Chapter 17
Adrien rubbed his forehead as he felt the pounding headache pound harder on his head. It felt like a drill was drilling at the back of his skull. What had happened? Last time he checked, he was fighting an akuma with Ladybug. What he didn't expect to see, though, when he opened his eyes, was a large burst of pink.
"WHAT THE-?!" he practically shouted, tumbling over a mound of bedsheets and fell to the ground, "PLAGG!"
"Ugh..." came in the lazy voice of his kwami, floating over to his bewildered owner, "Where are we Adri- MARINETTE?!"
"Plagg." the formally blond, now bluenette, firmly spoke, walking up to his classmate's mirror, looking at himself, "I think we have a serious problem..."
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Marinette rolled herself in the bed she was currently on, rubbing at her eyes. What had happened? Wasn't she in the middle of fighting an akuma with Chat Noir?
She fluttered her eyes open, immediately feeling the sudden ache at the back of her head. The first thing she saw was the wide eyes of her kwami who was staring dreadfully at her.
"...Tikki?"
That voice. It definitely wasn't her voice. She jumped out of the large bed and ran to the nearest mirror, closing her eyes before she looked at herself. There, reflecting off of the mirror, was definitely not her body. Looking back at her...
Was Adrien Agreste.
And that's when Marinette screamed.
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"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE AKUMA SWAPPED MY LIFE WITH MARINETTE'S?!" Adrien frantically shouted at his kwami, the creature trying to maintain a straight face as it wasn't Adrien's voice screaming at him, though Marinette's.
"Relax, kid. You still have your miraculous." Plagg pointed to Adrien's, more so Marinette's, hand that had his silver ring on it, "It's no biggie. Plus, you don't have school today. So, no worries. It's kind of hilarious that your lives got swapped."
"What about Ladybug?" he demanded, pacing back and forth in Marinette's room, not really paying any attention to his surroundings, clearly missing all of Marinette's obvious hints to her crush on him, "Did her life get swapped with someone else's?"
"Probably." the kwami shrugged, flying around the room in search of a faint cheese scent, "But do they have any camembert around here?"
"Marinette!" a voice coming from downstairs hollered, "Alya's here!"
Adrien's heart dropped. Oh shoot, he was never going to pull this off. Where was Ladybug? Where was Marinette? In his house, right? Living HIS life. This was a nightmare. WHERE WAS LADYBUG TO GET HIM OUT OF THIS?!
"U-Uh..." he shouted back, motioning for Plagg to hide, "I-I'm coming!!!"
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"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Marinette screamed at the top of her lungs, frantically pointing at the mirror in front of her, taking timorous steps back, tripping over her own feet as she tried to get a hold of herself.
"MARINETTE!" Tikki shouted, flying over to her owner who was currently in a different body, more precisely, her crush's body, "Stop screaming! You still have your miraculous! The akuma just swapped your life with Adrien's! Remember?!"
She flew over to her wielder's current mouth, shutting it closed and whispering, "You'll drag attention. Please don't freak out, this is very serious."
Marinette slowly nodded, her eyes widening as she took one good look at her reflection in the mirror once again, Tikki letting her mouth open. She gasped, "I-I'm in Adrien's body?! My CRUSH'S BODY?! What kind of a nightmare is this?! Please tell me this is a dream!"
She pleadingly looked over at her kwami, who sighed and then shook her head.
"Wait a second," the now blond had a realization hit her, "If I am in Adrien's body, THEN HE'S IN MINE?!?"
"U-Um..." Tikki gave Marinette a shrug and a weak smile, trying her best to maintain positive, "That's quite probable..."
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"Girl!" Alya shouted once Adrien had walked down the stairs to Marinette's living room, just barely catching a glimpse of Alya who immediately grabbed his hand and dragged him back to Marinette's room.
"U-Uh..." Adrien started as soon as the two were in Alya's BFF's room, Alya shutting the trap door, "What do you want, Alya?"
