Author's Note: Hey guys! SnivyLord here and I just wanted to thank you all so much for reading my story and I hope you enjoy as more updates are on the way! Also! I don't think I mentioned this before but this is a modern Child AU, meaning that they don't have powers. At least not for this fanfic anyway, but I just wanted to let you all know. Anyway, enjoy!
Adrien scanned his eyes over Marinette's letter again. The more times he read it over again, the more he was reminded of the pain and loneliness he felt when he first read it. Hugo was right, there was a clue, something in this letter that Marinette was trying to tell him. Thanks to Hugo being really vague, he didn't know what it was. He was going to decipher it though, no matter what. Adrien sighed as he put the letter into the secret compartment in his drawer. It contained private things that not even Kagami knows about. Adrien then got up and as soon as he reached the door, the door swung open to reveal Kagami with her usual resting bitch face. Trust me, she's perfectly fine, but her resting face is a permanent frown.
"Oh Kagami! How are you doing?" Adrien asked as he gave her a peck on the lips. Kagami smiled back at him and sighed as she put her valise down, "how was the fencing seminar?"
"Oh it was great! There were so many people who were interested in fencing as a hobby and profession. I got to teach all of them about the noble art of fencing. How are you? Did you resolve the Marinette thing?" Kagami asked as Adrien smiled wide at the question. Kagami set her stuff down and gave him a weird look as she saw that smile.
"Oh, yeah! I ran into her at the Style Queen Magazine building, apparently she's the fashion editor there! I caught up with her and I got to meet her kids, it's pretty much resolved, even though we had a small falling out," Adrien chuckled nervously as he recalled how he officially reunited with Marinette. Kagami raised her brow at him but decided not to question it.
"You did, did you? May I see them?" Kagami asked as Adrien nodded and pulled out his phone where he showed Kagami a selfie of himself, Louis, Hugo, and Emma in the same photo. He had some other photos with Marinette in the photo as well but this was the best one he had. Adrien was in the center and Louis was smiling wide over his left shoulder with his arm resting on it while Hugo was on the other side giving a shy smile. Emma was in the center with Adrien under his chin, showing off her white teeth. In the background, there was the display window of the pastries and it was such an adorable photo. Kagami's eyes widened as she looked over the kids.
"The one on the left is Louis, Marinette's oldest son, and the one on the right and in the center is Hugo and Emma respectively. They're twins and Louis is their older brother. Wait until you meet them, they're amazing kids," Adrien's eyes shone with happiness as he continued to compliment them. Kagami couldn't believe her eyes, these kids were Marinette's but they share so many resemblances to Adrien, especially the girl. She had his hair and eye color. Maybe it was some sort of weird coincidence, she can't assume the worst. After all, Marinette had twins within the 15 year period where she disappeared so it's not that... or at least she hopes it isn't.
" I-I see... well anyway aren't you meeting up with Marinette again today? She said something about a high school reunion that Alya planned happening today, she couldn't get a hold of you so she told me to remind you," Kagami solemnly said as Adrien nodded and glanced at his watch to gauge the time.
"Oh really? Alright, are you gonna be going anywhere Kagami?" Adrien asked as he gave her another peck on the cheek before heading towards the door.
"No, not today, I've been busy for the past couple of days so I had hoped to get today to relax." Kagami sighed as she laid back on the bed as Adrien smiled at her.
"You should get some rest, you deserve it. Well I'm gonna be going out now, see you later Kagami," Adrien smiled as he gave one last peck on the cheek and proceeded to go get ready for the high school reunion. He was so excited for Marinette to see all of her friends again, she lost contact for so long and now she has a chance to reconnect with her friends! Or at least... he hopes so. Soon, he reaches the Dupain-Cheng bakery where the party was actually being held. However, it wasn't going to happen for a couple of hours, so he had time to kill. When he came in, the soft bell chimed and what surprised him and he didn't know why, was that he saw Louis behind the counter wearing an apron and a baker's cap. Louis didn't notice him until he heard the bell ring and he looked up from the recipe book he was reading to have a elated yet shocked look dawn on his face.
"Oh hey Mr. Agreste! What brings you by the bakery so early?" Louis asked as he ripped his eyes away from the book and turned to face Adrien, who smiled.
"I just wanted to come by a little early, just to hang out. You know about your mom's high school reunion today right?" Adrien asked as he leaned his arm against the counter as Louis returned a smile and brought out some pastries to put into the display window.
