Note: THIS CHAPTER HAS DRAMATICALLY CHANGED! :)
This was really hard to write and while researching fencing... I felt a lot like Marinette in Riposte. HAHA Anyway, thank you for all of the amazing reviews! And thank you for reading, following and favoriting this story. And thank you again, twinkletrick for requesting this story! It wouldn't have existed without you asking me to write it. ^-^
Adrien sat in the locker room of his old high school and grabbed his mask from his bag. He carried it out with him, along with his rapier.
He suddenly looked up from the floor and saw Kagami standing in an all red outfit that was similar to her old one. His lips parted and his eyes scanned over her. She filled the fencing knickers, jacket, and breastplate out better than she used to.
Kagami smiled at him. "You know… If you want to stare at me for hours… you could just take a picture…"
Adrien blushed and rubbed the back of his neck. "I-" He sighed and slumped. "I have no excuse."
"Uh-huh." Kagami clicked her tongue with a laugh. "I suggest you get to stretching and practicing your moves, because your girl will be here in a few moments. Unless, you'd rather have me instead." She looked away from him, slyly, and began to flex her rapier and bend over to stretch out her legs and sides.
He was taken aback by how forward she was. Adrien shook his head, raised his arms over his head, and stretched them out.
"So, do you have a plan for how this is going to go?" Kagami looked over at Adrien.
"I was kind of hoping you did." Adrien smiled through his teeth in an awkward manner and Kagami rolled her eyes with a chuckle.
"I think it'd be better if I didn't tell you and let it be a surprise." Kagami winked at him and he swallowed hard.
He rolled his head from side to side and heard the door open.
Kagami smiled and walked up to him. She touched his shoulder and watched past him for Marinette to stare at them.
Kagami leaned into his ear. "She's here." Her voice caressed his ear and he suddenly felt uncomfortable.
Adrien slipped his mask over his head and turned to face her.
Kagami slipped her red mask over her face and watched Adrien walk over to Marinette.
"You came." Adrien lead her to sit on a bench.
"I was curious. I thought there would be a lot of people here though." Marinette bit her bottom lip and noticed Kagami going through different moves. "Seeing, as how the last person I saw in an all red uniform was Kagami… I take it, that's her."
"Yeah." Adrien shrugged like it was no big deal. "Make sure you watch closely, Bugaboo. You get to decide who touches who first."
Marinette was confused, but she sat and watched them, anyway. She thought it was supposed to be an actual tournament with lots of people. Not a private show where she had to decide who touched who first.
"Ready?" Adrien called out and flexed his rapier, as he walked over to Kagami.
"Ready." Kagami got into the starting stance and readied her rapier.
"Ready, Mari?" Adrien called out to her and moved his mask, revealing his neon peridot eyes.
Marinette nodded and felt her heart quicken.
Adrien smirked and flung his mask back down. "Let's do this."
"Pret!" Kagami and Adrien yelled out. "Allez!"
Kagami lunged and Adrien perried the attack. Kagami swung her body around him, while disengaging and slowly slid her hand along his upper back, before she lunged at him again and he barely parried it.
"Someone's getting a little distracted." Kagami chuckled and parried his attack.
Adrien backed her into a column and she smiled up at him, as her body pressed against his. She brought her lips dangerously close to his. He searched from her eyes to her lips. She suddenly swung around to counter him.
"Gotta be quicker than that, Agreste." Kagami flirted and Adrien disengaged her parry.
"I could say the same to you." Adrien smirked inside his mask.
Marinette watched with wide eyes and her blood boiled every time she saw Kagami touch him, even slightly.
Kagami pushed him against a wall, she pressed her body against him once more, and ran her thigh between his legs, he bit his bottom lip and blocked her attack with his rapier, before pushing her back. Marinette glared at Kagami and tried to follow them around the gym, but they moved so fast.
They were even better at it than she remembered from High School. Every lunge was parried perfectly and every parry was either disengaged or riposted. It was all too fast and too confusing and suddenly Marinette found herself back into her teenage shoes.
Adrien saw an opening and lunged, but Kagami was just as fast. Marinette found herself at a loss for who touched who first.
Adrien dropped his rapier down to his side and Kagami mirrored him. He pushed his mask up, as did Kagami.
"Who touched who first?" Adrien looked at a confused Marinette.
Kagami bounced from one foot to the next, anxiously awaiting her answer.
"Um…" Marinette touched her bottom lip and Adrien looked at her with interested eyes and a smug smile. He knew she didn't know.
"I-" Marinette looked frantically from Kagami to Adrien.
"You can always, abstain, Mari." Adrien hinted. "But I think Kagami touched me first." He looked over at Kagami.
Kagami smirked at him and slowly walked closer to him. She slid her index finger between his pecs and he lowered his eyelids at her. "I think I touched you many times, Agreste."
Kagami wrapped her arms around his neck and Adrien looked down at her like he was helpless. He stroked her cheek to her neck with the back of his hand and brought his lips close to hers.
Marinette felt heat rise within her and she clenched her fists until her knuckles turned white.
"It was Adrien, okay?!" Marinette closed her eyes and screamed out. "It's always been Adrien! There I said it! Now, stop touching him!"
"Why should I? You don't want him. You're the one trying to decide between two men! If I was you, it'd clearly be Adrien!" Kagami put her foot down with her hands on her hips. "Why's it so hard to choose?! You know the answer, yet you're not letting yourself decide! And why?!" Kagami scoffed. "You're afraid of hurting someone?! Fuck it! People get hurt all the time! It's love! So, if you don't want Adrien? I'll take him." Kagami shrugged.
Adrien looked at Kagami with parted lips, in shock. He didn't think she would have gone that far.
