(Adrien's POV)

Man, this is like a nightmare. Sure there was a time when I visited Marinette and the girls for Juleka's photoshoot, but this is different. I don't do girl things but I got no choice or Marinette's friends will think she or I turned them down.

"Okay, you're Marinette, Adrien. Don't screw it up. I miss my real body" I whimpered at this as I head to Alya's place.

I did listen to Tikki about Marinette's life but it's a lot to process since I'm not her. Come to think of it, the fox kwami is missing and Nino did tell me that Alya is Rena Rouge. Could Marinette have given the fox miraculous to Alya?

"But I better not bring that up," I said to myself.

I came into the apartment room number and went inside where the girls are. Okay, don't show your masculine side, Adrien. These are girls and you're a girl now, not a boy.

"Hey girl, so glad you came. The girls and I thought of a way to get Adrien's attention" Alya said and the girls squeaked, except for Juleka that mumbles a lot.

"Oh really? How exactly?" I put on the act.

I need to stammer but I don't feel the urge because I never get clumsy like Marinette, "I mean what?! Uhhh....please don't tell me it's the same plan again" I pretended to act as clumsy as I am.

"I'll explain this one," Alya said.

"Like what?" I said nervously.

"Remember the time you made a Marinette lucky charm for him? Well, the girls and I thought that you and Adrien should design something together with each other's lucky charms" Alya explained her idea.

"Think of it like BFF bracelets that Juleka and I have," Rose said.

Juleka mumbled something but I have no idea what she said but I pretended that I heard her.

"Uhhh....isn't that a little too much?" I stammered nervously.

"Why not? You and Adrien are perfect." Rose said.

I blushed madly at this. This is way too much but I don't know what Marinette would say to them for real, "I......I think Adrien should decide. I mean he should know! He can't! He should! Agh!" I pretended to stammer a lot just like Marinette.

"Okay. It was just an idea, Marinette." Alya said.

I sighed in relief that Alya decided to hold off on that idea. The girls look disappointed but I didn't mean to turn them down. *Marinette would probably not like the idea of me and her designing something with our lucky charms.

"It's a great idea, really." I held out the lucky charm I gave on her birthday, "But what can go on the end of it? A Cat Noir and Ladybug symbols?" I said and that made the girls but Juleka squeal. I cringed at how loud they are but nervously chuckled.

"That's a perfect idea! But you're right, we just need to wait for Adrien to decide. Now let's just have a little girls' hang out in the city" Alya said.

-

We were at the Place du Trocadéro getting ice creams from Andre and just sat at the steps talking. Of course, it's not easy being Marinette when it comes to hanging out with girls. But I gotta get used to this. After all, Alya is Rena Rouge and she knows Marinette is Ladybug.

I hope Marinette is doing well in my body. She's never been in my place and I know what my real life is. No freedom, too much modeling for my father's brand fashion, and being told what to do.

"Marinette?" My thoughts were interrupted by Alya.

"What?" I turned to her.

"Still thinking of Adrien?" She asked.

"No, I'm...I mean yes I am." I lied.

"He's still single you know ever since Kagami broke up with him. But you gotta make your move before another girl steals his heart" Alya said.

"Yeah. I do remember the dance I had with him and...Well, he came to my defense when I almost got expelled." I said.

"See? He's perfect for you." Mylene said.

I also remember that I was clueless to realize that Marinette has a crush on me, "But he doesn't know I like her I mean him"

"It's worth trying again." Rose then said.

"You always love him" Juleka mumbled a bit.

"The dating between Luka and me didn't go well but we decided to remain friends." I brought up Luka.

"What a pity. Because you still felt for Adrien?" Juleka asked after I brought her brother up.

Suddenly, we heard a piercing cry, a very loud one when we saw a black-purple mist growing bigger into a giant and it turns out its baby August as Gigantitan again.

"Everyone run!" I said to the girls as we ran in different directions while I ran with Alya. I see Trixx is with her. I was right! Marinette did give the fox miraculous to her.

"Alya, we gotta transform!" I said but she shook her head.

"I can't. You told me that I'm not allowed in the open. Remember the incident with Senti-bubbler? I made Shadow Moth believe I'm no longer the holder of the fox miraculous" Alya trying to remind me, well, to Marinette which is me.

Marinette also didn't tell me that either?! Agh! I hate secrets again. Looks like I'm gonna have to borrow her miraculous to create an illusion to get babysaurus' attention. We see Gigantitan going after Andre's ice cream cart but spits it out due to the cart having no taste. Thank god he didn't get a choking hazard.

"I need to borrow Trixx. I promise to return it to you" I said and Alya hands me her fox necklace and I put it on.

"Trixx, Tikki, unify!" I transformed into a fusion and see the outfit as orange and white along with black spots and red stocks instead of black on my arms and legs. I got a lot to learn about illusions but I gotta get the giant baby away from the citizens.

