Agiani: Of course, Plagg is going ot be pissed off. Again. Lol

ChatNoirFan30: Awww I don't know what to say. Thank you for following me and reading the story! I hope you'll enjoy this chapter too.

As you may have noticed, we start with a more positive note. Adrien finally opened up to Marinette and let his heart (and his body) speak. It was a chapter with not much dialog but rather physical. I know it was quite unexpected, but I'm very happy that I managed to convey the emotions of my characters to you.

There will still be a small part of explicit content in this chapter, always marked by a warning, of course.

I wish you a good read!

CHAPTER 19 : Second wind.

Adrien let out a low growl and slowly opened one eye, discovering with surprise that two bright bluebell eyes were staring tenderly at him.

"Hmm, Bug… Is it already morning?"

"No, it's still the middle of the night," she whispered into his ear.

He opened the other eye and turned his face slightly to his girlfriend to inquire about the reason for her waking up at night.

"Why aren't you sleeping? Is everything alright?" he worried immediately.

Marinette moved quickly, rolling to end up on top of him and leaned down to place a soft kiss on his lips.

"Everything is fine, I just want to make up for lost time," she whispered against his mouth in a sultry voice, before kissing him more intensely.

/!\ Warning explicit content /!\

Adrien felt Marinette slowly roll her pelvis against his and quickly realized that he was already fully erect, while she was naked and already wet against him. The realization sent a wave of pleasure through his whole body and a throaty moan escaped his mouth.

"Already wanting?" she asked in a teasing voice, as she straddled him.

"How could I not be when you wake me up in the middle of the night to… to make love," he moaned, closing his eyes when Marinette's buttocks rested fully against his erection.

Another pressure against his hard and tense arousal made Adrien suddenly open his eyes. The sight of Marinette at that moment took his breath away. His gaze rested first on her round, firm breasts before his eyes returned to the young woman's face. Her dark hair cascaded down her shoulders and fell to the top of her chest. The low light diffused in the room by the Lunar star bathed her in a white light that perfectly matched each of her curves. He then carefully detailed the features of her face. Her pink lips were slightly parted and seemed to be an invitation to kiss her. An invitation he would have taken immediately if what he saw next in Marinette's gaze hadn't completely made him combusting and melting on the spot. Her intense azure eyes were now darkened with desire like the deepest abyss in the sea.

"Marinette, you'll be the death of me," he declared, totally hypnotized by his attractive girlfriend.

She let out a small chuckle and leaned closer to him again, placing a quick kiss on his lips before drifting towards his jaw.

"I think you'd rather be alive to enjoy what I'm going to do to you," she whispered lustfully, slowly moving her lips down Adrien's throat.

She gently kissed where his pulse was pounding fast before slowly kissing his Adam's apple, which bobbed in his throat as he swallowed hard in anticipation. She continued her way slowly descending to the south, kissing his collarbone, then his right pectoral, then reaching his stomach where she placed a series of slow, warm kisses around his belly button.

"Marinette…" he panted. " Stop teasing me…"

Adrien closed his eyes once again to get drunk on the contact of his beloved's soft and moist lips against his burning skin.

The next second he felt himself enveloped in the most blazing and fiery warmth there was. Marinette's mouth had wrapped around his cock, locking him in the voluptuous sensations of her tongue caressing and slowly pumping him.

The wave of intense pleasure that overwhelmed him was such that he felt himself orbiting around another planet, losing all connection with terra firma. He let a hand drift slowly towards his partner's head and couldn't help but grab strands of hair between his fingers, gently pulling on them as if to cling to reality and the little lucidity he had left.

When he gripped Marinette's hair tighter, pulling her dark locks a second time. She looked up at him, letting out a sensual moan. That sound of bliss and the mesmerizing sight of his girlfriend staring at him with eyes shining with appetite and undisguised desire sent a shock wave through Adrien's whole body. He flinched and felt his erection contract against his will in the young woman's mouth.

"M'Lady… It's… Aah… It's too much… I… I… Aah… I can't hold it anymore…" he gasped with intense pleasure.

*Pop*. The contrast had been rapid. Warmth and tightness suddenly replaced with cold emptiness as her lips left him.

"Condom," she whispered.

Adrien reached out, opened the drawer, and grabbed the object of her request to provide it to her.

"I… I never did that," she replied shyly.

"Think of it like a Lucky Charm. You always find the solution, Bugaboo," he teased her, his eyes lustful.

She straightened up quickly on her knees, glaring at him and crossing her arms over her chest.

"I'll take care of it," he replied, seriously. "Watch and learn, little bug," he smirked as he unrolled the condom over his erection.

"If you keep teasing me like that, maybe I'll think about going back to sleep, Adrien."

"No! I'm sorry! don't leave me in such a state!" he declared, straightening up to exchange a fervent kiss with his falsely offended girlfriend.

Still kissing her passionately, he moved his hands along her pelvis and lifted her up to place himself on the edge of her entrance.

