Paris, France.
The city of love and dreams. The city Marinette had to protect. Standing in her balcony, she thought so. In a small corner of the city, the Dupain-Cheng's bakery was full of customers coming in and out. Time flew, Paris didn't seem to change, and so did the Parisian. They just wanted to abandon themselves to this peaceful atmosphere forever. Marinette now was in the age of twentieth, still a clumsy girl who always wanted to give others a helping hand unconditionally. Past these years, she couldn't remember how she managed to deal with the pressure in her usual life, especially while maintaining her hero life as Ladybug.
Being Marinette and Ladybug at the same time made the designer exhausted from balancing her life, keeping her identity secret, worrying about the stronger supervillain day by day, and especially Chat Noir's sincere feelings for her alter ego.
Marinette didn't hate Chat Noir or love him. They were just partner in crime everyday. Chat was a bit annoying and cocky, but he was truly a loyal person, trusted her with all of his life and saved her several times. That helped her a lot with their mission and their life, at least she still could give a lie to the fact that she was Ladybug.
The biggest motivation which helped her escape from the day-by-day boredom was nobody but Adrien Agreste - a gentle and friendly model, the son of Gabriel Agreste, her beloved fashion designer. Adrien spent most of his time learning and practicing fencing under the control of his father, or precisely his father's assistant Nathalie Sancoeur. Adrien was a talented model and sadly a virtually imprisoned in his own house. Now, with Gabriel's permission,he could go to school, make new friends and, maybe, own a big thing, like a secret?
It could take her all day to dream about her crush, about her feeling for him. Despite how hard she tried, she couldn't tell him about her emotion. Sometimes, she wondered why a famous model like Adrien didn't move from Paris to other cities, or maybe other countries to improve his career. If that happened, the baker would be so sad. Without him, she couldn't get a good mood to design anything. Marinette didn't know if she was gonna cry a lot or just let him go like a stupid crush. Surprisingly, at the moment, Adrien still stayed in Paris, in spite of his father's encouragement to leave this city. What made he stay here now is still a out, she heaved a sigh of annoyance.
" If you keep sighing, the customer will leave our bakery immediately, mon cherie. " A male voice coming from the kitchen made the baker girl jump out of her skin a bit. Marinette did nothing but laugh, she might think a lot about him today.
" What's wrong with you sweetie? You seem to have lots of things on your head today." The raven hair woman went to Marinette's position after saying goodbye to customers, worried.
" I'm fine Maman. Just think about my dream, that's all." Marinette answered vaguely. Her dream, was to be a renown fashion designer, like Adrien's father. Yet now, it was still her side job, not a full-time work. Designing required meticulousness and creativity, which needed a bunch of time. Marinette was an enthusiastic girl, but she worked too hard to balance her usual life and the responsibility of being Ladybug that she didn't have time to make her dream come true.
Fortunately, she still got her friend that she could truly rely on, and Adrien still lived in Paris to be her motivation. Maybe the Lucky Charm still helped her in her life though.