Hey everybody! Chapter 5 is here! Sorry for any waiting! But I'm back now! ;) Miraculous Ladybug Chapter 5! Enjoy the story...
Chapter 5 - Shut Up And Eat Your Camembert
Marinette's POV
"Up, up, up, up, up, Marinette!" Tikki exclaimed in her tiny squeaky voice. "We've got a big day ahead of us! It's the Science Fair today!"
I threw my pillow over my face. "But, Tikki, it's Saturday!" I moaned, burying my face into the cool side of the pillow.
"Yes, but today we need to stay in school all day for the Science fair!" Tikki reminded.
"Uhh... do I have to?!" I complained.
"Adrien will be there!"
"Who-what-when-where-how!?" I exclaimed as I jolted up onto the floor of my room. "Adrien's gonna be there?"
"Of course he is, Marinette!" Tikki laughed. "So, come on let's go! We'll be staying all day!"
"Right, I can't believe I forgot!" I glanced at my alarm clock. "GAH I'M LATE!" I yelled, tripping over everything.
I packed my bag and threw on my jacket, heading down to eat my breakfast.
"AHHHH, THANKS FOR THE FOOD, BYE!" I grabbed my science project and skittered out of the door.
"Marinette good luck, win first prize, okay!" Mom called after me as I rushed towards the school.
I had never run so fast with a giant science project before, so I guess I didn't have the proper experience. That probably explains why I clashed head first into Adrien Agreste. So this is basically how it was: I dropped my project, he dropped his, we both yelped and he tried to save me from falling so we ended up in a kind of strange hug on the ground.
"I am so sorry! I'm sorry, I'm such a – oh, i'm such an idiot!" I tried to ignore the throbbing pain in my head.
He shook his head and laughed. "So we were both late today, huh," he said in his soothing voice.
I nodded awkwardly. "I destroyed your project, I'm so sorry, I really wish I hadn't been so stupid!" I apologised again.
"Hey, I ran straight into you, it was my fault. It's okay." His eyes widened. "Sorry, I should move," he laughed nervously, as he pulled out of the half hug position we were in. I blushed like crazy and tried to salvage what was left of Adrien's project. "I have an idea, Marinette!" Adrien exclaimed. "Let's use what's left of our projects, and we'll make a joint presentation. Yeah?"
I smiled fondly at him. He always stayed positive! "Yep, let's do it. I'll repay you for the damage i've done!" I insisted, hopping to my feet and helping him up with me.
We entered the school again and asked if we could use a room to finish off our project since I had ruined everything being the dimwitted girl I was. Mr Damocles told us we could use the music room as long as we didn't damage anything in there. He probably only let us because Adrien was such an angel of a student.
"Okay, let's begin fixing what I messed up!" I announced.
"What we messed up," Adrien corrected. He just addressed us as we? Ahhhh!
Adrien and I made our way to the music room together and he placed the remains onto the floor.
"So, this is what we have left," Adrien said, inspecting the things.
"I'm so sorry," I whispered once more, playing with some drumsticks.
"Marinette, it's fine. It was both of our fault, okay?" Adrien told me again, looking deeply into my eyes.
"Uh-oh-um-yeah!" I said, nodding. His smile made me feel like I was on top of the world! "Let's begin doing the science-y stuff!" I announced. "Adrien and Marinette for the win!" I jumped up into the air and giggled.
Adrien laughed. "Yep. Let's get down to business." (to defeat the huns)
I sat down on the floor besides Adrien. Literally, right next to him. It felt really good, but also made me extremely nervous! I was blushing the whole way through. The hand-touch-thingy happened like 20 times as well! Nice going, Marinette! Ladybug's way cooler than you! Wait, I am Ladybug. Anyway, as I was saying, most of the time I didn't do much. I wasn't really sure what we had to do or what we were even doing much since Adrien did a lot of the explaining while I stared into his eyes. But our project was pretty science-y, so it was fine! I was super glad that I was with one of the smartest guys there was, Adrien Agreste. Not to mention, he's super adorable! Maybe my clumsiness can help me sometimes!
"Okay, time to go, we don't want to be even later, right?" Adrien decided, lifting the project so I didn't drop it.
"Yep, let's go!" I agreed, so happy that we were in each other's presence.
"Hey, Marinette could you open the door please?" he asked sweetly.
