Disclaimer: See Chapter One.
Warnings: See Chapter One.
Word Count: 6,257 (Purely Story)
A/N: So I need to catch up on writing this story, I kinda fell behind. Not sure how *sweat drops* However, I am working on three other stories along with this one haha. So that might be why *sigh* Anyway, enjoy the chapter!
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Ch 12:
Ladybug landed on a building and looked down at her yo-yo. She was getting close. Her partner's signature was a blinking light. She threw the yo-yo again before swinging on top of another building. She looked down. Her blue eyes widened at what she saw.
Chat was on the ground, in a low crouch, his baton out. What made her blue eyes wide was seeing Kuwabara sitting right next to her partner. She saw the two looking at an akuma. He had a record in his hand and looked like he was going to throw it. Her eyes became determined.
The akuma threw the record at the two boys. Ladybug tossed her yo-yo at it and knocked it away. It hit a nearby streetlight and exploded.
"My Lady!" Chat said as Ladybug landed in front of the two boys.
"Sorry I'm late." She said as she scanned the akuma.
A purple butterfly went across Bad Vibration's face.
"It's in his mic."
Both Ladybug and Chat looked at Kuwabara. The carrot top was looking at Ladybug with a determined look.
"It's screaming 'evil' in his mic. I'm sure that akuma thing is there."
Ladybug could tell how serious the carrot top was and nodded. She gripped her yo-yo before tossing it into the air.
"Lucky Charm!" she shouted.
A pink light appeared in the sky before something fell into her hands.
"What do I do with this?" she asked as she looked at the ladybug colored blow horn.
Chat had stood up with his baton in front of him.
"While you figure that out, I'll distract him." he said before heading off towards Bad Vibration.
Kuwabara grunted to his feet and took out his Spirit Sword.
"Right behind you!" he shouted before running towards the akumatized man.
Chat knew he couldn't stop the carrot top. Besides that, he needed to let his Lady figure out a plan. Bad Vibration had picked up his CD player and began to send sound waves at the two boys. Kuwabara wasn't as graceful at dodging the sound waves. Not to mention, the pain in his back made him a bit stiff. It didn't matter as he and Chat had the akuma distracted.
Ladybug looked around. She looked at the blow horn and then at the CD player. An idea came to her head.
"Chat, Kuwabara bring him this way!" she shouted.
Both boys looked at her before rushing her way. They both stood behind Ladybug, who held out the blow horn.
"Now a song just for the ladies!" Bad Vibration said having his mic in his hand.
He turned the CD player towards Ladybug.
Ladybug pushed the button on the blow horn. Both boys covered their ears and flinched at the noise. The sound from the blow horn and the sound waves from the CD player clashed together. After a couple minutes, the two sounds cancelled each other out.
Bad Vibration stood there for a moment a bit stun. Ladybug smirked before throwing her yo-yo and taking the mic out of his hand. His eyes widened before trying to grab it. However he wasn't quick enough.
Ladybug grabbed the mic and threw it to the ground. It broke and an akuma flew out of it.
"That's enough evil tonight little akuma!" Ladybug said before catching it in her yo-yo.
"Gotcha!" she said before opening her yo-yo.
"Bye bye little butterfly." she said as the white butterfly flew away.
"Miraculous Ladybug!" she shouted as she threw the blow horn into the air.
All the damage done by Bad Vibration vanished in a swirl of pink light. It looked like nothing happened. The pink glow went around the man who was on his knees blinking.
"Whu..?"
Ladybug held out her fist to Chat who smiled.
"Pound it!"
She turned to Kuwabara and gave him a fist. Kuwabara blinked at it before looking at her. She smiled at him. He had helped them out. He was worthy of a 'pound it'. Well, she felt so anyway.
Kuwabara grinned wide before pounding it with her.
"Pound it!" they both said.
Chat had a cheshire grin on his face.
Ladybug's earing beeped.
"Thanks Kuwabara for helping out, again. But now I have to go." she said before turning to Chat.
"I'm happy you are alright." she said with a sincere smile.
Chat's tail flicked behind him.
"You really do care, my Lady." he smirked as he wiggled his eyebrows at her.
