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It was like the fluid movement of a cat.
Marinette barely had time to take in their situation before she knew Adrien would react.
He had moved so quickly, Marinette barely had time to react. She turned, her hands reached out towards him before he had moved in such a fluid motion, her fingertips had just grazed him.
Kagami didn't see it coming.
One moment, she was wrapped up in this man that she was so close to losing, and then the next moment, she ended up on the grass.
Adrien felt his heart ache, his bones had felt like solid ice and his blood ran cold. He could barely feel his fingertips and as rage coursed through his veins, Adrien had found himself running towards the man who had been undressing his girlfriend.
Marinette watched with wide eyes as Adrien yanked Luka away from Kagami, forcing her to lose her leg and tumble on to the grass.
Adrien gripped on to Luka, his hands gripping on to the neck of his shirt as he forcefully slammed him against the tree with his teeth bared.
Kagami whimpered, her body slamming against the grass. Her eyes widened as she couldn't comprehend what had just happened. It all went too fast.
Her heart sunk to her stomach the moment she spotted Adrien slamming Luka against the tree.
Kagami immediately scrambled, stumbling as she tried to put on her clothes and remain on her two feet. She attempted to worm her way in between the two men as Luka's head smacked against the bark of the tree.
"Adrien!" Kagami screeched, her heart aching in her chest as she gripped on to the back of his shirt, nearly tearing it off of him in an attempt to get him away from Luka. "Adrien stop!"
Luka grunted, a sharp pain emanating down his spine at the rough texture of the bark against his skin. His eyes widened, his fingers attempting to pry Adrien's hands away from his neck.
"Get off of me!" He grunted, wincing as the sounds of Kagami's fists could be heard permeating through Adrien's chest.
Marinette dropped her basket, chucking her shoes off of her feet so that she could run towards the commotion.
The young woman wedged herself between the both of them before Luka punched his fist into Adrien's face.
Adrien was completely blinded by anger, he could barely feel Kagami slamming her fist into his back.
He couldn't even recognize Luka, all that mattered to him in that point in time was that he was withdrawn from his girlfriend.
The blonde couldn't even fathom the pain that had started to seep into his bones, but all he knew was that it felt as if his heart was ripped clean from his chest. He could feel the tingle in his fingertips and his lips.
He had completely zoned out Kagami and for a brief moment, Adrien had felt so shocked he was sure to be numb.
He didn't care if Luka had hit him, he needed something to kick him into that boost to fight, and if someone hit him first, it would soon be the catalyst to something much more worse.
"Adrien, please!"
Her voice pierced his ears like clumsy church bells, reminding him that he had taken someone here in hopes to share something beautiful.
The fireworks already started to boom around them and Adrien finally moved his eyes away from Luka to see the young woman who had finally wedged herself between the two of them.
Marinette pressed her hands against his chest, attempting to pry him away from Luka with wide eyes.
Adrien felt his heart squeeze even more so in his chest at the sight of the fear in Marinette's face.
His heart pounded against her palm as it rested on his chest, and Adrien fell back down to earth.
Granted, he was still hurt and angry, but the thought of Marinette being scared of him hurt more than anything that bled.
Adrien could still feel Kagami's pounding, but it wasn't what motivated him to put some distance between the two of them.
Adrien immediately released Luka, stumbling back as Kagami was knocked on her ass yet again. The sound of the fireworks became faint and all Adrien could hear was a bad ringing in his ears.
He didn't want to be touched.
He didn't want to be bothered.
He needed to leave, he needed to get out. He almost wanted to vomit.
Without breathing another word, Adrien allowed Luka to drop at his knees, and the male spun around, silently rushing back down the hill before anyone could catch him.
Luka breathed, his heart aching in his chest as his blue eyes fixated on Kagami who immediately rolled over and brought herself to her feet.
"Adrien!" She called out, her voice strained against the loud bangs of the light show. "Wait!"
Kagami pleaded, taking off after Adrien and finally leaving Luka and Marinette behind.
Marinette glanced at the two, her heart sinking as Luka struggled to stand up.
"Kagami-" he breathed, leaning against the tree to help him stand.
Marinette immediately reached out, grabbing his hand and preventing him from moving any further.
"Don't," she warned, the lines under her eyes deepening as Luka glanced at her.
"Leave them alone."
Luka frowned, the inevitable sadness settling in his eyes at the sight of Marinette.
"B-But..." he stammered, facing back to where he last saw Kagami take off after Adrien. "I-I don't-"
"Do you always run off with other people's girlfriends?" Marinette interjected, her chest heaving and she tried not to allow anger to consume her.
"What were your intentions, Luka?" Marinette asked, allowing his hand to drop to his side. "To bunch two dark haired sweethearts together without any of the others knowing?"
Luka glanced back at her, the lines under his eyes deepening as it appeared that everything happening wasn't processing to him.
"Girlfriends?" Luka mused, his mouth hanging open in shock. The confusion that etched on his face was hard to miss and the male ran a hand through his hair as the blush began to crawl across his skin.
