I imagined that both girls wouldn't be very well off and would rather save on swimsuit expenses.

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Marinette would spend her summer holidays with her four friends. Between helping out at the bakery and giving her attention to all her other responsibilities, Marinette wanted a rest day. So of course when Adrien invited the group to the water park, Marinette had squeaked out a definite yes before she could chicken out. She stared at the screen of her phone slightly dumbfounded.

Tikki watched in silent contemplation as her chosen turned a brilliant shade of pink that rivaled her bedroom walls.

Felix was seated in front of her computer, learning how to play UMS3, a look of concentration on his face, his eyebrows pinched together the only indication of his frustration. Marinette's high score sat tauntingly at the top of the start screen. His own hadn't even appeared in the top 10. Between Adrien, Nino and Max, Felix had a long way to go before he could even enter his name into the scoreboards.

Marinette had sat next to him, quietly giving him helpful tips. Felix wasn't very good at the game, but he was improving at the very least. He turned when he heard Marinette hang up the call, wincing as his character got crushed by the PC enemy.

"Adrien invited us out to the water park" Marinette mused out loud. Felix appreciated how her blush stood out on her pale skin. "Alright, so we are going, right?" He prodded her leg with his controller. Marinette had that dreamy look in her eyes again. Felix tried not to let the jealousy eat at him.

Adrien still did not know about Marinette's feelings so it gave Felix the opportunity to commit everything about Marinette to memory. Felix had an eidetic memory and he appreciated his occasionally cursed talent.

"I don't have a swimsuit!" Marinette squeaked. Her hand covering her cheeks in horror. Felix rolled his eyes at Marinette's antics. "Would you like to make a new swimsuit or would you prefer to purchase one?" Felix questioned, setting the controller on the desk. It was obvious that they would not continue their game.

"I need to call Alya!" Marinette stood up and had her phone pressed against her ear in 5 seconds flat, making her way to her closet. Soon Felix heard the two girls conversing and making plans to pick out new swimsuits. Felix gathered his things. Marinette always did get a little too self-absorbed when it came to three things. Being Ladybug, Adrien and Fashion.

Felix learned that Chat Noir was a very big part of Ladybug and subsequently Marinette's life. He would notice the black-clad hero leaping his way to Marinette's balcony after Felix had left for the night. Almost as if the hero had been waiting for Felix to leave before making his way to Marinette balcony.

Marinette would always be on the balcony, waving Felix goodbye and welcoming Chat Noir not 5 minutes later.

Maybe Chat Noir had a thing for Marinette. Yet all the tabloids and even the Ladyblog wholeheartedly reported Chat Noir's fascination and interest in Ladybug. Except Felix knew who Ladybug was and it was discerning how Marinette seemed to attract blondes to her like flies to honey.

Of course, Felix had questioned the dark-haired girl, "Chat flirts with all the civilians like that Felix. I may be the only one who he visits so often but we're friends. I did help him with Evillustrator remember? He comes over for Christmas and Thanksgiving too." Marinette had defended the hero as if she were talking about a stray cat that had taken a liking to her.

He supposed Chat Noir was a little bit like a stray cat. Honestly, he would have put Marinette through an inquisition, but such methods would make her upset and irritable.

An irritated Marinette meant that Felix would be banned from her room for an indefinite amount of time and have her parents giving sad looks at the locked out blond.

Marinette had creative ideas for punishments, and Felix had learned it the hard way when he had been caught snooping.

It was not his fault Marinette left her diary lying out in the open for practically anybody to see. Felix groaned as he remembered that the following 29 hours had been almost torturous as Marinette refused to even look at him.

It had definitely been worth it to know that Marinette thought of him to be cool and suave. Very debonair. With pretty eyes. He had teased her relentlessly and enjoyed the blush that Marinette carried for the rest of the day.

"Do you want to go shopping with us?" Marinette questioned, breaking Felix out of his thoughts.

Spend an unspecified amount of time in the presence of two overly excited girls while they gushed about swimwear. Or he could finally read that interesting insect encyclopedia that he had bought online the other day.

"No, you go. I'll head home and get a head start on my reading."

"If you're sure?" Felix felt his heart flutter at Marinette's concerned expression. It was nice to know that she thought so highly of him. He had replied, not really realizing that he had been staring at Marinette's lips. Distracted, he had almost fallen out of his chair, instead, he had managed to catch himself and only stumbled. Slightly.

An Agreste was nothing if not perfection.

Marinette never cared if he was perfect. He could be himself around her and it was liberating. Marinette had no expectations that she placed on him, other than to be a good friend.

