🚨swear words, use of the term god

Late-night patrols quickly became Tartaruga's favourite part of the day, although he still didn't like the idea of being a part of a team it was a nice break from being the most disliked kid in school. The wind in his hair, the stars just above his fingertips, the beautiful view of the Sydney Harbour, it all just be him feel free.

"Must you always bring candy?" Ladybeetle asked his patrol partner. Being partnered up with Ladybeetle was the only thing about patrols that he hated, Tartaruga begged Honeybee to trade partners with Ladybeetle but she refuses, saying that these patrols might help them get along. Tartaruga doubts it.

"It's lollies," Tartaruga corrected, it is obvious that Ladybeetle is American, his accent is strong plus the boy is oblivious to Australian words and slang, of course, Tartaruga doesn't say anything though, he finds humour in messing with him. Tartaruga grabbed out a red snake and took a bite, "Yes, I do."

Ladybeetle crossed his arms, "It's unprofessional."

"Good thing this isn't my profession."

"You are the most annoying little br-" Ladybeetle caught himself, Tartaruga is his teammate, not his enemy. He took a deep breath, "Why do you dislike me so much?"

Tartaruga ate the last of the snake and grabbed a yellow one this time, "I don't dislike you, I just dislike what you stand for."

"And that is?"

"Authority." Tartaruga said with a small glare, "I'm not stupid, I don't believe the whole 'there is no leader' bullshit because despite what any of us believe there is a leader and that's you, you have the ladybug miraculous and you just aren't doing enough will your miraculous. There must be a reason you got the most powerful miraculous but I haven't seen it yet, it's like you are afraid of giving being a hero a real shot."

Ladybeetle stared at Tartaruga dumbfounded, he didn't know what to say. A part of him felt offended while another part knew that Tartaruga was right, "I'm afraid of not being good enough," he finally said after a long silence. "I have never been good enough, not for this team, not for my par-" his mouth became dry as he realised his eyes were watery. He hadn't even realised his parents' abandonment had still hurt him, two years ago he told himself he wouldn't grieve them and he didn't, so he sure as hell isn't going to start now. "I'm worried that if I really try, I'm going to fail and let Ladybug down."

'well, he opened up a lot quicker than i expected' Tartaruga thought to himself, though he didn't want to make a small gab about it, he actually wanted to get along with Ladybeetle in this moment.

"I get that," Tartaruga finished eating the snake in his hand and took a deep breath, "I often feel like I let down my parents, I'm not exactly the baby girl they wanted. When I told them I was genderfluid it took my father a while to accept it, my father was respectful about it but he doesn't need to say that I let him down because he has never looked at me the same." Tartaruga looked at the bag of lollies, he is sure that diabetes wasn't in his parents' plans for him. He grabbed out another snake and bit it, quickly speaking once more, "but now my father has bigger problems then my gender identification, so that's something."

"So does this mean you don't hate me anymore?"

Tartaruga faked a laugh, "Ha! No."

Ladybeetle smiled, though Tartaruga's answer wasn't what he wanted to hear it made him feel a lot better, because Tartaruga said it in a joking tone, he was joking with him. "Are you going to keep bringing candy to patrol?"

"Yes, unless you want me to blackout mid-fight." Ladybeetle titled his head, clueless to the fact that Tartaruga was referring to his diabetes.

Suddenly the alarm on Ladybeetle and Tartaruga's yoyo and shell went off, "Are you going to tell me what this secret emergency meeting is about?"

He shook his head, "When we are at Honeybee and Night Noir's checkout."

Tartaruga groaned, that's in Sydney Central, meaning a twenty-seven minutes travel, luckily he got to go home right after meeting and his home is only a block away from Night Noir and Honeybee's checkout.

"What is so important that we needed to end patrol early?" Renard asked as his patrol partners Souris and Peafowl crossed their arms in agreement, the trio's checkout was the furthest away from Central Sydney.

"My day of birth was the other day-"

"Your birthday?!" Peafowl exclaimed, "happy late birthday! What day was it? My friend's birthday was just the other day."

"We were dragged here at eleven at night because you had your birthday?!" Tartaruga asked as his distaste clear.

"It was a different birthday, guys, it was his eighteenth! Has anyone of your kwamis told you what happens to our powers when we turn eighteen?" Ladybeetle asked the group.

"Holy shit-" Tartaruga's distaste turned to curiosity, "Wayzz, did mention it once, I wasn't really listening but he said something about our reaching its full potential."

Honeybee joined in the conversation, "Pollon told me that when we mature into adulthood, we no longer use as much energy when she calls upon our powers meaning that we don't have the five-minute time limit after using our special power," she explained to Souris, Peafowl and Renard.

"That's awesome!" Souris exclaimed, "Could you do it now?" He asked Night Noir, the cat theme hero nodded but shook his head after seeing the ladybug theme hero glaring at him.

"You can't abuse this power Night," Ladybeetle snapped. "I called this meeting so I can ask this question; are anyone of you turning eighteen this year?"

"I turn seventeen in June," Peafowl answered.

"Seventeen in August," Tartaruga simply said, still eating lollie snakes.

Honeybee shook her head, "I turned sixteen last month."

"My birthday was in January," Renard answered as Ladybeetle through his head into his hands.

"It was a yes or no question, your age and birth month is too much information," Ladybeetle's voice was so monotone, Night Noir held in his laughter in fear of being thrown off of the rooftop.

"Well Minnie Mouse isn't an adult," Tartaruga and Renard high fived at the nickname.

"Hey! I could be eighteen!"

Ladybeetle crossed his arms, the useless banter annoying him since he asked a simple question, "Well are you?"

"I turned fifteen on january first," he ducked his head, great, he is the newbie and the youngest.

"My fucking god-" he muttered to himself as he tried not to explode.

"Omg, I just shared my full date of birth! I am so sorry Ladybeetle!"

Peafowl, Renard, Tartaruga, Honeybee and even Night Noir let out a snicker, they weren't too concerned since many people share the same birthday, out of five million people there must be at least a hundred people with that exact birthday.

"What's your birthday month Lb?"

"Why would I tell you that? All you need to know is that I will also be eighteen."

"Let me guess!" Peafowl cried excited, they love guessing people's birth month based on astronomy, "September?"

"How-"

"You are a walking Virgo."

"Am I the only one who realises how powerful we are going to be?! We are going to have the two most powerful miraculous at full potential!"

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I was actually already working on a chapter with Quartz and Pierre but then I got in the mood to write something with the heroes so here it is lol.

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