Their lips parted and their eyes met as Marinette slowly let her hips drop down to envelop him inside her.

They moaned in unison the moment they connected. Adrien let himself fall back against the mattress, taking Marinette with him in his fall and kissing her again with renewed vigor.

She moved slowly above him at first, lifting her hips up and then letting them drop down lazily against his pelvis. Then she straightened up, her hands pressed against his chest and more quickly rippled her lower body against his.

Her movements were firm and her pace sustained. She seemed to have found the cadence that gave her the most sensations because the frequency of her moans had immediately doubled. So much so that Adrien's also became louder and much more frequent. He met her push for push, both perfectly in sync, just like when they were fighting side by side.

Marinette suddenly collapsed on him, stifling against his shoulder the cry that escaped from her throat, when her orgasm hitted her.

"I love you," she whispered in his ear, breathless.

These words were a veritable trigger for Adrien's orgasm. While under her, he was still giving regular and firm strock of his pelvis to achieve his own deliverance, the latter struck him with full force following Marinette's statement.

/!\ End of warning /!\

He uttered an unintelligible string of onomatopoeia, choking on a deep moan before taking a deep breath.

"I love you too, Marinette, my Lady, my Love," he breathed tenderly, gently caressing her hair.

That night, the two heroes didn't sleep much, catching up for lost time and discovering the pleasant and intoxicating sensations of carnal pleasures.

"It's time to wake up, sleeping ladybug," she heard a distant voice speaking to her.

"Mmh, five more minutes."

"You told me that more than half an hour ago. Just before I went out to buy breakfast, Bug."

"Mmh…" she groaned. Was it the smell of the coffee that was tickling her nostrils?

Marinette slowly opened one eye, then the other, and discovered that Adrien was sitting on the edge of the bed. He had his girlfriend's favorite cup in one hand and a plate full of hot croissants in the other.

He gave her a radiant smile and handed her the coffee. "I think you need it," he chuckled.

She stood up slowly, grabbing the cup in her hands. "I think I'll soon need a second one to recover from the four orgasms you gave me last night," she murmured, still a bit sleepy.

"Five," he said, with a smirk.

Marinette carefully pulled her hot drink off her lips to avoid laughing and spitting coffee everywhere on the bed.

"Obviously, you counted," she sighed, falsely exasperated.

"Of course, Purrincess," he replied with a large grin and a lustful look.

They both laughed loudly then shared the croissants that Adrien had brought back from her parents' bakery.

"Your mum told me to take the croissants with almonds. She told me it was your favorite."

"They are," she replied with her mouth full, before chuckling lightly because a piece of slivered almond threatened to escape and ended up on her chin. This is what she got for not respecting the fundamental rules of propriety and speaking with her mouth full.

At least that's what she thought, without counting the help of her greedy kitty to save her from such a waste. Adrien leaned slowly towards her, kissing her tenderly and retrieving the slivered almond that was lying there on her lower lip.

"You are right, almonds definitely taste perfect," he replied in a soft voice, separating himself from his beloved.

They finished breakfast in a cheerful and comfortable atmosphere. Then Marinette finally got up, determined to go and take a good shower to erase all traces of the misdeeds committed during the night, but also to relieve her muscle ache.

"Do you want to come with me?" she asked him, casting a sensual and indecent gaze at her boyfriend over her shoulder.

"Marinette, you are really insatiable..." he laughed softly.

She shrugged slowly, turning away from him. "Maybe six orgasms are too much for you…"

The next second, Adrien grabbed her backside and pushed her quickly into the bathroom. "Challenge accepted, m'Lady," he almost purred.

Their laughter echoed in the room before the sound of the shower and muffled moans were the only things audible in Adrien's room.

"They are disgusting," said the little kwami of destruction.

"Plagg!" protested the little ladybug kwami.

Marinette sighed in front of the mirror, trying in vain to tie her hair in a chic and structured chignon. The result was rather messy and wild. She sighed again, getting ready to start her hairstyle again, when the reflection of Adrien appeared in turn in the mirror. He put a hand on hers, preventing her from detaching the elastic that held her hair tied.

"It's fine like that," he whispered softly, placing a kiss on the side of her head.

"Are you sure?" she asked as she turned to him.

He raised a hand towards her face and slowly released a lock of the bun to make it fall along her left cheek, then he repeated his gesture on the other side.

"Now it's perfect," he breathed tenderly.

"Thank you," she whispered, placing a sweet kiss on his lips.

She moved slowly away and he smiled at her before taking her hand into his.

"Come with me," he asked, while dragging her out of the bathroom. He took Marinette out of his room and walked through the corridors of the Manor, taking her to another room he visited daily: the one where his mother was resting.

"Aa... Adrien... are you sure?" she asked him while he opened the bedroom's door and invited her to enter it.

