Marinette has had enough.
No matter how hard she tried to fix things with Adrien, he would always find a way to make her regret trying in the first place. So she did what was best for her; stopped trying. Everyone thought they were an inseparable force. Apparently, five years of marriage were able to separate them.
Not completely though, they were still living together, but Marinette felt as if she was living all alone.
They never talk, unless they're arguing over the smallest things.
They sleep in separate rooms.
Each one is responsible for their own laundry and groceries.
They don't eat together anymore.
And that's why Marinette sat all alone in the kitchen, trying to finish her food and hurry to her room before Adrien arrives. She didn't want to see him, or his grumpy face.
He was eating dinner somewhere out with god-knows who. At that point, she couldn't care less. Their marriage was over and the only thing left was his sign on their divorcement papers.
Oh about that, he was supposed to sign them yesterday but he ignored her as usual. With that, Marinette decided to wait for him and throw the papers at his face the same way he threw his ring at her two weeks ago.
He wasn't sure how or when they drifted apart. It was sometime last year when he started arriving home late. One day he went back home to find Marinette sleeping in the other room with all of her stuff there too.
He tried to ask her what was wrong but she ignored him. So he figured she was doubting him.
What happened to her? She used to trust him with her life, she knew he would never lie to her and she still wanted to make a big deal out of it.
So Adrien did what was best for him; he stopped trying.
If she wanted to sleep somewhere else, then so be it. He won't complain.
If she wanted to ignore him, then he'd give her a taste of her own medicine.
And since that, things got worse and worse. And Adrien couldn't find a way to talk to Marinette without ending up fighting, they lived together in their house but he felt so lonely in her company.
If 18-year-old Chat Noir looked at the way he was living with his love life right now, he would have lost interest in life itself. Good thing he doesn't know.
Adrien shook his head to get rid of these thoughts and made his way to his car. Today was another dreadful day at work and he couldn't wait to go back home. Home, where Marinette was, unfortunately. He didn't want to hear another "let's do what's best for both of us" lecture. He considered crashing at some hotel or something, but hoping Marinette would be sleeping or doing whatever she did in her room, he decided to go and sleep in his own bed.
And of course, the moment he entered the house, he regretted not sleeping somewhere else.
There she was, sitting down with her arms crossed, looking like a cat who's ready to hunt her prey. Burning his face with her intense glares. But Adrien is too tired for that. He barely finished dinner at work and came straight back home to take a shower and sleep. Not to deal with that.
Giving her the best straight face he could pull at that moment, he took off his coat and started walking towards his bedroom. Then he heard her footsteps from behind.
1, 2, 3, he counted, and there we go again. "Hey! Where do you think you're going?" she yelled as she held his arm so she could turn him to face her.
Not wanting to feel her touch on him anymore, he yanked her hand away with force and felt proud when she gasped in surprise.
"Marinette" he started slowly. "Get lost!"
"I would, if you sign these, you'll never see me again." She snapped
"I'm too tired for this Marinette. Just leave me alone tonight."
She rolled her eyes.
"Why were you late again?" she asked, knowing well he won't give her the answer she wanted.
Oh. So they were having this conversation now. Great. Just great. He thought.
"What do you mean? For fuck's sake, I was at work." Adrien was telling her, the truth but she wasn't listening.
"Adrien just be honest with me. You're seeing Kagami again, aren't you?"
Where the hell did Kagami come from? What was wrong with Marinette? She's getting worse every day Adrien had enough.
He felt like he was about to explode when he said, "You know what Marinette?" he shouted. "That's none of your goddamn business! Just leave me the hell alone tonight!" he yelled. His whole face felt extremely hot and he was about to breakdown right there and now.
But he tried to control himself.
Next to him, Marinette flinched at his sudden outburst. Adrien was always the calmer one between them. Talking about Kagami must have stirred something in him. Of course, he's seeing her. She should've known.
"Sign, these," she handed him the papers, "and let's get done with it, Adrien."
Her husband just stared at her with a hurt expression. She knew five years of marriage were not easy to let go but whatever they had, was not working.
She has always wanted a marriage like her parents', but with Adrien, it wasn't the same. It was the exact opposite.
, Adrien, on the other hand, was taking this way more serious. He didn't have anyone anymore. His dad died 2 years ago leaving him with a company that needed too much work. His mom also left. Plagg had to leave once akumas were no more; once his father gave up on his miraculous and gave up on his life with it. Which wasn't easy on Adrien but he tried to live with it.
And that was it. He had no one except for her. And even though she wasn't there for him and he barely saw her or talked to her without arguing, there was this selfish part of him that was too scared to be completely alone.
Even if it took coming back every day to have this exhausting conversation, at least she was someone.
He realized that he was being selfish. Marinette wanted this more than anything and he wouldn't keep her waiting just because he's scared of loneliness.
But it was still hard. Something inside of him told him not to agree. He needed one more sleepless night to overthink this all over again.
He looked at the papers, then at her. "I'll sign them tomorrow morning. I'm tired and I want to sleep."
"You said that yesterday" she tried to say.
But Adrien cut her off with saying "goodnight Marinette" and shutting the door hard in her face.
Grumbling, Marinette went to her room. And honestly, she couldn't understand why Adrien is postponing ending their marriage. He just yelled at her about not having business in his life. Which was rude and unfair.
