Earthquake

Chapter 3 - So, what are we going to do now?

The mountain town from which they were supposed to go to the top was full of cafes, pastry shops and small restaurants, which was very helpful for the two schemers, as they had a lot of room to show off. A short walk down the valley to the buildings, then along the main promenade and through the park, led them to a lovely tea house, surrounded by flowers. The date was so blowing from the entire meeting that both Marinette and Adrien were surprised their friends didn't notice. Bun not everyone is so perceptive to see that love is biting you in the ass.

When every plate and cup was empty, the dark-haired gaze met with green irises of the blond. They understood each other without words. It's time to start the fun.

'What would you say to a small game?' Agreste asked, looking at the two. However, he didn't gave them time to answer and continued: 'We asked Alix to hide in the park twenty chocolate bars. Everyone has a number and in a box of different colour. The whole point is to find as many as possible while being in a pair. What you'll find is yours. What do you think about it?'

Both Alya's and Nino's eyes were shining. Both of them adored chocolate.

'We're in.' they said in the same time.

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Adrien with Marinette were the first to get to the gate, leading to the park. Then, to the boy's visible surprise, the girl grabbed the bottom of her dress and, like nothing, unfastened it revealing a black shorts . She folded the addiction into a cube and left it with her bag at the guard.

'Where did you got this kind of dress?' the blond asked, looking her up and down.

'I made it,' she said, proud with her projects. They would probably stay there for a long time, talking about fashion, since they were both interested in it, if not for the chocolate calling them from behind the bushes. 'So, how it is? Who gets the most chocolates they win!'

She turned on her heel and, with Ladybug's speed, dissapeared behind the trees. The only thing that she got to hear was a surprised and, at the same time, indignant scream and then a loud: ' Sly dog !'. She laughed, happily running between the benches, not caring about the path. For the first time after going to Paris she felt that she's alive.

Seven found chocolate bars, in which one was from the top of a tree (she's still thinking how Alix managed to get it there) later, the dark-haired girl got another target, which was calmly laying on the top of the fountain. The sweet wasn't aware that it'll be grabbed and was looking at the park from a height, admiring the views. In the middle of the way to the target, Marinette felt some presence behind her. She quickly glanced back and was met with a hungry for chocolate eyes of the blond. She picked up the pace.

A couple of meters in front of the fountain some unexplained phenomenon ordered her to duck. She immediately listened to it and saw a small cone landing just in front of her. She looked back for a second, showed her tongue to the green-eyed boy and, with grace, she bounced off the edge of the fountain with such force that she flew over it, caught the chocolate in flight and in a neat somersault, landed safely on the other side. Just then it came to her, that she did Cat Noir's favourite move and did it completely unconsciously. Panting lightly she turned back to look at Adrien, who was standing nearby and picking cone from the ground. In his eyes, which colour was so much similar to her partner's, she noticed an unidentified shine and then the boy started to slowly come closer to her, reaching his hands to her.

'Marinette,' he said, dragging out the vowels. Involuntarily, it reminded her of an evil-doer, with whom she fought a week ago and she took a step back assuming a combat position. 'Don't run away from me. Say, how did you ducked from something that came from behind your back?'