. Bad Influence
Post Reveal, Adrienette dating
"Girl! Can you believe Adrien won that fencing match! That looked crazy hard!"
"It's not that hard to believe Alya," said Marinette. She had been practicing with Adrien after patrol, so she knew his fencing skills were up to par.
"Yeah dudette! My dude has mad skills!"
"Who has mad skills?" Adrien said running up to the group after receiving his medal.
"You dude! That was awesome! Who knew fencing could be so cool?"
"Speaking of cool," the bluenette interjected, "are we still all going to get ice cream?"
The group nodded in agreement, but the blonde looked apprehensive.
"I don't know if my dad will let me. Sorry guys."
"Nah Uh! No Way! Come on Sunshine, we will all go ask your dad together!" Said the strong willed blogger.
It was already a surprise to Adrien when his father came to the competition at all, and he didn't want to push his luck any further. He may have the embodiment of it next to him, but that didn't mean it faired well with the Chat himself.
The group walked up nervously to the designer.
"Father, to celebrate my victory, may I go out for ice cream with my friends?" Adrien asked with a slight quiver in his voice.
Gabriel Agreste looked at the foursome with a calculating eye.
"Who are these friends of yours Adrien?" He asked, showing no emotion.
"This is Nino, Alya, and Marinette. She won your designing contest for the derby hat a few years ago."
Even though Adrien was seventeen he was still nervous when talking to his father about his friends. Especially Marinette.
The two had been secretly dating for a year, after revealing their identities. Nobody else knew except the duo and they liked it that way. They had inside jokes, patrols together, secret rendezvous, they even had secret ways of communicating when they needed to make an escape to fight an akuma. Even though this was all kept a secret, Adrien still wanted his father to like the girl who held the key to his heart.
"Yes, I remember." Gabriel said, snapping Adrien out of his short inner monologue.
"You may go," excitement filled the blonde's face, "as long as Marinette does not attend."
Adrien's face fell in sadness, but soon became animated again with anger.
"What do you mean as long as Marinette can't go?" Alya said, beating Sunshine to the punch.
"I have reason to believe Miss Dupain-Cheng is a bad influence on Adrien." Gabriel said as he cast down a look of disgust to the young designer.
"But, Father," the model started.
"This is not up for further discussion Adrien. This girl is a bad influence and I forbid you to see her!"
And that was the straw that broke Marinette's back.