Desire: Simon Says

(Y/N) (L/N)'s P.O.V.


"Welcome back to everyone's Number 1 game show, The Challenge! Give it up for the next contestant today, Nino!"


"Go, Nino!" I say as I look at the TV screen. He was auditioning in KIDZ+ competition show called The Challenge at the TVi Studio. I smile at his appearance on TV.


"So you're a student and a DJ. Cool 'cause check out the decks we've got for you!" Alec Cataldi, the show's host says as his DJ set arrives on the stage.


His challenge was to make the mayor, André Bourgeois, dance with his music.


"Up for the challenge, dude!" Nino cheers before getting ready.


I cheer for Nino as he starts playing his music until my phone starts ringing.


"Hey, Marinette. What's up?" I greet her as I pick up, "Where are you now?" I hear her ask me directly which makes me furrow my eyebrows. "Um...home? Why do you ask?" I say as I watch the show simultaneously. "Are you watching the show Nino's on?" She asks which makes me nod even though she can't see me.


"Adrien's there in the set with Nino! Why don't you head on there!?" She says to me excitedly which makes me blush. "W-What?" I find myself fumbling. "What about you?" I ask to which she grumbles.


"Funny you asked...." She says, "I'd like to, but my parents grounded me because of the bad attendance record I got this week...." I chuckle at her words. I chuckle, "You can't blame them for not knowing that you're Ladybug," I state to which she sighs. "Yeah...that's what Tikki told me too..." She says.


"What about you? Doesn't your Mom tell you anything about that?" I hear her ask which makes me frown. "Your parents own a bakery, Marinette, while my mother works day and night in an office. She's always busy and when she's not, she spends time with me. She's okay with me as long as I'm honest with her and get good grades," I mutter. She just sighs through the phone.


"Gotcha. Well, I have to talk to Alya...Talk to you later." I think about her words with the phone pressed to my ear. "Yeah, see you soon," I say and hang up.


I rush to the bathroom and wash up before running down towards the exit of my house. I walk out of my house and rush to the set.


When I reach the set, Nino is successful in making the mayor dance and Alec calls up the next contestant, a hypnotist named Simon Grimault.


I look around to spot Adrien high-fiving Nino. I gulp and walk towards them.


"Hey," I greet as I nervously walk towards them. "(Y/N)! You came!" Nino says with a smile. I smile back at him, "Well, I couldn't miss out on you, now could I?" I say which makes him nod.


"Hey, (Y/N)," Adrien smiles at me, "Glad you could be here." He says which makes me blush softly.


"Yeah," I say quietly before standing beside him and watching the show continue.


"Our next contestant is Simon Grimault, a master of hypnotism! He uses his skills to hypnotize people and get what he wants!" Alec says which makes the said-person nod. "Y-Yes, that is correct. I hypnotize people. But I don't do it to get what I want..." He states to which Alec ignores.


"So! Your challenge today, Simon, is to use your talents to bring a very elusive celebrity to this very TV set! Give it up for the king of fashion, Gabriel Agreste!" Alec says which makes me surprise in some way. The backdrop reveals a live video of Gabriel Agreste.


"What is this show? I was told it was an interview." The man says in his usual stone cold way.


"Dude! Your dad!" Nino says to Adrien which makes me smile at their friendship.


"Do your thing, Grimault! Let's see if you can bring Gabriel Agreste here with your hypnotic persuasion!" Alec says which makes Simon look at him with a nervous expression. "I told you I don't-" "Hah! Would you look at that?! A shy hypnotist! How funny is that, Gabriel?!" Alec, in an intention to make Mr Agreste laugh, jokes.


"Hilarious." The Agreste says sarcastically in a monotone way, "So is your show. I am not going to waste my time in this mockery." He says before turning off the live video which makes all of us gasp.


"That's my dad, alright..." Adrien says sadly. I frown softly seeing him unhappy.


"Looks like Gabriel Agreste turned down your challenge! Game over!" Alec says which makes Simon frown, "B-But I didn't even get a chance t-" Before he can even protest, he is being pulled away from the set.


I frown deeper as I see him just pulled out like that.


The show returns back to its pace and Nino, Adrien and I chat. That's before I feel a familiar pain strike in my chest. I let out a strained choke. Adrien and Nino don't seem to notice so I let out an awkward chuckle, "I have to use the bathroom, excuse me..." I say before walking towards the door to the hallway. They just nod at me when I do.


I enter the bathroom and Seven pops out of my pocket. "Let's do this!" I say, "Seven, it's springtime to bloom!" I chant and transform into Primvère Rosé.


