edit (22.03.09): thanks @izanae for mentioning that this ALSO APPLIES TO AO3
please, when tagging your creations and works, do not use #(insert first name) wayne, #marinette dupain cheng, #miraculous ladybug #dc comics/universe #(insert dc/miraculous ladybug character) solely without the implication of a crossover because this is what gets maribat onto feed recommendations of antis and we don't want fighting. here is a list of acceptable tags to use, examples of such, and some implications of these. my tags are going to feature some of the acceptable tags to use
# maribat(insert character name)
# maribatdamian wayne
# maribatmarinettedupaincheng
# maribatjasontodd
# maribatlukacouffaine
edit: thanks @legends-live-in-memories for the tip and heads up! so updated version because tumblr has shitty search engines and tagging stuff, it's better for any mention of characters to have no space because if they have spaces, it includes keywords instead of solely the tag so yeah. this also applies with character x character, do it like characterxcharacter
# maribat
# maribat (whatever)
# maribat quotes
# maribat prompts
# maribat headcanon
# incorrect maribat
# incorrect maribat quotes
# maribat recs
# maribat recommendations
# dc comics x miraculous / miraculous ladybug
# dcxml
# mlxdc
# mlbxdc
# dcxmlb
# dc crossover
# ml crossover
# (crossover* ship names)
# daminette
# jasonette
# shutterbug
*note the word crossover in this statement. any other word or phrase that is in italics also applies this note. while you are still using the correct ship names and pairings, the whole point of using these specific tags is to avoid and have decent respect for people who genuinely do not enjoy this ship (which they are entitled to). when you are mentioning ships that are only related to one specific fandom (e.g. adrienette, djwifi, damijon, nightfire), either add 'maribat' before or after the ship name
# (character) x (character)*
# damianwaynexmarinettedupaincheng
# jasonxmarinette
# timxchloe
# maribatadrienxmarinette
# (insert ramble about maribat or your concept/idea/ff/drabble/hc)
# who the hell asked for timari # actually no one did i just really wanted to write about it # y'all can fight me meet me in the mosh pit # platonic daminette isn't written about nearly enough without them being siblings # daminette can be platonic too stfu
to be honest, i just inserted this because i love looking at the tags some people write underneath their actual fic
# (insert vague tag in relation to this fic)
# romance
# coffee
# soulmate au
# salt
ok look now i know i said that the point was to stay out of the way of the antis and everything by using specific tags to not bother them but this one is public property. if they try to imply that we maribat content creators and fandom cannot use these types of tags without saying maribat then i guess they'll have to take it up with every. single. fucking. fandom. there. fucking. is.
hope this was helpful and please for the love of all things fandom follow this because i don't want another tumblr bloodbath
if you are a person in the maribat community, please spread this. if you are an anti, please spread this (look, mr/ms/mx anti, if you spread this post, people who follow you and are in the maribat fandom will hopefully stop posting this stuff on your feed so win for you, win for us). if you are a person in the dc universe fandom or the mlb universe fandom who just doesn't give a damn, please spread this. tag the people you know who are even remotely related to any of the topics i have just raised. get the word out so that we don't step on each other's toes.
Almost everyone's dreams had come true. Adrinette was finally canon. Now lately, everything hasn't been like it always has in Francis Dupont. People were starting to believe in the worst in Marinette. It wasn't that bad, just that she was worse than her usual sunshiney self, so they kind of distanced themselves from her, but they were still friendly with each other. Chloe and Mari became friends during this situation. The two put aside their crush on Adrien and actually found out that they could actually tolerate each other.
If you want to know how this all came to be, it happened because of Lila. Lila spread a few tales here and there and suddenly, some people doubted Marinette. Chloe finally apologized to Marinette for how she treated her. Marinette, understanding that the girl didn't grow up in a household that would actually tell her what's right and what's right, accepted it. It was weird at first, but it worked out.
Now for how Adrienette got together, Adrien realized that whenever Mari was around Luka, he got jealous. Well Plagg basically screamed it in his face and teased him about it, so he got the courage to ask her. The two started to date and sooner or later, they became boyfriend and girlfriend.
Well, even though Chloe and Marinette were friends, that didn't change the fact that she had a crush on Adrien. She was happy that one of her only friends was happy, but she felt like her heart had been stomped on and spit out.
I still remember third of December
Me in your sweater, you said it looked better
On me, than it did you, only if you knew
Chloe could remember the times when it was just her and Adrien when they were younger. Back when he was her only friend. He would always look out for her since he knew that her parents didn't give her enough attention. He would play with her even more when it looked like her parents were ignoring her. He would volunteer to have a tea party with her to stop her from going to her parents. When her parents didn't acknowledge the weather changing from hot to cold, he would give her his sweater. He would always say it fit her perfectly and that she should keep it. He didn't know how much a complement meant to her at the time since she never got attention from anyone she personally knew. Compliments made her feel as if she was the only girl in the world worth knowing.
She's not sure if Adrien knew the stuff he did when he was younger was something people did to help someone they really cared about. Like someone they wanted to be together with. Doing those things put ideas into her head.
How much I liked you, but I watch your eyes
As she walks by
What a sight for sore eyes
Brighter than the blue sky
She's got you mesmerized
While I die
Adrien was one known to be oblivious when it came to people having crushes on him. Chloe could confirm it was true. Three girls in his class had a crush on him and he had no clue. It was kind of sad.
Chloe, before the two got together, saw how Adrien looked at Marinette. No matter how many times he insisted that she was just a friend, he wouldn't look at her the same. He would stare at her with admiration and adore, while he looked at anyone else just like they were a normal person. Chloe, for years, wanted him to look at her like that. Tried everything. Giving him gifts, ignoring him so he would miss her, spending all her time with him, and clinging to him, but separating when he asked since she didn't want to be that clingy. Nothing.