She rolled her eyes before she threw her yo-yo.
"Guess, patrol is over. Nite silly kitty." she said before swinging off.
Chat watched her go. His heart didn't flutter as much as it usually would. He still felt a warmness at the thought she cared for him.
Kuwabara was just happy to get acknowledged for helping out. It was nice to be on a 'team' again.
"Well, I should head home too." Kuwabara said with a smile.
Chat looked at the carrot top with a smile before his green eyes turned to concern.
"Are you okay?"
Kuwabara had gotten beat up pretty bad. Kuwabara blinked at the cat. His heart fluttered at the concern. He gave the cat a smile.
"I've taken worse." he said before giving a hearty laugh.
The laugh seemed to relax the cat. It was also pleasant to his ears, which twitched.
Kuwabara looked at them. He had touched them once before. He wasn't sure if he should do it again. Though he really wanted to.
"Well, I'll walk you home." Chat said putting his baton away.
Kuwabara blinked before shaking his head.
"I'll be fine."
"I don't know. You seem to attract trouble. It's like your middle name." Chat said with a cheshire grin.
Kuwabara chuckled.
"I'm use to that. Trouble seems to follow me. But I can handle it." Kuwabara said with a grin.
Chat felt warmth from that smile.
"But..." Kuwabara paused before giving a wide smile, "I wouldn't mind the company."
Chat's tail flicked as his ears twitched.
"It would be my purrleasure." he purred as he bowed.
He looked up at Kuwabara from the low bow and gave Kuwabara a wink. Kuwabara blushed and gave a laugh. It filled the cat up with so much joy. He stood up and waved for the carrot top to lead the way.
The two walked in silence but it was a comfortable one. Neither of them needed to talk. They just enjoyed each others company. It wasn't long until they reached the door.
"Deja vu much?" Kuwabara snickered.
Chat laughed.
"I don't mind this kind of deja vu." he said wiggling his eyebrows.
Kuwabara laughed, making Chat's heart fill with warmth.
"Yeah same." Kuwabara said before letting out a yawn.
"Looks like you're ready to sleep." Chat said with a smirk.
Kuwabara laughed.
"Yeah, well it's been a long day and I got a test tomorrow."
Chat nodded.
"Well, I'll let you sleep then." Chat said, taking out his baton and extending it.
"Hopefully the next time I see you, you aren't in danger." Chat said with a smile.
"That makes two of us." Kuwabara laughed.
Chat chuckled before giving the carrot top a two fingered salute and headed home. Kuwabara watched the cat leave before quietly entering the house. He crept upstairs and into the room.
"Where were you?"
Kuwabara froze. The lights were off so he didn't expect the voice.
Kurama turned on the light next to his bed. Kuwabara grimaced at the worried look on the redhead's face.
Kuwabara scratched the back of his head and gave a shy laugh.
"Sorry. I kinda lost track of time..." he said.
It really wasn't a lie. He had lost track...with the game and the akuma.
"It's ten o'clock." Kurama said with suspicious eyes.
Kuwabara blinked before looking at the clock. He didn't realize it was that late.
"Crap..."
"What made you lose track of time?"
Kuwabara fidgeted under the look Kurama was giving him.
"Stuff..." Kuwabara said before yawning.
He was really tired and he needed to lay down. His body felt sore all over. Although, considering what it had gone through it was no wonder. He was starting to feel that back injury flare up just a bit. It definitely bruised and probably a big bruised mess. He would have to be care changing in front of the red head for a couple of days.
"I'm gonna hit the hay. Night Kurama..." Kuwabara said walking to his bed.
"No you aren't." Kurama said standing up.
Kuwabara jumped at how fast the redhead stood up and was in front of the carrot top.
"We are going to talk right now."
"But Kurama..." Kuwabara whined.
The carrot top really wanted to just pass out. He needed his sleep for the next day.
"We are going to talk about this." Kurama said pointing to his bed.
Kuwabara grumbled before shuffling to the redhead's bed and plopping down. He winced. Kurama hadn't noticed the look, luckily for the carrot top.
"Where were you?"
"I was with Rien. You know that." Kuwabara said looking into those emerald eyes.
