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[ now that he's done being a lovesick liar who lies (why you always lying) and feeling slightly bad about that, he moves onto marinette.

and instead of texting her, he decides to give her a call.

because, well, it seems very indirect to text when she's been worrying so much. which he... appreciates. though he wishes she didn't have to worry for all those days about a dumb disappearance trick that he couldn't warn her about.

now!

ring, ring, marinette. ]

[ THAT SURE IS A ROLLERCOASTER OF EMOTIONS BEING RIDDEN RIGHT NOW.

of course, there is the adrien is back!!!!!!! high that comes with his name popping up on her cerevice after his (impossibly long) three day absence. this has her clutching the device to her chest and rolling around on her bed in utter happiness, her "adrien♥" squeal giving tikki just enough warning to buzz away so as to avoid being smooshed.

alas, shortly afterwards comes the crash of panic—aside the usual OMGHIADRIENWHATAREWORDS, anyway—, spawning from her two big goofs: one, marinette had completely forgot about her flood of texts (even if she made quite a big deal over it to tikki after failing to find his device and delete them); and two, she had sent him a text as ladybug.

.........

okay, hold the phone, ... er, literally. a thorough reading of his short message and a brief consultation (read: pep rally) from tikki has her 99% positive that her secret is still safe, so here she goes crafting a totally calm and collected (only not really) response from her alter ego: ]

Hello Adrien.
Actually, I've been watching over you and Marinette for a while now. (:|:)~⋆
Thanks for updating me! I'm relieved to know that you're not in any danger.
Let me know if there is anything I c|

[ the incoming call interrupts her, finger punching the answer button before she can fully register what just happened.

... so, yeah. here she is, her message replaced with—

ADRIEN AGRESTE 📞 CONNECTED 0:01

—which she stares at for a few good seconds before tikki helps aid in her realization: she should probably say hello.

... only she kinda missed some critical information with that blunder, namely in the form of who did he actually call? who should she answer as?? who is he expecting to chat with???

shiiit. ]

Edited 2016-05-26 05:18 (UTC)

[ this disaster is unbeknowst to adrien, who has put aside all communication to focus on marinette! not that he's not stumbling over a few thoughts of his own still, though the content of those thoughts is more along the lines of what are good words to say when you up and disappear for a few days without warning, leaving a girl who's way too nice to worry?

( and given adrien's experience with disappearing tricks, he knows that feels pretty bad. maybe that's why it's even more awkward, with an increased need to place how genuinely sorry he is in the spotlight? )

when the small pause of silence upon the call connecting isn't filled with marinette's voice, he decides to fill it in. carefully: ]

... Hey, it's Adrien. Sorry for suddenly leaving, and now suddenly calling like this... Er, I mean, I'm back?

[ to make everyone's ( nah, just marinette's ) life harder, he's not even going to specify who he's talking to.

he's just going to patiently wait for the response. ]

Edited 2016-05-26 05:53 (UTC)

[ oh you handsome boy, why must you insist on torturing her so.

hearing his voice causes her to fumble with the device which plays out like a solo round of of hot potato. when at last she does manage to catch it in her hand without accidentally sending it flying through the air again—all whilst miraculously not disconnecting the call, mind you!—she puts the speaker to her ear and takes a deep breath. ]

Oh, uh, hey Adrien! Welcome back, er, that is to say... — Are you okay? I've been worried! I mean, of course I've been worried. Not that I was too worried! You know, just the proper amount of worry since you kind of disappeared for a few days and all. B-but don't worry about my worry! It's not like you planned disappearing or anything.

[ what a smooth operator. ]

[ pfft. it might be a little silly, but hearing marinette trying to piece things together does somewhat alleviate both his worries (about her) and his confused mood (about everything). she's... yep, that's marinette all right.

there's a small little pause, a lull to let her casual totally smooth operating!!! sink in.

then he just laughs lightly. ]

Definitely don't remember planning any Houdini tricks, nope. And I would tell you if I was. [ what a nice guy. ] But, uh... yeah, I'm okay, I just feel bad for making you... worry the proper amount of worry for that long because of some bad luck. Maybe having your lucky charm when I was around would've helped.

[ let's all blame the black cat in him, tbh. ]

Edited (the thing i did notice tho is my repetition hell) 2016-05-26 23:56 (UTC)

[ she knows all about bad luck, that's for sure. ironic really.

but her own soft giggles mingle with his laughter, a much needed release of her swirling emotions. ]

Thanks! Maybe I can even be your assistant next time then. [ what does that even mean? ] I'm just happy you're back. Well, not back back, but... safe.

[ wait, lucky charm? UM . . . ??? ]

I... I don't really know how much my lucky charm would have helped much with something like that, unless it was like... a portal or something.

[ aha...ha...HA. ]

[ ASSISTANT FOR HIS HOUDINI TRICKS.... he'd comment on that while being unintentionally smooth like he always does because he winks way too much, but the last part has him raising an eyebrow. ]

Well... I don't remember you telling me your bracelet could make portals, so I guess you're hiding something really cool from me. [ HA HA HA this is the part where plagg gives adrien a look, and adrien really can't deny the irony of that statement at all.

the entire thing is said lightly regardless. ] I'm kidding. I was just thinking good luck's always handy, right? Or does it only work with Mecha Strike?

[ always stepping into ???? moments with marinette but navigating through them with slight amusement: the adrien agreste story. ]

[ brace..let?

oh.

oh.

