So this was extended by one chapter. The actual headcanon/happy/fluffy chapter is next chapter which will probably be up in about 24 hours owo
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Keeping quiet was difficult when your mind was yelling a thousand words a minute. Saying something was hard when you've got nothing nice to say. Doing something was tough when you have nothing else left than to watch helplessly.
That was how Adrien felt. He felt trapped in his own little mind, trying his best not to ruin the wedding.
All people were waiting anxiously for the next words of the preacher. He had asked if there was someone who objected to the ceremony. The couple held their breaths. It wasn't normal that people objected to weddings, and that was when Adrien felt like he was dying inside.
It had been a full minute and it was just silence inside, nobody making a peep, or maybe that was just him. He wished for something to happen or for someone to interrupt. But it was nearing the end of the silence and nobody argued.
Don't object. This is Marinette we're talking about. She would never object to your wedding. She would never object to other people's wedding. Let her be happy. She has the right to be happy and live a long life with her hu-.
"I object!"
All heads craned towards the back, at the door, where a woman stood in all black. She glared up at Marinette and ran the short distance to the bride. Marinette's hair was being pulled at by the unidentified woman and Marinette's groom was standing still, shocked. Adrien went in to full Chat mode and ran to his friend. He pushed the woman away and brought Marinette away from the clutches of the woman.
"Who are you?" He asked, putting himself in front of Marinette
"Who are you?" The woman spat then turned to the groom
The woman slapped him hard, a pink mark left on his cheek. Marinette gasped and made a move to go over to groom. Adrien held her arm and took her even farther. Alya and Nino took this as a cue to come over and they helped Adrien restraint Marinette.
"You cheating bastard!" The woman yelled, "You dare get married to that trash!"
Adrien walked over to the woman and held her arms to her back, "Look, this is my friend's wedding, can you just please get out?"
"You don't know what you're talking about." The woman responded, "That girl can't get married to him!"
The woman turned to the groom, "What, are you scared? Are you scared that your past is haunting you?"
Adrien sighed, "You know what, let's take this outside."
He let go of the woman and escorted her and the groom out. He sent them death glares and, before he left, went back to Marinette who was still shocked.
"What's, what's happening?" She furrowed her brows
Adrien frowned, "I don't know but I'll fix this, Mari. I think it would be best to postpone the wedding. Just, I don't know, go ahead to the reception? Alya?"
"On it." Alya nodded
He went outside and saw the girl hitting the groom repeatedly and he wasn't doing anything but avoiding her gaze.
"What? Tell me what went wrong and we'll fix it! You know what? No! We'll never fix this! Go ahead to your bride! It'll be better if she's hurting and not me!" The woman yelled at the top of her lungs
"What's happening here?" Adrien stood between the two, "Why are you ruining my friend's wedding?"
"Because she is a home wrecker!" The woman yelled, "And that man is a horrible excuse of a husband!"
Adrien's eyes widened at the new found knowledge. Marinette was… Marinette was almost married to a married man? Something inside him was ticked off. He glared at the man and held onto his shirt's collar despite him having the upper hand in height.
"You what?" He gritted his teeth, pushing and pulling the man, "You dared to marry Marinette you sick freak!"
He pulled an arm back and punched the man square at the cheek, letting him fly to the ground. Adrien followed the man and sent another punch to the man's gut, hot, angry tears slid down his face all the while. The man had the guts to play with Marinette. He almost had her. She was almost tied to something she never actually knew. She was almost tied to a man who never actually cared.
"Y-You-," Adrien clenched his fist once more, "you were tricking Marinette!"
"You'd do it too!" The man growled, "Marinette has so much potential to bring my business to success."
Adrien bit his lip and tried his best to not beat the man to a pulp even if he deserved it. He put his fist down to the grass harshly and closed his eyes, wanting to settle the boiling anger in his system. It wouldn't do good. It would never do good to fight with anyone. He was Chat Noir, Ladybug would need him in battle and he couldn't afford to be akumatized.
Unfortunately, that wasn't the case with Francois. The man decided that Adrien couldn't escape without being unscathed. Francois shot a strong punch to Adrien's nose, almost breaking it. Adrien went down to the ground and Francois decided that it was best to put a black eye or two on the model.
Adrien groaned as he received blows on his face and torso.
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Marinette sat at the table with Alya and Nino, away from the wretched newly wedded's table. She hated seeing everything. Francois wasn't the man she thought. He wasn't someone she had imagined in her mind. Never in her life that she thought that she would have someone object at her wedding and pull at her hair and yell at her groom.
"I can't understand." She cried, wiping her eyes with a handkerchief, not minding if the makeup ran and the black tearstains, "I-I can't understand anyth-ing."
Alya rubbed the girl's back, intent on making her stop crying. Marinette's parents had been busy keeping everyone else busy and negotiating with Francois' parents. They had to make a big decision right then and there and Alya was sure that that decision won't be in favor of Francois.
"Hey, maybe it's for the best." Alya shrugged, "Maybe he wasn't the Mister Right."
Marinette sobbed, "What if he was? What if, what if I don't have one?"
"Oh my-. Dude, what did you do?!" Nino almost yelled
Marinette and Alya looked up at where they were looking up and saw Adrien with a swollen lip, bruised arms, red knuckles, and eyes that were barely even opened because of the black eye.
"What happened to you?" Alya asked, completely worried about their friend
Adrien sat at the remaining vacant seat and grinned weakly at them, seemingly proud.
"I think you have a missing tooth." Nino pointed out, gesturing to one of the man's molars
"It's fine." He replied then turned to the distraught bride, "He won't be bugging you anymore, Mari."
"What? What happened?" Marinette furrowed her brows and switched seats with Alya so she could look at his injuries and maybe tend to some, "You have a cut on your brow and it's pretty deep. Your father will kill you."
Adrien shrugged then sighed, "Anything for the Princess."
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Casually drops other story's title like it's nobody's business
