Adrien
Marinette is killing me.
She is literally killing me inside. Why did she have to not tell me how she was feeling? I thought we were closer than that. Well, I suppose it was Cat Noir and she hardly even knows that side of me so I can't really blame her. It's actually pretty bad that the idea of blaming her is in my head in the first place; she could be going through something at the moment.
But I should probably just forget about that right now. After all, today is the day I visit the orphanage and go to the interview with Ladybug. So really, I need to be focusing all of my thoughts on what I'm going to say to the children, the interviewer and Ladybug. Honestly, I couldn't be more nervous.
It really doesn't help that visiting the orphanage could make me late for the interview as well.
I wonder if Ladybug's life is as hectic as mine.
Anyway, I'm getting distracted. I need to start getting ready to leave and if I carry on thinking too much I'll end up even more nervous than I started out to be.
"Plagg, come on, we need to go," I call out to my kwami with his face stuffed in a wheel of cheese. He groans.
"But Adrien, I'm exhausted from last night-you made me transform you when it was unnecessary and my poor aching body just can't handle such an unprepared transformation. I need time to rest," he whines childishly. Really, I can't be dealing with his refusals today. Well, it's difficult to deal with him everyday but today is an extra eventful one.
"Stop being so lazy for once and help me out here. I'm nervous enough as it is and I don't need you whining to make me even worse," I tiredly say, sighing.
He stares at me and for a moment I see empathy flash across his face...but it's gone as fast as it appeared. "Fine, but only because you let me have a whole wheel of Camembert today," he mirrors my previous sigh, backing away from his now empty packet of cheese and flying over to inside my jacket.
His compliance surprises me, and slightly makes my day ahead seem a little less worrying.
Thank you, Plagg.
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I exit my limo with Gorilla and Nathalie just outside of the orphanage. Time to bond with some kids. You can do it, Adrien. You can do it!
Before I can begin making my way towards the building though, I hear a whisper: "Adrien, over here." For some reason the whisper sounds familiar but when I turn to the direction of the sound, there's no one there.
Well now I'm curious.
"I'm just going to um... check out this building's layout-it looks really er-interesting! I'll be right back, I promise!" I hurriedly say to Nathalie, running to the side of the building before she can stop me. If someone like Chloe's there though, I'm running right back.
When I reach the spot I heard the sound from, I see...Ladybug?!
"Ladybug?" I utter, shocked at her visit. It's been forever since I've seen her in my civilian form.
She smiles brightly. "Hi! So, um Marinette told me you'd be here today and she was super upset that she couldn't come and support you so I thought I'd quickly visit and say good luck," she cheerfully explains.
"I-uh-I-thank you! It means a lot to have you say that," I shyly stutter.
My feelings begin to overwhelm me. Why am I still so affected by Ladybug? I guess it takes a while for feelings to completely disappear. Especially when those feelings are for Ladybug. I mean, she's so beautiful and perfect and amazing and I need to stop because that's never going to happen, wow, my thoughts are out of control-
"It's no problem. Anyway, I have to go prepare myself for my interview and I'm sure you need to go now too so yeah. Bye!" she goes to swing away but without thinking I grab her hand.
My eyes widen at my action. I shouldn't have done that-I'm only a civilian right now! Ugh, I'm so lame. "I-uh-sorry. Good luck to um-you! As well! Yeah..." I release her hand, looking down in embarrassment.
All of a sudden I feel a pair of arms around me, providing me with a comforting sense of warmth. "You'll do great," she whispers, before swiftly releasing me and swinging off using her yo-yo.
"Adrien! We need to go, now!" I hear Nathalie urge from the front of the building.
Without time to process what just happened, I rush to where she is. "Sorry, the uh-brickwork was so intricate and I was just a-admiring it," I tightly smile, wanting to slap myself with every weird word that escapes my mouth.
She stares at me strangely, but doesn't question my excuse, nodding stiffly in response and gesturing for us to start walking.
Here we go...
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"So you're a superhewo?" a little boy asks me as we play with the lego together. For a moment I'm caught off guard.
"Uh-no. I'm actually a supermodel." The boy scrunches up his face, making me laugh.
"But modehwing is only for girls!" he says, looking at me like I'm stupid.
"I know, modelling doesn't really seem like a cool thing to do but you don't have to be a girl to do it. You can be whatever you want to be when you grow up; it doesn't matter whether you're a boy or a girl!" He stares at me in shock, as if I've just changed his life and mutters a quiet, "oh."
"Who taught you that only girls can model anyways?" I ask, out of curiosity.
"My dad. He told me taht I need to be stwong and get a job for big boys when I'm olda. He used to hit me when I got sad becuss being sad isn't what a weal man does. I don't see him anymore though," he explains with a sad expression.
At his story, my whole body freezes. And here I was being selfish and acting like my life was bad. At least my father's never hit me. This poor kid. "That's terrible. I'm so sorry you had to go through that. There's nothing wrong with being sad and I think it makes you more of a man to let yourself be sad. You're awesome just the way you are and you should never feel like you need to act a certain way to be a 'man'."
He nods, and suddenly tears start running down his cheeks. Without a second thought, I hug him. "It's okay, you can cry," I whisper, rubbing his back.
Minutes pass, and he begins to run out of tears.
"Thank you," he sniffles after breaking apart the hug. I smile back at him.
"It's no problem. What's your name, by the way?" I ask upon realisation that I don't know who he is.
"Louis."
"That's a nice name," I compliment him, watching a smile slowly break out on his face.
"Thanks, my mommy chose it. She's not awound anymore..."
My heart breaks at him telling me this. It's probably because I know how he feels. Before I can say anything though, he speaks again.
"No one wants to adopt me becuss of what happened when I was younger-they think I'll be a bad person wike my dad. Could you adopt me?"
My hand reaches to the back of my neck as I awkwardly chuckle. "Uhh-I'm a bit young to adopt a child right now...But...how about I do you a deal? I'll come back here to visit you as much as I can. And if by the time I'm an adult you're still not adopted, I'll adopt you...If you're still up for it, that is," I hesitantly offer. It's a big commitment but I don't want this kid to spend the rest of his childhood here, wondering why no one wants him. Besides, he's adorable! I doubt that no one will want him. It's already so shocking to me that someone who is so polite and cute hasn't been adopted already.
"Weally?! Thank you so much!" he excitedly yells, grinning widely.
Maybe today will be better than I expected.
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A/N:
So I've included every ship apart from Ladrien so I thought it's about time for some! Hope you enjoyed their little encounter and I hope you enjoyed seeing Adrien interact with Louis ;)
What do you think of him agreeing to adopting Louis? Let me know what you think!
Next chapter we're gonna get some Ladynoir and possibly another ship I'm not sure yet but if you're a Ladynoir fan then I have a feeling you might like the next chapter!
Byeeeee
-Belle