i almost deleted this story, but i it got so many love and affection. unlike adrien.

seriously, im very happy im going to continue writing this. i took time to plan everyhting out and chapters will be there sooner. thank you for everyone who followed, favorited, and reviewd this story! i hope u enjoy this storm before the rainbow appears. im going to shut my sleep-deprived self from talking cz she's annoying.

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Sitting in the front seat of the class, Adrien was aware of his wife's burning stares on the back of his
head. He couldn't understand her sometimes. Not that he wanted to anyways. He couldn't bring himself
to care at this point. A time akuma was the last thing they needed and that's exactly what they got.

Two more minutes and they'll head over to Master Fu, they'd figure out what happened and hopefully
how to get back to the future. He didn't need to be here, he didn't need to see Marinette during school
time every day, and certainly didn't need to see his father.

That was the problem, he didn't see his father yet. Gabriel was still locked up in his office, not even
bothering to check up on Adrien. When Adrien woke up that morning, he asked Nathalie If he could see
his father but she refused, claiming that Gabriel was having troubles in the company and he wasn't in a
good mood to see anyone. Not even his son. Adrien assumed that the 'company troubles' were the
whole ordeal with the time akuma. If the akuma traveled to the future, hawkmoth wouldn't be able to
communicate with it because he isn't there.

Adrien was doing a good job with ignoring the fact that his dad had been a supervillain. He had enough
time to deal with it and to grieve over both; his mother and father. Going back in time did him no good.
He wanted to see his father one last time before he returns to a place where Gabriel is not there.
Gabriel is still his father after all, no matter how much of a letdown he was at parenting, he was his dad
and Adrien really missed him. He wanted to give him one last hug before he went back, or even see his
mom secretly one last time before everything goes back to normal. But he couldn't, and all of that was
because Gabriel was too busy going wild over some stupid akuma.

Stupid akuma, stupid miraculous, stupid reality.

The bell rang. It was time to go to master Fu. Glancing back at Marinette who was looking at her phone
in confusion, he remembered that he had to escape from the back door of the school because Nathalie
wouldn't let him go anywhere but his room.

"Marinette," he said.

Not looking away from her phone, "yes Adrien?" she answered.

"Can I talk to you for a second, please?"

"Yes, sure."

They walked together out of the classroom ignoring their classmates' confused stares. Marinette was
feeling rather anxious walking next to him, she didn't know why but decided to ignore it anyway. The
awkward silence between them grew with each step they took in the hallway, feeling uncomfortable
Adrien was the one who broke it, "we can't exit from the main door of the school, Nathalie won't let me
go anywhere."

"Oh right, I forgot how strict your dad was"

Of course, you forgot, you don't even remember anything about me in the first place, Adrien thought.

"Yeah, there's a back door to the school. If you remember where it is, meet me there after you get your
stuff." He gave her a questioning look. Adrien low-key hoped that she remembers the place. They
shared so many memories there, from sneaking out during classes to hiding from Nathalie, secret make
out sessions to fighting about Adrien's diet. They used to spend a lot of time there and a part of him
doesn't want to know if she had really put that all away.

Marinette was taken back from what he said, memories flashed in her head and she felt her heart
shatter into pieces, a feeling of disappointment, emptiness, and loneliness washed over her and she
couldn't stop herself from reminiscing. At some point she thought they were an unstoppable team,
unbreakable force, two curves of the same circle that made it complete, now the circle is almost
nonexistent, the force is broken, and each one of them is living alone, independently without their
partner.

She let out a shaky breath, "Yes, I'll meet you there."

Life, they both thought, has its wicked ways, it quietly slides up behind your limbs and catches you by
surprise with its unexpected exhalations. The person you once called a lover is now the one you try to
avoid, your partner who you once entrusted with your whole soul is now someone you're always
doubting, the one you felt safe with, and at home in his arms is the same one who you now flinch at
hearing his voice. Life is weird, and the people in it will surprise you. At the end of the day, no matter
how much you want your people with you, you'll find that you have no one but yourself and sadly it's
the ugly reality.

The walk to Master Fu's was silent, each lost in their thoughts, their miseries, and their heartbreak.
Master was sitting like his usual self, crisscrossed on the floor with his teapot in front of him. He was
surprised when they came in.

"Marinette, what are you doing here?" he eyed Adrien questioning whether she knows his identity.

Master was still the guardian at this time, he had the miracle box and they needed to tell him what
happened.

"Master Fu, Adrien and I are from the future. We woke up here and I think it's because of an Akuma.
Marinette explained.

"I saw what happened with the time Akuma, I expected something like this would happen." He thought out loud. "If you're here then your younger selves are in the future, I assume."

