Sweet Tooth: A Miraculous Ladybug Fanfiction

Ch 2: Chival War

Chat Noir and Marinette had about ten more minutes of alone time with each other before Alya and Nino came banging on the bakery door.

"Where did you go?! Are you hurt?! Are you okay?!" Adrien could hear Alya ask with fear and concern laced in her voice. He was still in Marinette's room, but he would've heard the conversation crystal clear even if it was roughly half a mile away.

"I was looking for Nino when Ladybug told me he's safe and to go home. I'm perfectly fine, no need to worry! I am sorry for scaring you like that though.." Marinette replies, her guilt for scaring her friends shown with each word. 'I hate lying to them.' She thought, doing her best to sound believable as she spoke the lie.

"NEVER. DO. THAT. AGAIN!" Alya says sternly, hitting Marinette on the shoulder lightly between each word. "You and Agreste, I swear! First you go running off looking for someone that wasn't even missing, then he goes off chasing after you! Match made in heaven, but both given half a brain to share, you two." Alya grumbles, shaking her head as she walks up the stairs leading to Marinette's home and plops down on the couch in Marinette's living room, letting her head rest in her hands and attempting to massage out her headache as she rubs her temples.

"Adrien ran after me?! Is he okay?!!" Marinette asks them both, concern now laced in her voice.

'Shoot', Chat Noir thought, 'Looks like I've got to take my leave.. so that I can show up again.' He chuckles to himself at this.

Adrien grabs a piece of paper and a pen, writing a note to Marinette saying that he had to leave, thanking her for the food, and leaving a little pun. He climbs out of the trap door leading to her balcony, jumps off the balcony and runs into an alleyway, de-transforms, runs back to the bakery, and knocks on the door. He only had to wait thirty seconds or so before seeing Marinette run to the door, yank it open, and pull him in for a hug.

"Are you okay?! Why did you chase after me?! Where did you go?!" She asks him, pulling away from the hug and holding him at an arms distance to glance over his face and body three times to check for any injuries before looking into his eyes and getting teary.

"Please don't do something stupid like that ever again!" She mumbles in his chest after pulling him back in for a hug. Adrien could feel the fabric on his chest get a little damp, confused at first as he was still shocked at the very unexpected embrace before realizing that Marinette is crying.

"I-I'm sorry Mari... Mari, please don't cry. I'm okay! Really! I-" Adrien wraps his arms tighter around Marinette, not knowing when he had embraced her back before deciding that it must have been instinctual. He knew he had to lie about what happened after, about how he totally hadn't just been with her less than five minutes ago enjoying pastries and iced tea, but it was hard for him to do. Simply put, he didn't like lying, especially not to her.

"I'm fine, really! C-Chat Noir saw me running around like a mad man and told me he'd find you and to go somewhere safe. I just hid in a bathroom for a little while." He says with a light laugh, doing his best to cover how upset he feels about the situation. What made him feel even worse was how easy it was for him to make a lie, and how easily she believed him.

"Thank.. God..." She hiccups in response, pulling away from the hug and wiping away her tears. "I'm gonna have to bake Chat Noir a whole cake for saving your dumb ass." She says with a giggle, doing her best to calm down and ushering Adrien inside. He chuckles at her response, but the guilt of lying to her still is heavy on his chest. 'It's for her safety' He thinks to himself, 'For everyone's safety'. It still didn't make him feel much better.

He follows her footsteps, entering her home once again with her (through the front door this time, of course), and glances at the couch where Alya and Nino were sitting patiently for the two.