"Oh, right, of course!" I tried to pull the door open, but for some reason it wouldn't budge. "Um, one second Adrien," I laughed nervously. I pulled and pulled. Then I pushed. It just wouldn't open. "It's not opening!" I told Adrien, trying to keep my cool.
He put the project down. "I'll try," he offered. He tried to open the door. "Wow, it's jammed shut," he sighed. "I don't think the universe wants us to participate in today's fair!" He laughed.
His laugh was so contagious, I giggled too. "So what do we do now?" I asked.
He sat cross legged on the floor. "Well I left my bag in my locker, so I don't have my phone. Do you have yours?"
I shook my head. "I'm sorry, but nope. I left mine outside too." I sat down with Adrien. "Well, we could call for help and hope somebody hears us," I suggested.
"Nobody would come by here... maybe Ladybug will help!"
"She can't right now – I mean, i'm guessing... Our best bet would be Cat Noir. He could totally use his Cataclysm and destroy the door," I laughed.
Adrien hung his head. "True, he could, if only he were here. Somebody will notice we're gone soon, so we'll just wait it out, yeah?"
"Yep." I looked around. We were surrounded by so many instruments.
"You play anything?" Adrien asked, looking around too.
I shook my head. "I'm too much of a klutz to play an instrument. Do you play?" I already knew he did but I didn't want to freak him out so I pretended I had no idea.
"Yeah, the piano."
"Wow, like Jagged Stone, awesome!" I laughed, miming playing the piano.
He laughed and shook his head. "Not exactly. I take lessons, but I hate them."
"Why?"
"Because my father wants me to take them. But I like playing by myself, I guess," he explained.
I smiled a huge smile and played with my fingers. "So, would it be possibly possible... if you could play something for me?"
Adrien looked at the floor. "Uh... no I'm not-"
"Please," I pleaded.
He smiled. "Ugh, fine."
I hopped up and stationed myself next to the grand piano that was in the room. I gestured for Adrien to come over.
Adrien's POV
I was really nervous. I had never actually played for someone before. And this wasn't just someone, it was Marinette. If I messed up... just chill Adrien, geez.
Marinette's smile eased my nerves."Don't be nervous, i'm sure you're great!" she reassured.
I sat at the stool. "I'm not. Uh, so here goes..." I began to play.
Marinette's POV
Heaven. That's where I was right now. Adrien played wonderfully, and I payed full attention throughout the entire song. As he played, he moved his head with the music and closed his eyes at some parts. He even glanced up at me at one point, smiling and making me blush. When he had finished he looked at the floor again.
"Adrien, that was amazing!" I exclaimed. "You could easily play for Jagged Stone!" I laughed. I really meant it.
"Really?" He looked up, his eyes glistening green.
"Absolutely," I promised.
He scratched the back of his head. "I've never actually played for anyone like this before," he admitted.
I made an accidental squeaking noise. I was the first to ever hear Adrien play like this? Melting! "Well I give you an A plus plus!" I laughed, giving him a double thumbs up.
Adrien's POV
She liked it! Great, I didn't mess up, way to go, Adrien. Ding, I suddenly had an idea. "Marinette, you want me to teach you how to play a little song?" I asked, already getting up and pushing her onto the stool.
"Oh, okay," she giggled.
"Now, to practice, you need to be blindfolded," I lied.
"B-blindfolded?! Why's that?" she asked. I grabbed the blue scarf that my dad had given me for my birthday and wrapped it tight around her eyes. I waved a hand in front of her. "See anything?" I asked.
She shook her head.
"You can't take it off unless I say, otherwise you won't be able to learn," I explained.
"Um... sure..." she agreed nervously.
I placed her hand on a random key (her hands were really soft). "Keep pressing that key, and don't take the blindfold off."
"I won't, I promise."
She probably thought I was a wacko, but hey, I was. I backed away slowly and when I was far enough, I whispered, "Plagg, claws out."
Cat Noir was in the house! I tiptoed over to the door.
"Adrien, how long should I do this fo-"
"Keep going, you're doing great," I laughed, "Blindfold – keep it on." I approached the door. "Cataclysm," I whispered. I destroyed the lock mechanism on the door. Making the least amount of noise possible, I transformed back to normal.
I tiptoed back over to Marinette. "You can take the blindfold off now," I told her.