(Ladybug's POV)

I see baby August still cranky again which got him akumatized into Gigantitan. I can't hurt him but I gotta get him away from the people he'll step on. I went to the open window of the car and honk the horn to get his attention.

"Over here, big guy!" I called him out and Gigantitan looked over and crawls toward the car.

I quickly got out of there before he starts playing with the car like a toy car.

"Well my kittyboo, it seems you babysit August in my place this time" Is that *Cat Noir fused with the fox miraculous? Oh god! Does he know?!

"Oh, Gigantitan! I have a surprise for you!" He played the flute and shouted 'mirage' which created an illusion of a large plush.

"Seriously?" I smirked.

"What? He's too young for action figures. You know what toy boxes say about choking hazards for underage" He said in a teasingly way.

"Whatever you say, Vixen Bug" I gave him a fusion name.

"Come and hug it!" *Vixen Bug lured Gigantitan away.

"Teddy!" Gigantitan cooed and carefully takes baby steps to the illusion while I try to be sneaky as a kitty so I can get close to the akumatized bracelet. If babysaurus touches the illusion it will disappear and I bet he'll throw a loud tantrum.

Being Cat Noir is way too easy like being Lady Noire because he gets all the work while I capture the Akumas. Only this time it's the other way around.

Gigantitan touched the illusion and it disappeared which got him crying and screaming. Oh boy! He's throwing a tantrum and I moved out of the way with my cat reflexes.

"Okay, plan B! Lucky charm!" *Vixen Bug summons the power and out came a giant baby bottle.

"Look out!" I tackled him down and I ended up on top of him, just in time when that giant baby bottle landed.

"Sorry fox boy." I got off of him and helped him up and saw Gigantitan going up to the bottle and grabs it and drinks from it eagerly.

"You're up, kittyboo. Hurry before he gets a stomachache!" *Vixen Bug said.

"Cataclysm!" I summoned my power and pole vaulted up to run on his cubby arm and touched the bracelet which turned to coal, releasing the akuma. He was engulfed by mist and changed back to his normal size as I caught him.

Vixen Bug caught the akuma and purify it with the yo-yo and released it, "Bye-bye little butterfly. Miraculous Ladybug!" He said the words and a swarm of ladybugs fixed up minimal damage. After that was done, he opens the yo-yo to take the charm.

We saw the mother rushing towards us, worried sick for August, "Thank you." August's mother thanked us.

"So what made babysaurus all cranky this time?" I asked the mother.

"He lost his favorite toy." She said.

"That explains it. Oh, gotta go!" Vixen Bug heard his miraculous beeping and quickly hands August back to the mom and left.

"See you again little guy. Meow" I did my Cat Noir act and pole-vaulted to head back to Adrien's house.

(Adrien's POV)

I found a hiding place to de-transform back, "Tiki, Trixx, divide" I transformed back to normal and fed both kwamis some macaroons. I gotta remember to give Alya back the fox miraculous to her.

I eventually found her and handed it back, "As promised, Alya"

"Thanks Marinette." Alya said.

"No problem. Glad to get that babysaurus calm again" I said with a little Marinette act.

"Yep. Speaking of which, I see Adrien over there." She points at *Marinette in my body.

"What?!" I was shocked that *Marinette didn't go back home. Maybe she decided to sneak out to get freedom after all. Maybe my dad doesn't know she disappeared in my place.

"Go ahead, go get him girl." Alya encouraged me while I acted as Marinette. I pretended to nervously go to *Marinette who was far from us, looking for me.

"Hey, did the baby smash the car?" I said.

"I had to distract him with the horn." *Marinette said.

"But the miraculous ladybugs fixed the car up. But at least you remember the last time I distracted the baby" I said, looking back at the girls who are looking too excited that I'm talking to *Marinette.

"Pretend to get clumsy" *Marinette whispered.

"So Adrien wanna go on a d...I mean out to some movie?" I pretended to stammer.

Since it's still night time, I think my father will probably think *Marinette is sleeping.

"Like a date as friends?" *Marinette said awkwardly while glancing a little at the girls, "Pretend to fall in my arms in a clumsy way" She whispered.

"Yes indeed, I-....whoa!" I fell into her arms as part of my act.

We both blushed madly that this acting is getting weird for us, "Um, let's go up to the girls and pretend we are just gonna hang out as friends" I whispered while in her arms.

"Sure." *Marinette replied.

"Well girls, Adrien and I are gonna on a date...I mean hang out as friends." I acted like her.

"Aww...." The girls awed at us which made us blush a little.

"We'll be going! See ya tomorrow at school!" I dragged *Marinette to a place where we can be alone but the real thing is that I gotta get her back to my mansion before Nathalie or my father realizes I escaped.

-

We made it to the mansion through my open window and de-transformed back to civilians. I saw the look on her face that I knew Alya had the fox miraculous but I didn't tell her anything about the body swap.

