It has a happy ending....right? {COMPLETED}

Chapter 12

"SHE WHAT?" Kagami exclaimed, hearing the news from Alya, not Marinette.

"I caught her on the Pont d'léan with Misterbug," Alya explained, standing next to Marinette who had her head hung low.

"He didn't just stop her on the spot?" Kagami asked, still processing the news.

"No, I guess not,"

"Well, we did have a conversion and he said he would fix my ring for me," Marinette slowly looked at her friends, wearing a nervous smirk on her face.

"I guess that's the only good thing that came out of this. But you just had Adrien over and you said you guys kissed, right?" Chloe asked, leaning her weight over the counter.

"Yeah but I think he's been avoiding me,"

"Have you tried talking to him?"

"No..." Her voice dropped to a guilty whisper. She was sure she felt something towards him, she just wasn't sure what to say. Was it her high school crush coming back to haunt her? She mentally decided that she would pick up the routine of their weekly lunches together, hoping he wasn't actually avoiding her and it was just a coincidence that he was busy, as was she.

"Hello?" A voice answered from the phone that had been ringing for what felt like forever to Marinette. Alya, Kagami, and Chloe all sat in anticipation, waiting to hear a response to her upcoming question.

"Hey Adrien, It's me," She said with a smile in her voice.

"Hey, sorry I haven't been calling recently, I got really busy all of a sudden," He explained. Marinette let out a sigh of relief.

"Thank god, I thought you were avoiding me," She let out a morbid laugh.

"No, no, I would never do that," He assured her. The conversation held between the two was comfortable and felt like any other one that had before the kiss.

Alya quickly got tired of the dull topics and nudged for her to ask the question.

"Adrien, do you maybe want to come over sometime today?" Marinette asked nervously, she looked at the clock. 12:38 pm. Good. She still had the afternoon.

"I'm free after 2:00, is that okay?" Adrien asked. He had a charity event to go to as Misterbug in 30 minutes.

"Yeah, sure, I'll see you then," She excitedly hung up the phone, squealing with her friends. Despite being a feared crime boss throughout Paris, she did maintain her excitement from her high school years.

As Adrien stood in Marinette's kitchen after being let in by Chloe, He took notice of a very expensive-looking bracelet, one that was recently stolen from a museum. He assumed it was a mere duplicate and that it belonged to Chloe. Marinette seemed to have no interest in materialistic things.

"Okay, I'm ready," Marinette smiled, stepping into the kitchen while adjusting her earrings. The dress she wore nearly took Adrien's breath away, the pink fabric flowing out as it hit her waist. Sure he was a former model and he had seen more expensive-looking designs but he had taken a taste for simpler designs he had seen throughout his years.

His face felt warm and he felt like he was going to melt if he stared for a second longer, but he couldn't take his eyes off of her. "Um, okay, let's go," He looked away to scratch his nose.

They walked throughout the park, watching as little kids and their parents played cheerfully. The sun gazing down over the city made for a beautiful, but equally uncomfortably hot day. He was thankful for the bench they sat on that was covered by a tall tree that stood above them. The clear sky and slight breeze made it his perfect day, added with the fact that he was sitting with the person he loved. Wait. Loved?

"Do you want an ice cream?" Marinette asked, pulling out her wallet as she stood up. Her look of astonishment on her face made him realize that he was staring. The ice cream cart that now stood at the gates of the park had a colourful pastel sign, attracting a line of children who ran excitedly while dragging their parents along.

"Sure," He smiled, taking out his own wallet.

He looked at the rather small menu, searching for his go-to flavour, melted snowman. She ordered a vanilla scoop on a cone and the man smiled and scooped up their respective flavours.

"No, I'll pay," She insisted, pushing his wallet away gently. Before he could protest, she handed the man two $5 bills, covering for both of the ice cream cones.

"I'll pay you back, okay?" Adrien smiled nervously as he took his cone from the man's hand.

"No, It's fine, you can pay me back by promising to be less busy," She teased. She knew he couldn't make it a solid promise, managing a large company was hard work.

"I'll try..." He smiled as they sat back in the shade of the tree.

The rest of the afternoon they spent together went quickly, unfortunately for both of them. Adrien wanted to be around Marinette as much as he could, and vice-versa.

"Well, I guess this is goodbye," She smiled softly, slipping her hand into his as she stood in the doorway of her apartment.

"Yeah, but I don't want you to go," Adrien explained with sorrowful eyes. His eyes resembled an anime character. Big and full of life, practically sparkling in the yellow-tinted light that stood in the hallway.

"Well, how about you stay overnight? You don't have any work tomorrow, do you?" She asked, looking quickly behind her. She knew that Alya and Kagami wouldn't be happy about this last-minute decision but they could live with it.

"No, but are you sure?"

"Yeah, my roommates are already asleep I think, let me check," Marinette led Adrien inside, letting him wait by the shoe rack, as she quietly opened a separate door he had never noticed before. She seemed to whisper something quietly, only to earn a small groan from behind the door. Was it Chloe's bedroom? No. Marinette mentioned how tiring sharing a room with her was, so did she have another roommate she wasn't telling him about?