8. Acting Like Their Alter Egos

"Here, you have to squeeze the bag and angle it like this to get the batter out evenly."

"Oh! Like this?"

"Yeah, you're doing great!"

Toiling away in the sweltering heat of the Dupain-Cheng bakery, Marinette and Adrien worked with a multitude of little bowls containing batter of a myriad of colours. When Adrien had walked in that morning to invite Marinette for a morning walk around the park, only to find his girlfriend hard work helping her father with a commission of macarons to be delivered that afternoon. Before she could wave him off with the promise of a meeting later that night on her balcony instead, she was already past the counter and wrestling on one of the aprons, eager smile on his face.

Marinette put down her piping bag at the same time Adrien finished the last disc of mint green batter. "Bien joue!" they said in unison, bumping their fists together with cheery grins. Adrien made a show of piping the contents of his piping bag into his mouth, Marinette laughing and smacking his arm before picking up the filled trays.

"All right, looks like they're all set! Now we'll just prepare the final batch while I leave this on the counter to set then bake. With a bit of luck, we'll be done with the baking within the hour."

Wiping his hands on his apron, Adrien turned to quirk an eyebrow up at her. "We don't need luck. All we knead is love."

Marinette's fond smile transformed into a scowl. "Adrien."

His smile grew wider. "Yeeesss?"

"No."

"But My Lady," he crooned, leaning in close and making his smouldering eyes at her that would have had her unsteady on her feet in any other situation. But not this one. "Don't you think you're making much ado about muffin?"

"Oh my god," Marinette groaned at the ceiling, poking his nose and pushing him away before turning from him and retreating into the pantry.

"Princess, wait!" he called after her, voice shaking with laughter. "I know it's cheesy, but I feel grate!"

"You come into my house—!"

A/N: Thanks to chassecroise over at Tumblr for letting me use her food puns!