#finally alone

[bununiii]

[theblackestofsuns]

“Finally Alone”

Heartbreak Soup (2007)

Gilbert Hernandez

Fantagraphics Books

[stryc-9]

take 4... alone now... and it’s about damn time

[sims3morgans]

[perditaalottachocolate-blog]

Next Rainfall (2/4)

@miraculousfluffmonth , Day 13: Finally Alone

Now I can finally share the link to the lovely AMV @kellarhi made for me in our little fanwork exchange. Check it out, it’s amazing! Thank you for this gem!

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Chapters: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |

AO3 / fanfiction

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2. First Clue

It wasn’t easy to find her again. After all, he wasn’t exactly available every time the skies decided to grace Paris with another rain. And even if he happened to be free at the time, either Marinette didn’t go out or she chose different routes. The awareness that she might have been walking somewhere and he couldn’t get to her to learn something about her secret was slowly driving him crazy.

When he finally spotted the girl alone in the rain, a week later, he almost pounced on her in relief.

‘Here you are!’ he exclaimed stepping in front of her.

‘Mep!’ Marinette squeaked as she collided with his chest. He caught her expertly before she could fall to the wet pavement.

‘Sorry,’ Chat mumbled. ‘I thought you saw me.’

The girl exhaled audibly. ‘I wasn’t looking,’ she admitted. ‘I was thinking-’

‘About me?’ he made a show of flexing his arms and raising his brows.

‘Hah!’ she snorted. ‘You wish.’

Well, he would lie if he said he was opposed to such dreams. But that wasn’t the reason he was there, getting wet again.

‘Remember our deal?’ he murmured as low as he could.

Marinette started at the sound of his voice. ‘Y-yeah,’ she offered.

‘Well?’ he cocked a brow and ducked his head expectantly.

‘Hmmm,’ the girl sent him a studying stare. ‘What should I tell you first,’ she mused, gnawing at her lower lip.

‘Maybe something general,’ he offered. ‘Like the category of this secret. What is it about?’

Marinette’s cheeks turned dark pinkish color at his suggestion. She narrowed her eyes and he took a step back under the weight of her stare.

‘But you can tell me anything, really,’ he raised his claws protectively in front of him.

The girl tilted her head. ‘Actually, it’s not a bad idea,’ she admitted, her eyes dropping to her pink boots. She twirled the handle of the black umbrella in her hand before adding, ‘it’s about my crush.’

Chat’s eyes bulged comically. ‘Your c-crush?’ he croaked, feeling the heat crawling to his own cheeks. He had no idea why his treacherous body decided to react like this.

‘Yes, Chat,’ she confirmed with a short nod. ‘My crush. And that’s all you’re getting out of me today.’

Damn, instead of feeling sated he grew even more curious. That girl was devious, he thought, watching her disappearing around the corner. He heard a telltale splash of boots hitting another puddle and smiled to himself at the sound. That tidbit left him with more questions than answers. How was walking in the rain about her crush? Was she trying to lure them? Was she performing a summoning ritual? Was she just happy after meeting them? And at the back of his head a tiny voice volunteered: Who! Who was her crush? His insides twisted anxiously.

‘Who is your crush?’ he blurted out at her the next day as soon as he caught up with her.

‘It’s nice to see you too, Chat,’ she deadpanned. ‘Still no umbrella, I see.’

‘What? Oh,’ he backpedalled a bit. ‘Hi, Marinette!’ he gave a little wave.

The girl shot him a lopsided grin. ‘It’s been killing you, hasn’t it?’ she asked, not even trying to hide her contentment.

‘Yeah,’ he sighed in defeat, picking at the end of his tail.

‘Well, it was you who suggested it,’ she reminded. ‘I only followed your idea.’

‘I knooooow,’ he whined. ‘Now, please tell me, who is your crush?’ he deployed the kitten eyes.

‘Ooooh, heavy artillery, I see,’ Marinette chuckled. ‘But it seems I’m immune,’ her grin widened.

‘Please, please, please, Marineeeeeeette~,’ he chanted.

‘And where would be the fun in that?’

‘Fun?’ How was this supposed to be fun, he mused. It was torture!

Marinette twirled on her heels and jumped right in the middle of a giant puddle, splashing him as a result. Chat winced with disgust.

‘Fun,’ she repeated, as he raised his foot and shook it to let the water drip down.

‘This is supposed to be fun,’ she pursed her lips and fluttered her lashes - a picture of pure innocence, with the devil hiding beneath. ‘Or where you thinking I’m just gonna give you my secret without anything in return?’

He hadn’t thought about that. ‘So this is your price? My suffering?’ he sighed dramatically. ‘Not only am I getting wet, but also relentlessly teased? Do you have no shame, woman?’

He noticed her cheeks got warmer but she held his gaze. ‘I do have some, and that is one of the reasons I’m not going to tell you who my crush is. My offer still stands - one detail every time you find me in the rain. But I won’t blame you if you give up,’ she shrugged. ‘It’s not like you have to know my secret,’ she suspended her voice.

What a tease, Chat thought. She already got him hooked and she knew it perfectly well. His pride hurt a bit, so he decided not to let her know she won, at least not yet. ‘Well then, I need to rethink this whole deal,’ he waved a clawed hand at the puddles, the boots and the umbrella.

‘Think away,’ Marinette sing-sung. ‘You know when to find me!’ And without waiting for his reaction she sauntered into the next puddle, splashing the water with wide chassés.

[sheynalew]

You know what isn’t helpful when you have 3 ideas to write; in-laws. I love my other half and his dad is awesome but I really needed to write this morning and instead I was sat in my living room with the tv on, counting down the seconds for them to go off to watch the football! I feel like a bad person but I really needed some time to myself to just write!!

[perditaalottachocolate-blog]

"Fluttering Feathers, Fluttering Hearts" by Remasa for @miraculousfluffmonth , day 13: Finally alone

AO3 / fanfiction

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(A random fragment:)

“We should have probably figured that Hawkmoth was someone who was a teenager in the 90s,” Adrien pointed out. “Gamer and Kung Food both had an insane amount of 90s references.”

“Your father is as big of a nerd as you are.”

“Hey!”

“That's a compliment.”

“Sure it is.”

Marinette giggled as Adrien pouted. The close proximity to him was starting to make her light-headed. Or maybe it was the stifling heat wrapped up in the blankets.

Adrien's face was certainly flushed as well, the red illuminating the green of his eyes. Her breath caught in her throat. He stared at her.

She didn't know if he moved first or if it was her, but the gap between them closed. He hesitated, his lips millimeters from hers. “May I...?”

“Yes,” she breathed.

[venus-sx]

And I only allow myself to collapse when no one else is watching ..