@mademoisellecoccinelle listen it’s been a while and I’m still really worried because marinette has a crush on adrien sure but chat noir loves ladybug and I’m really worried for those kids
FIRST OF ALL, I am mesmerized by this gif.
SECOND OF ALL, i hate to say it but i think Marinette can’t fall in love with Adrien, nor *really*, until she learn’s he’s Chat Noir.
fIRST disney has some skills
tWO I’m actually not debating that. You can’t love only one side of a coin alone. But I still worry ; A ; because I mean shit we already know that Adrien has low self esteem. What if Marinette joins him in the pity circle because he fell in love with /Ladybug and she’s just her- like I know Tikki talked to her about it but ; ;
COUNTER ARGUMENT
they both feel like crap, like, “you’re in love with this amazing person but that’s not ME”
And it’s like, a week or two of agonizing and feeling terrible and being out of sync, but eventually the kwami breakdown and are like JUST TALK TO EACH OTHER OKAY
(imagine they were on patrol or w/e and the kwami’s nope out of there and leave them on a roof to sort it out; it’s dark, the lights are twinkly, emotions are running high, that sort of thing)
and there are tears, because both of them, they don’t feel like ENOUGH
and Marinette’s like, “I’m just me, I’m not this brave amazing person, I’m not Ladybug.”
And Adrien physically startles with how strongly he reacts, like: “What are you talking about? You are kind and selfless and wonderful. That’s not Ladybug that’s you, Marinette.”
Then he goes quiet and, “You’re amazing and you’ll only look at me when I’m wearing my father’s clothes.”
Marinette pushes into his space, frowning so hard, like: “I can hardly speak to Adrien. I was–I was so obsessed with him I lost sleep over it. Chat’s the one who I trust with my life, who I know will always, always have my back, who will always be on my side even if that means correcting me when I’m wrong. Chat’s the one who makes me laugh when I’m scared, who catches me when I fall. And I never–I couldn’t even–”
And maybe the tears flow a little too easily, because how blind was she, to have ignored this boy right next to her for so long?
She apologizes, again and again, and Adrien doesn’t even hesitate in pulling her into his arms. And she buries into him, fisting her hands in the back of his jacket.
And there’s no “I love you” tonight. There’s no kiss under the lights of the Eiffel Tower. Their hearts are too raw, too vulnerable. But there are fierce hugs and quiet, shaking admissions of, “You’re my best friend” and “I wouldn’t want to do this with anyone else but you,” and for now, that’s enough.
lol on the kwami's intervening. in that oh fuck kind of way counter counter offer Each of them gets /angry when the other starts slipping in their own sludge. Adrien starts /sparking when Marinette speaks badly of herself, and even recognizes some of Chloe's words making a reapparance. /Damnit.
"Listen to me Marinette."
And she barely registers his hold on her shoulders, her eyes coming up to train on his, reddened as they are. She sniffles as he continues.
"You didn't pull Ladybug out of a hat. You didn't /become anyone else when you transformed. You were still you."
He softens some, and his grip becomes less about trying to convince her of his words, and more about the depth of his feelings.
"And that's who I fell in love with." /////// Likewise, Marinette ends up defending Adrien from himself when his own smile breaks his heart, telling his Lady she fell in love with someone false.
"Sure, yes, you definitely act different on patrol versus in school. That's a given. I do the same. But Adrien those are both sides of /you."
And the tension drains from her shoulders.
"We might have seen the other sides of each other's coins and we might have made this more complicated."
And she looks up, and her smile is so damn /small, but it flares like the /sunlight she'd made him see.
Had made him love.
"But we can figure this out. What problem have Chat Noir and Ladybug ever faced that they couldn't solve?"
And her smile /bursts into a grin.
And he loves her then.
God he loves her.