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I will take care of you

Solar/Moon fanfiction

The prequel from Whether you like it or not you're stuck with me.

Compared to the Sequel this is a cozy fanfiction with shenanigans.

I hope you enjoy it <3

On the same night, Ruin was saved from the prison. Moon's steps echoed through the lobby while he was heading to parts and service. He wanted to see if he could track Eclipse's magic in a way before he called it a night. Eclipse always had a way to distract them.

Moon had to focus on so many things at the same time. Moon didn't know where to start and who to trust aside from Solar and Sun. Sure, he trusted Earth and Lunar but the last thing he wanted was to scare his smaller brother. Moon knew how easily Lunar gets locked up when it comes to Eclipse. And Earth didn't need to be more involved in their problems than she already was.

Then there is Ruin, the crescent Lunar animatronic who doesn't know what to think of them. Solar and he were quite confident about the fact that they could have been behind in making Eclipse. It's weird, Solar got knocked out and the footage of it was just gone. Ruin was the only one who was near him. But then again, there is no reason he could think of why they would do that. Maybe it was when Ruin was still infected?

Moon sighed as he moved his hands to his face. "One at a time, Moon." He muttered to himself. He can't start to spiral when he has to keep track of so many things. Moon focused on his to-do list and saw Solar send him the details of coding that he needed for the bodyguard. Well, that's for later.

Solar and he parted the tasks, the dusk animatronic mostly doing the mechanic details and Moon focused on doing the coding part. Solar is capable of programming but it's not his strongest suit. Also, it feels unfair to him if Solar does all the work.

Moon opened the door to the entrance from Parts and Service and sat down to start the computer.

Even if he's more than willing to do so. This fucker is a work alcoholic and if nobody stopped him, then Solar would work himself to the bone.

The blue crescent animatronic didn't know what he would have done if it wasn't for Solar's help. He had done so much for them even if he never had to.

A soft smile appeared on his face but before other thoughts came to his mind he shook his head and sighed. No time for that, the blue animatronic thought to himself. He stretched before he got up from the weird computer.

Parts and service were not his favorite place. It was cold, the room was always bad lighted and it gave him a weird gut feeling. Speaking of the cold, it was more chilly down here than usual.

He walked over to the locker and pulled out his key. Moon kept his tools in the locker since anyone could come down here and just snatch his stuff. As he opened the locker, he took an old keyboard out of it and went back to the weird computer. There was no way he would start looking for Eclipse with the three-button keyboard.

If you could even call that a keyboard. Moon looked at the time and it was 11 p.m. Maybe he would work until 3 a.m. and then call it a night.

Moon groaned as he walked to the daycare. He found nothing! No hints, nothing the computer could pick up, how is that possible? Eclipse didn't seem like himself, he was more clumsy and confused. The crescent Lunar animatronic didn't believe Eclipse was focused enough to not make any mistakes.

Moon opened the door and watched Solar drinking his coffee.

"Hi, Solar." The crescent Lunar animatronic mumbled and Solar raised his brow as he faced Moon. "Well, you sound happy." He sarcastically vocalized "No luck?" Solar questioned while setting his mug down.

"Nope, nothing." Moon sighed and let himself fall into the chair next to his companion.

Solar was about to say something but got interrupted by squeaks from the chair. Solar saw Moon spinning in his chair.

Solar watched him amused and waited for him patiently to spin it out from his system.

"Having fun there?" The dusk animatronic asked while the chair kept squeaking until Moon stopped.

"Sorry, I'm listening now." Moon said while getting comfortable in the chair. "You're good I think you needed this." Solar rasped out and the Lunar crescent animatronic watched his mug.

"I wanted to make myself a coffee." Moon mumbled. "Well, then go make yourself coffee." Solar suggested and Moon leaned lazily back in the chair. "Nah I'm too lazy."

The dusk animatronic thought for a moment and then handed his mug to him. "You can have the rest." Solar told him and Moon took it. "Are you sure?" Solar shrugged and grinned. "I had more than enough and besides If I drink more I might run around like Lunar when he had sundrops."

Moon cringed at the memory and then drank his coffee. It certainly wasn't the first time Solar and Moon shared a mug. There were times when Moon accidentally grabbed Solar's mug instead of his own while working. But it didn't bother them.

Their bond grew strong, especially after Moon and Solar worked on the satellite together. The things they went through together in a month were unspeakable. Side quests the celestial animatronics had to do for British Monty so they worked along which resulted in Solar tackling Moon so he didn't attack the British gator.

The amount of times they end up falling asleep on each other while they took a break from working. But that never changed, Lunar and Sun could prove it with the pictures they took for blackmailing.

Moon tasted the sweetness and licked his lips, he remembered how much of a sweet tooth Solar was. Which was ironic who would have guessed a grumpy animatronic like him was actually a sweet tooth? The blue crescent animatronic also liked the sweetness but not as much as Solar did. "Thanks, Solar." Moon rasped out.

Solar shrugged again. "I don't mind." The Solar bot spoke out.

"Anyways the computer was not able to find anything, don't you think that's weird? Eclipse was completely out of it even Ruin thinks so." Moon mused as he continued. "How is he able to hide his magical signature so well?"

The Solar bot thought about it. "Maybe it's Eclipse's creator who is hiding all the evidence?"

Moon moved his hand over his face while letting out a groan of frustration. "That could be it." He mumbled. "We still have zero process of who made Eclipse."

Solar leaned his hand on his shoulder and the crescent animatronic gazed at him. "How about we focus on our other project and come back to Eclipse's creator later?" Solar suggested. "Yeah, you're right. We should make sure Lunar is safe." Moon replied.

It was around 4:30 a.m. when they finally decided to stop. Both of them could barely keep their eyes open, they didn't want to mess something up and possibly destroy their process.

Moon headed to the theater. He saw Sun was cuddled up in a pile of pillows with his cats sleeping right next to him.

Moom yawned as he pulled the donut-looking pillow to a dark spot and a blanket. If he just laid on the ground again then Earth would scold him. He cringed at the memory when Earth found him lying faceplant on the ground. She sure gave him a fifteen-minute lecture on why it's bad for your back to sleep on the ground. Let's not forget about how Sun started to continue lecturing him about how many germs there were on the ground. Sun literally forced him to watch a documentary of germs.

Moon woke up his head was buzzing, and his wires felt all twisted and messed up. His fans were on full blast like he was overheating and yet he was shivering like a leaf.

Moon groaned and pulled himself up but he had to take a second before getting up, everything was spinning.

Oh boy, he probably caught something. Moon groaned and laid back on the donut thing as he pulled the blanket over his face. His joints hurt and felt like they were locked up. The crescent Lunar animatronic knew he wouldn't be able to work if he felt like this.