"What do I want?" she stared blankly at the bluenette in front of her, "Is that even a question? I barely managed to get here, since Ladybug and Chat Noir are currently fighting a villain, but I need all the deets! So, spill!"
"Spill what?" a dumbfounded Adrien asked, the reporter facepalming as she sat herself down on Marinette's chaise, Adrien taking a seat on Marinette's desk chair.
"About your movie night with Adrien! Yesterday you wouldn't tell me because of the attack that cut school off. So you better spill... now! All of the deets!"
"W-Why?" he eyed her, leaving the brunette with an unimpressed look.
"Are you kidding me? Are you toying with me, girl? Seriously? You're honestly always so ecstatic to share every detail about your crush!"
"M-My, WHAT?" Adrien choked out, his eyes widening at the mention of Marinette's crush, "U-Um... y-yeah. Oh right, so- uh who's my crush again?"
The brunette's face dropped, breathing in and out, trying to calm her nerves, "Girl- tomorrow I WILL torture you about this. How could Marinette Dupain-Cheng forget about her super obsessive crush on Adrien Agreste?!"
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"Please calm down, Marinette." Tikki tried to soothe a panicking Marinette, "We're never going to be able to fix this if you don't focus."
"FOCUS?!" Marinette practically seethed through clenched teeth as she was rocking herself back and forth on Adrien's bedroom flooring, "HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO FOCUS WHEN I AM IN ADRIEN'S BODY?!"
And that's when a loud knock on Adrien's door erupted, Marinette yelping in surprise as she jumped to her feet, her kwami instantly zooming into Adrien's blazer.
Marinette smoothed out her current hair and cleared her throat before hesitantly walking over to open the door, "U-Um, m-may I help you?"
There stood a tall, professional-looking woman who had somewhat of a displeased look on her features, holding a white tablet, "Mr. Agreste has advised that you play one of your piano pieces for him, since the last two days you have been practicing."
"U-Um..." Marinette started, twiddling her fingers very nervously, "A-Actually... could you postpone to tomorrow?"
Nathalie's eyes widened, looking back down at the device, "I'm afraid your father is very busy tomorrow."
"O-Oh." Marinette said in a tiny voice, glancing over her shoulder nervously, trying to think of an excuse before one hit her, "U-Um..." she coughed into her arm, Nathalie's facial expression turning into one of shock, "Actually, I feel kind of sick... and my hands..." she held them up, only to bring them back down, "Are very sore. I don't think..." Another cough. "I don't think... a... achoo! I don't think I'll be able to play today."
"Understandable." she nodded, tapping away at her tablet, "Make sure to get some rest, your bodyguard will be just outside your door if you need anything. Would you like me to send in a doctor?"
"N-No... thank you." Marinette weakly smiled, talking in a fake raspy voice, "But thank you for being able to postpone it. I'll be better by tomorrow."
The assistant nodded, turning around and walked away, Marinette closing the door behind her, "Phew, close one, Tikki."
"Great job, Marinette!" the kwami smiled as she flew out of Adrien's blazer, "But I think it's time to get back to battling the akuma, okay?"
"Okay." she firmly nodded, touching Adrien's ears to indeed feel her miraculous, "Tikki spots on!"
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"WHAT?!" Adrien blushed a deep shade of red, all of his thoughts literally shattering, all surrounding the one revelation, "SINCE WHEN?! I mean, y-yeah! I so didn't forget!"
Marinette likes me. Adrien Agreste. How is this an obvious thing?
Alya gave her thought to be best friend a smug look, flicking a strand of her hair to the side, "This is some kind of a joke, right? You wouldn't forget, you're a pretty good actress."
"U-Um..." he rubbed the back of Marinette's neck awkwardly, "Y-Yeah!" He pointed some finger guns, "A joke! Now, maybe I'll tell you all about it tomorrow! But- I kind of promised... u-um..." Think, Agreste, think! "Adrien that I would visit him, you know!"
"Kay." she winked, walking over to the trap door, "But I need ALL of the deets later, kay girl?"
