"this is a one-time deal; you understand that…right?"
she nodded ever so slightly as he leaned down and kissed her neck, making her gasp in surprise.
"I don't want you getting the wrong idea." He whispered as he nipped at her earlobe.
"I-I won't…' she said breathily running a hand through his hair as he started kissing her collar bone, his hands wandering up the back of her shirt shamelessly.
"A-A-"
"Sssssh." He hushed her as he grasped the edges of her shirt and pulling it off, her hands instantly went up to her chest, attempting to cover up.
"don't," he said, softly taking her wrists and pulling them away from her chest, "there's no need to be shy…"
"I…I know…"
he smiled and nipped at her collarbone as his hand went lower, pulling at the elastic band of her pajama bottoms.
"Marinette…" he whispered softly as his hand went under the thin fabric, making her gasp once more.
"A-Adrien…" she stuttered out.
"Marinette!" I tiny voice said, forcing Marinette to slowly open her eyes
"Hmm…Tikki?" she asked, sitting up.
"you overslept again." The little Kwami said, making Marinette sigh as she got out of bed.
"don't worry, you only overslept fifteen minutes, you can still make it to school on time."
Marinette hummed quietly as she lazily put on a pair of jeans and a white t-shirt, not bothering to even try and put together an outfit.
"you've been really tired lately Marinette," Tikki said, "have you been getting enough sleep?"
"of course, I always go to sleep by 10, and usually I'll be asleep before that."
"maybe you're getting sick."
"I hope not," Marinette muttered, "exams are coming up, I can't afford to be sick, she stopped talking as she went down the stairs, Tikki quickly flew into her bag, a split second before her mother looked up.
"here, take a bagel and some coffee for the road," her mother said kindly.
"thanks Maman," Marinette said, giving her mother a kiss on the cheek, then walking down the stairs and out of the bakery, where almost instantly she met up with Alya.
"hey girl! On time for once, that's surprising." She teased.
"funny thing about that, I actually overslept." Marinette said with a tired smile.
"girl, you've been half dead for a week now, what's wrong?"
"Don't know," Marinette mumbled as they started walking down the side walk, "I just been feeling completely drained lately, and I've been going to sleep earlier than usual to try and get rid of the feeling…"
"Hmm…maybe you're stressed, after all, you have been busy on those end of the year Dance plans you put into the making."
Marinette nodded, "everything's put in order, all I have to do is turn it in to Madam Bustier and we should get approved."
"you are on top of things girl! After you turn it in, you should reward yourself with a celebratory nap."
"if only," Marinette said with a light laugh as they entered the college.
"yo Alya, Marinette." Nino called to them as they walked towards their usual bench, where Nino and Adrien were already waiting, "how you two doin' today?"
"we're doing great," Alya said, giving Nino a peck on the cheek, "Marinette's a little tired though."
"are you alright Marinette?" Adrien asked her, concerned for his friend.
"I'm fine Adrien," she said with a tired smile, "I'm just…stressed…"
"okay…if there's anything you need."
"I know." She mumbled, looking away from him and to Alya, who was giving her a strange look.
"we should get to class, bells about to ring." Marinette said, walking towards the stairs, only to be stopped by Alya while Nino and Adrien walked past her.
"We'll catch up guys!" Alya said with a smile, then she turned to Marinette, "okay girl, you've been giving Adrien the cold shoulder for over a month now, and I've been trying to keep my nose out of it, but now my curiosity has peaked, so spill girl."
"Alya, it's nothing," she said.
"are you sure?" he asked, "because a month and a half ago you were all over him, and now?"
"things change Alya," Marinette said, "I just…" she sighed.
"Girl, I know you, something happened between you two, and I'm worried that you're not telling me, we tell each other everything, right?"
Marinette sighed, "I'll tell you at lunch," She said, "right now, we need to get to class."
Alya nodded, giving Marinette a side hug as they walked towards the steps, when they walked into the class room, both Nino and Adrien looked up.
"Everything alright you two?" Nino asked.
"yeah, we're good, just asking Mari about a dress I want her to design for me," Alya said, leaning in and whispering to Nino, "Backless, deep V-neck, sheer."
"hehe…I…whoa…" Nino spluttered with a stupid grin.
Adrien rolled his eyes, "Get a room you two."
"don't tempt me Agreste." Alya said. Walking up to her seat.
As Marinette walks past Adrien, he grabbed her wrist, makin her jump slightly.
"are you sure you're okay?" he asked her softly.