They could be hypnotizing sometimes. Tonight was no different.
"I know 'who' you were with. But 'where' were you." Kurama asked.
Kuwabara didn't know what to tell the redhead. He didn't know why Kurama had such a problem with Adrien. Sure, he knew the redhead was worried the carrot top would get his heart broken again. But it was Kuwabara's life. He was willing to take that risk. He couldn't just mope around and swear never to love again. Although, if he had his heart broken again...
"Kuwabara."
Kuwabara blinked as he was snapped out of his thoughts. Those emerald eyes held so much concern.
The carrot top let out a sigh.
"I was at his house. We were studying and then I saw the same game Marinette has and well..." Kuwabara said giving Kurama a cheeky smile.
Kurama looked into Kuwabara's eyes and saw that it was true. That was what really happened. Kurama relaxed. He still didn't like the blond but it didn't seem like he tried to 'do' anything to the carrot top. What could the blond do? The redhead didn't know but he couldn't help but be suspicious.
"Well, next time you are late call me." Kurama said with a warm smile.
Kuwabara blinked at him before feeling bad. He really should have called the redhead. He must have been so worried about him.
"Sorry. I promise I'll call ya next time." Kuwabara said with a big smile.
Kurama felt a bit better and chuckled when Kuwabara gave a big yawn.
"We should go to bed now."
Kuwabara nodded before standing up and shuffling towards his bed.
"Night Kurama." Kuwabara said as he got into his bed and under his covers.
The carrot top winced before letting out a soft sigh. Eikichi seemed to notice and curled up next to his master's head on the pillow.
"Good night Kuwabara." Kurama said before turning off the light.
~~~~~~~~~~~~Scene Change~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kuwabara let out a long sigh as he leaned back in his seat. He stretched his arms over his head. He groaned as he could still feel a bit of pain in his back. It wasn't too bad which he contributed to his quick healing ability from his spiritual energy. It had made the day feel longer than it should have, not to mention the fact the test was for the last class of the day.
But that class had just ended and he didn't have to worry about it anymore.
Kuwabara had been so worried and stressed over the test he had skipped eating and studied through their hour lunch break.
Kurama found it admirable and would have done the same, however, he wanted to spend some time with Marinette. Alya and Nino had gone and ate by themselves somewhere and Adrien, well he stayed behind and helped the carrot top out with his studying. Kuwabara really appreciated the help.
Now that the test was over, not to mention the school day, he was free to do whatever he wanted.
"So what are you going to dress up as?"
Kuwabara blinked as he turned to the girls.
Alya had asked Marinette who was thinking.
"I'm not sure. I was a zombie last year..." she said thinking.
"You were great." Adrien said with a warm smile.
Marinette blinked before giving the blond a smile back.
"Thanks. But I really liked your 'werecat'." she giggled.
She didn't blush or stutter! Alya was very proud of her best friend. Although she knew it was because of the redhead that sat next to the bluenette. Alya had hope that she was falling for someone who would return her feelings.
Kuwabara blinked before it dawned on him.
"Wait...is it October already?!" he said as he stood up.
Everyone blinked at him before they laughed. Kuwabara glared at them, making their laughs less hearty but still there.
It wasn't his fault! Between school and fighting Akumas it was hard to keep track of the day let alone the month.
"Yeah." Alya said with a smile.
"I heard there is a small break from school?" Kurama asked looking at the brunette.
Alya nodded.
"Yeah, in two weeks we will be going on holiday."
Kuwabara blinked.
"But we just started school."
"It's to spend time with family and friends before November 1st, which is All Saints Day." Adrien said with a smile.
At the thought of the vacation he frowned. He would be busy with photo shoots during that whole vacation. Just like every year.
Kuwabara blinked before sitting back down.
"So what 'bout Halloween?" he asked.
"Oh we still celebrate it on October 31st." Marinette said with a smile.
"Man...just one day?" Kuwabara asked looking a bit disappointed.
"Yeah." Nino said with a laugh.
"Why are you so bummed out dude?"
"Because in Japan some people will spend a whole week celebrating Halloween." Kurama said with a smirk. "And Kuwabara is one of those people who does that."
