Note: This is the end. The last chapter. Originally it was intended to go on for a while, but... I didn't really want to keep up on this story once I got backlash. The characters became broken and last update and this one is the result of that. I have explained how it was supposed to go below and then you'll see how it ended up going as well. I am sorry that I ended it so abruptly, but I didn't want to get more backlash for something that seemed so small to me. It left me confused and utterly speechless because I have written so much worse things within this fandom and something so small is what caused a blow up. Anyway, Here is fluff and sadness, but mostly fluff. I'm glad you read this story and thank you for all of the favorites and follows and nice comments. :) I'll see you all in my other stories. :)
Adrien sat on the edge of Marinette's bed when he woke up to his phone going off. He looked down at the screen to see a text from Nathalie.
Your father would like to invite you all to brunch at the house.
Adrien sighed and ran a hand through his hair. Marinette leaned on her elbow and grabbed his shoulder, pulling him back down to the bed. "What's wrong?"
Adrien got up and slipped on his pants. "My father wants us to come over for brunch." Marinette watched his back as he buttoned and zipped them.
"Why?" She was confused by why he would want to talk to them when he just had the day before. What more was there left to say? "Well are you going to answer?"
"Yeah. Yeah I'm gonna go. Without you. I've done enough to you. Ruined you. I can do this alone." He sighed and slipped his shirt on, leaving it unbuttoned.
"Adrien." Marinette stood up and walked after him. She grabbed his arm as he was busy putting all of his things into his pockets from her kitchen island. "ADRIEN!" She yelled and yanked him back.
"What?" Adrien turned around to face her and she searched his green eyes.
"I'm going with you." Marinette shook his arm to solidify her decision. "I am going with you, whether you like it or not. This is OUR problem. Not just yours."
Adrien sighed and relaxed. "I'll just go sit on the couch while you get ready." He put his hands in his pockets and wandered over to the couch. There was no point in fighting her.
It didn't take her long to get ready to go see his father and when they arrived, Gabriel was waiting on the staircase.
"Hello, father." Adrien sighed and placed a hand in his pocket.
"Your hairs a mess and your clothing is wrinkled." Gabriel took note of his son's disheveled appearance.
"Nice to see you too, father." Adrien ran his hands through his hair to straighten it out and began to smooth and tuck in his button down shirt. He rolled the sleeves up to his elbows and held his arms out at his sides and did a spin. "Better?" His voice came out monotoned and his expression was one of unamusement. He really didn't care anymore.
"Look, I need to have a word with you both. So, cut the pity me shit and let's go have some brunch and talk about this." Gabriel began and Adrien was pulled from his self pity by his father cursing.
Adrien and Marinette followed him to the dining room table and they sat down across from one another.
"Okay…" Gabriel sighed and sat down at the head of the table. "I'm going to tell you this because at first I had a plan. I wanted to make everyone fall in love with your fake relationship until someone broke. Until someone fell apart. Then I had high hopes that Hawkmoth would have akumatized them."
Marinette and Adrien's mouths fell open in shock. They couldn't believe what Gabriel was saying.
"So, I had Nathalie call in a favor to Lila. I had Lila give Luka designer drugs. I knew her career was falling apart due to them, so I took the advantage. She met up with Luka and gave him the pills. He didn't want to do it at first, but seeing as how his music career was sinking… he was willing to get back at the son of a wealthy designer. But… When you two had those photos taken and I saw how Marinette stayed by your side... I realized that you two were being serious. I realized how real it was. So, I felt guilty. I still do. So, here we are."
Adrien slammed his fist down on the table. "Why the fuck would you want to akumatize someone? Why would you help someone like that?"
"Because Chat Noir! How would you feel if your son was running around risking their lives in a catsuit?" Gabriel growled back and Marinette just tried to stay out of it.
Adrien pressed his nails into his palm. "How long?" He hid in his hair.
"How long what?" Gabriel was taken aback by his question.
"How long have you known?" Adrien let the tears fall from his eyes.
"Since, your mother passed." Gabriel sighed. "How else does my kid get out of an open window so high up?"
Adrien cleared his throat. "Yeah, well. You never seemed to care when I was there. Only when I was gone."
Marinette worried her bottom lip and looked from Adrien to Gabriel. She was so lost in this conversation right now. Was his father Hawkmoth then?
"So, why didn't you just take my miraculous in my sleep? I wouldn't put that past you." Adrien sighed and went to take off his ring to pass it to him. There was no point anymore. He slid the silver ring across the table and Marinette's heart sped up.
"I don't want it anymore." Gabriel pushed it back to him across the table and Adrien shot up to look at him.
"WHAT?" He was shocked at his father's decision.
