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Part 3 of Everything’s Gonna Be Okay
Summary- Adrien is excited for his date with Marinette, but unbeknownst to him, it’ll go differently than either of them planned.
Adrien was practically floating by the time he got to his room.
“Plagg! She asked me out! Marinette asked me out!”
Plagg zipped out of Adrien’s pocket and watched his holder fondly as he threw himself onto his bed.
“I’ve been telling you since the beginning to go for pigtails. Good to know you’re finally listening.” He said before catching a large wedge of cheese that Adrien threw at him in his mouth.
“I told you to stop leaving cheese by my pillows!” He scolded the black kwami. Plagg laughed in response so this time Adrien threw a pillow instead, which he dodged effortlessly.
“Did your girlfriend ever tell you what you’re doing? Or better yet, when?”
“She’s not my girlfriend!” He blushed. “But no, she didn’t. She could hardly ask me out, I’m guessing it must’ve slipped her mind. I’ll have to call her.” Adrien mused.
While Plagg disappeared to relax for the night, Adrien texted Nino to ask for Marinette’s phone number.
After a little of teasing on Nino’s part, he got it, and immediately called.
“Hello?” Marinette’s voice came through the phone and he swooned a little.
“So when’s our date?” Adrien asked, not bothering with introductions.
“Adrien! I- how’d you get my number?” Her voice raised an octave after she realized who it was, and even though Adrien preferred the confident teasing Marinette, he had to admit bashful Marinette was absolutely adorable.
“Nino gave it to me when I realized you didn’t tell me anything about when I’d be seeing you.”
“You couldn’t have asked Nino? Not that I mind you calling! I think you’re amazing! I mean it’s amazing!”
Adrien swore he heard her throw her face into a pillow and chuckled.
“Thank you Marinette, I think you’re amazing too.” He teased. A squeak sounded from the other end of the phone.
“It’s tomorrow at 2.” She stuttered out, and Adrien could just envision the adorable flush on her face.
“Sounds good. I can’t wait to see you. Sweet dreams Marinette.”
“You too.” She said, dazed and dreamlike.
Adrien hung up the phone. He wanted to stay on longer, but he figured why talk on the phone when he could just go see her.
That night when Chat Noir swung by Marinette was off in a distant world, constantly spacing out with a lovesick expression Adrien was all too familiar with.
The next day Adrien was late by nearly half an hour. He warned Marinette of this as soon as he saw the traffic. So, he was surprised to find that the only one there was Marinette.
As he walked up he could hear Marinette angrily whispering into her phone. As he got closer he could just barely make out what she was saying.
“... was your plan all along! Did you even plan on coming?” She whined into the phone. “I can’t be alone I told you this..... Well that’s the problem, I don’t believe in me! You’d better get over here I-“
“Marinette?” He called, interrupting what seemed to be a heated conversation. “Is everything okay?”
She spun around, dropping her phone to her side. “Adrien! You’re here. On our date! That I invited you to!” She said in a strangled tone.
“Yes?” Adrien could never really understand her, but he loved her anyway. “Where’s Alya and Nino?”
Marinette lifted her phone and placed it on speaker.
“Yeah where are you guys?” She said passive aggressively, as though she already knew the answer.
“Well Adrien,” Alya voice came in, cheery as ever. “It seems there was a slight scheduling problem. See Nino invited me to have lunch with him and he family last month and I completely forgot it was today! So it looks like it’ll just be you and Marinette.”
As she finished this Marinette lifted the receiver to her ear and said, “Sure will be!” Aggressively before pressing the red button.
“So just the two of us? Could be fun.” Adrien strode over to Marinette’s side and winked.
For a second, he saw her Ladybug side kick in as she rolled her eyes, witty comeback at the top of her tongue before she realized it was Adrien and not Chat Noir. Immediately a blush took its place upon her face.
“What’s the plan for today?” He asked as Marinette began to walk down the sidewalk with him in tow.
