A/N: This is a really long chapter omg, it ran away, sorry, not really. This was actually a great idea from Serulium, and we've had a lot of fun talking about it! Also, I aged them up to about 17-18ish in this one.
Prompt: What if Marinette asked about Adrien smelling like cheese? -Serulium
So, enjoy!
Marinette didn't notice it at first, she just always connected the smell with her perfect Adrien. After they started to hang out more however, she began to feel the scent creeping up her nose that she started asking questions.
Why did Adrien always smell of Camembert? He didn't particularly enjoy the taste of cheese, she remembered every dinner he has ever eaten at her house, politely declining any extra cheese offered to him and just picking at was already on his plate.
The more they hung out, the more she smelt it, the more she smelt it, the more she just had to know until finally, she couldn't take it anymore and asked.
Adrien was laying stomach down on her floor, playing on his DS and just enjoying being with Marinette and exploring her village in Animal Crossing.
Marinette was sitting above him on the chaise, but she was distracted with the smell of Camembert.
"Hey, Adrien?" She spoke up, coughing slightly to get his attention. The boy looked up at her, his green eyes still making the girl swoon after nearly three years of being his friend and four years of knowing him.
"Why do you, uh, okay this is a weird question, nevermind," Marinette laughed, shaking her head and going back to her game. She could barely hide the smirk as Adrien lifted himself up on his elbows to show his interest, the girl knew how to bait him.
"No, no, I'm sure it's not that bad, Mari," he reassured her, but his eyes pleaded with hers to tell him the secrets.
"No, you'll just laugh!" She waved it off, scooting over slightly to create more room on the chaise. The extra room was quickly taken by the blond boy, looking eager to hear his friend's question.
"Marinette, I will not laugh, but you've gotta tell me, I am very curious, please!" Adrien folded his hands and waved them in front of the giggling girl who rolled her eyes.
"Adrien, curiosity killed the cat," She warned as Adrien rolled his eyes, she had no idea.
"But, you've convinced me!" She played along with the boy, not letting him know how well she had played him.
"Adrien, why do you always smell of Camembert?"
Adrien blinked twice before sighing, "ugh, I thought it'd be something cool! Not something Nino says to me twice a day!" Adrien sighed, moving back to the floor and picking up his discarded DS. Marinette raised an eyebrow at that, but pressed forward.
"Well if you answer it everyday, then why not now?" She huffed, jabbing his side with her barefoot.
Adrien laughed and wiggled about before sitting up and grabbing her foot to make her stop, "okay, okay!" He laughed, shoving her foot away.
"I have a friend who really likes cheese, he doesn't want anyone to know though, so I bring him cheese and you know how cheese is; the smell lingers." Adrien shrugged, turning back to the game and hoping his cover was well, it was used to, after all.
Marinette nodded, the story seemed familiar, but not in the way she heard it before, she couldn't explain it.
Ladybug caught a whiff of it while on patrol, that smell that could only be one thing: Camembert. It might have been because she was thinking about earlier that day, but it was definitely Camembert, what else could it be?
"Chat, why do you smell of Camembert?" She asked as they rested on the viewing point of the Eifel Tower.
Chat laughed as he turned to look at her, smiling a cheeky grin at her, "curious are we, my lady?"
"No, I just asked to disturb a peaceful night," the girl rolled her eyes as she joined him at the railing, leaning over it to take in the city she had been protecting for four years.
"Well, curiosity killed the cat," Chat smiled over to her, remembering the thing a very important person had said to him that day.
"I will leave you up here alone, kitty." The dark haired girl threatened, pulling out her yo-yo and swinging it as proof.
The cat themed boy laughed and nodded, putting his hands up in resignation, "okay, you got me, my kwami only eats it, so I always have some on me and I guess the smell transfers over to my suit." Chat Noir sighed, shaking his head.
"Huh, that's what sort of what my friend said today," Ladybug laughed lightly.
"R-really?" Chat looked nervous as he scratched the back of his neck. If Ladybug didn't know better, she'd say he was... hiding... something, oh no, she might have figured it out.
"Oh, oh, I get it!" Ladybug stammered, trying to avoid looking at the boy as she flung her yo-yo, "let's just finish up this patrol!" She had shouted over her shoulder as she flew through the cool night air, ignoring her partner's shouts for her to wait.
The next day, Marinette was visited by Adrien, which usually happened on Sunday afternoons, no one ever worked on Sunday afterall, including high school models.
"Hey, Mari-Mari!" He practically sang as he crawled up the ladder to alert her of his presence.
"Hey, Adri-Adri!" She rolled her eyes, he was wearing a stupid grin as he crawled up the ladder and into her room.
"So, I brought up some rolls, your mom said you've been locked in here all morning?" He stated, handing over one of the plates as he took a seat on the chaise besides the girl, munching on a roll himself.
Marinette nodded, sighing as she set aside the notebook and the plate on her other side, to keep both away from Adrien.
Adrien took in her nervous look and sighed, "how long have you been writing?" Knowing from previous experiences that whenever Marinette locked herself in her room, she often wrote her thoughts as a way to help center herself.
"It's not important, I was almost done..." Marinette shrugged, not daring to meet the blond gaze, if she did then he would've seen the lie she had just told. The only reason that she was done writing was because her problem was here, and she could ask. She should definitely ask him, oh but what if he got angry?
What did she care? She was a senior in high school, she could toughen up enough to ask a silly question.
"Mari, you're thinking again," Adrien warned, snapping the girl back to her room. She smiled at him apologetically and taking a deep breath.
"So, you have a friend who's obsessed with cheese, right?" She started, she was going to do it, she was!
"Marinette, what does that have to do with anything?"
"J-just answer it!"
"Well, you know the answer: I have a friend who likes cheese." Adrien sighed, bumping his shoulder gently into Marinette's, "you sure you're alright?"
"I'm fine, but I learned an interesting fact last night." Marinette sighed, leaning into the boy, blushing as she stated, "Chat Noir really likes cheese as well."
Adrien gawked, shooting up straight and looking offended as he ranted, "I. Do. NOT like cheese, I hate it with a fiery passion I swear to everything h-" Adrien caught himself too late, he had let the cat out of the bag, or well, the Chat, I suppose.
"You're Chat Noir?!" Marinette also shot straight up, looking at Adrien with a new light, she could see the cocky grin of her partner as he told puns, they shared the same laugh. Same smile and same stance.
"Oh my gosh, how have I never seen it?"
"What?! I thought you were asking BECAUSE you figured it out!" Adrien hissed, trying not to alert Marinette's parents by shouting, everything was fine, right? Right.
"No! I just thought you were friends with Chat! You said you had a friend that liked cheese!"
"I do! It's my kwami! And how do you know about that?! That was NACHO conversation!"
Marinette stood there, blinking at the model, trying to figure out why he thought cracking a cheese pun was appropriate at this time, well, I guess cheese had been his downfall.
"I'm sorry! I make great puns when I get stressed!" He whined, flopping back onto the desk chair behind him. Marinette rolled her eyes and giggled.
"Don't I know it, silly kitty." She smiled, reaching over and ruffling his hair.
Adrien blinked up at her, eyes wide with hope, without saying any words, Marinette nodded and pulled him into a loving hug.