"Yeah! Of course, she told us about it a few days ago, I'm glad that she's gonna get to meet her high school friends, I don't remember seeing her hanging out with her friends... ever actually," Louis pondered as a sour look crossed his face for a second before he smiled back at Adrien.
"Well, all of that is going to change, but can I ask; Why are you wearing an apron and baker's cap?" Adrien asked as Louis smirked and pointed to a picture of Marinette, Tom, and Sabine.
"Ummm.. I'm a baker's son? It's kinda one of my favorite hobbies," Louis let out a proud smirk as he gestured to his outfit and Adrien smirked back.
"So it seems like you inherited your mom's love for baking," Adrien started to say but he heard a pair of voices chirp from the back.
"Actually, all of us did!" Emma added as Adrien saw that she was covered in flour and had frosting on her face. Hugo came up next to her with a slight look of disgust for how dirty she was as he was completely clean.
"Emma, why didn't you wash up after you made the batter? You created a huge flour cloud when you set the stand mixer setting on high," Hugo said as he tried to brush off the dust from her shoulders. Emma let out a big smile as she helped him brush off the flour.
"Sometimes in baking, you have to get a little dirty sometimes," Emma retorted as Louis laughed and ruffled her hair.
"I'm pretty sure not that dirty, always keep your baking area clean of clutter, Mom told you that remember?" Louis sighed as Adrien smiled at Louis' gentleness with his siblings as Hugo nodded and looked over at Adrien.
"Hey Mr. Agreste, can you help Emma wash up? The washroom is in the back," Hugo instructed as Adrien nodded and guided Emma into the washroom to grab the washcloth and dust off the flour first. Emma giggled as she helped Adrien brush off the flour. Adrien then brought his finger up to swipe some frosting off her cheek and tasted it.
"Hmmm.. this is pretty good! You gotta tell me your recipe some time," Adrien winked at Emma who grinned and tasted the frosting herself.
"Sure!" Emma replied as Adrien wiped off her face with the washcloth and after he was done wiping her face, he couldn't help but take in Emma's features and watch her closely. She had beautiful blond hair like her older brother and she had these sparkling emerald eyes and a roundish face. It was incredibly cute to say the least. They both grinned playfully like that for a good moment or so before Adrien stood up and walked out with her. When they went back to the front, they found Marinette, Hugo, and Louis finishing the rest of the frosting for the cookies that they were gonna bring to the high school reunion. Marinette must have come back while Adrien was busy cleaning up Emma. Marinette finally noticed the two coming back into the kitchen and smiled brightly.
"Oh Adrien! You came by early today? Hugo told me that you were helping Emma wash up, thank you so much," Marinette grinned as Emma ran up to hug her and ran past her to help Louis and Hugo, "Emma! Remember to roll up your sleeves!"
"Got it!"
"It's no problem really, need any help setting up the decorations?" Adrien asked as Marinette pondered for a moment before replying.
"Yeah, actually, I just need you to set up some streamers around the cafe, the streamers are in that box on the left side of the counter by the way," Marinette said as she gestured to a box on the front counter all the way to the left. Adrien quickly walked over and examined what was in the box, seeing multicolored streamers and a banner that said '15 Year High-school Reunion!'
"Alright, where do you want me to put these?" Adrien asked as Marinette walked over to him and looked throughout the bakery to imagine where she would put the streamers. Soon, Marinette instructed him to hang up the streamers in specific places and sometimes she would help him hang them up. Occasionally, their hands would brush up against one another when they ended up working in the same place and they would blush lightly but they didn't think much of it. When they were done, the bakery looked fantastic. The banner was in a very conspicuous and obvious place as the streamers were hung all around.
"We're done!" Marinette clapped her hands together as Louis, Hugo, and Emma came out of the kitchen with beautifully crafted cookies.
"These just came out of the blast chiller! Try not to eat some!" Emma chirped as they set the plate down on the center table and went back into the kitchen to get their other batches to fill up the catering table. Soon, the table was filled with desserts and Louis couldn't help but look proudly at the desserts that he and his siblings made. He then felt his mom's arm swing over his shoulders and he saw Marinette smile at him.
"That's my boy, the baking genes have made their way into you, either that, or you may have used salt instead of sugar, but who knows," Marinette teased as Louis felt himself argue back in defiance with a slight pout.
"Hey! I thought you had faith in me!" Louis retorted as Marinette continued to tease him.
"True, I do, but who knows, you haven't made that mistake yet and you did make a lot of batches," Marinette looked at him knowingly with a mischievous glint.