"You're mother is gone. She's been gone. I don't want to lose you too and if I make that wish? I lose you and your mother wouldn't want that. She'd never live with herself if she knew you were sacrificed for her." Gabriel sighed and placed Adrien's hand in Marinette's. She looked up into Adrien's eyes with blushing cheeks and shaking blue eyes. Adrien warmly smiled at her and brought her knuckles to his soft lips. "Besides. You two deserve to be happy and I won't interfere anymore." He took his butterfly miraculous off and placed it inside of it's box. He passed it to them. Adrien and Marinette both looked at him in shock. "I renounce Nooroo for good. I only wish to see my grandchildren. You'll make beautiful clothing, Marinette." He winked at her and she gasped.
"You sound like you're dying." Adrien played with his croissant.
"Actually, that was another topic I needed to discuss." Gabriel sighed and placed his glasses on the table.
Adrien's heart sank at his words. Marinette watched Adrien with careful eyes. "What are you even saying?"
"Your tablet?" Gabriel peered over at Nathalie. She brought it over to him and he slid his fingers along the smooth surface. He passed the device over to them and Adrien shoved it away as fast as possible.
"No!" He shoved his chair away from the table and ran up the stairs to his old bedroom.
"I- I'm really sorry, Monsieur Agreste." Marinette swallowed hard as she looked at his heightened white blood cell count and the date that was to be his last. "But what about your son? You're not going to do chemo or anything?"
"Let me show you something." Gabriel pushed himself away from the table after he put his glasses back on.
Marinette took one last sip of her wine and walked after him. Gabriel opened a room that she had never seen before, as a sad piano song began to play from above them.
"Is that?" Marinette was shocked by how the complex song was executed with perfection.
"Yeah. He only plays when he's sad now-a-days." Gabriel sighed and opened a drawer within his spacious bedroom. He pulled out a brown leather journal and passed it to Marinette. "Give this to Adrien when he's ready. Not now. Give it to him when you find out your expecting. I think it will help him."
Marinette slid her hand over her stomach and her eyes shook, as she clutched the journal to her chest.
"Nooroo told me. I'm sure Tikki knows too." Gabriel sighed and lead her back out of the bedroom, once she put the journal in her purse. "Now, go talk to my son. He shouldn't be dealing with this alone."
Marinette suddenly wrapped her arms around him and held him. "You shouldn't be dealing with this alone either."
Gabriel ran his fingers through her hair. "I've dealt with this a long time by myself. It's no different. Now, go." He held her at an arms length away and she nodded.
Marinette wiped her eyes with the backs of her hands and she opened Adrien's bedroom door. The piano music grew louder and she found him slumped over the piano, lost in the sad song.
She closed the door and sat down beside him. Marinette raised her hands and began to play the sweet melody with him. He looked over at her in shock and she just warmly smiled and trailed her fingers along with him. They sat in silence and continued the song together until the end.
Adrien gently let his hands fall into his lap. "When did you learn to play?"
"Well… funny you should ask…" Marinette rubbed the back of her neck and sheepishly looked up at him. "The day I found out that you played. I- I wanted to play with you one day. So… I saved up and… bought a piano. I practiced and practiced. So, here we are. And… Nooroo and Tikki might know a secret." She grabbed his hand and placed it on her stomach. His eyes searched from her stomach to her eyes and they shook while his lips parted.
He suddenly pulled her into his arms and sobbed on her shoulder. "But we won't know for sure until I'm late and-"
He shook his head and pulled away from her, kissing her from her cheeks to her lips and back again. "I don't care. I don't care if we don't know for sure yet. I'm just so happy." He pressed his forehead to hers and she smiled with tears in her eyes.
"Really? You're not scared or mad?" Marinette let her tears fall down
"No, it's purrfect. Everything is perfect, M'Lady." He brought her into a tight embrace again. "Too perfect."
Marinette ran her fingers through his hair and saw his father smiling through the cracked door. Gabriel gave a nod to Marinette's smile and little wave. He disappeared from the doorway and Marinette buried her face into Adrien's shoulder.
Marinette pulled away from him and dug into her purse. She passed him the journal. "Your father wanted you to have this when we found out, but seeing as how I just spilled the news. Here you go. For when you need it most."
Adrien took the journal with shaking hands and opened the front page.
To my son. I only hope that this will help you when I am no longer here. That this will lift you up when you are down. That it will guide you through the hardest of times. I only wish that I could have been there to see my first grandchild, but I know I will be. I know I will be watching you grow and watching everything around you blossom. Because I know you are important and will be. The world needs you. Just like I did when you came to me as a surprise. It was a gift in the middle of chaos. Please know that I loved you. That I would have stayed longer if I could have. If I could have been stronger. I know your father probably hasn't told you much. He probably made it seem like I disappeared to avoid remembering what happened. That's so like him. I'm going to take these last pills. The last ones I will ever have to and watch my room turn into bluebells. And the warm sun will remind me of your smile and I know I'll at once be at peace. I love you, Kitten. More than the sun loves the moon. But it is my time to go. I can't do this anymore. Don't blame yourself. It wasn't your fault. I'm just tired. So tired. Tired of being expected to be perfect. To be seen in the limelights. I want to be free. Truly free. So, I sent you a gift when you were 13 years old and I bet you didn't even know. :) I went to Master Fu and asked him to give you freedom. I wanted you to be able to escape whenever you wanted. I didn't want this life for you. Anyway, I hope you have done it justice. I hope you have enjoyed our beautiful city from new heights. Remember to be kind, to love and be loved, be compassionate, respectful, and most of all… remember to have fun. Life is too short not too, Adrien. Be yourself.
