Marinette had apologized profusely to her friends about not hanging out with them, saying that 'something had come up' made her cringe even as she was typing it.
She was still at Adrien's house, but it was later than usual, and whenever Marinette told him that she should be heading home, Natalie stopped her.
"I apologize if this inconveniences you Ms. Dupain-Cheng, but your parents have been contacted and have asked that you stay here for the night." Marinette visibly gaped.
They did NOT
Oh! I knew it! Mom loves to meddle! Why didn't I see this coming!?
"Well, that's okay, right Marinette?" Adrien placed a hand on her shoulder and smiled at her.
He was more or less unaffected by what had transpired earlier, but despite his laid back approach towards Marinette, she was so jumpy around him he was beginning to wonder if something was wrong.
She was still thinking about what had happened earlier, the memory was fresh in her mind, along with her embarrassment. She blushed every time she even made eye contact with Adrien, he'd even asked her if she was sick twice already.
"Uh, well, I mean yeah? But w-what about Mr. Agreste!? Surely he would want me to go home?" She looked between Natalie and Adrien, seeing their confused looks. "Right?" She finished, a nervous look on her face.
Natalie gave a rare smile and put her hand on Marinette's other shoulder. "He's out of town right now, he won't be back until Monday, just when you two return to school." She nodded her head at Adrien and set the clipboard down on a nearby table.
"So for today, this shall remain a secret." She went to go to the other room, but she didn't get the chance. Adrien ran forward and hugged her tightly, pressing his face just above her heart. The smile he had on was just dazzling.
"Thank you Natalie!" She looked so appalled that he had hugged her, but when her shock wore off she hugged him back, a happy smile on her face as well. "Thank you..."
There was something so sweet about the whole thing, and Marinette couldn't help herself when she took her phone out and snapped a few pictures.
She could tell that Natalie loved Adrien a lot, and she knew that having pictures made things all the more real, so she would give Natalie the best picture out of the bunch that she had!
As a thank you for giving her this night.
"Of course Adrien," Natalie said as she pulled back and looked at the tall muscular man that stood behind Marinette this whole time. She nodded at him and he nodded back, he gave Marinette quite the jump when she realized that he was there.
He smiled knowingly at her and suddenly she got embarrassed over her actions from earlier. She'd been caught! Being caught when doing something like that was always so embarrassing, and Marinette couldn't help the pretty blush that flitted across her cheeks.
"Come'on Marinette! Let's go!" Adrien smiled with his eyes closed and his teeth showing as he grabbed her hand quickly and practically dragged her up the stairs. She couldn't help but think that his real smile was so much better than his model smile.
When they made it back to his room Marinette took everything in, she hadn't been able to do so earlier, and found that she wanted to check out his selection of books and games and movies.
She reminded herself to relax before she spoke to him, she didn't want to look stupid. She took a couple deep breaths before she opened her mouth. "Adrien? Can I look at your video games and movies?" She internally cheered, she'd done it! She'd talked to Adrien and she hadn't made a fool of herself!
Score: 1 Marinette, 1000000000000000000 Anxiety.
Oh yeah, it's all coming together. She smiled at her own thoughts and was happy that Adrien seemed to have the same idea.
"Sure! Let's do what you want! I wouldn't even know what to do!" She was a bit confused by his choice of words, wouldn't know what to do?
She made her way to the stairs, still feeling his eyes on her. "What do you mean you wouldn't know what to do?" She made her way up the large spiraling staircase and looked over the edge at him.
He looked at his feet and she could've sworn that his face was tinted pink, and he shuffled around nervously for a few seconds. "Well, I've never had a friend stay the night, Nino's hung out with me in the day before, but no one has ever stayed the night." She gaped at him and clearly she wasn't hiding it, because he looked very confused at her gaze.
"Is that..weird?" He said it so casually, albeit a bit nervously, but nonetheless, he'd said it like it was nothing!
Marinette had been having sleepovers since she was like 5!
With a face of determination, she marched back down those stairs and straight up to Adrien. All and any nervousness or anxiety was gone now, and in its place was a raw and sheer determination to make this Adrien's best night ever!
"Adrien, we are having a sleepover! I'm gonna show you everything! Promise!" She stuck her pinky out without thinking-it was something she and Alya did, she didn't care if it was childish.
