Day24 (still)
Marinette got home in a really good mood. The interview was a success, and while there were several others lined up, Marinette felt that this girl might be a pretty good fit.
She walked inside. “Adrien,” she called out the second she swung open the door. “I’m home. Where are you at?”
“Bedroom,” he called out.
With a grin, she bounded off to meet him and maybe give him another kiss because heaven knew she’d been caving another hit like a junkie all day long. However, she slowed to a stop, her grin falling in surprise as she saw Adrien standing in the bedroom, dressed-up and looking as handsome as ever. In his arms was a huge bouquet of red roses tied together with a large, polka dotted ribbon.
“Marinette,” he began. He looked off to the bed, pulling out from the sheets a notebook that looks suspiciously like hers.
Her stomach dropped. “Where’d you find that?”
“You left it out on the nightstand,” he answered, setting the book down on the bed. “I thought you forgot it and needed it for work, but when I opened it…”
Her heart twisted into a nervous mess before sinking to the floor in shame. “You read it, didn’t you?”
“I did,” he admitted.
Marinette wasn’t sure what to think then. Adrien looked equally lost for words.
“Marinette,” Adrien said after a long time of just standing there. “I… I don’t even know what to say other than I am so, so, so sorry.”
Her gaze lifted from the floor to meet his.
Slowly, he stepped over to her, then painstakingly took a knee before her. “Marinette,” he repeated, tears in his eyes just like she knew there were tears in hers. “Marinette, I don’t deserve you. With the way I’ve acted not just these past few weeks but these past several months, the fact you pulled that,” he pointed at the journal, “on me… blows my mind.”
She smiled. “You’re worth it.”
“Not in the beginning, I wasn’t.”
“I’m sorry,” Marinette quickly said. “I’m sorry for ever—”
“Don’t you dare complete that sorry,” he warned. “Because if you recall, I wasn’t any better than you back then. In fact, I was definitely worse because I didn’t even think about listening to my kwami when he was trying to suggest I do that.” His head bowed in shame. “I wasn’t even willing to try to save our marriage, Marinette. And for that, I am truly, deeply sorry. You have no idea…”
And that’s when his shoulders shook.
Her heart may be broken and shattered all over the ground in a million little pieces and her brain may be fried out of shock, but she still reached out to cradle her husband’s head to her chest.
“I’m so sorry,” he said, curling his arms around her. “And I know no amount of flowers in the world will fix this, but I’m asking, Marinette—begging, really—would you consider forgiving me for being such an ass. Such an ass.”
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The love dare
Random⚓After Hawkmoth was defeated, Adrien and Marinette are both hurt, leaving their marriage strained. Worried, Tikki and Plagg decided to take matters into their own hands by issuing a series of dares in an attempt to help their charges fix their marri...