"That was her boyfriend?" Luka furrowed his brow, leaning back against the tree as his heart sank straight into his stomach acid. "I don't-" he bit his lip, glancing down.
Marinette furrowed her brow, her eyes remaining on him as the warm wind blew through her dark locks.
"Yes. That guy who was just about to pummel you? That was her boyfriend."
Luka shook his head, the shame he tried to conceal only growing more and more prominent on his features.
"Marinette, no," he whimpered, glancing back at her and leaning against the tree behind him.
"She never told me she had a boyfriend. I'm not that sort of person."
Marinette furrowed her brow, growing silent as Luka tugged at his hair.
"I swear it's not what you think. I wasn't using you, and I wasn't aware that she was already in a relationship. I'd never do that to anyone..."
"Adrien!" Kagami breathed, her heart squeezing in her chest as her eyes latched on to his back.
Adrien remained silent, his fists clenched as he willed himself further away from Kagami.
He refused to talk to her, and as far as he was concerned, she was currently dead to him.
Adrien felt guilty that he had left Marinette far off on the top of the hill, but all he could focus on was escaping the park and going home to breathe.
He felt like he was suffocating, ready to pass out if he didn't get out of the park as soon as possible.
Tears pooled in the edges of her eyes, her fingers trembling as she reached out to Adrien with a whimper of pleading.
"Adrien, please- I can explain everything-"
"Explain what?!" Adrien interjected sharply, quickly spinning over towards her to finally look at her. "To give me some bullshit excuse as to how you threw away four years to fuck some dude?!"
Kagami froze, her eyes wide as Adrien's voice rang in her ears. She could feel the hurt in the tone of his voice, but Kagami wasn't sure if she had ever felt this sort of anger towards her before.
"A-Adrien, please." Kagami pleaded, her arms wrapping around his forearm and attempting to draw him close. "We can work things out. I fucked up, I know I understand you're hurt, but we always find a way." Her voice cracked, tears spilling down her cheeks relentlessly as Kagami didn't have the intention to get caught.
Adrien clenched his jaw, his knuckles growing white as he tightened his fists and yanked her away from his arm.
"We?" Adrien mused, rage filling his chest at a rapid pace. "There is no we anymore, Kagami. We're done, its over."
Kagami widened her eyes, her heart running too fast for her to keep up. She shook her head, reaching out to him again.
"A-Adrien, no. I can't lose you!" She cried. "We've spent four years together. We can figure this out. We always figure something out." Kagami pleaded, her face growing red.
"You wasted four years of my life, Kagami." Adrien replied, his voice remaining firm and sharp. "Don't stand here, and make me feel fucked because I'm ready to leave. You violated my trust, and if I'm being honest, I don't care to hear an explanation."
Kagami shook her head, her heart squeezing in her chest as she couldn't let it go.
She simply couldn't.
She had worked so hard to keep him here, and from the start Kagami knew she couldn't lose him. She refused to lose him.
"No, please don't leave. Let me explain everything." Kagami pleaded once more, her vision blurry as she tried to reach out to him.
Adrien glanced up, his cheeks pink with rage and for a brief moment, he didn't even notice Marinette and Luka returning from down the hill.
The very sight of Luka tore Adrien to pieces. Even though Kagami was standing in front of him, all Adrien could envisage was her wrapped around him tautly while the two sat alone on the hill.
In the place that solidified their relationship when they started watching the fireworks together as a couple.
"Don't follow me." Adrien breathed, his eyes lowering down to Kagami as he tried to calm his nerves. He knew Marinette would be around and the last thing he wanted to do was scare her again.
Before Kagami could even utter a protest, Adrien had turned his back to her, awkwardly stumbling out of the grass before his sneakers touched the pavement and he began down a path where he knew his bodyguard would be parked.
Marinette sighed, a grimace on her features as this was supposed to be a nice night to enjoy fireworks. It was meant to distract him from the hurt that Kagami inflicted, but he instead found more hurt in her.
Kagami turned, her tear filled eyes glaring at Marinette as she ignored both Kagami and Luka. She brushed passed the both of them, holding her snack basket close to her as she tried to catch up with Adrien.
Leaving the both of them behind, Marinette was sure Kagami had a lot of explaining to do with both Luka and Adrien.
Marinette also felt horrible that she didn't give Luka the chance to speak his side of the story, but all that mattered to her was that she'd keep Kagami as far away from Adrien as best as she could.
Granted, Marinette believed in Luka. There was something sneaky about Kagami that told her she didn't exactly disclose to Luka that she was in a long committed relationship with Adrien.
It only made sense, during the many experiences she's had with Kagami, she always covered it up and painted over it to manipulate Adrien into thinking he had been making the whole thing up.
She wasn't surprised to say the least.
Marinette rounded a corner, her eyes locked on to the back of Adrien's head as she picked up the pace, eager to move closer to him as she could hear the faint cries of Kagami leaving far behind her.
Adrien felt empty, he almost felt like he could crawl into his bed and sleep for a couple of days.
He wanted to ignore the world, he wanted to sink into the bed and become a fossil of what he once was.
Adrien wasn't sure if he could put on a brave face for his wedding ceremony the next morning.