I feel the Akuma's presence in the building not long before I hear a commotion in the studio. I rush towards there before bursting the door open. I see the villain inside who uses his cards to hypnotize Alec and Adrien's bodyguard who become his servants.


"Go and hide!" I say to the people, including Adrien and Nino to escape.


"Ah, look who decided to join the party!" The villain says to me. I look at him with a grimace.


"Gabriel Agreste turned down my challenge! How barbarous! Now he'll pay!" He says and lets out a guffaw which makes me soon recognise him as Simon Grimault.


"You're not being sensible, Simon..." I say and pull out my whip for defence. I look up to see Cat Noir on a ledge. He tells me to shush upon his presence.


"It's Simon Says now!" The villain angrily responds before pulling out one of his cards.


"And Simon says, Give me your miraculous!" He says before shooting that card towards me. I easily block it.


Cat Noir then jumps on top of Simon Says, "I'll take those cards!" He says before reaching to grab them. But Simon Says throws the cards elsewhere which takes Cat Noir aback and get the cards. While he does so, Simon orders the bodyguard to attack him. As they're fighting, I use my whip to grab Simon Says' hand but then he shoots cards at me, "Simon says, your whip is useless!" He says and before I can pull back my whip, the card hits it making it flutter and then change into a normal whip.


"What the-" I feel bewildered when I can't use my whip anymore.


He lets out a guffaw before jumping out of the window. "See you on the other side!" He taunts and I rush to see him running away from the building.


What did he mean by 'the other side'?


I look down to see him charging at every citizen and changing them into soldiers.


"Wait..." I stop myself before jumping out to chase Simon Says. "Adrien..." I look around and spot Nino. "Prim!" He walks over to me.


"Are you okay?!" I ask as I look over him.


"Yes, I am. But that doesn't matter! My friends, Adrien and (Y/N)'s is still here somewhere!" He says to which I smile.


"It's going to be alright! We'll find them..." I say and just in time, Ladybug barges in the room.


"Ladybug!" I rush over to her with Nino.


"Where's the villain?!" She asks which makes me sigh, "He got away, I was going to find him but...uh...I realised that the son of Gabriel Agreste, the one he's after, is in here..." I say to which she frowns at me but nods. "Well it's better than going on the villain alone," I nod back. Nino, Ladybug and I then search around for Adrien.


But then we hear a ruckus below us which leads us towards the direction of the commotion.


We see Cat Noir fighting the brainwashed bodyguard. After throwing his bodyguard into an elevator, Cat Noir uses his Cataclysm on the elevator's control panel, causing it to drop down the shaft.


He picks up his baton before pointing it at us in a defensive way.


"Nice to see you too, kitty." I let out a chuckle and he retracts from his stance. "Oh...I thought you were Simon Says." He lets out an apologetic smile. "He's looking for Gabriel Agreste. We better probably have to get there before he does." I say and look around.


Then, Cat Noir's ring starts to beep.


"You're going to change back!" Ladybug warns him to which he looks down, "Before we get to the Agreste mansion, I'll take one last look for Nino's friend." I say but before I can do anything, a hand pulls me from doing so. I look to see Cat Noir gripping his hand on mine.


"Forget it. He's probably hypnotized..." Cat says in a preventive way to which I pull my arm back.


"But he's my buddy!" Nino says which leads him to nod. "You're right. I bet he's hiding. While you guys search for him, I head over to Gabriel Agreste's place to see if he's okay!" He says and quickly leaves the room.


Ladybug looks at me in confusion at his behaviour to which I just shrug.


We search for Adrien and call out for him before we hear footsteps coming towards us. Adrien steps out from the shadows which makes me sigh in relief to his safety.


"Adrien!" Nino rushes to hug him.


I smile at the friendship of the two. Adrien too smiles but then his gaze shifts towards me and a tint if red forms on his cheeks. I gulp at the sudden tension between us.


He walks towards me and says, "You're Primvère Rosé..." His tone shows astonishment.


"Yeah..." I pause before looking away, "We have to get you back to your place before it's too late!" I successfully manage to hide my nervousness. But before I can rush out.


"What about (Y/N)? She's still here." Adrien says in concern.


The sudden mention of my name by Adrien causes me to nearly trip, "Don't worry about her. She probably made a safe escape!" Ladybug covers up for me.


"But what if she's still in the building? I'm worried about her..." Nino defends which makes me internally sigh.


I give a quick look towards Ladybug before saying, "Um...I guess you could look for her." I say and look down.


"I'll go ahead and check how Cat Noir is holding up! See you soon!" I make a quick escape before entering a door and quickly transforming back. Seven hides in my pocket as I rush to the studio.


