Sabine was holding the letter in her hand as Spider-man was watching them from afar. Tony then peaked over her shoulder and saw Tom putting away the dishes as he was closing the shop for the day. He stopped midway when he noticed the Goutie faced man with the sweatpants and sweatshirt combo. Tony told Sabine that this letter was from the one who broke her daughter's heart. Sabine then walked away from Tony and proceeded to head upstairs. Tom looked at Sabine and then back and Tony. He then looked at his watch and realized the dress shop was closing and dashed past Tony who moved to the side letting him pass. Tony then let out a sigh and proceeded to walk away from the shop.
Spider-Man then crawled along the wall of Marinnette's place and peaked through her window. He noticed Sabine was upstairs and was holding the letter that said, "To marinette."
"Who's that letter from?" Spidey wondered. He then noticed Sabine walk away from Marinette after handing her the letter and head downstairs. Marinette was about to open the letter when she saw Spidey peaking through her window. She then put the letter on her desk and walked to the window let him in.
"What are you doing here?" Marinette asked as he stepped inside.
"I followed Lila into a dress shop," Spidey said rubbing his head in embarassment.
"Huh?" Marinette replied raising her eyebrows in confusion.
"Okay so Lila was about to ruin your dress that your dad ordered but I managed to stop her, even catch her in the act," Spidey said but soon the symbiote emerged from the shard, startling Marinette.
"What is that thing doing here?" Marinette said as she clenched her eyes in anger. "Peter...don't tell me..."
"It's not what it seems..." he replied raising his hands in defense.
"That's right in fact I did most of the work. Parker was just along for the ride. Although he recorded the evil girl on his phone," The symbiote chimed in. Peter then handed his phone over and Marinette grabbed it to watch the video. She handed the phone back to him and sat down on her bed. The symbiote then returned to the shard and Peter followed Marinette to sit with her on the bed.
"I'm not mad at you Peter. I'm actually happy you told me the truth. Thank you for being honest with me. Since you're here, I don't want to be alone when I read this letter," Marinette replied holding up the envelope. She took a deep breath as she opened it and begins to read:
"Marinette, If you're reading this, I want you to know that I'm sorry. Please know that what I did was just. My behavior towards you have been extreme; But recent events including the truth about my father, have shed a new light on how I've seen things. That's not taking away that there was some good we did. When we started out we had a rough beginning, but overtime we grew and developed with and without our masks. As the superhero duo Ladybug and Chat Noir, I always thought that we were an unstoppable duo, beating akuma's and saving Paris. But my attempts to show my love for you have often ended in rejection, even excuses. Then when Mayura exposed Hawkmoth to the world, everything I believed in turned out to be nothing more than a lie. It also made me rethink my duties as Chat Noir. I'm leaving Paris and cutting off all communication with you and my friends. I just need time to...rethink everything. I'm not expecting you to forgive me; but the loss of our friendship and possibly love for each other will pain me the most, maybe even more for you. I hope that if ever we meet again it will not be on opposite sides."
Adrien.
As she finished reading it, she lowers her head and a small tear drips down her cheek, "So, it's really over. He's...he's gone." She then felt Peter's hand on her shoulder.
"I'm so sorry," Peter then felt Marinette hug him and heard her continued sobs. She continued to stain his suit with her tears. Peter then wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close to him. He then looked over to see Sabine who opened the door to Marinette's room. Peter looked over and nodded letting Sabine know he's keeping his promise to not break her heart. She saw Peter holding Marinette, and briefly smiled as Peter continued to hug Marinette close to him. As she closed the door, Marinette looked up with tears still in her eyes at Peter.
"Is love really just a cruel game? And i'm just a pawn?" Marinette replied. "Why can't I ever catch a break?" Peter then shifted his body and placed his hands on her cheeks.
"Maybe, it just depends on if he really DID love you and not just the mask." Peter said. "I know it's bad now but that doesn't mean you shouldn't give up on love. In fact I believe you should find someone who loves you with or without the mask."
"Peter..." Marinette's eyes widened as he leaned in closer with her hands on her face. But then he soon heard his phone ring causing Peter to let go while Marinette was still in a trance from the almost kiss. She looked over and saw Peter on his phone. He hung up and turned to Marinette.
"I gotta go. It's Iron Man he says it's urgent." Peter replied with a disappointed look. He sighed and approached Marinette and kissed her on the cheek. "See you tomorrow?"
"Uh...yeah," Marinette replied. She walked with Spider-Man who had his mask on to the balcony and as he climbed on the railing, Marinette thought to herself, "You told me to find someone that would love me with or without the mask. Silly peter, you were talking about yourself. You're the one that loves me. I just...I can't imagine my life without you. I think I'm in love with you Peter Parker." Spider-Man then felt himself be turned around and was pulled into a hug by Marinette.
"Thank you," Marinette replied as he returned the hug. Soon he heard the sounds of jet engines come over and they both turned to see Iron Man hovering outside the balcony.
"Let's go kid." Marinette and Spider-man turned to face each other and Marinette had to let go of his hand. Spider-Man climbed on the railing and jumped off firing a webline swinging across Paris until he saw Iron Man waiting for him.
"What's going on Tony?"
"I know I said to hold onto the symbiote and only use it as a last but, SHIELD has sent one of their top soldiers from their covert black ops unit. He's gonna be here soon and he's not gonna be, I need the shard." Tony replies raising his hand. As he takes the shard, tony looks over and sees a man with long brown hair with advanced weaponry and body armor.
"Whoa! Is that him?" Spider-Man replied as his eyes lenses widened in awe.
"Spider-Man, this is special agent fox from SHIELD," Tony replies as the figure emerged from the shadow.
To Be continued...