She was tired asa well. So she slipped into her pajamas and decided to sleep.
Marinette woke up the next morning feeling a bit different. She stretched and slowly opened her eyes. All she saw was pink, her whole room was pink. Then it hit her. This was her old room.
What was she doing here? Did Adrien drive her to her parents' house overnight because he was fed up?
What was happening?
She quickly got up from her bed and descended clumsily on the stairs. Wondering what went wrong, she passed by her mirror and glanced at herself.
Marinette froze. Slowly turning back to make sure she wasn't imagining things. She touched her face.
She screamed.
She's the younger version of herself now, in her room. She started panicking. This shouldn't happen. It shouldn't. Did she go back in time? Where was Adrien? Did he go back in time too? Why was she thinking about him anyways?
Her thoughts were cut off by her mother's voice. "Marinette, honey are you alright?"
Her mom looked younger too. "Yes maman, I'm okay. I just hit my head."
"Oh, are you hurt?" Sabine asked, worryingly.
"What? Me? No! haha. I'm okay. But maman." Act like your younger self. Act like your younger self.
"Yes, dear?"
"What day is it?"
Sabine looked at her confused.
"Marinette its M,onday. I was about to wake you up for school when I heard you scream."
"Oh right. What year is it?" was that too obvious?
"Dear, are you sure you're okay?"
"Yes maman, don't worry. I just studied too hard yesterday I forgot a lot of things." She smiled tightly.
"Oh I see. What about you take a nap after you come back home? You seem tired."
"Yes, maman. I'll see you in 10."
Dressing up quickly, and hurrying to school, Marinette had thousands of things going on in her head. She had to go and talk to master Fu after she finishes school. She did not have her earrings and she was somehow taken 9 years back in the future.
She was 100% sure that this was a cause of an akuma. Whatever was it, she decided to continue running to school.
Marinette arrived at school early that morning. She entered the class to see Alya, Nino, and Adrien.
Adrien... of course she had to see him. He looked like an angel. She'd do anything to see him this, way in her world. He changed a lot. It's like he became a different person completely.
"Good morning guys!" she said as she walked towards them.
"Hey, gurl." Alya waved at her.
"Hey, dudette."
Adrien did not say anything he just nodded at her.
They started chatting about the latest Akuma. The Akuma hit both Ladybug and Chat Noir and disappeared with them.
Alya was so worried about the superheroes, she didn't notice Marinette's sudden realization.
It had to be it. An Akuma hit her past self and now she's here. In the past.
Suddenly, Adrien wrapped his hand on her wrist. "Marinette, can I talk to you for a second?" he didn't even bother to look at her. Was Adrien always like this? Had she been too blinded by love to see it?
As soon as she nodded, he turned around and pressed on her wrist harshly. Once they reached a corner in the school where no one could see them, she yanked her hand away and looked at her wrist.
"What's wrong with you Adrien? You hurt me." she hissed.
"Cut the drama Marinette. "He spat back heartlessly. "It's you, isn't it?"
So he was here too. Great. Now she has to deal with him every day until her past self figures things out.
"How did you know it's me?" she couldn't help but ask.
"It's obvious. You're too obvious. I'm not stupid for fuck's sake." Adrien murmured.
Why was he being so rude? He had no right to be this sassy to her. She didn't even try to be rude to him. And he already hurt her wrist, insulted her, and was being mean.
"Adrien stop it. I don't care if you don't want to see my face" she looked away. "I sure as hell don't want to see yours." She murmured. "We should figure out how to fix this."
Adrien's reply was quick. "Good luck with that miss ladybug" he focused on her superhero name, voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Why are you being extra rude today?" Marinette frowned. This was too much. He's not usually that offensive and spiteful normally.
Something in Adrien's facials changed. He seemed to relax?
"Listen, I'm having a bad day. We suddenly changed and came back here and you know I hate everything about this time." he sighed. "Just…give me space and please try to find a way to get us out."
What was she hearing? Adrien trying to explain things to her? She must be dreaming.
"I don't think we can do anything. I don't have my miraculous" she glanced at his fingers, suddenly remembering how he threw his wedding ring in her face two weeks ago and flinched at the memory.
"And I guess you don't have your ring as well."
He seemed to notice the sudden change in her tone. So he acted involuntarily. He placed a hand on her shoulder.
Marinette was taken back by that. He hasn't touched her in god-knows-how-much.
"Don't worry, well figure it out." Marinette was distracted, looking at the hand on her shoulder.
He sighed. "And once we do that, I'll make sure to sign your papers. And we'll go our separate ways."
Right. They need to get out of here and return to their normal lives. And she'll finally end things with Adrien. It was healthier; for her and him.
"Okay," Marinette agreed. Then murmured, "You could've signed them yesterday though"
Adrien just glared at her.
"You'll have to come with me to visit master Fu, though. He might know what to tell us. And I don't want to repeat it to you if I went alone."
"Great. Can't wait to get done with it." he smiled bitterly.
"Likewise"
And with that, they went to class and tried to fit in with the rest.
please tell me your opinions in the comments. Do I continue this? thanks for reading
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ps: sorry for any language mistakes. its too late on a schoolday i cant afford editing. ill edit the mistakes later. excuse me.