"Then what was all that nonsense about baking being in my genes!?" Louis asked incredulously as Marinette laughed.
"It was a figure of speech! Baking isn't genetic! It may be in our blood, but not everyone has that baking touch."
"Thank you SO much for the confidence Mom, you haven't even tasted the cookies so who's to say?" Louis rolled his eyes sarcastically as he noticed Hugo and Emma trying not to laugh out of the corner of his eye.
"Honey, you know I'm joking, they're gonna be great, after all, you learned from the best!"
"I know I know, the reunion is starting in a couple of hours so might as well get ready," Louis replied as he looked towards Adrien, who was smirking at them and nodded as he brought both Hugo and Emma upstairs to get ready. Marinette then felt Adrien's presence fill in next to her as she looked wistfully over the bakery. A reunion, that word seemed weird no matter how many times it materialized in her mind or just saying it out loud. Considering what she went through, she doesn't know whether the word even meant anything to her anymore. However, she was going to try her best to make sure that it is. Later on into the evening, the high-school reunion was in full swing and the whole bakery was closed for the private party. Marinette could not express her happiness at seeing her friends again. Not just Alya and Nino, but everyone...
"Marinette! It has been too long!!" Kim shouted as Marinette gave him a hug and screamed at the fact that Ondine was married to him. She always knew they were a match, it was just a matter of time. Kim looked definitely older but he kept that highlighted hairstyle since it suited him. They had an 8 year old girl so she could play with Hugo and Emma. Another couple was Rose and Juleka. Marinette wasn't exactly all that surprised to see them together, to be honest, she kinda saw it coming.
"Really? You're not surprised? In the slightest?" Rose asked as she continued to squeal and hug Marinette.
"No, because I've already caught you guys sneaking in kisses one way or another, it was just a matter of time," Marinette grinned as she felt Adrien appear next to her and congratulate them.
"You know, I run a floral perfume company? It's my life's work!" Rose exclaimed as Marinette grinned in great interest.
"Nice! Very nice... it was so great seeing you again!" Marinette said as she went to greet the rest of the guests. Max was next! Marinette was very pleased to find out that he went on to be a great computer programmer and software developer with a healthy gaming addiction on the side. He was everything Marinette thought he'd turn out to be, pursuing his passion. It turns out, Max was gay for Kim, but he gave up when Kim got married to the girl of his dreams. Max eventually did move on and had a wife! They didn't have kids yet but they were planning on having one.
"You still play Ultimate Mecha Strike 3?" Marinette asked and was pleased to hear an instant reply.
"Yes! Of course," Max said triumphantly as he pushed the rim of his glasses further up his nose and Adrien couldn't help but laugh. They always had that game in common. Next was Ivan and Mylène, they did end up getting married and that was great. There was really nothing else new about them, other than having an absolutely adorable 8 year old son. Finally, there was Chloe and Sabrina, Sabrina had surprisingly (not surprisingly) become Chloe's assistant and Marinette was afraid to say that Chloe worked Sabrina like a dog.
"Oh my god! Maritrash Dupain-Cheng!" Chloe exclaimed as she caught up with Marinette, who rolled her eyes.
"Really? We still aren't past the nicknames Chloe?" Marinette asked tiredly as Chloe gave her a pointed look but smiled nonetheless.
"Nope, but at least this time, I can say it without completely hating you," Chloe explained as Marinette felt her soul breath a sigh of relief. Finally, Marinette can breathe. Chloe eyed Adrien behind Marinette and eyed him with a mixed expression. Adrien felt himself fidget nervously as Marinette stepped aside to eye the atmosphere between the two before laughing slightly.
"Oh... I forgot you two... ummm..." Marinette started but thought to keep herself quiet as Chloe and Adrien stared each other down. After a excruciatingly long moment, Chloe spoke.
"It's certainly been a while Adrien," Chloe said as Marinette stared at her with a blank look.
"Oh my god.. I think this is the first time I hear you call Adrien by his name and not 'Adrikins!'" Marinette mock attempted Chloe's voice at the last part causing Adrien to laugh slightly.
"Chloe... It's been a while indeed, I really hope there aren't any bad feelings about... you know," Adrien said as he raised his eyebrows at her as if he was mentioning a past event. Chloe smiled slightly before patting Adrien on the shoulder.
"It's honestly ok really! I found someone new and the fact that you think I would be dwelling on that is ridiculous, utter ridiculous," Chloe sported a smug smirk on her face while Adrien felt himself sweat nervously about bringing it up in the first place, "Here he is now! The man of the hour!" Chloe gestured to her right to which Adrien and Marinette's gaze followed to a familiar man with a teal ombre. Marinette recognized that hairstyle anywhere.
