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Marinette scrutinized herself in the mirror. Her red dress was an inch too short but the thin black pantyhose she wore underneath gave her outfit an illusion of modesty. Picking a pair of leather ankle boots she observed her ensemble with a critical eye.
The soft, light fabric of the dress hugged comfortably underneath her bust emphasizing her cleavage in the scoop neckline. The dress flowed nicely in pleats and there was a ribbon tied across her ribcage, below her bust. Emphasizing the smooth creamy flesh even more.
The dress was made up of two layers of fabric, the bottom layer was as black as the rest of her ensemble however it was dotted with lighter black spots almost invisible unless you were looking closely. It was thinner, meant to provide volume, rather than warmth, into the silhouette and ended with a ruffled hem. The sleeves were short but she had paired the airy dress with a black pleather jacket with silver zips.
It was a cute, flirty ensemble that called out to both Ladybug and Chat Noir. Marinette liked how the dress twirled around her thighs when she turned. Her hair was down and she sighed wistfully at the memory of her in pigtails.
She had abandoned them the moment she had entered Lycée, citing they were too childish. Especially not if she wanted to project a more professional image towards her peers. Marinette had big dreams for her future and she knew that being known as a professional in her Lycée years would only serve to help her further.
Marinette's hair had grown longer over the years, almost reaching the middle of her back and she had not bothered to cut it. However, with Tikki's magic, Ladybug had appeared to have remained with the same short twintails.
It made the difference between Marinette and Ladybug even more apparent. Secretly Marinette was relieved as the difference between the two of them increased. She already had so many people who knew of her identity. The twinge of anxiety bothered her and quickly, Marinette shook the thought away.
It was better to disassociate with Ladybug's appearance as much as possible.
Marinette heard a knock on her door and her mother pushed the door open to pop her head through. "Ma fille, you look beautiful." Sabine gasped as she caught sight of her daughter.
"Your boys are here, mon cher. I believe your father is trying to intimidate them." Sabine chuckled as her daughter rolled her eyes at her father's antics. "I'll be right down Maman." Marinette smiled before she hurriedly sprayed some perfume and fiddled with her hair one last time.
Glancing around her room Marinette made the split second decision to add a beret to tie her look together. Nodding at her reflection, Marinette patted her cheeks in an effort to psyche herself up.
Grabbing her purse and several cookies leftover from the batch her father had given her earlier, Marinette gave a warning look to Tikki. "Do not finish those cookies, Tikki."
Tikki shrugged her shoulders, "I make no promises, Marinette."
Marinette let out a laugh before shaking her head at her Kwami. Was Plagg equally as spoilt when it came to food? Opening the hatch, Marinette slowly climbed down the stairs, not wanting to trip and make a fool of herself in front of her boys and her parents. Who would no doubt tease her for days to come.
Marinette peeked as close to the bottom of the staircase as she could. They would see her the moment she reached the bottom half of the stairs and she wanted the advantage of observing her boys. Marinette knew very well how both of them made her heart hammer in her ribcage and blood rush to her cheeks.
Marinette definitely had a thing for blond men, she thought to herself. In the setting afternoon sun, both brothers stood with in front of her father who had his back to the window, casting an intimidating shadow over the brothers.
But nothing could stop the sun from shining on their light hair that shone like sleek gold. Marinette wanted to run her fingers through the luscious locks of both men.
The shadowed light hid most of Felix's face but she could see how his blue-grey eyes looked determinedly at her father. Not wanting to back down from the large and intimidating man. Dressed in a light blue undershirt with a darker blue checkered overshirt and form-fitting grey jeans, Felix looked very fetching in such casual attire.
Marinette could feel a flush creep down her neck at the memory of Felix standing in front of her, reprimanding her about her safety after a particularly devastating injury that had thankfully healed by the use of Miraculous Ladybug.
Passion burned bright in his stormy eyes and it made Marinette's breath catch in her throat and her own eyes alight with life. Looking at him now, standing before her father without any fear, only grim determination to prove his worth, made Marinette's heart flutter almost painfully.
Then Adrien came into her view, previously obstructed by her father's bulky form. He was all gentle smiles, bright eyes, and soothing words. 'We'll get her back by ten, M Dupain.' and 'We won't let anything happen to her, I promise.' were thrown about and Marinette couldn't help the fond smile from gracing her lips.
