Um, hello…? HI,

It's Claire.

Before you guys ask, yes, I am indeed alive. So uhh, how have you been?

Ok ok, I get it, you're prolly mad about me going missing for so long without notice. I can explain! I promise!

Ha, you see what I did there? Funny thing is that that was an accidental pun. I'm so good at puns that I do them accidentally. Chat is rubbing off on me I swear.

Sorry, I wont change the subject anymore.

So I've kinda been busy with University lately, but uhh, Covid decided to be all like, Nah, you don't need an education! How bout you try 2 weeks in complete isolation instead?

And so here we are.

By the way, this chapter goes out to my very special friend spidey. Thanks for being such a good pen pal and keeping me company. I appreciate you. Also, I was gonna email you in advance about me posting today but I wanted to surprise you cuz I know you'll get so excited. 3

Shall we move onto reviews?

Guardian of the Inheritance: Thank you so much!

Sulce0: Yes I think we all agree!

Chatnoirispawsom: Sure! No problem! I hope you enjoyed it!

Spidey: Yeah, for anyone who was wondering, the game was most definitely rigged. Thats why Alya insisted that Mari goes first lol. You know me too well hun.

Mayuralover: lol, It was long overdue wasn't it.

ice-rain499: I agree, slow burns are way more authentic if done right.

Destiny: You're still so young sweet heart. You still have your whole life ahead of you. Don't get too hung up on it. Friends really do come and go and sometimes things just aren't meant to be. In my experience, most relationships that start out at a young age don't last too far into adulthood. By the way, hello from michigan!

XxBuggaChatxX: Thank you so much! I might not post very regularly but I've put a crap ton of time and energy into this story.

KittyNoir0: *Yeets chapter at you*

Without further ado, I bring to you,

Resolution: the act of resolving or determining upon an action, course of action, method, procedure, etc.

(because having the end as the chapter name is too much of a dead give away)

Adrien's POV

I sigh, staring up at the ceiling. She's been awake since 8am talking on the phone. She hasn't even left her room once. I don't even know why I thought today would be any better than the past week.

I glare at the clock which reads 1:32pm. I get up from my spot on the couch with a huff and walk towards marinette's door.

I hesitate for a moment and listen.

"I understand that it's last minute Monsieur, but there must be something you can do. The semester hasn't even started yet." She pauses for a moment, no doubt listening to the other person on the phone. "Really? And if I do that I'd be set for graduation in the spring? Really? Well, I'll just need to make a few more calls but I'll get back to you within the hour. Thank you so much Monsieur, You have no idea how much this means to me!"

I quickly seize the opportunity to knock on her door.

"Mari?"

After a moment or two the door opens and Marinette appears.

"Hey-"

"I'm so sorry Adrien, I don't have time to talk right now." She admits, cutting me off. "I have dozens upon dozens of phone calls to make."

"But-"

"I know minou, I'm really sorry but it's extremely important. I should be done around dinner time ok?" She stands up onto my tip toes and presses a chaste kiss to my lips. "I love you minou." she chirps before walking back into her room and closing the door behind her.

I sigh and plop back down on the couch with an over exaggerated sigh. I cross my arms and shoot another glare at my clock.

Several Hours Later…

"Minou? Wake up…" Marinette calls out to me as I drowsily open my eyes from my nap.

"Hey, are you finally done with your 'extremely important calls'?" I mumble with a yawn.

"Yeah, I got done around an hour ago but I let you sleep while I went out to grab some dinner."

I stretch out from my uncomfortable spot on the couch and inspect the food.

"You grabbed chinese from Fu's? And a bottle of champagne?" I inspect the label of the champagne bottle and my eyes widen. "This is one of father's favorite bottles, isn't it? These are so expensive! How? Why?"

"I thought we should celebrate and your father agreed." Marinette admits as she grabs two glasses from the cabinet.

"What do you mean?" I ask in shock.

"I decided last night that I couldn't bear leaving Paris again so soon so I made a whole bunch of calls and transferred my classes for my spring semester back here to Paris."

I stare at her in bewilderment.

"You mean you're not leaving to go back to New York?"

Marinette beams and shakes her head. "So I take it you're ok with letting me come back to live with you full time again?"

As if all at once a massive weight is lifted from my shoulders and I'm bursting with happiness. I gather my princess up into my arms and I pull her close.

"Nothing could possibly make me happier, Princess."

A/N: Just as a little side note, I do have 3 really nice kind of epilogue chapters planned out. I'm not sure if I'll get to them but I didn't realize how much I missed writing for you guys.

You guys give me the motivation I need to keep writing so if you'd like to see more, or other stories in the future please please leave a comment and share the love. You guys have no idea how much it means to me when you guys take the time to write out a thoughtful note for me to read and to show that my writing is loved and it's not for nothing.

I really hope to see you guys soon.

-Claire