His vision was blurry and for some reason, he felt very anxious. But there was no reason to be, it wasn't the first time he caught a virus or something.

"Hey, computer, what time is it?" The grumpy Lunar bot asked. "It is currently 12:40 p.m., Moon."

Moon sighed, the theater would open soon and the last thing he wanted was to interact with Karen's. Also, Solar send him a message to come to the daycare.

So he made his way slowly to the daycare, there was a ringing in his ear and the light made his eyes hurt. Solar was already glued to the computer as he opened the doors.

The room was filled with kids and they were running around and screaming, like usual. Lunar was having a tea party with the other kids while Earth was comforting a child and Sun was preparing for snack time.

Solar drank his coffee as he tipped something on the keyboard. "Hey, Moon." The Solar bot spoke.

"How are you doing?" Solar asked while watching him. Moon sat down on the chair next to him and squinted over to Solar.

"Actually I'm not feeling good. I think I caught something." Moon rasped out.

"Yeah, you really don't look good." Solar said bluntly and Moon grumbled "Thanks, Solar."

Solar grabbed another mug and handed it to him. "So does Ruin."

"Geez Solar why so rude today?" Moon replied drowsily. "Huh? Wha- no that's not what I meant. He's also sick."

Moon took the mug and looked into it and tried not to grimace. Coffee was the last thing he wanted to drink. "It's tea, it should make you feel a bit better." Solar replied as if he could read Moon's mind.

"Thanks, Solar." Moon shivered as he drank a bit. "So Ruin is also sick?" Solar nodded. "They woke me up earlier and asked if I could do a diagnostic check on them."

Moon leaned in the chair as he listened. "Don't you think it's a bit weird that you both got sick right after our rescue?" Solar asked and Moon thought about it.

It was weird, maybe there was something in that prison that made them sick? "What do you have in mind, Solar?" Moon tilted his head as he asked.

"Well since I didn't get sick, despite being right beside you. I believe the barrier which kept Ruin in there was infected with some malware." Solar stated.

"I think you're right. " Moon spoke while placing the mug down and Solar shrugged

"So you believe the barrier infected us through the electric shock?" Solar nodded.

"Where is he anyway?" Moon questioned while looking around. "They're in the room beside mine, on the couch." Solar replied.

Moon coughed as he shivered and the dusk animatronic looked at him quite concerned. "You know you kinda look worse than they do." Moon deadpanned him. "Yea, you don't say, Solar." He mumbled.

"Moon, you know I don't mean it like that." Solar spoke amused as he pulled a blanket out from the drawer.

His frown turned to a grin. "Yeah, yeah I know." Solar stood up and wrapped a blanket around his shoulder. Solar moved his hand to his forehead.

"Computer can you do a diagnostic on Moon?"

Moon coughed into his elbow as Solar stood in front of him. The computer scanned him and then stated: "His temperature rose to 39,6°C"

Solar smiled fell and started to think.

"I recommend taking off his coat and pullover, so his fans on his back can work better." Spinard continued.

"I prefer not to take off my clothes here though." Moon mumbled and Solar looked at him. "Why? You used to walk around shirtless all the time."

Before Moon could answer him they heard Sun walking towards them. The bright animatronic could tell immediately Moon didn't feel well.

"Hey Moon are you okay?" The crescent Lunar animatronic nodded. "Hi Sun, yeah I'm okay, just caught a virus." Sun took a huge step back and distanced himself from them.

"Wuss." Moon verbalised and Sun pouted. "Hey, I have to take care of kids, I can't get sick. You know how many kids we get and I can't leave Lunad and Earth alone!" He did have a point but Moon just shrugged.

"Don't worry, brother I'll get out your rays in a minute." Moon uttered as another shiver struck his body. Sun smiled softly. "If you need something I can make Lunar get it."

"Thanks, Sun." Moon replied drowsily. "I'll look after him." The dusk animatronic spoke and Sun tilted his head. "That good I honestly was worried to leave him alone."

"Sun you don't have to worry about me" Moon mumbled and Sun's smile twitched. "Sure brother. " Sun spoke and before the crescent Lunar animatronic could ask him what he meant, they watched the bright animatronic turn around as he announced to the kids. "It's snack time!" They watched the kids running to the table and sat down enthusiastically.

"I guess I'm heading to the Parts and service." Moon mumbled, he felt the same anxiety as when he woke up. The thought of being alone made him nervous. Solar tilted his head. "Parts and service? How about we go to my room?" Solar recommended. "Like I said before I'll take care of you."

"I thought you meant checking up on me. Don't you want to keep working?" Solar shrugged. "I can work later. I wanna make sure you're doing okay." He spoke softly and Moon felt his cheeks lighten up. He looked to the side and hoped Solar didn't see his red face.

Solar moved to the door Moon followed but his head was spinning and his vision blurred. There was a loud ringing in his ear again and he then realized his vision was turning black. Moon grabbed on the chair and called out for Solar.

He couldn't hear anything but the ringing. Solar turned around to Moon's call, he saw him fainting, and before he hit the ground Solar animatronic caught him.

"Moon?!" Solar spoke alarmed, Moon's body fell limp against the dusk animatronic. He started to shake Moon and slapped his face softly. Solar realized he was shutting down since his fans were going quiet "Computer! Diagnostic Moon right now."

Solar picked Moon up as the computer stated. "His temperature has risen to 40,3°C. Solar you have to cool him down immediately."

Earth jogged towards Solar since she saw Moon fainting. "Solar? What happened?"

"Moon fainted, he has a high fever and I'm bringing him to my room. Send someone with icepacks." Solar rushed explaining while opening the door after Earth nodded he sprinted out of the daycare.

"My gut feeling was right to not leave you alone." He mumbled grumpy while running to his room. As he opened the door Ruin was sitting on the couch and looked at Solar a bit startled.

"Hi Solar-" Solar climbed through the tunnel with Moon. "Not now, Ruin. Moon passed out."

Solar felt his fans blasting and tried to stay calm as he took off Moon's coat and pullover.

The panicked bot pressed the button on Moon's chest to open his chestplate, Solar grabbed cables from the Arcade machine which is a working computer and plugged them into his chest.

Soon after Lunar climbed through the tunnel and brought icepacks. "I'm here, Solar!" The smaller jester yelped. "Okay do me a favor and put them on his forehead." Lunar nodded as he climbed quickly up on Solar's bed and leaned it on Moon's forehead.

Solar pulled Moon's pants up where his ankles were. "What are you doing, Solar? Is he going to be okay?" Lunar asked concerned. "He is going to be fine if I do this right. I'm freeing all his fans so he can cool down."

"I connected him to the computer so I can see better what is going on and it alerts me right away if something changes." Solar continued explaining.