Now Chloe, looking at the girl, understood why. The girl was a dream in every way. She had great looks. Rare bluebell eyes that could hypnotize you into doing whatever she wanted without a question. Great personality that would make anyone love her. And she was sure when they went through puberty, every guy would want her more because of her body. So she got jealous of the girl.
Why would you ever kiss me?
I'm not even half as pretty
Chloe thought back to the time where the class was doing the movie for the school. She had almost kissed Adrien. She still feels guilt for doing all of that to Mylene. She knows, now, that doing that wasn't right. And it's not like she'll listen to her if she apologizes since people still think she's still mean.
Chloe, after looking at herself, thinks that Marinette is prettier than her. Who couldn't like Marinette? She wants to be her. She could understand why he liked her. It was just hard to deal with that someone that she is growing close with is dating someone she had a crush on. She knows she'll get over it, but she just needs time.
You gave her your sweater
It's just polyester
Chloe saw one day that her friend had on Adrien's sweater. She knew it was his because whenever she had hung out with him recently, he was wearing that exact one. Now she knows that she shouldn't be emotional about that type of stuff, but she was. So that day, when asked, she would just say it's one of those days and they would leave her alone, afraid to face the storm that was Chloe.
But you like her better
Wish I were Heather
Watch as she stands with her holding your hand
Put your arm 'round her shoulder, now I'm getting colder
But how could I hate her? She's such an angel
But then again, kinda wish she were dead
Chloe watched all the things Mari and Adrien did that were all the things couples did. Sure, with them together, Marinette was back to talking to her other friends, but that meant that Chloe had more free time since she was usually hanging out with Marinette.
Some words to describe the girl that has made their way into Chloe's cold heart, an absolute angel. Chloe never hated the girl, and never can. She kinda wants her space from the new couple. She might burst into tears. Not because she is into him as much as she used to be, but because that's her first and only crush and it hurts for him to be dating someone while she had a crush on him. Minor or big.
Chloe went to take a walk. She needed some time to clear her head. She was walking on the sidewalks of Paris. She wasn't looking up so she could see who was walking past her, she was looking down since her mood was down. But because of that, she knocked into someone.
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Batman had gotten a message from someone from Paris. He went to look at it and saw there were superheroes asking for his help. Before he could think about what to say about it, Alfred was saying that they should go help them immediately. Because of Bruce's confusion, Alfred had to explain the miraculous and how they work. Basically, if the villain gets the two most powerful miraculous, they could make a wish that could end the world. So Bruce obviously asked Alfred how he knew about these things, but Alfred mysteriously disappeared. Bruce gathered his sons and sent Dick, Tim, and Damian to Paris to go help with the situation. Dick and Tim for helping, and Damian for making friends his age and maybe helping if needed.
So the three go to Paris. They booked a suite in the Bourgeois Hotel. When they get there, Dick and Damian decide to get rid of jet lag. Tim, being the insomniac he is, doesn't go to sleep and just stays up researching the heroes because they need to know who they're working with and wants to find a way to communicate with them.
So Tim is up for about three days straight living on caffeine, until one day, he crashes. The moment his head had hit the pillow on the bed, he was out. He had woken up about twelve hours later. The first thing he went for, when he woke up, was coffee. But they were out. So he had to go somewhere to get some.
Tim looked up and found that a bakery not that far from him sold coffee, so he went there and took the biggest size he could take to go, paid for it, and left.
He started to drink his coffee. He wasn't paying attention to where he was going because he closed his eyes while drinking it. That was his mistake because someone else wasn't looking where she was going, and the two bumped into each other. It was a good thing that Tim drank most of his coffee so none spilled on him.
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"Oh my god, I'm so sorry!" Chloe exclaimed. She looked up to the person who she bumped into and her face turned red.
"No. It isn't your fault. I wasn't watching where I was going." Tim reassured. Tim looked around and saw that he was lost. "If you don't mind, can you show me where I'm supposed to be going? I think I'm lost."
"Sure. Can you tell me where you are supposed to be going.?" Chloe asked. Tim gave her the place and Chloe blushed, realizing that she might see him more often.
So the two were off. They got into an easy conversation. Tim forgot about the leftover coffee that was in his hand that didn't spill. Chloe had forgotten about why she was walking there in the first place, but was glad she did.
Faster than they thought possible, they arrived at the entrance of the hotel. The two became attached to each other faster than they have with anyone else. They have literally known each other for about fifteen minutes and were comfortable with each other.
"If you're free sometime soon, I can give you a tour of Paris so you aren't lost." Chloe offered.
"Sure. I'd like that."
The two exchanged numbers. Tim went inside the building with a smile on his face, while Chloe headed to a bakery, with a lovesick look on her face.
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Chloe busted into Marinette's room, to find her and some girls in their class. She ignored them and went to Marinette. Marinette was looking at her for her to start what she was going to say while the other girls in the room were confused as to why Chloe had a sincere smile on her face. It wasn't something that they had ever seen before.
"Okay, so I was going out for a walk to clear my head till I bumped into someone. He said he was lost and I showed him around so that he could get back to the hotel he's staying at. He was so cute and nice. And I got his number!" Chloe exclaimed.
"So you got a boyfriend the hour I didn't see you?" Marinette teased.
Chloe turned red. "No. We only knew each other for like twenty minutes. We're just friends." Chloe said, quickly.
"I'm just teasing you." Marinette said.
"Well I'm going to go so I don't hear any more of this teasing. Have fun doing whatever it is your doing." Chloe left out the door of the room.
"That was weird." A girl in the room said. Others agreed.
