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“You’ve got to be kidding me,” Nathaniel muttered to himself, standing in an alleyway.
He was watching the Ladyblog live stream, (Good old reliable Alya), on his phone, waiting for a certain someone to appear.
Alya was standing on the street, a safe distance away from the fight. The akuma was Mr. Banana, turned into a giant marshmallow man who wanted the world to eat donuts? Jeez, Hawkmoth was really running out of ideas.
The camera focused on the superhero duo.
Chat Noir jumped back to stand next to Ladybug on a roof, “Well, m’lady, it seems we have a sticky situation on our hands!”
They both dodged a marshmallow clump thrown at them.
Ladybug turned to smirk at her partner, “It’ll only be on yours if you can’t keep up!”
He gasped, “You wound me! How will I ever recover from this attack to my pride?” As Chat Noir talked, he spun his baton to shield him from the sweets being thrown at him.
Ladybug giggled, calling out her lucky charm to try and end the battle.
It was at that moment Nathaniel heard a noise behind him. He turned around to face the source of the familiar sound.
Bunnix stood there, leaning against the wall, “Hey bitch.”
Their friendship had started when she accidentally opened a portal next to him during one of the earlier akuma attacks. Bunnix couldn’t just leave him there with that information, so she took him into her burrow. He stayed there until the Akuma had been purified, and Nathaniel thought that would be the end of it. Until literally the next akuma attack, when she appeared and asked if he wanted to help her with an "Errand". And he'd been dragged across time and space ever since.
He rolled his eyes, “Is this gonna be another mission where you force me into a maid dress?”
“That was one mission!”
“That lasted two weeks,” Nathaniel grumbled under his breath.
Bunnix grabbed him and dragged him into her burrow, closing the portal behind him.
He could already see the other him tied up to a chair in the corner, staring at him with wide eyes, a bandanna stuck in his mouth. There was a muffled cry of confusion from the boy.
"You know, you'd think after awhile you'd get used to seeing yourself tied up."
Bunnix patted his back, not caring, “You know the drill, right?”
Nathaniel nodded, having seen this exact situation multiple times before, (The other Nathaniels and/or Alixs usually understood once the situation was explained, although he would prefer it if Bunnix didn't have to tie them up), “Get in, find the problem, help Ladybug!”
She smiled, “Yep! Don't worry! I’ll get you out if you’re about to be killed or beaten or whatever!”
“Um, you still haven’t told me how to help her?” Nathaniel pointed out as they started walking towards one of the windows peering into the various timelines.
“Oh...” She shuddered as if the timeline had murdered her family, “You’ll see when you get there.”
“W..What exactly does that mean?”
With a simple push from that damn Bunny, he was flying through the open window. She waved him off with a cheerful smirk on her face, “Have fun!”
He landed face down in the alleyway. If he didn't know better, he'd say he was back in his world. Nathaniel scrambled off the floor, turning back to where the portal was, “WHAT DOES THAT-”
He cut himself off, and with a flash the portal was gone.
"...Mean" Nathaniel huffed, "Ok, step one, Ladyblog." He pulled out his phone to see what was going on with the heroes.
Chat Noir was leaning over Ladybug, using the current fight (Seriously? Still Marshmallow man?) to his advantage, “Ladybug, give me a kiss!”
She tried shoving him away, “Chat, focus on the fight!”
Nathaniel grimaced just watching it.
“Just give me a kiss and I’ll go away!” The dense cat purred.
“Chat, For the last time, I don’t like you that way!”
Chat whined, leaning on her more, “But, m'lady! We’re meant to be together, we’re soulmates!”
She looked up at an incoming blast of pastry, ducking downwards, letting Chat Noir get struck by it, pinning him to a nearby wall.
Ladybug, relieved to be free of her persistent "partner", called out for her lucky charm, finishing the battle and restoring the city quickly.
As Ladybug was reassuring a confused Mr. Banana, Chat Noir started pouting and stomping the ground, “Ladybug, why’d you let me get hit?!”
“You wouldn’t have gotten hit if you were paying attention!” Ladybug snapped back.
“Well, I would’ve paid attention if you had just listened and gave me a kiss!” Chat Noir screeched, “If you would stop being so stubborn, we would already be together!”
Ladybug screamed before swinging away.
The blonde huffed, crossing his arms, “She’ll love me one day. I know it.”
Mr. Banana just sat there, looking horribly out of place.
Nathaniel shut off his phone, walking out of the alleyway towards class.
It’s not like school could be any worse than what he just saw.