Lunar nodded as he held the ice packet on his forehead. Solar glanced over to the monitor and then looked back to Moon.

"Computer can you do another diagnostic on him?" The arcade machine made a noise as the computer scanned him. "His temperature is going down his current temperature is 39,8°C. He should shortly turn back on."

Solar sighed relieved as he sat down next to Moon. Ruin then climbed through the tunnel as well and fidgeted with their hands. "Solar? What is happening to our companion?"

"He also got infected with the same virus but for some reason, he caught it way worse than you." Solar stopped for a moment and then turned to the computer. "Hey, Spinard can you do another diagnostic on Ruin?"

"Yes, of course, Solar. Ruin is currently okay, his temperature is still at 38°C but his fans aren't overheating." Solar let another relieved sigh out and leaned back to the wall.

"Well, that's rather weird." Ruin spoke. "I honestly thought you would have it worse since your body was fixed recently," Solar said thoughtfully.

"What does it have to do with that, Solar?" Ruin questioned out confused and tilted his head. "Well your body got fixed recently and your firewall could be distracted by that." Solar tried to explain but when a quiet click was heard, Lunar kicked him in the back.

Solar flinched and turned around to him grumpy. "Lunar-" The smaller bot smiled innocently. "I can hear his fans turning on," Lunar told them.

"He is actually rebooting." Spinard affirmed and Lunar shrugged. "The same thing."

The celestial animatronics waited for him to wake up but nothing happened after a while they could hear Moon snore. Lunar sighed and slapped him. "Wake up!" Moon groaned. "What the, what happened?" Moon rasped out. "You passed out because of overheating. How do you feel?" Solar questions concerned.

Moon pulled himself up and Lunar took the ice packet from his forehead. "I still feel like shit but not as bad as before," Moon mumbled and looked down. "Why am I shirtless?"

"Your fans were suffocating." Solar vocalized and Ruin side eyes the wall. Moon trembled and rubbed his arms. "Am I really overheating if I'm freezing?" Solar grabbed a blanket and wrapped it around Moon's shoulders. "Yeah, it's normal."

Lunar looked worried up at Moon. "Are you going to be okay?" He asked and Moon glanced down to his younger brother. Moon smiled softly at him. "I will be all right, thank you for your help."

Lunar shrugged "It's whatever. Please stay here you scared us." Moon leaned back on the wall. "Oh, I'll definitely. I'm not going anywhere. I prefer not to pass out again."

The computer cleared out its non-existent throat to get their attention. "Solar, I have found out why Moon overheats so quickly."

The dusk animatronic gazed to the arcade machine.

"It seems like Moon didn't clean his fans in a long while and they're not working completely anymore."

Solar turned slowly his head back to Moon and the dark crescent animatronic suddenly felt like he was in danger.

Moon let out a nervous chuckle and looked at the three animatronics staring at him. "Oh boy." Ruin spoke while dramatically covering his mouth.

"Moon.." Solar scowled and before he could say something Lunar pushed a pillow directly on his face.

Ruin fidgeted with their hands as they watched the interaction. He yelped as Lunar suffocated his older brother with the pillow. "Before you overheat I'll strangle you!" Lunar hissed.

"Lunar!" Moon muffled while he tried to pull the pillow away from his face.

Solar picked up the smaller animatronic and pulled him away from Moon. "Lunar you gonna make him faint." Solar muttered and he blew raspberries at them. "Rightfully deserved." Lunar mumbled.

Moon sighed annoyed by his younger brother's shenanigans but he had a point. There was a ping and Lunar checked his messages. "Let go of me, Solar." The dusk animatronic let the small animatronic down.

Lunar brushed his clothes straight and crossed his arms.

"Earth and Sun are worried and it's about naptime so I'll go and help them." He said unamused while looking directly at Moon. "You better sleep with an open eye if you don't clean your stupid fans."

Moon put his hand to his chest. "I promise I'll clean them." Lunar squinted at him and pointed his finger at him dramatically. "You better clean them before the others come up here." Then the small animatronic turned around and left.

Solar looked at Moon pissed and the British animatronic glanced between them amused.

"Okay, I get it! I will clean them up." Moon defensively spoke while fighting a smile. "You better."

The dark crescent animatronic moved around and remembered that his chest plate was still open. Moon cringed at the feeling.

"Do you still need the cable plugged in?" He asked while covering his chest with the blanket. The situation made him feel exposed.

Solar thought about it, he was still worried that it might backfire. The fact his body overheated and he was unconscious for a few minutes worries him. "Hey, Spinard can you alert me if his body temperature rises or if there are other problems?"

"Of course, I shall alert you if there are any concerns." The computer agreed. "Thanks."

Solar moved his hands to Moon's chest, the dark lunar animatronic felt his face heaten and then Moon glanced over to Ruin. He realized they had been watching them the whole time. Ugh, he hoped Ruin didn't notice his bright faceplate. Solar pulled out the cables and Moon sighed while closing his chest plate.

"Are you just gonna stand there or will you sit down next to us?" Solar asked while looking over to the smaller jester.

"O-Oh, no, no I'm fine. I'll rest my eyes on the couch over there." They clumsily pointed to the yellow couch in the balcony room. "Are you sure?"

"Oh, I'm sure. It was entertaining to watch but um.. you see the sickness makes me feel very woozy so I'll take a small nap!" Ruin fumbled with his words and smiled.

"Whatever suits you." Solar shrugged. "But you two have a wonderful afternoon. Ta ta." The silly jester hummed as they climbed out through the tunnel.

Moon and Solar glanced at each other.

"Entertaining to watch, huh?" Moon repeated and Solar huffed.

"Well, we deal daily with a lot of shit. I guess from an outside view it's very entertaining." Solar grumpy mumbled.

Moon groaned and leaned back as he cuddled into the blanket. Solar sat down next to him and watched him.

"Solar aren't you worried you will get sick as well?" Moon questioned, the dusk animatronic thought about it and then shrugged. "If I get sick then so be it."

"Besides I have to make sure you don't get strangled by Lunar." Solar teased, Moon rolled his eyes and smiled softly.

When Solar moved his arm back to the wall, his hand accidentally touched Moon's hand but neither moved their hand away. The dark crescent animatronic felt his faceplate brighten up, usually he didn't mind Solar's touch but for some reason it felt more.. welcoming?

Moon drew circles in his hand while looking to the side.

Moon felt like butterflies were stuck in his wires, it was not unpleasant, far from it. The dark crescent animatronic knew he had been feeling like this a while around Solar.

He remembered when Monty asked him if he was still AroAce but Moon didn't know.

Is this what romantic love feels like? Is it just a crush? Do Aromantic people experience crushes? Aside from gray and demiromantic people. Does he like him in a queerplatonic way? Maybe he's demiromantic, he the feelings didn't instantly start more after their bond grew.