"I'm fine Adrien," she said firmly, 'no need to worry yourself."
"Mari-"
"I said I'm fine." She snapped, ripping her wrist from Adrien's grip.
"Mari," Alya whispered fiercely when Marinette sat down. "what was that?"
"just…not right now Alya." Marinette said tiredly, pulling a binder out of her bag.
Alya looked at her in concern, but didn't press the topic, for the rest of the morning, Marinette sat in silence beside Alya, her mood going from guilt, to anger, to sadness and then back again; so when the bell rang for lunch, she had never felt more relieved.
"come on girl," Alya said as they stood and walked out of the classroom, "you got some explaining to do."
Nino watched as his girlfriend and Marinette walked out of the college, "yo bro," he said to Adrien, "what's with Marinette giving you the cold shoulder lately?"
"uh…something happened…about a month ago."
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"Okay girl, spill." Alya said as she sat on her computer chair, looking at Marinette with arms crossed. "what's with giving Adrien the cold shoulder?"
Marinette sighed, had to tell her sooner or later, "do you…do you remember that project we had to work on a couple of months ago?"
"yeah, you were paired up with Adrien and could not be happier." Alya said.
Marinette nodded, "well…something happened, the last day before the project was do…we were…we were in his room, and we were just…talking, the project was done, and Adrien had coaxed the cook to 'lend' us a couple of bottles of wine, so we were drinking, and talking, and-"
"-wait…don't tell me, you two…" Alya's eyes widened, "you two did it didn't you!?"
Marinette flinched at that, "um…well…yes"
"no…way…you and Adrien had sex, and you didn't even tell me! I would've thought you would've been bouncing off the walls ecstatic about it!"
"I would've been…if he hadn't of said beforehand that it was a one-time thing,"
"Oh Mari…"
"he didn't want a relationship, at least not with me, he made that pretty clear." Marinette mumbled, "and I understood…and I tried not to let that affect me…but during he was so gentle…caring…I just…" she sighed, " I couldn't, not fall for him, so after I left, I tried to distance myself, keep all of my feelings to myself, it wouldn't be fair to Adrien if i were to keep pursuing him…even after he told me he didn't want a relationship."
"that doesn't explain why you've been so snippy to him these past few weeks." Alya said, 'I mean, he says one word and you bite his head off…come to think of it you've been like that with everyone."
"I've just been irritated lately, tired too."
Alya looked at her in concern, "Mari…were you two being…safe?"
Marinette paled at that, "I…I…um…" she racked her brain, "I…can't remember."
"WHAT!" Alya shrieked, before covering her mouth quickly, 'What?" she whispered fiercely.
"I-it was a hazy night! She defended, "I can't remember everything!"
"oh my god Mari! Do you know what this could mean?!"
"I'm…starting to see what it could mean…" Marinette mumbled, her hand slowly going up to her stomach.
"Do you think…"
"I'm…I'm not sure, I mean, it would explain how I've been feeling lately…"
"well, we gotta find out for sure," Alya said, standing up and grabbing her bag, "Come on, we're making a pit stop at the store."
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"dude, you are such an idiot."
"I know," Adrien said with a sigh.
"I don't think you do," Nino said, leaning back in his chair, "do you understand how Marinette feels about you?"
"yeah, I know, she hates my guts."
"damn it man that's not how she feels at all!" Nino exclaimed, making Adrien jump slightly, "that girl has been crazy about you since you gave her your umbrella three years ago!"
"w-what!?" Adrien asked, stunned, "but…she can barely get a sentence out when she's around me! she's always tense and…I am such an idiot."
Nino rolled his eyes, "about time you caught on, so now you know how much this probably hurt her?" he took his hat off and ran his hand through his short hair, "to hear her crush say, 'yeah, lets sleep together, but don't get the wrong idea, it's only for tonight.' That probably destroyed her inside!"
"I messed up, I get it, but what can I do to fix it?"
"not much you can do," Nino muttered, "just hope she doesn't completely hate you."
Adrien scratched the back of his head, "I'm going to talk to her."
"no- "
"I'm going to talk to her."
"Adrien- "
"what's the worst that could happen? I talk to her, we come to an understanding."
"or she refuses to talk to you, and Alya cuts your junk off."
Adrien shivered, "but I can't leave it like this man."
"you don't really have a choice bro, anything you say now would just make things worse."
Adrien sighed, "so she's just gonna hate me from now on?"
"Mari doesn't hate people bro, but she probably won't be talking to you anytime soon, least not until she gets this all figured out."
