Here is the long awaited update!

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He woke up the sound of footsteps and the coffee machine. He sat up and blinked as Alya opened the curtains with a quick flick of her wrists.

"Good morning Sunshine!" She affectionaly ruffled his hair, probably trying to worsen his bedhead. He always had a stunning bedhead. They had already prepared breakfast. Adrien sat down in front of Nino.

"You could have woken me up, I would have helped." He declared as he took two crepes from the pile on the table.

"Don´t worry about it bro. You needed the sleep." Adrien nodded thankfully. They ate breakfast in silence, slowly waking up after a good night sleep. They finished around 10 o´clock. Even if it was Sunday, Alya had to go to work, an important event came up and she had to write a story for the tomorrow´s newspaper. After giving Nino a quick kiss, she darted away. Having nothing to do all day but hiding, Adrien and Nino decided to spend the rest of the morning by playing video games. Needless to say that Adrien always beat Nino… As the clock struck twelve, they decided to prepare a small lunch, being too lazy, but also not having any great cooking skills, they settled for something very simple: pizza… from the freezer.

They slowly ate in front of the television, watching one of their favourite series. While Nino had no problem to simply watch the show, Adrien couldn´t stop his gaze to drift to his phone, he still hadn´t turned on. He knew he had to… one day…eventually… Nino saw his friend staring at his phone. He moved into a weird position so he could fish out his own phone. He was curious as well... He unlocked his phone, opened an internet web page and tapped ´Adrien Agreste´. There weren´t any photos or videos, since the paparazzi had been kept away thanks to the security. The guests must have been sworn to secrecy by Adrien´s father, since this wasn´t good for business. A special shoot would have taken place after the wedding for the press, but since nobody appeared… There were many articles about what could have happened, many made-up stories since nobody had been given any information. The lack of information let the imagination run wild and free.

"Chloé Agreste, a myth?"

"Chloé Bourgeois turns into Chloé A… Bourgeois?"

"The model with cold feet"

"Having the flu… is it an excuse for not having a wedding?"

"No news… = good news?"

Nino updated Adrien, who was still sitting next to him, about what the Internet thought. Nino laughed at some of the headlines. The blond sighed deeply as he rubbed his eyes. He didn´t look good, Nino tapped his shoulder and tried to shake him out of his pessimistic trance. "Hey, I´m here for you bro." Adrien looked up at him and smiled, but even his smile couldn´t lie for him. He felt terrible, it´s not like he didn´t regret his choice of not having the wedding, he knows he would have suffered a lot more, but it didn´t mean he didn´t suffer now.

It had been a week. Nino didn´t know how to cheer his best-friend up, he was so down, he had never seen him like this. Of course it couldn´t be simple to do that, he knew his BFF´s family situation, it wasn´t great. Adrien had changed the course of his life drastically. Everything was now unsure, he couldn´t view the same future his father had talked to him about.

Suddenly Nino got a brilliant idea. Without Adrien even registering, he checked his watch and stood up. A minute later Adrien has pulled out of his trance as Nino threw something at him.

"Get dressed, were going out!" Adrien looked puzzled; he looked down at his sweatpants he was currently wearing. Nino went over to his room, probably to get dressed as well. Adrien obeyed and changed into his normal clothes. Nino came out as well a second later after he was done.

Adrien was wearing an all-black outfit, like he didn´t want to attract any attention. Nino went up to him and pulled his hoodie over his head, covering his shiny blond hair. After Nino was done, he patted his head. "Let´s go." As he saw Nino make his way to the front entrance of their apartment building, Adrien suddenly tensed, unsure about going out in public. Nino had to push him out. Adrien kept looking everywhere like a paranoid person, afraid a paparazzi might catch him and further ruin his day. They walked for quite a long time and Adrien´s mind cleared slowly as he discovered the new neighbourhood he had never seen. He wasn´t aware of the moment that Nino stopped at the corner of a street, but Nino holding him back by his arm quickly brought him back. He stared at the building, in front of him a small bakery "T&S´ bakery". At first he couldn´t see if the bakery was still open or not, the windows not being see-through, but the sign on the door confirmed what he thought.

