IT was warm.
The birds were chirping and Marinette could vividly feel the silk sheets beneath her.

A small smile tugged on her lips and Marinette stretched against the soft bed. A deep blush had soon spread across her delicate skin the moment she had recalled the exotic dream she had the night before.
She had dreams of this sort of nature before but it had never gotten to that extent.

Marinette squeezed her eyes shut, her fingers slowly clutching into her soft blankets as her heart squeezed within the confines of her chest relentlessly. She had lost her virginity to Adrien plenty of times in her visceral dreams but this one had felt so real!

This was complete bliss, Marinette couldn't have asked for a better dream.
In fact, Marinette hoped she could have another dream like it again so that she wouldn't have to eventually build up the courage to actually ask him to have her in the ways she craved for him.

A sigh escaped her lips and Marinette wasn't sure she was ready to wake up and prepare for the day just yet. She allowed her mind to wander. Her lips pressed together as she couldn't help but to wonder if Adrien had already decided to leave for the day.

She'd feel a little licentious seeing him returning from work after having such a dream. Her fingers slowly toyed with the sheets and the young woman slowly bit her lip as she attempted to turn over.

It was only then that Adrien's arms tightened themselves around her.

Marinette froze dead in her tracks.
It was almost as if she were awoken by a sack full of bricks. Her rigid movement only made her painfully aware of the ache between her thighs and the hard sensation Adrien had been pressing into the small of her back, only proving that Adrien really had taken her virginity the night before.

It wasn't a dream.

What had transpired the night before had actually taken place, and if Marinette had remembered correctly, there were no contraceptives deployed.

If anything, the items she had taken from Alya's purse those many months ago should have provided her insurance with their rendezvous the night prior.

All she had to do now was find a way out of Adrien's grip and get to her purse without disturbing his sleep. There was something so warm in the way that she knew he made love to her that almost made Marinette fly with the flutter within the pits inside her stomach, but it all went sour the moment she knew she had to face the brand new mother, Alya, in a matter of hours.

Spring was barely just around the corner and all it did was rain and blow wind.

Marinette bit her lip, her heart continuing to hammer relentlessly within the confines of her chest. She inhaled, her lips pressed taut together as she held her breath and slowly slipped beneath the weight of Adrien's arm.

The young woman exhaled the moment she was able to finally climb out of bed.

Part of Marinette was giddy. She bit her lip, a tingling sensation running sporadically from her fingers to her toes.
She knew Adrien was her husband and in fact someone she loved for a really long time already, but knowing that she had lost her virginity to him created a swarm of butterflies inside of her stomach.

She bit her lip, a dreamy sigh escaping her lips as she watched Adrien tangle himself inside of the bedsheets beside her.
She would have to sneak out and text him later. They had known each other for so long, but she was simply too awkward. Marinette quickly covered herself up and hauled ass to the bathroom. She needed to take her contraceptive quick, or she'd end up like her best friend.

But that was definitely not her fault.

"Taliah!" Marinette cooed, looping her fingers between the baby's small little chubby hands. "I've missed you so much!"

Taliah smiled, the little infant kicking her small legs erratically as Marinette released her hands and tidied up her diapers.
It had been a few days since she had been born, and the baby had only just begun to open her eyes, but Marinette was only grateful that she was able to see her niece's beautiful brown eyes.

She took a lot after Alya and there was no doubt that she was a beautiful baby.

Marinette grabbed the baby's tiny little feet and began to play with them, a small smile lifting her lips as she glanced down at the little one.

Alya placed the tea mugs into the sink, a small smile on her lips as she could hear Marinette and her child play behind her.

"You know, if you love the baby so much, perhaps you should consider having one of your own," Alya suggested, turning on the water and rinsing out the tea mugs before drying off her hands with the towel.

Marinette hummed softly, carefully placing the blanket around the little one before lifting her and completely swathing her.

"I've thought about it, but I figured it's much more fun if they belong to other people," Marinette joked, glancing up at Alya as she folded the towel. "That way I could always give them back the moment they start to cry."

