Marinette stood in front of the library doors with Tikki hovering next to her. From inside Felix shuffled and opened the door to let them in, both quickly scattered inside. He closed the door, unaware of a pair of glowing, green eyes that narrowed. Marinette walked through the dimly lit library the Agreste family had with Tikki trying to act as a tour guide. Felix's eyes themselves narrowed into the darkness as he took Marinette's arm and guided her. After a row or two of books they arrived at a long table. He took out a chair for Marinette and set out a tray filled with cookies and drinks. While Felix preferred something with more fizzled but he would endure it for Marinette.
Marinette...
Tikki munched happily on the cookies as they spoke. The light still shined brightly in Marinette's eyes but that could just be her eyes on their own. Felix rubbed her hair despite her protests and threats to whack him with a yo-yo. His grin was larger than ever and he felt relaxed. No need for having a stick up his - ahem, you know, to be straightened, no need for a thin lipped smile, or bows. Marinette had a bit of an impact on his life, she didn't care about his title or name. To her he was Felix, a smart mouthed guy that made too many jokes, not a straight laced business man.
"Anyway, I have something to confess about Adrien," Felix swished his soda in his cup as he looked into it as if it was wine in a goblet.
"What about Adrien?" Marinette's shoulders went rigid.
"He seems to think I like you." He cast a glance at her.
"Pfft, really?!" Her giggles interrupted the few moments of silence.
"A ludicrous thought isn't it?" He sighed.
"Yeah, it is!" She wiped a tear away.
"No matter what I say, he seems convinced I harbor feelings for you," He groaned.
"You haven't told him about Bridgette?" Marinette gasped.
"Of course not!"
Felix's face quickly flushed at that name as he snapped his head towards her. Marinette and Tikki broke out into a chorus of "Oh's" as they covered their mouths. They were quickly pelted with small cookie crumbs to their foreheads. Marinette laughed as Felix covered his face in his arm to hide from them.
"I can't believe it!" Marinette nearly hooted.
"Any louder and you'll have a city of sleepy and grumpy Akuma's to deal with!" He hissed.
"Oh hush!" Marinette flicked a cookie crumb at him.
"What am I suppose to say? Hey, Adrien, I have a fiance," Felix gave her a deadpanned looked.
"It'll get him off your back about your feelings for me," Marinette teased and he groaned.
"Not you too," Felix let his head drop onto the table.
"I'm teasing you Felix," She laughed.
"I know, and I hate it." He frowned.
"You don't when Bridgette does it," She turned around.
"I hope you fall down the stairs," Marinette laughed.
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By now it was very well into the night as Marinette and Tikki parted ways with Felix. Tikki was snuggled into a small inner pocket Marinette made in her shirt earlier. She was snoozing away the morning as Marinette trudged up to Adrien's room, where she was supposed to be sleeping currently.
Toe, heel, toe, heel
A small mantra Marinette thought of as she snuck up around the second floor. Her beat against her rib cage even though she'd done this before on her way back from night patrols. Her foot suddenly stomped on the floor below her as the realization hit. She was sharing a room, right now, with Chat Noir. That annoyingly, charming partner of hers that thought puns were a way to woo her heart. The same boy who also had to deal with being the son of a famous fashion designer and model.
That would explain why he's so light...
There had been a time when Ladybug hugged Chat and she felt how thin he was. After that she began to bring meals for him since she was convinced he was homeless and even went as far as spoonfeeding him. Her face quickly matched her suit as she thought of the other moments they shared. The ones she's shared with Chat, who was also Adrien! Then the big one, she had kissed him.
I kissed Adrien Agreste
She wanted to crawl in a whole and not come out, ever. Her hands went over she railing as she suppressed a wail of disparity. She nearly cried out when she felt a hand grab her shoulder suddenly. It felt heavy as her blood ran cold.
"Marinette," It said.
She spun around quickly with her arm in the air ready to elbow the person. Their hand was quick to catch her elbow as their green eyes locked with her blue ones. Adrien looked surprised as Marinette pulled back. She stammered an apology to Adrien as she waved her arms around. His hand went behind his neck with a sheepish smile on his face.
