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Beep! Beep! Beep!
The shrill sound ringed in Ladybug’s ears. IceDecor was proving to be a hard akuma and had so far frozen multiple civilians into statues and the Seine into an ice rink. Her Lucky Charm and Chat Noir’s Cataclysm had turned out to be a bust, and they had both retreated to recharge. Spotting the Liberty, she sighed in relief and quickly swung through an open porthole. Hopefully, the Couffaine’s would forgive her for using their boat as a pit stop. As the beeps rapidly became more incessant, she heard the porthole slam close. Just as she was about to walk over and see what happened, her partner came tumbling in.
“Chat?!”
“Ladybug!” he replied, startled.
“What are you doing here?!” they both asked in unison.
“I’m recharging!” she whispered shrilly. “Did you have to choose the same place as me?!”
“It’s not like I knew you were going to be here!” he quietly screamed back. “I thought you’d go somewhere else! Besides, my—”
They were cut off as the beeping from both their miraculous became louder.
“Turn around!” she whispered, her tone still shrill.
He winced at her voice but compiled nonetheless, “Will do, Buga...boo…”
“Chat?” Weird, she thought, why isn’t he responding? “Chat?” she tried again. “Chat,” she continued, turning around, “what is… it.”
Because standing right there, was her entire friend group.