"Oh my god... is that Luka?!" Marinette clapped a hand over her mouth as she felt Adrien tense next to her in shock as well. Luka married Chloe? Just imagining that sentence in her mind made her want to faint.
"Luka! It's been a long time man! How have you been?" Adrien semi-forced a smile as he shook hands with Luka, who nodded and took his place at Chloe's side. Marinette was at a loss for words, literally.
"Why? What? How? H-h-how... Chloe, you married L-luka?!" Marinette managed to force out as Chloe let out another smug smirk as she hugged Luka from behind.
"Yep! Look alive at my husband suckers! What do you think of me now Marinette Dupain-Cheng?" Chloe asked proudly as Marinette looked between her and Luka, whose gaze was intense on Marinette. Marinette still looked at a loss for words as she sucked in her breath and forced a smile.
"I really am happy for you, really, I am, congratulations," Marinette felt herself break out into a smile that was laced with hollowness, devoid of feeling but it was still a genuine smile. She just didn't know how to explain it, she guessed it was just a jealous feeling that everyone else turned out so well.
"And you ended up alone! Just as I predicted!" Chloe laughed as Adrien felt himself bristle with anger, it wasn't exactly nice for Chloe to just say that out loud. Luka looked from Marinette to Adrien as Chloe continued to gloat. There was a feeling that he couldn't quite shake, he knew Adrien was engaged to Kagami and yet...
"I know I'm alone... and yeah, I did end up the way you foresaw. However, I'm not as alone as you think," Marinette smiled tearfully and as if right on cue, Louis, Hugo, and Emma appeared right by her side and smiled courteously at the guests in front of them, "I have three wonderful kids that makes loneliness a nonexistent feeling for me." Chloe gaped as she eyed Louis, Hugo, and Emma, who were standing proudly next to their mom.
"Well, I don't believe I've had the pleasure of meeting you Mrs. Couffaine... or Bourgeois?" Louis smiled nervously as he tried to figure out whether she kept her maiden name. Luka then answered for him.
"She kept her maiden name."
"Oh, thank you," Louis started but he heard a shriek from Emma and he looked past Marinette's shoulders to find Emma slowly backing away from a very creepy Constantine.
"Constantine! I swear! The feeling's only platonic!" Emma tried to explain as she swore she saw hearts in his eyes.
"Emmikins! Don't say that! You're gonna love the present I prepared for you! I won't let anybody take Senpai!" Constantine gushed as he attempted to hug Emma, who dodged and hid behind Adrien. Hugo groaned and intervened as he was starting to get tired of this creepy yandere persona he's sporting.
"Oh please don't tell me you just said that," Hugo groaned as he looked disapprovingly at Constantine, "Dude! Have a little more dignity why don't you?! You look like a complete charity case!" Hugo said as he felt a glowering presence counter him harshly.
"Well excuse you! Don't act like such a know-it-all to my son! Try to be a little more conceited why don't you?!" Chloe glowered at Hugo while he scoffed slightly and looked at her pointedly.
"Then why don't you try caking a little less make up why don't you? Those blemishes aren't going anywhere," Hugo snapped back as Marinette and Adrien held back a laugh but they ultimately failed as they along with Louis and Emma doubled over in laughter. Chloe was insulted for sure, but there was something odd that she couldn't place. Looking at Marinette's kids, she felt weird, as if there was a whole picture to it but there was a part missing. Framing things in a different perspective makes the revelations all the more revealing. Chloe scanned over all of them and saw the whole picture: Marinette and Adrien and more specifically, them with Marinette's kids. The resemblance was weirdly uncanny, a little too weird.
"Hmph, just be glad I'm in too good of a mood to take insults of a child like you. So Marinette, what happened to the father?" Chloe asked as she immediately noticed Marinette's mood turning sour and she saw that Marinette was resisting the urge to do something.
"He's... out of the picture?"
"Oh really? I mean... how dumb could he be if he let you go?" Chloe asked as Marinette snapped her head up to look at her in surprise. After a few moments, Marinette looked towards the ground again and stared aimlessly as if she was trying come up with some sort of answer.
"No... he didn't let me go... I was the one who let him go..." Marinette whispered as she felt herself relive the memory as she felt tears prick at the edges of her eyes. Adrien immediately noticed and spoke up.
