Rough Housing Chapter Two: Meet Your Residence Don
Walking through the electronic sliding doors of the dorm's entrance, the four enter the large area of the lobby. The lobby was nice in appearance. The front desk on one side where students could check out rental equipment, movies, games, pay rent, and work orders for any issues that occur in residents' rooms. Across from the front desk in the other corner of the lobby stood two couches and two chairs, and a television to keep those waiting entertained.
Seeing the security guard situated near the entrance, the four take out their IDs and display them to the security guard to ensure that they were residents of the building. Giving the young adults a nod, the four thank the officer and continue their way across the lobby towards the courtyard.
Exiting through one of the lobby doors, they enter into the nearest first floor hallway and make their way towards the elevator. Stepping in the elevator, the four head up to the fourth floor, arriving on the south/east side of the building.
Hearing the ding of the elevator, everyone exits onto the fourth floor as Marinette and Alya lead the boys towards the south hallway where their apartment's located.
"Where are your rooms located?" Asked Marinette to the two boys, both her and Alya curious on how far their two other group members were situated.
Adrien was the first to respond to Marinette's question. "Our room is located on the north side of the fourth floor. So not too far you ladies."
"That's good to know. Now I don't have to worry about traveling to far to get to Nino." Said Alya.
"I wonder why?" Said Adrien, looking at Alya as he wiggles his eyebrows.
"I love you, Adrien, but I will slap that sunshine goodness out of you." Replies Alya playfully. "I'm sure you're smart enough to know why I'm glad yours and Nino's apartment is close."
A shiver and cringe of a feeling shoots through Adrien's body. If he's speaking truthfully, he doesn't even want to begin moving towards that area of conversation.
"Fair enough, Alya. I just don't want to go towards that area of discussion." Was all Adrien offers in return.
Chuckling, Alya and the others continue their way down the hallway, moving around other student residents and parents when all four hear a voice behind them greet them with a tone of sweetness to their voice.
"Hello!"
Turning around, the four friends look to see a young woman, just slightly taller than Marinette. She was beautiful young lady with bright blue eyes, close to Marinette's blue but a shade or two darker, a fair tan skin tone, and brownish red hair (mahogany red). She looked like a sweet little thing. A bright smile on her face. She had to be no more than two years older from them.
"I hope you four have moved in nicely and made yourselves comfortable as well as getting acquainted with the dormitory."
All four give the young woman a smile and nod.
"I'm glad. Now, it's probably best that I introduce myself. My name is Tikki. I'm the RA that watches over the south and east wing of the fourth floor. May I ask your names?"
Taking the initiative to answer first, Adrien politely response, "My name is Adrien." Pointing to his friends in order, "And this is Marinette, Alya, and Nino."
Giving a bright smile to the four, Tikki radiates in joy and excitement. "Well, it's a pleasure to meet you four. What majors are we to expect you four going into?"
This form of discussion wasn't new for Tikki. It was part of the duties as an RA to get to know the residents of the dormitory. Besides most of the RAs, Tikki found meeting new residents, a majority being incoming freshman, found it thrilling to learn about the new students and what kind of career paths they decide to travel on.
Then again, how could one not talk to a Tikki as she looks to always be a ray of sunshine. Marinette, Alya, and Nino feel like Tikki outshines Adrien of his sweetness and purity. Never thought anyone could beat the sunshine child. Well, they found to be wrong.
Blinking away from their short mental block, Marinette takes her turn to respond for her friends. "I'm majoring into fashion and interior design with a minor in business, Adrien is majoring in physics with a minor in teaching, Alya is majoring in journalism with a minor in business as well, and Nino is majoring in recording arts as well as minoring in business."
Tikki claps her hands a few times in a joyous moment, her smile growing. "Oh how exciting. All those majors sound thrilling and fun. As for me, I'm majoring in history and archeology with a minor in teaching since I'm not sure whether I want to teach but it never hurts to have it under your belt. I look forward to learning more about your four. Are all of you residents of the south and east floor?"
"No." Replied Marinette. She points to herself and Alya, "Alya and I are" -pointing to Adrien and Nino- "but Adrien and Nino's room is located in the north side of the fourth floor."
Tikki's smile turns to a grin when she hears the information of Adrien and Nino being located in the north side of the fourth floor.
