Marinette sat in Dr. Fu's office drawing herself as she usually did, but this time it was a drawing of her in a dress with flowers around her. There were minimal words of self loathing and when she passed it back to him, words failed him.

"What changed?" Dr. Fu peered at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Adrien." Marinette smiled as she quietly spoke his name.

"Are you ready to talk?" Dr. Fu was shocked to hear something come out of her mouth.

Marinette shook her head and blushed as she hid in her hair.

"Are you ready to talk about Adrien?" Dr. Fu smiled at her and watched her weight the question in her mind. "I'd be fine with that."

"When will he be out of here?" Marinette worried her bottom lip.

"I can't tell you that, but I can tell you that you are well on your way home." Dr. Fu smiled at her as he made a note in her chart. "When did you start speaking?"

Marinette sighed and peered at a tissue box that was sitting on a table. She shrugged, not wanting to answer the question.

"I'm going to assume that you did months ago with Adrien." Dr. Fu made a note in her chart. "We haven't seen an outburst from him in a while. He is also eating more and scheduled to have his G-tube removed tonight. So, let's assume that he will be released eventually once he is where we want him, weight wise."

"Can you not release me before him, please?" Marinette swallowed hard as she peered into his kind eyes.

"We'll see. If you can keep him stable or get him to be stable? I don't see why you can't be discharged at the same time." Dr. Fu closed her chart and smiled at her. "But you have to talk about what happened at some point with me."

Marinette nodded and stood up. Nurse Bustier opened the door and walked her back to the common area.

Adrien was busy laughing on the smoking porch with Nino when she showed back up. It was Nino's last day and he was having one last cigarette with Adrien before he left.

"Hey." Adrien smirked at her and wrapped his arm around her shoulders, kissing her on the head.

"Hey." Marinette smiled up at him and Nino's eyes went wide.

"She's talking?" Nino was shocked as he stubbed out his cigarette, flicking it one more time out into the bushes below.

"Sometimes." Adrien smiled at her and nudged her with his shoulder.

"Thank you, Nino. For everything." Marinette hugged Nino, shocking him.

"You're welcome. I don't know what I did, but you're welcome." Nino was suddenly knocked over by a sad Alya.

Marinette giggled at them and Alya peered at her wide eyed. "You giggled!"

"She does that." Adrien rolled his eyes and Marinette pouted up at him. "What? You do."

"She also talks now." Nino burst out the words, shocking Alya.

"WHAT?" Alya stared at Marinette and walked up to her.

"Not much." Adrien crossed his arms and Marinette pushed him.

"Hi, Als." Marinette smiled and Alya suddenly embraced her, nearly knocking Adrien over.

"God." Adrien moved out of the way with a laugh. "I see I'm not wanted." He raised his hands into the air, causing Marinette to roll her eyes.

Alya let her go with a smug expression and Marinette walked up to Adrien, grabbing the front of his shirt. She pulled him down to her level. His eyes widened as she brought her lips close to his. His breathing picked up as she peered at him through her dark lashes. "You know you're always wanted." She flicked his top lip with the tip of her tongue and he groaned. She giggled and pushed him away.

"You're a bad girl." Adrien grabbed her hips and yanked her against him, causing her to feel his arousal against her.

She gasped as he spun them to press her against the banister. She giggled and bit her bottom lip as she wrapped her arms around his neck and peered up at him.

"Adrien? Are you ready to get your G-tube removed?" Nurse Bustier interrupted them.

"Yeah." Adrien spoke as he peered down at Marinette with lust filled eyes.

Marinette became sad and worried as she played with his shirt. She raised up on her toes to press her lips to his.

"I'll see you after." Adrien smiled as he let her go and she grabbed his hand.

"Can I go too?" Marinette peered over at Nurse Bustier.

"You don't want to see that." Adrien swallowed hard and watched Marinette shake her head.

"I won't leave you." Marinette was adamant that she was going to be there.

"She can go." Nurse Busier lead them back to their room.

Adrien walked into the room with Marinette and laid down on his bed.

Marinette watched her leave to grab what she needed. Once the door closed, Marinette stared at him. "Are you scared?"

"No. I want the damn thing out. I'm sick of it." Adrien sighed as he pulled his shirt up and messed with the G-tube. "This thing has been annoying me for months."

"I'm sorry that they did that to you." Marinette sighed as she looked at it.

"I get it. I don't have to like it, but I get it." Adrien rolled his eyes as Nurse Bustier came back in with a medical cart.

"This won't take long." Nurse Bustier smiled at him as she picked up a slip-tip syringe.

Marinette took Adrien's hand and stared into his eyes. She smiled at him and he focused on her. Marinette rubbed the back of his hand with her thumb.

Nurse Bustier stuck the syringe into the hard plastic port and pulled back on the plunger to withdraw the water from the balloon. "After this, you should feel a lot better. More free." She smiled at him and he nodded, glancing over at what she was doing. He watched the fluid fill the syringe and swallowed hard, looking back at Marinette.

Nurse Bustier set the syringe on the medical cart and went back to him. "You might feel slight discomfort." She smiled at him and Adrien grabbed Marinette's hand harder as Nurse Bustier pulled the tube out with a some effort.

Adrien cringed and tried to even his breathing as she pulled it out. She cleaned the area and applied a zinc oxide barrier cream around the area.

"Almost done." Nurse Bustier smiled as she placed a gauze dressing over the stoma. "It will leak some, but it should start to heal in a few hours. Until then, I want you to get some rest." She pat his leg as she put everything back on the medical cart and left. "Here's more gauze. I want you to change it whenever it gets soaked or daily for the next few weeks. It should stop leaking before then and scab over. When that happens, you don't need to dress it anymore. Showers only and daily. Don't scrub the wound." Nurse Bustier instructed him and passed him a hand full of bandages. "I would do it for you, but I have too many guests to see at the moment. I trust Marinette to keep you on your toes. We don't want an infection." Nurse Bustier winked at them and Marinette giggled at his groaning.

"Oh, one more thing." Nurse Bustier stopped at their door and peered back at them. "You can eat and drink normally and if you see some of it appear on the dressing? That's normal."

"Thank you, Ms. Bustier." Adrien smiled at her and she nodded as she left them alone.

Marinette ran her fingers around the taped gauze. "You okay?"

Adrien sighed as he peered down at it. "That wasn't the most fun thing in the world, but I'm glad the damn thing is gone."