He looked so surprised and at the same time, so grateful. He'd never told anyone that before, that he'd never had a sleepover, not even Nino, he was a bit embarrassed to admit it to his best friend.
But there was something about talking to Marinette, that just made the words spill out of his mouth, and it filled him with relief that she hadn't judged him.
He smiled so wide at her and he wrapped his pinky around her much smaller one, he felt heat rush to his cheeks at her consideration for him, and his heart thumped happily in his chest.
She was such a good friend.
(Fourth wall break real quick-all of you are screaming at him in ur heads too right? -Author-Chan out)
"A-ahem." Marinette slowly pulled her pinky away and dusted her hands on her dress-and yes she was still wearing her dress, but she would never ask Adrien if he had clothes she could wear, she was too embarrassed.
"Okay, first we need to go to the kitchen!" She announced and he looked positively flabbergasted as to why she would need to go to the kitchen, but he didn't say anything as he made his way to his door.
They slowly made their way through the dark hallways, no one was awake and all the lights were off, so that meant that they had to be even more quiet.
Marinette had to admit, Adrien had a lovely kitchen. It was big and had so many appliances-there was like three stoves! While Marinette marveled at the size of it Adrien stood against the counter and watched her, still curious as to why they were here.
He heard the footsteps approaching before Marinette did apparently, almost frantically grabbed her wrist and pulled her behind the large quartz counter that lay in the middle of the room.
He was so nervous, hoping that it was just a couple of maids and not who he thought it was.
But being the bearer of the bad luck Miraculous that he was, Adrien's prayers were left to rot in a hole as Natalie stepped into the kitchen.
Her hair was out and it cascaded out down her back, her phone was next to her ear and she was smiling softly as she talked to the person on the other line.
"He's in bed, he was feeling particularly exhausted today, so he went to bed early." She said as she leaned her arms against the countertop.
They couldn't hear who was on the other line, but whoever it was clearly was making Natalie's night.
She smiled even wider as she continued to talk, and it was only then that Marinette took account of her position with Adrien. He had pulled her down whenever Natalie had approached, and she was in between his legs as he kneeled.
"I will, don't worry sir." Marinette almost didn't hear the last word that Natalie had said, and she felt her eyes bulge as she figured out who it was exactly that Natalie was talking to.
"I'm sorry Gabriel, it's a force of habit, but you know that I can't call you by your name always, it's..." she sounded sad and stressed as she said the next word. "unprofessional..." Marinette looked at Adrien, only to see his face was completely astonished.
"Yes, I will handle everything, goodnight...Gabriel..." she even hesitated just then before she said his name! She couldn't help herself so she looked back at Adrien's face to see if it looked as astonished as the first time.
But a blinding smile met her eyes and he had such a glint in them that she could tell he was so entirely happy by this revelation.
"I will, sweet dreams..." Natalie put her phone down from her ear and set it down on the counter. She sighed out loud and gave a happy little laugh and a smile that Marinette could practically feel from here even though she couldn't see her.
Natalie left right afterward and she and Adrien stood, their legs cracking as they got up. She looked at Adrien excitedly, this whole thing was so sweet! She had seen earlier that Natalie loved and cared for Adrien a lot, and now to find out that she sooooo had feelings for Mr. Agreste!? Marinette wanted to scream in all her fangirlish glee! Adrien's looked just as excited and he was smiling so brightly it was crazy.
"Oh, Adrien I'm so happy for you!" She knew that he didn't have a mother anymore, and she just hoped that Natalie could help to rekindle that flame within him.
"I'm so happy too! I can't believe father wants her to call him by his name, he never does that! The mayor doesn't even call him by his name!" They both laughed and they quieted themselves before sharing secretive smiles.
"It's all thanks to you Marinette, if you hadn't been here, I would've never known." He smiled at her again and she was quickly beginning to realize that having Adrien's full attention wasn't good for her heart.
"Well," she gave him a shy smile and felt her face flush as she pushed away her anxiety, "you saved me today, and this is the least I could do in my thanks..." she barely hesitated before she set her hand on top of his own.
He looked at her hand in wonderment, before he glanced back over at her with his beautiful green eyes and gave a slight smile.
He flipped his hand over and all Marinette could do was blush as he squeezed her hand gently.
"Trust me," he did as he wove his fingers through her own. "You've done more than enough, but do tell me, your shyness," Oh god here comes the pun, she internally smiled at his antics. "What's got you so happy?" Had he just called her 'your highness' technically? He had and she would treasure it forever she decided.