"Chloe, I think that's enough, she's uncomfortable already," Adrien interjected as Chloe looked between Adrien and Marinette and huffed.
"I guess so..." Chloe said as she was actually really curious as to what Marinette was up to in these last 15 years, however, she thinks she's pried enough. Soon enough, a girl who looked to be about Louis' age came up to Chloe and Luka's side and looked uninterestingly between Adrien and Marinette. She was blond, Marinette saw she was wearing sleek black jeans and a magenta top with a black coat over the outfit. Her hair was tied back in a braid. Marinette noticed she had a slight teal ombre just like Luka and had his eyes.
"So these were the people you wanted to meet tonight Mom?" The girl asked as Marinette gave her a confused look as Chloe patted her on the head, making the girl frown slightly.
"Yes, Elena, these were my old high-school classmates Adrien and Marinette," Chloe introduced the girl to the pair in question. Marinette looked even more shocked for some god forsaken reason.
"You had a daughter?!" Marinette asked in disbelief as Elena noticed Louis standing right beside her and squealed with delight.
"Louiekins! WHAT a SURPRISE meeting you here!" Elena squealed as she launched herself onto Louis, who tilted his head back and tried to gently pry off the girl, but to no avail.
"Oh... Elena, it's good to see you too... ummm... could you... ummm.."
"Keep hugging you? Sure!"
"No! Ughhhh..." Louis groaned as he kept turning his head away from where Elena was laying her head on his shoulder. He looked to Marinette and Adrien with an pleading look mouthing 'help me' with Marinette looking back with a empathetic look. The group then heard another shriek as Emma came running and held her hand out as if she was taming a wild animal as she kept Constantine at bay.
"Constantine! I told you, why can't you take a hint!" Emma groaned as she took a couple of steps back from the aforementioned boy that was creeping towards her. Emma looked to her right and made eye contact with Louis and they shared a look that said 'tell me about it' that Adrien just found hilarious.
"Don't be like that Emma! There's enough love for you Emmikins!" Constantine continued to gush as Emma groaned and continued to avoid Constantine like the plague. Adrien found it to be extremely coincidental because Chloe used to call him "Adrikins" and now Chloe and Marinette's kids are literally having the same interactions. Little did Adrien know, Chloe was aware of this too, she found it so odd that her children were doing the same thing to Marinette's children as she did to Adrien.
"Louiekins! Why don't you show me something later?"
"I'd rather take wine shots until I pass out than do whatever sick thing you have planned."
"Emmikins! Why don't you love me?"
"Because you're acting like a grade A slender man with a really annoying nagging schtick."
Suddenly it hit Chloe what she was trying to piece together. Adrien, Marinette, and her kids look too much like a real family, Adrien is supposedly engaged to someone else, and Marinette is single but when Chloe looked at the full picture of all of them together, they looked so much like a real family. Adrien was laughing at Louis' and Emma's parallel situation, looking so incredibly comfortable with Marinette and Hugo. It was a surreal picture but it was weirdly soothing to look at. Chuckling nervously, Chloe interjected.
"Hey Mari, can I talk to you privately for a second?" Chloe asked as Marinette nodded slowly and walked with Chloe to a semi secluded place in the bakery, leaving Adrien and Luka to talk. When Chloe felt like they were completely alone, she started, "alright, Mari, I want you to answer this question honestly..."
"Alright?" Marinette nodded slowly as she felt a feeling slowly build within her gut, as if she knew what Chloe was going to ask. Chloe had never taken so much interest in talking to her before so it was a pretty new experience.
"How old is your son Louis?" Chloe asked as Marinette let her guard down for an instant since it didn't really seem to be a question that she would be uncomfortable answering.
"He's 14... why?"
"Alright... follow-up question, is Louis Adrien's son?" Chloe asked as she saw Marinette visibly freeze and look straight into her eyes. Chloe saw fear, desperation, surprise, but mostly fear. Marinette only remained contact before looking away at some random point in space.
"Ummm..." Marinette tried to say but she couldn't feel any words form in her throat at all, it was completely void of an answer to give.
"Marinette..."
"Fine! Fine... Louis... he is Adrien's son... I had him after I disappeared that day..." Marinette whispered as Chloe was about so say something else but someone interrupted them. Chloe and Marinette looked towards the interruption to find Alya grinning sadly at them.
"Sorry for interrupting you ladies if you don't mind me joining in," Alya said as she eyed Marinette closely, it looked like she didn't exactly intend to impart with such info so soon, but at least it was only a few people.
"No, but you heard me didn't you Alya?" Marinette asked as Alya stood next to Chloe and nodded.