"Alright." She tried to untie the scarf but she couldn't.
"Here." I leaned over and helped her untie it.
"Th-thankyou," she murmured.
"Okay, that was just a joke, but look!" I pointed dramatically at the door. "Miracle of miracles, the door is open," I exclaimed.
"So that wasn't actually a piano exercise?" Marinette looked disappointed.
"I'm sorry, I guess I can teach you something real quick," I decided. I leaned over her again. I put her hands in the right positions.
In the corner of my eye, I thought I saw Marinette... blush. And that made me blush, and then I felt really weird. "Uhh, and yeah, that's how you do that," I laughed nervously. I moved away and l laughed again. "Anyway, let's go do the science." Let's go do the science? Good one, Adrien.
Marinette and I were luckily able to leave thanks to my sneaky Cataclysm (that really was a huge risk). I held our project carefully in my arms as we walked to our station-area outside, just inside the gates of school (that's where Marinette gave me her feather derby hat – a lot of sneezing involved!). Marinette walked beside me, smiling occasionally. I found an empty desk and placed our project down. "There. Adrien and Marinette for the win!" I laughed, high-fiving her.
She giggled quietly. "Yep! We did our best and now who knows? We could win best prize!" She smiled brightly at me, her eyes glistening.
"Yeah," I said. "Good job!"
Marinette and I stood around each other for a while, talking about many different things. We had loads in common! She was such a good friend to just talk to. She was such a good friend... After a while, Nino and Alya strolled in. "Hey dude, 'sup Marinette?" Nino said, his eyes glued onto our very complicated project (pretty well done, not to brag).
"Hey Nino," I said, waving. "Hey Alya."
"Hey Adrien, Marinette..." Alya said, staring intensely at Marinette. Everything went silent and Alya and Marinette exchanged some really weird looks... what?
"Ummm... Alya?" I asked, shrugging at Nino.
"Oh, sorry you two... Marinette, I need to talk to you! Now!" Alya exclaimed, grabbing Marinette by the arm. She pulled her far away from Nino and I...
"I wonder what that was about?" Nino mumbled.
"Yeah. I guess we'll never understand girls..." I muttered, picturing Ladybug in my mind... evrything about her was amazing... everything... she was just... just... irresistible...
Marinette's POV
"Awwwwwwww!" Alya exclaimed when she randomly pulled me out by the side. What would it be this time?
"Wha-wha-what is it, Alya?" I asked, pushing her back a bit.
"YOU+ADRIEN=AWESOME!" she shouted.
"Alright! Alright! Be quiet! Adrien'll hear you!" I laughed.
"What happened, girl!?"
"Well, me, being the klutz I am, knocked over Adrien's project and my project in the morning, so we decided to team up, see?"
"Awesome! Go Team Adrien and Marinette! You two should totally win this science fair!" Alya cheered.
"Thanks, Alya. Don't you want to win, too?" I asked.
"Marinette, ask yourself: when did Alya ever care about science?" Alya said, hands on her hips.
I laughed. "You're right."
"So, go Team Adrien and Marinette! I'm on the team of love!" Alya laughed.
I giggled quietly. "Alright, let's keep our voices down. The last thing I need is for Adrien to hear us and ruin my perfect day."
"Right, right. Let's head back," Alya said, nodding her head.
Adrien's POV
"Awesome project, Adrien!" Nino gasped in awe. "Where's Marinette's project?"
"Marinette and I are together," I explained.
"Together!? Really? Wait... why?" Nino asked.
"Well, our projects got ruined, and so we wanted to work together to make another awesome one!" I laughed.
"Cool..." Nino froze and stared intensely at me. "Hmm... Adrien, what's up with you and Marinette?"
"Huh? What do you mean? Why's everyone asking that?" I said.
"Because you guys are acting really weird. Are you two a thing now?"
"A thing? No. Course not..." I looked down to the floor for a moment. "Course not..."
Marinette's POV
Alya and I walked back to Nino and Adrien. I waved. "Sorry about that," I laughed.
"No problem," Adrien said, smiling. "Anyway, I think that the judging is starting now!"
"Really? Well, I should get back to my project then." Alya said. "See ya!" she called, running away.
"Yeah. I should get going to," Nino said, walking back.
"Okay. Let's hope for the best, Marinette!" Adrien said.
"Yeah!" I giggled.
