He's Not That Bad

Chapter 7 - Thunderstorm

Marinettes pov

     I looked over at my clock to see it was 7:45pm. "Should we get some dinner? I'm kind of hungry" I said. He looked up at me and nodded. "I guess we're cooking tonight, huh?" He said with a light grin. "Yeah, but I enjoy cooking so it's a win for me" I said with a smile. I stood up and lead us downstairs then opened the fridge. Alright, my crush is spending the night at my house while my parents are gone, and I'm cooking him dinner. What do we have. Pasta sauce, eggs, vegetables. Okay, pasta it is. I close the fridge door turning around to see him standing next to the table. "How about spaghetti?" I asked lightly. He smiled and nodded.

I started heating the stove and grabbing some utensils, as I asked him to grab some ingredients from the cabinet and fridge. "Hey would you mind grabbing me one more thing?" I asked as I put the pasta in the boiling water. "Yeah, what is it?" "Go up to my room and grab my phone, then the little speaker on my desk" he nodded and went up to my room, then a minute or so later he came back with the items I requested. "Thanks! Want to listen to some music?" I asked as I grabbed them from him kindly. "Sure! Sounds like fun" he let out a soft smile. I'm glad he was like this around me. I'm glad he could smile with me. He hardly ever smiles. I broke my train of thought off. "How about Jagged Stone?" I opened up youtube after connecting my speaker to my phone. He nodded on agreement. I shuffled one of his albums, then walked back over to stir the pasta.

"Oh my god I love this song!" Adrien said, nodding his head to the beat. "This is definetly a good one! Dance your heart out as you please" I said with a bit of a giggle. He began jokingly dancing and spinning, occasionally singing some of the lyrics. At the end of the song he slid on the floor and pretended to play an electric guitar. I couldn't help but giggle at his foolishness. "What did you think?" He said standing up and panting, catching his breath. "Rock and roll baby!" I said throwing my hands in the air with the rock and roll symbol.

He laughed, and I joined in. Our laughing ended when we heard a loud bang of thunder. We both jumped in shock, I don't think he was expecting that either. "Great it's a thunderstorm. I hate thunderstorms." He mumbled. I took the pasta off the stove and began graining the water. "Don't worry, we can watch a movie or something to distract you if you want!" I said in the most cheerful way I could. "I'd love to. Thank you, Marinette" he said with a soft smile and pink cheeks. "Of course! If you wake up at all throughout the night and get nervous, feel free to wake me up" I distributed the pasta into two bowls, then added some sauce into both of them. I garnished the top with some green onions and parmesan, then passed him a bowl. "I hope it came out okay" I said softly, now sitting down at the table. "It looks amazing Marinette" he sat down next to me and we began eating in silence. The music had shut off a bit ago after the album ended. Adrien turned to me with a mouth full of pasta. "This is really good, Mari" he said muffled because of all of the pasta he had in his mouth. I couldn't help but giggle. "Thank you, but don't choke on it"

After we finished eating, I cleaned up the kitchen and we headed back up to my room. I looked at my clock again, and it was now 8:57pm. "What time do you normally go to sleep? Don't forget we have school in the morning" Adrien turned to my clock, then hummed. "Well I usually go to bed at 10ish, but I wouldn't mind staying up later." I nodded, then hummed thinking. "How about we crash at 11?" He nodded and smiled. "Sounds good to me" we sat in silence for a few minutes, until a strike of thunder broke the silence. We were both sitting next to each other on the chaise, until that strike of thunder scared the hell out of me. Instead of sitting on the chaise, I was now sitting in his lap. Yes. I got so fucking scared u jumped into his lap. I guess he must've gotten scared too because he wrapped his arms around me and buried his head into the crook of my neck. "I-Im so dorry- sorry- I mean sorry- I'm sorry-" I stuttered looking up at him. He looked back at me and softly grinned. "It's okay strawberry, you don't have to be sorry. You got scared." He said softly. Jesus I think my heart just skipped a beat.

My heart began racing, so much to where we could both hear it, and he could probably feel it. "Don't worry, you're safe right here" he whispered, pulling me closer to his chest and hugging me softly. I couldn't help but blush in his arms. He's so warm.. so nice.. he's so dreamy.. wait what are you doing Mari, get off of him! I backed away and stood up, rubbing the back of my neck and nervously laughing quietly. "Uh, wanna play mega strike 3?" I asked softly. He got up and grinned. "Always" I pulled out an extra chair and sat it at my desk. I don't think he knows, but I can really kick ass in this game.