Salut! ^^
So... I just want to thank you all once again for the amazing support you gave me at my story Blind, I've never experienced anything like this before. And since I really thought it was fun writing stories I thought 'Why not make another one?' and someone requested a sequel to Blind or something like that. So... this is it. I hope you enjoy, it takes place just some weeks or so after the last chapter of Blind. And it will have more couple-interactions and cute scenes... I hope. Some Adrinette (and the other three ships), some DJWifi (or BubbleWifi or Alno- whatever you call it) and maybe some CheeseCake (or TikPlag or- you get the idea)! But it's mostly the love square! ^^
Enjoy! ^^
"Where are they!? They're at least half an hour late and they haven't even called!" Alya groaned as she paced back and forth on the grass.
Nino was sitting on a bench with a soda in his hand and looked at her, "Chill out, Alya. I'm sure they're alright, maybe just lost track of time or something."
Alya stopped and looked up in the sky, the sun was high and the sky was clear. "You're right, it's been weeks since they finally got together. Who knows, those lovebirds are surely sitting somewhere cuddling or sleeping. Having a good time." she sighed and sat down next to Nino on the bench, "I'm both proud and disappointed in them. First I try my best to help Marinette confess to him- or at least ask him out or something. Then she confuses me when telling she doesn't care about her crush for him anymore and loves someone else and BOOM! After helping Adrien pay for a surgery for Marinette I wake up at the hospital and sees them together having fun and then they're acting like a couple! And that's just the proud part, the disappointed part is how they just can't keep track of time! And when they come they're stuttering out some pathetic excuses and- ugh..." she groaned and covered her face with her hands.
Nino laughed, "Calm down, Alya, I know how you feel. Adrien hasn't been late like this before, heck it's mostly me who can't keep track of time." he placed a supporting hand on her shoulder, "And you know how hard it was to explain the reason without sounding stupid. You were involved in most of my reasons." he said with a smirk.
Alya chuckled and let her head rest on his shoulder, "I know."
His hand sneaked up around her shoulders and he sighed, "But I still can't believe why they can't even call or send us a message."
The akuma got cleansed and the lucky charm object was thrown into the air turning everything back to normal, Ladybug and Cat Noir fist-bumped like they always did and got ready to leave. Unfortunately they got stopped by reporters and some other people. "Ladybug, thank you for once again rescuing Paris from evil but can you tell us what the life as a superhero has done to your civilian life?" someone asked.
Ladybug wished she could get out of there but she couldn't be rude and leave without an answer, "Eh, a lot of things has happened thanks to my life as Ladybug. For example, I've learned a lot more about people I thought I already knew." she said and smiled at Cat Noir who stood behind her, he lovingly smiled back. "But talking about it, we need to go before someone lets us know a side I don't want to know." she said and chuckled. She grabbed her partner's hand, then they ran away and used their weapons to get up on the rooftops and away towards a very special bakery. They could de-transform there somewhere and then they could meet up with their friends and beg for mercy.
"This day was really good, m'lady. Just like the other days this week." said her partner as he jumped after her.
"Tell me about it, it's so much easier to fight now when you've calmed down a little with those puns. Some of your puns are actually good, but not your timing." she explained as she landed on her balcony. She turned to see Cat Noir land right in front of her with a cute smirk on his face that she knew pretty well. "Good thing though you sometimes got good timing when you're not in battle." she smirked and stepped closer to him.
He chuckled, "I'm glad to hear that, purrincess." he smirked before leaning in and kissed her. The last beeps from their miraculouses were heard before their suits disappeared in flashes. The kwamis came out and stared at the kissing Marinette and Adrien.
Plagg groaned, "Plea-ease, get a room, you two! It's been three days in a row!"
Marinette broke the kiss to glare a little at Plagg, "That sentence has been said three days in a row." she said before turning back to Adrien who tried to hold in a laugh.