Solar grabbed his hand and the dark crescent animatronic let out a strangled noise. Then both of them hear a loud whirr. Moon pulled his hat down with his other hand, how dare his body work against him?

Solar turned his head to the glowing animatronic, he immediately let go of Moon's hand and cleared his non-existent throat.

"Sorry, I shouldn't have done that." Solar spoke nervously.

"No, you're fine. Just startled that's all." Solar watched him. "I don't mind." The dark crescent animatronic mumbled and Solar smiled.

There was a moment of silence.

"But we should really clean your fans." Solar mused. "Now?" Moon asked.

The dusk animatronic shrugged. "I prefer if we do it now before your cables melt." Moon grunted embarrassed and crossed his arms. "Alright, we will do it now."

Moon felt the weight of the matress lift and he watched Solar getting his tools. He didn't realize he was staring at him until the dusk animatronic spoke. "So with which one do you want to start? We got one on your back and then on your ankles.

"I guess we can start with my ankles." Moon grumpy mumbled and Solar grinned at him. "Oh c'mon Moon, I'll be quick."

"Just let me do it myself." Moon groaned and covered his face. The dusk animatronic shook his head. "Not gonna happen I have the feeling that your vision is blurred."

Moon raised his brow. "How did you know?" Solar laid his tools on the desk and went towards the grumpy animatronic. "Moon, you're squinting a lot. It's not hard to tell."

Solar helped him to get up and walked to the desk. Moon sat down on the desk and sighed.

"Besides it's better if we do it now before Lunar comes back and strangles you." Solar teased and he rolled his eyes.

"So you wanna do this while being asleep or awake?" Solar asked and Moon thought about it. The thought of being shut down made him shiver but not because he doesn't trust Solar. Far from it, Moon trusted his friend with all his heart.

Heck, Solar could even do experiences on him and Moon would trust him completely. The blue crescent animatronic knew Solar was more than capable of taking projects in hand and making the right decision. Moon fought the urge to smile and shook his head.

"What does that mean?" Solar questioned confused. Moon perked up and realized he didn't really answer his question. "I want to stay awake."

The motives was due to his memory loss. Moon still feared to shut down only to wake up with no memories. Many accidents happen while being fixed and that gave him more anxiety.

Solar pulled the cables from the Arcade machine and cleared his throat. "So if you stay awake I'll have to connect you to the computer again."

Moon groaned and opend his chestplate. "Because you have to turn off the fan which you are working on." Moon spoke annoyed and Solar nodded.

After the dusk animatronic connected him to the computer and he tipped something until there was a beep sound. Moon felt his fans on his left ankle turn off, Solar then grabbed the screwdriver and pulled his pants up. He unscrewed the vents and gently pulled it out.

Dust instantly met Solar and he coughed. "Geez Moon when was the last time you cleaned it?" Moon didn't response his question. Solar raised his brow while glancing up to him. "Maybe a few months ago?" Moon mumbled and Solar frowned.

"No wonder you passed out." Solar scowled and Moon chuckled nervously while fidgeting with his hat. "I clean mine at least twice a month." Solar continued.

Moon let out a little: "Oh."

The dusk animatronic shook his head and started to clean out his fans. Both of them didn't say anything and the noises from the daycare of kids screaming and talking filled the silence.

"Doesn't it get annoying to work in here when the children are screaming?" Moon wondered out loud and Solar hummed. "It does but I have this function installed. Basically like noise cancelling headphones, so I can easily blend it out."

Moon glanced amazed to Solar, this animatronic has numerous smart ideas. "That's really clever, Solar." Solar shrugged and looked to the side. "Not really. I just got inspired when I saw a kid walking around with headphones."

Moon raised his brow and clung onto the blankets. "So? You still managed to build it."

Solar felt his faceplate heaten up. "I guess I did." He smiled softly while trying to focus on cleaning the vents.

After Solar cleaned the last vent on Moon's back, he got awfully quiet. The blue crescent animatronic was sitting backwards on the chair so it gave Solar easier access to his back.

Solar stopped and moved to the lunar animatronic. He noticed Moon's eyes were closed and his head was resting on the cushion from the chair.

"Hey Spinard, is Moon okay?" Solar whispered. "He is fine, Solar. Moon is currently sleeping." The Solar bot let out a relieved sigh.

"If there was a problem I would already have told you, Solar." The computer spoke out sassy.

When Solar was finally finished with cleaning he picked Moon gently up and moved towards the bed. The blue crescent animatronic clung onto Solar while he tried to lay him down.

The Solar bot let out an amused chuckle. "Moon.. let go off me." As he glanced to Moon he was looking direct at the dusk animatronic. "Join me?" Moon asked carefully and Solar raised a brow. "Are you sure?" He questioned while feeling his cheek lighten up and Moon only smiled at him with half lidded eyes. "If you don't mind?"

Solar felt flustered and let out an amused huff. "I don't mind."

The dusk animatronic moved in the bed and wrapped the blanket around them. He felt Moon arms wrapping around his back and Solar hesitantly hugged him while leaning his chin on his head.

The dark crescent animatronic didn't take long to nod off and Solar followed soon after.

"You're really great you know that, right?" Moon mumbled and Solar smiled fondly. "Moon, just go to sleep." He muttered light-heartedly.

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Sun and Earth checked up on Moon.

Earth: "Aww look they're cuddling again!"

"They sure are."

Sun chuckled as he took pictures for blackmailing and Lunar followed them.

Lunar: "Ew cooties."

#solarmoon #solar x moon #I might change the Title from this fanfic #moondrop #I'll post this later on aO3 (if I figure it out)

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sherifftillman · 9 months

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this or that, fic writer edition!

oneshots or chaptered fics? fluff, smut, or angst? outlines or winging it? title first or title last? past tense or present tense? background noise or total silence? pc, tablet, phone, or handwritten? in bed, in a seat, or at a table/desk? 2k or 10k? canon ships, rarepairs/crackships, or reader inserts?

#i might do a reblog with some more prompts later but for now here's 10 :)#there's probably been like 27401 of these but i'm curious lol #ftr:#oneshots #fluff (is my personal preference but smut does more numbers)#title first (a v recent change)#bg noise (something super familiar)#laptop or phone #in bed or at a table #i'd like to just bash out a decent 2k fic but that's not what my brain wants to do lol #rarepairs have taken over my entire life atm but i still got a couple x readers lurking in the wips #writer life

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tired-biscuit · 1 year

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𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘈𝘜 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵

it's exactly what the title says; a masterlist consisting of all the stories and drabbles set in the royalty AU that includes our beloved (and sometimes very badly-behaved) general!kiba. BRAU for short.