Mr Damocles and Ms Mendeleiev were the judges of the science fair, and I was shaking! They were the most strict teachers in the school! At least Mr Damocles had a soft spot for Adrien. A veeeerry soft spot. Phew. Adrien h at me when they came over to look at our project, reassuring me. His smile was so amazing... "Alright. Let's see. This is the next project," Mr Damocles mumbled.
Adrien grinned widely. "Hello Sir!" he said enthusiastically. He was so into the whole science stuff! It was just too adorable! "This is me and Marinette's project," he said. He continued to explain about our project all science-y like and it was really attractive. Like always. His eyes glistened when he spoke, as he was so interested in the topic. Me, however, had no clue what the heck was going on. I was no good a science! I just liked looking at Adrien doing his science-y stuff...
"Alright Adrien and Marinette, great work," Ms Mendeleiev said, taking notes on her clipboard. She left our station-area and continued to look around other people's work. ""Awesome! Adrien, you did amazing! They love it!" I cheered as soon as they left.
"Huh? What? No... I was just explaining a little," Adrien said, being the humble guy he is.
"Adrien, you are awesome a science. Far better than me, anyways. Faaaaaaaar better! And I stink!" I giggled.
"No you don't!" Adrien said, his eyes shimmering. "You're great! You're probably the smartest girl I know!"
"What? No, I'm definetely not. You must be thinking of someone else..." I mumbled, twirling around a strand of hair as I blushed.
"No, seriously Marinette! If you just stick around and don't come in late every single day," he laughed as he spoke. "You'd be amazing. I've seen what you can do. You're smart in millions of ways!" He really thought that about me! I was meltttttiinngg!
"Uh-I-t-thank you, Adrien..." I whispered, blushing even more. T-thanks...
After a few minutes of walking around, Mr Damocles and Ms Mendeleiev were finished with judging and were about to anounce the winners! Fingers crossed! "Okay students," Mr Damocles announced at a wooden podium. "We've seen brilliant work today, and a lot of potential! But, after a while of thinking, we've come to our conclusion. And the winner of the annual science fair is..."
A huge silence struck and I quickly stole a glance at Adrien, staring deeply at Mr Damocles. "...Marinette and Adrien!" he exclaimed. Adrien smiled widely almost immediately and pulled me in for a hug. I let out a small squeak as I embraced him. It was magical! I felt like I was on Cloud 9! He closed his eyes as he started to relax a little bit more in my arms. "Well done, Marinette. I knew you could do it," he whispered into my ear.
I took a deep breath. "You mean, we could do it?" I giggled.
"Yeah. We did it, Marinette," he said. He pulled away and smiled at me.
I smiled back even wider, turning towards Mr Damocles and Ms Mendeleiev. "So, our prize," I said.
"Right. Let's go!" Adrien took hold of my arm and walked over to them. Mr Damocles handed us our trophy, and boy was it big! It was large! MASSIVE! "Here you go. Well done!" he cheered.
I saw Alya and Nino clapping in the crowd and Alya gave me a wink. I smiled back, mouthing 'I did it!' to her.
"Hey, Marinette, here," Adrien passed me the trophy. "You keep it."
"Huh? Wh-wh-what? No no, you take it." I handed it back, blushing at our hands touching.
"No, I insist. You deserve it. Plus, I have tons already that I don't want," he said, handing it back to me.
"Are you sure? I mean, you're the awesome-est guy ever! You deserve this trophy way more than me!"
"Marinette, I want you to have it," Adrien's eyes glistened brightly. "It will remind you of today. Team Adrien and Marinette for the win!" he laughed.
I smiled, giggling. "Thankyou. Team Adrien and Marinette for the win!"
Adrien's POV
After the fair, Alya and Nino randomly said that I should go to Marinette's house.
"Um, okay. Adrien do you wanna?" Marinette asked.
"Yeah, that'd be great! Are you guys coming too?" I asked Alya and Nino.
"NOPE!" they laughed in unison.
"You guys are so weird!" Marinette and I said in unison, too.
"Jinx!" I yelled. "Ha ha!"
Marinette folded her arms.
"Oh you want me to un-jinx you? Okay. Marinette, Marinette, Mari..." I teased.
She gave me a go-on gesture.
"Fine. Marinette."
"Thankyou," she sighed. "Alright, let's go," she called.