"Perhaps it's because I'm in the presence of a fool." She smiled as he gave her a challenging look, and she squealed when he made chase. They ran around the kitchen, dodging each other, and making comebacks back and forth, both of them smiling and laughing the whole time.
Eventually, Marinette made the mistake of falling into his trap, and she gave a quiet scream as she was caught from behind the waist, and Adrien laughed loudly as he lifted her up and spun her around.
"Ha! I win your shyness! What will you do now!?" He gave a fake evil laugh as Marinette dramatically threw a hand over her eyes, Adrien set her down on the counter as she began to speak.
"I'll be forced to listen to cheesy puns foreverrrrrrrr! Nooooooooooo!" She gave a dramatic wail as Adrien laughed loudly. They weren't even paying attention to how loud they were being anymore.
Which had led to six pairs of amused eyes watching them as five maids and one very important assistant watched them through the crack in the dining-room door.
Adrien still had Marinette on the counter and he placed his arms on the outside of her thighs, still laughing and trying to catch his breath. He looked up at Marinette, but she wasn't laughing anymore, instead, she was looking at him with such eyes that it almost had him blushing under her stare.
"Marinette are you okay?" But his words fell on deaf ears, for Marinette wasn't paying attention, she was memorizing the lines of his face. Everything, the little dimples, and dents, to her, everything was just gorgeous about him. His hair, and how it fell just above his unbelievable eyes that sparkled when he was happy or excited.
Everything.
She was just looking at him, she wanted to take him all in, and in her daze, she had grazed her fingers against his cheek. She wasn't paying attention to the look on his face, or how his body stepped closer to her and slid in between her legs.
She touched along his jaw fondly and made her way to his eyes, he always had such beautiful eyes to her, and she oh so lightly touched his eyelashes as she looked deeply into his eyes.
She was lost in him.
Completely and utterly.
She licked her lips subconsciously and Adrien's eyes snapped to her lips and he swallowed thickly. He parted his lips as his hot breath escaped and it hit her right in the face, waking her from her stupor.
She sat back, but she could find no subtle way to remove her hands from his face as she did so. "Adrien I-" he stepped closer as she pulled back, and he pulled her toward him, he took a couple of deep breaths as he hid his red face in her chest (when I say chest I do not mean boobs XD) his heart was beating a mile a minute.
"Thank you." he smiled and let out his breath.
"For tonight..."
Was she hearing wrong?
"And for everything you've ever given me..." Was all he could think of to say and she felt her own heart increase dramatically in speed as he said those words. She hoped to god that he couldn't hear her heart!
Which, he totally could, and he was delighted to find that it was beating as fast as his own was.
She didn't move as he continued to hug her, but she let out a breath she didn't know she was holding in. She wrapped her arms around his head and began to stroke his hair in a comforting gesture. "Always Adrien..." she had no idea what it was about this day, but she was marking it on her calendar when she got home that was for damn sure.
"Always..." she whispered into his hair, and he let out a contented smile as those words reached his ears.
All of the maids let out quiet 'awwwws' and Natalie simply stood there, stumped.
There is obviously something between those two. Was all she thought as she went back to bed.
They had decided to watch something that neither of them had ever seen before, it was called 'Tangled' and it was clearly a Princess movie, but Adrien didn't care. He was also very surprised that when she'd wanted to go to the kitchen, she'd wanted to make popcorn. Which he'd only ever had at theaters.
"This is something that you do at sleepovers, you eat popcorn, you watch movies, you build forts, you have pillow fights, stuff like that!" Marinette said happily, but when she'd said fort he'd look confused beyond belief.
"Please tell me you've built a fort before right?" She said desperately. And he shook his head 'no'. Marinette sighed and pressed play on the movie as she got to work, but her clothes were really starting to bother her.
Adrien must've taken notice of her discomfort at her clothes-or more likely the hateful glare she'd given them- and he put a hand on her own when she went to grab his blanket.
"Marinette, you can borrow clothes if you want? I'll go grab more blankets and pillows and stuff while you change." He didn't even give her the chance to say no, because he was already digging through his clothes.
Score: 1 Marinette, 1000000000000000001 Anxiety...
He pulled out one of his black shirts, but this one was a bit, well longer...