“Well, the ice rink is just around the corner and no date is complete without André’s.” Then she caught herself. “If that’s okay with you of course!” She added quickly.
“I think it’d be pretty cool.” Adrien said, side eyeing her to see if she’d catch it. There was a beat of silence before he received a light punch on his shoulder.
“That was horrible!” She laughed. “I didn’t know you were the pun type.”
“Everyone should be.” He replied simply. It seemed jokes were the way to calm her nerves. He made a mental note of this before continuing.
“Are you doing better?” He wasn’t sure if it was a good idea to bring up her mental wellness, but he genuinely wanted to know how his bug was doing.
She sighed. “I’ve been trying to know my limits. Saying no to commissions is hard, but juggling them with my other responsibilities is really what pushed me over the breaking point. So yeah, much better now.”
She stopped in front of the rink.
“We’re here!” She announced, hands on her hips as though finding it were a huge accomplishment.
Adrien laughed before taking her hand and pulling her inside.
They rented their skates and sat down before putting them on.
“Remember the last time we were here?” She asked, pulling on her skate.
“Yeah, all fun until Frozer was akumatized.” Adrien replied. He wanted to steer the conversation away from Kagami, away from Luka. This day belonged to them, and them alone.
“Yeah crazy day.” Marinette replied carefully ending that conversation.
Adrien could tell she was treading lightly, as she often did when akuma attacks were mentioned. He now knew it was so she wouldn’t accidentally let anything slip. Funnily enough she avoided the topics fully to minimize any lies. That was something Adrien could relate to.
As he finished lacing his skates, he stood up and reached a hand out to Marinette, who took it with a blush.
The skating was a little clumsy at first, but as they got used to each other they began to sync up. It reminded Adrien that they were partners, whether she knew it or not.
Marinette seems to be more comfortable with him, which he loved. Still, teasing her was just too much fun.
“Wow Marinette your eyes look gorgeous in this lighting.” He said, earning a blush from the girl.
He smirked, and she caught it.
“Hey! You’re doing this on purpose!” She accused, still blushing profusely, but now sporting a false expression of anger.
“Guess you could say I’m on thin ice.” He quipped.
She rolled her eyes before adding, “Very thin ice Agreste.” Before speeding up slightly, but Adrien could see her trying to hide a smile.
They skated for a couple of hours before Adrien suggested they go for that ice cream.
They both blushed as they received their ice cream from André, blackberry and peppermint.
They walked towards a bench overlooking the Seine and sat beside each other to share.
They sat in comfortable silence before Marinette broke the spell.
“Adrien,” Marinette’s voice was laced with worry and Adrien tensed, unsure of what was to come. “There’s something I need to talk to you about.”
Adrien’s eyes widened, but he nodded for her to continue as he took another bite of the blackberry ice cream.
“Before this goes anywhere you have to know, there’s some things that I won’t be able to fully tell you, some truths you can’t know. I promise I’d never lie to you unless it was absolutely necessary. That’s the reason me and Luka didn’t work out, and I understand if you can’t accept that.” Her voice cracked as she said the last sentence. She looked down toward the sidewalk tears welling up in her eyes.
Adrien couldn’t bare to see her look so down, he’d seen it before and it broke his heart every time. He put the ice cream down beside him and took her head in his hands.
In her eyes he saw a brief flash of shock before he leaned in.
He caught her lips between his, and she let out a small gasp before relaxing into his touch. She tasted like their ice cream with a hint of something uniquely Marinette.
He pulled away and held her in his arms.
“So it’s ok?” She asked, tone still laced with doubt.
“Only if you can accept the same from me.” He whispered into her shoulder. He felt her relax in his arms.
“Okay.” She whispered back.
Despite the slight chill in the air, she was warm in his arms. Her weight against him was comforting and everything felt perfect.
End Notes- I figured I couldn’t put them in a relationship based on post season 3 without resolving a few of the problems in episode 1 and 2 of season 4 so there’s that! Just letting you guys know I have two exams next week so slight chance there won’t be an update😅