He bid his goodbyes to Marinette, hugging her close to his body memorizing the feel of her body next to his. He loved how Marinette had to stand on her tiptoes just so that she could wrap her arms around his neck.

Felix felt safe, here in Marinette's room. In Marinette's arms. Safe in her embrace where nothing else was important except for the two of them and their moment. Before the moment was broken and Felix had to reluctantly remove himself from her person and with a heavy heart climbed down the stairs from Marinette's room. Exchanging greetings with Tom and Sabine, Felix left the comfortable home, looking up to the rooftop of the building to see Marinette at the railings, waving goodbye.

The day before the planned outing to the water park, Felix realized that he did not have a swimsuit. He phoned his younger brother, impatiently tapping his fingers against the armchair as the phone continued to ring.

His brother answered eventually and the two agreed that Felix could just borrow one of Adrien's boardshorts. It wasn't like Adrien had none to spare. Over the years he had collected quite a few from Gabriel's collection. Felix, on the other hand, had only been to the beach only a handful number of times. None of them involved him getting in the water.

The next day, the brothers met a little bit earlier just so that Adrien could pass his brother the shorts. Adrien had chosen a deep blue and light grey pattern for his brother and an orange and pale yellow pair for himself. He had wanted to wear the black and green one that was a representation of his Chat Noir side but thought against it.

Also, Plagg would most likely throw a fit about having anything representing Chat Noir being submerged in a body of water. Bath time for the kwami was nothing short of a disaster zone. Also the absolutely foul mood Plagg would be in every time they fought a water-based Akuma.

He had overheard Marinette referring to him as Sunshine Boy and thought that the pair he picked was quite fitting. The brothers headed to the entrance to wait for the others. Nino was next to arrive, carrying a backpack and iconic hat on his head.

"Dudes, I'm really glad you invited me. Summer has been totally killer. I can't wait!" Nino and Adrien did their signature fist bump, which included several rounds of hand smacking, a bro hug, and finger guns, while Felix observed their interaction with interest. He should have one with Marinette.

While Adrien and Nino conversed about the many adrenaline rides the park featured. Felix kept his eyes on his phone, texting Marinette.

Chat Chanceux

You are late Mari.

M. D-C

I know! I'm sorry! OAO

Patrol ended late last night

And I couldn't sleep

I tried to make some adjustments to my swimsuit

But it didn't look as great

So I took everything out

And I lost track of time

It was really late when I went to bed

So I overslept

I'm sorry Chat.

D:

Adrien got distracted from his conversation with Nino when he heard the constant beeping from Felix's direction. His brother was texting someone. Probably Marinette. Adrien frowned but refused to acknowledge the fact that Marinette was more comfortable spamming his brother rather than him.

Felix noted the quiet huff from Adrien with a smile. Of course, his brother was jealous. Just another thing to subtly hold over his brother's head.

Chat Chanceux

Is Alya with you?

M. D-C

She is, she came to pick me up like 25 minutes ago

We should get there in about 10?

Is Adrien there?

Chat Chanceux

The three of us are waiting for you at the entrance. Adrien has already collected the tickets.

Felix huffed. Marinette's perpetual tardiness was endearing if only she hadn't been gallivanting across the Parisian rooftops at God Knows o'clock. He had reluctantly accepted that Marinette had a duty to this city by taking the role of Ladybug but honestly, she didn't have to try that hard.

"I mean, I had a late night, so I guess I'm kinda tired?" Felix turned to face his brother with a curious expression. "You had a late night too?" Felix questioned. "Uhm yeah? I had Chinese homework to do. There was also a really interesting physics study that's been recently published and I couldn't resist staying up." Felix frowned at his brother's lying.

What are the odds that both Marinette and Adrien were dead tired and had slept late the day before the meetup? Especially when yesterday had been a patrol night for the both of them. The odds are suspiciously high.

Adrien glanced nervously between his brother and Nino, hoping that he hadn't just messed up big time. God, Ladybug would kill him if his brother ever found out his secret identity.

But he already knows hers. A traitorous voice whispered at the back of his head.

It sounded a lot like Chloe. When the two had been younger and it felt like it was them against the world. Chloe's mom had walked out of her life when she was 7, citing that being a politician's wife wasn't all that it was cracked up to be. Leaving Chloe and Andre to fend for themselves.

A couple of years after she had left, Andre had been elected Mayor. Chloe who had been abandoned by her mother had now been pushed aside as her Father took up the mantle of Mayor. Work was now a higher priority compared to the well being of his only daughter.