Hawkmoth had sent out an akuma, Lila, confident that he would finally win since Ladybug always needed Chat Noir to help her whenever fighting her. What he didn’t expect was for her to have another black cat out already.
The new one, which looked like a girl, looked more serious than Chat Noir did in his whole life. She had Lila pinned down and still within minutes, grabbing her akuma without Ladybug’s help. The fight was over within minutes, leading anyone to believe that the new cat miraculous holder, whatever their name was, was a much better one than the one they had. But some people didn’t want to believe that, since they were set on the idea of Ladynoir.
When purified, Ladybug looked down at Lila. There were reporters up there within seconds, but she didn’t pay them any mind at all. “What caused you to get akumatized this time?” She asked in the voice she would say to any Parisian.
Lila called upon her crocodile tears. “Marinette threatened me again, so I got akumatized in fear.” She said, fake sobbing. Ladybug rolled her eyes and responded to her.
“I saw Mlle. Dupain-Cheng with Mlle. Tsurgi in my civilian form before I was called upon your akuma form. Do you want to tell the truth this time?” Ladybug asked, already knowing the truth. Lila glared at her from under her covered hands, but it wasn’t caught upon any of the cameras around them.
“Ladybug, who’s your new partner?” Nadia asked, pointing the microphone towards her.
Ladybug smiled and pointed towards her partner/best friend. “This is my partner,” She started off, wanting her to finish for herself.
“Hageshī Jagā.” She answered, coldly. Some of the reporters backed away from her, but Nadia and her cameraman stayed.
“We don’t want to keep you here long, but I just want to say that with your new partner, you’ll capture Hawkmoth in no time. May I get your pronouns so I don’t call you something you’re not comfortable with?” Nadia asked, finishing up with what she was filming.
Ladybug gave her a small smile, while Hageshī Jagā broke from the frown on her face onto something that softened. Marinette still kept contact with Nadia and Manon, wanting to see how the girl she babysitted was doing, and they were still as nice as ever. Kagami knew of them and knew that she would trust Marinette with them alone instead of letting her go there with someone she trusted.
“She/they.” The two superheroes responded at the same time before leaving. Nadia ended her livestream, and the heroes left towards Marinette balcony, happy about the trial of events in the day.
“Mlle. Rossi, how much is your grasp in this class of yours?” Gabriel asked Lila in one of their weekly meetings.
“It only has three friends that I know of. Brat Bourgeois, that fencer girl, and the shy kid’s brother.” She didn’t even bother to remember their names since they weren’t important in her mind. “Even if Adrien broke up with her, she somehow managed to somehow date the youngest Wayne, or whatever.” She had caught Gabriel’s interest with her words. “Which should be me, but it will be once I figure out how to get him to stop looking at me like I killed his mother.” Lila ranted.
Gabriel thought of something. “Mlle. Rossi, I need you to get evidence, or whatever you need, of Mlle. Dupain-Cheng doing of what you young people would call cheating.” Gabriel told her. Lila lit up and thought of a million and one ways to destroy her relationship with the Wayne. “She will be my most powerful akuma yet, if she would crack. After all, she can’t be alright after holding in her emotions for years.” Gabriel thought aloud.
“First, rude.” Lila told him standing up from her seat. She was right there. “Second off, if you ever do ever get to akumatize her, what makes you think she won’t cross you?” Gabriel looked at her confused. “She’s been holding in her emotions for years, which would make her a powerful akuma. She wouldn’t go after everyone, she would go after you for making her be like that. Even if you can control them, what makes you think that you could control her? Her emotions would make her much more powerful than you, making you nothing in what she has planned for.” Lila said, leaving the room. Gabriel thought about what she said, but thought that she would be too into letting out her emotions that she wouldn’t dare disobey him.
It was Friday, and Marinette was wanting the day to be over as soon as possible. Yesterday, Lila was sending her secret smirks the whole day, like she had something planned. Marinette thought about everything, but she couldn’t think of anything that Lila would do that she hadn’t done yet.
Marinette was talking to Damian, since she was with him that morning because she wouldn’t be seeing him until tomorrow because of her sleepover, when Lila started talking loudly.
Lila, who was close to their group intentionally, started talking loudly to Alya. “Oh it’s awful Alya.” Lila started. “I caught Marinette out with another boy yesterday.” She practically yelled, hoping to catch Damian’s attention.
Damian ignored her because he knew she wasn’t worth a grain of salt. He continued to talk to Marinette, who obviously ignored her as well. “I’ll see you tomorrow Malaki.” Damian told her, after kissing her forehead.
Lila saw that she wasn’t getting the attention she wanted from the couple and continued speaking. “She was kissing them and it looked like she was going much farther than that with a random person off the street!” Lila claimed. The duo didn’t even bother sparing her a glance.
“Where do you get these nicknames from? And what do they mean?” Marinette asked Damian, staring into his eyes.
“They’re in my native tongue Habibiti.” Damian responded. “Malaki means my angel,” He started. Marinette just stared at him, flushed, not knowing of the passersby around them, looking at the four weirdly. “Jamila means beautiful.” He told her, never taking his eyes off of hers. “And you’ll learn what Habibiti means in due time.” He told her. Marinette gave him a pout which he shouldn’t have found cute..
Around them, Lila was talking abnormally loud and noticed she wasn’t getting anywhere. She stopped talking and let Alya say what she did. They were walking to class, not wanting to be late.
Adrien came to school early, like always. He saw that Lila was talking loud and Marinette was with this guy he didn’t know. Well, he knew of him, but he didn’t know him personally. He didn’t understand. She was just so happy without him, and it all happened so fast. Sure, he moved on to Lila, but he didn’t love her. Marinette knew!
