It's 5am and Marinette's alarm goes off. Quickly, she turns it off so Adrien doesn't wake up. Though it's time to get ready for work, the girl stays in bed for a few more moments with her eyes shut. She wiggles closer to Adrien and could feel his bare chest. She couldn't believe they've been together for months now. Keeping the lights off for Adrien's sake, Mari quickly gathers her stuff and cautiously walks to the large white bathroom to take a shower. By the time she went off to work, Adrien was still asleep. She remembers the time when Adrien took a picture of her sleeping on his sofa, so now she does the same. Marinette leaves a note for him just in case,
"I'm off to work. There's breakfast in the mini fridge, you could also order room service if you want. My lunch break is at 12:30 so maybe we could eat together? Also, sorry if i don't reply to any of your calls right away, I'll try to call back asap. Love you! 3 "
Waking up to silence, Adrien sits up in the king sized bed and sees the note on the nightstand next to him, blinking his eyes in attempt to adjust to the brightness of the room. Slowly getting out of bed, he walks over to the fridge. After eating breakfast on the small balcony of the hotel room, he leaves a message on Marinette's voice mail while finishing his coffee and looking out into the city. Adrien rummages through his large suitcase for an outfit to wear on their date. He hung his clothing in the bathroom to steam it as he takes a shower. After he gets dressed, he blow dries and styles his almost shoulder length hair then sprays on his favorite cologne. The outfit he chose for the day consisted of khaki jeans, a blue button up shirt with rolled up sleeves, and nice dark brown shoes from Aldo. The model's style was pretty simple, the only accessory being a Fossil watch.
He took one last look at himself in a large mirror on the wall. Adrien was nervous, he hasn't forgotten about the argument he had with ladybug. It still bothered him and he still felt guilty. It's been awhile since he had transformed into Chat Noir and it's been awhile since he saw ladybug. The boy really loved Marinette and plans on marrying her in the future, but before that could happen, he definitely needed to tell her about Chat Noir.
It was now 12pm and Adrien heads over, on foot, to the building Marinette works in. On his way to pick up Marinette, he could hear the cars and traffic all around him, the smell of the air was a mixture of pollution and food from food trucks and stands on the streets. It was such a busy city, there were so many professional looking people and also normal civilians walking their dogs or riding their bikes. Multiple tour buses passed by and waved at the well known model, some taking pictures. Anyone could easily get lost walking alone in an unfamiliar and crowded city, good thing Adrien didn't have to walk a long distance. As he was about to approach the building, someone walks up to him and asks, "Would you like to buy a flower for your lady?" She appeared to be a middle aged woman whose clothing was slightly tattered. Adrien glanced behind the her, there was a bucket filled with flowers and a makeshift cardboard sign with something written on it with black marker. Adrien, being a gentleman, buys the flower in the woman's hand and gives her enough money to pay for every flower she has to sell.
"How did you know I had a girlfriend?" He questions.
"You're so generous and handsome, I just assumed." The poor woman says, making Adrien smile.
He was now at the front door, and because the entrance was mostly crystal clear glass, Mari could see him from where she was standing. Their eyes were fixated on each other and Marinette motions for him to enter the building. As the boy walks through the lobby, over to his girlfriend, with the flower in hand, he could feel the weight of about fifty pairs of eyes scanning him. They never broke eye contact as they walked toward each other. Mari's supervisor sees Adrien and walks over to the couple.
"Hi. I'm-" Adrien tried to speak.
"We know who you are, Mr. Agreste. We are very familiar with you and your father's work. It's a pleasure to meet you." Mari's supervisor says, holding out his hand for a handshake.
"My name is KC. If we knew ahead of time that you would be here, we would have had something planned."
"It's alright, KC, we were just heading out to eat." Mari says casually.
"You two are a couple?"
"Yea." They say in unison, both blushing.
Holding hands, they walk out of the building. During the date, Marinette tells Adrien more about her day. Though he doesn't always understand everything she says, he's glad to see her happy.
After their date, they go back to the building and KC informs Mari about the no-show model. Mari turns to her boyfriend, "Uhm, Adrien? Would you mind modeling for us?"
"Me?" The boy wasn't expecting this, he only came to America to visit Marinette.
"I'm sorry if this inconveniences you. Of course we could pay you if you-"
"Oh. Don't worry, I'll do it for free."
"Thank you so much, Mr. Agreste. You will be modeling Mariette's designs."
The girl's eyes widen as she smiles, this came to her as a surprise. The only female model finds out Adrien and Marinette are a couple and tells Mari she feels "sick," only to let Mari model with her boyfriend. A few people tell her they liked her designs so much, they actually created the outfits, they even used the material she wrote down in her notes and sketchbook. The outfits were specifically designed for couples, perfect for Adrien and Marinette. She gets dressed into her first design and walks out of the dressing room. Adrien compliments his girlfriend, "You look amazing, and so do your designs."
Marinette's nervousness and awkwardness were evident in the first few pictures. Knowing she was modeling with a pro made her even more nervous and seeing Mari like this made Adrien find her even cuter. Her co workers realize she was a novice.
"Relax. Forget that there's like twenty people in the room. It's just you and me."
Adrien says while holding her hand. She almost forgot how cool he was, hearing those words calmed her nerves. The photographer enjoyed the idea of an actual couple, as they and their emotions were genuine.
NOTE: I have one more chapter planned for this story, then I'll be posting two alternate endings. (: I hope you guys are enjoying this so far.