Alya snorted, shaking her head as she placed the towel down and moved towards her friend and baby.

"That's right," she sighed, taking a seat beside the two of them, "You'd actually have to have sex in order to become a mother outside of adopting." Alya teased.

Marinette pressed her lips together, a small blush growing on her cheeks as she cleared her throat. She bounced the baby in her arms delicately with a slight chuckle.
It wasn't like she wasn't ready to tell Alya, but she knew that if she did, a round of teasing would come along with it. Plus, it was her first time - she always thought her first time would be with Felix and it ended up being with Adrien.
Sex was a subject that Marinette was incredibly awkward at talking about.

"I think we've been much too busy to do any of that at the moment..." Marinette fabricated. "Now that his father got the jewels he needed, we technically don't have to stay married, but..." her voice trailed off and her blue eyes moved down to Taliah who nuzzled into the pink blanket Marinette had sewn for her as a gift many weeks ago for Alya's baby shower.

"But...we want to stay married, and with my being married to an Agreste comes with a lot of responsibility," Marinette elucidated.

Taliah yawned, squirming slightly inside of her blanket.

"And what do you mean by that?" Alya questioned, perking a brow as the young woman reached over to take the baby from her friend with an inquisitive gesture.

"It just means that I have to appear with him whenever his father schedules him for his public appearances," Marinette explained, leaning into Alya's sofa with a soft sigh. "I guess it wouldn't be so bad if I try not to think about doing it for the rest of my life..." her voice trailed off, the lines beneath her eyes deepening at the thought of fighting off paparazzi until the end of time.

"Who would've known so much baggage came with the life of a celebrity?" Alya mused sarcastically, bouncing her baby against her chest with a light-hearted smirk. "This whole time I thought being a rich celebrity was all about looking pretty, partying and lavish spending."

Marinette chortled and rolled her eyes, lightly glancing down to pick at her fingers. "I didn't choose this badass life, you know?" She pressed her lips together, her chest heaving as she withheld a small laugh that wanted to erupt.

"You haven't heard from Kagami, have you?" Alya asked, lightly placing the baby over her shoulder. "I know there was a little mishap before, but I hope everything is okay now that you've decided to stay married to Adrien..."

Marinette exhaled, slowly sitting up and shrugging with a grimace. Even the mere mention of Kagami's name left a sour taste inside of her mouth. She thought about how Kagami had forced herself on Adrien that night she had walked in on them and had nearly ruined their relationship.

She was glad that she allowed Adrien to explain himself about what had happened, but she knew she couldn't put it past Kagami to continue to try anything else.
It only meant that she had to be more careful.

"I don't think I've seen her since the last time she tried to grab one in on Adrien, but the last time she said anything she made it known that she was leaving Paris forever," Marinette deadpanned. While at first she did feel bad about it, she didn't mind the thought of it actually coming into fruition after knowing what her intentions were gonna be.

Coming onto someone without their consent was wrong to begin with. Marinette knew she was going to be stressed with the pressure of paparazzi and public appearances, she didn't need the added stress of some unneverved minx coming onto her husband every other day.
That's an issue Marinette wasn't sure she was willing to tackle.

Making public appearances was more than enough. She'd only be able to do one normal thing at a time.

She was only human after all.

"Sayonara!" Alya piped, rubbing her baby's back gently so she could burp the little one. "Tell Kagami not to let the door hit her on the way out."

Marinette subtly rolled her eyes.

If Alya was known for one thing, it was for her brutal honestly.

At least one of them had the guts to say something.

Marinette sighed, unable to shake this uneasy feeling within her stomach.
She wasn't sure if it was a side effect of the morning after pill she had just swallowed only hours earlier, or if it was the nerves that she really couldn't get rid of Kagami.

For some reason, even though she hadn't seen Kagami since she had locked lips with her husband, something told her that it wouldn't be the last time she'd see her either.

She simply hoped Adrien would be by her side when it all happened.