Adrien glanced at Marinette, she was lost in thought, and he shrugged "I guess so."

"Master Fu. I don't think so. If our younger selves went into the future or anywhere else we would've
remembered."

"You don't remember anything similar happening before?"

"The only time I went to the future was when Adrien got akumatized. If my younger self is now in the
future, I would remember what happened. But I don't, and neither does Adrien." She looked at her
husband.

He nodded.

Master Fu still looked confused.

Adrien decided to explain, "Master Fu, what Marinette is trying to say is that we have no memory of
going to the future. We've never seen this time Akuma before, nor fought against it. We have no idea
what's happening."

"Plus, we don't have the miraculouses, they're in the miracle box now." She added.

Master thought before replying, "If you don't have the miraculouses then your younger selves do. I say
we wait for them to fix this, and if they don't we'll have to figure something out."

Wait? Is he serious? Adrien thought.

"Wait? You're saying I have to be stuck like this until she -he pointed his finger aggressively at
Marinette's head- figures something out?"

"I'm sure my younger self will fix this. What's wrong with being stuck here for a while anyway? Stop
being too damn dramatic Adrien" She yelled.

Like she always does. Her only way of arguing. The only thing she's good at.

"As if" he muttered under his breath.

Master's face shaped into a sad smile when Adrien stormed out of the shop.

"You're already married I assume?"

When Marinette didn't reply, Master Fu continued.

"I don't know if I'm still the guardian in the future. The less I know the better. I've always thought you
two were perfect for each other. You're the perfect pair. The perfect team."

She snorted.

"The end of the road is not the end of a story Marinette, find your way back. You will not regret it. Adrien needs you." he said.

Marinette only managed to nod, "thank you, Master."

She has always thought Master was the wisest person she'd ever met, but she couldn't understand the
meaning behind his words. Now that she did, he didn't have a point. Adrien and she are not perfect and
never will be. Adrien doesn't need shit, he practically lives alone anyways.

Thinking about the devil, he was waiting for her outside, staring at nowhere.

"I'm going home." She said.

"I'll walk you," he replied.

"No"

"Why not?"

"I'm not going home. I have a date with Luka."

A date with Luka?

"Luka? Are you serious Marinette?"

"Yes. I was with Luka in this timeline. I remember you were with her."

She spat her name. "Ice Queen"

"Her name is Kagami, Marinette"

"And I couldn't care less."

"Right. Enjoy your stupid date. I'm going home."

Adrien turned around, fist clenched, heart pounding, and eyes tearing, he went home running while
swallowing the lump in his throat.

When he arrived home, he was welcomed by the last person he needed to see. A pair of empty eyes
eyed him from above, a disapproving expression, and an unwavering figure.

"Where were you, Adrien?" his voice. The same voice he had heard 2 years ago on his deathbed asking
him for forgiveness, now distant and unwelcoming. "I thought we had discussed your sudden
disappearance during our last meeting."

He couldn't take it anymore, he was going to breakdown at any second now, his insides were shaking,
he could feel his eyes burning and head spinning, breathing became very hard, and moving was
impossible, he felt his heart shattering and falling to pieces into his stomach. Adrien didn't know how he
managed to utter an apology and trip to his room, but he did and wasn't bothered by anyone.

He sat in the corner of his room sobbing. He realized he wasn't as numb as a 26-year-old Adrien. He is
still 17 now, still feeling every emotion, reacting to every heartbreak, bawling over every disapproving
look or rejection. Now his body is reacting the way it did before. Too emotional.

26 years had it easier but not happier. 26-year-old Adrien lived his days unfeeling, unending,
unwavering. He stitched himself with a thread of fabricated promises just to feel his frantically-held
serenity unravel the second he finds himself alone at night. It was a practiced way of living, more like
existing. It was how he kept hidden away from when life wanted to kick him out. 26-year-old Adrien
whispers to himself false assurances and empty words before he sleeps. He threw emotions into a deep
part of his soul, they rarely come out anymore. And when they do, it's never a good thing, like now.

His mom left, leaving him in his dad's unwelcoming arms, he also left not after long because Adrien wasn't
enough reason for Gabriel to live. All of what was left for him was Marinette.

She was once the light of
his life, she was his happiness, his shelter when he runs away from his sickening life, she welcomed him
with open arms and a heartwarming smile, and he loved her from every single fiber of his being. But she,
as well, is leaving him.

She's probably on her date with Luka. He got married to Chloe and changed her too. Marinette was very
happy for them and so was Adrien. Luka was amazing, she's probably using every moment now to spend
it with him before she returns to the ugly reality where she's stuck with him. boring adrien.

Adrien wasn't sure when he slept, but when he woke up. The pain was still there.

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