Go JoJo With the Mojo!

- grabbed me by the shoulder and put his hand over my mouth at 3am and pointed to the wall, whispering “do you see it? the barbed wire.” - woken me up and muttered “he’s here” while staring at my bedroom door - rolled over last night and said “you don’t know what’s out there. You don’t know what’s in the swamp.”

Thanks to @greenll3unny for prompting me, beta-reading this, and being so supportive! I know it took me a century to post but I think it was worth the wait :3 My prompt was “cheeseburgers” and “because reasons” and I made it up to 4259 words D:

CHEESEBURGERS

When Haruhi finally came home from a long day at her law firm, the last thing she expected to see was a room full of cheeseburgers. Sure, she had come home to roses, chocolates, even peacocks, but never mountain upon mountain of fast-food. And, of course, the culprit was sitting in the very center of the room, beaming up at her like an unyielding sun. That is, until his bright blue eyes settled on Haruhi’s expression.

“What,” she asked calmly, “is this?”

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She was about done with Chat’s shenanigans.

They’d defeated the akuma with ease, which had left them with plenty of time for interviews afterward. It was late afternoon, and so Ladybug wasn’t worrying about school or missing anything important. With her partner at her side, she sat at the base of the Eiffel Tower, a microphone in her hand as they worked together in answering the questions thrown their way. It’d already been near twenty minutes, however, and she was growing tired of the talking. Especially with the direction the questions had gone in.

“So you two have been working together a while now,” the reporter had asked. “Would you consider yourselves close?”

“Of course,” Chat had replied, grinning wide as he’d turned to her. “Close as could be.”

An answer that had visibly displeased her.

“Just how close are you both?” was the next question.

And so she knew the situation could only get worse if she didn’t cut in.

“We’re partners,” she explained, holding the mic up as she did. “We’re as close as that kind of professional relationship allows.”

“Yeowch,” Chat said following. “You cut me deep, My Lady.”

“You’re the one implying more than there is,” she said straight, not trying to keep her voice discreet at all.

“Well, you know there’s more to us than that,” he tried to correct.

“Is that true?” a reporter cut in before Ladybug could comment further. “Are you two more than just partners?”

She was a little surprised at her own calm. But, then again, maybe she shouldn’t have expected it’d be much of a shock anyway.

Chat was her trusted partner, had saved her life countless times. And though he was cheesy with his puns and was an over-the-top flirt, he’d never pushed boundaries or adhered to the bad-boy stereotype his uniform wanted to put off. He’s always been a perfect gentleman, sweet when he wanted to be, and ready to be there whenever she needed him.

It wasn’t until she’d kissed him—really kissed him—and registered how much she’d wanted to, that she’d realized just how badly she’d been taking him for granted.

She’d always kept her distance—assumed he was an uncontrollable flirt—but he’d been nothing if not considerate when they’d kissed the night before. And though things had quickly grown quite heated between them, he’d stopped as soon as she had. He hadn’t pushed, hadn’t pestered.

It’d been… nice.

Too nice, maybe.

Just thinking about it brought a small smile to Marinette’s face. Closing her locker, she slung her bag over her shoulders as she turned to head out, unable to keep her cheeks from flushing the slightest bit pink as her thoughts continued to be distracted with Chat.

Maybe, deep down, she’d always known she’d liked him. It wasn’t that her preoccupation with Adrien had somehow hidden the fact, but she’d always been so forcefully focused on her classmate that she’d hardly considered Chat an option. And somehow, in-between all of that, her heart had fallen for him whether she’d wanted it to or not.

But… she still liked Adrien too.