When we got to Marinette's house she let me sit on her seat. "Just give me a minute while I find the videogames," she said. "Feel free to look around."
"Okay." I surveyed her desk. A little drawer was open, containing a bunch of materials and thread. There were small dolls of Ladybug, Cat Noir and some of the villains I had fought under it. "Where did you get these?" I asked, playing around with Ladybug and Cat Noir.
Marinette, who was so concentrated on looking through her things for her games, looked up. "Oh, um I made them."
"Really? Whoa, they're really cool!"
"I babysit this girl so I let her play with them sometimes."
"You're really talented. So you'd be a great mom, huh," I murmured absent mindedly. "You've got a lot of material in here," I noticed.
"Yep," she laughed. "You can never have too many colours!"
There was a large light blue piece of fabric in there that looked like a lot had been cut out of it. "This blue one looks really mangled, what did you do to it?" I joked.
"Well, your scarf needed a lot of it, and I messed up a lot-" Marinette froze and covered her mouth.
"Wait, what?" I took my scarf off and looked at it. The same material. I was so confused."But I thought... My father got me... so... so you made this for me?"
Marinette sighed and knelt on the floor next to me. I swiveled the chair to look at her. "I'm sorry Adrien, I just – I made you that for your birthday and put it in your mailbox thingy – I think maybe things got mixed up and your father's gift got switched with it or something... I'm sure he got you something great! I – I'm so sorry."
I got off the chair and knelt too, to look at her eye-level. "So why didn't you tell me?"
"You looked so happy about your dad... I didn't want to ruin it. I guess I wanted you to like the present, so I didn't mind if you didn't know it was from me. I just wanted you to be happy, but you aren't, and it's all my fault. Sorry," she apologised again.
I looked at the scarf. "Marinette, i'm not happy i'm overjoyed! I can't believe you put in so much effort just for me, thankyou. You know you could've just given it to me in person – oh wait, that time when you said you wanted to 'gift me a make' and 'gift me a give you made'. Man, I should've realised what you were trying to say, talk about unapproachable..."
Marinette shook her head. "You aren't unapproachable at all, Adrien. I'm so happy you're not mad at me. I messed up really bad."
"It's not your fault my Dad's a 'very busy person'. Thankyou, Marinette," I murmured, pulling her into a hug.
"No problem," she whispered, hugging me back. I felt better about my father not getting me a birthday present. I felt better about everything when I was with Marinette for some reason. When we hugged, I felt her warmth and it somehow just made me feel better. Just her being there... I would've pulled away until I saw her crystal blue eyes, drawing me in even more. I held onto her tighter for minutes longer until...
"Oh! I'm sorry is this a bad time?" Mrs Dupain-Cheng laughed. I came back onto Planet Earth. I pulled away and looked down nervously. I laughed weakly. Why did this have to happen to me? "Uhhh, I was just-"
"No need to explain," Marinette's mother said with a wink. "I just wanted to check if you wanted some snacks-"
"No, mom, we don't need snacks, please." Marinette put her face in her hands.
"Have fun!" Mrs Cheng left.
Marinette sighed and sat on a beanbag. "I am so sorry, she's just -"
"Really cool, look she left us cookies! Score!" I grabbed a cookie and sat back on Marinette's chair. "So, I was thinking," I said in between bites, "that maybe since I taught you a little piano, you can teach me how to do all this stuff," I said, holding up the needles, thread and fabric.
"Stuff? Like you want to learn how to make something?" she asked.
I nodded. "Like one of these dolls you made." I pointed to the Ladybug and Cat Noir on the desk.
"Do you want to make a doll of yourself?" Marinette suggested. "Like a mini-you? That'd be cute."
I hopped up and finished my cookie. "I've got it! I'll make a doll of me, you make one of you, then we'll keep eachother's!"
Marinette laughed. "Okay, that sounds like fun! I'll get the material, you just eat more cookies."
Once she had found all the materials, Marinette tried to show me how to thread a needle. "You just put it through the eye. It's a little tricky," she giggled as I struggled to put the thread in the stupid needle. Why was it so hard? How could she make something like that?
"Is it too hard?" Marinette asked.
"Uhh... sorta... I know! Cookie break!" I laughed, grabbing another cookie from the plate. "These cookies are awesome, Marinette!" I said, taking another.