"Yeah I did, so Louis is really Adrien's son... I had a feeling, Louis resembles Adrien in many ways. He really is his father's son. He has Adrien's charisma, generosity, and all-around good natured and loyal personality. He has your eyes and wit. He has the best parts of both his parents. You should be proud," Alya said as she stepped forward and hugged Marinette, who started to cry. Alya sighed as she patted Marinette's back soothingly as she quieted Marinette's breakdown.
"That means... you became pregnant with him the night you had the blind speed date extravaganza. You disappeared for 15 years after that, never keeping in contact with anybody. Wait... what about your twins? They're also Adrien's right?" Chloe asked as Alya pulled away from Marinette, who wiped her tears away. Marinette felt herself hesitate before answering.
"Yes, they are also Adrien's. Hugo inherited his ruffled hair style and he's practically a male version of me. However, Emma, I know that she is a daddy's girl, I get the sense anyway. She loves showing Adrien her accomplishments and drawings, just how a daughter would show their dad. However!" Marinette interrupted herself as she looked at both ladies intensely, "I will not tell you their story as it is long and a little bit too complicated of a story for you guys to keep up with. Just know by some weird way, all three of them are Adrien's children but PLEASE DO NOT TELL HIM! Don't worry, the kids already know that Adrien is their father, that's why they like hanging out with him so much. HOWEVER, it is for their safety as well as yours that none of this information leaves this triangle, understood?"
Alya and Chloe nodded mutely as Marinette glared at them before softening her gaze again, "I'm perfectly ok with them hanging out with Adrien like a cool uncle but... for their safety, Adrien can't know... no matter what, for now anyway."
"What's stopping you from telling him?" Alya asked as Marinette zoned out at the question. She has an answer... of course, but Marinette can't say that either.
"I can't tell you... just seeing them bonding with their dad without him knowing... is enough for me," Marinette looked at her children fondly as they were happily talking with Adrien and Luka. Alya looked at her with admiration, she really has stepped into the role of being a mom.
"You're putting their happiness before your own, I'm envious really," Alya said as Chloe nodded in agreement. Marinette's gaze softened even more as she looked at nothing in particular. She seemed to do that a lot, she became so much more of a quiet, contemplating person.
"I guess you could say that, it's not like Adrien will ever feel the same way. He's engaged, we were always just meant to be friends," Marinette softly said as she felt her heart break. As much as she wished it wasn't true even after all these years, it's the truth. Alya and Chloe frowned at this but said nothing as they looked at Louis, Gavin, and Elena talking. Three of their children, talking together.
"Well, let's get back, and don't worry Mari, your secret is safe with us," Chloe reassured Marinette as the three made their way back to the main group. Adrien spotted the three and smiled as he walked up next to them along with Luka.
"You guys were gone for a while, what were you guys talking about?" Adrien asked as Chloe immediately intervened.
"It's nothing really, it's just girl talk, it's really none of your concern. Well, I'm gonna meet the rest of our highschool classmates. Mari, call me if you ever need help," Chloe said as she looked at Marinette with a kind smile before sashaying off with Luka to meet everyone else. Marinette smiled softly back and looked at Adrien, who had a dumbfounded look on his face.
"Oh my god... was Chloe actually nice to you? What has this world come to?" Adrien asked jokingly as Marinette scoffed.
"Ha-Ha, Chloe has changed over the years, although she still has that usual... Chloe aura about her," Marinette commented as the rest of the evening went on. Eventually, with the party still in full swing, Marinette heard the door to the bakery open again and she looked over the door and saw someone enter. It was a woman, she had brown hair and it was tied up in a bun. She wore a simple aubergine dress that was middle length with a giant frill trailing over her left shoulder. However, what really stuck out to Marinette was her eyes, they were near horizontal slits like a snake if it was angry. Marinette then gasped in horror and almost dropped her glass of wine when she figured out who it was. Adrien walked up next to Marinette and examined her face worryingly.
"Hey Mari, what's wrong?" Adrien asked as Marinette grabbed Adrien's chin and turned his head to where she was looking.
"Look who just entered," Marinette paled as Adrien spotted who she was talking about and looked closer. When he caught up, he also paled at who it was.
"Oh my god... isn't that," Adrien started but he couldn't continue by how shocked he was. However, Marinette answered for him with the same foreboding glare as if she was Gabriel, even though she wasn't, she's just as bad in a sense. Marinette knew this very well and so did Adrien.
"It's Lila..."