Can You Keep It A Secret?

Part 5: Blood

I look at my ice cream. "Do you believe in what they say about Andre's ice cream?" "Yeah don't you?" He asks me. "Yeah but part of me hopes it's not real though." "Why?" "I feel bad for whoever is destined to be me. Once I die they won't have anyone." "Well I think whoever is destined to be with you is lucky." He says and gives me a smile. I shrug. "If you say so." I say as I put another spoonful of ice cream in my mouth.

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"Thank you for today Agreste." "No problem Mari. It was fun. Thank you for choosing me to help you with your list." "Don't flatter yourself. I didn't have many options. You're the only one that knows." I tease him. He rolls his eyes. "You know you would've chose me to help you even if I wasn't the only one who knows." I smile. "Yeah you're probably right. Anyways goodnight Agreste." "Night Mari." He says as I walk inside.

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"You guys are still looking over the bills? I thought you finished them already." I say just before I leave for school. "It's medical bills this time." "But you said the insurance covers it." "Don't worry honey we're fine. We have it under control." I nod and walk out the door.

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"Hey guys." I say as I meet up with the group on the stairs. "Hey how was the lanterns?" Nino asks. "It was fun! They looked really pretty." "What did you wish for?" Alya asks. "Oh- uh- um-" "We wished for world peace." Adrien says when he notices me struggling to come up with a lie. I smile at him and mouth thank you. He nods his head. "Hey Marinette all the girls wanted to get together Friday for a sleepover. Are you in?" "As long as you promise not to draw on my face this time." "That depends on whether you fall asleep first or not." I smile and roll my eyes.

"Count me in." Adrien and Nino say. Alya rolls her eyes. "Not a chance guys." "Well maybe just this once they can? Please? I think it'd be fun if we all spent time together." I beg. "You know how my parents are Marinette." "Well we can do it at one of their houses." "Yeah we can do it at my house." Adrien says. Alya sighs. "Fine." Nino, Adrien, and I smile and high five each other.

"Invite Kim, Max, Nathaniel, Marc, and Ivan." I whisper to Adrien. He nods. "On it." He pulls out his phone and texts a message. "Done." "Yes! This is going to be so fun!" I say. "It's the perfect opportunity to get baking with friends off your list." "Adrien you're a genius I can kiss you!" I say happily.  "Go ahead. It'd be another thing we can get off your list." He teases and puckers up. I roll my eyes and push his face away. "Stop teasing and help me think of what we can bake."

"Well it's on your bucket list so what do you want to bake?" I tap my chin as I think. "What if we make macarons? or cookies? or crossaints? or-" Adrien chuckles. "I don't think they're going to want to spend the whole time baking." "You're right. Ugh choose for me please?" "I think macarons sound good." I smile at him. "Thank you." "No problem Mari." I place a kiss on his cheek and walk to class. As I walk to class I touch my lips that carried a stinging feeling on them. A spark? No way it was probably just from built up static.

~Adrien~
As I watch Mari walk away I touch my cheek where she kissed me. Was that a spark? I'm crazy it was just built up static.

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~Marinette~
"I'm going over to Adrien's house for a sleepover with all our friends." I tell my mom and dad. "See you later honey." They say not looking away from their papers. They haven't been really talking to me. I guess the bills are just really stressfull. They haven't been themselves since they figured out about the 6 months. I sigh and walk out the door.

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After the gate unlocks I walk up to the door. "Mari? You're early." He says. "I know I just figured I can help." I say. He smiles and opens the door wider for me to come in. "You know you really didn't have to." "What happened to wanting to spend as much time with me as you can?" He laughs as we walk up to his room. "Woah I forgot how big your room is." I say and look around. "You can set your stuff down anywhere you want." I nod and toss them on the floor. Everything except the baking ingredients of course. "So how should we set up the baking area?" "Oh I can do that. Just set up anything else." "You think I'm gonna mess it up I try to do it?" I smile and nod. "Kinda."

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"And we finally finished." We say as we sit exhausted on the couch. I start coughing and Adrien gets up fast. "Mari? Are you okay?" He says as he places a hand on my shoulder. I nod my head still coughing. He rushes up and grabs a bottle of water to hand to me but I swat it away. I run to the restroom and lock the door. Adrien starts knocking from the other side. "Mari! Open up! Are you ok?!" I grab a tissue and cover my mouth with it as I continue coughing.

After a few minutes I finally stop coughing and pull the tissue away from my mouth. My hands start shaking as I look down at it. Blood? I stand in front of the mirror and see blood all over my mouth. I feel hot tears start falling down my cheeks. No no no not today! Please! I think as I rinse my mouth. "Marinette! Open the door!" I quickly wipe my tears and throw the toilet paper in the trash. I look in the mirror to make sure you can't see any blood. I walk back to the door and open it.

"I'm okay. Sorry." I say and give him a weak smile. He immediately pulls me into a hug. "Marinette you scared me." He says as he pulls away. "I know i'm sorry." I notice he's crying. This is why I didn't want him to know. I don't want anyone to get hurt. He smiles and wipes his tears. "We should reschedule the sleepover." "No! I'm fine. I promise. I want the sleepover to happen still." He nods his head. "Only if you promise me you're completely okay." "I promise."