The Romantic Adventures of the Miraculous Ladybug and Cat Noir
Traveling all the way from Paris was much harder than Adrien had prepared for. Not to mention, all of his hard work over the past two weeks put a toll on him.
Many times, he wanted to give up. Many times, he wanted to quit.
But every time he was tempted to quit, Marinette's broken hearted voice ran through his head. The memory of being with her flooded him and he found the strength to keep going.
One way or another, he would win Marinette back.
Marinette was watching the news, deciding that would be the best distraction.
Alya walked up. Marinette kept her eye on her computer screen, eating popcorn, refusing to acknowledge Alya.
Alya understood that being on Adrien's side made Marinette so she didn't say anything for a while but silently watched with Marinette as a kitten was saved by some firefighters.
"So..." Alya said, once the kitten was safe (It immediately ran back up the tree). "I just got off the phone with Nathalie."
"Hmm." Marinette said, stuffing popcorn into her mouth.
"Adrien did the rest of this month's work in two weeks."
Marinette refused to give Alya the satisfaction of looking surprised. (Even though she knew that must have been tough)
"He was planning on taking a flight here and trying to win you back. But, apparently, the plane broke before he could."
"Convenient." Marinette muttered. "Of course it did."
Alya sighed. "Nathalie said he raced out after that. She's not sure how he's going to get here, but he's still coming."
Marinette rolled her eyes. "It's going to take a lot more than..." She paused, realizing what was on the screen. "Is that..."
The newscaster was talking about what was in the corner of the screen...Cat Noir.
"...Cat Noir is making the trek of the century." The screen turned into a map. "Going from the tip of Italy back home to Paris, in an attempt to make it back before the holidays."
The screen turned to an interview with Cat Noir, who was busy stretching.
"I really don't have a lot of time. Our powers only last for five minutes—"
"Please! Just tell us why you are doing this."
Cat Noir got up to stretch his arms out.
"I broke my girl's heart. She thinks that I'm cheating." His expression stealed and he looked forcefully into the camera. Marinette eyed the dark circles under his eyes. "I'm coming back to win her over again. I love her from the bottom of my heart." He took the microphone from the reporter. "M—er—M'lady. Ladybug." He said, looking straight at the camera. "I'm coming home. For you."
He handed the microphone back to the reporter and jumped up, continuing on his journey.
The reporter turned back to the camera. "It is unknown whether or not his super powers grant him the ability to be less exhausted..."
Marinette muted it and fell back into her seat.
After a while, Marinette called Nathalie, just to see what Adrien had been up to.
"He's determined, Marinette. He hasn't had much sleep for the past couple weeks. We've had to jump from modeling gig to modeling gig to get him on the plane quick enough..." Nathalie sighed. "I don't know how he's getting there, but he promised to call if he needed help."
Marinette thanked her and ended the call. She glanced at her screen, seeing the voicemails from Adrien she had been avoiding.
She almost pressed on them, to hear what he had to say. She missed him. She missed him so much.
But she turned her phone off and went to bed.
"GOOD MORNING!" Alya screamed the next morning. Marinette groaned and rolled over. "IT'S CHRISTMAS MARINETTE! You have to get up!"
"Oh yeah." Marinette said, rolling over to her bedside table. She grabbed a jewelry box. "This is for you."
After handing Alya her Christmas present, Marinette rolled back to cuddle with her pillow, hoping that her present would distract Alya.
She was so wrong.
Alya shrieked and climbed the bed to Marinette. "Oh thank you thank you thank you!" Alya nearly choked Marinette with her hug.
"You're-welcome!" Marinette gasped out. Alya released her and walked over to the mirror, putting them on. Marinette was proud of herself. It matched the outfit they had bought earlier perfectly.
"Check your closet for your presents." Alya said, blowing a kiss to Marinette. "I'll be downstairs waking your parents up."
Marinette rolled her eyes. She could use this opportunity to go back to sleep...
But it was Christmas.
Marinette flung her blankets out of bed and jumped up. She quickly walked over to the closet door, opening it up.
And her mouth fell open.
It was Alya's outfit! But...red instead of blue. How had she bought the outfit when Marinette was there?
She might have bought it later. Marinette mused.
Marinette immediately pulled it on, with the matching shoes and hat. When she put her foot in one of the shoes, however, she discovered another present inside of it.
It was an earring box.
Suspicious, Marinette opened it up.
And sighed. "Theses are the exact same earrings."
Alya laughed, walking into the room. "Yep!" She said. "Now we match!"
Marinette rolled her eyes. "How did you know? I kept this hidden!"
Alya rolled her eyes. "You were in bed crying half the time. It wasn't that hard."
Marinette should have been mad at Alya for snooping, but instead laughed. "You know...my family has a rule. If you find out what your present is before it's given...then we get to take it back."
