The Line Between Love And Hate

Chapter 33: Happy Birthday!

~7/9/16: Two Months Before Marinette Leaves~

"Mari?" Adrien knocks on my door. I pull myself out of bed and answer it. "You have a key." "I just think it's fun to make you get out of bed." I roll my eyes and as I turn around to walk to my bed he grabs my hand.

"Happy birthday." He places a kiss on my cheek. "Thank you." "Get dressed." "What? Why? The plan was to sleep." She grabs me by my shirt and pulls me into her room.

My heart shouldn't be feeling as much excitement as it is. She means nothing by this. She's just trying to get me inside so she can sleep.

"So sleep." She closes the door behind me and throws herself on her bed. "Come on. Once you're there you won't want to leave. I promise."

She looks at me. She's considering it. She takes in a deep breath. "Okay fine." "Really?" She nods and tosses a pillow at me. "Now get out so I can change."

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~Mari~
"Adrien I can't see anything." "That's the point." His hand are pressed onto my eyes. He's walking behind me, guiding me somewhere.

"How do I know you're not going to push me into a tree?" "I wouldn't do that." I stop walking and he laughs. "That was one time!" "Still. I can't trust you." "Well I wouldn't do it to you on your birthday." "Only time will tell."

"Okay. And. Stop." Adrien stops moving and so do I. I feel his hands lift away from my eyes. "Okay you can open them now." His hand stays at my waist as he watches me take everything in.

I should really be focusing on all the details, but with his hand on me, my mind can't focus on anything else. His touch sends chills all over my body and the moment it leaves, I feel empty.

Now that my mind is able to focus, I allow myself to take in every details. The sight is beautiful. The park is decorated for me. There's lights hanging across the square. Flowers are all over the place. Streamers are hanging in every place visible. Theres balloons at every table. A speaker is playing all of my favorite songs.

Everyone's here. Alya, Nino, Luka, Juleka, Rose, Mylene, Ivan, Nathaniel, Marc, even Chloe.

"Oh my god. This is beautiful." I turn around with tears in my eyes. "You did this?" Adrien nods and I throw my arms around him.

"Thank you so much Agreste." "You don't have to thank me. You know I'd do anything for you."

I lean back to get a better look at him. The words I love you are on the tip of my tongue. I so badly want to tell him. But that would be wrong. It would be unfair. To Luka and to Chloe. In respect of mine and Adrien's relationship, those words should never leave my mouth the way I want them to.

~Adrien~
Nino and Alya pull Marinette away from me.

"This ended up turning out great." Chloe says as she walks to my side. I grab her hand. "Want to dance?" She smiles and nods.

~Marinette~
"Happy birthday." Luka kisses the top of my head. "Thank you." "I have something for you." He says as he pulls out a box.

I open it and inside is an identical guitar pick of the one I gave him on our third date. "Now we can have matching necklaces." I smile down at it. "I love it. Thank you." I lift up and give him a quick kiss.

"You know, for our next date I think I can get us a private Jagged concert." He wraps his arms around my lower back and my arms wrap around his neck.

"And how do you plan to do that?" I ask as he holds me close to him. "I could call in a favor. I'm sure he'd love perform for his son." I gasp. "Shut up." He smiles and nods. "You're the mystery kid?" I shout. Luka looks around and shushes me.