His daughter who looked so much like her mother, that it made his heart clench painfully every time he saw Chloe even a little upset. The simple solution to that problem was to avoid seeing her upset face. If it meant not seeing her as often as he would have liked, Andre had no qualms against watching his daughter scrunch up her face in frustration.

The exact same way his ex-wife would whenever he did something wrong. That scowl still haunted his dreams.

Adrien definitely knew what having an absent father who overcompensated with money felt like.

It was unfair that his brother had found out who Ladybug was outside of the mask when Chat had been waiting for a solid two years. Adrien wasn't pouting but it the situation where he could do nothing bothered him more than he would like to admit.

Adrien couldn't even question his brother without raising any suspicions. Adrien would have no clue that Felix knew about Ladybug. Chat Noir wouldn't visit Felix without good reason. Interrogating his brother for the identity or even begging for hints would have been seen as a betrayal in Ladybug's eyes. (And really, it was beneath him to beg, especially not when he was raised to the strict belief that the Agrestes would beg for nothing.)

Felix was just about to open his mouth again, no doubt wanting to interrogate him when he heard the familiar yelling of Alya from a distance. Adrien let out a sigh of relief at the crisis averted.

The three of them turned their heads towards the general direction of the loud yelling. Alya was a vision in orange, with her tank top and shorts. Adrien saw that sappy smile on Nino's face appears.

Marinette was behind Alya, her best friend was pulling her by the arm and making her run. Marinette was wearing a pale blue sundress, carrying an oversized tote bag off one shoulder.

"Sorry, we're late!" Alya breathed out when they finally reached the group. Marinette waved at him and gave him a shy "hi!" before her attention was quickly gone from him, focusing instead to the left of him. Where Felix was standing.

That familiar pain in his chest was back.

Marinette immediately went to Felix and reached up to hug him. Adrien frowned. Why didn't he get a hug? He continued to observe the two while they talked in hushed whispers. Marinette even did a twirl to show off her dress to his brother. Adrien's frown deepened.

Felix must have complimented her because Marinette was blushing that pretty shade of pink and giving Felix one of her bright smiles. Deciding that the two had enough alone time, Adrien stepped up to them.

"That's a beautiful dress Pr- uh Marinette." Adrien choked. Perhaps being Chat had made him a little bit too complacent. Marinette had stared at him with wide eyes before her entire turned bright red.

"Th-thank you! You too! I mean you're beautiful. I mean you're not beautiful because you're a man. I mean. You can be a beautiful man if you want. I- uh- urgh." Marinette stammered. "I-I- I'm uh, what I meant to say was, THANK YOU!" Immediately covering her mouth with her hands in an attempt to save herself from further embarrassment.

Felix placed his hand at the small of Marinette's back and lead her away from Adrien. "Since we are all here, let us go in. Yes?" Gently brushing past Adrien as he ushered Nino and Alya towards the entrance. Right… the tickets were with him. Adrien jogged to catch up with the group and gave the ticket attendant a winning smile as he passed her the tickets.

20 minutes later, Adrien had gone from hot and sweaty from the summer heat to hot and tongue-tied as he watched Marinette exit the changing rooms with Alya in tow. He could hear Nino choke on his spit, his best friend wearing a pair of forest green swim trunks.

Marinette was wearing his colors.

She was in a cute black and green one piece. It had the top tied behind her neck and short ruffled skirt that covered absolutely nothing. The dip in fabric, resting midway down her torso, exposed most of Marinette's chest and the soft mound of creamy flesh made Adrien's ears burn.

Legs.

That was the only word running through Adrien's head when he saw her walking towards him. Conveniently forgetting Nino and Felix standing right next to him. Nino gave an appreciate whistle to Alya who was decked in a Ladybug themed bikini.

Marinette was almost half a head shorter than he was but she had really long legs and every inch of soft pale skin was out for the world to see. Adrien let out a squeak and tried to keep his eyes from hungrily devouring every smooth curve that Marinette had presented to him.

Him and every other hot-blooded male with working eyes in the water park.

Alright Mari, just like we planned!

God Alya I'm dying of embarrassment here.

Alya nudged Marinette roughly with her elbow and gave her best friend her best "don't mess with me" look.

Marinette dropped her towel and she bent round to pick it up. GIving Adrien (and Felix) an almost perfect view of her tuckus.

Shut up girl he's looking at you!

Eeep!

Adrien needed oxygen stat because suddenly he couldn't breathe. All the blood in his body had rushed to his other head. Pressing his legs together to avoid any embarrassing boners. Willing himself to calm down.