"Well it's my favorite holiday! It's the best holiday next to Christmas! I mean, you get free candy, you get to dress up, AND scaring people is okay!" Kuwabara said listing all the cool things about Halloween on his fingers.
This just made everyone laugh again. This time it was in 'you are so cute' laughing. Kuwabara just growled and buried his head in his hands.
"Screw you guys." he mumbled.
Adrien felt a bit bad at laughing at him and put his hand on his shoulder. Kuwabara removed his hands from his face and turned towards Adrien. the blond's heart skipped a beat at the look.
"It's my favorite holiday too." he said giving the carrot top a warm smile.
Kuwabara felt his heart flutter. He sat up and gave a wide grin.
"What are ya dressing up as?" Kuwabara asked.
Adrien blinked at the carrot top before looking away in thought.
"I'm not sure..."
"Well, at least you got a month to figure it out." Kuwabara said with a shrug.
"I know that I want to be a Samurai." Kuwabara said, a sparkle in his eyes.
"You were that two years ago." Kurama said with a smile.
"So? There's no rule that says ya can't reuse a costume." Kuwabara said with a huff.
"Well, I might go as Ladybug." Alya said with a grin.
Marinette laughed.
"You would look good in red."
"And Nino will be my Chat Noir." She said looking at her boyfriend and giving him a wink.
He gave her a shy laugh before rubbing the back of his head.
"I actually wanted to do something scary..."
Alya gave him a pouty look. Oh that look always made the DJ melt. He gave a defeated sigh.
"Fine..."
Alya made a victorious grin before turning back to Marinette.
"Could you make them for us?"
Marinette blinked.
"Why me?"
"Cause you are amazing at making costumes. You made that zombie costume from scratch." Alya said before a wide grin crossed her lips, "Girl, remember how you scared Chloe."
Marinette giggled. It wasn't on purpose however Chloe swore she wasn't scared. Though she was more pissed that the drink she had ruined her princess costume. She still couldn't get the stains out.
"I don't know..." Marinette said.
It would be weird as she was Ladybug...
"You can do it."
Marinette blinked before turning to the redhead. He gave her a warm smile that made her heart flutter. She blushed slightly.
"If you need any help, I'm good at sewing. My mother taught me." he said with a smile.
Kuwabara snickered.
'I bet...' he whispered.
Adrien blinked over at the carrot top. He didn't understand what he meant.
"Yo, dudes."
Everyone turned to Nino. It looked like he got an idea.
"Why don't we dress up as some akumas! Ya know. Like you as Lady Wifi," he said pointing at Alya; she gave him a glare. "and I'll dress up as the Bubbler."
"But you were the Bubbler and I was Lady Wifi. We got akumaitzed remember?" Alya said with a glare.
"That makes it even better right?" Nino said with a grin.
"Okay, but then what would they be?" Alya said pointing at the rest of the group.
"Well..." Nino started before thinking about it.
"Well, Kuwabara could be Rogercop." Nino said pointing at the carrot top.
Kuwabara blinked at him. He didn't know who Rogercop was but it sounded cool.
"Kurama could be Guitar Villain." he said thinking the redhead would look good in purple.
"And Adrien could be Copy Cat and Marinette Anti-bug."
Both the blond and the bluenette froze.
"Wait, why would you wanna dress up as those akuma guys?" Kuwabara asked.
He could see how tense the blond and bluenette got after hearing who Alya thought they should be. Besides that, the akuma's that he had fought against didn't really look that cool. They were more scary than anything else.
"This is why." Alya said, taking out her phone and pulling up pictures of some of the akuma's Ladybug and Chat had fought.
Kuwabara had to admit that the outfits looked kinda cool; much cooler than the ones he had seen so far. He actually wanted to be Guitar Villain. However, once he saw Copycat and Anti-bug, he understood why the two tensed up.
"I don't know..." Kuwabara said, "I think Marinette would look better in that." Kuwabara said pointing to a girl who had an umbrella, long blue pigtails and had a very cute outfit that was purple and black.
Alya looked at it before nodding.
"She would be a good Stormy Weather."
