Chapter 16: "I thought I lost you." - Favoritism Part 9 Chapter by beccalovesyuge
Summary:
Prompt: "I thought I lost you."
Song I wrote to: Fernando Velázquez - After the Explosion (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies OST)
Part of the Favoritism AU
Order of chapters:
5-Bridal Style
6-Kitty Kisses
8- Bad Idea
12-Hostage
13- Catnip
14- Marinette and Plagg
15- Sin
16- I thought I lost you.
3-Can I pick, Princess?
Her breath comes to her in a sharp gasp. Her body aches and her lungs burn, but she somehow finds the willpower to open her eyes. Ashes flutter around her like snow. They tangle in her hair and lashes. The smell of decay burns through her nostrils and she turns her head towards the worst of it. Her breath catches at seeing the still body of Gabriel Agreste several meters away from her. Like her, he is covered in a thin layer of soot and she can see that his injuries are severe. Debris surrounds and covers him.
Marinette looks down at her own body and sees the small pillar crushing her leg. The blaring pain of it dawns on her and she hisses. Her eyes follow the path of the pillar and her hiss catches in her throat.
"C-Chat," she coughs out. She's unable to move her leg from under the wooden trap, but she can move her upper body closer to him. She pulls her heavy and weak body with her hands and arms the few feet separating them. He's detransformed and he's obviously taken the worst of the hit.
She suddenly remembers how he'd protected her.
"Adrien," she croaks. Sirens blare in the distant. Her hands cup his soiled face, her thumbs stroking the smear of blood that's dripped from the cut on his brow. "Wake up," she begs.
He's still and she can't even feel his breathing. Tears drip onto his face and she realizes she's crying. One of her hands pushes back the thick and tangled locks of his bangs. "I love you," she breathes. "From the very first moment, Adrien, Chat, I loved you. Please," she glances up as the sirens draw closer. With a ragged sob, she pulls herself closer to him and lays her head on his chest. "Don't leave me."
The emergency workers have arrived and rush onto the scene. She hears shouts of the reporters already flocking and the police holding them back. "Please," she cries, her voice rough from her tears and the soot. She's too weak to lift her head.
Her head is so heavy.
The blackness takes her once more.
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When she opens her eyes again, Marinette is in a dim hospital room. Her eyes peer down her body and she winces at the bulkiness that must be her broken leg under the sheets. She rests her head back fully and wishes for the darkness to take her back.
She knows she can't deal with Adrien's death just yet. Her chest is heavy this time. She tilts her head to the side and gasps.
Another form lays in a bed across the room. His body is lumpier under the sheets than hers and his head is bandaged, but judging from the monitors he's connected to, his heart is beating.
Her lips tremble. "Oh, kitty, I thought I lost you," she whimpers.
He remains quiet and still, but she swears, his heart monitor beeps a little faster.