"The north side, huh? Well, you boys will definitely enjoy your RA. He can be quite the interesting character but he's an amazing friend once you take the opportunity to get to know him. He'll act grumpy but it's really his mask to prevent with dealing with residents he finds annoying, but he can be serious if the moment calls for it. He's my best friend and boyfriend, my partner as we both look after the entire fourth floor. Your RA's name is Plagg. Trust me when I say it won't be hard to miss him. He's a tall young man" -Tikki points to Adrien- "similar to your height. Fair skin, black cat color hair, and green eyes. To make it easier for you, Plagg repetitively smells like Camembert. It's not the greatest smell but you learn to live with it."
"Good to know." Chuckles Nino.
Looking at her watch wrapped around her wrist, Tikki looks to see the hallways still crowded with students and parents.
"Well then, I don't want to take more of your time and I probably should get back to seeing if any students and parents are in need of help. I'm sure you four have plans and I wouldn't want to keep you from them. It was a pleasure taking the moment to meet all of you and I'm looking forward to getting to know you more. If any of you are in need of anything, you can find me at my room in S401. You four have a great day."
Turning around, Tikki walks down the hallway towards a family needing assistance as Marinette and the others continue to her and Alya's room a few doors down. Once they reach the door, Marinette inserts her key card, hearing the locks unlock, opening the door when they hear Tikki calling out a second time.
"Oh, and one more thing."
Everyone looks back at Tikki and wait for her to continue.
"There's a floor meeting for the fourth floor tonight at six this evening. We'll be in the courtyard and going over the dorm rules and such. See you guys later."
With that said, Tikki continues her way towards the family and the four enter inside the apartment.
Once everyone enters inside, Marinette closes the door behind them as the other three head straight for the couches.
Walking into the living room herself, Marinette takes a seat next to Adrien while Alya sits beside Nino. Sitting closest to the coffee table, Alya reaches for the tv remote and turns on the television. Flipping through multiple channels until stumbling upon a popular series that everyone agreed upon.
The nice thing that came with ability to stay at this particular dormitory is that all the apartment rooms came fully furnished. Along with utilities, a flat screen television set in the living room, and cable both in the living room and individual bedrooms. Honestly, it was very well set up for a dormitory. And it doesn't hurt to have all of this while being a freshman.
With the television on in the background, Alya turns to the others and brings up a conversation about planning a get together party.
"I figured while we're all sitting here, I want to try and use this time to plan a get together party for tonight. You know with all our friends from collége and lycée. I wasn't thinking of anything big, just bog enough for all of us, you know simple for now. Don't really want to take the chance to ruin our new apartment when we just moved in."
"That would be awesome. It has been a whole summer since we've seen everyone. Of course, we wouldn't have everyone here. Who is it; Alix, Kim, Nathanael, Max, Rose, Juleka, Rose, Ivan, and Mylene that all ended up here at the same university as us?" Responded Nino.
"Yea. Though, I think Sabrina is here too." Added Marinette.
"What?" Asked Alya and Nino in surprised unison.
"I thought she was with Chloe at the University de Akuma?" Continued Alya.
"Oh no. She ditched Chloe once she had the chance and official took a stand calling out Chloe's controlling and manipulative ways." Adrien, Nino, and Alya look at Marinette with startled expressions. They had no idea that Sabrina would actually escape the clutches of the she-devil herself. "From the last time I talked to her, which was during the summer actually when she stopped by the bakery on morning in which we got into a small conversation. But anyways, Sabrina told me that she was also going to attend here and is majoring in law or something related to justice where she's aiming to be a lawyer."
"Wow. That's some sick shit right there." Nino was the one to speak. "I'm proud of her. To be honest, I always felt like Sabrina could be a fun girl to hang out with, but being stuck with Chloe completely prevented her from spreading her wings to truly enjoy a good time. If you all agree, I think we should expand the invite to Sabrina. Give her the chance to catch up on what she missed with actual friends."
"I think that would be a great idea. I'm sure Sabrina would appreciate the thought of us extending our circle to include her." Agreed Marinette. "Though I think it would be best that we plan the get together party for another night. Since it is move in this whole week, people will be exhausted and probably busy with family. Plus, we our floor meeting with Tikki and the other RA in a bit. Probably best to plan another night."
"I think Marinette has a good point." Said Adrien. "Personally, I don't think I have it in me to plan a party after moving in. Besides, posted somewhere in one of the hallways, I saw a flyer about a party along with other activities for the entire week of move in. If I remember correctly, I positive that the party is tonight for all the residents down in the courtyard tonight."
