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This was not how he imagined this fight to go.
Not that he was complaining. If something, losing this round to acuma never felt better.
Adrien was crawling on his knees and hands through a ventilation duct following Ladybug. Well, not Ladybug-Ladybug, but the girl that usually wore red and black suit when he saw her.
It all happened pretty fast. The acuma was unpredictable, and when Ladybug called out her Lucky charm, she couldn’t figure the plan fast enough. So they were trapped in the corner of the room, when akuma and his minions went on the offensive, blocking the exit.
There were too many of them, and the fastest way of escaping and giving Ladybug time to figure out the plan, that Chat Noir could come up with at that moment, was calling out the Cataclysm and destroying the wall behind the duo. Which led them to a long corridor, which led them to a bathroom, which led them to a ventilation duct for hiding from the crowd of attackers.
Which led them to the current situation, in which they found themselves now, crawling after one another in a narrow dark tunnel.
Ladybug detransformed first, and moved further, scolding herself for forgetting to take food for Tikki.
“I like your skirt.” Chat Noir said, not trying to hide a smile in his voice much.
“How did you...” She started, and stopped. “How much can you see?”
“Not much, just basic outlines.” He confessed. “My night vision does not include colors, but I like the cut.” He smiled again.
“Don’t you dare watching!” Not-anymore-Ladybug hissed, turning to a tunnel on her left.
“Do you know, where we are?” Chat Noir asked, not very successfully trying to avoid adding red and black colors to her panties in his imagination.
“Not sure, but there must be an exit somewhere!” Her voice was nervous, but not desperate.
Green flash of light removed Adrien’s costume after the fifth beep on his ring.
“Where is my cheese?” Plagg demanded.
“Uh... Sorry, Plagg, I think I’ve forgotten my bag in the class.” Adrien was ashamed in front of his lady for this mistake, even if she also forgot to take food.
For some reason his own defect seemed to him criminal, because without suit he wasn’t able to protect her, while Ladybug, in his eyes, had every right to make a mistake.
“I think the food court was in this direction.” Ladybug said, even Adrien couldn’t stop thinking about her not being Ladybug right now. “We can go out separately when we find it, so we get food for the qwamis and keep our identities safe.”
“Good plan!” Adrien tried to fake cheering behind his lady with a slight pick of disappointment in his chest.
Every time they were close to revealing their identities like that, Adrien couldn’t stop himself from hoping.
She turned again and a dim light showed in front of them, outlining the contours of her body.
“Is there an exit?” Adrien asked, trying not to sound disappointed.
“Not yet.” The girl answered, continuing to crawl.
The light became brighter and Adrien finally saw that it was coming from the lattice at the bottom of the tunnel.
When Ladybug almost passed it, the lights lit up her legs... and thighs... and butt... and graceful black panties with green stripes of lace on the sides.
Adrien gasped behind her, slightly shocked from the unexpected view. Ladybug froze, probably surprised too, but accidentally giving him the opportunity to observed the view properly.
“Are those...” Adrien swallowed, then cleared his throat. “Are those Chat Noir’s colors?”
“Don’t look!” The girl in front of him hissed.
“Uh.. it’s just right before my eyes and...” He started.
“Chat!”
“I don’t!” He lied. “I’m not looking.” He swallowed again. “It’s just... I didn’t know we were so close.”
“We are not.” She drained through her teeth. “Those are just random black and green colors.”
“It’s nothing to be ashamed of, my la...”
“Chat! Stop it!”
“Ok, ok, I’m sorry, Buggaboo.” He couldn’t resist smiling.
“No, you’re not!” She growled.
“Hmm... you know me so well.”
“Just...” She sighed. “Just follow me.”
“With pleasure.” He grinned wider.
“Chat!”
“Oh, sorry! I didn’t mean it like that, my lady!” He actually didn’t “I’d follow you wherever you tell me, even if you wouldn’t show me your... uh... I mean... uh... I’ll just shut up now.” Adrien said, feeling his face getting hot.
**
‘Could it be more embarrassing?’ Marinette thought, trying to move faster towards where she thought the way out was.
At least they were in the dark once again, and Chat Noir, or more like the guy who’s name she didn’t even know, couldn’t see her underwear anymore. Oh, how could it even happen to her?!
Well, of corse, ones she detransformed to become Marinette once again, she could expect any disaster falling on her head. It wasn’t unusual for her civilian self after all... But she didn’t expect any of them falling on her butt...
And should’ve she wear those Chat-Noir-inspired underpants today of all days?!
When the girls at school were discussing the new Ladybug-inspired line of underwear, that came out last month, Marinette felt like it wasn’t fair to her partner, not having something like that made in his honor.
Of course the underwear was for ladies, so it was more logically correct for Ladybug’s colors to be chosen. But she wanted to make it right at least in her own eyes, so Marinette made a few sets of Chat-Noir underwear just for herself.
It was a way to show her partner’s importance, that Chat Noir himself always seemed to underestimate. Of course no one would see her panties or even know about them, but she would feel like both Ladybug and Chat Noir were appreciated.
Yeah... No one would see them, right? Except for Chat Noir!
‘No, — she answered to herself, — nothing could be more embarrassing...’
Marinette herd noise in front of her and stopped suddenly, making Chat’s face collapse with her butt.