"Adrien?! Nino?!" I call out in a fake-scared tone and look around.


I hear hurried footsteps towards the room I am in before I hear someone call out my name. I rush towards the direction where they're coming from and sigh in relief at seeing them.


"I'm so glad you both are safe!" I say happily as I smile and walk towards them. "We're glad you're safe too," Adrien smile making me blush.


I look at Ladybug who smiles at us, "Oh! Ladybug!" I speak in a weird tone.


"Oh, hey, there..." She says and laughs in an awkward way with me following with a more uncomfortable laugh.


Let's face it, I'm not very good at compromising in these unplanned situations.


"Come on, we have to get to my house now! My father's in danger!" Adrien says in worry.


"Let's go! Cat Noir and Primvère Rosé will meet us there!" Ladybug says before we rush towards the Agreste mansion.


---


"Nathalie, where's my father?!" Adrien bursts through the door.


Nathalie walks towards us, "He's already been alerted," She says in her monotone voice.


"Ah...Ladybug." We all look up to see Mr Agreste at the top of the staircase.


I quickly turn away from his gaze. I was really scared of him and his behaviour, ever since Adrien's birthday.


"Father! You have to hide! Simon Says is coming after you!" Adrien directs his father to which the man refuses, "And be dictated by a madman? Certainly not." He replies which angers Adrien, "But, father-" "You know what? You have had enough excitement today. Nathalie, take Adrien and his friends to his room!" Mr Agreste orders to which Adrien frowns and walks up.


I pass by Mr Agreste with an awkward side-look.


Adrien sighs as we ascend the stairs, "Are you sure your father's not a robot?" I hear Nino ask him.


I elbow Nino and give him a slight glare for asking the question. He shrugs at me.


"That's just the way he is..." Adrien says sadly making me look at him with concern.


We enter his room, "Whoa..." My mouth gapes lightly at the size of the room.


"Dude, I've seen stadiums smaller than you're room!" Nino lets out which makes me chuckle.


"You guys stay here while I take a shower...or maybe you can explore the place?" Adrien says which makes me look at him, "You're going to shower? In the middle of a crisis?" I ask in a puzzled way.


"What can I say? It's the model in me~" He admits and enters the bathroom. Nino looks at me in confusion to which I just shrug indifferently. "Well, I'll go explore the place as he suggested...what about you, Nino?" I ask.


"Nah, I'll stay here and check out his stuff." He says and waves at me to which I smile and wave back before going out of the door. I rush to a corner of the hall and look to see that no one is around.


"Come on, (Y/N), let's go!" Seven pops out of my pocket. "Seven, it's springtime to bloom!" I say and transform quickly into Primvère Rosé.


I pick out my whip and try to use it but it deflates, "Oh, right...useless whip..." I say before placing it back.


I jump out from a window and climb on the roof of the mansion, looking for Cat Noir.


In a second, I see him appear in front of me, "Looking for someone, m'lady~?" He says with a smirk.


"There you are! I was wondering where you went!" I say and put my hands on my hips.


"I was....keeping Simon Says at bay!" He says. I look down the mansion and see Simon's army trying to barge into the gates. "Well, clearly it didn't work," I say in a neutral way to which he pouts.


We both rush towards Mr Agreste's office and jump in through the windows.


"Close off all exits! They're coming from every direction! Do as I say! Engage the self-defence system! We need a total lockdown!" Cat Noir says and slams the window shut. I flinch at his behaviour.


Mr Agreste walks up to his podium in his office and activates the self-defence system by pressing some buttons and then all the windows and doors are shut tight with iron barriers.


"How do you know so much about the system?" I ask Cat, indirectly wanting some explanation for his behaviour.


"U-Uh...in a house like this, it's a given!" He says to which I look at Mr Agreste.


"They won't get in. This house was built like a fortress." He states and works some on his tablet. Yet, a few seconds later, the alarm goes off and the emergency power is on. The security cameras show that the gate has been rammed by Simon Says.


"They're too many of them! The defence system is failing!" Cat Noir states. "I'll hold them out in the front!" Ladybug says and rushes out of the room. I immediately realise something.


"Adrien could be in danger! I'll go and get them to the atrium!" I say and rush out of the room.


"Nathalie, take the emergency remote control if you need to open any exits and Primvère will go with you!" Mr Agreste orders to which the said-person nods, take the control from the cabinet and follows me.


I run up to the room before barging into the door.


"Prim? What's going on?" I hear Nino say to which I look at him. "We've got to get to safer grounds!" I say and walk towards him. Assuming that Adrien finished showering, I ask Nino, "Where's Adrien?"