It really was so very like Chat to promise to protect her regardless of the fact that she could very well take care of herself. Marinette could almost see the swinging of his belt-tail - not really leather but not really a fabric that Marinette was familiar with, as he looked up at her father with earnest eyes.
Adrien wore a dark green button up shirt, leaving the top two buttons open to reveal a white undershirt. His jeans were slightly baggy but hugged his butt and made Marinette's blush darken as she watched the model shift in his place. He had on a matching dark green beanie on his head to hide his hair and Marinette knew that if she pulled it off, Chat Noir's messy mop of hair would tumble out.
Marinette could almost hear her father mutter about "my daughter can very well take care of herself" under his breath. Marinette was sure that both boys could catch it too.
Tom Dupain-Cheng was many things but soft-spoken he was not.
Taking another moment to calm herself, lest she trips over her own feet, Marinette felt the gentle press of Tikki at her side giving her reassurance. Getting up, Marinette called forth all her Ladybug calm and made her way down the rest of the stairs.
"Papa, I hope you're not scaring them too badly," Marinette smirked, enjoying Adrien's slight blush and the widening of Felix's eyes at her appearance. She knew she had looked good. Marinette had made the dress and jacket herself after all.
"Of course not, ma fille. I was simply making sure that they would treat you right." Tom placed both hands on his hips, making his already intimidating figure even more so, and gave the boys a glare. Both of them only whipped their heads towards the brunette and nodding their heads enthusiastically towards Marinette, with forced smiles. Marinette giggled as she made her way towards her father and raised herself on her tiptoes to kiss him on the cheek.
"I'll be home late, papa. Don't wait up!" She called as she walked away from her father with a wave. She could hear him huff and say, 'Of course I'll wait up.' in that gruff voice before breaking into a small smile.
His daughter was growing up.
Down at the bakery, Sabine looked up when the door leading to the house opened. Her daughter really was a vision in black and red. Inheriting the best from both herself and Tom.
"Have fun, mon cher." Sabine kissed both of her daughter's cheeks and bid the trio goodbye. Adrien waved shyly and donned a pair of sunglasses - his poor attempt at disguising himself. Felix bent so that he could kiss mme Cheng's cheeks and wished her well.
Marinette linked arms with both brothers and frog marched the three of them out of the store. Giggling as Felix automatically took charge, he led the way to the metro. Enjoying the setting sun casting everything in a warm orange glow, Marinette made conversation with the boys as they walked.
X
The trio was in the shopping mall with the cinema and had found a small restaurant serving French-Italian fusion cuisine. It was relatively crowded but it was still before the dinner crowd would arrive so that had been able to grab a table fairly easily.
Sitting at the restaurant, the three shared a table sequestered at a hidden corner to provide a semblance of privacy. Marinette sat between both boys, listening to Adrien making terrible jokes about past Akuma and Felix listening with a slight frown.
Occasionally, Marinette would catch the older blond glancing her way, observing her. She would gently brush the toe of her boot against his ankle with a reassuring look in her eyes. Felix was shy, Marinette knew that better than most, he was also wrought with insecurities so deep it made Marinette clench her own hand in frustration.
Adrien was blissfully unaware of the exchange but Marinette would always respond to his remarks without missing a beat. She fluttered her lashes at Adrien and pressed her cleavage together while she talked and the flustered look that flashed across Adrien's face made her chest swell with pride.
She had done that. Her! Marinette Dupain-Cheng who had been floundering unable to form coherent sentences whenever in the presence of the blond had finally been able to make him flustered. Take that Adrien Agreste!
Their food arrived and Marinette decided to tease Felix instead, twirling her pasta onto her fork she held it up to Felix and gave him an expectant look. Adrien could only look at the two of them with wide eyes, his own fork halfway towards his open mouth.
"What are you doing Mari?" Felix intoned with a raised eyebrow, leaning slightly away from the approaching fork.
"I'm trying to feed you. Now say ahhh" Marinette teased with a tilted smile that made Felix frown and the barest of pink to rise to his cheeks.
"I am more than capable of feeding myself, ma cher." Felix reached out to grab the fork from Marinette's hand only for her to dodge and a determined glint to appear in her eyes. Felix forced his heart to stop hammering as Marinette slowly leaned closer towards him.