18+ / fem!princess!reader // every work is properly tagged and includes the appropriate content warnings at the top of each post. most of it is smut!!

#biscuit's royalty au

the ask that started it all

wedding night

warming up

splish splash; i was taking a bath

taking initiative

table manners

comfort

hide and seek

#i might change the title later on but for now it's this lol #ik very original sdjkfhdsjkfh #biscuit's royalty au #kiba x reader #kiba smut #naruto smut #divider by firefly-graphics

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artist-rat · 11 months

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grabbing my da ocs to give them an og story in an og setting. testing some new looks. barbie meme is the first thing i draw

this has been my announcement

#a bit late to the party but believe me i drew this like a day or two after the posters/screenshots dropped lol #ANYWAY memes aside #pleas believe me im taking this seriously<3 #probably will be posting more stuff abt this later when we get more worldbuilding and character designing done hehee #but the name of the setting and/or the work title is Parhelion :)#these are just my v first take on these two as well #just vibing #. also altering at least some character names to separate what stuff is da and what's not and to suit finnish better bc #my sister might plan to write it all into a story/stories one day (in finnish) :p #(i mean i wrote Hawk here but in finnish it would/will be Haukka)#they're kinda the same characters but also kinda not... YAKNOW? removed from their original setting and while we want to keep some things #a lot of stuff's obv bound to change #oc: telital #oc: rene/haukka #setting: parhelion

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ittybittybumblebee · 1 day

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i want to see exactly how many people actually have thought i am for research because ive gotten this quite a few times from different people i just wanna see how far it goes

#please understand while im not doubting so much now im not going to base off everything by peoples perceptions of my online behavior but #i feel like it does give good insight #i just always have a little hesitation in me because i feel like no one can get a full scope or honest picture of myself to Know me enough #to say that i can trust their opinion of me without knowing me enough in that sense #gahh. cuz i always feel like im doing Just Fine Enough i feel normal enough but im not guhh.#GUHHGGGHGH #it literally wouldnt change anything for me. like im autistic . ok! shrugs my shoulders. i cope i cant to anything more to help myself #than that #do u guys get it. do i have to go eat bricks or do u guys get it. my internal struggle. im like sisyphus #i cant trust other peoples opinions of my and i cant trust my own perceptions #while of course self diagnosis is a wonderful thing i dont want to put a name on myself that serves me no purpose #autism is awesome but do i deserve that title when dont feel like i own it wether i am autistic or not #im just so conflicted.#do you get it. do you get me. am i being reasonable . am i just fighting a truth about myself or are my doubts realistic. but the Evidence.#im so tired #i do not wanna b one of those tiktok girlies saying theyr hyperfixated on cooking pasta #Now do you get me #all my long winded rabbit trail rambles out of me before i finally get to my one point condensed conclusion #and now i just cant delete the rest of my tags because of all my time spent on them #enjoy my indentity crisis lol #i Might delete some of these tags later

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acidmouthed · 1 month

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Now that I'm moving Tex (frombrad2worse's Guardian) and Nova into a new original game idea, I gotta redesign them away from their Destiny digs. It's been nice drawing for the first time since... oh, December or January? Having free time for the first time in so long is nice but trying to come up with outfit designs that mesh cowboy + treasure hunter + sci-fi HARD. Fun. But hard.

Gonna try to do maybe 2-3 of these quick sketches per week until I land on good designs for the 6 characters in the main party.

#acid art #WIPs #Tex-19 #Overclocked!#<- game idea tag. the game's title might change later? but I like it for now #also I say 'quick sketches' but tbh it's usually like 1hr of looking up inspiration and 10min to doodle #putting it all on one layer to encourage me to keep moving and not focus on making it perfect

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microwave-core · 1 year

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The Lengths of Love

Penny x Fem! Reader

Penny loves spending time with her girlfriend. Unfortunately for her, though, you decide to interrupt her perfect evening by suggesting the impossible: going outside. Extra unfortunate for her, she lacks the mental fortitude to say no to your pleading eyes.

Life can often be confusing, stuck in a predicament where you're not exactly sure what to do. At this moment, you are lost. You're not sure who you should be paying more attention to. The Sylveon in your lap, the Flareon at your feet, or the girlfriend at your side.

Sure, it’s not the worst position to be in. You're incredibly warm and comfortable, surrounded by fluff and warmth and love. It’s just unfortunate that the love was being provided by the two eeveelutions, since Penny was completely glued to her phone screen.

She had been talking your ear off about some niche manga she had stumbled across, desperately trying to get you to read it. Despite her continuously binging it in her off time, she still seems to have more to catch up, but it’s to be expected. You're not familiar with the details of Operation Starfall, but you know it got her roped into working with the Pokemon League. That along with classes means she doesn’t have as much free time as before, meaning she’s reading during your time together.

It’s not unexpected, though, it’s how most of your hangout date things end up going. Although she has been getting more social since returning to the academy, her social battery drains quickly. She can only hang out with her former Team Star buddies in person for so long before crashing. With you, she finds it most enjoyable to just sit in your presence, sending you videos and shitty memes despite being nuzzled into your side.

It’s wonderful, really. Your girl makes herself at home next to your body. Your hands are full of soft fur. Your feet are warmed by a living pile of fluff. The room is taken over by loving warmth. The peaceful silence is only interrupted by the purring of Sylveon (and the rustling of boxes coming from the kitchen) .…You could do without all of the pokemon hair clinging to your clothes, though.

“You know, you should probably get your other eevees away from the kitchen before they break into the trash.” “What can I do about it?” She keeps her eyes glued to her phone.

“...You could put them back in their balls?” “Why would I do that?” You just give her a look, one strong enough that she could feel it even without looking at you.

“What? I love being surrounded by my eevees.” She meets your gaze this time. “And they like it when you're around, too. You're, like, their second favorite person.” You can’t help the smile creeping up your face, but the sweetness of the moment is lost because the trash is going to be broken into.

“Penny… Maybe if you like to keep your pokemon out of their balls, you should try spending some more time with them outside.” She looks at you as if you had just grown a second head. “...Outside? But outside sucks.” “I know it does, but you should probably consider taking a break every now and then.”

“School and Geeta already keep me out of my room, isn’t that enough?” Penny is pleading for her life. She truly is the embodiment of how the older generations view the younger ones: terminally online and inside.

“We could do something fun! Like go on a picnic, or explore, or go shopping…” “But we do fun things here! We don’t need to go out!” She suddenly removes herself from your side, passing an apologetic look to Sylveon, who she disturbed with her abrupt movements.

“Like… like… I just got my hands on some good manga! Or, uh, I’ve got some Studio Ghibli movies we could rewatch! And I’ve got some shitty shovelware games we could make fun of!” She’s shuffling through the mess on the ground, searching for the coveted items she hoped would erase the idea of going outside from your pretty little head.