OH. 💡 ]

No way, that'd be super crazy, right? I'm not hiding anything at all—[ whoa, that came out way too fast. cover up, cover up! ]—except for my mad skills at kicking your butt at Mecha Strike. N-Not that I'm thinking about butts or anything.

[ WHAT THE FUCK MARINETTE. ]

Luck, hehe yeah, like Ladybug, huh?

[ SPEAKING OF, she takes this moment to carefully navigate back to her message, adding the finishing touches with feather-like movements and pressing send in the midst of conversation. ]

It's nice to know that her and Chat Noir are around in Cerealia to help us out whenever we need it, too.

[ that oughta do the trick. ]

[ marinette????? there's butts to mull over, and then there's also the fact marinette knew chat noir was around which he... actually is quite sure he hasn't actually talked to her directly, but maybe she's just seen him around—

(speaking of that, that's the sound of a maybe-return-text-from-ladybug, isn't it? but right now is marinette time.) ]

Er... [ this little hint of hesitation is more her directly mentioning chat noir, which is unexpected, rather than the butt talk. ] You're safe there, I wasn't thinking that you were thinking about butts. And if you were hiding those mad skills, I'm scared to see how hard my butt's going to get kicked when you're not holding back...

[ he tries so hard, but the girls he knows are TOO COOL FOR HIM.

he has to mull over this last point before he adds in: ]

Anyway, I didn't know Ladybug and Chat Noir were around. [ ... ] No, wait, I knew about Chat Noir... It was just Ladybug I didn't know about, until just a couple of minutes ago. Did you see them by chance or something?

[ this is so fucking awkward

somehow less awkward than trying to subtly grill (not) marinette on how cool he is as chat noir. ]

[ what a bootiful response. ]

I may or may not have been holding out just a little. [ a little competitive edge there? perhaps. ] Who knows, maybe ViViD has some Mecha Strike knockoff we can play. [ her, uh, "experiences" with the system have been less than stellar thus far, but she is willing to give it another shot if adrien is with her and logging in/out is completely voluntary. ] Better watch out if there is!

[ ruh oh. ]

Uhhh, I didn't actually see them, no. But I mean, their contact information is available for everyone on the network to see, so...

[ thank god she at least has observance going for her bless. ]

... Wait, you've been in contact with Chat Noir?

[ nevermind she is still a bit grumpy with her partner for not answering her calls when clearly there was a huge crisis three days ago!! ]

... Right.

[ there's that. sometimes he forgets, in the midst of his "keepin' it sekrit" panic, that things are Very Different here in terms of how accessible their other identities are.

except now he's fallen into the pitfall of "you've been talking to chat noir", and yeah, he has been, every time he talks to the mirror!! this starts playing in his head, honestly. ]

Yyyeah. Sort of? We showed up around the same time and all, so we... he checks up now and then. [ is that smooth enough? no, actually, that's bumpy. it's like a cheese grater.

quick, subject change. ] But, er, Mecha Strike! I'm definitely up for a butt kicking if there's a knockoff. That's one way to make up for disappearing, kinda?

[ YEAH

NAILED IT!

he wants to kick his own ass tbh ]

[ two good ones together tbh. ]

That's weird, I didn't know he did that...

[ then again, it would make hella sense given that the three of them (el oh el) are from the same... world? still feels weird to think in those terms. huh, maybe she ought to ask chat about adrien sometime...

but hey! marinette is also pretty eager to push the conversation along instead of continuing to teeter precariously on the brink of secret spilling so no complaints here. ] Really?! You don't have to make up for anything though— [ and then it dawns on her that she KINDA JUST MADE A DATE WITH ADRIEN AGRESTE??? ]— but I'd love to kick your butt! [ well that came out a little, er ] ... I mean! Well, you know.

[ FLUSTERFLUSTER. ]

[ girl you live with adrien agreste

and despite the threats to his posterior, adrien laughs good-naturedly. ]

Then I guess I'd... love to get my butt kicked. [ what is he saying. ] That sounds weird. I'm saying it sounds fun, but I'd be pretty delusional to think I stand a chance.

[ ... god. ]

Okay, redoing that. [ ahem. ] Up for it when we both get back? No holding back this time.

[ ayla is surely facepalming somewhere in paris right about now. ]

No way, don't be so hard on yourself!! I've just had a lot of practice playing with my dad and stuff... [ feels bad man, feels bad. ] —I know! How about I let you use my lucky charm again this time, and maybe we can play two-player mode against the CPU instead?

[ that way, both of their butts are involved. ]

Yes, I'm up for anything with you! Er, [ she blushes. ] playing games with you. Let's do it!

[ he's not being too hard on himself when it's pretty obvious that marinette's mad skills beat his..... but she's sweet, and he won't push that.

double butts it is! ]

Well... Sure! If it saves me from getting crushed, I'll always go for stomping the CPU instead. [ just carry him through the game, marinette. ] So... I'll meet you at the apartment later, we'll run a couple ViViD games, and then we can go for dinner? My treat.

[ that sounds like a date

but he doesn't even realize it

he just wants to make things up to her. someone save this idiot from himself. ]

Edited 2016-05-31 02:02 (UTC)

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text & voice. ... this is a trainwreck oh my god.

jesus christ bless

even dat html was trainwreck worthy oops

it's okay i didn't even notice

i c wat u did thar

chuckles evilly

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