"But I want to feed you." Marinette sing-songed as she carefully approached the older blond. Felix was obviously not used to such blatant teasing and Marinette took the opportunity to shake Felix's usually unwavering expression of constant boredom.
"Just let her do it, frère." Adrien piped up, finally swallowing his mouthful as he watched Marinette and his brother interact. Adrien for the life of him had never seen anybody tease his brother. Not even their mother had had the opportunity.
Adrien could see how Felix was uncomfortable being in such a public setting but had noticed his brother casting longing looks towards Marinette. His Lady must have done something to soothe Felix because soon enough the tension in his broad shoulders seemed to melt away.
Adrien tried to remind himself that he was here to spend time with both Marinette and his brother. But it was hard with Marinette's infectious laughter and sweet smile occupying his mind.
And how pretty she looks in that dress, a traitorous voice Adrien had always associated with Plagg whispered at the back of his mind. The dress was short, shorter than any of the skirts Marinette had ever worn to school but the black stockings that covered the skin of her legs made it impossible for Adrien to look away.
It reminded him of how Ladybug was always covered yet hid nothing, her lithe form always teasing him and his libido. Adrien had wanted to run his hands down Marinette's thigh like how he had always wanted to with Ladybug. And wasn't that amazing, that was Ladybug sitting right next to him.
It had been almost two weeks since Bomb Voyage and Marinette going under but Adrien could barely wrap the fact that one of his best friends was also his partner in Akuma fighting were the same person.
Marinette was always the person he went to for solace when his father got too controlling and restrictive. Marinette would provide him with a safe haven, hot chocolate, and warm hugs. She grounded him when he felt like his life was too out of control and Adrien had likened the emotions that erupted whenever he was in her presence as that of friends.
Marinette would never ask Adrien for help, not for Adrien's lack of offers. She was proud of all that she had accomplished and she refused all of Adrien's attempts to introduce her to his father.
She wanted to get to the top with her own power. She didn't want to have a leg up until she was sure of her own abilities. Adrien had deferred, unhappy at being shut down but proud that his friend had such a strong will.
And wasn't that the most obvious clue of her alter ego, Adrien mused. Nobody had a will as strong as Marinette. There were days when Adrien thought that even mountains would bow to her. As they would have for Ladybug. The fire that burned behind sapphire eyes had Adrien breathless and wanting more often than not.
Snapping out of his thoughts, he watched as Felix closed his lips around Marinette's fork, pink tinting his cheeks while a victorious smirk graced Marinette's sweet face. Marinette pulled the fork back, settling properly in her seat before kissing the utensil and with a wink, she said: "Now there's an indirect kiss."
Adrien swore that Felix's ears had turned bright red as he laughed at his brother's expense. "My Lady, you wound me, I want a kiss too." Adrien turned green eyes to his Lady. Marinette blinked and Adrien let a pleased purr echo in his head as her cheeks flushed a beautiful shade of pink.
It had been much too long since Adrien had made that delicious flush appear, Adrien thought to himself. "Oh Chaton, if I gave you kisses, you would never leave me alone." Marinette raised a challenging eyebrow.
Adrien could feel his own ears burning at the idea of Marinette peppering his face with kisses. Lost in fantasy, Felix coughed politely into his hand and ran fingers down the back of Marinette's hand, capturing her attention.
Feeling bold, because really Felix did not want to imagine Marinette kissing anybody but himself, Felix held up a spoon full of confit de canard. Marinette blinked owlishly and Felix watched as her eyes traveled from his own before settling on the offered food.
Closing her eyes and opening her mouth, Marinette waited for Felix to feed her and for some reason the image of Marinette waiting for him with her mouth open sent his heart racing into overdrive and something stirring deep at the back of his mind that Felix really did not want to think about at this moment thank you very much.
He quickly fed the dark-haired vixen, because there was no use in trying to convince him that she was not. Considering how she tempted him almost constantly. Felix brought his gaze towards his unfinished food and tried to calm his racing heart.
Glancing from under his fringe, Felix noted how Adrien had yet to recover from his daydreaming and Felix felt it prudent to kick his brother under the table. The sharp pain knocked Adrien out of whatever fantasy he was dreaming of and a bright flush graced the younger's cheeks.
