Thank you so much for the favorites and follows! Honestly didn't expect myself to get so much on the first chapter
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DuckTator: Oh Yes =v= i honestly wish i can just throw all the fluff right away buuut, that can't happen yet. HOWEVER. I will make sure there is enough sweet moments in the future ;v; so bare with me until then.
DemiFaunus: Sorry for the wait!
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"Before you go- can I ask for one last request?"
A hand held the shoulders of their fellow partner. The everlasting lights of the eiffel tower glowed around them.
"Will I be able to finally know who you are?" the words pressed on the pressure.
A light laugh and a weak smile greeted the pair of green eyes.
"I'm sorry kitty" a pause "I don't think I can ever truly face you.."
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"Adrien!" Green eyes shot open at the moment his name was called. "Hey dude, what are you doing up in the trees again? They made personal tents for you to chill in, bro." The tall, blonde headed, boy shifted his position so that he is now sitting upwards on the tree branch. Looking down, he was greeted by his best friend.
Adrien hopped down from his resting spot and examined the figure in front of him. Similar to his 6'3 in height, his friend stood before him with a white bag and his coach bag strung across his chest. His signature red cap that never seemed to leave his head since the day Adrien knew him, along with his black frame glasses and headphones wrapping around his neck.
"You know, temperature is different from Paris. Should think about wearing more so you don't end up freezing, Nino" He laughed, pointing out the light coat that he seemed to have strung on carelessly before leaving the house today. That coat paired up with the slim jeans and a pair of white sneakers seemed to be the only thing Nino had on for the day.
"Thanks for the advice, mom. But I don't get cold easily" He snickered, placing his hand over his chest. "Speaking of which, I heard that you didn't get a chance to eat this morning since they had to start early, so I went to pick this up" Nino held up the white bag that was decorated with the silhouette of the eiffel tower in the center, the center showed the words Miraculous bakery . "A friend suggested it to me when they heard that we were coming from Paris and they were not kidding when they said it tastes just like home"
Adrien picked up the bag from his hand and peered inside. One cup of hot chocolate with packaged marshmallows on the side, a chocolate croissant, and an egg tart. The scent flushed out the bag as his mouth watered. Carefully taking out the egg tart and hot chocolate, Adrien took no time to dig in.
"See? What did I tell you" Nino laughed, watching his friend scarf down an egg tart in two bites.
"These are amazing!" Adrien exclaimed after washing down the last bit of tart with the hot chocolate.
"I know right? Hey, why don't we check it out for lunch later on or something?" He suggested, but the long pause seemed to hint that it would not be happening.
"Sorry man, schedules packed as always. I have another photo shoot to go to after they are done filming. Nathalie knows how to make the most of my time, as you can see" Adrien chuckled. "But I'm open tomorrow morning" He lifted his spirit up.
"Dude, that's the time of my shoot" Nino laughed, patting his friend on the back. "It's not as large of a part compared to your character, but still takes some serious work." He said while he playfully wiped his forehead.
"Oh crap, I forgot about that. Sorry Nino" Adrien scratched the back of his neck sheepishly. Nino shook his head and waved it off.
"It's no problem, bro. But if you want, you can visit tomorrow for another serving of those treats" Nino pulled out a small card with the bakery's name written in cursive on the top left.
Adrien slipped the card into his pocket. "Sure thing, I'll bring something for you tomorrow too, as a treat from today"
"No need, man! I can go meet you there when I'm done, so no rush" Nino gave a fist pump. "Now go ahead, I think they're looking for you, dude" Adrien nodded at his response and walked towards the waving staffs in the distance.
~.~.~.~That night~.~.~.~
Alya kicked open the door to their apartment number and walked in with a handful of mail along with a few boxes, tucked under her arms.
Marinette was home before her, due to Alya volunteered to go buy groceries since they were running low. Now seeing Alya, she hops off the couch where she was originally watching television to help her with the bags.
"commercials, commercials... Mari! Your monthly copy of fashion magazines!" Alya waved the paperback towards her. Marinette, who settled down the boxes on the coffee table returned for her book. Quickly opening it and scanning the pages, she let out a squeal of joy.
"I got picked Alya!" Rushing back to her best friend and practically shoving the page in her face. The headlines reads A world of spots! which later on writes ..
Here on this issue's 20th annual Winter Spotlight, we turn to a submitted portfolio from a young girl named Marinette Dupain-Cheng, where spots are coming back with a big WOW since the late dalmatians fashion line starring Cruella De Vil. As titled the polka dotted Christmas, we're here to show you the best of it's collection.
The page was scattered with Marinette's designs, each with a printed description, colors, and a front/back view of the outfit. Alya joined in with the squealing and grabbed her friend into a hug.
"Oh Mari! That's awesome!" She fixed herself to properly view the page. "it's only
about time that someone sees your talent" Marinette smile got wider as she returned the hug. "Also, almost forgot, your glasses frames came in" Alya passed one of the boxes to her. "For when you're close eyedness."
