting, she should have pushed on the issue more. She should have realized how much hurt he was carrying. How did he know she was Marinette? How long had he known. It was a cyclone of emotions.
-After some time, she did pick a new temporary Chat noir, It was Luka, he was a good fit for it, plus Chat noir did recommend it. The other heroes took a bit of time to adjust, Marinette did as well. Luka took it up as a temporary hero thing, since he didn’t feel he was right to permanently take up the role. He wanted to go by a different name, but Ladybug insisted he keep Chat noir, to keep Paris from gossiping about it. Most people just think Chat noir dyed his hair.
-Adrien, was slowly becoming more distant, shortly after Chat noir got ‘replaced’ he went back to homeschooling.
-Nino and others tried to reach out to him, but he stopped responding. Nino was annoyed, blaming Mr. Agreste for this.
-One night there was an akuma that destroyed the Eiffel Tower. Fearing the worst, Ladybug got the other miraculous users to help out. Thats when they saw a familiar cat costume that was pure white instead of Black and eyes bright purple instead of bright green. He looked at the group and smiled..
-”Its been a while, My lady.” Ladybug felt her heart sink as she realized who it was. It was her old Partner, and he looked very angry.
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