"In fact… We're going on a date." Kagami looked at a shocked Adrien. She shut his mouth with her finger and thumb beneath his chin. "Tomorrow night." She winked at him, so that he was the only one that saw it.
Adrien smirked and touched Kagami's shoulder. "That's right. Tomorrow night. It's gonna be the best date I've ever had. No drama… Just me and my girl, here."
Kagami wrapped her arm around Adrien's elbow.
"You can't-" Marinette was furious and hurt.
"Ah! I can." Kagami used her finger to talk. "You didn't claim him! You haven't picked him yet. He's open to dating… I'll date him. You have no say, Marinette. He's still available and well wanted in Paris. Remember that."
Marinette stood there dumbfounded and broken. Adrien just shrugged and grabbed his bag to leave.
Kagami walked away after grabbing her bag. "And… you did touch first." Kagami whispered in Adrien's ear with her hand on his shoulder. "You've gotten better, Agreste."
"Thank you, Kagami." Adrien nodded at her, before turning to an angry Marinette.
Marinette huffed and clenched and unclenched her fists.
"Mari? Marinette?" Adrien softly spoke to her with an outstretched hand and his mask in his other arm.
She turned to look at him with anger in her eyes. "How could you?! Invite me to judge you and… and … HER!" She gestured to where Kagami had disappeared to.
"She was only trying to help, Mari. You've taken years to figure this shit out… How am I supposed to wait any longer?" Adrien talked with his hands, exhausted.
"I-" Marinette calmed down a bit and took a deep breath. "I'm sorry. I-"
"Didn't know I could be taken so easily? Mari… I've been waiting since we were thirteen…" Adrien sighed and took her hands in his. "How long has Luka waited?"
Marinette blushed and looked away. "But he's so talented, and nice, and caring… and he compliments me… He plays guitar… and he sings…"
Adrien rolled his eyes and dropped her hands. "If you don't decide soon, Bugaboo… I'll have to give up. Whether I want to or not." He walked into the locker room to grab his bag and came back out to Marinette. "To be honest. I am available. I will take her on that date tomorrow. And to answer your question... " He peered over his shoulder at her. "No, I didn't sleep with Kagami. We danced. I kissed her. She took me to her apartment. We talked. About you. She made me dinner… I left. I regret kissing her and it had nothing on yours. I'm sorry, but, until you figure this shit out... I'm done." He threw his bag over his shoulder and walked out the door, leaving Marinette standing alone again.
Marinette stood in silence and let tears fall down her cheeks. How could she be so stupid?
Marinette suddenly became determined, stomped after him, and grabbed him by his upper arm and yanked him to her.
She peered up at a shocked Adrien with red rimmed eyes. "And you don't think I waited since I was thirteen for you to notice, ME?!"
He jumped back at her accusation.
"You were the one! Who always said I was just a friend! Just a friend! I stumbled around you!" She poked him in the chest. "I couldn't even get ONE sentence out coherently! I blushed every time I was around you! And what did you do? You didn't even… notice." Marinette burst out in tears. "For years! YEARS! This went on! Can you blame me for looking at Luka? Can you BLAME me!" She pointed at her own chest. "For wanting to give up or for moving on?! I filled my bedroom with your photos! I went out of my way to watch every single damn photoshoot! I cheered you on at your tournaments!" She began to sob between her words, as her heart shattered. "And now, you're going to date… HER! A girl, you fought once! You barely know her!"
Adrien sighed and looked at her with an unamused expression and crossed his arms across his chest. "So, What's holding you back? Hm?"
"I-" Marinette's words caught in her throat.
"Exactly. I may have been in denial. But if I had not been blinded by a certain bug? I would have made my move on you years ago, Marinette." Adrien glared at her and stood his ground. "I was afraid of losing you as a friend! You're the closest friend I had, okay?! Besides Nino and Ladybug. But seeing as how we both know, who that is… I'd say your a pretty damn good, FRIEND!" Adrien stomped his foot down and leaned into her.
Marinette threw her fists at her sides and let out a frustrated scream. "YOU! YOU!" She shook her finger at him.
"Me what?!" Adrien got closer to her.
"I could just-" Marinette shook with anger.
"Do it! I'd like to see you try." Adrien dared her with his body language. He towered over her and glared into her blue bell eyes.
Marinette searched his eyes and frowned. She yanked him by his fencing jacket and her lips were on his. He groaned and lifted her up around his waist and walked them back into the school and into the locker room.
She fumbled with his fencing jacket, not knowing how to get rid of it.
Adrien helped her by undoing the velcro and unzipping it, before slipping it off. Marinette's hands were in his hair, while he slipped off the straps that went up and over his shoulders from the waistband of his fencing knickers. Marinette ran her tongue along his and he moaned and slammed her back into the wall. He undid the fencing knickers and they fell to his ankles.
Marinette stopped kissing him and looked him in the eyes. "We should stop. You're going on a date tomorrow… and I'm going to regret this because it's in vain. I don't want this…" She gestured between them. "To ever be out of hate. As fun as, this is." She gripped at his white undershirt.
Adrien panted and pressed his lips together. "And if I don't want to stop?" He brushed her lips with his.
Marinette shook her head. "I need to get back home. I have to get ready for you father's showcase. You of all people should know it's coming up and you have to meet Kagami tomorrow."
Adrien reluctantly set her down and began to slide on his jeans from his bag. Marinette left the locker room and Adrien took that moment to slam his fist into a locker. His knuckles began to bleed, but he didn't care. He fell into a crouch, held his hair in his hands, and fell apart again, taking hard breaths in anger.
Song I wrote to:
Say Amen by Panic! At the Disco
Victorious by Panic! At the Disco