"Please?" Adrien was sure that he'd missed something along the way about how to just say 'no' to those eyes and not accidentally spoil his precious baby girl. Emma just had the sweetest kitty eyes, green and so, so big with her pleading tears and the sweetest, begging expression ever.

"What would Mommy say?" Adrien choked out as he looked at the sour candy on the store shelf and considered whether he'd get in trouble for saying 'yes' again. 'You can't spoil the kids if you want them to understand what sharing and giving are.'

It was so hard since he knew that he had the money to show her in fancy and expensive gifts not to; it wasn't that the gifts were bad, but he could see her point. 'The best part of love and being a family is never the gifts you receive, but the time you spend together. Maman and Papa always made sure that I knew that.'

Marinette hadn't grown up wealthy, had learned to accept when they simply didn't have the money for some fancy toy or gift or candy bar. She'd grown up understanding the reasons, and they'd had her helping out in the kitchen since she was just a little girl.

Adrien admired her family for so much, was constantly stunned by just how close and loving they were, and he kind of wanted to be like them in a way.

"Mommy would say, 'no.'" Emma pouted, and her frown still positively broke his heart, "She says that we can't get new candy when we still have candy from the other day at home."

"Exactly." Adrien told her, silently thanking his wife for teaching their daughter so much, "So you can't get new candy today."

"What if I finish off the other day's candy today?" Emma pleaded already looking for loop holes.

"That hasn't happened yet." Adrien reminded her gently, "And besides, you wouldn't want a belly ache." Or at least Adrien wouldn't. Marinette had told him once that he had a weak stomach since he tended to get belly aches from having too many sweets though he usually ended up overeating them, out of a love for them that he'd never gotten to indulge in when he was younger. Adrien had a major sweet tooth though he could definitely live without those belly aches. They could stop him completely though Marinette would only shake her head before she cuddled with him to try to make him feel better.

Every cuddle was like a prized gift from his beautiful and absolutely amazing wife. Adrien felt so lucky to have her, and to now have three little kids and a fourth.

"I don't get belly aches like you, Daddy." Emma pouted, and Adrien still wondered why she had the ability to be so cute. He knew that she only tended to test his ability to tell her 'not today' when it was just the two of them in the store as Marinette claimed that she'd had practice saying 'no' to kitten eyes though it had taken a while apparently.

"Emma, not right now. How about we go home and see if Mom needs help in the kitchen?" It was a step in the right direction, Adrien figured to divert, and it his wife was making sweets, Adrien wouldn't feel quite so bad at telling Emma 'no.'

Just how one 'Can we please help, Mommy,' turned into laughing as they tried to wipe whipped cream and cookie dough off of their faces from a play war, Adrien would never know. He just couldn't claim that he hadn't helped turn it into a play battle.

"Daddy," Emma asked with a cute little pout, "I can't get it out of my hair. Can you please help?"

Adrien found it cute how Emma's manners just seemed to make things seem cuter than almost everything, and this was a please that he could definitely help out with.

"Sure." Adrien smiled as he took a napkin and carefully wiped what he could of the whipped cream and cookie dough out of his daugher's hair.

"Thank you." And that one bright smile made every sacrifice worth it especially when she thanked him too. She was the most precious daughter that he could ever ask for.

"You're welcome." Adrien's own smile could never be shaken off either as he couldn't help how happy he was spending time with his children and his wife.

"We're all going to have to take baths." Marinette told him. "I'll watch the cookies while you, guys, clean up." She smiled, and all was okay as Adrien gathered up the kids to set up a bath for them and grab their favorite towels.

All was right in the world or at least felt like it. Adrien wouldn't trade his family for the world no matter how many pleas were made in the world's favor. The world couldn't offer play fights while baking nor could it offer a joy that just made every bit of hard work and sacrifice way worth it.