“Come on, we can do that whenever we want! Why don’t we just change things up a little bit, just this once?” If she didn’t love you, she wouldn’t have folded so easily.

“Fine, I’ll do it, but you owe me!” A part of her is upset, but the other part of her is just glad to make you happy. Love makes people do crazy things, or something like that.

“Aww, thanks babe!” She plops back into the couch. “Well, if I’m making you go out, I think it’s only fair that you pick where we go first.” Her phone is in her hands in seconds. “I will say, though, there’s a good sandwich joint right here in Mesagoza.” She mutters something under her breath (something about an Arven), but she doesn’t complain.

You try to look at her phone screen as she goes to pull up a map, but she seems to purposefully turn it away from you. Unfortunately from her, you catch a glimpse of what she was hiding through the reflection in her glasses.

“...Am I your lock screen?” “...No.” Her poor denial is complimented wonderfully by the burning red overcoming her cheeks.

“Aww, aren’t you just the sweetest!” “Don’t tease me!” “I’m not, I’m being serious!” You desperately want to tease her over it, but you know that any more comments could make her change her mind about this whole “outdoors” business.

“Whatever! Let’s just go get these sandwiches.” She stuffs her phone into the pocket of her hoodie as she gets back up to find her shoes. Oh, how adorable she is when she’s embarrassed, acting as if she’s all huffy and mad. You know better, though. She lives for your attention and praise, even if it does fluster her.

Penny puts her beloved eevees back to their balls, except for Sylveon who she allows to trot beside you both as you walk through the dorm hallway. It’s only now that you realize how late it has gotten. It’s hard to tell in her room given how dark she keeps it, but it does give you another idea.

“There’s a really good clear spot just outside the city, actually. Maybe we could make our way out there and do some stargazing afterwards?” “Can’t babe. I’ve gotta be back by 10 to play Minecraft with the boys.” Her tone is dead serious.

“What?” “You heard me. Team Star plays Minecraft every Friday night.” “So you’re gonna tell all your friends that I’m your ‘gamer girlfriend’, but you aren’t even going to invite me to Minecraft night?” “It’s for the boys, babe.”

#pokemon x reader #penny x reader #fem reader #request stuff #do eevees purr?#the trash is not safe #might change title later

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brewerssupplies · 11 months

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Working on a kaiju rpg where you all rotate through a cast of characters you all create together and whenever you fuck up enough times the kaiju you all also made together shows up and you have to decide what it does and how it fucks with whatever the characters have going on. By the end of the game, you've all just played through what was essentially the plot of a kaiju film.

#ad speaks #that's at least the working title for the moment #I might change it later on #ttrpg #rpg #ttrpg design #rpg design #atomic breath

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freswoe · 5 months

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hmmm. considering a resident evil/hermitcraft au For Funsies

my current thoughts are:

sort of a mix between decked out, hermitcraft s9 & some aspects of secret life (mainly scar and bdubs in session 6) with some parts of resi 2. the ‘heart foundation’ is a charitable (ehhhh) offshoot of Waltz Technology (basically umbrella but slightly more focused on cybernetics than biowarfare. only slightly though) and they’ve been taking people and experimenting on them (giving them ‘hearts’ and such) for the sake of WT’s research. however their infection (causing the eyes, hair, and patches of skin to change colour over time - green is dormant, yellow is active, red is fully taken over) got loose, causing an outbreak in raccoon city. yes it’s still raccoon city.

i think etho would be the Leon-figure (with some changes ofc, he’s not exactly a rookie lmao) because of his runs through decked out. for funsies. and then while he’s exploring and doing his thing scar and bdubs are Also trying to get out of town. but then scar pushes bdubs into a horde of zombies as Bdubs gets infected so That’s Fun

I’ll probably come back to this later

#hermitcraft #decked out #hermitcraft s9 #resident evil #re2make #secret life #slsmp #cry mercy #DPD au #<- deepfrost police department #current au title anyway #might change it later

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2manyfandoms2count · 2 years

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Acting the part

Made it with 10 minutes to spare! Happy St Athanase Day everyone 💕

I had a little AU in the works, based on a prompt @alexseanchai sent to the MLWG ages and ages ago; it felt fitting to finish it today!

Here's the prompt:

Hope I did it justice!

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Acting the part

Marinette was absolutely seething.

Nathalie had left (or rather, been kicked out of) the bakery an hour before, and ever since, Marinette had been oscillating between the two first stages of grief.

Denial that it was finally happening, that she’d have to let go of arguably the best thing that had ever happened to her – her relationship with Adrien.

And anger. Because how dare he. Really, how dare he.

She went through the conversation again as she paced her bedroom floor.

“Miss Dupain-Cheng, your relationship with my son is detrimental to the Gabriel Agreste brand. I demand that you stop seeing him at once.” He hadn’t even bothered to tell her in person. The man was abominable.

“If you refuse, I will not hesitate to withdraw Adrien from school, and he will never see his friends again.”

His words echoed in her mind and she felt the anger rise in her chest. She’d had a good cry earlier, and letting go of her tears had brought her clarity.

What. An. Asshole.

She knew something was bound to come and mess up her relationship with Adrien. It had all gone too smoothly.

She’d dropped off the beret on his bed. He’d found her at the Trocadéro. They’d kissed under the perfect spring sun. The press loved them. She was happy. More importantly, Adrien was happy.

She’d been a million miles away from suspecting that Gabriel Agreste would be the catalyst of their downfall, though, even if she really should have guessed.

She paused. Never mind her, how dare this man come and shut down his only son’s happiness? Adrien had literally bloomed since they’d started going out. He laughed more. Joked more.

And she was supposed to take that joy away from them both? Because even if she knew Adrien would be less unhappy if he stayed in school, rather than if he was back alone in the prison that was his house, she knew she’d have a tough time keeping up the charade that she didn’t love him anymore if she saw him every day. And she knew that even if she did manage, Adrien would feel just as miserable as she would inside.

Which meant that she’d probably have to change schools to allow him to keep their friends, and make it less hard on him and her by not having to see each other every day; but it meant having to make new friends and would she even still be able to see her old friends and…

Her phone chimed, interrupting her spiral. Adrien’s face appeared on the screen. His photoshoot was over, and he was wondering if she was free to hang out.

Her thumbs hovered over her keyboard as she thought out her reply. Gabriel had asked her to break up with him at once. She couldn’t dump him over text, though.

She deserved one last coffee date with her boyfriend.

—

Adrien could tell that there was something on Marinette’s mind as she quietly sipped on her lemonade. Something wrong. The more she hummed in response to his summer musings, her eyes cast down, staring emptily at the napkin in front of her, the more worried he grew.

