ML Fandom Week Day 5- Miraculous Holders/Secrets
Okay, I’m doing a (kind of) continuation of yesterday’s that can be read as it’s own thing.
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Sometime’s, he thinks, it’s strange to live two lives like this.
Okay, maybe more than sometimes.
It kind of hurts, too. The more people show up with stones, the more real friendships he forms, and the more he realizes how much his normal life is missing. Sure, he has Nino, and don’t get him wrong, Nino is the best friend a guy could ask for, but...
They’re everywhere in his normal life. He’s been lying to Nino since they met. He lies to his Father all the time. Everyone has to be held at an arm’s length. It’s all so hard, bordering on impossible, and it’s not like he’s exactly had much room to hone his social skills.
With Ladybug, it was always different. There was trust there, an incredible trust that he’d never really felt in anyone since his mom left. Of course love followed. She was the first person he felt like himself around, in years. He would do anything for her, and he knew he could really count on her.
When the newbies started turning up, he wasn’t ecstatic. He was terrified that this would be another Volpina incident, or that it would screw up the most important dynamic he had... but eventually, Roi Paon was the first of the new kids to win him over with his brand of sarcasm, strangely observant and seriously funny at times. Not to mention that the red haired hero seemed to be completely disinterested in messing with him and Ladybug.
Hornette took a bit longer to come around to. The girl wasn’t exactly friendly at first, very quiet, and very cold. As time passed, though, she began to defrost, and even if they’d never be close, he had to count her among his friends. They even had a few things in common, like anime, and expectations, although he was relatively sure his were a bit higher.
Then the real Volpina came around, and he knew, he knew, that this was not someone to get on the bad side of. She was smart as a whip and twice as fast, and very adamant about learning all she could. She quickly won him over through sheer enthusiasm, and he was pretty sure that this was one redhead that he knew the identity of, even if he’d never try to confirm it.
The only true Miraculous holder who he’ll never count as a friend.
The point is, these are people who he can trust, but can’t see. The double life puts up this huge barrier that seems, to him, nearly insurmountable.
He turns his head to see his Lady, smiling down at him.
“Chaton, if you need to talk...”
He smiles, and gets up. “I’m fine. It’ll work itself out eventually.”
He shakes his head. “As long as we’re partners, I’m fine.”
Even if the secrets were eating away at him, bit by bit.
