#apssecretsanta

Secret santa time!

@anjiejie, I'm your secret santa from the Adrien Protection Squad discord server!! (ﾉ´ヮ´)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧♡

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And for the second I did marichat with the "red string of fate" trope:

Since Christmas was around the corner, my friends from the Adrien Protection Squad Discord server and I have decided to have a private Secret Santa event! I was lucky enough to get one of my teammates, one of the hosts from the event @emsylcatac and I couldn’t have been more happier! Hope you’ll like it and we’ll stay friends for a long time! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

A Miraculous Ladybug AU of how Adrien knows Ladybug is Marinette but he’s trying so hard not to say it. Coincidentally, he forms a stronger friendship with one of the less active superheroes and asking for help to hide his feelings from her.

Alix was roller skating in the Louvre Museum when she heard the two familiar voices.

“Chat, for the last time, NO.”

“Oh come on, m'lady. This time, I’m serious! If we knew each other’s identities, then it would be a lot easier to…”

“…Be captured by Hawkmoth, hurt our loved ones, LET THE VILLAIN WIN?! I can’t risk Paris for your love for me, kitty…” Alix hid, agreeing in secret with Ladybug. As a (future) superhero, she understood the importance of having secrets. It didn’t surprise her that they were hiding their identities.

“OR. We can win faster!” She agreed with that too. Wouldn’t it be simpler to plan his defeat?

A beeping noise filled the museum. It were their jewels. Without uttering a word, Ladybug left at the speed of light. Chat, thinking he was safe, de-transformed. He fell on the ground, not sure of what to do anymore.

The pink haired girl couldn’t move. Was that who she thought he was? “A-Adrien?” She mumbled. To her dismay, the boy swiftly turned around. He stood up. For a few moments, they stood there. Motionless. “Alix? H-How long have you…” “From the part Ladybug said “No.”“ BUSTED. This was bad. Really bad. Unforgivably bad. If the love of his life ever thought to give him a chance, she will certainly disregard those thoughts after she finds out what he had done. How was he supposed to get out of this mess?! There has to be to play it off.

“So, uhh, what’s up?” He tried to play it cool. “You’re Chat Noir.” she whispered. Oh Lord. She won’t forget it. Okay new plan. Think, Adrien Agreste, think! “It’s a good thing I was the one who saw you.” She gave him a reassuring look and sat on the bench nearby. She patted the empty part of the bench. Adrien took it as a sign so he sat. “Don’t worry, I promise I’ll keep your secret.” The girl winked at her friend. “Thank you.” Of course she would, how could he ever doubt her? She is a fellow teammate after all. Well, in the future at least. Soon. Then a sudden realization struck him. He looked around. “Oh no, the cameras” “Don’t worry about that. The cameras turn off for a while after an akuma attack” Thank God.

Not knowing what to say next, she uttered the first thing that popped into her mind.“So, you’re in love with the bug, huh?” Obviously. “Why are you chasing after a girl you don’t even know? What if she’s an older woman or even a guy?”

“But I do know her. The girl behind that mask. I know who she is.” Alix’s eyes widened. Oh no. This will crush Marinette’s heart. How does she tell her… NO. She can’t. “Don’t tell me. I don’t want to know.” Lies. If she knew who Ladybug was, maybe she’d try to help Marinette with Adrien, if only a little. “But I have to, I can’t keep this bottled up, PLEASE!” Adrien’s brows furrowed, his lips pursed. He took her hands, as if he was urging to yell out the mystery girl’s name. She sighed. He let go of her hands.

“Okay, who’s Ladyb…” “Marinette.” …Come again? The girl thought she heard the name of her best friend. She blinked hard. His pupils were dilated. “Ladybug is Marinette. I’m in love with Marinette” Adrien repeated, making sure she didn’t mistunderstand. Oh crap. Ohcrapohcrapohcrap. “Adrien, THIS IS HUGE!” She got up, pacing around the bench.

“So you’re into… And she’s… Wait do you know that the boy she likes is…”

“Me, I know” he smirked proudly.

“Is that why you want her to reveal your identity to you, so you could be together? Adrien, you can’t do that.”

“Well then it’s a good thing that I have you now.” Wait WHAT?!?!

“Hold on, I thought you will always love Ladybug. And I’m sorry, I never liked you that way or felt toward anyone.”

“No, not that. And hey, I’m a catch!” he winked. “What I meant is, can you help me try to hide my feelings for her?” Well this turned into a big complicated horse poop.

“You want me to, what?! Be your anti-wingwoman?!”

“Exactly!”

“That’s ridiculous!”

“At any second now I can run toward her and yell out that I love her. I can’t afford to lose her for that!”

“That’s… A good point. But promise me you’ll be careful next time you detransform.”

He nodded. “I purromise” Alix chuckled. “And cut the cat puns, they’re not that funny.” They shook their hands.

This new bonding experience might not be so bad.

~5 days after Alix found out~

For a while, she had a pretty easy job. She sees Adrien fanboy over his beautiful, talented, courageous etc future mother of his children (all his words) and she would listen to him. And listen. And listen. The other part of the job was to stop him from flirting, making cat puns and all around obsessing in front of the girl he likes.

One of the times he was pretty close to revealing his feelings for her… If Alix wasn’t there to hit him.

The girls and Adrien were looking at Marinette’s designs, all superhero themed, when he came across the Chat Noir pages.

Black hoodie with ears, small details were green. Black skirt with a small black cat on the right side. A black and green bracelet.

The boy was in awe. The girl he adores was so talented, he just wanted to sit next to her as she sew all of those outfits from her notebook. He carefully gave Marinette her book back and mumbled. “I love you.”

He starred intently at her. And that’s when he felt a strong pain on his head. It was Alix. She hit him with her fist on the head. The two looked at each other before he could realize what he had said. “YOUR DESIGNS! I love your designs.” Fixed it.

Although Marinette wasn’t sure if she heard the previous sentence correctly, she was still happy to hear it. She considered it as one of her fantasies and brushed it off. “Th-Thank you Adrien.”