"You," Adrien started, sighing just after their kwamis left to fend off their own
He took a look behind him and saw the girl sitting on her bed staring at him. He broke their gazes and trained his eyes to the window where he could watch the rain.
"you shouldn't have done that." He continued
"What?" Marinette raised a brow
"You shouldn't have done that." He repeated, "You shouldn't have jumped above Brainpower. You knew how strong he was and you just jumped above him."
"I had to, Adrien. We're superheroes, remember? We save the day? Ladybug and Chat Noir, forgot them?" Marinette asked
"Mari, I know that we're supposed to save Paris but who's going to save you if anything happens?" He questioned then turned to her, "Look, this sounds ridiculous but I care about you, alright? I was scared that you got hit. Think about yourself sometime. You're not just Ladybug, you're Marinette too."
Marinette furrowed her brows, "So what's the problem? Yes I'm Marinette and yes I'm Ladybug. I know that you care about me but I also know that I should care about my city. Adrien, he was causing so much destruction, did you want people to die?"
"No! I didn't want people dying and I didn't want you to die because of your stupid decisions of jumping on a villain that could so much as throw you somewhere that would get you killed!" He responded abruptly
"Where is all this coming from, Adrien?" Marinette asked, "You were fine just a minute ago!"
"Like you earlier and I wasn't questioning you why you did that?" He glared at her, "You think you have do this all by yourself? Well, wake up, you have me too, Ladybug. You have me to rely on and not watch you jump to dangerous situations!"
"Well why don't you tell yourself that whenever you do that?" Marinette snarked, "You act like you do that all the time as Chat, you act like I don't worry about you dying anytime during battle! Newsflash, Chat, you don't have nine lives!"
Adrien grumbled and stood from his seat. He walked to the door and opened it.
"Talk to me again when you get things straight. When you're not stubborn enough to understand what I want to tell you." He exited the room and shut the door with a loud thud
"How dare you, Adrien!" He could hear Marinette yelling not so pretty words from inside the room
He huffed and walked down the stairs to the kitchen where Plagg most definitely would be. And he was there. Unfortunately, there was also someone else.
He sighed, "You know, Plagg, there's a reason why I hid you for so long."
The kwami shrugged, "What's the point? She's bound to meet us soon. And besides, she gives a considerate amount of cheese unlike someone I know."
"I'm not in the mood." He grumbled then turned to the girl, "Sorry, but Plagg and I have to go, Alya."
"Uh," Alya started, "I heard everything."
"I figured." He replied
"It's… normal, I guess. To fight." She replied, "I mean, my parents fight, Nino and I fight, everybodt fights."
Adrien nodded, looking at the ground, "I just don't get it." He looked back up at her, "She doesn't listen and understand that I was scared for her."
"She knows, Adrien. This is Marinette we're talking about, she understands." Alya responded, "Maybe that's just how she is. I mean, she's a superhero and all."
Adrien raised a brow.
"Not saying that you're not a superhero too but she just wants to get it done, the job I mean. Brainpower was such a pain. And besides, she didn't give out her position, she didn't mean to be seen by the man." Alya shrugged, "So what if she sacrifices her self a few times."
"She jumped in a T-rex's mouth." He stated
"And you let yourself get hit by the Dark Cupid's arrow." Alya retorted, "But did you hear her complaining?"
"Actually-."
"Don't answer that." Alya interrupted, "Point is, you're both irrational and you have to settle this when you're not mad. Anger resolves absolutely nothing."
•••
It had been past midnight when he arrived via her window as Chat Noir. It was risky but this was his Lady, he would risk even his life for her. She was sitting at her sewing corner with the light only on that table.
"I know you're there." Marinette stated, not turning around, "I'm not exactly in the mood to talk."
He furrowed his brows and walked to her, turning her chair around.
"Hey! I was doing a project!" She glared at him, anger resurfacing
"I don't care. If you don't think that we're not talking, then tough luck, we're talking. I'm not letting you go to sleep angry again." He replied, holding the sides of the back of the chair to hold her in place
"Chat, I'm telling you," she poked his chest, "I'm busy."
Adrien glared at her then pressed his lips against hers quite roughly but not much, enough just to show her who was really in charge at that moment. He pulled away after a while with her still a bit breathless.
"And like I told you, I don't care. Come on, Mari, just please understand that I'm so concerned about you. You know what, don't think that I'm your boyfriend right now. I'm Chat Noir, Paris' superhero telling his partner to not be so rash and not face the villain without a proper plan." He started, "You can never imagine how much I'm going to not cope when you're not around, Marinette. I'm never going to forgive myself if you die. That's why I'm here, Marinette, to save you from the hits. I'm here to be your partner. And if you think I'm backing down then sorry, I'm not going to stop bugging you anytime soon."
She wrinkled her nose, "If I forgive you will you let me work?"
"Fine, sure, as long as you're not angry at me and sleep through it." He answered
"Well then, yes, apology accepted. You could tell me that you're sorry earlier and I'd still accept it. You're my partner, Chat, remember that. I can never be mad at you." She replied, "And, you know, sorry too for making you worry."
He shrugged, "Hey, at least we're even."
She chuckled lightly, "Okay I'm serious now, have to go to work."
He turned her around to place her back to her table, "What are you even working on?"
"It's a secret." She told him, draping a cloth over her project, "But you know, for tonight, I'd rather we rest. Go home, minou. Sleep, we both need it."
He jumped to her bed and detransformed, "Oh no, I'm Adrien Agreste, someone who can definitely not leap through Paris."
"You're in your pajamas." She pointed out, "Did you plan this, chaton?"
"No!" He responded to her accusation, "Do you like my pajamas?"
"They're ladybugs." She replied
"What about my shirt?" He asked, showing her the design
"It has 'Mrs. Marinette Agreste' on it." She supplied
"No I definitely not have this planned." He laughed lightly, "Now come on, I thought we need sleep. And besides, I want my love bug here with me."
Marinette rolled her eyes playfully and laid down on her bed next to him.
"You're lucky my shirt's not a pun." He whispered
"I feel like the next time, I won't be so lucky anymore." She told him
He pulled her close, nuzzling his nose to her hair, "You bet, Princess."
•••
Oh hey look, an alternate ending where I totally forgot that this was for Marichat May and accidentally forgot the angry kiss that's why I had to remove it from the original storyline.
•••
"No! I didn't want people dying and I didn't want you to die because of your stupid decisions of jumping on a villain that could so much as throw you somewhere that would get you killed!" He responded abruptly
Marinette gasped as his tone of voice and stared at him, mouth agape.
"I-." Adrien started, realizing what he had done
He stood from the computer chair and walked over to the bed. He gently sat down on the bed and hesitantly reached out a hand to her. She flinched once he got too near but still stared wide eyed at him. His hand dropped and he looked down at the sheets, wondering what happened to him just then.
"I'm-." He looked up at her who was still shocked as ever, "Mari."
She snapped out of her stupor and watched his defenseless body action.
"Yes?" She whispered
He frowned and looked away, "I'm sorry."
Marinette nodded and gingerly placed a hand on his shoulder, "Mon cher?"
"Hm?" He looked up at her
"It's fine." She told him
He jumped at her, wrapping his arms around her tightly, nuzzling his head to her neck.