Alya's eyes went wide and her hand went to her earrings. "No! Neverrrrrr!" She ran from the room and Marinette followed her, much slower.
Marinette had a fantastic day. Her dad got her a bunch of sketch books and her mom got her some wonderful gel pens that flowed so beautifully on paper.
Once Marinette's family celebration was done, Marinette and Alya went to Rose's house and had a Christmas party with all of their old classmates.
Marinette glanced at the window again. It was getting dark. "Yeah..."
"Marinette." Rose snapped her fingers in front of Marinette's face. Marinette started and looked back at Rose. "I literally just asked you if Chloe was your best friend."
Marinette realized she hadn't been paying attention. "Sorry..."
Alya walked over. "Great party Rose! Do you think you could get some more punch, though? Kim seems to have taken most of it." Rose nodded and left.
Alya looked at Marinette whose attention had gone back to the window.
"You're looking for him." Alya said. Marinette looked back at her. Alya sighed. "You're not ready for a party right now."
Marinette opened her mouth to say something but Alya held her hand up. "You should listen to the voicemails." She said, and went to go help Rose with the punch.
Marinette glanced around, looking at all the people who she had grown up with. One person was missing. Marinette took out her phone, looking at all the voicemails she hadn't listened to yet. She glanced around and decided to head home.
Even with her phone out and nothing else to do on the walk home, Marinette still hesitated to hear Adrien's voicemails. She sighed, seeing her breath. She decided to sit and listen to them, just to get them out of the way. She found a bench and wiped off the snow.
"Hey Marinette. I know you don't want to listen to me...but please pick up. I didn't cheat on you. I was getting pizza. Plagg can be my witness." The voice turned quiet as though he covered up the phone. "Plagg! Come here!" There was some shuffling. "Okay, maybe not right at this moment. But he was there! I swear Marinette. I love—" The machine cut him off.
Marinette hit the next one. "Marinette, I am fighting to get home to you. I'm going to try to be done by Christmas and make it home to you. Marinette.." His voice broke. "Going away to model for a year was the biggest mistake I have ever made. Going away from you was a stupid decision. There was no way this would have ended okay. I wouldn't be surprised if you hated me for a billion years...but I would still love you."
Marinette felt a tear at the corner of her eye but refused to cry. She hit the next one.
"Mari..." There was silence. "I'll admit. This is hard. I'm exhausted. I keep thinking about going to bed." There was a yawn. "But..." Adrien whispered. "You're more than worth it."
"I just want to come home and make it all better. I want to hold you."
"Remember our first kiss? I don't. Haha! I'll bet it was awesome. I miss you so much Marinette."
"Why did you think I would cheat on you? I honestly don't understand. I love you so much, I can't imagine being with someone else...I guess I get it. You loved me so much that you didn't want to lose me. I'm never going to leave you again."
"I love you so much Marinette. I don't know how I can fix this. But I have to fix it. Somehow, I'll make it all better."
"Marinette...please forgive me."
"Marinette...please love me again."
"Marinette... I'm coming home for you."
Marinette was in tears by the time she made it to the end of the messages.
"Marinette..."
It took Marinette a moment to realize that she hadn't hit another voice mail. She looked up.
And there was Cat Noir. Shaking with exhaustion, he ran over to her and got on one knee. He took her hand in his and bowed his head.
"M'lady. I—"
Marinette didn't let him finish. She got on the ground with him and held him in her arms.
Cat Noir took a moment to realize that Marinette was hugging him. When he realized that she was, he started to cry and he hugged her back.
The two held on for a long, tender moment.
When they finally pulled away, he had transformed back into Adrien. He looked at his princess.
"Marinette..."
Marinette shook her head. "I believe you. I jumped to conclusions because I was worried. It was my fault. Not yours."
Adrien smiled at his princess and held her close for another minute. Then, he yawned.
"S-sorry!" He yawned again. "I'm ruining a perfect moment."
Marinette laughed. "It's okay Adrien. Any moment with you is perfect." Adrien watched as she glanced at the circles under his eyes.
"Come on." Marinette got up and helped Adrien up. He almost fell again.
Marinette led him to her place, leading him up the stairs to her bedroom.
Adrien blinked tiredly at the bed. "I mean, I'm all for it. But I thought we were going to wait until-"
Marinette smacked his chest. "Relax." Her cheeks were red. "You need to catch up on sleep."
"But I don't want to ever let you go again, Marinette."
Marinette smiled. "I don't either. I'm tired too. We're going to sleep."
Adrien smiled, relieved. He collapsed onto all of the pillows.
When Marinette was tucked into his arms again, he finally got a good night sleep for the first time in ages.
That is, until Marinette's father woke them up.
A/N I hope you guys liked it! ^-^
Real quick; I will not be able to upload any more chapters of this story from July 31st-August 5th. I will be posting a separate story during this time. Sorry guys. :(
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