Miraculous Endgame

Two can play at this game.

After explaining that Adrien was staying at Marinette's because his father was on a 'business trip' with Natalie and his bodyguard was 'on holiday' they headed back home. Alya turned and said
"Marinette this convo isn't over" before rushing off back home.
As Adrien and Marinette arrived at the bakery they were warmly greeted by Tom and Sabine.
"hello Adrien, sorry we didn't get to see you this morning we were very busy- how was your night with us? i hope Marinette made you comfortable!" Sabine said as they took a seat in the bakery
"not too comfortable" Tom muttered. Sabine gave him a quick look before turning back to Adrien for a reply,
"it was lovely, thank you for having me again Mr and Mrs Dupang-Chang"
"No worries, son" Tom replied, that word made Adrien's heart skip a beat. Son. The word played on repeat in his head as Marinette spoke to her parents before he was brought back to the room at the sound of his name
"Adrien" Sabine said softly
"yeah?" he questioned
"We got a call from your Aunt today, She said she's spoken to the police and arranged a court date for Thursday, she's taking the train here tomorrow but you're welcome to stay with us until court."
"uhm wow okay thank you" He said, that was a lot to take in for Adrien. Thursday, his future was to be decided in just two days. He felt Marinette's hand rest on his under the counter and shot her a look, she had a soft smile on her face as Sabine spoke again
"the courts said that you'll need to write a statement about who you'd like to live with, and if you have any friends who would put in a statement as well that would really help your case if you want to stay in Paris. Me and Tom have already written ours" Sabine smiled
"really! you guys did that for me!" Adrien was stunned, he was thankful enough that they opened their home to him temporarily and now this? "thank you so so much, i'm so lucky to have you and Marinette" He continued
"we can help you with your statement if you like, and you too Marinette" Tom added
"i think we will be okay, but thank you dad" Marinette replied.

The two headed up to the apartment and sat on the couch in the living room.
"how come you didn't tell them about Lila?" Adrien asked curiously
"i don't want to worry them, they'll over react and go yelling at her if they knew she made me cry" Marinette laughed at the thought.
"you're so lucky Marinette, your parents are amazing" Adrien sighed. She didn't know how to respond so she opted for a short and safe option,
"yeah i guess i am" before letting out another giggle.
"i'm sorry for earlier, with Lila" Adrien said, shuffling his feet with his head hung low
"what do you mean?" a confused Marinette asked
"i shouldn't have gotten so angry, i don't know what came over me, just something about you being so frightened because of her made me so- just- ugh. But i shouldn't have got involved, you probably wanted to fight your own fight, you're m'lady after all". Adrien turned to look at Marinette and she blushed at her nickname
"Adrien- i-i, you don't have anything to-to be s-sorry for you're perfect. I mean it was perfect, ha, the way you stood up for me- it-it, was, amazing" Marinette reassured him.
"are you sure Mari?" he asked again.

She gave him a strong smile and the realisation that he was sat in her living room talking to Adrien hit her, and he blushed. Hard.
"so... i make you nervous still?" Adrien teased, leaning into her. She didn't know what to do. So she did the only this she knew, she ran, all the way to her bedroom- Adrien chasing her up the stairs and through the hatch.

Marinette made for her desk, giggling as she won the race.
"i'll get you next time!" Adrien laughed, out of breath.

After a moment, he grabbed a book from her desk and began flicking through it as Marinette pulled out some fabrics,
"woah Marinette these are amazing, are they your designs? Adrien asked
"EEEEK!" Marinette squealed before snatching the book out of his hands.
"hey! what was that for!" he teased
"no reason. and yes they're my designs but i'm not working on them at the moment."
"what are you working on then, ooo i like this" he said pointing to a red silk fabric
"you do? i was going to use it for my dress for the ball" she continued.
"so you're working on dresses for you and Alya then?" he continued
"yeah- this orange one is for Alya"
"because she's Rene Rouge?" he said
"was she that obvious?" Marinette laughed,
"no Nino gave it away" Adrien played. Marinette giggled before looking back at her fabrics and pointed to a black velvet one, while holding up a neon green.
"i-i can make you a suit if you want?" Marinette offered.
"really? sure! can i help!" he asked.
"yeah! we can work on yours and mine tonight, then Alya is coming by tomorrow so i can get her measurements" Marinette said ecstatically. "we can use this as your main fabric and like it with the green?"

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~hello! sorry that this was a little bit of a filler chapter! i'm at work today and wrote this chapter quite quickly!~