"Nino, it´s closed! What are we doing here?" Nino didn´t respond but only knocked on the door. Adrien sighed at his friend´ dumbness. Do I have to repeat it´s closed?! Much to Adrien´s surprise, the door clicked. He was stunned as he saw Marinette emerge from the inside of the bakery. His eyes widened and his heart started to pump a little faster. He willed himself not to blush as he saw her clothes covered in a small layer of snow-white flour and some stains of dough on her apron. Nino nudged his elbow into his ribs as he seemed not to utter a word out even if Mari was looking at him. He greeted her and she invited them in.

"What are you two doing outside? I thought you wouldn´t come out of your cave." She giggled and it made Adrien´s heart warm.

"We needed some fresh air to clear his thoughts." Nino pointed at him and Marinette smiled with sympathy. Adrien looked around, only to see the bakery was nearly empty, but there was still a lingering sweet smell that made his belly start to beg for a taste. She ushered them to sit down and he saw her leave for the back of the bakery. Nino took one of the chairs that had been put on the tables, while she had been swiping the floor. He sat down, still looking around always finding something new, like the pictures behind the counter he wanted to further investigate. But form his seat he couldn´t see clearly. The moment he wanted to stand up, Marinette made her way back to them with a tray. Once she deposited it on the table, Adrien´s jaw dropped. Croissants, cakes, quiches, tartelettes… everything the heart could desire was right in front of him. She had made coffee to go with. Nino chuckled as he saw his friend´s reaction. Before they could thank her, she stopped them and gestured for them to start eating. After eating a croissant, Adrien reached for a raspberry tartelettes.

"There my favourite", stated simply Marinette. Adrien managed a small smile as the sun had settled a bit and was shining brightly on her. Her blue eyes appeared brighter as she radiated. Adrien managed a small smile. He didn´t see her flush as she observed his blond hair reflecting the light as well as his shining emeralds. The sun showcased the edges and planes of his face and body perfectly. They eased in a comfortable conversation as the two boys finished the rests of the bakery. Nino´s goal was reached: Adrien wasn´t lulling in self-despair anymore. Even if Alya had said they had to take it slow: Adrien had seen Marinette … and his reaction was … quite positive. They decided to leave as Nino received a message from Alya asking where they were. Marinette gave them two loafs of bread she had left. Marinette hugged Nino as usual and not to exclude Adrien, she hugged him as well.

Adrien walked out of the bakery with a lingering smile and blush, he wore until they came back to Nino´s apartment. Adrien didn´t see Nino´s small smirk as they entered the apartment.

They ate a light dinner and went to sleep. Once Alya was sure that Adrien couldn´t hear them she turned to Nino with an angry expression on her face. She jabbed a finger at him.

"I told you not to push too much! Adrien nearly got married yesterday and you are already pushing him into another woman´s arms! You know how Mari would feel, if you- we interfere! Please stop pushing them together, it´s not going to end pretty!" Nino lifted his hands trying to appease his girlfriend. He didn´t think she would react this bad.

"Hey, don´t worry, okay? Alright, I´ll stop meddling and let the two take their time… but you have to admit we should have done something about them a long time ago! They would be great together!" beemed Nino.

"You´re right, but pushing them into a relationship won´t do them any good." Nino nodded and kissed her goodnight. They both slipped under the covers and Alya snuggled up to Nino, who turned off the lights.

So it´s a longer update. I have to warn you that the next update will take much longer. I haven´t continued writing and I have no time. I´m really sorry, but you´ll have to be super patient. :(

You still can eat the stress away with some chocolate! :)

I hope you liked this update. Your reviews make me trully happy and encourage me to continue, I´ll try to do my best!

I wish you luck for everything you might be going through! :)