Adrien yanked her against him and hugged her tight. "How did? What did?" He was at a loss of words.

"I was honest. I told him my name. I guess he's heard of me. I told him about my designs and he wanted to see them. I showed him and it led to talking about you." Marinette shrugged. "I didn't hold back and talked highly of you and I told him my intentions."

Adrien's eyes went wide, he released her, and fell onto his bed. He raked his fingers through his hair and she sat next to him. "My father never breaks. No matter how much I've tried. He never does."

"Maybe he needed to hear it from someone outside of this place." She waved around at his massive bedroom. "You really spent years locked up in here?"

"Yep." Adrien sighed and laid back across his bed and stared at the ceiling. "Ever since mother disappeared."

Marinette looked at him with sad eyes and laid down beside him. She wrapped one leg around him and placed her head and hand on his chest. Adrien slipped an arm around her shoulders and held her close.

"I wish we could lay like this for hours." Marinette whispered and cuddled against him.

"Me too, m'Lady. Me too." Adrien sighed and kissed her on the forehead.

"You really tortured me in class today." Marinette broke the silence. "Seriously? What was that?" She sat up and looked down at him.

"You're asking ME?" He pointed at himself. "What about you, Miss. I'm gonna press my lips against the end of my pen?"

Marinette covered her mouth and quietly giggled and he yanked her on top of him. He gave her a warm smile and brushed loose strands of her hair behind her ear. His green eyes sparked and her lips parted. She smiled and bent down to kiss him softly on the lips. He intensified the kiss with his hand still on her cheek. Their lips moved against each other in a fervor. She drove her hips down onto him and rolled them. He purred against her lips and ran his tongue along hers. She tasted of sugar and all of his favorite things.

They got lost in each other until a knock sounded on his door.

"Adrien! Your next course starts soon!" Nathalie's voice rang through the door and Marinette's head suddenly popped up and looked towards the door.

"We gotta go." Adrien adjusted himself and she got off of him. "I'll walk out first."

Marinette nodded and adjusted her outfit and waited for him to take a deep breath and stand up to leave. Adrien grabbed his book bag and walked out of his room with Marinette shortly behind him.

"What were you even doing in there?" Nathalie looked at him with a questioning expression.

"I had some unfinished homework and she was helping me." Adrien smiled at Nathalie and Marinette blushed behind him.

"Okay. Well, you're going to be late." Nathalie closed her eyes and gave up on pressing the subject.

Adrien walked out of the house with Marinette behind him.

"That was awkward." Adrien groaned and ran a hand down his face.

Marinette started giggling with her hand in front of her lips. "What were you even doing?" She impersonated Nathalie.

Adrien smiled at her and smirked at her before suddenly pushing her into the fence in the park. He pinned her with his hips and ran the back of his hand down her cheek before pressing his soft lips to hers. She gripped his button down shirt and pulled him closer to her. He broke the kiss off and looked at her through his lashes.

"You're gonna kill me, ya know that?" Adrien smirked at her like Chat would do and Marinette sucked her bottom lip into her mouth.

He ran his thumb along her bottom lip and pulled it from her teeth before crashing his lips down to hers with his thumb on her chin. His other hand gripped onto the bars behind her, as their tongues ran along each other in a passionate kiss.

"We're gonna be late." Marinette sighed.

"We're already late." Adrien chuckled and bit his lower lip and pressed his hardened cock against her.

She moaned and slipped her hand between them and ran her hand along the bulge in his jeans and he bit back a moan. "We should stop. It's not the most private place to be, chaton."

He groaned and backed off of her, breathed out to try and calm himself and held his hand out to her. "Later?"

"Maybe." She smiled and swirled around to walk off towards school, swaying her hips.

Adrien slumped with puppy dog eyes. "I love that girl." He ran after her to catch up and took her bag from her before slinging it over his shoulder.

He walked her to her class and took her bag off his shoulder and held it out to her. She smirked and kissed his cheek, before taking it from him. "Thank you, Minou."

"You're more than welcome, m'Lady." Adrien waved and walked away to his next class.

Marinette sighed and went into the classroom and sat in her spot. She wasn't sure how long it would last. If it would last. If his father would trust her enough to let them be together. If his father would even let someone like her be with him. She wanted to cry at the thought of losing him more than she already had. She touched her lips and the memory of his lips on hers ran through her mind. If she focused hard enough, she could still feel them on hers. She bit her bottom lip and got lost in the memory.

Adrien sat at his table and felt his phone vibrate. He took it out of his pocket and stared at the incoming text.

You're father hasn't made a decision yet. He says to not get too comfortable with her yet. He can still cut your meals.

He groaned at the text and slammed his head onto his crossed arms.

Tell him if he wants to say that, he can say it to my face, not through you.

He typed it agrily and sent it out without much thought. It suddenly occurred to him that it might bite him back later, but it was too late now. It was already sent. He groaned again at the thought of what later could bring.

He wants to see you when your done with you classes today.

Adrien cringed at the text and pocketed his phone. Bile rose in his throat and his face became pale. He excused himself for class and ran to the bathroom to unload what little was in his stomach.

He wiped his mouth and sat on the cold tile with his hands over his eyes and knees to his chest. Adrien knew what was in store for him and he didn't want to go home, but he knew he had to.

After classes, Adrien made his way to the car. He didn't wait up for Marinette. He didn't want to see her reaction to how he looked.

He got into the car with saddened eyes and tried to keep calm. His stomach turned and he held his arms around himself in a self reassuring hug.

The car pulled into the front of the house and he got out. He walked up the huge staircase and opened the door to see his father standing at the top of the stairs. "Come to my room."

Four simple words that would sound normal to any child, but to him set fear in his eyes.

He peered down at the ground and didn't say a word, as he followed him up the stairs to his father's bedroom. He'd never dare soil his office, where his prototype designs were held.

Gabriel closed the door behind them and opened a drawer. "You know you disobeyed me. You brought her into my home…" He took out a slender black belt. "You had her try and convince me to let her love you." He ran it through his hand and Adrien flinched at the sight.

He knew not to talk. He knew to stay quiet and silent like nothing was wrong. He knew to turn around and let it happen. The sooner he gave up, the faster it would be over.

"You thought you were free and you let her into your room!" Gabriel's voice got louder and he pulled the belt back, over his shoulder before he hit him with it.

Adrien flinched as the searing pain slammed against his spine and his mouth opened in a silent cry as the flames took him under with each lashing.

"You should have listened to my warning. No one deserves you!" Gabriel growled and flung him around to face him. "Your portions are cut in half till winter. You will not see that girl or I will pull her credits and ruin her reputation. So help me."

Adrien tried to keep his stomach from emptying at the pain and he tried to keep his legs from shaking.

Gabriel spun an unresponsive Adrien around and continued to take his anger out on him. It was fall and then it would be winter. There was no need for him to show his back for photoshoots. There was no need for his father to worry about it being seen.

Nathalie sat at the front desk and tried to ignore the iconic sounds of the snapping leather and sounds of yelling. The way that she never heard Adrien react made her want to cry. No one deserved what he did.

"Go to your room and practice your piano!" Gabriel shoved him out of his room, after putting the belt away.

Adrien limped out of his father's room and went to his. Dark spots appeared on the back of his shirt, as blood began to seep into the soft fibers. He shut the door behind him and instantly fell to the waste basket to empty his stomach and he curled up on the floor and let heavy sobs take over his body. Plagg tried to reassure him, but nothing could.

Ladybug looked into his bathroom window and swung into it, hearing soft cries. Her eyes grew wide and she ran into Adrien's room.