"I could have dealt with contacts too, Alya" She opened the box and saw a red round rectangular frame with a little lady bug on the top left frame. "Well, at least it's cute" She quickly placed it on her face and looked at her friend. Alya snapped a picture of her.
"You really have something with spots, girl." She laughed.
Marinette looked into the mirror with her glasses on. Touching the red frames, she frowned a little.
Tikki
Her reflection shifted her red glasses to her old spotted mask that she remembered wearing as she swung across buildings in Paris as...
A tear fell from her face.
"M-Mari? Are you ok? What's wrong?" Alya looked from her to the mirror, stringing her arms over her friend's shoulder in comfort.
"What?" Marinette whipped away the tear. " I'm fine! really" She let out the best managed smile she could towards her. Alya wasn't convinced, but did not push it farther.
"Alright...But honestly. If you ever need anything. I'm here for you, Mari" Alya smiled at her before getting up and going towards the kitchen. "Spaghetti for dinner!" She called.
"Ok!" Marinette responded and made sure Alya was out of sight before letting out a sigh and retreated to her room. "Oh Tikki….where are you…" Her voice cracked. Her fingers glazed over the empty ear holes that use to hold the round red earrings.
~.~.~Next day~.~.~
A black car stopped in front of the bakery with Adrien stepping out it. He quickly placed on his black shades , black earmuffs to cover his ears and a familiar light blue scarf that he brought as a memento of his father back in paris. He was dressed in a dark brown trench with fit jeans along with warm fur boots to keep him warm.
"This is Miraculous Bakery? Seems small" He muttered under his breath before entering. The fresh smell of sweets and bread hit and melted him from the cold outdoors. The bakery was designed in a white rustic design, with potted plants scattered throughout the store. Towards the left is the open selections of bread and sweets while on the right was occupied by common morning business men and women getting their daily dose of coffee and breakfast. Adrien walked over towards the bread section and saw that the plate for chocolate croissants were empty.
"Welcome to Miraculous sir, What can I get for you?" A tall brunette asked, walking towards him. Her hair was pulled up in high ponytail, round rectangular black frames with a bit of edge on its upper corner over her eyes and a familiar beauty mark on the top corner of her right eyebrow. Something about this woman struck Adrien as familiar.
"Oh, I was just interested in something, but it seems that's no more left" He said, smiling towards the girl before him. She returned him a polite smile.
"Ah, yes. The croissants are top sellers here." She turned her heel towards the kitchen door, where a shorter woman walked out holding two trays bread. "Rose! tell Mari we need more croissants" The brunette took the trays from the blonde as she nodded and hopped back inside. She slid in the fresh trays before turning back to him. "In the meantime, would you like something to drink sir? I'll have them bring the croissant right to your table when it is done."
"A cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows, thank you" He replied, taking a seat in the table where the lady directed him. As she went to take other orders, he took the time to settle. "They have pretty good service here." He smiled at himself, unwrapping himself of his winter attire on his seat. The place had dim lights, the most coming out from the fireplace that was set not far from him. It almost felt like home. Not the home he is use to, the cold lonely halls of the mansion back in Paris, but a home that most would expect when walking into for a fresh cozy morning or a relaxing evening after work. Adrien debated whether or not to take his shades off in order to avoid cameras at all cost, but ended up doing so. Placing down the shades that covered his lime green eyes.
"Here you go sir! One hot chocolate with marshmallows and a chocolate croissant" He looked up to the voice, and that's when cerulean eyes met lime green eyes.
~.~A moment ago~.~
Alya rushes to the staff room once she was done with the customers outside and asked Rose to sub for her for a few minutes. Throwing out her phone, she flipped through her contacts until she found the one she was looking for.
She waiting on the ring and soon a chirpy voice was heard from the other side. "Good morning, Alya. What's up?"
"Don't you 'what's up' me, Nino. You know exactly what is up" She hissed into the phone, a laugh erupted from the other side.
"It's fine! It's fine-" Nino tried to stop himself from laughing from Alya's outburst.
"It is not fine! Do you know how troublesome for the entire bakery to witness Adrien to be sitting there? Why did you send him here of all places?" She continued, pacing back and forth.
"He wanted to go himself. Said the food I gave him yesterday was really good so he wanted to go for himself." He explained, trying his best to calm down the brunette who is evidently not calm at all.
"And why aren't you here with him?" Alya placed a hand over her forehead.
"I have work too you know. I'll be there later on and he knows that. He's going to be there for a while." Nino explained. "Ah- Snap, I gotta go. I'll text you later."
"Nin-" The call hung up. "Tsk" Alya fixed herself in the room before exiting and went to go look for Marinette, but found her no where in the kitchen. "Hey Rose, where's -" She stopped herself when she saw her friend already at the table where the special guest is.
"oh no."
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R&R! till next time~