"Thanks, Adrien, but you should really calm down. If you eat too fast you'll get the-" I interrupted her with a hiccup. "Hiccups," she giggled.
"Oh-hic-yeah, sorry," I laughed. "Let's get back to-hic- work... but-uh-could you thread it for me?"
"Sure," she said, smiling. She threaded the needle with ease and handed it back to me. "Just takes practice."
"Right. Anywa-" I paused in the middle of my sentence when I saw some freak maniac roaming the streets from Marinette's window. "Uhhhh..." I mumbled, pointing. "Hic!"
"Huh?" Marinette turned around and froze. "Oh..."
"BATHROOM!" we shouted in unison, jumping up to our feet. "Wait? What?" we continued to speak together like psychic twins.
"Wait! Do you wanna go to the bathroom?" Marinette asked.
"Uhhh yeah. W-wait, do you?" I said, extremely confused.
She shook her head hurriedly. "Nope! You go, and take your time, it's downstairs on the left."
"Hic, o-hic-kay." Relieved that I had an excuse to get out and transform, I paced out of her room.
Marinette/Ladybug's POV
I transformed quickly and hopped out of the roof of my room, and sure enough, another one of Hawkmoth's villains was roaming the streets. Ugh. Why was it that whenever I was finally making a tiny bit of conversation with Adrien I got interrupted by this?
"I need to hurry, he's waiting for me," I murmured to myself, still standing on my balcony.
"Who is, my lady?" Cat Noir's voice murmured in my ear. He had come up behind me... again.
I pushed his face away from mine and flicked him in the forehead. "Uh, you, Cat Noir!" I lied. "Now that you're here, we can beat the heck outta this guy," I laughed maniacally.
"Meow, I love it when you go kill-crazy," he purred, leaning in again.
I rolled my eyes and flicked him in the forehead yet again.
He massaged his forehead. "Me- owwwww!"
"Yeah whatever, give it a rest will you?"
"I think the akuma's in his – hic -locket," Cat informed.
"Hm, smart kitty! Huh, you have the hiccups?" I asked.
"Even cats get 'em," he laughed, shrugging hopelessly. That reminded me of my Adrien. Wow. What a coincidence.
"Well maybe the hiccups will get rid of the stupid puns," I giggled, flying off to fight the akumatised villain.
Adrien/Cat Noir' s POV
She was so stubborn but amazing... ah but all my attempts to get her attention were failures.
I was thinking: what if a guy – not me – just some guy – had a crush on one girl, but he might have been kind of sort of developing another crush on... another girl? But that would mean – that guy – wasn't being true to those girls? Oh, if only they were the same person. I mean, uh – nothing. I had to hurry and get back to Marinette, she still thought I was in the bathroom.
Ladybug and I demolished the bad dude within minutes, 'cause we're just awesome like that.
"Pound – hic – it," I hiccuped, bumping my fist onto Ladybug's.
"I've got a super packed schedule, you know," I told her. "So I can't stick around. Maybe our date'll have to wait 'til later..."
Ladybug shook her head. "Crazy cat," she muttered. "See ya," she laughed, swinging away.
"Looking forward to it..." I sighed. "Hic."
I rushed back to Marinette's house, and spotted her on her balcony, playing around with the flowers in the pot beside her. Hey, I wasn't transformed yet, I might as well have some fun. I landed on her balcony. "Hello, little lady," I greeted. "Need any superhero help?" I asked.
"Oh, hi Cat Noir. Um, no not really. Oh your hiccups are gone." she said absent-mindedly.
My eyes widened. How did she know... she was onto me?
"I – I saw you on the news, and uh – you were hiccuping, that's all!" she laughed.
Phew! "Oh... right. So what's up? You on a date?" I asked.
I thought she blushed. She shook her head "No no no no! A date? Ha ha, no," she said quickly. Her expression suddenly changed from embarassed to solemn. "He'd never..." she looked down at the street. "I'm just hanging out with a friend," she sighed.
I didn't understand what she was feeling... was she sad? I picked a flower from the pot and passed it to her. "For you," I said, hoping to cheer her up.
She took it and smiled. "Thankyou, Cat Noir," she giggled quietly. That little laugh did something weird to me, and I felt a strange feeling in my chest. My ring beeped, and didn't give me any time to process the feeling – meh, it probably wasn't important.