"Is it a little rushed and strange? If you are uncomfortable with this, I…"

She interrupted him immediately. "No! Not at all," she said sincerely. "It's just... These are private moments you share with your mother. I don't feel like interfering in your secret garden, Adrien. You've the right to come here and spend time alone with her," reassuring him with a gentle squeeze of her hand.

"I want you to be by my side," he whispered, bringing his girlfriend's hand to his lips and dropping a soft kiss on her fingers.

Marinette's smile widened and she nodded. He carefully closed the door behind them once they entered the room.

Adrien moved slowly toward the glass coffin that was in the middle of the room, instead of the bed that was once there. He operated the mechanism to open the glass wall, then laid a soft kiss on Emilie's forehead.

"Good morning, Maman," he whispered, taking her hand gently in his.

He carried his mother's hand to his lips and kissed her knuckles with tenderness, as he had just done a few seconds before with the other woman who was part of his life.

"I came with Marinette today. You know, the wonderful woman you must be fed up with hearing me speak every day when I visit you," he chuckled softly.

He looked up at Marinette to find out how she reacted and was rewarded with the most adorable blush on her cheeks.

"Good morning, Mrs. Ag-..."

She paused, glancing at Adrien's tensed face and decided to correct her words.

"Emilie," she greeted, in a soft voice. "I'm Adrien's girlfriend."

Indeed, since Adrien had returned to the real world, he had begun a procedure to change his surname: as he promised himself in the Sentiworld. The name Agreste caused him only deception and pain.

"She already knows that, Princess. She knows everything... She also knows I was on the verge of rolling in the deep. But now I can tell her you saved me. As you always do," he said in a grateful voice.

With his free hand, Adrien grabbed Marinette's fingers to interweave them with his own, then he plunged his gaze deep into her two bluebell eyes.

"You saved me from loneliness when I met you. You saved me many times when we were fighting side by side. You saved me from the Sentiworld and from the claws of my dangerous father. But most of all, you saved the humanity I thought I had lost. You saved me from a huge fall that would have been fatal. You saved my soul, Marinette."

"Adrien..." she breathed, overwhelmed.

"It's just the truth. I wish she could see the man I have become thanks to you…" he replied, squeezing his girlfriend's hand harder.

"She would be very proud of you, Chaton..." sincerely answered Marinette.

"I hope so. I wish you were here, Maman... I miss you so much…" murmured Adrien, his voice knotted and full of emotions.

Sounds of sobbing suddenly reached Adrien's ears, who quickly turned to the source of the tears: his girlfriend.

Her face was damp, tears streaming down her cheeks. She had a hand in front of her mouth, desperately trying to contain the sound of sobbing coming from her throat.

"Marinette, what's going on?" Immediately asked Adrien, worried.

He hastened to draw the young woman into his arms, rubbing her lower back with one hand and caressing her hair with the other.

"M'Lady?" he inquired again, distraught at her sudden mood change.

"I'm so sorry, Adrien... your mother... she could be with us. I could-..."

Adrien abruptly cut off her speech, understanding the ground on which she was about to set foot.

"No! You've already taken the risk of making a wish to save me and I won't let you take that risk a second time. Especially knowing that the price to pay could be your own life against hers!"

He felt Marinette slowly moved away from his embrace, raising her head towards him and locking her gaze with his.

"I... there... there may be an-another... another s-solution..." she stuttered.

Adrien's eyes widened: he was surprised and puzzled by the confession. "Another solution?"

"Y-yes... The... The Ultimate power of the Ladybug's Miraculous," she admitted, hesitant.

The boy addressed his girlfriend with a questioning and insistent look, encouraging her to continue her explanation.

"When you were stuck there, I went to Tibet to see the Grand Gardien. I wanted to find answers about your disappearance," she explained, in a shaking voice. "It was there that I learned of the existence of the Sentiworld, created by the ultimate power of the Peacock's Miraculous. Each Miraculous possesses absolute power... Yours... Mine…" she then admitted.

"What's mine?" he asked, eager for answers.

"Your ultimate power is to drain magical energy, to weaken or destroy it," she answered.

"It sounds like something I don't really want to try," he admitted. "And what's yours?" he asked, looking inquisitively at her.

"The healing of wounds caused by magic," she admitted. "But it's a one-use power that requires a lot of energy. It's a power that, if used by a holder who lacks training and mental strength, can be dangerous or even deadly."

Adrien tensed immediately following Marinette's explanation and looked at her very severely. "I refuse to let you put yourself in that kind of danger," he said, in a serious tone.

"I want to do it," she said, perfectly serious and determined. "I can. I want to heal your mother, Adrien."

To be continued...

There it is, I announce that there is only one chapter left in this story, as well as an epilog.

Things continue to move in the right direction. I don't hasten the end, I give it to you slowly and in detail, but on the other hand, in my opinion, it wasn't necessary to keep going just for the pleasure of writing because in my opinion the story has everything it needs. When you have had the last two chapters, I think you understand that we are on the perfect end and that it requires nothing more.

Next Wednesday, Chapter 20: Surprise title, no spoiler :p