There was a bright green paw print right smack down the middle on the fabric covering her butt.

Marinette turned away to talk to Alya and Adrien's breath got caught in his throat. The swimsuit had a really low cut back and Adrien's eyes raked across every inch of exposed flesh. He desperately tried to commit to memory every freckle, how the muscle tensed and eased as Marinette moved.

Adrien asked her to turn for him and let him see the back.

The back was embarrassingly low, exposing most of her skin and had a cute green ribbon that rested just above the swell of her butt, she hadn't wanted to get it, " it's exposing too much Alya!" but Alya had argued with "It's a swimsuit, Mari! They're not supposed to cover much!" and honestly it was either this or the Ladybug bikini and Marinette was not in the mental capacity to go through another situation regarding her abs.

There were bells attached to the end of the strings that held the top of Marinette's swimsuit. The bells rested right between her shoulder blades and Adrien wanted to run his hands down the smooth expense of skin that was just within reach.

The bells didn't make any sound so he assumed that Marinette had removed the balls inside somehow.

Felix knocked his brother in the head. Appalled at his behavior. "Stop staring!" he hissed.

Right, right he was going to make Marinette uncomfortable if he didn't stop staring. Go away, dirty thoughts! Marinette deserved better than hormone driven thoughts of how great her legs looked and how much greater they would be wrapped around him.

Adrien shook his head in an attempt to control his thoughts and complemented Marinette with her excellent choice of swimwear. Marinette had merely blushed before Alya jumped in and teased her friend. The pair of swimwear came in both Ladybug and Chat Noir designs and Marinette had made her choice based on her favorite hero.

"Chat Noir is your favorite?" Adrien perked up, giving Marinette a wide grin.

Marinette was about to die. Not only was Adrien topless, (giving her an excellent view of that coveted supermodel body) he was beaming that honest to god smile at her.

Did modeling really require that much muscle definition? Marinette didn't remember having seen many models with such a beefed-up physique like Adrien's.

Marinette pushed the thoughts away, Adrien had fencing and basketball practice. He probably knew some sort of martial arts at the same time, knowing how paranoid his father was.

It was inevitable for Adrien to be muscular.

Hmm… that physique reminded her of someone… But the name danced at the very tip of her tongue. Just out of her grasp. Until Adrien smiled at her (again) and the memory of the name jumped off her tongue and was never to be seen again.

My crops have prospered, my skin has cleared. Marinette could die right now and have no regrets in the world.

The swimsuits had been on sale, with a one for one promotion that neither girl could resist. So really, Marinette had no choice and she wouldn't look good in a bikini anyways.

Curse these superpowers and the constant Akuma fighting to make Marinette fit enough to bench press Felix. (She had lifted Felix across her shoulders in a fireman carry once as a dare from Tikki, so she could probably bench press the elder Agreste brother no problem)

Adrien took a deep inhale when Marinette was turning her head slightly to give him this expectant look with pretty blue eyes.

Oh shit, he was screwed.

Adrien had a crush on Marinette.

Adrien who had also confessed to being in love with Ladybug to Marinette not two weeks ago.

Adrien groaned and Marinette gave him a hurt look.

Adrien, of course, didn't notice anything. Until he got a smack on his arm by a glaring Alya. Adrien turned towards Marinette, an apology forming in his head when he realized she had already walked away with Felix and Nino. Her shoulders slumped and she looked a little dejected.

Did he not reply to Marinette?

Of course, he hadn't. Shitshitshitshit

"Apologise." Alya hissed before turning away and stalking after her best friend. "Don't ruin this day for her Agreste. Or you're never gonna see sunshine again." The threat heavy in the air while Adrian could only stare helplessly. Did Alya just glance down to his crotch? She wasn't serious was she?

Plagg's muffled laughter could be heard from the pocket of his boardshorts. "You really messed that one up kid." the kwami snickered. Adrien wrung his towel in his hands as he slowly followed after his friends and brother. .

"Shut up Plagg." Adrien groaned. "Sure, sure. I'll just remind you about your gaping fish mouth later when we're alone." Plagg snickered. Adrien massaged the bridge of his nose with one hand to ease his frustrations.

Ok, step one apologize to Marinette. Step two, tell her that she's absolutely mesmerizing in that Chat Noir swimsuit. Step three, enjoy the rest of the day and try to get on as many rides with Marinette as possible.

Plan in mind, Adrien gave his best model walk to boost his confidence. God knew he needed it before he lost his head in front of Marinette.

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