"Uh, well, that's my cue to leave," I told Marinette. "Even superheroes have limits, you know. See ya little lady!" I laughed, grinning. I gave her the two fingered salute and jumped away.
"Bye," she called.
I rushed back as Adrien, and went to Marinette's room. She wasn't there, so I checked her balcony, and sure enough, she was still there. "Hey, Marinette, sorry I took so long, I uh, couldn't find the bathroom and then I had to uh... long story."
Marinette turned around with the flower I gave her still in her hands. "Adrien, hi again! Let's get back to making the dolls, right?"
"Yep let's do it!" I laughed.
We sat down on her bed, facing each other, all the craft equipment set out between us. As we settled down to continue, Marinette carefully placed the flower next to her, like she didn't want to damage it. She liked it!
"Where'd you get that flower?" I asked.
"Oh, a cat brought it to me," she giggled.
"Uh-huh... Alright time to make me into a doll!" I exclaimed.
Marinette's POV
After a lot of hard work and the constant pricking of Adrien's fingers, we finally produced two dolls (I finished mine way before he finished his). Adrien's doll was so adorable! Just like him!
"Okay, well... here!" Adrien gave me his doll. "Like it?" he asked.
"Yes I love it! He's so cute!" I laughed.
Adrien leaned a bit closer. "I am?"
"Uhhh..." I blushed hard, realising I just called Adrien cute indirectly. I nodded slightly, passing him my doll and looking at the floor.
"Wow!" he took the doll and played with her hair. Then he looked back up at me. "You're cute too," he laughed quietly. His eyes widened a bit and I could've sworn his cheeks went a darker shade of pink than they usually were. "I mean – uh – I should get going, right, it's pretty late." He hopped up.
"Oh, right, yeah I guess so!" I hopped up too and passed Adrien his bag. He carefully placed my doll into it.
We went downstairs and Adrien thanked my parents for having him. They gave him a slice of cake from the bakery, to his delight. To save myself from any further embarassment, I tried to avoid them as much as possible. "Adrien, how about I walk you out," I offered.
"Oh, thanks Marinette."
When we got outside, Adrien turned and looked into my eyes. "Thank you, Marinette. Really," he said sincerely.
"U-um, I – um, why?" I stammered.
Adrien wrapped his scarf around his neck and held onto it with care. "For... a lot of things. See you tommorrow, then," he called. And with that, he was gone.
"Bye," I whispered, even though he couldn't hear. I almost melted into the ground, as I stumbled back into my room and collapsed onto my bed.
"Oh Tikki! Did you see that? Adrien made me a doll! He said I was cute! He sat on this bed! He-"
Tikki landed on my head. "Whoa whoa whoa, Marinette calm down!"
"Right," I sighed, hugging the Adrien doll.
"Marinette, I think Adrien likes you!" Tikki exclaimed.
"You... You think so?!" I laughed into the duvet.
Adrien's POV
I returned home. I went from Marinette's nice, charming and warm house to my cold, ugly, echoing mansion. So hooray. I know that sounds ungrateful, since I was so privileged and rich, but I hated it it so much. I sat on my bed and took off my scarf. I should've been sad that my father hadn't actually gotten anything for my birthday, but I wasn't at all. I was actually overjoyed that one: Marinette made it for me, and two: she cared so much that she gave the credit to someone else just to make me happy. Just thinking about that made me warm and content. I took out the Marinette doll and looked at it happily.
"Well, someone's fallen hard," Plagg laughed.
"Shut up, Plagg," I sighed.
"So this girl, Marinette... you really like her, right?"
I blushed, and turned away from the stupid kwami. "I-I-I..."
"You..."
"I think you should shut up and eat your camembert," I said, throwing cheese at the little guy.
"Fine by me," he squeaked, snacking on the slice. "And you tell me I don't know anything about love..."
"There." I placed her doll on my desk and layed in bed. I processed everything that had happened today in my head. It was a fun day, thanks to her.
Marinette's POV
Before I went to bed, I put the little Adrien next to Cat Noir on my desk, and my flower in between them. They could sit together.
"Life is good!" I yawned, rolling into bed and cuddling the covers.
Hoped you enjoyed it! Thank you for reading and reviewing, guys. Obviously, in one of these chapters there'll be a big identity reveal but not yet. It's torture, but not yet. Anyway, see ya, and please review!