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This was probably one of the silliest things Ladybug had ever done.
Ladybug only purposely changed her suit a couple of times, both having a meaning behind them. Tonight, she changed her suit just for Chat Noir. Recently, he'd learned about sleepovers and rambled about them to her and Luka. At some point, the idea of a slumber party as heroes landed in his mind, and he started to subtly beg her to do it.
She wouldn't normally entertain the idea, but seeing his sheer joy at the possibility made her reconsider. At some point it really struck her that he'd never had a sleepover because he never really had friends, and that thought allowed her to give in and start planning with Luka. She was weak willed when it came to seeing her partners happy, alright? Sue her.
So, here she sat, transformed into Ladybug, with a significantly less 'combat ready' outfit. Her normally tight, aerodynamic suit was replaced with a black shirt (complete with a heart on the chest), polka-dotted pajama pants, plain black slippers, and completed with her usual mask. Her twin tails were instead tied into a single bun for optimum coziness. She sat on a barstool in her, Luka, and Adrien's apartment, waiting for the popcorn to finish popping and for Adrien to get off work.
Viperion sat on the couch across the room, picking out the first movie of the night. He wore a tank top with a dark teal long sleeve underneath. What was throwing Ladybug off was his shorts. They were knee length, but she was sure she'd never seen so much skin on a miraculous holder before. It was strangely off-putting, even if she also had a few of her limbs exposed. She couldn't help but smile at the absurdity of what they were doing for their boyfriend. The microwave beeped, drawing her attention back to preparations.
She poured the popcorn into a bowl and checked the time on the microwave. It was a few minutes slow, but she accounted for it and made a mental note that Adrien would be home in about fifteen minutes. Adding butter and salt, because Adrien had a weirdly tasteless diet before, she shook the bowl lightly and sat next to Viperion.
The apartment was decorated with fairy lights for the occasion, and blankets were strewn about the area around the couch. There were a few other candies and snacks on the coffee table between the couch and tv, making sure there would be no empty stomachs tonight. Marinette had even gone through the trouble of making a few pastries for tonight. A smile returned to her face as she pictured Chat Noir's happy face.
Viperion's calm voice met her ears, "You think he'll like it?"
"Definitely!" Ladybug beamed. Viperion's relaxed smile widened slightly.
Ladybug could hear the footsteps outside the door and grinned like a doofus at Viperion when the keys started jingling on outside. He returned her grin as they turned to face the door. Adrien walked in, looking down at his keys while he fumbled with them.
"I'm home!" He called before looking up.
Upon finding his partners' eyes, they both shouted, "Surprise!"
For a heartbeat, he didn't react, then it clicked. Adrien let out a high-pitched whine and started flapping his hands, practically vibrating with excitement. His steps bounced as he bounded over to them. They both watched him struggle for words before he just gestured at everything and did a little jump. Plagg, evidently not one to enjoy unexpected jumps, flew out from his jacket and looked around.
"Wow, you did all this for me? I'm so flattered." The smug cat kwami brought a tiny paw to his chest in faux appreciation. She gave him a challenging smile to which he winked. Ladybug shook her head lightly and returned her attention to the still bouncing Adrien.
It was her favorite thing to see him overjoyed like this and she knew Viperion felt the same. His delight was infectious, always finding a way to light up whatever room he was in. Viperion piped up, "Well, is Chat Noir going to come to the party?"
Adrien's eyes immediately lit even brighter somehow, practically glowing with jubilation. He jumped a couple more times before shaking his arms out, saying "Okay, okay, focus" to himself.
He held the wrist with the hand bearing his ring and just barely wiped the grin off of his face to focus. After a moment, Ladybug could see a small burst of green energy come from his miraculous. Satisfied, Adrien began beaming again and posed. "Plagg, claws out!"
Plagg was ripped away from the pastry he was attempting to scarf down to transform Adrien. After a flash of green, Ladybug inspected his new attire. He wore a dark, oversized hoodie with a green paw print on the chest along with simple sweatpants and socks. Looking up, she was appalled to find he had no cat ears! Who was this man?! Her indignation was quickly extinguished when Chat dramatically brought his hood up, revealing it held his signature ears. Not done with theatrics, he spun around to give his audience a full view of his outfit. The back of the hoodie held six lines, three on the left and right, taking the vague shape of whiskers. Near the hem of the hoodie, a plush tail swung about in the air. Ladybug could see in the brief second she caught a glimpse of his feet that he was wearing socks with bright green paw pads on the bottom.
"You're such a dork." she laughed affectionately. Chat brough a hand under his chin.
"Why thank you, Milady!" Ladybug laughed again, charmed.
"Of course, kitty kitty, now come sit!"
"We saved you the best seat in the house." Viperion added. Indeed, there was a space between him and Ladybug for Chat to sit. Chat flapped his hands one more time before strolling over like he owned the place. Well, technically...
He cozied himself quickly, becoming buried in blankets faster than she could say 'miraculous Ladybug'. He was still buzzing with energy when Viperion pressed play on the queued up film. Chat let himself be wholly absorbed in the night while Ladybug became wholly absorbed in her love for him. It wasn't the first time, far from it, but it never stopped being beautiful to her. Catching Viperion's eye, they shared a smile of understanding.
They would do whatever they needed to in order to see Adrien happy, even if it was incredibly silly.
