Unbroken

Chapter 13

It felt strange to Adrien walking back in through the mansion. Standing in his old bedroom, he gripped Marinette's hand tighter. The last time he had been in this room was the night Ladybug and Ryuko had come and rescued him from his father. He was heavily questioning himself why he was even here, but then again his father had been acting extremely civil to him since then so he could only hope that perhaps he had realised the error of his ways.

"Are you okay?" Marinette whispered next to him. Adrien realised how tight of a grip he had on her hand and loosened his own hand a little.

"Yeah, just feeling a bit weirded out that's all." He replied, trying to smile at her.

Marinette rubbed his arm, patting it before walking over to a clothes stand that had been placed in the room. Hanging up was a stylish dark suit for Adrien with an emerald green silk shirt that matched the evening dress for Marinette. "I'm glad Nathalie chose the clothes. She seems to have much better taste than your father, and he's supposed to be the designer."

"I think you'll find that's one of Athena's older designs." Adrien said from where he was sitting at the piano. Marinette turned around and saw him running his fingers lightly over the keys.

Wordlessly Marinette walked across the floor and sat beside him on the piano stool. He was looking at the photo of him and his mother that was sitting on top of the baby grand. Adrien's fingers ghosted over the keys again before pressing down his slender fingers, alternating between E and D-sharp in the first five notes of Für Elise. Marinette closed her eyes and rested her head against him as he played, listening as the music filled the room.

Adrien hadn't consciously chosen to play this particular song, it was like his fingers had just taken over for him, his mind drifting back to the memory he had dreamed of, playing this for his mother after winning his first major contest.

"You know, it's probably the only thing I miss." He said as he continued to play.

"What's that minou?"

"The piano." He replied, scaling along the keys to the bridge. "It reminds me of her."

Marinette opened her eyes and looked at the picture of Emilie and young Adrien. They had the same emerald eyes, the same blonde hair and the same kind of face. It surprised her really that she couldn't hardly see anything of Gabriel in him at all.

"One day we'll have a bigger place Kitty, and you can have your piano again." She said softly. "And you can fill the house with music."

"I'd like that." He said, resting his head against hers. "I'd like to teach our kids to play, if they want to of course."

Marinette closed her eyes again and imagined a house full of laughter and music with three little kids and a hamster. "Sounds wonderful." She sighed contentedly. "I'm sure you will be an amazing father to our kids someday."

Adrien stopped playing when a knock came to the door. Nathalie walked in with a fresh towel and a small box.

"I thought you might like to freshen up before tonight Marinette. There's still plenty of time, so no rush. A makeup artist and a stylist will come in about an hour to prep you."

Marinette nodded and thanked Nathalie. The assistant then held out a box to her. "Mr Agreste asked as a special favour if you would wear these tonight. They belonged to his wife and she wore them at his first Style Queen showing. For luck I guess."

The bluenette looked at her curiously before taking the box. It sounded awfully sentimental for someone like Gabriel Agreste. Opening the box, she found a stunning set of diamond teardrop earrings. They must have been worth thousands of Euros.