tiny menace | adrienette

"Hugo, stop distracting your brother," Adrien scolded softly. "Louis has homework to finish."

"Yeah!" the young blonde exclaimed, sticking his tongue out childishly at his little brother. "Shut up, Hu!"

Hugo, having inherited his mother's dark hair, grinned, showcasing his front teeth (or lack thereof). "Sorry, Lou-Lou."

Louis's blue eyes seemed to flash. He glared at Hugo before turning back to his homework.

Adrien couldn't help but smile. He chuckled fondly at the two. Louis was hot-headed while Hugo was goofy. Their sister, Emma, was more shy and kept them in check.

"Hey, Kitty!"

Adrien's head snapped up at the sound of Marinette's voice. He followed the sound to their shared bedroom, smirking.

"What is it, Bugaboo?"

He poked his head in, smirking. When Adrien's eyes met his wife's, they lit up.

Marinette blushed. "Adrien, I can't believe you still call me that. It's been a while since I was Ladybug. We've been so busy with Emma, Louis, and Hugo."

"Marinette, you'll always be Ladybug. You are Ladybug, and nothing can take that away from you. Just like nothing can take you away from me," Adrien said cheekily, walking over.

She giggled. "And you're still the same bold and outgoing Chat Noir that I fell in love with."

"I love you, Marinette. Why did you call for me? Do you need something?" Adrien questioned, tilting his head.

Marinette smiled. "Sort of. Alya wants to throw a surprise birthday party for Cristina next week, and she wants us to help out. Are you up for it?"

Adrien smirked again. "Of course, Buganette."

Suddenly, Marinette's eyes widened. A shriek escaped her mouth.

"A-A-A-Adrien! There's a s-spider!" she screamed, leaping back.

"What?!" Adrien cried. "Where?!"

A terrified Marinette pointed at a small spider on the carpet.

"Adrien, kill it! Please! I'm scared!"

Adrien's heart was beating a million miles a minute. "Me too!"

"Chat, kill it!"

"Why do I have to? You're Ladybug!"

"Spiders eat ladybugs!" Marinette shouted, scrambling onto the bed.

"You're not an actual ladybug! You're the Ladybug!" Adrien argued, backing away from the spider.

"And you're the Chat Noir! You do it!"

"Fine!"

Adrien swallowed nervously and inched forward. The way he was shaking suddenly reminded him of the first time he had asked out Marinette. He grabbed a magazine from her nightstand. Without even needing to look, he already knew that it was one of the many copies of her favorite- the one with them on the cover from their first photoshoot together.

Holding the magazine out in front of him, Adrien crept forward. As soon as he was in range, he squeezed his eyes shut and began to blindly hit the floor with it, wailing like a banshee.

"Open your eyes!" Marinette cried out. "You keep missing!"

Adrien had had enough. He jumped onto the bed with Marinette and chucked the magazine across the room. "I can't do it! Did you see that thing?!"

"It's going to kill us!"

"It's going to eat us alive!"

"It'll say death by spider attack on our gravestones!" Marinette wailed.

The bedroom door opened. In walked Emma, with Louis and Hugo trailing curiously behind her.

"Uh... Mom? Dad? What are you doing?" Emma asked, her eyebrows furrowing as she took in the scene.

Marinette and Adrien were clinging onto each other. Their expressions were terrified. Simultaneously, they fearfully pointed at the tiny menace on the floor.

"Run while you still can!" Marinette shouted.

"Go to Auntie Alya and Uncle Nino's house! They'll protect you!"

Emma glanced at her brothers, and the three exchanged a look. Finally, Emma sighed, and walked over to grab a tissue. Then, she squished the spider and threw it away.

"Are you really that scared of a spider?" Louis inquired, a mischievous glint in his eyes.

"Louis, whatever you're thinking of doing isn't going to work," Marinette warned.

Louis pouted. "Aww."

Adrien started to smirk.

"Adrien, what are you thinking about?"

"Nothing much... just that we really arachneed to talk about the spider problem in this house."

"Adrien Agreste!"