He saw the way Marinette was staring at him. It brought pain within his heart. He never stared at Lila that way. It just wasn’t fair! He wasn’t jealous, after he broke up with her. He thinks? He was never sure.
He could talk to her after school! Everyone would be gone, granting them privacy, and heh could ask if she was really in another relationship so fast, and if she was happy. But she clearly wasn’t! She was moving on too fast for his liking, but it never hurt to ask.
Everyone in Mrs. Bustier’s class was doing what they did best, being rambunctious. Everyone was talking, only two about something they were supposed to be talking about, and yet, they never got a complaint from another teacher.
“Marinette!” The girl in question turned her head towards the familiar voice, rolling her eyes at them. “Why can’t you stay a loyal partner to the people you’re supposedly with. First it’s Adrien, then you cheat on him with the youngest Wayne, and now you’re cheating on him? You’re probably with someone who has more money, seeing as there is a trend.” Marinette looked at the girl, Alya, blinking slowly in disbelief at what she was saying. “That’s right. Lila told me all about it. You probably don’t care about them and only their money.” Alya called out.
“You’re with Damian, huh?” Chloe said, elbowing her. Marinette put her head in her hands from the embarrassment, while Chloe started laughing. “I’m kidding. No one could ever love that demon.”
Marinette, after she gained her composure, looked at Alya. “I couldn’t care less about what Lila saw, and if she saw that, she definitely needs glasses because that never happened.” Marinette told her.
“Wait, that’s a bad idea. Alya has them and is still blind to the things in front of her.” Chloe pointed out..
“Point taken.” Marinette told her. “Are you ever going to stop taking things at face value? You’ll never be a good reporter if you keep doing that.” Marinette commented.
“That’s enough Marinette!” Caline called out, interrupting the argument.
Marinette rolled her eyes at her teacher’s attempt to actually be a teacher, but stopped nonetheless. She turned towards Chloe, and whispered something in her ear that made them both laugh and forget the idiots in their class.
“Marinette?” Adrien asked her after class. There was no one around. “Are you really with that guy? Damian?”
Marinette answered him, knowing that he would continue to annoy her with questions. “Yes I am. You shouldn’t have a problem with that, after all, you’re with Lila now, aren’t you?” Marinette asked him, raising an eyebrow. Adrien sputtered a response, but it wasn’t denial to her statement.
“Goodbye Adrien. I have to go somewhere where people actually need me.” Marinette told him before leaving class.
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"Adrien, I want you to be closer to Ms. Rossi. I have seen your photos with her and you always look uncomfortable. To fix this, you will spend more time with her. Do whatever it takes to make her happy." Gabriel told Adrien.
Adrien had been called in, from Nathalie, because his father wanted a meeting with him. Apparently, this was another meeting about Lila. This didn't surprise Adrien.
Adrien knew that there was no point in trying to argue with his dad. "Yes father." He said, lowering his head.
Gabriel dismissed him from his office. Nathalie opened the door for him. When Adrien exited, Nathalie closed the door, so that it was just her and Gabriel alone in the room.
"Are you sure about this sir?" Nathalie asked. His plan could backfire on them.
"Of course I am. Ms. Dupain-Cheng's emotions are always strong enough to be my strongest akuma. The one that would finally beat Ladybug and Chat Noir. But somehow, she manages to escape from my akuma. This will for sure make her upset enough so she can't escape the akuma." Gabriel told her.
Nathalie nodded at him. "Yes sir." Nathalie had some doubts about it. If what he said about her emotions were true, they could possibly make it possible for her to be an akuma, but take out the connection she had with Hawkmoth. Meaning he wouldn't be in control and he couldn't take away the akuma if everything got too crazy.
Nathalie left the office, wondering if her boss ever thought the idea would be a bad one.
Marinette arrived at school on time. She had been doing it regularly now, not wanting to be late anymore.
Before she even got into the classroom, she heard Lila's voice.
"-and that's how I helped save his life." Lila's voice rang.
Marinette rolled her eyes before walking to the door of the class. When she got there, she saw Lila kissing Adrien's cheek. And he didn't seem to pull away.
Marinette frowned. That wasn't a good way to start her morning. She then turned her attention towards Chloe in the back of the class. She was on her phone, seeing as they had a few minutes before class officially started, and was blushing. Marinette immediately pushed the interaction between her boyfriend and Lila in the back of her head, smirking because she was thinking about teasing her friend.
She missed the red butterfly that was coming towards her, turning back. Her emotions were positive and happy. They couldn't akumatize the girl. Next time, they would have to be faster next time.
"Who are you texting?" Marinette said with a smirk, sitting down next to Chloe.
Chloe didn't seem to notice. She put her phone under her desk, her face flushed. If you were to look back there at them, you could see that her face could rival Ladybug's suit. "Shut up!" Chloe exclaimed, putting her head down.
"What did he send you?" Marinette asked, getting her supplies ready for class. Her attention went to the front for a second. She saw Lila putting her lips onto Adrien's and him not pulling away. Her classmates weren't calling him out on it, so that shows how much their friendship has changed. She ignored it and would let it out when she went to a place she rented out of Paris to let out her emotions healthily.
"He just says he wanted me to come over." Chloe told her.
"Let Tim know I'm coming over. I don't want to be an aunt just yet." Marinette said, knowing she made Chloe blush harder, if it was possible.
Chloe made some noise of agreement and texted him.
"Marinette, can I talk to you?" Adrien asked when the day was over. No one was in the class except Marinette, Adrien, and Chloe.
Marinette just raised an eyebrow. "It's about Lila." Adrien started off.
"So is this how you're cheating on me with her in front of me?" Marinette asked. On the inside, she was hurt, but she wasn't going to show weakness.
