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WHAT. A. WEEK. with the return to school after a LONG half term im finally back with assessments, ton loads of homework and constant questions about my book (wow seems like my account really reaches far...)
also i just wanted to say THANK YOU ALL SM FOR EVERYTHING, i LOVE just walking down the lane at 7am, switching on my phone and coming back to the HUNDREDS of messages and oneshot requests from y'all (honestly i legit have been HIT by a wave of requests so just for my own sanity and wellbeing i've put all requests on hold because DAMN IDK IT WAS GON BE THAT MANY, i'll resume them soon or at least when i get towards the end of this book).
ILY ALL TO PIECES YOU LIL BEANS, I COULDNT DO ANY OF THIS WITHOUT YOU ALL AND I CANT THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH- THE RANKINGS OF THIS BOOK IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! ranked #705 out of 9.1k stories under 'Lust' and #466 out of 9.6k stories under 'Marichat', which has made me SO HAPPY I LITERALLY SCREAMED FOR 5 MINUTES STRAIGHT WHEN I SAW THAT
(honestly i need to calm my hyper ass down and get some therapy-)
(lil announcement: archive of our own profile is now up! link is on my linktree in my about)
*i still haven't gotten my lemon cheesecake yet, one week later... *
Marinette's POV:
"Well you both are going to have LOTS of explaining to, Dupain-Cheng and Agreste" A familiar voice resonated around the room, I instantly whip my head around, not caring I had hit Adrien in the eye with my hair as I turned, and saw Alya framed in my kitchen doorway and seemed to be... FILMING?!
I snatched her phone, stopped the recording and re played it-;I was surprised about how long she had been standing there filming me and Adrien- who was in a daze and seemed like he was in his own world daydreaming- making out against the faw wall of the kitchen.
I wondered for how long this crazy bitch ad been stalking me and Adrien ever since we both revealed our identities and became much closer than before, fortunately the answer was right under my nose- literally- Alya's phone buzzed and a notification from her Adrienet- WHAT- "WOAH WOAH WHAT IS THAT!? GIRL YOU ARE GONNA HAVE WAY MORE EXPLAINING THAN TO DO THAN ME AND ADRIEN COMBINED'' I practically shouted at her in anger, honestly I love Alya to pieces, she's been my absolute best friend since 8th grade and I couldn't have done LOADS of things without her, but sometimes I wonder if her brain even functions well.
I understand that she is kinda happy (well I guess she is, even though she shouted when she caught me and Adrien together...) that I've finally gotten more myself around Adrien and that we've gotten closer than before how we were in 8th grade, however she REALLY needs to control her curiosities and not get in too deep with all the details between Adrien and I. Ever since the reveal she had gone completely INSANE and started making a new blog behind my back about this whole 'Love Square' thing- trust me I'm no expert when it comes to romance so I had absolutely NO clue what this was all about.
"I guess it's probably time to tell you what's been going on the last few weeks... soo head to the Cafe?" I asked, she and Adrien agreed as we all made our way out, I had completely forgotten that my ankle still hurt like hell and without surprise Adrien lifted me up and carried me in his arms while discreetly kissing my forehead lightly, earning him a peck on the cheek in return.
Alya's POV:
I honestly feared Marinette finding out about the secret Love Square blog I had made, and now she knows I'm practically so fucking scared- literally FEARING for my life at this point. The three of us make our way back to the Cafe without a single word. We got our seats and sat down, staring at each other as if we were total strangers until Marinette finally opened her mouth to say something. I was half expecting her to reach across the table, slap me and lecture me about the shit I had made and probably ditch me. Sweat trickled down the back of my neck, my throat dry as I braced myself for Marinette.
"So... uh, Alya... what the actual fuck was that blog about?" she questioned me, unimpressed
"Well... uhh.. ever since the huge reveal so many people were tryna understand the uh relationship between you two so I decided to make a blog to explain it..." I mumbled while fiddling with the ladybug charm on my phone, what Marinette did next surprised me so much, she shuffled next to me and hugged me, I was so startled as I was expecting the completely opposite reaction from her- Adrien seemed almost as startled as I was.
"Alya, I honestly don't mind you writing about my relationships and the whole new 'Love Square' thingy, but you should've told me and Adrien first to see if we were okay with it."
"So... you're not mad at me?" I quickly asked her, confused yet relieved that she didn't seem annoyed.
"Nope, not really but we still need to see if Adrien approves..." She said while turning to him.
Adrien's POV:
Marinette's reaction honestly really came out of the blue, I was expecting her to be REALLY pissed at Alya knowing how hot-headed she normally is, but I guess when it comes to her best friend she reacts differently, to be honest I was fine with Alya sharing me and Marinette's relationship so I agreed and everything was fine again.
While Marinette and Alya were busy talking about... honestly I have no clue, I got kinda lost in my thoughts about Mari. I realised that all the trouble and peril she gets caught up in is quite serious- both as Ladybug and her civilian form- but there's something about the way she deals with problems that concerns me. Whenever she feels down or anything she just masks it; gets caught up with all the laughter outside and forgets about the pain, but takes it out on herself while she's alone.
I remembered when her and Luka had broken up after 3 and years of dating and I had went to visit her on her balcony just to see how she was doing, thank god I had looked through her skylight or she probably would never had been here today, she was leaning over the sink in her bathroom (she'd left the door open giving me a perfect view of what was going on) and had a razor in her hand, she was cutting deep into the skin of her arm, wincing with pain, which gushed out with blood...
And that's when everything clicked.
That had completely explained the substantial amount of scars on her hand and arm, the reason she mostly wore long sleeved shirts, tops and dresses and the reason why she was always so self-conscious about her arms: always having them folded with the scars and cuts out of everyone's sight.
I couldn't bear to see her doing this to herself, I love her more than anything and losing her would drain the remaining hope right out of me- I already lost my mom and only cousin, I can't lose Marinette, she's all I have left- I couldn't take it anymore so I rapidly and firmly knocked on her skylight, loud enough for her to hear.
She diverted her attention from the razor in her hand to me and instantly turned pale, she scurried around her room in an attempt to hid what she was doing and finally had opened the skylight to let me in, we had a serious conversation afterwards- I was on the verge of crying while explaining how SHE was all I had left- and I decided to stay with her for the rest of that autumn evening so make sure she didn't do anything.
While she wasn't looking I had taken the only razor she had and hid it behind me, luckily she didn't realise and was completely oblivious to what I had just done, I then decided to call it a night and waved goodbye to her, jumping across the rooftops of Paris into the starry night.
"Hello... Earth to Adrien" Marinette's voice rang in my ears and I was finally brought back to my senses, Alya had left already, leaving me and Mari in the Cafe. She suggested we both head to her house which was just around the corner, she had a vague, sly smirk on her face and that's when I knew she was gonna be up to something as she grabbed me by my hand...
i'm beginning to get the hang of this! over 1300 words for this chapter, next one is gonna have the long awaited surprise in it...
just wanted to say that this book is also available to view on Archive Of Our Own now, under the account @mlb_marichatstories and recently i've had quite a few suggestions that i should either make a sequel to this book or turn it into a series...
well my decision is: SERIESSSS, yup this book is part 1 of 3 books in my new series "Where Love and Lust Meet" and the next 2 books will be published presumably towards the end of this year/early 2022 as I will need to plan, write and edit EVERYTHING all from scratch.
thank you all sm for EVERYTHING you lil beans, the rankings, votes, reads- everything honestly ILY TO PIECES
ight i'll see y'all tomorrow for the next chapter, STAY MIRACULOUS...
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