"About the fox miraculous, I forgot to tell that Alya can't be out as Rena Rouge." *Marinette confessed.

"Why? Is it because Shadow Moth found out during when Chloe was akumatized as Miracle Queen?" I guessed.

"Yes. So she has to be hidden." *Marinette said.

"But that still doesn't explain why she has the fox miraculous," I said.

"She now goes by Rena Furtive. She's my undercover so that she can be on the lookout for Shadow Moth setting a trap or spying on us. She made her costume with blue camouflage like an arctic fox" *Marinette explained.

"Oh, I see." I understood what she meant.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you but it's best that she doesn't know you're Cat Noir" *Marinette said, sitting on the couch with him.

"It's alright, I know her secret now and Nino's," I said.

"What? Do you know Nino's secret too? But how?" *Marinette gasped in shock.

"During when he thought Alya is in love with Cat Noir, he told me about his secret that he and Alya never kept from each other." I said but crossed my arms with a little anger, "He told me that you gave him and Alya the miraculous at the same time".

"Well....during Hero's Day, I couldn't find an excuse to give them the miraculous separately. I didn't have much time and so I had to give them the miraculous at the same time. I'm sorry I didn't tell you but you were not supposed to know for the sake of their lives" *Marinette said solemnly.

"Of course. Every hero has to protect their loved ones. So I understand that." I placed my hand on hers.

"Thank you Kittybug." *Marinette said.

"I'll better get going to your house in time. See you tomorrow, Milady." I opened the windows.

(Marinette's POV)

The next day I was in Adrien's pajamas while sleeping, I always wake up late in my life, especially in Adrien's body.

"Pigtails, wake up. You got school in 30 minutes" Plagg pulling my hair.

"Oh my gosh! I'm late!" I jolted up from bed.

I fell off but recovered as I head to Adrien's closet to get changed while keeping my eyes closed to not look. Once that's done I brushed my teeth and grabbed his school bag as I head downstairs to see Mr. Agreste at the dining table.

He's probably very impatient to wait for me. I gotta pretend that I was tired in the morning.

"Sorry dad, I must have overslept." I put on the Adrien act.

"That's no excuse, my son. After school, you'll be doing photo shoots at the Place du Trocadéro. The photos the other day at the park were somewhat not perfect. Don't fail me again" He said in a cold voice.

"Yes....father," I said solemnly but still angry at his he treats poor innocent Adrien like that. Some father he is.

It all makes sense to how Adrien and I first met because he never had friends but Chloe. He deserves to have love in his heart.

"Well, I'll be on my way to school, father," I said as I left the mansion and head to Adrien's bodyguard's car.

"Take me to the school," I told the bodyguard.

Adrien's life is so hard. I thought his life was much easy for him but I was wrong. His father treats him like a puppet instead of his son. Adrien told me he's very overprotective but I don't see anything overprotective from his father.

(Adrien's POV)

Marinette's life was as complicated today because being a girl is not as easy as I thought it would be. Especially texting her friends last night was very tiring and taming the kwamis that know I'm Adrien was not as easy as I thought. Now I understand why Ladybug has responsibilities than spending time with me.

I walked to school and met up with Alya and saw *Marinette fist bumping Nino.

"Morning guys." I greeted them.

"Good morning dudette." Nino fist-bumps with me too.

"So what did you guys do last night?" Alya asked me and *Marinette.

"Uhhh....just took a night walk that's all" *Marinette chuckled nervously.

"Yeah, just chatting that's all." I also replied nervously.

"A night walk? Well that's one way to get to learn each other." Alya said.

"You could say that" I said as we head inside but was stopped by Chloe who nearly tripped me but *Marinette caught me.

"How dare you hanging out with this loser bakery, Adrikins!" Chloe being obnoxious as ever that she technically tripped me, not trip *Marinette.

Oh no! Please don't get angry in my place, *Marinette. I don't always let out my temper like that. But being in her place, I never realized how it feels to get tortured by Chloe's bratty attitude.

"That's enough Chloe! She has done nothing wrong!" *Marinette stood up against Chloe.

"Adrikins, why are you defending her?! You should be defending me!" Chloe pretending to act all innocent.

"She's my friend and I don't appreciate you treating my friends like low-lives! Does it bother you that one day an akumatized villain is gonna kill you?" *Marinette glared while helping me stand up.

"Of course, no one's gonna kill me." Chloe being overconfident as always.

"One day they will, Chloe. This isn't a joke! Let's go, guys" *Marinette groaned in annoyance as we left Chloe and Sabrina.

"Thank you Mar...Adrien." I acted like Marinette.

"Dude, I never seen you this protective" Nino said.

"Uhhhh....I care about Marinette's well-being" *Marinette said with a blush while going to my locker.

"Well at least she got a knight in shining armor." Nino joked.

*Marinette and I blushed like a tomato when Nino said that but quickly brushed it off since they don't know we swapped bodies.

"You could say that." *Marinette said.