"Oooohhh, now that sounds amazing!" Glee Alya. "Okay, we'll move our own party for another night. Which is a good decision since it'll give us more time to prep and plan a trip to collect alcohol and snacks, and whatever else we decide later on. This exciting. I can't wait."
"Alright, calm down, Alya. It's not like we haven't thrown a party to the same level before." Said Marinette. Remembering the crazy and chaotic party they through at her house during their last semester of senior. She was more glad that Alya's parents were gone for a short vacation meeting family.
"Yea, yea. Whatever you say, Mari." Was all Alya had to say in response as she stands up and walks her way towards their kitchen. Thinking of food, Nino stands up from the couch and follows his girlfriend into the kitchen to retrieve a beverage to quench his thirst.
While those two search the kitchen, back on the couch, Marinette and Adrien readjust in comfort and turn their attention to the television, their full focus on the show playing in front of them. Marinette sits back with her hands resting in her lap as Adrien spreads his arms along the top of the couch.
In the moment of relaxation and as if on reflex, Adrien slides his right arm from the location on top of the couch and drops down to rest around Marinette's shoulders.
Feeling the pressure and weight around her shoulders; keeping her body and head facing forward, Marinette lowers her eyes to gaze that the added weight was indeed what she expected it to be. Seeing Adrien's arm around her shoulders brings a smile on her lips. Trying her hardest to remain relaxed while internally freaking out.
Now, it's not like Marinette and Adrien haven't snuggled before. During their years of lycée, Adrien would appear multiple times at the Dupain-Cheng's house where Adrien would seek comfort from issues consisting with his father. Being the sweet and kind person she is, Marinette always opened her home to Adrien where in consisted giving him a good hearty homemade dinner with her and her parents, and then usually resulted to snuggling and watching movies where Adrien could just relax and try to bypass everything that happened that upset or destressed him previously.
She's had Adrien put his arms around her shoulders before, even with the memory of his arms around her waist at their graduation, but for some reason having his arm around her shoulder right now felt completely different.
'Oh my god. I can't believe Adrien has his arm resting around my shoulder. Is this really happening? There's no way he would purposely do this, right?'
Beside her, Adrien was reacting just as much like Marinette with the internal freak out. 'I can't believe I did that. I have my arm around Marinette's shoulders. Holy shit. Okay, okay. She hasn't pushed me or my arm away yet. Does this mean she's okay with this? Dammit! I'm not sure what to do!'
Thinking of multiple possibilities of what this one action meant, Marinette begins to hear Alya's voice in the back of her head about taking risks. She remembers having that discussion with her during the summer about taking risks and not be afraid when it comes to your happiness. And Alya was right, she always was. And she did agree that she'd give it a go once they entered university.
Well, here it goes. Calming herself down and taking a quiet deep breath, Marinette takes her bold move and slowly leans against Adrien, moving closer until their bodies were touching. She pushes her luck further by resting her head on top of his shoulder.
'I can't believe I did it!' Gazing her eyes up to sneak a peek at Adrien, Marinette notices Adrien's attention remaining on the tv in front of them but what caught her attention most was the redness covering his cheeks…actually, look more like his entire face. 'Is – is Adrien blushing? No way. Maybe I can work with this. Alright, from here on out, no more of the nervous Marinette from lycée.'
If it couldn't get any better, once she leant closer to him, Marinette could feel Adrien reflectively tighten his hold around her. 'Holy shit! I can't believe Mari is leaning against me. What does this mean?! Does this mean she likes me?! I wasn't expecting this when I agreed to taking risks. Nino!'
Keeping his focus on the television, Adrien's eyes widen further when he felt Marinette move and press herself closer against him. The blush on his face only to grow a little darker. Marinette felt lucky at the moment that Adrien couldn't see her own blush.
From the kitchen, Nino and Alya watch on at the two, their own grins taking place along their face. Quiet snickering only occurring once they saw Adrien's first reaction.
Nino quietly turns to Alya, "Babe, did you see Adrien's face? Poor dude looks like he doesn't know what to do."
"I know. I didn't think he'd actually ever make a move. He never did in lycee."
"You'd have to thank me for that, Al. I told my bro he had to start taking risks if he didn't want to lose Mari to someone else. He said he'd do it, but I was afraid he was lying."