Marinette felt relaxed and wanted to thank the carrot top for changing the idea. But he didn't know she was Ladybug so she had to mentally thank him. Kurama had noticed the bluenette tense up at the Anti-bug comment and relax at the change of costume. His thoughts went back to her possibly being Ladybug. He hadn't thought about it since Kuwabara denied them being the same person.
However, her reaction had brought that idea back into his mind.
"Well, Adrien could pull off being Copycat. He wouldn't even have to dye his hair or anything." Alya said, bringing the picture of the akuma.
It looked exactly like Chat Noir. The name Copycat truly fit the costume. Adrien was about to object.
"Naw. He would need buy color contacts. They wouldn't even come in time. Why not..." Kuwabara said, taking out his own phone.
He quickly found Alya's website and went through the pictures.
"Why not this guy?" he said pointing to an akuma wearing skates and a visor covering their face.
He figured it would be better to not have a mask around the blond's face. It might have made people figure him out. Kuwabara was going to protect his identity, even if the blond didn't know that.
Alya looked at the picture before laughing. Kuwabara blinked at her. Nino looked at the picture and also laughed.
"What?" Kuwabara asked blinking.
"Timebreaker was a girl." Alya said with a snicker.
Adrien's eyes widened. He hadn't seen who Kuwabara had picked.
Kuwabara blinked before looking back at the picture. He was able to see the boobs, although they were small.
He sweat dropped.
"Well I didn't know that! I mean they have a friggin visor covering their face!" he said before pouting.
He went back through the akumas.
"Is this a guy?" Kuwabara asked pointing to the picture of a Pharaoh with a full mask.
"Yeah..." Alya said grimacing.
"What?" Kuwabara asked, feeling a bit aggravated.
"That guy tried to sacrifice her to get his lover back from the gods." Nino said giving his girlfriend a supportive look.
Kuwabara huffed before going through the pictures again.
"Admit it. He would make a perfect Copycat." Alya said with a wide grin.
"Wait, I can find someone." he grumbled.
"How 'bout him?" he said pointing at another guy, who wore a bura and purple skin.
"He'd have to dye his hair red."
Kuwabara sighed. He forgot about that. He went back through the pictures again.
"Well...how bout this guy?" he said pointing at a guy in a bubble like outfit on.
"That was me dude." Nino laughed.
Kuwabara blinked before taking a closer look at the akuma.
"Oh." he said, noticing some of the same facial features on the akuma as on Nino.
"Okay. How 'bout this guy!" Kuwabara said, pointing to a guy wearing medieval like armor.
"I like it!" Adrien said before anyone could say anything.
They all looked at him.
"I mean, I at least know how to fence so I would be sort of in character." Adrien said with a shy smile.
Alya pouted. She really wanted to see Adrien dressed up as Chat. She thought he would look almost like the cat superhero. There was a time she believed he could have been the feline hero. What made her give up on that theory was his schedule. Where would he have time with photo shoots and school? So she dismissed him as a 'suspect'.
"I guess..." she sighed.
Kuwabara gave a victorious grin before looking at Adrien. He looked a bit more at ease.
"But how is he going to get the costume?" Marinette asked.
It wasn't like medieval armor was just lying around.
"My father has some old family heirlooms. I'm sure he won't miss one..." Adrien said a bit shyly.
"That's cool." Kuwabara said with a wide grin.
RIIINNNNGGGG
Everyone jumped. Adrien took out his phone.
RIIINNNGGG
"It's Nathalie. I have to go." he said, picking up his bag.
"I'll see you later." he said to Kuwabara first before looking at everyone.
"I'm coming." Adrien said after answering the phone, walking out of the room.
"So what are you two up to?" Marinette asked looking at her best friend.
"We were going out to do some shopping." Alya said.
Nino just grumbled, making Kurama and Marinette laugh. Kuwabara gave the guy a 'I feel ya' look. Nino gave him an appreciated look back.
"So we'll see you guys tomorrow. Later girl." Alya said before winking at the bluenette.
Marinette just rolled her eyes at her friend before getting her bag.
"So what do you want to do?" Kurama asked as he picked up his own bag.
"Well I'm gonna take a nap." Kuwabara said, a yawn escaping his lips.
Kurama shook his head and smiled.