Felix felt his lips tug into a smirk. Until he felt the boot of his vixen barely grazing the fabric of his jeans. Felix wasn't quite sure why but the innocent gaze look on Marinette's face as she quietly ate her pasta and the almost sinful - he wasn't quite sure why it was sinful but the very idea that it was Marinette who was touching him, lit fires under his skin.
He suppressed a shiver that traveled up his spine and moved his leg closer to Marinette's. Not quite sure how to respond to her burning touch, Felix shifted in his seat, trying to get comfortable. Marinette had a certain light in her eyes and Adrien had been reduced back to a blushing mess.
"What's wrong you guys? You're both awfully quiet." Marinette asked with wide eyes. Adrien jerked back into reality with pink dusted cheeks and stammered an apology. Felix could only take a deep breath, in an attempt to calm his nerves, before issuing his own apology.
The conversation resumed and the food was quickly consumed, their movie would start soon and both Marinette and Adrien liked to watch the previews. Adrien had managed to feed a spoonful of his ratatouille to Marinette's waiting mouth - the owner of said mouth had blushed a pretty pink to the tip of her ears. Felix did not fail to see the barely disguised smirk that Adrien had shot him for what it was.
Apparently, his brother had issued a challenge. Truly Felix had not felt such excitement in a while. The adrenaline from his one-time performance as Ladybug notwithstanding. He had almost died and Felix did not want a repeat performance, thank you very much.
Getting up to pay the bill, Felix placed a hand on Marinette's shoulder and whispered into her ear. Adrien had simply widened his eyes at the action as Marinette's flushed cheeks grew redder in embarrassment. Adrien didn't miss the smirk that Felix had given Adrien as he walked away.
Marinette twiddled her thumbs, feeling the heat on her cheeks. Having the warmth of Felix's breath blowing at her ear made shivers race down her spine and the heat crawl on her face. Her heart that had been excited at the prospect of teasing both Agreste brothers had pounded erratically from the seemingly innocent actions of her best friend.
"Are you alright Marinette? You look pretty red." Adrien asked, concern in his green eyes. Marinette eyes widened and shook her head almost frantically. Adrien wondered if Marinette had ever hurt herself just by nodding or shaking her head so vigorously.
There was another way for Marinette to hurt her neck while moving her head, his traitorous mind whispered and Adrien pinched himself to stop his face from reacting. Or overheating. Which was what Marinette seemed to be doing.
Hazy images of his mother placing her own cool forehead against his fevered one flashed in his mind and before he fully realized it, Adrien had scooted his chair as close to Marinette's as possible and gently placed a hand under her chin.
It forced the small girl to gaze at him with pretty blue eyes and Adrien closed the distance between them. Placing his forehead against hers, Marinette's temperature seemed normal, even if a little warm.
"You're a little warm there, Marinette. Are you sure that you're alright?" Adrien asked, finally releasing the poor girl from his gentle grip.
Marinette's face had turned an enticing shade of red that Adrien had only seen during their first year at Collège. "I-I-I'm fine! N-no need t-to w-worry." Marinette stuttered, face turned away - and Adrien could see that even her ears were a bright red, as she held her arms up in front of her as if to ensure space between the two of them.
A delicate cough interrupted Adrien from further questioning one of his best friends and both turned to see Felix with a slight frown on his face. Marinette quickly gathered her bag when Felix announced that he had settled the bill and Adrien stood up to pull her chair for her.
Stammering a soft thank you, Marinette walked towards Felix who held an arm out for her. Marinette gratefully accepted the arm because really she felt light headed and dizzy.
Adrien had touched foreheads with her! For fifteen glorious seconds, Adrien motherfucking Agreste had been in such close proximity to her that their skin had touched! Marinette could hardly breathe as her eyes raked across the beautiful features of her partner up close.
There had been a couple of times when as Ladybug and Chat Noir the two had been in close proximity before. Like before, Ladybug had taken the chance to observe and almost memorize the lines and dips of her partner's face. The way those green eyes had glowed or how the messy blond locks would tease and try to hide those magnificent eyes from view.
Walking towards the cinema, the trio had a good fifteen minutes before the cinema would allow customers into the theatre. The trio spent the time idly walking around the shopping mall, slowly making their way to the top floor where the cinema was held.
