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“Mari. Why are you looking at the Ladybugs.” Adrien huffs, folding his arms over his chest. Marinette looks back at him with a sheepish smile.
“They’re just so cute!”
Adrien looked at her with a confused look. “Cute? They’re bugs, Cats on the other hand are cute!”
“Cats? Yeah right” Marinette scoffed but at Adriens disbelieving stare and raised eyebrows she quickly amended her statement “I mean the kittens are but the cats no way anyway ladybugs have an innocent look about them and their so small and sweet. They also don’t scratch at you all the time like cats do!”
“Cats don’t scratch all the time and anyway i wouldn’t really class ladybugs as a pet. They’re so small you would probably kill them without realising it!” Adrien replied.
“No i wouldn’t and don’t you know ladybugs also symbolise good luck. Everyone needs some of that. After all who wants the bad luck black cats give you, when you are more likely to get things to go your way?” Marinette countered. Walking towards where the ladybugs are and opening up the box to get one out. Smiling as one landed on her hand followed quickly by another. “They also seem to like me a lot!”.
Adrien soon realised that was the understatement of the century as he watched her from where he stood in the cat pen. They were flocking to her side. She had about 20 on her already and more were coming to land on her as he watched. Marinette seemed to enjoying it but Adrien couldn’t help but feel a bit creeped out watching the red and black spotted bugs crawl all over her. (AN- I’m totally not getting this idea from a specific comic or anything ;) )
Marinette slowly lowered herself down to the floor and crossed her legs carefully to make sure she didn’t disturb the steadily increasing number of ladybugs that were landing on her body, crawling around it, or flying around her. She couldn’t help but smile a bit smugly over at Adrien who looked a bit confused yet awed at the same time. He was wearing a gobsmacked expression and Marinette couldn’t help but giggle.
Adrien suddenly snapped out of his daze of staring at the mass of bugs at the sound of a soft giggle and looking around he realised it came from Marinette, afterall they were still the only ones in the shop. He couldn’t help but smile with her and chuckle before realising the reason this was happening and that she was going to win if he didn’t do anything soon.
An idea suddenly came to Adrien as one of the cats rubbed against his leg purring contentedly. He lowered himself down to the floor also and rubbed the cat behind it’s ears smiling. Slowly the cat snuggled closer and a few moments later Adrien found himself with the cat curled up on his lap and with many other of the cats surrounding him purring.
Both Marinette and Adrien were a sight to see with cats and ladybugs all over them respectively and staring across the room at each other neither of them seeming to back down.
That position was were Alya and Nino found them in when they came in for their joined shift to replace Marinette at the shop counter. The silence was broken by a chorus of two wtf’s coming from the duo gaining the attention of the two pet ridden young adults who had somehow failed to hear the bell chime to announce a customer had come in.
Adrien and Marinette’s eyes widened comically when they noticed their friends. A bright red flush of embarrassment came across both of their faces and both stuttered incomprehensible phrases. Their garbled mess of words filling the room. Sighing Alya gave up.
“Ok ok. Stop talking both of you. We have no idea what you’re saying either of you let alone what you have been doing and are doing so can you maybe slow down and talk One at a time please.” Alya firmly interrupted.
Adrien and Marinette quickly quietened down and looked at each other nervously.
“Right. Now do one of you want to tell us what's happening?”Alya asked.
Both of them nervously fidgeted and Nino sighed.
“Dudes just tell us already!”
“Well..” They both started and then broke off staring at each awkwardly motioning for each other to explain.
“For goodness sake. Both of you are useless. Mari, explain now!” Alya ordered.
Marinette nodded quickly not wanting to annoy Alya more and quickly started to explain. “YouseeIwasworkingandAdriencameinandstartedtalkingaboutCatsandhowgoodtheywereandIdisagreedandmentionedhowLadybugswerebetterandwekindofgotintoanargument,thenthishappened. I don't really know how we got like this though, it all went kinda out of control.” Marinette rushed slowing down at the end to catch her breath.
“Whoa. Calm down girl. Can you repeat that please.”
“Right, sorry! You see I was working and Adrien came in and started talking about Cats and how good they were and I disagreed and mentioned how Ladybugs were better and we kind of got into an argument, then this happened. I don't really know how we got like this though, it all went kinda out of control.”
“Dude, is this right?” Nino asked with a weird look across his face.
“Yeah basically. What's wrong?”
“Uh, nothing dude. Just that can the both of you do something about your cats and ladybugs please it’s a bit creepy.” Nino stated Alya nodding, agreeing with him.
Marinette and Adrien looked down and said “Uh yeah of course. Sorry!” Before carefully detaching themselves from their animal and returning them back to their cage. As they did that Alya and Nino sighed in relief. “Thank god. It was so hard to talk to them when they were like that”.
When Adrien and Marinette returned both had a cat and a ladybug respectively. Alya raised her eyebrow at the but ignored the animals in her friend's arms. “Anyway Mari your shift has ended ages ago so I need to take over the shop with Nino.”
“Oh yeah, Sure. Thanks Alya. Oh can you leave a note to Master Fu that i’ve taken a ladybug and he can take it off my pay.”
“Sure girl!” Alya chimed walking over to the counter hearing a faint thanks in return along with a bye and a chime of a bell signaling she had left the shop.
“Likewise with me too Alya except with a cat if that's ok. Thanks!” Adrien called before waving and also leaving the shop.
Soon as both of them left Alya and Nino turned to each both with faces of wtf happened before collapsing into endless laughter which had some snorts and chortles as they struggled to breathe. One thing for sure, Adrien and Marinette were never going to forget that moment as long as they lived.
A few days later without the others knowledge Adrien and Marinette both brought the others pet. Both being won over by the others argument. However they weren’t given the most imaginative names. With Ladybug and Plagg for Adrien’s ladybug and cat and Tikki and Chat Noir for Marinette’s.
It was going to get interesting for sure. Especially since they didn’t want the other to figure out they had the others favourite pet. Oh dear.