“Hey, Marinette?” he probed.

She jumped a little in her seat and looked up, taking in a deep, shaky breath. Her smile was too rigid for it to be perky. Her eyes were a little too shiny to be excited.

“Yeah?” she squeaked.

“Is everything alright?”

“Me? Of course!” She laughed awkwardly. “Why wouldn’t I be alright? Everything’s completely fine! Nothing worthy of note happened today. Everything was normal! And that’s why I’m absolutely fine…”

“Marinette,” Adrien tried to stop her flow of words, which was becoming increasingly nonsensical by the minute, to no avail. “Marinette.” He covered her hand with his and she jolted, focusing on him again. “What’s wrong? Really, this time. You only ramble on like that when you’re trying to cover something up.” He smiled tenderly, encouragingly.

She sighed. He really did see right through her. It would have made her melt a little, in other circumstances.

“I can’t tell you,” she said softly, looking down. It really killed her that she had to keep this from him. Yet she knew that however little she liked Gabriel Agreste, she could never be the one who took away his son’s respect.

“Why not?” He frowned, feeling her hand ball into a fist under his own, and noticing there was also a slight puffiness around her eyes, which he felt stupid for not seeing earlier. Everything about her posture screamed forced resignation. It really wasn’t like her.

“Because I love you.” She looked up again, and her eyes definitely glistened with tears.

He got up instantly, not letting go of her hand, and knelt down next to her chair.

“Hey.” He rubbed her arm gently, hoping his face was expressing just how anguished he was that she was suffering like this. “I love you too. Please don’t make yourself miserable because of me. You can tell me anything, we’ll find a way, you and me ag-”

“It’s not because of you.” She rubbed her eyes and exhaled in frustration, before meeting his gaze again. He looked so worried. If this was how he took her reaction, then how would he react to their breakup? And how would she? She was already getting worked up about it, what would happen on the actual day?

Purple butterflies would surely flock around. For either, or, more likely both, of them.

Her gaze hardened. He had a right to know. Deep breath.

“I had a rather… upsetting visit from Nathalie and the tablet, today,” she all but spat.

“Oh no.” Adrien’s eyes widened in panic. He had a flashback to the sketchbook he’d left out on his desk the previous week, open on some doodles of him and Marinette getting married. He wasn’t sure anybody had seen them, but if Nathalie had, and had told his father about it… “Please don’t tell me she’s trying to make you sign a prenup!”

“What?” Marinette looked at him like he’d just grown a second head, but quickly shook her head. “No. Quite the contrary, actually.”

Adrien breathed a sigh of relief. His daydreams hadn’t been exposed to her, then. Not in a way he couldn’t control, at least. He was all for sharing glimpses of what he liked to think their future would hold with her, as long as it wouldn’t make her feel pressured. “Okay, what happened, then?”

“They want us to break up.”

Adrien nearly collapsed from his fairly unstable crouch.

“What? But why?” He frowned.

“Beats me.” She shrugged defeatedly. “Apparently it’s got something to do with brand image.”

“That’s a lie.” Adrien tensed a little, his mind racing as he tried to figure out his father’s agenda, and she ran a hand through his hair. It was probably one of the last times she’d be able to do it without risking Adrien’s freedom. He leaned into her touch, but kept his focus on the matter at hand. “Gabriel brand has never done better, even when Mum was around and Father was more… inspired. Lots of people are buying clothes to look like us.”

“It doesn’t make sense to me either, but I don’t have a choice, Adrien.” Her breath hitched, making him look up. Tears had gathered in her eyes again and were threatening to spill out.

He cupped her cheek tenderly and wiped them away. She looked so out of options. But there had to be something they could do.

“There’s always a solution, my love.” He whispered.

“Not this time, unfortunately.” She gave him a small smile, one that regretfully said goodbye. His heart tightened in his chest.

“What’s he holding against you? You’re one of the most upstanding citizens of Paris!” He refrained himself from listing all the things she did on a daily basis, including saving Paris. He needed to keep that joker until he was sure nothing else could be done.

“You going back to school,” she said quietly.

Adrien stayed silent. His father had really gone there. He’d found Marinette’s one true weakness – caring for others. Caring for him.

And the fact that she was willing to put her own happiness in peril for him… He engulfed her in a hug. She buried her head in the crook of his neck.

He sighed in contentment. He’d be happy spending the rest of his life like this.

He would, he promised himself.

He pulled out of her embrace so he could see her face, and she could see his confidence in his plan.

“So we break up for my father. Make a big show of it. I’ll cry, swear never to love again. And I’d mean it.” He gave her a pointed look, and she smiled through her tears. “We could still date in secret.”

“Adrien, we both know that wouldn’t work.” Her fingertips traced along his cheekbones, as if memorising his face. He reminded himself not to get distracted. “We’re too busy for secret dating to work. We’re already struggling to find time now, can you imagine what it would be like if I didn’t go through Nathalie to fit in a date here and there?”

“Well, firstly, I know you have my schedule memorised, so there could be a lot of serendipitous running into each other,” he suggested, but she shook her head.

He sighed, knowing the cat had to come out of the bag. He’d really wanted to keep his identity secret until after Hawkmoth was defeated. His musings about proposing to her as Chat Noir were going to go out of the window. It was worth it, though, if it meant keeping Marinette.

“But more importantly… what if I told you there’s a whole bunch of time that I actually have free, even if Nathalie advertises it as taken?” He leaned in a little closer to her.

“How does that even work?” Marinette frowned. She felt her cheeks warm from his proximity. Even after months of dating, she hadn’t quite gotten used to it.

“You have to promise me that you won’t be mad,” he warned her, a hint of mischief in his eyes.

“Why would I be?”

“Because I know you.” He kissed the tip of her nose and stood up, digging in his pockets for some change, which he threw on the table. He grabbed his jacket from what had been his seat, and extended a hand for Marinette. She looked at it dubiously. “Come on, I can’t show you here.”

“Show me? Show me what?” She took his hand and had to jog to keep up with him as he led them into a dark alley.

He pulled her against him when they reached the back of it, and winked at her. She shook off the flashback of Chat Noir holding her quite similarly before they fought Dark Cupid. She looked around cautiously, hoping this moment wouldn’t end with a poisoned arrow, or a dark butterfly. She was surprised that she hadn’t seen any lurk around yet.

“Promise me you won’t freak out?” he asked again, pecking her on the lips.

“I promise.” She smiled.

“Okay.” He gently let go of her and took a deep breath. “Plagg, claws out.”

“What-” Marinette’s eyes widened as the green flash engulfed him, and she was left gaping and a little blinded when it receded. Chat Noir looked at her with a sheepish grin.