"No, that's not it. It's just that my father wants me to make her happy at any cost. And you know how he is." Adrien continued.
"So did you at least explain to him that we're in a relationship?" Marinette asked.
"Well no, but-" Adrien got cut off by Marinette.
"Did you at least deny his request?" She asked.
"No, but-" Adrien got cut off by Marinette once again.
"Then that proves how much you care about my feelings. Do you know how it must feel like for someone you care about to be right there in front of you, cheating on you? It's like you're ripping my heart out. I won't go out of my way to do what I want for your father to accept me instead of Lila since I know it's never going to happen. I'm not going to do anything to get you out of the situation that I know you're not comfortable in. You got yourself in the situation and you need to learn to get yourself out. So for the sake of my health, I'm breaking up with you Adrien."
Marinette took her stuff in her hand and left the classroom. Chloe, who was still in the classroom waiting for those two to finish, got her stuff and left the classroom, telling Marinette that Tim was picking them up.
When they got to Tim's room in the hotel, they immediately spread out. Marinette had stayed in what seemed to be the living room of the place, while Tim and Chloe went to Tim's room.
"Don't make me an aunt just yet Tim!" Marinette yelled loud enough for them to hear. She had taken out her work and started to do her homework, not wanting to do it later.
Marinette had started roaming around the suite. There wasn't anyone telling her she couldn't. She went room to room, trying to see if she could find somewhere she could probably relax.
She found herself in front of a room that looked like it had never been used. If it weren't for the clothes in the closet, she would have said it was a free room.
Marinette, not caring anymore, just took off her shoes and laid in the bed. She had gotten very little sleep, as usual, because there was an akuma attack last night. It didn't take that long to defeat, but she couldn't sleep after it, so she stayed up doing commissions.
She laid on the bed and almost immediately, she was knocked unconscious, going into dreamland.
Damian, after ten minutes, came to his room. He had left to go get something to eat. When he got there, he found that there was someone his age sleeping in his bed.
When he got closer, he recognized the teen. He and his family had gone to see the miraculous holders so that they could tell them they were there and were ready to look for their terrorist.
Damian, having to know everything about who he's working with, figured out her identity, along with her partners', and background checked every one of them.
So this teen, Ladybug in civilian form, or as most knew her, Marinette, was sleeping on his bed.
Damian did his best to stay away from her. He had gotten on his bed, but closer to the wall. He had a book in hand, reading it.
Sometime later, Marinette somehow had her head on Damian's chest, while she was laying down comfortably, sleeping. It was one of the best sleeps she had gotten in a while.
Damian was still reading his book, but his book was behind Marinette's head. He didn't bother waking the girl up. He didn't know if it was because he knew she might have not gotten a good night's rest, if he was comfortable, or if he didn't mind the girl being so close to him. Whatever it was, he was internally glad it was happening.
Chloe transformed and went out on the Eiffel Tower to meet up with her best friend.
She waited there for about five minutes, before she realized that she should have arrived by then. She called Ladybug on her spinning top, but she just got voice mailed.
"Where is that girl?" Abielle asked. She looked over the rooftop, wanting to know if she could have caught her best friend starting patrol early.
Suddenly, two figures came behind her. They didn't make any noise that indicated that they were there.
"Where's Ladybug?" Nightwing asked behind her.
"I don't know." Abielle said, closing her spinning top. She turned to face them, but noticed they were missing someone. "Where's Robin?"
"He's spending the night with his girlfriend and didn't go on this patrol." Red Robin lied. (They don't know how true that is)
Abielle nodded. "Okay. The sooner this patrol is over, the sooner I can look for Ladybug in my civilian form." She muttered under her breath.
Robin took off his mask and set it down on the seat in front of the bed.
He looked at Marinette, who was crying her heart out on the pillows on her bed. Damian sat right beside her, and took her head and put her in his chest.
Marinette continued to sob, while Damian hugged her with one arm, while stroking her head, speaking soothing words into her ear.
Marinette hears what he's saying, and quiets down to hear it better since he's whispering them. This causes Marinette to slow down her crying, and hear him better. Her eyes start to get heavy, and she closes them, still listening to what Damian's saying. Marinette is soon put into her dreamscape, still relaxed as Damian is still trying and succeeding to comfort her.
Damian, who knows when she's asleep, looks over at Tikki and Kalki. "Do you know if she has any clothes I could possibly fit into?" He asked, knowing they had been here before.
"Look in the closet and there should be a drawer. It should be the one on the top right." Tikki told him.
Damian nodded and let go of Marinette to put her actually on the bed. Marinette, when he separated from her, started whimpering in her sleep, her body growing tense. Damian saw and kissed her forehead, making her grow relaxed.
Damian officially got up and went to her closet. He looked in the drawer Tikki told him to, and found some clothes he knew would fit him.
He went out of the room and found a bathroom. He changed from his suit to the pajamas, which was a pair of sweatpants and a shirt that looked tight but really wasn't. He picked up his suit and found a bag to put it in. He closed the bag and went back into Marinette's room.
He climbed back into the bed, behind Marinette. He put his arm around her waist, pulling her towards him. Marinette twisted around, making her face him, and pulled her head towards his chest.
Tikki smiled at the two in front of her, while Plagg and Kalki were confused by Tikki's face, but smiled at seeing the guardian happy since they all knew she hadn't been as happy as she was now in a long time.
Dick looked on his phone, which showed where Damian was at since he had a tracker on him. On his phone, it showed that he was in Versailles. What would he be doing there?
Dick did recall that Damian made a friend, Marinette. From his knowledge, she was a baker's daughter, but she was something that made Damian willingly hang out with her all the time.
He looked up the bakery and saw that they had their number on their website. He dialed the number and waited for someone to pick up.