Adrien had already booked their seats in advance, choosing seats towards the side of the theatre towards the back. He knew they weren't the best seats but Adrien remembered the many times Alya had complained about having idiots sitting on either side of her when she got seats at the back row.
Marinette had agreed with a solemn nod and Adrien wondered what kind of horrors did these seat neighbors impart on the pair. There were only four seats to the side and since Adrien had booked the seats towards the very end, it left a free seat at the aisle.
He had hoped that there would be nobody who would have bought that seat. There were no seats behind them and only the row in front of them that Adrien had noticed had been bought by a couple. Or how only the middle two of the seats had been sold had seemed to him.
Offering to buy them some popcorn, Adrien left Marinette with his brother. Standing in the queue, he felt a familiar weight on his back and with a sense of dread, Adrien turned to see a very familiar pair of white sunglasses staring back at him.
Taking a deep breath because really how could he possibly have such rotten luck? "Adri-chou, ma douce, what a surprise! What are you doing here!" Chloe Bourgeois batted her lashes at her childhood friend.
It had been a matter of coincidence of course. Chloe had been walking around the mall with Jean-Marc carrying her shopping when a familiar head of blond hair caught her eye from a distance away. With keen intellect and prowess, read: stalking through the crowd and pushing anybody in her way, Chloe had finally caught up with her childhood friend.
"Salut, Chloe." Adrien greeted with a tired smile. Flashing nervous green eyes between his childhood friend and the direction he had last seen Marinette and Felix. Chloe followed his line of sight and blue eyes widened as she saw Felix Agreste standing in the crowd.
"Are you here with your brother?" Chloe questioned, she had never known for either Agreste brothers to be fond of crowds or public settings, especially not someplace as common as the cinema.
Chloe kept her wonderings to herself until the crowd parted slightly and the bane of her existence appeared next to the older blond. She was laughing at something he had said, bright eyes staring straight at Felix. Watching Marinette focusing all of her attention at the elder brother, Chloe saw how Felix's eyes glittered as he conversed with the petite girl.
"Merde, Adrien." Chloe breathed out, voice barely a whisper. She thought that she could feel Adrien wince under her hold, but that could have been her imagination. The situation was as clear as day. "He looks at her like she hung the stars in the sky." This time she really did feel the wince from the taller blond.
"I know. He loves her." Adrien whispered, resolutely looking away from the pair. Chloe snapped her head to look at her childhood friend. "Doesn't Marinette know that you like her?" Chloe questioned with a raised eyebrow.
"I-I… Well, I haven't really gotten around…" Adrien trailed off, arm raising to rub the back of his neck forcing Chloe to dislodge herself from his back. "I haven't really told her my feelings, not directly at least." Adrien shrugged, eyes sad as he faced the front of the queue.
Chloe continued to observe the pair of them. Chloe and Marinette had never been close, four years of sharing the same classroom notwithstanding, but Chloe truly hadn't sene Marinette direct such a sweet smile to anybody who wasn't Adrien.
Chloe remembered how during the attack of Bomb Voyage, Adrien had run out of the bus just to run back towards the disaster zone that had been the park to save Marinette. Chloe remembered how Adrien had gone to visit Marinette every day during her coma.
"You shouldn't have to tell her that you like her. Your actions speak for themselves." Chloe huffed and crossed her arms, pout forming.
"That's the thing, I've only just started showing her that I really do like her." Adrien sighed, shoulders hunched. "Felix has been showing it to her for the past four years. He has a head start."
Chloe rolled her eyes at her best friend's dramatic nature. "Well it's not much of a head start if the poor girl has been crushing on you since Collège." she huffed. "Wait, what?" Adrien perked up, turning suddenly bright green eyes towards her that Chloe almost wanted to put on her sunglasses.
"I said," Chloe ground out, "that Marinette," Chloe pointed over her shoulder in the general direction the dark-haired girl was standing at, "has had a crush on you," She then poked a finger at Adrien's chest, "for the past two years or so."
The hope shining brightly in his eyes really made Chloe wish that she had kept her mouth shut. A small part of her chastised herself, maybe if she hadn't shared that bit of information there would have been a chance for Chloe to swoop in and keep Adrien for herself.
