a/n:4. CHAPTERS. LEFT. i honestly am really looking forward to sharing the last two chapters which ive already planned out as they are my FAVOURITE ones. lots of you have been asking whether i use songs as inspiration for some of my chapters and YES i do, i sometimes take parts of lyrics and use them in my chapters or use the theme of a certain song and base that around a chapter. i rarely do that and only use it as a last resort when i have nothing planned or have no motivation.uhh tw: mentions of self harm and character death (nts ab the character death one, honestly idek whether this is one anymore because most of you are like 'wait- WHYS THERE NO TW' on things i don't think need one but anyways here we go...)

Marinette's POV:

I remembered the morning I had woken up on the day of the fight, my first instinct was to just pull my covers over my head and go back to sleep, however this voice in my head was telling me to get my lazy ass up and go to confront that bitch Luka.

I honestly should've listened to my heart instinct…

I practically dragged Adrien into my car after I realised just how serious his injuries were, honestly I never would've thought Luka would hurt him to that extent all due to PURE jealousy. I started the car and drove to the so-called nearest hospital, which definitely wasn't a 2 and a half hour drive away.

Around an hour into the drive there, we still hadn't exchanged a word. Just dead silence with the distant roaring of car engines as we approached the main road.

As much as I tried to focus on my driving and getting Adrien over to the hospital, this constant thought of why Luka had decided to just… sabotage him like that was bouncing around in my head, Adrien has been through a lot- WAY more than you probably think- and I never wanted him to get hurt, just for me.

I felt a light tap on my leg and glanced down to see Adrien's hand resting on my knee, I looked to the side to see him watching my driving intently while smiling, honestly this boy never fails to make my heart melt with that smile of his.

15 minutes later we'd finally arrived and he'd been taken into this special ward or whatever. The only thing that concerned me wasn't the strong alcohol scent filling the corridor, but the fact that I couldn't stay with him, not even a few minutes. A sudden wave of dread washed over me as I realised this could be the last time I ever see him…

The last time… ever…

Tears welled up in my eyes however I blinked them back and watched as he was taken away, I trudged out of the exit, finally releasing a breath I hadn't even realised I was holding in and finally let the crisp air fill my lungs after being stuck in that corridor which smelled like bleach or some shit.

I rang Alya and told her everything that had happened, since Adrien was going to be stuck in hospital for at least a week or two I decided to stay at Alya's, considering the fact the bakery would be dead as hell without him.

After I hung up the phone I finally stepped into my car and let out a loud sigh. I realised just how much of an important part Adrien played in my life. He brought life to the bakery after my parents had left, he brought light to my life when I was at my darkest points.

I can't imagine life without…

Him…

Adrien's POV:

The strong stench of alcohol and rubber.

Bright blinding lights shining in my eyes.

Plunged into darkness…

I awoke to find myself alone in a ward, I immediately panicked when I realised Marinette wasn't next to me and grabbed my phone from the side table, which I only realised existed now, and dialled her number as fast as I could, turns out she left a message for me, I definitely play a huge role in her life…

M:hey! im so sorry i couldnt stay w you, the ppl there wouldnt let me, honestly idk why but anyways when you get any updates of when youre leaving or just wanna talk then message me, ill be over at alya's since the bakery is practically nothing without you. ly to pieces x

My heart fluttered the minute I read the last few words…

'the bakery is practically nothing without you…'

I can't believe I had gotten myself into this shit but it was all for Marinette, I wouldn't even do this for my father, considering the fact he doens't even give a fuck about me anymore, was way too focused on my now dead cousin, Félix.

After my mother passed away I felt worthless, she was everything to me- my source of sunlight in the dark- every day that passed I would sit in the mini memorial garden my father had made for her, which an elegant statue of her was placed in, and just let all the memories of us as a happy family flood back through.

My father didn't help when mother passed away, he was always shut up in his office and would never even talk to me, not even sit with me at breakfast, lunch or dinner. Nothing. As if he were nonexistent, not going to school didn't help either, I was only 14 back then, had nobody to talk to, 3 years really makes a difference, one year since leaving my home I'm finally living the life I always dreamed of living, finally escaped from the barriers my father placed on me- emotionally and physically, only because he cared about HIMSELF and his company, not my health.

Back when mother was alive I was still modeling, but after she had died, so did my health. I lost too much weight and the consequences of also doing self harm weighed heavily on me, I was on the brink of death...

I brought my attention back to my phone and typed out a message for Mari, I realised this was the day I would tell her everything; the absolute truth.

I would have to be the one to tell her…

...It's now or never…

Marinette's POV (two weeks later, the day Adrien had been discharged):

My phone buzzed on the nightstand and I instantly grabbed it, I hadn't been able to sleep all night and it was currently 4am. I was staying in the spare room in Alya's apartment, not gonna lie it was kinda cozy.

My heart skipped a beat when I read the contact name the message was from

'Adrien….'

I sat bolt upright, not realising that Tikki was sleeping on my chest and almost flung her into the heater opposite me. I heard a muffled scream come from her and quickly apologised.

I opened the message eagerly, he had finally replied to the one I had sent him two weeks ago.

M:hey! im so sorry i couldnt stay w you, the ppl there wouldnt let me, honestly idk why but anyways when you get any updates of when youre leaving or just wanna talk then message me, ill be over at alya's since the bakery is practically nothing without you. ly to pieces xA:hey mari, i'm finally leaving today! i've missed you so much but theres something we need to talk about, kinda urgent.A:can you come pick me up alone, without alya or nino?

