You might want to read the last chapter again, since it´s been so ong since I posted the last chapter ^^" Sorry about that!

"Good morning!" She was still rearranging a few fresh loafs of bread and had her back turned to him. She turned around and gasped as she saw his face now uncovered form his hood. He smiled brightly, which made her blush but she returned his smile.

"Hey Marinette! How are you doing?" She gestured for him to follow her to the back after she checked that there wasn´t another client in the bakery. Adrien frowned.

"Don´t worry, the bell on the door will tell me if someone comes in." He nodded reassured he wasn´t disturbing her.

"Do you want some coffee?" He nodded and she handed him a cup of freshly brewed coffee.

"So, getting bored of Alya and Nino?" she asked jokingly. Both chuckled, knowing it was true. Sometimes when they were together, they could get a little out of hand. Either they couldn´t stop bickering acting like an old married couple or they couldn't keep their hands to themselves.

"Well, I´m sure you know how they are." Mari giggled, nodding franticly.

"Don´t worry I know!" Finishing her cup, she started to measure the ingredients for a wedding cake.

"I´m thankful they offered me to stay, but sometimes I…" He stopped. Mari looked up, signalling him to continue. "I feel like I´m intruding and extending my stay, but they don´t want to kick me out, out of pity."

Mari cleaned her hands on her apron and made her way up to where he was seated. She kneeled in front of him.

"Hey, I´m sure they don´t feel like that. And you've only been there for what? Two weeks? Nino´s your best friend, he doesn´t want to kick you out. Of course the apartment is a little small for you three… but it´s only temporary." Adrien nodded and she stood up to continue her work.

Over the two weeks, Mari had stopped by a couple of times to keep him company when the others couldn´t. They had gotten on a really good basis. Adrien looked around, marvelling at how clean everything looked. One of the ovens was turned on, and it was getting warm rapidly. He took of his sweater and leaned against the counter where Mari was working.

"Can I help you?" he offered.

"I thought you couldn´t cook?" She asked in return, cocking one of her eyebrows. He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

"Well that´s true I can´t cook, but in my defense I never tried baking." His response made her laugh, which warmed his heart.

"Alright. You know what? I´ll teach you. Doesn´t hurt to try, does it?" He smiled brightly at her proposition. She started to explain him the basics of cooking and he couldn´t keep his gaze from her.

She was captivating when she talked about baking. They started with something simple. She only helped him a few times as he didn´t know what he should do next. They were only interrupted by a few clients. At quarter past noon, Mari closed the shop. Adrien had put the cake in the oven and was observing it through the glass door, quite proud of his work. Mari continued on the wedding cake order, letting Adrien handled small tasks she was sure he couldn´t do anything wrong.

Gesturing for him to follow her, she closed the bakery behind them as they made their way upstairs into her apartment. Adrien had never been here. He was greeted with a small apartment decorated with multiple Asian artefacts. We could see many family pictures around the living area. Marinette made her way over to the fridge and drew out a quiche. Adrien felt is stomach rumbling. They took a seat and ate, while conversing about everything that came to their minds.

After an hour, they made their way back downstairs. Adrien´s cake was ready and Mari opened the bakery once again. People were already flowing in, mostly teenagers that had gotten out of school. Adrien stayed in the back. He cleaned up a bit, since he could at least do that without anything exploding. After the rush had calmed down, Mari came to the back. She was surprised to see him do some cleaning, but she was thankful. While he finished she continued on a chocolate mousse that would be filling and covering the wedding cake. Time flew by and both didn´t even register it.

The clocks of Notre-Dame struck eight o´clock and both were surprised it was already this late. Mari had even forgotten to close the bakery half an hour ago. Both laughed at her mistake. Adrien offered to stay in order to help her out. She still needed to take care of a couple of orders and to prepare her dough in advance for the next morning. She gladly accepted his help, knowing it would take her hours without his help. Adrien appeared to at ease with the baking. She let him handle small simple tasks and he was happy she trusted him. They were interrupted as the bakery´s phone rang. Mari quickly wiped her hands on her apron and caught the phone.

"Good evening, Tom & Sabine´s bakery."

"Mari? Is Adrien with you? We thought we would be back by now, but we have no idea where he went!" explained Nino slightly panicking. Mari giggled.

"Calm down Nino! He´s here, don´t get your panties in a twist. Want to talk to him?"

She handed Adrien the phone. He had been so concentrated on the cake he was making that he hadn´t even heard the phone ringing. He shot Mari a confused look, to which she only smiled. After cleaning his hands, he took the phone and pressed it against his ear.

"Hello?"

"DUDE! Could you at least look at your phone from time to time! I know you have it on you! I was starting to think the press kidnapped you!" Adrien chuckled.

"Nino, I´m sorry. I was just helping Mari out and forgot, nothing to worry about."

"Oh, so how are you helping Mari out?" Nino asked smugly, making his friend´s face suddenly warm. Adrien shot a quick look over to Mari, seeing she wasn´t paying him attention and she was currently working on a difficult part of her pâte feuilletée for her mille-feuilles.

"NINO!" whisper-yelled Adrien. "I am BAKING A CAKE! She teached me and I´m helping her out."

"Yeah, of course… I´ll leave the door unlocked. Bye!" Adrien could here the smug smile in his friend´s voice, to which he could only groan inaudibly.

The line went silent. Adrien couldn´t believe it, what did Nino seriously think he was doing.

Mari is a friend… yes she´s a friend! I´m just helping out! That´s what friends do!

After he had finished he cleaned up his workplace again, for what felt the hundredth time, but he didn´t mind. He had had fun. He watched Mari finish her work. They looked at the clock seeing if was already near to nine o´clock. She asked if he wanted to stay for dinner. He accepted before he had thought it through. They ate the rest of the quiche in front of an old French movie on TV. Laughter filled the small and warm living room. The movie ended and Adrien how late it already was. He gathered his hiding equipment. She came up to him and kissed his cheek, thanking him for helping her out through the whole day. He hugged her.

"Don´t worry Mari. I should be thanking you, you managed to clear my mind."

"Feel free to pass by any other time." She smiled fondly and he left shortly after, making his way back to Nino and Alya´s place. He thought about coming back soon and help her out again, he hadn´t had this much fun in a long time.

Hello everyone!

After a few months, you finally get a small chapter ! I think it´s celebration time! I´m really sorry, but I had not written anything else before. (Not that I have much now, so you will probably have to wait again. Sorry about that AGAIN! ^^")

I hoped you liked this fluffy chapter :D

Thanks for reading! :)

Eat chocolate !