He points to the bathroom, "Taking a showering..." He says blankly. I raise an eyebrow. "What?" I look at the bathroom door.


"It's 'the model in him'..." He says which makes me nod.


"What about the girl?" Nathalie asks making me flinch at the mention of me. "(Y/N)? She went to explore the house!" Nino states to which I clear my throat. "Take Nino to the atrium, I'll take care of Adrien and (Y/N). You can leave the remote control to me..." I say with an assuring smile. Nathalie gives me the remote before taking Nino out of the room.


I sigh deeply and the look at the bathroom door.


I knock on the door, "A-Adrien?" I hesitantly call out. But there's no response, "Adrien?!" I call out before noticing that the door's open. I inhale before opening the door, "Adrien?" I call out once more. The sound of the water hitting the floor makes me hesitate to say something.


"Yeah?"


Once I hear his voice, I sigh in relief. I peep in to see Adrien and instantly regret as I get a glimpse of Adrien's head as he showers. There's a lump in my throat as I quickly pull myself back from the view.


"U-Uh...we have to go. I-It's too dangerous!" I try not to stutter that hard.


"Can I put my clothes on first?" He asks which nearly makes me choke on my saliva. "S-Sure..." I say and close the door.


I immediately drop down the floor as I feel my face heat up.


I sigh softly and stand before looking around.


As I wait for Adrien to come out of the bathroom, I notice a beautiful woman on the wallpaper of Adrien's computer. I walk closer to observe the person. I admire the woman deeply and wonder who she is.


Then, I hear the bathroom door click open.


"That's my mother on her seventeenth birthday..." Adrien walks out of the bathroom and stands next to me as I face his computer. I smile before noticing his mother's green eyes which resembles Adrien's. I let out a light chuckle, "She's got your eyes..." I say to which he smiles when I look at him.


"Thanks..." He says and rubs the back of his neck. He looks into my eyes.


"We...should get going..." I say as I shake my head to snap myself out of my imagination.


'There's no way Adrien would...'


I walk towards the door before I feel something hold my wrist, stopping me from going. I look down at my arm to see his hand holding mine. The electricity in his touch makes me confused as I look at him, "A-Adrien...?" I stutter and look at his eyes.


His eyes dilate as it holds an expression I cannot completely understand. A strange feeling of desire spreads across my chest.


My mouth gapes slightly as I realise my heart beating at an abnormal speed.


'What is happening here...?'


Confusion takes over the concern in my mind and all I can wonder is: What is going on? Why is this happening?


As quickly as the tension in the room arose, our moment is ruined by the door slamming open and Simon Says' minions.


I gasp before pushing him towards the bathroom, "Uh..." I stop before looking away with a regretful expression, "Stay here! Don't come out until all of this is over!" I say and shut the door.


I defeat the minions inside before they can get to Adrien and dodge them as I rush towards Mr Agreste's office.


Mr Agreste is nowhere to be found. "Prim!" I see Ladybug approach me.


"They were too many of them. Looks like Simon Says got this planned all along..." She says making me give her a nod and look around the ransacked room. "Where's Cat?" I ask before noticing him enter through the window. He looks around and realises that Mr Agreste has been kidnapped.


"Well, that's just great!" He says in a sarcastic way, clearly annoyed.


The three of us rush towards the place where we think Simon Says is; the studio.


"Where's Adrien?" I hear Ladybug say. My cheeks heat up upon hearing his voice. "He's safe..." I reply vaguely and ignore the topic.


"What happened in there?"


I hear Cat Noir ask which makes my throat close up. I hesitate to answer his question.


"Simon Says....uh...his minions..." I stutter, "They blocked the entrance...I had to leave him...behind..." I say softly as we close into the building.


We rush inside the halls of the studio.


We look at one of the monitors in the halls to see that Mr Agreste is in the studio, brainwashed into the mind of a butterfly.


Cat grumbles when he sees the sight on the screen.


"We've gotta save Mr Agreste!" Ladybug says to which I back up. I look back at the screen and see Simon Says holding a deck of cards. "The Akuma must be in one of those cards," I say thoughtfully.


"Yeah, but which one?" Cat Noir asks to which I shrug, "I guess we'll find out..."


I rush towards the door and kick it open with full force.


"Ah, our heroes have arrived to save the world! You can save yourselves by handing over your miraculouses..." Simon says deviously.


I let out an amused laugh, "In your dreams!" I say.


"Lucky Charm!" Ladybug chants before a yo-yo fall on her hands.


"Um, don't you already have one?" I ask to which she shrugs. "We'll have to figure out later!' She says and tosses it to me. "Until then, you hold onto it."


She rushes to attack Simon Says, with us following behind.