The male sat impassively on the edge of his bed. He glanced at his lap, his ears ringing loudly, drowning out the sounds of the shower that emanated from their bathroom.
Guilt began to settle into his stomach as he hadn't realised that Marinette stained her thighs and her dress with mud and grass in her desperate attempt to separate him and Luka.
After a few moments of awkward silence and Adrien's internal screaming, Marinette excused herself to another shower before she had planned to climb into the bed for the night.
Adrien glanced up, his green eyes remaining on the closed door of the bathroom, he could hear the sound of Marinette's voice echoing throughout the bathroom as she showered and for a moment a surge of depravity coursed through his veins.
There was a strange twinge in his chest and Adrien gripped on to the sheets below him. There was nothing more than Adrien could have craved more. He wanted to indulge in a bit of comfort and warmth. He was desperate to get anything that would allow him to feel once more.
Adrien was tempted to stand up, allow himself and tangle himself into Marinette. He wanted to hold her into his arms tightly, bury his face into her neck all the while burying himself inside of her, not taking into account either of their lack of experience.
But he couldn't do that to her.
Adrien wouldn't use Marinette to briefly forget about the pain he was enduring due to Kagami's infidelity.
Marinette deserved better than that.
Adrien exhaled, closing his eyes as he felt so insignificant. It felt like a hole had formed into his chest, and he was struggling with such a painful void that made it impossible to breathe.
He didn't want to send himself into a panic attack and keep himself up all night.
He reached up, clutching his chest as his throat tightened but he refused to cry.
Kagami wasn't worth crying over even if she did waste four years of his life. They wasted so much time, he believed in so many of her empty promises.
He had so many questions. He wanted to know how long she had been doing this. He wanted to know why she felt it was necessary to leave him high and dry, and then leave him into an abyss that swallowed him whole that left him with an overwhelming feeling of dread.
Adrien felt like he wasn't good enough.
He felt like such a huge disappointment and dare he say that perhaps it was his fault.
Was it possible that he drove Kagami into the arms of another man?
Adrien had never felt so confused and abandoned in his life.
He had a similar feeling when his mother dissapeared.
He had questioned his self worth, wondering why he couldn't even keep his own mother to stay with him.
It almost felt like he had been swallowed up completely into a dark place, left to cope with the issues all by himself like he grew up to believe.
He was always by himself, and when things broke his heart, he had to teach himself how to go through with it, all the while putting a smile on his face and enduring it the best he could.
Adrien had every intention to do so this time around. He didn't have his mother and since he lost his mother, he never had a father around either.
What made this circumstance any different?
Adrien was wrapped up in himself. He had placed himself into his own world where he couldn't concentrate on anything but the pain that started to grow from his soul.
He could no longer claim he was numb, as the emotions that threatened to spill from his chest had started to grow overbearing.
Adrien wanted to believe he was enough, but at the end of the day he was simply too tired of being let down.
It was possible he never deserved anything more.
The male inhaled, struggling to keep himself from screaming. All he could see was his mother leaving and never coming back.
All he could see was his father turning his back on him.
All he could see was Kagami wrapped tightly around Luka underneath the stars where they shared their first kiss.
Adrien was angry, he was confused, he was hurt and the heat the coursed through him had become extraordinary.
"Hey- Hey-" Marinette's voice suddenly emanated through him.
Adrien froze, feeling Marinette lightly wrap her hands around his wrist and tug them away from his hair.
Adrien frowned, unaware that he had been tugging at his hair when Marinette exited from the bathroom.
Marinette sat beside him with a grimace, her hand gently running up and down his back.
The two sat quiet as neither of them knew what they wanted to say to each other.
Marinette knew the better option would be to say nothing and let him speak if he felt comfortable to. She understood he had been through a lot, and if he wasn't ready to talk she wouldn't push any buttons. All she really wanted to do was comfort him in any way she could without overstepping boundaries.
Adrien was ashamed.
He was ashamed she saw that side of him. He was embarrassed that all he ever did was proclaim his love for this girl, only for them to both catch her cheating.
The more Adrien thought about it, the more questions came to arise, and that only ever seemed to build his anxiety.
It made him sick to his stomach.
"Marinette..." Adrien breathed, slowly shifting his gaze to her. "I'm sorry for scaring you. I just...I just got so angry. That's a face I never make."
Marinette reached up, her hand lightly touching his face.
She wanted to lean up and kiss him.
She wanted to kiss him so bad, but she knew this certainly wasn't the right time.
She wouldn't take advantage of his vulnerability.
"You don't have to apologize." Marinette whispered, her thumb lightly gliding across his cheek as she tried to offer him a warm smile.
"I've been where you are. Let me tell you, I wouldn't wish this on my worse enemy."
Adrien's grimace only grew deeper as he remembered his scummy cousin cheated on Marinette.
He could still see Marinette's face when she learned the news and he could still hear her sobs ringing in his ears.
Marinette gasped, her heart squeezing in her chest as Adrien swathed his arms around her, drawing her body impossibly close to his in a taut and warm embrace