"That's what happens when you stay up so late."
"Alright mom." Kuwabara said before gulping at the glare the redhead gave him.
"Well, what do you want to do Shuichi?"
Kurama's glare changed to a pleasant smile as he looked at the bluenette.
Kuwabara sweat dropped at the change in mood.
"Well, what do you want to do?" he asked.
The three began to leave the classroom.
"Well..." Marinette started.
She didn't know what to do.
"Maybe you guys can go to the park." Kuwabara suggested with a shrug.
"I mean it's a nice day out."
The two thought about it.
"That sounds good to me." Marinette said with a smile.
Kurama smiled back, however he heard a snicker. He looked at Kuwabara who gave the redhead a grin. It took a moment before the redhead realized what the carrot top was trying to do.
"I'll see ya guys later." Kuwabara said before heading off back to Marinette's house.
Kurama gave Kuwabara a quick glare.
"So..." Marinette started, bringing the redhead's attention back to the bluenette.
"Was there somewhere else you wanted to go?" Marinette asked, pushing a stray blue hair away from her face.
Kurama felt his heart skip a beat. She was just so beautiful and adorable at the same time. He wanted to lean in and...
He shook his head before giving her a smile.
"The park is fine."
"Are you sure? I mean there are other places we could go." she said with a warm smile.
The park was nice but they had gone there a lot. She wasn't sure if the redhead was sick of going.
"It's fine. Kuwabara was right. It is a pretty day. So we might as well enjoy it." he said with a smile.
Marinette's face flushed before she looked away. Kurama tilted his head but smiled. She looked extra adorable when she flushed.
"O-okay." she said before walking a bit faster.
Kurama couldn't help the chuckle before following behind the bluenette.
~~~~~~~~~~~~Scene Change~~~~~~~~~~~~
It was a beautiful day. Kurama and Marinette sat on the bench close to the Ladybug and Chat Noir statue. The two sat there in silence. They found they didn't really need to talk. Just being in each others company seemed to be the only thing that mattered.
Kurama glanced over at the bluenette. Her eyes were closed as her head tilted towards the sun. Her skin glistened as if it were snow in the sun. Her blue/black hair swayed slightly in the pig tails from the soft breeze. Her lips were curled up into a relaxed smile. The redhead licked his lips before mentally slapping himself.
He looked away and stared at the statue. She looked so much like the superhero. But he didn't know if they had the same personality. The redhead only saw her twice. So he couldn't even compare the two in personality. He heard a sigh from next to him and he smiled.
She looked so relaxed. A yawn made him chuckle as she wearily opened her eyes. She turned sleepy blue eyes to amused emerald. She blinked a bit before realizing the redhead was looking at her. She blushed and fluttered her arms.
"Ah, I'm sorry! I think I fell asleep!" she said before looking away.
Kurama chuckled.
"It's okay. I'm happy to see you feel so comfortable with me." he smiled.
Marinette tilted her head as she looked up at him. He felt saliva come to his mouth before he swallowed it back down. How he wanted to kiss her adorable face. Those lips looked so nice...
"Well..." she said, snapping him out of his thoughts. "We should probably head back."
She stood up and stretched. Her shirt shifted a bit. Kurama couldn't help but notice how close the hem was. Just a little more and he could see her stomach...
The redhead slapped himself mentally, again. He couldn't think like that. He shouldn't think that. But he did. He was finding it harder to control himself. He wasn't understanding what was wrong with him. It wasn't like him. He could easily control his emotions, his feelings, his cravings...
Something about this girl made him crazy. It made him want to let go, to loose control. He stood up and held on to his bag. He reached for hers, at the same time as she was going for it. The two hit heads.
"Sorry." they both said however they froze.
Their eyes locked, their faces so close. Marinette's face flushed as she could see an emotion in those emerald eyes. It sent shivers down her spine, but in a good way. She grabbed her bag and pulled back, holding the purse to her chest.
"Well..." she said before turning around, not even finishing her sentence.
Kurama stood up and grimaced. If they had stayed like that any longer, he knew he would have pulled her in for a kiss. He needed to control himself. He needed to remind himself that he would only be there for one year. He had barely been there for a little more than a month. Yet, he was more than smitten with the bluenette. He felt he had fallen too quickly.