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"you want me to do the test right now! Class starts in twenty minutes."
"yeah, but it only takes twelve minutes for the test to give a yay or a nay." Alya said, "so go into the girl's room, pee on the stick, and we'll go from there."
Marinette groaned but quickly went into the bathroom.
Alya smiled and shook her head, 'let's hope that test is wrong," she mumbled, "otherwise I'm gonna have to deal with two children."
What will I do?
That's the only thought Marinette had as she waited for the test to finish, what will she do if it was positive? What would she tell her parents? Adrien? All the scenarios that could happen were running through her head, and almost none of them were good.
As her phone went off, indicating the time was up, she took a deep breath, and looked at the pregnancy test, she let out a breath that she didn't know she was holding as she saw the tiny little pink plus on the stick, "oh my god,' she whispered, covering her mouth as tears started to fall.
"Marinette," Tikki said, flying up to her, "it'll be alright.'
"no it won't Tikki," she said, wiping away a couple of tears from her eyes, "I'm…I…I messed up!"
"it can't be helped," Tikki said, "the best we can do is start getting everything together."
"Tikki…this might mean that I can't be Ladybug anymore…"
"we'll cross that bridge when we come to it Marinette, for now, let's go see Alya and let her know."
Marinette took a deep breath and nodded, slowly standing up and walking out of the bathroom, as she walked into the courtyard, she was almost ambushed by Alya, who jumped up from her spot and ran over to Marinette, "Well?" she asked.
"it's a plus…" Marinette said softly, not trusting herself to talk any louder.
"oh Mari…" Alya hugged her tightly, "we'll get through this girl…"
Marinette nodded slightly as she leaned into Alya, tears flowing freely.
"Girl…are you going to tell Adrien?" She asked softly.
Marinette shook her head, "I'm not dragging him into this." she whispered.
"Mari, he deserves to know."
"I know," she said, slowly pulling away from Alya, "but…what if he decides to just pretend that night didn't happen?
"he pulls something like that and I'll break my foot off in his ass."
Marinette giggled, making Alya smile. "so…you really think I should tell him?"
Alya nodded, "he deserves to know, it is his kid, right?"
"he's the only one I've…you know…"
"then you need to tell him, if you want, I can be there with you when you tell him."
"thanks Alya," Marinette said, "don't know what I did to deserve you as a friend."
Alya gave her a side hug as they started walking towards the classroom, "just call me your fairy godmother, or your daughters godmother, I'll take either or."
Throughout the rest of the afternoon class period, Marinette couldn't help but steal glances at Adrien, worried about what the young blonde would say,
"relax Mari," Alya would say, "it'll be like ripping off a band aid."
Marinette would nod and slowly calm herself down, only to psych herself out once again as she thought about what would happen. So when the bell rang, Marinette couldn't jump up fast enough, she quickly threw everything in her bag and fast-walked past Adrien, grabbing his arm as she did, "we need to talk," she mumbled, paying no attention to Chloe's indignant shrieking about stealing Adrien.
"um…okay…" he said with a nervous laugh as he tried to keep in step with her, "where are we going?"
"Somewhere private," she said as she pulled him into an unused classroom, she let go of his arm as soon as she was sure he was in the room.
"so…I think I need to say something." Adrien started, scratching the back of his head, 'I…um…well…"
"be quiet." Marinette said sternly, making Adrien stiffen up.
"Yes ma'am.' He said quickly.
"I have something to tell you," she said, "and…and it's pretty big, like, life changing big."
"I think I know what it is." Adrien said, relaxing slightly.
Marinette's eyes widened, "w-what? You d-do?"
"yeah…Nino told me…"
"how'd he know!?"
"he said it was obvious!"
instantly Marinette wrapped her arms around her stomach, "I…didn't think it was…yet..."
"well, to be honest I should've seen it, I was just too dense to realize it…and…Marinette, I'm sorry…if I had known, I wouldn't have suggested we do what we did."
"wait…what?" Marinette asked in confusion, "what are you talking about?"
Adrien looked at her, "about…your crush on me…that's what you wanted to talk to me about, right?"
"no."
"oh…then…what did you want to talk about if not that?"
Marinette pursed her lips hesitating for a few seconds, "I'm…I'm pregnant," she said with an air of finality.
Adrien looked at her with a stunned expression, "p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p" he tried to get out the word but couldn't seem to form the word until Marinette slapped him, "Pregnant?" he asked weakly.
She nodded slowly.
"I…uh…how?"