"Ha ha, very funny. Good memory, except the fact that you're still forty minutes late to the meeting with your friends." Plagg pointed out, winning the argument. The teens' eyes widened as they realized it and quickly got down the window to Marinette's room. The kwamis followed and quickly got themselves into their hiding places before the teens went down the stairs. They ran down to the apartment where they met Sabine who gave them a surprised look.
"I thought you two were supposed to meet your friends in the park." she said and watched as they went towards the door.
Adrien stopped at the door and tried to smile, "Yeah, we thought so too." he chuckled before they went out through the door. When they got out they ran to the park and straight to Alya and Nino who were still there. "Sorry we're late!"
Nino raised his cap a bit to reveal a confused look," Late? Who said you are late?" he asked with sarcasm showing in both his voice and in his face.
Alya yawned and looked at her clock, "You're only forty minutes late, you broke your record with fifteen minutes. What did you do this time? Got in a car accident?"
"How did you know?" Marinette whispered only loud enough for Adrien to hear, that akuma fight actually started when someone drove into a wall. Caused by the villain of course. "There was an akuma fight a few blocks away and we got stuck."
Alya shook her head in disbelief, "Yes, I know about the akuma but if you guys were there then why did you come from your house, Marinette? You know I'm not stupid."
"Eh... we had to go and get something first."
Nino tried his best not to laugh, "You both needed to go?"
Marinette stuttered as she tried to think of a comeback or something, but Adrien knew what to do. "Who cares? What does matter is that we're finally here, right? So what are we gonna do now?" he asked.
Alya sighed, she didn't want to change subject but... she could wait with it. "I talked with Ms. Bustier and Mr. Damocles and they both agree our idea with a sleepover at school was great, the new supply teacher needs to get to know us anyway. Somehow."
"Yeah, so... do we have a date?" asked Marinette.
Alya looked at her phone, "Yea, tomorrow. And we'll have it directly after school. But I have a list of things we need to take care of. The school can't pay everything so we need someone who can get snacks -or we can all buy our own- and we need a plan, some entertainment or something."
"Maybe a spooooky theme?" asked Nino as he raised his hands and waved them in a spooky gesture.
"Ooh, I like that." Alya responded and smirked at him. Then her eyes turned to the couple, "You guys got any ideas?"
Marinette placed a finger on her chin and thought, then she shook her head, "Nope, not really. But I like the spooky idea, we can arrange some ghost walk or something around in the school."
"Yea, that'd be fun, but we should probably ask the others first, they might have ideas or at least something to say about it. We can't decide everything about something everyone will be a part of." Adrien pointed out.
"Good idea, but we need to hurry, we don't have much time. And I need a little help, I don't have everybody's phone numbers." said Alya as she looked through her list of contacts.
Marinette laughed as she closed the trapdoor to her room, "You- you really think... that we should use our powers just to increase the excitement for the others!?"
"Why not?" asked Adrien and shrugged, "I mean, some famous heroes might make it more fun and we'll make it more realistic."
Marinette smiled at him and let out a sigh, "Chaton, just because they all agreed on that spooky theme it doesn't mean it has to be realistic." she sighed again before walking towards him, "Plus, just because we know each other's identities now it doesn't mean we can just use our powers for fun. We can only use them if it's an emergency." she said and stopped right in front of him.
Now it was Tikki's time to speak, she flew out of Marinette's purse and glared at her, "Says the girl who had to use her powers to get back a video she accidentally deleted from her friend's phone, to get to the Trocadéro in time and -of jealousy even- to change music at Adrien's party so Chloé couldn't have a "romantic" dance with Adrien!"
"Tikki!" shouted Marinette and glared at the kwami. She tried to hide a blush.
Adrien couldn't help but laugh, "So, it was my lady who hijacked the music and helped me get out of that uncomfortable situation. It somehow surprises me... but still not." he said and smirked at her.
"Jealousy is a very bad thing. And it's harder to defeat than an akuma." she said and let her hands sneak up behind his neck as she looked into his eyes finally getting rid of the blush.
He chuckled, "Trust me, I know. It was the cause of Copycat."
"It was?" she asked curiously tilting her head to the side.