"Well, I think he proved you wrong. Plus, it appears our Mari is finally flirting back as well. Interesting enough, I told her something similar about taking risks."
"Now that those two have started taking the steps, does this mean we can finally start that betting pool?"
"Oh sweetie, you know it. I'll text the others now."
"This is going to be so sweet." Nino takes a sip of his drink while Alya sends a group text about meeting up with the others. Hopefully her and Nino will be able to ditch the two oblivious children to meet up with their other friends.
When six rolled around that evening, all four exited Marinette and Alya's apartment and began heading their way towards the courtyard where the floor meeting was to take place.
Taking the hallway down to the elevator and down to the first floor, all four of them exit the hallway that led to the outside and made their way to the courtyard. Reaching the general area, everyone could see other student residents gathering around the selected area. Everyone crowded and secluded in their own little groups talking or playing simple games with one another.
With the amount of students scattered around the area, they search for any available spot to sit.
Glancing around, all four notice some small space openings near the back corner of the courtyard where a section of a small cement wall houses a small area of bushes and flowers.
Moving along the maze of students, Nino finds an open spot on the grass in the corner and ushers Alya over to sit beside him. Wrapping his arm around her waist once she sat beside him. Looking to the small concrete bed housing the garden, Adrien moves and settles on the top of the cold cement wall.
Looking beside him, Adrien watches as Mari remains standing facing the courtyard overlooking the other students. With as congested as the courtyard is, he could see there wasn't much available seating which caused him to take action on the next best thing.
"Uh, Mari?"
Marinette looks behind over her shoulder to Adrien. "Yes?"
Taking a deep breath, Adrien swallows his nerves as he stares into her addicting bluebell eyes.
"Since there's not much available space to sit…you can s-sit on my lap…i-if you want." Says Adrien while trying his damn near hardest to refrain the blush that's attempting to creep along his face. Then again, how was he supposed to act when you just offered your crush to sit in your lap.
Marinette's shoulders stiffen from the words that uttered from her crushes mouth. She knows very well that there's not much space to sit in the courtyard, but receiving that offer was un-expecting, and just the thought of sitting in Adrien's lap sounded amazing.
Attempting to hide and force down the blush threatening to appear on her face, she looks at Adrien fully. "A-are you sure? I don't want you to feel uncomfortable or forced to feel obligated because there's now available seating." She had no idea what had gotten into her. She just promised herself that she wouldn't be nervous anymore. Complete fail at her first sentence.
Adrien rubs the back of his neck with his hand as he looks at Marinette shyly. "I assure you, Mari. Out of anyone I know, you are the one that could never make me feel uncomfortable." He stated confidently.
Offering him a sweet, shy smile, Marinette gives him a nod and walks over to Adrien. Sitting himself up and shifting into a comfortable, relaxing position, he reaches for Marinette's hand, which she gladly gives him, and pulls her towards him. Turning around, Marinette leans down and sits on Adrien's lap until she rested against part of his chest, her body in a partial sideway position.
With the height of the cement wall, both their legs dangle freely as Adrien wraps his arms around Marinette's waist to ensure she wouldn't slip. Not that she would or just because he really wanted to hold her close. That would be just…what, awkward?
Marinette twists her head to look at Adrien still holding her sweet smile. "Thank you."
"Anytime." Adrien muttered softly, falling victim to her wondrous eyes again.
As if a dome surrounded them, silence fell between them as they stared at one another adoringly. The force between them growing heavy, both unknowingly gaze at the other's lips. Adrien felt drawn at the soft, curved, and fully pink of Marinette's lips. He didn't even feel himself glide his tongue along his lips, imagining what her lips could possibly taste like.
The force drawing stronger, both unknowingly begin leaning towards the other, lips coming closer in contact when a loud feminine voice rung out through the courtyard.
"HELLO EVERYONE!"
Marinette and Adrien jerk back in retreat, looking at one another, red faced as they turn their attention to the new presence as everyone look to see Tikki in the center with a man beside her of the same age. To the main four, they were sure it must be the other RA, Plagg.
"Good evening everyone! Thank you all for coming to our floor meeting. I can assure you that we'll make this as fast as possible as I'm sure a lot of you are still trying to move in and unpacking. So to start off, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Tikki. I'm the resident assistant that looks over the south and east side of the halls. So if you need anything you can find me in S401." Posing her hand towards her partner, "And beside me is my partner, Plagg."