"The tailor messed up on this one, he's kinda old and he mistook me for someone very tall! Guess he read my measurements wrong!" He said happily as he handed her the shirt.
But there was just one problem.
He hadn't given her anything to wear as a bottom part! Sure it reached down to her knees probably, but that was beside the point!
He didn't seem to realize his mistake, and he just looked at her confusedly as she didn't move, he was probably wondering what was taking her so long!
"Um, Adrien? Do-ahem-do you have any-oh god this is so embarrassing-do you have any shorts or something I could wear underneath!?" It came out as an almost unintelligible loud sentence that had Marinette covering her face as it turned scarlet.
Everything was quiet and she hadn't even noticed until Adrien began to speak again, panicked. "I'm so sorry Marinette! I hadn't even-I mean-I-! I'm sorry!" He quickly ran back over to his dresser as Marinette clutches the shirt in her hands.
He brought back a pair of basketball shorts that were a shining green, it reminded her of Chat Noir's eyes. She smiled as she thought of her silly kitty, she hoped that he wouldn't be disappointed if she didn't show up for patrol tonight either.
They didn't say anymore as she went into his very beautiful bathroom, and she began to change. Her face heated up as she slipped Adrien's shirt on over her head-this time without her undergarments (do NOT judge her, have you ever SLEPT in a bra before?!) and she slipped the shorts over her thighs and found that she felt incredibly small in his clothes.
They were just so big! And-she sniffed his shirt-they smelled amazing! Probably just like him! She ignored the sounds of moving furniture from outside the door as she took in his scent for who knew how long. She almost squealed but a knock from the door she was leaning on made her stop.
"Marinette are you okay? I found more blankets and the movie is playing." She took a deep breath, she was still proud of herself for today. She'd been very brave, and she had not made Adrien think that she hated him!
She turned and opened the door, and came face with a smiling Adrien.
"Oh good I thought that maybe they didn't..." his eyes drifted across her body and she felt self-consciousness hit her like no other-like a sack of bricks really to sum it up.
"Thank you for the clothes! They are very comfy, you said you got more blankets?" He didn't say anything, it was like he was in his own little world, but his eyes still drifted across her Agreste clothing clad body.
"You..you look, um, you look good." He said it and for some reason, he could practically feel the teasing he was gonna get from Plagg later about his choice of wording.
She flushed. "Thank you..." she said as she looked at her feet as they suddenly became very interesting.
After a bout of silence, Adrien grabbed her hand and walked toward what he'd set up. He'd even made a roof for it. He'd moved his couch away so that the could see the TV from the floor. And Marinette smiled at him as he smiled back at her.
" I put the extra blankets on the floor, and the popcorn is under there too." He scratched the back of his head, and Marinette almost completely forgot that she was holding his hand.
"You know for someone who's never made a fort before, you are really good at it!" She laughed and her hand easily slipped out of his own and she went under the blanket that made up the roof.
"Why thank you Princess!" He laughed and Marinette almost stopped, but she decided to let it slide. She was afraid that if she said anything he'd stop with the nicknames all together, and she didn't want that.
They watched 'Tangled' and they laughed almost all the way through, and at the end, Adrien got up to grab another. "What do you want to do now Marinette?-!" He looked down at her and found her to be sound asleep, smiling as she turned onto her side.
He smiled as she did so, and quietly walked over and shut the TV off, and the lights and the DVD player. He slipped back under the makeshift fort and gazed down at Marinette as the moon lit her in a silvery glow. He breathed in deeply and he couldn't keep the soft almost loving smile off his face.
He brushed away a few streaks that seemed to block her vision in her sleep and let his hand trail to her hair, he stroked it softly, and without thinking, he swooped down and pressed his lips to her forehead.
It lasted for but a moment, but it felt like an eternity.
He pulled back immediately and felt so appalled that he would do such a thing that he turned crimson. He brought a hand to his lips, and felt like he had violated her somehow.
But that still brought the question to his mind.
Why did it feel so right if he felt so wrong about doing it?
Dreams of a bluebell-eyed beauty danced through his head that night, and with them came a hand in his own, their fingers intertwined, outside the realm of dreams.
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Omg actual cringe. I'm so sorry I couldn't help it when I went full fluff! I want to hear more from you guys so review please!
Also, side note, pay attention to the little details in this story, because they will come in handy later!
And yea ur girl is a huge GabeNath fangirl, sue me.