Although, living with her and seeing her all the time; well it felt like he knew her for years. He snapped out of his thoughts and caught up to the bluenette. The two walked side by side for a bit before coming to her house. He opened the door for her, making her blush and shuffle into the house. Kurama couldn't help the smile that crossed his thin lips.
The bluenette was just too adorable when she blushed. The redhead thought everything she did was adorable. The way she laughed. The way she nibbled on her pencil when in thought. The way those beautiful blue eyes sparkled when she talked about something that she loved. She was an absolute beauty.
Kurama shook his head before following behind the bluenette.
The two walked up to her room. They noticed Kuwabara was knocked out on his bed, body sprawled out and his mouth open as he softly snored. Eikichi was on his chest, a sleep from the motion of the carrot top's breathing.
The two laughed at the scene before heading up to her room. They still had a little while before it would be dinner time. They walked all the way up to her balcony and sat there, looking out over the city of Paris. It was a beautiful sight.
"How do you think you did on the test?" Kurama asked after being quiet for a while.
Marinette looked at him a bit shyly.
"I don't think I did too well. I passed but that's about it."
"I'm sure you did more than that. You are very smart." Kurama said with a warm smile.
Marinette felt her cheeks flush and looked away. Kurama smiled. He loved causing the bluenette to blush. It was another thing he loved about her. He furrowed his eyebrows. He had to admit it. He had fallen for her. He couldn't deny it any longer. He knew it for a long time now but there wasn't anything he could do about it.
Marinette found herself not knowing what to do. With each passing day of being with the redhead, she found herself falling for him. Adrien was slowly turning from a crush to a close friend. It was scaring her. She didn't like change. Well, she didn't adjust to it well. So the thought of falling for someone that was not Adrien. It was scary to her.
Maybe Alya was right. Maybe she should move on. With how the blond acted with Kuwabara, it would seem she was barking up the wrong tree. She would probably be waiting forever and still wouldn't be able to make her crush be more than that. Deep down, she still had feelings for the blond. However, they were being overshadowed by the feelings she was getting from the redhead.
Another thought occurred to her. The redhead would be leaving in a year. It was only a year he was staying. Both Shuichi and Kuwabara. So either way, it wouldn't work out for her. Unless, they did a long distance relationship. That would be hard to handle. Especially since she would be graduating this year. She didn't even know what college she was going to.
Marinette wanted to be a fashion designer. She idolized Adrien's father, way before she even met the blond model. Her dream was to work for the man one day. She would still need to go to college. Luckily, Paris was one of the 'big four' of fashion. The others being:
Milan, Italy.
London, England.
New York City, New York.
Marinette was at least halfway to her goal there. But that would mean she would be too busy to have a relationship. She would be busy working on outfits for fashion week, which happened four months out of the year. Although, she really wanted to work in women's fashion. So it would be three months out of the year, as one was dedicated to just men's fashion.
That wasn't the point. The point was it would be hard to be in a relationship already, even without it being a long distance relationship. So she really couldn't love the redhead. She couldn't fall for his entrancing emerald eyes. Or that warm smile that could melt hearts. Or that gentle nature that made her heart swoon.
Nope. She couldn't. However, she was.
The two sat in silence. They would do that sometimes. It was nice and wasn't always awkward. Only after one of those 'moments' where the two of them would blush. That's when the silence would become awkward. This time it turned into their comfortable silent moments; until dinner time.
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After dinner, the three went up to the boys room. They sat there just chatting and enjoying each other's company until five o'clock.
"Well, I'm going to start working on the costumes." Marinette said giving the boys a smile.
"I could help you." Kurama said, giving the bluenette a warm smile back.
Marinette blushed.
"I can do it, but thanks anyway." she said giving the redhead a smile.
"Are you sure? It is a lot of costumes for one person. Even if you have a month to work on them." Kurama said.
Kuwabara snickered from his seat. He had his cat in his lap, who was asleep soundly.
Marinette thought about it. It would have been helpful...
"Okay, thank you Shuichi." Marinette said with a brilliant smile.