Taking that as his cue, Plagg introduces himself.
"Evening everyone. Like my partner had mentioned, my name's Plagg. I'm the resident assistant of the fourth floor as well. I look after the west and north side. If any of you need anything you can find me in room N405."
Not always the talker, Plagg looks at Tikki in which she takes in as her cue to lead again and explain what they had to.
"For this meeting, we wanted to go through some of the safety and rules here at the dormitory. First off, these are non-smoking buildings. If you must smoke or whatever, please do it off the premises of the property. If at all you smoke in your apartment and we are called up, it will result in a write up, documenting everything we see and find as a result. We can't confirm what the consequences will be as it's the decision of the managers of the dormitory and the school. So keep that in mind. As for alcohol, we know a majority of you are of age. All that we ask in accordance of alcohol is that all of you drink responsibly. It would also be in your best interest to ensure that if there is any alcohol in your room that there is no one underage with you. If we are called and find anyone underage, it will result with everyone written up. For whatever reason should there be an emergency to arise and you need medical help, please don't hesitate to come to me and Plagg. We are here to ensure all your safety. Both Plagg and I know it's university, it's the time of your life to explore and have fun. All that we ask is that you all are careful and take it safely and don't hesitate to come to us for help."
Plagg steps up and begins speaking. "Basically in simpler terms, we both want you all to have fun, just don't be stupid about it."
Tikki turns and looks at Plagg with a serious expression, a brow raised. Plagg just mouths 'what?' to her with a shrug of his shoulders.
Giving off a huff, Tikki shakes her head and stares back at the students to continue her speech.
"We also expect you all to get along with one another. If you have any issues with your roommates or neighbors, we expect you to act like the adults you are and attempt to solve the situation yourselves. If the issue however doesn't get resolved, then feel free to come to either Plagg and I, and we'll help and try to solve the situation. We're basically a big family where this dorm is to be a friendly community. As for a curfew, there is no curfew. Just make sure you have your key cards and ID's to get back into the building. There are a lot more rules, but we know you all are busy. So please, take the time to read all the information and rules from our bulletin board that can be located by my room or Plagg's room. So without further delay, Plagg and I are happy to have you as our residents."
"Like wise. And before you all leave, we would like to mention that this entire week before school starts up next week on Tuesday, we as in all the staff here are holding activities and events to have fun and meet others. For tonight, we have our casino and dance night beginning at eight in the gym or auditorium…or whatever you want to call it, ballroom, whatever. The dancing will be held in there while the casino games will be scattered throughout the courtyard with a bar serving non-alcohol version drinks. For tomorrow, there will be a hike where we'll take residents to the nearest countryside for the hiking trails. In the evening we have a battle of the bands show where upper classmen will play it out for you. For Wednesday, it'll be a shopping spree. Some of us will take students to the nearest mall and grocery stores to stock up on whatever it is you still need. So make sure you make a list. On Thursday, we got tickets for the whole dormitory to watch the France's soccer game." All the students perked up. Who would have thought they'd get all these awesome opportunities in events? "As for Friday through Monday, that's your free day to prepare for your classes. We will hold a campus tour of the university on Saturday for any of you who want help finding your classes. So I think that covers it for you guys." Added Plagg.
"Thank you all again for coming and enjoy the rest of your evening. We hope to see all of you tonight to have fun." Tikki stated lastly as students began standing up and making their way back to either their rooms or other locations of the dorms.
Tikki and Plagg waved all the students off and turned around to head back towards the main office and lobby area to meet up with the other staff members to finish up the last remaining tasks for the casino and dance night.
With all the students trickling from the courtyard, a good majority of the fourth floor residents were heading back towards their apartments.
Taking the stairs this time, all four enter the fourth floor through the south east staircase and watch as the entire hallways were congested with students. Squeezing their way through, Marinette and Alya split Adrien and Nino when the two girls bump into a group of three girls.
"I'm so sorry." Apologized Marinette.
The girl turns around to look at Marinette and Alya, the girl's friends turning around as well. The girl that Marinette bumped into gave her a smile. "It's alright. The hallways pretty crowded. So no harm done. We were just trying to make our way through. I'm assuming you two are doing the same?"
"Yes, actually. Our room is at the end. Room S414." Responded Marinette. A smile on her face as well, feeling grateful that the three girls weren't upset.