I love you always and forever,
Your maman.
Adrien's voice cracked at the end as he read it out loud and Marinette had tears streaming down her face. He quickly flipped through the pages and found that each entry was dated from before he was born to the end.
"She really did love you." Marinette wiped the tears from her eyes and he sighed, closing the journal in his lap.
"Yeah, yeah she did." Adrien was suddenly struck with millions of memories of his mother. From her worst to her best days. Days filled with giggles, baking, and bedtime stories. Days that he cherished and missed.
Marinette sighed, stood up, and wrapped her arms around him from behind. "One day… let's go visit her grave together."
Adrien just sighed and kissed her arms as he held them in his hands. "She'd love that."
"We could even leave flowers for her." Marinette smiled and he smirked.
"Bluebells were her favorite." Adrien pulled her around and into his lap. "Like your eyes."
Marinette's mind filtered to his poem from high school and her heart melted. She whispered the words and a tear fell from his eyes. "Your hair is dark as night, your pretty bluebell eyes, I wonder who you are beneath that strong disguise. Every day we see each other and I hope that you'll be mine. Together our love could be so true, please-"
Adrien brushed the back of his hand along her cheek. "Will you be my wife?"
Marinette jumped at his words. "You got the poem wrong. It's Valent-"
Adrien shook his head. "I know. I wrote it, silly."
She gasped as he moved her out of the way and went to grab something from a shelf. "Oh good, it's still where I left it years ago."
Marinette's lips parted as he walked back over with a small red box. He got down on one knee in front of her and took her hand in his. "What are you doing, Adrien Agreste?" Marinette could only get those words out before he silenced her with his lips along her knuckles.
"Something I was going to do years… ago, Bugaboo." Adrien smiled up at her and took a deep breath.
"Yyeesss?" Marinette's eyes sparked in the light and he peered deeply into hers.
"I've loved you for so long and I've been in denial for so long. And all of this chaos has only made me realize more and more that we are meant to be. That I need your strength. That I need your love. And you were the first person I truly loved after my mother was gone. The first person to actually understand what was happening in my life. And I- I want to stay with you until the end of time. I want to love you and worship you. I want to spend the rest of my days showing you how much I love you. How much you have saved me. So please, Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Ladybug, my love… will you marry this silly tom cat?" Adrien opened the box to reveal a beautiful ring. It was platinum and had a 2 karat diamond center with two baby pink sapphires on each side. The band had vinery along it and two ladybugs sat on each side of the stones.
Marinette threw herself at him. "YES! YES! A MILLION TIMES YES!" She pressed her lips to his and cradled his face. He stood up and she did too.
"You don't even know how happy that makes me." Adrien slid the ring onto her left ring finger and she held it into the light.
"You don't know how happy you have made me." Marinette got lost in his emerald eyes and brought him in for another kiss.
Emma toddled around them as they sat in the park on a pink blanket. She was in a yellow dress with white ribbons and little white embroidered ladybugs lined the hem. Adrien chuckled at their daughter and grabbed her. He began to tickle her and she burst into a fit of giggles. "I got you!" Adrien sweetly laughed and continued his attack.
"Papa!" Emma burst out and rolled around, trying to get away from him.
He rolled onto his back and began to toss her into the air above him. She giggled and screamed as Adrien caught her over and over again like a ball of yarn.
Marinette walked up with ice cream from Andre's. "You guys are ridiculous." She giggled. Adrien put Emma down and Marinette passed Adrien his cone, while she shared hers with Emma.
Adrien sighed into his ice cream and she giggled at Emma's enthusiasm over the sweet dessert. "I think I can get used to this." He leaned back on his palm with a smile and licked his ice cream.
"Mm-hm. Me too. I have to run by Gabriel though to approve those designs." Marinette smiled at him and wiped Emma's mouth with a napkin.
"It was nice of my father to leave his brand to you." Adrien smiled over at her and she licked her ice cream with a nod.
"And you could then focus on physics." Marinette smiled at him and he nodded.
"Yep. Although, I enjoy modeling for you once in a while." He winked at her and Marinette giggled.
"I wouldn't expect any less from you." Marinette went to kiss his cheek and he turned his face last minute and captured her lips with his.
She sighed and Emma giggled at her loving parents.
Songs I wrote to in order:
I Don't Care by Fall Out Boy
High Hopes by Panic! at the Disco
Thunderclouds by LSD
Eastside by Halsey and Khalid
Thankful by Anthony Gregninger (The sad song Adrien is playing and the song that Marinette joins in on at the end of it)
Reflection by Elliot Middleton
Everdream by Epic Soul Factory
Waves by mattia Cupelli