"No, it's my fault for scaring you like that,"
"What are you doing up? At this hour, I mean," Her eyes trailed off to his shirt.
"I could ask you the same My Lady." He grinned before nodding his towards a room.
"Well, I was -" She remembered that Felix had warned her of his brother's jealously "thirsty, and went down for a drink."
Well, it wasn't a lie. She did have some juice with Felix not an hour ago.
"Ah, I see," Adrien walked to the room at the end of the hallway.
"Follow me, My Lady." He grinned.
"If you weren't cute I'd march straight to your bed," She puffed her cheeks.
"Who said we weren't going to?" Adrien could feel a little of Chat peaking out.
That little comment had Marinette flustered in seconds. She was used to it as Ladybug hearing it from Chat but not from Adrien. When her silence caught up to him, Adrien grew flustered himself and wanted to lock himself in the room and not come out. It came out so naturally he couldn't help it!
"If that's okay with you," A timid voice came behind Adrien.
He looked at her with surprise and nearly fainted. She looked so cute with her head to the side as her face rivaled the color of her suit. Her finger scratched at her cheek as her lips formed into a pout. Her big, bluebell eyes glanced at him with sudden curiosity.
"Adrien? Are you okay?" Her small hand wrapped over his wrist.
"All fine, My Lady!" He nearly shouted.
"You seem so ruffled up Chaton, a suiting look on you," Marinette grinned, a little bit of Ladybug showing up as she tapped his nose and walked into the room.
"Ahhh," Adrien's face was burning.
He had hoped to woo her with his witty charm. He simply nodded as he turned to close the door and lock it. Marinette had already situated herself in the small study as she sat on a gray couch. The room had a coffee table in the middle with two gray couches on either side. Two book shelves were the side walls as they met to the front wall. Instead of a continuing book case it was a normal gray wall that closed curtains tied together. Marinette stared above her at the ceiling in wonder.
Above her, the ceiling was a dark color and splashes of green, glowing stars. It looked like an entire Galaxy on it, some white splashed here and there with crosses of stars. Adrien took the seat next to her before staring at the make shift galaxy. A silence grew between them before he broke it.
"Before I was actually able to leap into the stars themselves, I came here. I imagined what it would be like to be amongst the stars," His voice was soft and gentle.
"Now that I am Chat, I can do it. Leap and leap across the skies so much closer than being on a couch."
His hand shot up as he tried to reach for them. Marinette's eyes followed his arm before slowly dragging her hand across his arm and locked their fingers. Her head leaned on his shoulder as she pointed their hands to another star. She smiled as she traced out some constellations.
"I know, I see you try to launch yourself high into the sky. At first, I thought to myself what is he doing? He's going so high!" Her voice was also low and gentle.
"It dawned on me when you would come on patrols or even in a fight so frustrated and tired, that you wanted to leap into the sky." She whispered at last.
He felt embarrassed the little habit he had was noticed. He let out a small chuckle and his shoulder shook her head. She smiled before looking at him with warm eyes. Her hand brought down his onto her lap as she smiled. Her other hand touched his cheek as their foreheads touched.
"Next time, take me to stars with you," She whispered.
"I will, My Lady, I promise." His arms wrapped around her.
"Good," Her head tilted and their lips met.
It was a sweet, passionate kiss that melted them both. They fought together and took control as they clung to each other. Her arms around his neck and his around her waist. It was a dream come true for them both. When they pulled away they were panting for air and needed it desperately. At this point, Tikki and Plagg sleepily floated off towards the shelves.
"I love you, Marinette." Adrien said bold and clearly.
"I love you, Adrien." Her voice shook a bit as her face flushed.
"Also, of note, Felix has a fiancé." Marinette grinned before running off with a giggling Tikki.
"...WHAT?!" Adrien chased after Marinette as Plagg laughed after him.
A/N: Y'all it's so hard listening to a sad song and writing this passage and getting the mood ruined by "Prince Ali" from Alladin 😂
Its over! I missed you too, Felix is over! I had fun and also made the story up as I updated oops.