"No kidding. Our room is S413 across from you. We can make our way down there together." The girl replied.
Giving a nod, Marinette and Alya follow the three other girls as they introduce each other and zigzag through the maze of students.
Back near the staircase, Adrien and Nino stood near a corner talking to a small group of girls and boys. They figured might as well make some new friends and get to know your neighbors or fellow residents. Surprisingly, Adrien and Nino found out that the group they were having a conversation with lived in the north side of the fourth floor, making it easier to continue conversations through different topics.
As the group were in the midst of their discussion, Adrien couldn't help but gaze up from the group and glance over down the south hallway to check on Marinette and Alya. They haven't decided their plans yet, but wouldn't doubt that the four of them would relax in one of their apartments until the event started.
When he caught sight of their figures, Adrien noticed that the two were speaking to another three girls, all looking like they were getting along fine.
Until Adrien noticed a group of five boys turning their glances at Marinette and the others. Just seeing the way those guys were eyeing Marinette and the others made Adrien's neck bristle. 'How dare they stare at Marinette like that!' The thought growling through Adrien's head.
Taking notice of Adrien's behavior, Nino looks at his friend and then follows his gaze until they feel on Alya, Marinette, and some other girls. Seeing the group of boys heading towards the girls.
In mid conversation, the group of boys gather beside the group of girls and cuts into their conversation.
"Hey, ladies." Greeted one of the boys.
All the girls cease their conversation and all turn to look at the group of boys.
"You ladies heading to the casino and dance night tonight?" Asked one of the other boys.
"As a matter of fact we are." Responded Alay, and hint of annoyance on her tongue.
"Then how about you lovely ladies accompany us gents as our dates?"
Alya snorts and chuckles, "Sorry; but some of us are already taken."
Giving a smirk, one of the boys turns their gaze towards Marinette. He rests one of his arms against the wall and leans towards Marinette's space.
From across the hall in the corner, a growl escapes through Adrien's lips. Which didn't escape earshot from Nino.
"Dude, did you seriously just growl?" Asked Nino.
"Yes." Grunted Adrien, his teeth clamping further together tightly.
"Are you jealous?" Continued Nino.
"No." Drawled out Adrien.
"Bro, don't deny it."
"Fine. Though I'm more agitated than anything. No one gets in my girl's space."
"Yet, she's not your girl. This is exactly why I told you not to wait and why you should have done it years ago. I warned you that others would start taking notice."
The two boys watched at the one boy in front of Marinette rested his other hand on the other side of Marinette. Leaning slightly closer. Adrien could see the uncomfortableness on Marinette's face. The entire action only drew another growl from Adrien. 'Oh hell no! No man gets into my lady's personal space!'
"May I make a suggestion?" Adrien's attention snaps to the girl beside him, drawing Nino's attention as well.
Everyone looks at the girl waiting for her to continue.
"If you love that girl so much, you better make your move and show those competitors that your girl is taken and how to treat a lady."
The girl gives Adrien a smirk and wink.
Confused at first, everything sinks in as a mischievous grin forms on Adrien's lips and eyes. If this was his chance to take risks, Adrien gladly took it.
Rushing off from Nino and the group, Adrien slips through the crowded hallway with ease. Nino was impressed, it was like his friend was nothing but mist as he glided through the crowds. He had to say, Nino felt like this was going to be a fascinating moment to witness.
Gaining distance towards Marinette's location, Adrien calls out, "Marinette."
Hearing her name and the familiar voice, Marinette shifts under the eyes of the man in from of her and slips pass him as she moves towards the center of the hallway waiting for Adrien to reach her. Waiting, Marinette kept her gaze on her crush until he stops in front of her, his eyes piercing down to hers.
"A-adrien." Asked Marinette dazedly.
Emerald eyes bore on Bluebell as Adrien made his decision without hesitation. This will demonstrate to those vultures of boys and any other boy that's witnessing this as Adrien claim's what's his.
Raising his hands up, Adrien places his hands on Marinette's cheeks, rubbing them soothingly while looking deeply into her eyes. Nothing but love sparkling and glistening through his pupils that he prays she can see too.
Everything moved quickly. Without any chance of backing out, Adrien raises Marinette's head up and crashes his lips together with hers. The warmth of her lips was gratifying as he pressed further and feeling her respond in return. Feeling victorious, Adrien's desired word is the only word flowing through his senses. And it felt oh so good.
'MINE.'