"Hello? I'm sorry, the bakery isn't open at this moment." A lady's voice said into the phone.
"Miss, I'm not calling about the bakery. My younger brother has recently become friends with your daughter and I wanted to know if you knew if he was with her?" He asked.
"What's your brother's name?" The lady asked, cautiously.
"His name is Damian." Dick answered.
The lady on the other side of the phone let out the breath she seemed to be holding. "Sir, your brother is with my daughter. He had taken her to her apartment out of this city so that there wouldn't be an influence of Hawkmoth over her."
Dick thought that it made sense. From what he heard from Chloe, she was one of the few people in Paris who hadn't gotten akumatized. She might be intending to keep it that way.
"Thanks for the information miss. I'll allow you to go back to what you were doing before I called." Dick said into the phone.
When Marinette had woken up, she realized that she was in her apartment (penthouse) that wasn't in Paris.
She didn't notice that there was another person with her, and she had gotten up. She went to the bathroom, after grabbing some clothes, and did her morning routine.
After brushing her teeth and putting some clean clothes on, she opened the door to the bathroom. She saw that there was a familiar person sitting on her bed, looking at something on his phone. Marinette smiled and blushed a bit at the embarrassment. She didn't remember anything that happened after patrol, so from what she could assume, she was probably a mess.
She walked towards her bed and sat beside him. She laid down and pulled out her phone. She had unlocked it and looked up at Damian. She saw that he was looking at her.
"Hey." She said to him, quietly. Her voice was hoarse and barely there. She looked at his hand and saw that he was offering her a bottle of water. She took the bottle, opened it, and drank it.
"Are you feeling better?" Damian asked.
Marinette nodded, and thought back to what happened. She started to tear up. Damian, who saw what was happening, cupped her face with his hands.
He used his thumbs to wipe away the upcoming tears. Marinette blinked and looked up at him. Her bluebell eyes met his emerald eyes.
The two stayed there for a moment, just staring at the other. The two of them subconsciously moved forward towards each other. The two closed their eyes the closer they had gotten towards each other. It wasn't until their lips met did they stop.
The two stayed there, their lips moving in sync, for a while before they ran out of breath. Unknown to them, the three kwamis that were there had come out and had seen the two lips locked with each other. No one in the room noticed how Plagg's eyes widened.
When the two separated, their foreheads were touching, allowing their eyes to open so they could see one another. Marinette's face was flushed, while Damian had the smallest smile known to man on his face.
"I-," Marinette started. "W-woah" Marinette stuttered out. Her face just got more red the more she thought about what they just did.
"Angel." Damian started, thinking about how to end his sentence. "Would it be possible for us to go on, how you would say it, a date?" Damian asked.
Marinette giggled at his hesitance to ask for a date. "Yeah. I would like that." Marinette told him, slightly nodding her head.
Damian leaned into the small space between the two and closed the gap between the two of them and gave the girl a short, passionate kiss. Marinette kissed back after realizing that he was kissing her again.
Damian had heard his phone go off once again. It had been going off the whole day, which made him power it off, silencing it. When he turned his phone off, he saw he had many missed calls and texts from Grayson.
Damian, annoyed from hearing the ringing of his phone, answered the call. Marinette wasn't in the room, so she wouldn't hear the phone call he was having.
"What Grayson?" Damian asked into the phone once he answered it.
"Hey baby bird." Grayson, Dick, said into the phone. "I was just calling to know if you were still with your friend."
"Grayson, tell me the real reason you were calling me or I'll hang up on you." Damian told him, knowing that there was much more to it than just that. After all, he could track his location and see if he was.
"We're going out tonight to tell Ladybug that we have lowered the options down to a few people who could be the terrorists." Dick told him.
"Was that all?" Damian asked, almost bored.
"Information wise? Yes. Now, why are you still with Chloe's best friend? Last time I checked, you wouldn't hang around Jon that much unless it was a mission." Dick asked him.
Damian just hung up and hid all notifications coming from Dick so that he wouldn't have to hear him teasing him later on.
~Hours Later~
Damian had left to go back to his suite. She knew she would be seeing him later that day.
Marinette went on her phone and saw that Chloe was asking where she was and if she was okay. She laughed and texted her that she was alright. Along with that, she had texted Kagami and Luka asking if they were free so that they could talk. She hadn't been able to talk to them all week, so she wanted to do it with the new found freedom.
But, instead of sending the text, her Maman was calling her. Marinette stopped and answered the phone call.
"Maman?" Marinette asked.
"Hey sweetheart." Sabine said. "I have just gotten a phone call from your principal and it seems that your suspension has been lifted. If you want, you can go back to school any time this week. If you don't, it won't count against your attendance." Sabine informed.
Marinette was confused. Why would they suddenly lift her suspension? She knows for sure that they all still believe Lila and their heads were too far up her ass to not believe her. She didn't think anyone else would expose her. So why would this be happening.
Marinette didn't say anything into the phone for a moment. "I think I'll go back Wednesday." She told her mom.
Sabine gave her an okay and hung up the phone. Marinette was left confused, not knowing what Damian had done not too long ago.
Showing up to school on Wednesday was weird and it made Marinette kind of uncomfortable.
Everyone knew of her suspension, so they obviously weren’t expecting her back so soon. Everyone’s gaze was on her. Marinette could swear that she saw Lila’s eyebrows go closer to one another and her break a pencil she was having. Marinette just shrugged it off. She could have been mad that her plan to get her expelled didn’t work.
Marinette went to her seat in the back and just sat there, waiting for the day to begin.
“Marinette? What are you doing here? You’re supposed to be suspended.” Mrs. Bustier said, when she walked into the class and saw the familiar head in the back.
