Morning After

"Hey Nathaniel, I was wondering if you were- Oh! I-uh…"

Marinette should have known better than to barge into a boy's bedroom without knocking, and yet, she had done just that.

She had known Nathaniel Kurtzberg as long as she can remember. Despite the rather awkward period of time when he temporarily had a crush on her, and got akumatized for it, they had remained pretty good friends. As the years passed, and as his growth spurt finally made him taller than her, his crush on Marinette seemed to have disappeared. Marinette thought that was great, because the last thing she wanted was to have her lifetime friend get heartbroken. However, she never seemed to consider his love life beyond his silly childhood crush. Well, today she got her wakeup call.

Nathaniel wasn't the only person sleeping in his bed. Laying next to him, wrapped in his arms, was none other than Chloe Goddamn Bourgeois. Chloe Akuma Creating Bourgeois, the blonde who, at one point, he literally tried to get revenge on. Here they were in the same bed together, naked!

Now, granted, Chloe had gotten a little better since those days. Okay, a lot better. But still, Marinette never thought, not in a million years, that Nathaniel and Chloe would ever even consider friendship, much less a relationship, and no way in hell get down and dirty with each other.

Nathaniel groaned at waking up far too early than what was humanly possible on a Saturday. The blonde beside him also awoke from her sleep as she let out a tired yawn. She rolled on her side, snuggling closer to Nathaniel. He looked at the doorway, Marinette's appearance not phasing him in the slightest "...what d'ya want Marinette?"

Marinette, on the other hand, had a million questions flying through her head, "...I… You… what… Why is Chloe in your bed?!"

Nathaniel turned back over to Chloe, still tired and still wanting to go back to sleep, "...'cause the couch was too uncomfortable."

Chloe piped in, "Trust me, we tried anyways."

Marinette's mouth opened and closed like a fish. She didn't know if she should be confused or disgusted. Probably an unhealthy mix of both.

"Don't… don't tell me you were drinking Nathaniel. Were you?"

"Well, I don't have a hangover, if that answers your question."

Chloe laughed, "Don't worry, Marinette. We were both one hundred percent sober last night. We remember all of it."

Marinette felt outside of her element. Nathaniel should be jumping out of his bed explaining that this was a complete mistake. He was always the younger immature one. She was the older responsible one. He was supposed to get embarrassed by stuff like this, not her! Yet, in a matter of seconds, Nathaniel had managed to switch tables. She wanted to get out of there, and as soon as possible.

"I… I just wanted to see if you wanted to… to um… to grab breakfast… but I guess you're kind of busy this morning."

Chloe sighed, "More like all day."

That's it. Marinette abandoned ship. She left without a word, leaving the two love birds by themselves once more. But they didn't care too much.

Nathaniel pulled Chloe back into his embrace, the shorter blonde resting her head against his bare chest. The redhead looked down, "Chloe?"

"Yeah?"

"I think I just realized something."

"Hm?"

"We haven't really told anyone about us being a thing, have we?"

"Nope."

"Does that bother you?"

"Not really."

"Hm. Me neither," He stared back up at the ceiling, "We can't lie in bed here all day."

Chloe grumbled, "Can't we?"

He laughed, "I mean, we have to eat something."

"Hm… I guess…"

She pulled the covers off, stretching her upper body as the artist ogled her bare skin. The blond gave him a sly look, before climbing out of bed, taunting him with her slender frame. She tenderly crossed the room, seductively swaying her naked hips, clearly aware of her current watcher.

She stood at the doorframe to the bathroom before turning back to him, "I'm gonna take a shower… care to join?" Nathanael didn't need anymore convincing as he bounded after his sorta-maybe girlfriend.

That morning, Nathanael Kurtzberg and Chloe Bourgeois arrived considerably late to breakfast.