Kurama's heart skipped a beat at the smile. But was able to give his own heart stopping smile back at the bluenette. The two went to her bedroom. Marinette began to take out some materials from her closet. The redhead began to set up the sewing machine that was on the bluenette's desk. He found some threads and some needles as well.
"Can you make gloves?" the bluenette asked, taking out some white material.
"I can." Kurama said with a smile.
Marinette smiled back and handed him the material, along with some scissors and some thread and a needle. She put up a picture of Lady Wifi on her computer, so the two of them could use as reference.
"If you could start with her gloves, then I can work on her jumpsuit; that would be great." she said sitting down by the sewing machine.
Kurama nodded before getting to work on making the gloves.
The two sat in silence as they worked on the costume. It took them three hours before Marinette's alarm went off. Both teens jumped at the noise. Marinette yelped before grabbing her phone and turning it off. Kurama raised an eyebrow at the alarm.
"Um, I need to start getting ready for bed!" Marinette said with a shy smile.
Kurama blinked at the bluenette before giving her a smile. He put down the gloves, which were almost finished; by the body suit Marinette and been working on. If the two worked on the outfit for three hours every day, they would get it done in two more days. It would have taken Marinette maybe a week to do it on her own.
"Alright. Sleep well Marinette." Kurama said with a smile before heading down stairs.
Marinette let out a sigh.
"It was so nice of him to offer to help!" the red kwami said, coming out from her hiding spot.
Marinette turned to her kwami with a smile.
"Yeah...but now I have to get ready to patrol with Chat." She said before putting the costume parts away.
She had almost finished the bottom half of the jumpsuit. All she needed to do was work on the upper part and add a zipper in the back. Then all she would have left would be the boots. She was going to ask the redhead to work on that for her after he was done with the gloves.
"Tikki transform me!" she said before turning off her lights and heading out from her balcony.
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"One more!"
The blond sighed before forcing another smile on his face while changing his position. He had been taking photos in the Champ de Mars since seven o'clock that morning. He was sick of the flash of the camera. He was sick of being moved across the beautiful landscape underneath the Eiffel Tower. He was so hungry he felt as if he would eat off his own arm.
"Alright, that's it!"
Adrien let out a relieved smile before turning to his bodyguard. It looked like the big gorilla had enough of the photo shoot too. The two began to head back to the street. His bodyguard left to get the limo from a nearby parking lot.
Adrien stood there and ran his hand through his hair. He didn't have anything else for that day. He was so happy but felt so exhausted. He had been sleeping away his entire holiday. Well, when he wasn't at a photoshoot. The only time he went out was at night. But that was to patrol as Chat Noir with his Lady. Even that was boring. He never knew bad guys took holidays.
"Adrien?"
The blond blinked before turning to the voice. It sounded so familiar. His green eyes blinked for a moment before they recognized the three walking towards him. His face brightened at seeing them.
"Hey!" he shouted back with a wave.
"Rien, what are you doin' here?" Kuwabara asked as he was the first to reach the blond.
His face was bright and had a huge grin on his lips. Adrien reflected the grin.
"I just got done a photoshoot. What are you all doing here?" the blond asked, looking at Kuwabara for a moment before turning to both Marinette and Kurama.
Kurama glanced towards Kuwabara. He wasn't sure if the carrot top had planned this. Did Kuwabara knew that Adrien was going to be here, hence why he suggested the Eiffel Tower? That didn't seem like something the carrot top would do. But it seemed too much of a coincidence.
"We're here to check out the Eiffel Tower." Kuwabara said looking over to the tower.
"So what are you doing now that you are done?" the bluenette asked.
Marinette was happy to see the blond. She might not feel romantically towards him anymore but that didn't mean she didn't miss hanging out with him as a friend.
"I'm actually free for the rest of the day." Adrien said, his smile growing brighter.
Kuwabara felt his heart flutter at the smile. Oh how he missed the blond's smiles. It had been too hard to not hang out with the blond. They had texted a few times but with how many photoshoots Adrien had and how strict his father was with being on his phone, it was practically nothing.
"Did ya wanna join us?" Kuwabara asked, his brown eyes having a pleading look to them.