"Okay!" he quickly said, taking in a big sigh of relief once Alya was out of his sight, Adrien quickly scrambling out of Marinette's desk chair and ran to slam the trap door shut.
"My, my." Plagg snickered, coming out of his hiding spot, "Looks like your feelings about baker girl are reciprocated. Finally, we can end all of this drama."
"Plagg! I-I-"
"I-I-" Plagg mimicked Adrien, cackling after, "Don't try to deny it, you've got a thing for bluenettes."
Adrien groaned, viewing the open window, "We better get back out there to battle, even if we are... um, in a different body. Plagg claws out!"
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Marinette was now trying to push herself through the ventilator tubes, since unfortunately all of Adrien's windows were locked, and his bodyguard was outside his door. It was like she was imprisoned in his room. Luckily, it wasn't too far until she saw the exit, slamming her fist into it as it popped out, revealing the outside.
"Thank God." she groaned, crawling out and took out her yo-yo, swinging to the battle scene where Chat Noir... more likely Chat Noir in a feminine body was fighting the villain.
Well, that isn't a sight you see every day.
She landed beside her partner, the cat-like hero yelping as he saw his lady, or was it his lady, drop down beside him.
"M'lady?" he gasped, dodging more attacks.
"You know..." she sighed as she took out her yo-yo and spun it as a shield, "Your words coming out in a feminine voice is very odd to me."
"Am I still the cat's meow or what?" he smirked, flicking his braided hair to the side as he took out his baton and started spinning it.
"Yeah yeah..." she groaned, scanning the villain until she found the object, "Let's just get this done and over with."
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"Miraculous Ladybug!" Marinette yelled, the millions of ladybugs repairing all the damage and life swaps the villain had created. They also flew around the two heroes, once they opened their eyes, they saw that they were back to normal.
"Thank goodness!" Ladybug beamed, feeling her signature pigtails at the side of her head, "I'm glad that this is over."
"Yep." Chat Noir agreed, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly, "This little life swap definitely had some unexpected revelations, huh?"
"Tell me about it." the bluenette sighed, bringing her hand to her arm as she cast a down look, "But I better go, until next time, Chat Noir!"
She zipped away with her yo-yo, the black-cladded hero nodding as he took out his baton, "Definitely, M'Ladybug."
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Marinette landed in her room, letting her superhero alter ego transform back into her civilian self as she frantically looked around. Nothing seemed to be out of place. The only thing she noticed was odd was that her phone couldn't stop beeping.
Alya - Girl!
Alya - Are you done with your visit?
Alya - I said I was going to torture you anyway, so I guess you wouldn't mind!
Marinette sighed. Was it that obvious that Alya visited Adrien as her?
Wait.
Oh.
No.
"Tikki!" Marinette screamed, the kwami looking up at her petrified with fear owner, "Do you think Alya said something embarrassing about me?! What if she did?! What would Adrien think?! I'm so going to die of shame!"
"Marinette!" Tikki cut in, her expression turning more into a soft one, "Remember the prank? Nothing happened after. Even if Alya did say something, I'm sure you're not going to die of shame. Besides, what would Alya have to tell?"
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Adrien climbed through the ventilator to his room. It surprisingly was already open. Strange.
He slid into his large room with ease, letting himself detransform as a tired and grumpy Plagg zoomed out of his ring, but still managed to give him a smirk. He flew over to his cheese stash, immediately gobbling down all of his snacks.
Adrien threw himself down on his bed, looking up at the ceiling. If he thought he was screwed a while ago, he definitely was now. What was he going to do? What was he going to do now that he knew his feelings were reciprocated by his newly developed crush on Marinette?
He definitely wasn't expecting this newfound revelation. Not one part of him was ready to face her now.
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To let you know before you comment on anything about this, we'll just say that they didn't recognize each other from Reflekdoll. For one, it's Miraculous Ladybug logic, like, they're all extremely oblivious. And two, their miraculous's magic shields their identity. This is just to clarify in case of any confusion.
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