Dabble in Drabbles 20: I Ear You
Okay, this is probably the shortest drabble I've written to date. An adrienette soulmate au
Summary: "Are you okay?"
Ever since she was born, she lived a life of silence. She could not hear a thing because she was deaf. She would never hear the beauty of music, the sound of people's laughter, nor the voices of her parents.
Despite all of that, there was one ray of hope. Her soulmate mark. The Soulmate Expert said that once she meets her soulmate, her hearing would come back to her. She didn't believe that.
Until that day.
She was running late. Her hair was a mess, the papers in her folder were disorganized, and she mistakenly wore high heels that morning. To further the embarrassment, she bumped into someone, spilling hot coffee on the pavement, causing her to slip. Luckily, the young man steadied her in time.
"Are you okay?"
A shiver ran throughout her body as something strange, but not unpleasant, traveled through her ears. She slowly looked up, her eyes meeting beautiful green glowing ones. She watched his lips, the words in his mouth matching the words travelling in her ears. "Are you okay?"
Her fingers touched her ears as tears welled up in her eyes. He grew startled at her emotional state. Other sounds were starting to get clearer but his voice rang in her head. She spoke for the first time, "I can hear you."
His eyes widened as he registered her words. And then a smile filled with relief and delight formed in his lips. He said shyly, "Adrien Agreste."
Her smile mirrored his. "Marinette Dupain-Cheng."
In most cases, soulmates would have already planned their June wedding once they found each other. But these two weren't like most cases.
"If it's alright with you, would you like to go out for lunch and get to know each other?" He asked.
She nodded. "I'd love to, thank you."
They would start out as friends. But deep inside, they knew that this just the start of something more.
I should really stop having midnight eurekas. I lost sleep because soulmate aus keep popping up in my head. I'm probably gonna do more of that, but until then, It'll be you guys' prompts!
See ya'll tomorrow! Prompt fanfics will be up and running (and sporadically distributed because of college prep that I have yet to complete)