#mr bug

"With all due respect, Sabine," He starts, long gone were the formal treatment, they are family. "It is, I should've never allowed this to happen. It was my duty as the black cat, her partner, I failed..."

"This is not the moment for self-loathing, Adrien." Viperion finally speaks again. He had been silent for the last minutes, but he is getting tired of the new guardian putting all the blame on himself. "If anything, this is Chrysalis' fault, not yours."

"I must agree with snake boy," Tom supports. "You did everything you could, son."

Luka feels weird being called snake boy. For a second, he even forgot he was transformed. After a short reflection, he decided it would do more harm than good to keep his identity a secret "Sass, scales rest."

"Now, I really need to sit down," Tom says in disbelief, quickly looking for the couch to do as he said, pale.

"This is certainly a lot to process, but it makes so much sense." Sabine reflects about the sudden revelation. "Why of you made such weird excuses and..."

"I understand, but now we need to talk about what we're going to do about Marinette." Luka pets Sass and gives him a little snack to help him recharge a little before transforming again."For starters, we need to show up as Viperion and Mr. Bug because we are the ones who she saw first, to give her some sense of familiarity".

"And also there's what we're telling her about her life, she can't know she was Ladybug, for her own safety" Adrien looks like he doesn't want to continue what he is saying "And, I'm sorry, Luka, but I think we shouldn't tell her about our relationship with her".

"What?!" The snake holder snaps, turning to see Adrien so fast that it's a miracle he didn't break his neck.

"Don't look at me like that! This is not easy for me either!" The blond combs his hair anxiously "But she doesn't love us, Luka, she doesn't even know who we are! What if she can't-- I don't want to pressure her into feeling something just because she is supposed to, because of what she was before".

"Adrien, I love you, but this is nonsense," Luka tries to find support "Please, someone tell him this is a bad idea".

"Luka, dear, I'm sorry, but we're as lost as you right now, if not more" The have barely processed that their sweet daughter has been Ladybug this whole time, and her charming boyfriends were superheroes too, not to mention the memory loss, it's simply too much for them.

"I think it's stupid," Plagg declares. "But you might want to sit if you're waiting for this kitten to listen to my advice."

"I think we ssshould all calm down" Sass tried to mediate "We mussst think about what's best for Marinette, just like Master Fu before her, she's in a vulnerable state right now".

"Tikki?" Luka's last resort, when he sees her expression he feels like the worst person in the whole world just for asking.

"I think you should be careful, do not tell her everything in one go," the goddess of creation seems absent "She’s easy to overwhelm."

There's silence, heavy, uncomfortable.

"Let's go to the hospital. She is waiting for us." Luka feels defeated.

"We'll talk about this better at home, I promise" Adrien caresses his cheek before calling for his transformation "Tikki, spots on".