Marinette shrugged her shoulders. “I don’t know. You tell me. I was enjoying my time away from here and Maman gets a call saying that it was lifted and I could come back. As for why I’m here, I have decided to grace you with my presence since you all obviously love me. After all, you talk about me all the time.” Marinette answered.
Alya was quick to respond to her. “You’re just making that up! And we only talk about you to say how much you bully Lila.”
“You could check with Damocles. He’s the one who told Maman.” Marinette answered, ignoring Alya.
Mrs. Bustier went to the phone in the room to call Damocles, while Alya continued talking, much to Lila’s and Chloe’s amusement.
“So you admit you bully Lila.” Alya asked, with a smirk.
“I didn’t say I did. Besides, if I told you one thing and Lila told you another, you would take Lila’s word over mine. You should learn to fact check. It’ll get you far in life.” Marinette told her, not even looking interested.
Mrs. Bustier had just gotten off the phone with Damocles. She heard that he had allowed her back into the school. When she asked why, he just gave the excuse that she wouldn’t learn if she wasn’t there and didn’t everyone want her as far away from them as possible?
“Alright class. Turn to page 234.” She told them, gaining her composure. She had a feeling that she was going to get more back talk from Marinette or Chloe sometime soon.
“For today’s lesson, you’re going to need to remember some of the things you learned in your previous years of lycee. Now, can anyone tell me Newton’s third law of physics?” Ms. Mendelev asked her class.
Everyone, once again, was silent inside her class. Her two star students, Marinette and Chloe, were the ones to raise their hands and answer the question.
Her class was always filled with silence, everyone worried that she would call their parents and get them into trouble. No one needed it. Especially Lila. Her mother could find out about her lies and expose her. She didn’t need that.
Before she could ask them another question, there was a knock at the door. She paused and went to open it. There, she found the young man that picked up Marinette two days ago.
“Yes young man?” She asked him. Her students, the ones that never paid attention, looked at him. Alya started to take her phone out and take a picture, but one look from Ms. Mendelev and a glare from Damian made her put it away.
“I’m here to pick up Bourgeois and Marinette.” He told her.
Ms. Mendelev nodded, having gotten a message from the principal that someone was picking the two up. She looked at her two students and allowed them to collect their stuff for the class
The two left the class, bags in hand, and went with the Wayne heir, leaving the class at Mrs. Mendelev’s mercy.
Chloe, when she went out of the classroom, saw Tim and separated from Damian and Marinette. She went to give Tim a hug.
Marinette and Damian noticed that Chloe had gone away from them, and Marinette asked the question that was forming in her head.
“Did you have to take us out of school?” Marinette asked him.
“It wouldn’t count towards your attendance. Besides, you wanted the date, didn’t you?” Damian asked, raising an eyebrow.
“So you were the one to lift my suspension.” Marinette muttered under her breath. She then looked at the boy beside her. “Why’d you do that? I actually didn’t mind staying out of school.” Marinette asked him
The two arrived at the front of the school, only to notice Chloe and Tim long gone. Marinette turned towards Damian, wanting answers for where they were going for the date.
As if reading her thoughts, he responded. “I’m not telling you where we’re going. You’re going to have to figure it out yourself.” He answered. Marinette rolled her eyes, but when Damian started to walk away, she followed him.
Marinette found herself standing in front of Paris’s cafes, Cafe de la Paix. She had never been there before, seeing as it looked like something she could never afford. But, here she was now.
Damian walked in first, holding Marinette’s hand and bringing him with her inside.
“Welcome Mr. Wayne. We have your table ready for you. If you would just follow me.” The person in the front said. The two teens nodded their heads, while their waiter started to lead them to the table.
When they got there, Marinette and Damian sat on opposite sides of the table. The waiter took out two menus he had on him and gave them to him.
“Here are your menus. I will be your waiter for your stay. I’ll let you have a moment to look over the menu to discuss what you want.” And with that, he was gone.
Marinette opened hers, looking over it. Upon doing it, she noticed that Damian didn’t even bother to spare a glance at his.
“Why haven’t you looked over at yours yet?” Marinette asked him.
“I already know what I’m going to get Angel. I had to look over the menu before coming here to make sure it was,” He paused for the right word. “Adequate.” He finished off.
Marinette giggled quietly, but chose what she was going to eat. She put her menu down and paid her full attention towards Damian.
“Are you going to tell me what you told Damocles to make him lift my suspension?” Marinette asked him.
“I only told him that if something happened to you that was deemed unreasonable, by my standards, then he would have to worry for his life. Is that really all bad, Jamila?” Damian asked her.
Their waiter came back and took their order. As soon as he left, Marinette went to say what she was going to say.
“Yes, it is bad. Your standards are harsh, from what I’ve been told.” Marinette said, raising an eyebrow at him.
“If the incompetent fool of a principal thinks he’s doing right, then he should be doing right by my standards.” Damian responded.
“While I agree with you that he is a bad principal, you didn’t have to basically threaten his life. Though, I’m not mad about you threatening to take his job.” Marinette answered him.
They continued their conversation about how bad her school is. They had gone from how terrible her school was, to some stupid things their classmates had done.
The waiter came back to their table and gave them their food in the middle of switching topics. They had been halfway through their conversation when someone noticed the time.
“-One time, Kim had tried to hold his breath underwater for an hour to prove that he was the best swimmer in the world. He didn’t even last three minutes.” Marinette said.
Damian had taken his phone out and looked at the time. He noticed the waiter close by and signaled him over there. He asked for the check, and paid it, adding a tip for not ruining his limited time with his angel.
The two teens left the cafe and went towards her school. Upon getting there, Marinette noticed that people had started to head back towards their classes.
