A/N: Okay, so I wrote this one like two months ago or so and since it's so short, I thought it would be better to just post it to this collection. See, I really liked the idea of Félix having a onesided crush on Marinette and it's something I always wanted because I like evil/very morally-grey boys crushing on good girls. And I love making those boys suffer and crushing their hearts even more because they'll never win the hearts of the people they love. But it didn't happen in canon so oh well, I can do what I want in fanon LMAO.

This drabble diverts before the season three finale and just imagine that Félix warmed up and got closer to Adrien and Marinette over time even though he wanted to make their lives miserable like his.

Without further ado, enjoy!

"Forget even the things you've forgotten

Let sorrow and warmth vanish

Yet still, what lingers in your ears

Is thе sound of a farewell longing firmly for a reunion

"Goodbyе""

エルフ (Elf) - Ado

Pairing - Adrinette Félix's unrequited love for Marinette

Prompt - 'Love you, and you?'

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"...What did you just say...?"

The sight of sharp, ice blues piercing through his entire frame mercilessly along with ashen skin was enough to snap Félix out of his daze and instantly, unimaginable horror and dread settled in the pit of his stomach like knives.

He...he didn't…

He didn't even realise—

"Félix. What did you just say?" Marinette's tone was even more stern now, her entire body facing him as if he was an enemy she needed to take down as if her life and her loved ones' depended on it.

She wouldn't be half-wrong if she thought so.

'I love you...' Was what slipped out before he realised his mouth was moving but he didn't dare to even move a single muscle with how her fiery eyes seemed to have nailed all of his limbs in place. He swallowed harshly as the cogs began to run in her head and suddenly a realisation washed over her face. The repulsiveness that she wore hurt a million times more than the anger she directed towards him.

"You never really changed...did you?" She took a step back, covering her mouth with her trembling hands. "You only befriended me...befriended us...just to get with me and hurt Adrien in the process, didn't you?"

No, no, no, NO!

"Not anymore! I mean—"

"Not anymore!? What the hell, Félix!?"

He wanted to bite his tongue off, frustrated more than ever that no matter how hard he tried to keep his cool and choose his words wisely, just one glimpse of her face was enough to fluster him and make it impossible to lie or even walk around the truth.

At first, she was meant to be a way for him to one-up his cousin. He wanted to play around, break his heart and toss Marinette away afterwards like a useless doll. To show that he wasn't the inferior twin and that he could get what he wanted whenever he wanted. To punish everyone and everything for the way he was mistreated as a child.

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But fate is a cruel, twisted thing.

Over time, he fell in love with Marinette.

And he stopped rejecting his cousin too.

He...he loved them both.

So, so, so much.

And now he was going to watch it all fall apart before his very eyes.

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"We trusted you...we trusted you! We thought you were our friend!" Tears were running down her face and she pushed him with enough force to make him stumble back a couple of steps. He also noted that she hardly used any of her herculean strength against him, causing the lump in his throat to keep growing because he very much preferred that she pummelled him to the ground physically rather than verbally. "How could you do this to Adrien!? You're one of the only family he has left! How could you even think about hurting him!"

"...I did change, Marinette—" He tried to speak.

"Liar!"

"I promise, I did!"

"I don't believe you—"

He took two large strides until he was right up in her face.

"You changed me!" With shaking hands, he grabbed her shoulders. His grip was firm enough so that she couldn't escape but not enough to hurt her.

No.

He would never even bend a single hair of hers out of shape.

"You changed me..." He repeated again, breathlessly. His greens were pleading, begging for her to understand he was no longer what she assumed he was. "Falling for you has changed me. Please...believe me."

There was only sadness in her eyes now.

She shook his hands off her shoulders and she took a step back away from him. But it felt like they were a hundred thousand million miles apart and never had he felt so, so cold.

"I love Adrien." Her voice was steady and her blues were clear. "I'll always love Adrien. You know that." Her (somewhat gentle) words only sent painful, excruciating daggers to his weeping heart. Félix forced himself to stay silent, knuckles whitening from his nails digging into the palms of his hands and the front of his teeth bit down on his bottom lip hard.

He did know.

He already knew that.

But even still…

"I still fell for you anyways..." He clutched his chest with frustration, both cursing and thanking his traitorous heart for putting him in this predicament to begin with. "Maybe...just maybe if we could—"

"Could what?" She was ice cold and firm tones again. "I'm with Adrien." She took a step towards him and he felt his eyes sting. He let out a sharp exhale and directed a glare towards her.