Marinette raised an eyebrow, "you were there Adrien, do I have to explain it?" she asked dryly.
"that's not what I meant," he said, rubbing his arm, "I mean…we were safe, we made sure!"
"weren't safe enough I guess." Marinette mumbled.
"So…um…what are we going to do about this?" Adrien asked, "do you…want to get rid of…him? Her?"
Marinette looked at him in shock, "I am not aborting this baby," she said, glaring at him.
"I wasn't saying we should! I'm just asking you what you want to do!" Adrien snapped, sending a glare right back.
Marinette took a deep breath, 'I know, sorry," She said, pushing a strand of hair out of her face, "I don't know why I keep getting so mad lately."
"That would be the mood swings," Adrien said, giving a nervous chuckle when she glares at him, "Look Marinette, I'll support anything you do one hundred percent, whether you want to keep the kid or…something else, I will be right by your side."
she looked away from him, hugging her arms to her chest, "that's the problem…" she whispered, "I don't know what to do."
"Mari-"
"I know I don't want to give this baby away," she said, "and I know I don't want to abort it…but…how am I going to be able to take care of child? I can barely take care of myself! And then keeping the baby will ruin your reputation and your fathers reputation, and-and-" she stopped as she felt strong arms wrap around her.
"Don't worry Marinette," Adrien said softly, "I don't care about my reputation…and I'll be right beside you, raising this child."
"I…I…" she started to sob into his chest.
"it's okay Mari…we'll get through this…I know we will."
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Marinette sat beside Adrien as they waited for her parents to get done down in the bakery, "are you sure you want to tell them today?" Adrien asked her softly, "we can keep it a secret for at least a few days."
"If I wait a few days I'll find an excuse to not tell them." Marinette mumbled, "So better to do it right now and get it out of the way…like a Band-Aid."
Adrien nodded slowly, they sat in an uncomfortable silence until Adrien cleared his throat and looked at her, "so um…do you think…do you think your dad will kill me?"
"what?" Marinette asked, completely thrown off by his question, "why would he do that?"
"well, I just impregnated his only daughter, if he doesn't at least try I'd be worried."
Marinette started to laugh. "don't worry, I think Maman will stop him from killing you, if only so she can kill me first."
"well that's just not fair, I think we should all get equal death opportunities."
Marinette started to laugh harder, making Adrien smile.
"alright! done with the dishes," Tom said, walking up the stairs and looking at Marinette and Adrien who were laughing on the couch, "what'd you two need to talk to us about?"
instantly Adrien and Marinette stopped laughing, nervously looking at each other.
"I'm guessing it's not good news," Sabine said, standing next to Tom.
"um…depends on how you look at it." Adrien said with a nervous chuckle, "I mean, some people like when something like this happens, and- " he stopped talking as Tom gave him a glare, something Adrien was unaccustomed to, "your dad is seriously going to bake me into a pie." Adrien whispered to Marinette, who rolled her eyes.
"Marinette," Sabine said, looking her daughter straight in the eyes, "what do you need to say?"
"I…um…I…"
"Marinette," Sabine said again, stopping her stuttering, "whatever it is, I'm sure we can all work through it, you know me and your father are here for you."
Marinette started to tear up, "Maman…papa…I'm…"
"Marinette is pregnant," Adrien said, making all three look at him in shock, "and I'm the father, and um…and before you kill me and display my body at the Eiffel tower, I just want you to know that I will do everything in my power to make sure that both your daughter and the child is well cared for."
Marinette looked at Adrien, then at her parents, tears threatening to fall.
"are you sure?" Sabine asked Marinette, "are you completely positive that you're pregnant?"
Marinette nodded slowly. "I'm so sorry Maman…" she croaked out, making her mother wrap her arms around her.
"Adrien," Tom said sternly, walking up to the blond.
"y-yes sir." Adrien stuttered out.
"while I admire your words, that's all they are at the moment, words, how do we know you'll stick by our daughter when the going gets rough."
"sir, I am not going to turn my back on Marinette, no matter what happens, that I promise." Adrien said firmly, not looking away from Tom's hard stare.
Tom sighed, then turned to Marinette, who was still crying in her mother's arm, "Marinette, I thought we taught you to be more responsible than this!"
"Tom, not right now." Sabine chastised, "I'm going to take Marinette upstairs, why don't you take Adrien home, you can talk things over with his father."
"sounds like a great idea." Tom said, walking up to his daughter and kissing her forehead, before turning to Adrien, "Come on son, let's go have a heart to heart with your father."