He scratched the back of his head, "Yeah, you know... at the unveiling of our statues he told me about how amazing you are and how he wished you could get to know him so you could see how much you had in common with him. But that was something I didn't like, so I got blinded of jealousy and lied about you and me."
Marinette smirked, she knew the rest, "So you said -just to make sure he doesn't try anything- that you and I were a thing?"
He let his hands reach up behind her back to pull her closer, he tilted his head, "...yeah, I hope you're not mad." he said and looked like he was ready for a hit or a shout. Anything angry.
But he relaxed when she hugged him. "Then I guess we're even?" she asked.
He smiled, "Hm, well, I guess the jealousy thing is quite behind us since it's in the past and now's the present. You know, we weren't really a thing back then." said and heard her chuckle.
"You're right."
"But when it comes to using our powers when it's not an emergency..." he started and looked up in a thinking gesture.
Marinette's lifted up her head to glare at him, "What!? Those things were actual emergencies!" she defended, but she knew two of them weren't actual emergencies. One was not necessary and the other was just jealousy.
"Me-eh, I don't think so, m'lady. You need to pay for that lie." he smirked at her and leaned in to kiss her.
She smiled back and kissed him. Then she got back to hugging him. "I love you, kitty."
"I love you too, bugaboo. I couldn't be more happy right now. Please promise me you'll never EVER leave me?"
Marinette chuckled, he was cuter than usual when he was like this, "I've already told you many times, kitty. Even before we revealed. When we only knew each other as Ladybug and Cat Noir; the superheroes who'd never give up on each other."
She felt how he moved the arms he had around her, "I know, but..." he sighed and pulled her closer, "I just want to be sure."
Marinette smiled, she felt like the most luckiest girl in the whole world. As if being the superhero Ladybug; the one who represents luck itself, wasn't enough. She now had her partner, who was also her best friend and love, on her side. He's always been on her side. But this time it was in both of her lives, as Ladybug and Marinette. It was true luck. And a big coincidence was involved too. Who knew Master Fu would have chosen Adrien and her. If it wasn't for him then it wouldn't have led to this. And she swore by her trusty sewing machine she'd not been able to survive if the identity thing had been so strict they had to remake the spell. Man, if she had to forget everything about Adrien being Cat Noir... meh, it's a bad thought to bring up now. What does matter right now is that she's with him and they're happy. He's happy. Just like she first wanted as Marinette when she fell for him. Every time she saw him with his head down she wished she could cheer him up. Just like he said at the hospital about always wanting to cheer her up when he saw her sad.
She stopped her thoughts when she felt someone poke on her nose, she opened her eyes to see Tikki glaring at her, "I don't want to be rude but..." she said and pointed at the clock on the desk. Marinette groaned.
"Why does the time have to go so fast!?" she asked herself and leaned her head on Adrien's chest.
After he saw the clock he chuckled and let his head rest on hers as his hands rubbed her back. "It is time for me to go, but we'll see each other tomorrow. Right, bugaboo?" he asked.
She looked up at him without moving her head, she smiled, "Yeah, but Ladybug and Cat Noir still has a patrol this night."
He smiled wider and kissed her head before letting go, "Don't be late, princess." he said before he went to the door and smiled at her once more before he opened it and went down.
"Marinette, I hope you won't get late for school just because you stayed up all night to text Adrien." Sabine called up to Marinette's room, she heard a groan coming from her daughter and some seconds later the sound of a door opening. Marinette came down the stairs with a tired look on her face.
"No, I didn't." she yawned.
Sabine chuckled, "Then I guess you were up all night talking to him." she said before placing down the package with cereals on the table.
"How could you tell." the girl rhetorically asked in a whisper, "Good morning to you too." she said before giving a kiss on her mother's cheek. She sat down on her seat, poured in milk in her bowl and added cereals.
"Your father is making some goods for that sleepover your class is having today."
"I hope he doesn't make too much, the others will be taking their own snacks with them." said Marinette before pouring some juice into her glass.
"Well, either way, if you get too much or too little you can always come back home." said her mother and smiled.