She blinked a couple of times before grunting and holding her head in her hands.

“Oh my Kwami, I’m so stupid-”

“No you’re not, my Lady.” He smiled.

“My–?” she choked out.

“It’s okay, Buguinette, I know.” He cupped her cheek tenderly.

“How? When?” Her mind was not cooperating on the coherent sentences front, it seemed.

“I put two and two together when you gifted me the beret.” He shrugged. “I felt a little stupid for not realising earlier, though, but they don’t kid around about the Miraculous glamour.”

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

“I was afraid you’d want to give up your Miraculous.”

“Oh.” She frowned.

“But I’m sure you don’t have to! We can go and see Master Fu and figure something out. Maybe this will actually be for the best,” he added quickly, before she could overthink things. “And see? We spend a lot more time together than you think we do.”

Marinette stared at him for a couple of seconds, her fingers flying to his hair and playing with it. “I have to say, I’m impressed that you managed to keep your identity secret for so long, knowing what you knew,” she whispered. “That was some performance, from both of your counterparts.”

“It was pretty hard.” He nodded.

“But you think we could both pull off the heartbreak act?”

“Please.” Chat Noir pulled back from her touch a little reluctantly. “If there’s one thing we’re good at, it’s acting. We do it every day!”

“But we’re pretending to not be superheroes. It’s not exactly the same thing, is it?”

“Close enough.” He shrugged and kissed her nose. “We just need to give one big performance for my father, and then we can just pretend we can’t stand the sight of each other at school…”

“...until we meet on the rooftops at sunset!” Marinette gasped, her cheeks pinking.

“Or during our lunch break,” Chat Noir chuckled.

“Or both.” She beamed, wrapping her arms around his neck.

“I love how you think, my Lady.” He brushed his nose against hers.

“And I love you, Chaton,” she closed the space between their lips.

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A day later, Gabriel rubbed his hands together as he stood in his attic. Nathalie had confirmed that the ring echoing in the empty halls of the Mansion was indeed announcing Miss Dupain-Cheng’s arrival. Even without his transformation, he could feel the negative emotion that emanated from the young girl.

Raindrops were hitting the window pane. Pathetic fallacy, they called it in literature. He called it a further downer.

Perfect.

—

Marinette stood in front of the open Mansion gate, her umbrella hiding her face. Concealing her lack of tears. And the anger she could feel flaring up inside of her at the sight of Nathalie, standing behind a window, on the phone. With him, she supposed.

They’d see who would get the last laugh.

“Marinette? Why won’t you come in? What’s wrong?” Adrien called out from behind his bodyguard, who blocked his access to her. She had to admit, his acting was flawless.She adjusted her umbrella to hide her face even more, keeping her nervous giggles at bay.

“Adrien… I… forgive me, we’re just… we’re just not right for each other,” she delivered her line flawlessly, just like they’d rehearsed the previous night during their patrol, in between two kisses.

“What are you talking about? Of course we are, we love each other!” She wished she could see his face, but she was afraid she’d break character if she did.

“No. I don’t love you… anymore,” she let out, before turning around and running away, laughter silently shaking her body. She hoped she’d been convincing enough.

Behind her, Adrien cried out her name, and she heard the doors of the mansion slam shut.

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This was it. The moment he’d been waiting for. Denied love. The balance between two impossible rights.

Marinette Dupain-Cheng was going to become the champion to end all heroes. He could feel it in his bones. It didn’t matter that Ladybug and Chat Noir had been acting more united than ever in the previous days, one of his Akumas even catching them kissing behind a chimney stump.

If anything, their blooming romance would set the young girl over the edge when it came to her powers.

“Nooroo! Dark wings rise,” he called out with a triumphant grin.

He was so excited that for once, he didn’t feel like monologuing. He summoned a butterfly, charged it with his power, and watched it fly away, not bothering to identify the negative feelings around him.

The butterfly floated closer to his target… And Hawkmoth frowned. Instead of the despair he’d been expecting, he was met, at best, by a mild sense of disgust.

“I don’t understand,” he muttered. He took out his phone, and dialled Nathalie’s number.

“Sir?” she picked up right away.

“Nathalie, do you still have eyes on Miss Dupain-Cheng?” he asked, a frantic edge to his voice.

“She just entered the metro station, Sir.”

“It’s impossible. How is she doing it? How is she avoiding my powers?”

“Sir, your son…” his assistant’s voice grew hesitant.

“Yes, Nathalie?”

“Your son is crying in his room. Should I go and check up on him?”

“No need. He’s an Agreste, he’ll get over it.” He pinched the bridge of his nose. “Could you come upstairs? We need to figure something out.

“Right away, Sir.”

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“My Lady, you were perfect, as usual.” Chat Noir held his arms out as he walked towards Ladybug on their usual rooftop, and she ran into them, nuzzling against his chest.

“And I think you should walk in your mother’s footsteps and think about going into acting, Chaton.” She stood on her tiptoes and caught his lips in hers.

He hummed happily in response, pulling her in closer.

She was the one to break off their kiss, biting her lip sheepishly as they both caught their breath.

“I know that look, my Lady.” Chat Noir poked her nose. “What’s on your mind?”

“Well, it’s incredibly petty…” she trailed off, playing with one of her pigtails.

“Go on.” He nudged her.

“Well, you see, I was thinking… How about we go and make out at the top of the statue that’s in front of your house?” She looked up at him through her eyelashes, a slight blush dusting her cheeks.

She’d never been more adorable.

“Ladybug, are you suggesting we taunt Gabriel Agreste?” he gasped theatrically.

“Maybe.” She smiled to herself, turning towards the Place du Châtelet.

“You do know that will probably out our relationship to the whole of Paris, if not beyond?” Chat Noir grabbed her hand before she could yoyo herself out.

“So?” She raised an eyebrow. “They’ll soon know Adrien and Marinette are no longer together. This should cheer them up.”

“I’m sure it will.” He pressed a kiss to her forehead.

“And I heard they’re holding elections for Couple of the Year soon; we can’t win as Adrien and Marinette, but I think it would be extremely funny if your father has to watch us kissing everywhere he looks, even if he doesn’t know it.” Ladybug smirked.

“Bold of you to assume it’d reach him inside the mansion.” Chat Noir chuckled.

“Oh, I’d make sure it does.” She kissed his cheek. “So, what do you think?”

“I think it’s a great idea, Buguinette. I love you.”

“Glad we’re on the same page, Chatounet.” She flicked his bell and wrapped an arm around his waist to yoyo them to their destination.

Safe to say, they won Couple of the Year a couple of weeks later. And while Gabriel Agreste tried to use it to stir some kind of emotion in Marinette Dupain-Cheng, he couldn’t feel anything but pure happiness emanating from her.

What a heartless girl.

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