Ficlet Request 11

[mistkitt]

 Originally Posted: 04/27/18

Prompt: Ladrien and baking

Ladybug didn’t like to do charity events alone. Chat Noir was her partner, and she insisted on them making public appearances together to remind the city of that.

“Ladybug? How much flour should I put on the blueberries?”

However, when the charity event in question involved baking with Adrien Agreste, Ladybug saw a benefit to her partner’s absence: she could flirt with her crush all she wanted without having to fend off a jealous cat boy.

Ladybug walked up to Adrien, who gave her a nervous smile. “Sorry, I’m pretty useless in the kitchen.”

“That’s nothing to apologize for.” Ladybug took her place beside him at the counter and moved the flour closer. “Plenty of people don’t know how to cook. And those who do know how to cook can’t always cook well.”

Adrien laughed that quiet, gentle laugh that turned her heart into goop. “What about you?” he asked.

Ladybug grabbed his hand. “I am an expert in the kitchen,” she said in a low, insinuating voice. Adrien went red all the way to his ears. Satisfied with his reaction, she turned his hand palm up and poured some flour into it, then pinched some from the top. “You want to give the blueberries a light coating,” she said as she sprinkled the flour over the berries.

Adrien followed her example. “And this is to…?”

“Keep them from sinking to the bottom of the muffins.” Ladybug took his hand captive again and dipped it into the blueberries, showing him exactly how to work the flour in and not-so-innocently letting her fingers twine with his.

Adrien’s face couldn’t get any redder, but he didn’t protest. “I-Is this okay?” he asked after a while.

“Perfect,” Ladybug said. She gave him her best smile. “Now mix that into the batter. I’ll come back and check on you in a bit.” She had other celebrities to help bake, after all. “Don’t worry, this is the easy part. But if you think you still need supervision, we could always bake something together later,” she added with a wink.

Then she turned and hurried away, not daring to look back at him.