She honestly didn't know how to feel about seeing Adrien again so soon. They had both had a long slightly stressful day, and she needed time to process. Her heart was mixed up in what to feel, especially since she was tired. But she couldn't just leave him out there. Why wasn't he home? She walked over to the hatch to let him inside before he got to wet. Confused, tired, but excited she greeted him wearily not quite use to reacting to him yet.
"Hey Cha-" she coughed and corrected herself, "Adrien, what brings you here?"
He looked stressed, the same look he made whenever they had trouble defeating akuma's. He fidgeted with his hair and chewed on his lip. Transformed, his clothes were no longer wet as he turned to her and answered her question.
"I know we just talked and you don't want to rush things but, I need a friend right now. This doesn't have to.." he tried to think of the right word, "'count' or anything." He raised his fingers in quotations.
"Of course" Marinette replied, "Whatever you need to talk about"
She motioned for them to sit on her bed like they had done earlier in the day. She could tell it was something serious, Chat always played with his hair whenever he was nervous. Now that she thought about it, Adrien did too. She was baffled with all the similarities she had missed so easily…
"I" he started, looking at the floor. " Tomorrow marks one year since my mother disappeared" She watched him as he tugged on the blond curls. "I went home to look at my photos of her but my dad was home with some business associates and everything was so busy and loud and I just-"
"It's okay," she said interrupting him. "I understand. If you want we can talk about it, or not if you don't want to"
"Actually, can we talk about something else. Anything else." He looked up embarrassed. He had just dumped all this information on her, right after the whole reveal fiasco, and was in her house uninvited. His cheeks turned pink.
"Yeah of course" She replied. She shifted on the bed so that they were facing each other better. She was sitting up by the head while Adrien sat at the foot of the bed. "Do you want to see some of my newer sketches?"
He relaxed at the change of subject. "Yeah that sounds great!"
She pulled out the sketchbook she always carried around school. After flipping through a couple pages she handed it to him and watched as he examined the designs.
"You truly are going to be one of the best fashion designers in Paris" she blushed at his words. He stopped at one of the pages and examined the page more than the others. "Are these dress designs for the formal coming up?" He asked.
"Oh! Yeah I was designing some dresses for Ayla and I" she peaked at the page he was on. "I decided to go with the orange and red for Alya and the black and blue for me." She pointed at the sketches and then gestured over to where the blue dress currently hung near her dresser. Adrien stood up and walked over to examine her work. It was beautiful and matched her eyes perfectly. How had he not connected her eyes with ladybugs? It was so obvious to him now. He had to push back those thoughts and reminded himself that he was there as a friend.
"It's beautiful Marinette!" He turned to look at her and smiled when he saw her blush. "We are going as a group with Alya and Nino right?"
She was relieved when he didn't ask her to go with him. "Yes!" She smiled and turned back to her sketches. Knowing that Adrien was Chat made her need to get to know him as one person and not as two. They needed to learn how to trust each other again and she was grateful that he saw that too. They were going to take things slow.
"What's your favorite part of being a superhero?" she asked quietly.
Her question stopped him from admiring her dress and he thought for a few moments before replying. "Probably seeing Paris at night. How about you?"
"My favorite part is standing at the top of the Eiffel Tower and drawing inspiration for my designs." She had to agree with him on seeing Paris at night too though. Adrien walked back over to where she was sitting and plopped down near her.
"What's your favorite civilian rescue so far?"
They went on asking each other questions until Marinette started yawning in every sentence she tried to form.
"I should probably let you get some sleep" Adrien said as her eyes started closing unintentionally. She tried to tell him to stay but all that came out was a yawn.
"You're right," she scooted down in her bed to a more comfortable position. "WIll you be okay at home?"
He smiled as he transformed, "I'll be fine. Thank you though, for distracting me. I know we aren't on the best of terms but I hope to fix that soon." He opened the hatch and climbed outside.
"Goodnight bugaboo" he whispered as he jumped off the terrace.
"Goodnight silly kitty" Marinette whispered as she fell asleep.
A/N:
Hey guys, sorry for not updating yadda yadda. Comment on what you think needs improvement and what you would like to see in the future of this story!