"You should come with me to London. It's safer there!" The dam was broken and every single little thing poured out. "Over there you don't have to deal with Akumas or Sentibeings or le Papillon endangering you and everyone else—"

"Stop...please stop—"

"He still lets his father control him! He won't be able to protect you like I can—"

"I SAID STOP IT!" She smacked away the hand that reached for her shoulder again with enough force to make him wince and then gape. He wanted to curse his stupid, stupid heart once again and it took him everything to keep the tears at bay. "I don't need anyone's protection! And don't you ever, ever, dare to use Adrien's situation against him."

She was watching him with pure contempt now.

But it was still tinged with so much melancholy and his heart shattered anew for being the reason behind such an expression.

"You claim to have fallen for me and yet you think I would just…just abandon Adrien and run away to London with you for the sake of my own safety...?" She shook her head, disappointment plastered all over her face. "You don't even know me." Marinette then jabbed a finger into her chest with every word she spoke next. "I would die for him."

And that is the one thing that scared him the most.

"Marinette—"

"Don't. Don't even say my name." She looked away from his face and brushed her fringe back with one hand, only for it to fall back on her forehead wildly (as if to mirror the chaos that ran rampant within her mind and heart). "We'll...we'll keep this between us. Your original motives in the beginning. Your...your feelings for me. Everything. I don't want Adrien to lose his newly found happiness of having you by his side so just pretend that this conversation didn't happen. Okay?"

"...You're asking for the impossible..." He didn't even flinch at the way she scrutinised him with a heated glower. "I can't just pretend. I can't lie to him."

"Didn't stop you in the past though, did it?"

"I told you, I've changed! I'm not like that anymore!" It was like talking to a wall now. "For fuck's sake! You find out how I really feel about you and now you won't stop digging up the past!"

She shook her head.

"It's how you're acting on those...those feelings." She didn't let him utter another word, already getting the gist from the confusion on his face. "If you were a true friend, you would never tell me to abandon the one I love...your family." His heart then fell to the bottom of his stomach as if it was made of lead and bile crept up his tight, tight throat. "Why couldn't you just be our friend? Why do you have to always do or say something so twisted and horrible?"

She looked so defeated.

He wanted to sink to his knees.

"You say you've changed...but did you change for the better or for the worse, Félix?"

And she was gone.

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He didn't know how much time had transpired since she ran off and he had already sunken to the floor pathetically. It could have been seconds, minutes or even hours.

He was so numb.

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But not numb enough to not notice the figure that walked towards him with blazing infernos of green fire for eyes.

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"...Well? Obviously, you saw everything that had just happened. Aren't you gonna punch me or something?" Félix bleated, continuing to ache with hollowness as his cousin's eyes practically set hellfire on his miserable little figure.

"Believe me, I want to do so much worse." Adrien's voice was devoid of any warmth, reminiscent of Gabriel's icy, icy tone for once. "You broke her heart and played us all like fools."

"She broke mine too."

They both stayed silent for a few moments and the unforgiving wind tore through their golden hair like claws raking through in search of something. An onlooker would mistake the boys for grieving over someone dear (though, they wouldn't be too far off the mark since the duo were mourning over the bond they once shared).

"It hasn't been determined yet if she's willing to give your friendship another try…"

Félix snapped out of his wallowing, looked up and faced his standing cousin.

Greens met greens.

"Why would she!? That would be a really stupid decision to make. Did you not hear our conversation properly? The things that I've said?" Finally, he stood up and they were eye to eye. Yet, Adrien didn't even twitch a muscle.

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"It's as she says...you know nothing about her." With one final glance at his cousin, Adrien began to walk away.

But not before pausing and saying one last thing.

"And you know nothing about me either." Adrien's eyes were hellfire once more and Félix found himself frozen on the spot. "You have no idea how far I'm willing to go to protect Marinette. No matter what they are, who they are, I will get rid of them if I think they'll cause her any harm. Do you understand?"

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Adrien left before Félix could even think of an answer.

Instead, he couldn't help but think who exactly changed for the worse amongst the three of them.

One was ready to deceive.

One was ready to die.

One was ready to kill.

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A/N: Lemme know what you thought of this drabble~! Every comment is an espresso shot for me and I need to STAY AWAKE.

Bye.