"Yeah, it's a good thing school is on the opposite side of the street." the girl pointed out.
"Come on, come on! Where's my history book!?" asked Adrien as he looked around in his room, "Plagg, have you seen my history book?"
The kwami's eyes widened, "You're asking me!?"
"Yes. You. You were the last one using it." Adrien pointed out.
"If you really say so then you're right, but I can't believe the school uses that kind of knowledge. It's not as interesting as it was when being there." he said before flying to the library above them and came back with the history book.
"You're probably right, Plagg. But people today doesn't have time machines to find out the truth." said Adrien before grabbing the book and placed it in his bag. "It would actually be interesting to hear your knowledge about the past but right now we have to run so we won't be late for school."
"Gee, calm down will ya? If there's anything I've learned about humans is that stress is really bad for them. It's very bad for the health and it's VERY annoying for others." said Plagg before he flew after the boy who went through the door.
Marinette stomped on the ground as she looked at her clock, she was standing outside school waiting for a special someone. "Where is that kitty?"
"Relax Marinette, if he's late he has a reason... most of the times. But you don't have to make a big deal out of it. There's still some minutes left." said Alya who was standing on the stairs with Nino on her side.
Nino had his hand over his eyes as he looked for Adrien's car, it didn't take long 'til he spot it. "There he is... but it doesn't seem he's in a hurry though. Either the gorilla doesn't want to drive fast or Adrien doesn't seem to wanna be in a hurry. Must be something serious-" he got stopped when he heard the bell ring. He looked at Marinette who was waiting for the car to stop and then he looked at Alya, "Let's go." he said and placed an arm around her as they went up the stairs towards the school.
Marinette went to the car and opened for him and he jumped out and greeted her with a kiss on the forehead, "Thanks, sorry I'm late."
"It's okay, the bell just rang." she said, closed the car door and then followed him up the stairs. They ran as quickly as they could up to their classroom. "By the way, what took you so long?"
"Eh, I have to tell you later. I don't have the time now." he said and went opened the door for her. They went to their usual places and the lesson started.
Alya leaned to Marinette and whispered "What excuse did he have this time?"
"I don't know yet, he needs more time so he'll tell me later." she whispered back.
"Ooh, must be something important then if he can't just say it's a long story."
"Yeah, I hope it's not something bad." Like some akuma... but that's an urgent matter so I'd know. Maybe a message from Master Fu? Marinette thought, when she didn't focus on the lesson she was mostly thinking on what Adrien was gonna tell her.
When the lesson was over she leaned forward and looked down at the boy in front of her, "So, what was your reason?"
He sighed before turning his head to face her, "My father wishes to see you before the sleepover, I guess he wants to know you better before he can allow me to be with you more often..." he explained. He seemed a little nervous, "I hope you got time."
Marinette got a little nervous too. Meeting Gabriel Agreste was not something she saw coming. Sure, she has "met" him before at the derby hat competition but never really in person. "Of course I got time to see your father. I'd actually like to thank him personally for paying for the surgery."
He smiled back, "Good, and no need to be nervous, I'm sure it'll be fine." But deep inside... he was actually afraid something could go wrong. Not that he thought Gabriel wouldn't like Marinette, he'd surely love to meet her but... something told him it was a bad idea. But he wasn't sure why, maybe it was because his father had been acting strange around him lately. Sigh, he wasn't scaring me like this before... he thought, but stopped when he remembered something. Something that could bring him to tears anywhere and at any time. He lifted up his hand to rub away a tear that escaped his eye.
"Are you okay?" he heard her ask.
He nodded, "Yea I'm fine. Just got something in my eye." he said and gave her a reassuring smile.
She smiled back but still got some doubt, she saw his face when he was thinking. And it was not something that didn't wake up thoughts.
So... this is a start... ^^
I hope you like it. Oh, and just a little spoiler warning, this story might be connected to the origin episodes and some of the other episodes that hasn't aired in France yet. But I hope I won't spoil anything for you. ^^;
À plus! ^^