I scrunch my face up and bit my lip at the previous message

'theres something we need to talk about….'

'...kinda urgent'

I knew he wasn't joking around or anything, besides why would he want to worry me for something that is probably just a joke?

I quietly got out of bed, making an effort to not wake Alya and Nino who were still both asleep in the next room. I got changed and grabbed everything I possibly could need while heading towards the kitchen to grab something to eat.

Waking up Alya was the least of my problems as the minute I flicked on the light switch, she was already sitting at the table, sipping her coffee.

"Woah you're up early Mari, where you heading to?"

"Adrien just messaged me, seems kinda urgent and he said that I should go and pick him up."

"At 4:32am? Damn he's definitely not joking, you better head out"

"Yeah, ight I'll see you Later Al, love you bitch" I hugged her and left the kitchen to head for the front door. I carefully opened the front door and stepped out into the bitter morning air, what could possibly have been so urgent that Adrien needed me to come immediately at 4am?

*time skip to two hours later when Marinette finally got Adrien out of the hospital and are nearly at the bakery brought to you by Argos express delivery*

I saw Adrien sitting patiently at the front sofa of the hospital, he glanced up from looking at the ground and when he laid eyes on me, I realised just how bad I fucked up with this whole revenge plan- Adrien's face was a ghostly pale white and his emerald green eyes glimmered with sadness, longing for comfort- nevertheless, a huge smile spread across his face. He ran towards me and I opened my arms to catch him in a hug. I held him close as if he were to disappear into thin air. He pulled away and whispered

"I'm so glad to see you again, princess"

My heart fluttered at the nickname he used and I gave him a warm smile, with a light kiss on his forehead. I clutched his hand which was stone cold and guided him out of the hospital, his vision must've been blurry or some shit as the minute we stepped out, he was SO close to walking right into a lamppost.

I guided him to my car and finally sat down in the driver's seat, starting the engine and heading towards the bakery.

*back at the bakery*

I flung the front door open and staggered into the living room with half of Adrien's body weight weighed against my shoulder, I placed him down on the sofa and went off into the kitchen. I had a throbbing headache presumably due to the fact it was a few minutes past 6am and I had forgotten to have coffee while I was still at Alya's.

Speaking of Alya, I fished my phone out of my jacket pocket and messaged her, saying that me and Adrien wouldn't be coming into school today, there was no way I would turn up on a Wednesday morning, two days after the fight looking like some sleep deprived bitch who stayed up all night, too worried to close her eyes all because Luka was being a jealous motherfucker and would do ANYTHING to ruin mine and Adrien's relationship.

I made some coffee for both me and Adrien and managed to walk back to the living room without collapsing midway due to how DEAD I genuinely felt, I placed the pot on the table in front of us and fell back into the cozy fabric of the sofa.

There was the faint shuffling of Adrien moving around on the sofa with his head near my thigh and then silence.

Dead silence.

Several minutes passed and after a while the silence became too much for me to handle, so I decided to move a little and that's when Adrien finally lifted his head up, rubbing his eyes vigorously and then staring at me. He laid his head back down on my leg and I leaned forward to try and pour myself some coffee before I fainted right there.

I couldn't stop thinking about how much shit I had got Adrien into, I was annoyed with myself, wait that's an understatement- I was SO pissed with myself how could I have let Adrien just interfere and get himself injured. To add to the pain of being vexed with myself, Adrien's vision definitely was not good as he pretty much asked me the most stupidest question

"What is this? Some sort of potion?" He frowned at the unfamiliar liquid set before him.

"It's a few shots of espresso and some milk. We can call it a Potion of Wake the Fuck Up if you want, but it ain't magical." I seethed through clenched teeth before taking a sip from my cup

That definitely must've come out wrong as Adrien lifted his head to take a good look at me with his eyebrows raised.

"I-i didn't mean for it to be said like that, look I'm just really annoyed with myself, I literally let you get hurt and ugh I just feel like such a bad girlfriend.." I mumbled, stumbling on my words

"Who cares about one little mistake? We all make them, besides as long as both you and I made it out alive from that fight then everything is fine.

"This doesn't qualify as little! Stop protecting your ego, and help me make this right. Honestly YOU could've died, that cut down the middle of your head - I don't fucking know how Luka did that but anyways- it was so deep and you probably haven't realised you have a huge STITCH mark down the middle of your forehead" I fumed at him, quicky apologizing for how rude it seemed.

Adrien was so unbothered by all the chaos going on, the one phrase he said just kept on bouncing around and around in my head.

'my priority is you, princess…'

a/n:i am currently writing this at exactly 12am but anyways we're just gonna pretend that im definitely not gonna mess up my sleep schedule for the… idk how many times ive fucked it up but we still go w the flow.my tumblr page is finally set up and ready to go, available to view in my linktree and i will be using it more often than instagram so keep an eye out for updates.just wanted to say that if any of you need any support or feel like you need a safe place to talk,then my account is always an option, any questions or concerns then just message me, even if you think you're probably bothering me, still send me an email or message through any of my social profiles (apart from quotev as i don't use that anymore and won't receive messages) and i will try my very best to reply as quick as i canstay miraculous 3(word count: 2476)