I use one of my arrows to attack him but he quickly dodges it. He then directly looks at Ladybug, "Simon says, your yo-yo is useless!" He throws one of his cards at her yo-yo.


My eyes widen, "Ladybug-" Before I can warn her, the card hits her yo-yo and it breaks.


Cat Noir attacks him and manages to block his commands at him.


I smirk at him, "You can't use the same trick twice, Simon!" I say and rush at him as I pull back one of my arrows.


"I already have!" He laughs. "And now Simon says, give your miraculouses to me!" He throws a bunch of cards towards us.


Cat Noir pushes me away from the cards, which ultimately makes him land on top of me. He smirks at me but I frown and push his face.


Whilst we are getting back to our feet, Simon throws a card at Mr Agreste brainwashing him into an aeroplane. Mr Agreste heads for the roof.


I look around with divine mode which highlights the yo-yo in my possession, Ladybug and then Cat Noir.


"He's heading for the roof! We have to stop him!" Cat says but then I hold him by this tail and look at him.


"This is our last chance to save the Akuma and I can't do it without you or Ladybug...if we free Simon, we free Mr Agreste as well..." I say to which he nods.


"Enough chit chat! Simon Says, it's over!" Simon throws three dark cards directly towards which makes me gasp. "Roses Divine!" I say and quickly the rose petals around my hair charges over to the cards and destroys them.


Simon Says growls at us.


"Follow my lead!" I say before rushing towards the villain with the yo-yo in my hand.


Simon picks out one card, "Simon Says-"


"Ladybug!" I interrupt Simon Says and toss the yo-yo towards said-hero to which she uses the yo-yo and knocks the card deck out of his hand. I signal Cat Noir as I hold in my position to boost him up. He gets the idea and steps on my hands as I lift him up. He activates his Cataclysm and grabs a hold of the card deck, destroying it.


"B-But how? That's not possible! I made your yo-yo useless!" Simon Says says to Ladybug.


"You did. But not this one!" She states and shows the other yo-yo from her Lucky Charm.


"Like I said...you can't use the same trick twice!" I smirk at him.


Cat Noir tosses the destroyed card deck to me, I break it by throwing it on the ground and the Akuma flies out.


Ladybug de-evilises the Akuma, "Miraculous Ladybug/Primrose!" We chant and everything goes back to normal as ladybugs and purple rose petals fly around, fixing the damage caused.


Simon turns back to normal and I walk over to him.


"No more injustice in the world and here's a token from a rose~," I chant and a personalized card deck lands on his lap.


As Simon awes over it, I walk over to Ladybug and Cat Noir, "Pound it!" We fist bump each other.


---


I clear my throat, check my face on one of the windows and straighten myself out before walking towards Adrien. "Hey, Adrien..." I greet him as he sits on his seat at class. I sit beside him.


"Oh, hi, (Y/N)." He greets back and then looks at me with a confused expression. "Where did you run off to yesterday? Nino said you were exploring the house but I didn't see you after the Akuma attack..." He asks which takes me by surprise as I wasn't expecting him to worry about me.


I chuckle nervously and say what comes first to my mind.


"Me? Oh, I-I was...exploring the house but...when Simon Says' minions ambushed the whole house, I managed to get out and...I hid in the park...." I lie with a sheepish smile.


"You weren't hurt, were you?" He asks making me shake my head, "Not a single scratch!" I say with a smile.


"How's your father holding up after the...attack?" I ask to which he sighs, "Well, I don't know...I can't really tell what he's going through..." He says with a sad smile to which I frown. "I'm sorry..." I quickly apologize.


"Well, I heard Primvère Rosé was with you! How was she like?!" I ask and scoot closer to him.


His face immediately turns red, "W-Well...he...I mean, she was...uhm..." He stutters unusually.


"What? Did something happen between you two...?" I ask innocently though inside I'm unable to stop screaming because of all the emotions hitting me all at once.


His eyes widen and he looks away, "Um...I-It's complicated..." He says which makes me nod, not to mention the fact that I'm trying my hardest not to smile goofily at him.


"Don't worry, I won't bother you with that question if you're uncomfortable to answer it..." I smile at him.


He returns the smile with a sheepish one and thanks me.


"And it's fine..." I say to which I can tell he gets confused. "What's fine?" He asks. I chuckle smoothly.


"Your secret's safe with me..." I tease him before standing up and walking to my seat, leaving him with wide and confused eyes.


End Chapter.


A long....but worthwhile chapter I've written.


I hope you enjoyed the scene with Adrien~


And if you want more...you know...scenes with Adrien or Cat Noir, feel free to spam me in the comments!


-author_yim.

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