A bigger part of herself pushed that idea to the ground and stomped it down with the heel of her Jimmy Choos. Adrien deserved better than Chloe, who came with so much baggage she had to pay extra at the airport.
Someone who could make him smile like how Marinette seemed to be naturally excellent at. Chloe knew better than most how Adrien was sad and lonely, herself living through very similar emotions. But Marinette had that fire in her that spread to all those who surround her.
Marinette offered Adrien a warmth that Chloe had never been able to generate on her own. Her own lonely childhood suffocating her flames. Now what burned were icy fires that froze more than it melted.
"Adri-chou, the way I see it, you have two options." Chloe held up two fingers. "Either really take advantage of the fact that the girl has a crush on you or you could let Felix have her and give up." Adrien blinked green eyes at Chloe's blunt words.
Give up on Marinette? Give on his Lady? His Lady Love for the past two years that had given Adrien the opportunity to escape his father's cold dark walls. Ladybug who let him do as he wished as long as he completed the tasks, not limiting him to rules or behavior.
Ladybug who would meet him at the top of the Eiffel Tower with hot cocoa in a now very familiar tumbler and they would sip and talk well into the night. Sometimes they would talk about the future, would Papillon still be a threat five years down the road?
Sometimes the pair would talk about mundane things like the latest Agreste line that graced the billboards and Chat Noir would have to fight the blush looking at his face magnified a hundred times.
Then Chat Noir would go for a run across the rooftop, with nothing but tiles under his feet and cool crisp air in his face before heading home. Sometimes, Chat Noir would stop by his favorite bakery and rap on Marinette's skylight. The girl was always awake, not surprising now that Adrien knew her alter-ego - it was impossible to immediately go to bed when the adrenaline of flying in the cool night air sings in your veins after all, and they would sit on her balcony slash rooftop in companionship.
Chat Noir would tell her anything and nothing and Marinette would patiently sit and listen. She never made fun of him for his less than masculine feelings, not that Marinette hadn't hit him in the arm at the fact that he thought he wasn't masculine for having feelings of all things.
"Chat Noir, having feelings is what tells you that you're alive. Having emotions and wants and desires that make you human. There's nothing feminine for having feelings." Marinette had huffed and rolled her eyes, knowing that her hits wouldn't even leave a bruise since he was protected by his suit.
Chat Noir had only laughed and hugged Marinette close to his heart. He didn't know how to express his thoughts but her words had made tears gather in his eyes. Years of his father drilling how useless and unproductive emotions were echoed in his head.
Marinette, as Ladybug provided him the freedom to fly. But as pain old Marinette she kept him grounded when he would spiral out of control. Tasting that freedom, it was very easy for Adrien as Chat Noir to go on a high and never come down.
Except that he did, because Marinette was always waiting for him. Getting the popcorn and the drinks, Chloe had hugged him, bidding a farewell while watching worriedly as her best friend contemplated in heavy silence.
Walking back to the pair- they were not a couple, Adrien heavily denied in his head and stomped down that idea deep into the recesses of his mind. Marinette caught sight of him first, Marinette had always been the first to see him, even as Ladybug and Adrien as Chat Noir.
Adrien could see the tender emotion in Felix's eyes as his brother watched Marinette and Adrien could feel himself bristle at the very thought that his brother of all people would try to take Marinette away from him.
Taking a deep breath, Adrien raised his spoils in greeting. "Come on it's almost time to go in." Marinette grinned. Felix grabbed the drinks so that Adrien would at least have one arm free. But now both of Felix's hands were occupied and Adrien took the opportunity to hold Marinette's in his now free hand.
Marinette had 'eep-ed' at the sudden coolness and blushed prettily at their joined hands. Turning to face Felix, Adrien saw a contemplative look on his brother's features. Raising his eyebrow in question at his brother, Felix had only shaken his head in reply.
Adrien had to tug on Marinette's hand, the girl had frozen on the spot staring at the joined hands. "Let's go, Marinette." Adrien had given her a winning smile, enjoying how blue eyes widened and her cheeks turning red before she followed after him. Felix not far behind with a gentle smile on his face.
Silently he thanked Chloe for the push he needed to strengthen his resolve. Nobody would steal Marinette away from him. Not even his brother.
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