“Thanks for the date Damian.” Marinette told him, giving him a small smile. She went to give him a kiss on the cheek, but Damian, at the same moment, turned around to tell her something, but it only ended up with the two to connect their lips once again.
When this happened, neither of the two backed away from it. Damian went to put one of his hands to hold her cheek, while the other one went around her waist. The students around the outside started to watch, not knowing who it was that was locking lips with the social outcast.
A few seconds later, the two separated. Damian, reluctantly, let go of her, but not before putting a kiss on her forehead. “With due time Jamila.” And with that, Damian was gone.
Marinette, whose face was flushed, just ignored everyone and went towards her class. When she got there, she found all her classmates, including Chloe, inside. She went towards her seat in the back, and prepared herself for the rest of the day.
Marinette, when she went into her room, decided to take a shower. She went into the secret bathroom in her room, and ran some shower water, wanting it to get hot before she got into it.
She went to her closet and opened it. In the small dresser in her closet, there was a section for pajamas. She didn't pay attention to what exactly she was grabbing, but she knew that she was grabbing a crop top and some leggings for her night wear.
She went back into the bathroom, about to go inside the shower. She was sure it was ready when some steam came out when she opened the door to the bathroom and the mirror was covered in fog.
She took off her clothes and stepped into the shower, enjoying the burning water hitting her skin. She hadn't had time to relax since she always was in a rush. It was nice.
Robin caught up with the other three, Chat Noir nowhere in sight. When they caught view of him, they saw that he was alone. They all wondered where Ladybug was.
"Ladybug said she went home to get some rest." Robin told them, without them asking, sensing their questions.
The three nodded and continued to check out the west side of Paris.
Damian, after checking to make sure his brothers were fast asleep, went out the window in his room. He ran through of rooftops, getting to the girl's bakery.
Damian, trying to respect her privacy and not trying to walk in on something, knocked on the trapdoor. He had a bag with him with some extra clothes, in case he was there for too long and was too tired to go back.
Marinette had gotten out the shower and put her clothes on. She went to her room and went onto her bed, sitting there, waiting for Damian or Robin to come. She got on her phone and waited for him to come.
After ten minutes, someone knocked on her trapdoor above her. She looked up and saw a familiar face and smiled. She put her phone down and went to unlock and open her trapdoor.
The maskless vigilante came onto her bed, careful not to get everywhere getting down. When he sat up right on her bed, he looked at her and then at her outfit. His cheeks were brushed with pink.
Marinette, who was confused as to why he was blushing, looked down and understood why. She was wearing a robin themed crop top with some black leggings. She was wearing his colors, and she knew that if he was wearing hers, she would be a flustered mess.
"Where'd you get that?" Damian asked, still looking at it.
Marinette looked at Damian. "Maman got me this when she heard that the American superheroes were here."
"Vigilantes." Damian corrected under his breath. Marinette heard him and agreed, though she didn't voice it aloud.
"So, what do you want to do?" Marinette asks, wanting him to choose.
"Angel, this is for you to relax. You're the one that gets to choose so that you can take some stress off your shoulders."
Marinette blushed at the nickname and thought of something to do. "We could watch some movies?" She suggested.
Damian nodded. Marinette went off the bed to get her computer. She came back on the bed and set it up. She logged in and went to Netflix, choosing a movie.
"Do you want some popcorn?" She asked, turning to him. He nodded and she went out of the bed again, only this time, Damian followed her.
They went downstairs to her kitchen. She took a pot out and filled it with oil. She dropped the popcorn kernels inside, putting the lid on top of it. She took a look at Damian and smiled. He gave her a small smile back. It was the first time she saw him smile and she thought it was cute. Her smile got wider and she turned around towards the pot, which was now popping popcorn.
Around ten minutes later, they returned to Marinette's room with Damian carrying the huge bowl of popcorn to the bed.
When they got there, they laid down, with the bowl of popcorn on the shelf behind her bed. They ended with Damian lying down, while Marinette was laying on top of him, her head on his chest.
She got up just to turn the movie on and to get the bowl of popcorn. She sat back down, the popcorn in her hands, not blocking either of their views of the screen.
Marinette's head was down on Damian's chest, feeling more comfortable there than anywhere else. She had the bowl in her arms, where his arms would reach.
Damian's lip twitched at the girl on top of him. He could stay there forever and he wouldn't complain.
Halfway through the movie, Marinette had fallen asleep. The bowl of popcorn was almost through, due to them continuously eating throughout the movie.
Damian sat up,with Marinette still sleeping on top of him, and stopped the movie. He moved the popcorn back to the shelf behind them. He laid her down and laid right beside her.
He looked at the sight of the girl in front of him. Her overgrown bangs were spread all across her forehead, with most of it on her head and not covering her face. Her breathing pattern was even, slowly blowing her hair off and on her face.
Damian lightly kissed her forehead. Marinette, in reaction, wrapped her arms around his chest, trying to snuggle closer to him than she already was.
Damian knew he was turning soft for the girl in his arms. In the short time he had known her, she had proved to not be like the other girls he had known.
He closed his eyes, falling into his dreamscape.
Adrien came home and dismounted Plagg. His cheek was still red. He was holding it, going to get something to numb the pain.
Plagg went away from his holder, not wanting to be with him anymore.
Adrien was sad and had fury in his eyes. His lady had rejected him and he knew that she liked the bird hero. Robin. What was so special about him?
There was a knock on his bedroom door. He came out of the bathroom and went to the door. He opened it and saw that it was Nathalie.
"Your father wishes to speak with you." And with that, she left.
Adrien wondered why his father would want to speak to him that late at night. But he went to his room anyways .
When he got there, his father took him inside and closed the door.
"Son, I'm going to tell you something I should have told you long ago."
