Marinette was having a severe panic attack, she hadn't had one in years. She couldn't breathe, it was as if air couldn't enter her lungs.
You couldn't blame her at all, like come on! We are talking about Adrien fucking Agreste, aka, her new coworker and apparently her bosses son. God, this was just to much to take in.
Marinette continued to hyperventilate right were she was standing, she hadn't even apologized for all the shit that happened a week ago. This was just fantastic, her former soulmate hated her, that was something only happened to Marinette.
She did and incredibly pathetic groan and face palmed. She checked the golden watch in her wrist, shit, she was unbelievably late to her first day working for Gabriel Agreste.
Marinette face palmed once again. Well, she was already there maybe she should enter and make up whatever excuse she could.
Of course Marinette couldn't help but be concerned by the state Adrien left, he did seem to be on the verge of a breakdown when he rushed to the staircase not too far away.
She bit her lip, should she go and look for Adrien, or enter his father's office to keep the once in a lifetime chance that was given to her by the fashion magnate.
Making a decision, and feeling terribly guilty, she knocked on the wooden door separating her and Gabriel. He took at least fifteen seconds to answer from beneath the room.
"Enter please." Marinette did as asked and let herself inside the big room.
"Um...hello, Mr. Agreste." She said clearly a little nervous.
"Greetings Ms. Dupain, I'm glad to see you could make it." Gabriel said his eyes giving a colder look each second. 'Barely' thought Marinette as she nervously smiled.
"Yeah, I'm glad I'm he-" Marinette started only to be interrupted by Gabriel himself.
"Unfortunately, a family emergency came up, so I politely ask you Ms. Dupain to leave." Gabriel said not looking as composed as before, while he stole glances at some paper in his desk.
"I...uh, ok." Marinette said actually really surprised. "I'll be taking my leave."
"Very well, Ms. Dupain." Gabriel said waiting for her to leave, a hint of impatience in his eyes. "Farewell." Marinette nodded and got out of the room.
When she finally closed the door a sigh escaped her mouth. "Ok, let's just pretend I didn't screw up or anything."
Taking a few steps she wondered if she should go look for Adrien, it was true he deserved privacy, but she couldn't deny she felt inexplicably concerned. Don't get her wrong, she felt that way even before she discovered he was actually her soulmate, not as if she was about to mention that any time soon; she didn't have the courage.
At the end Marinette got to the conclusion that it was better to leave it like that and she would wait for tomorrow to talk to him; she still had to apologize for childishly rushing to conclusions as she had done the day Adrien and Marinette met.
She still felt awfully guilty for that, she got carried away by the rumors of the new teacher being an utter douche bag that Marinette thought of the worst when she saw him with the cup of coffee in his hands.
To her defense it did look incriminating, although she did over react, she definitely could not deny that.
Discovering Adrien was Marinette's soulmate did complicate things a lot more than she would like them to be.
Gabriel Agreste hadn't cried in what virtually is an eternity, sure he had wanted to cry his fair share of times, but the actual tears never runned through his face in nearly a century.
The reason of his sadness was old wound being opened once again, Blanche, his ex-wife, had died and left him with a miserable letter that had the worst message Gabriel had yet to hear until this moment.
In the letter, with Blanche's very own handwriting, she confessed that after all these years she had always loved him.
As also did Gabriel.
The sentiment of frustration and unfulfillment that rose in the older Agreste body was unbearable. Only overwhelmed by the even more intense feeling of grief and sadness of loosing a loved one.
That's why, the seemingly unemotional fashion designer had indeed burst into tears.
Then he remembered something crucial, the last string of hope he had to see the woman that had forever captured his heart despite not being his one true soulmate.
"Guess it is time to finally take use of you." Gabriel said to himself while looking at the small item in his hands in all it's purple glowing glory.
"Hey dude." Nino said.
"Hey." Responded Adrien still feeling depressed af.
"How did it go?" Naturally Nino was the first person Adrien told about the letter his mom sent and that he was going to visit her, although he had yet to tell Nino Adrien's mom died then and there.
"I...well," Adrien tried to say. "It went ok until she started to cough really bad and...she..." His voice died out and Nino instantly understood what happened. Nino hugged Adrien and apologized for mentioning the topic.
Nino tried o change the subject and inspected Adrien up and down, he saw he had covered his hand with a glove. Wait...could it be that...?
"No freaking way," Nino said surprised. "You found your soulmate too?"
"This, oh yeah," Adrien said looking at the clothed back of his hand. "I...wait, too?!"
Aww right, Nino had forgotten to tell his best friend he had found his soulmate and he'd found the soulmark a day ago.
"Yeah that," Nino said. "I retuned from working at the pizzeria and found out I had my soulmark at the back of my hand." Well, at least Nino was completing his punishment for loosing the bet.
"I was with my mother and she pointed out my soulmark."
"This is so cool, we will get old at the same time." Said Nino finding that really awesome. Adrien chuckled, something he didn't think was possible at this moment considering he was still getting over his mothers death that literally happened in his arms I may add. "So, how's it going at your new job?" Asked Nino curiously.
"Well, it's good, my students are the best and most of the teachers are too." Adrien grimaced remembering the sort of difficult situation with Marinette.
"Wait, what was that grimace, is someone giving you trouble?" Nino asked feeling more than ready to punch the daylights out of someone, but then relaxed remembering just who else worked there. "I mean, I did hear you say Chloe worked there, but I didn't think she'll make your life so difficult."
"It's not her fault, well.." Adrien considered. "Maybe in it's majority it is, but I messed up too." He proceeded to tell Nino everything that happened on his first day on Francoise Dupont high school.
"Hold up dude," Nino said, annoyment featuring in his face. "That chick Marinette totally overreacted, it was totally an accident!"
"Well yeah, but the scene she found me in was really incriminating, it did look like I was pouring coffee on her chair." Adrien defended.
"True, but the way she reacted to that was just too childish." Nino huffed annoyed.
"Says the person that can't live without, and I quote, their 'onesie pj and milk' every night before going to bed." Adrien said serious look in his face.
Nino gasped, had Adrien Agreste really insulted his sacred onesie and milk of all things!?
"How dare you insult the holy creation of my onesie pj and milk of all things!" Nino huffed.
The moment it happened master fu immediately felt it in his bones. It was undeniable, a tremendously powerful force had awaken, and unfortunately for humanity, it had awoken for bad.
"Master..." Wayzz said worriedly to Fu. "Does this mean it's time to..."
Master Fu nodded at his kwami. "Yes Wayzz, it is."
That was the law of nature; if a dark villain rises, then so do two superheroes.
A/N: Hi! I know I've been absent the last 3-4 weeks but I'm sooo busy, and when I'm not I'm too tired. To be honest I've had the half of this chapter done long time ago but just couldn't finish, on top of that is short as fuck, so I'm not having the best day/week.