All The Light We Cannot See

Stalker

The door of the small comic book shop swung open, gaining the attention of Marc and Nathaniel.

"Nino, long time no see."

Nathaniel smiled, walking around the counter to greet Nino with a fist bump.

"Marc said you needed help with something?"

"I do, I was wondering if you could fix this picture?"

Nino pulled the photo up and showed the red headed boy.

"Who is that?"

"Someone who is ruining a good friends relationship."

Nathaniel took the phone and studied it, nodding his head.

"Sure, I can do it but..."

"But..?

He glanced over to Marc with a smile.

"You're still in the DJ business, right?"

"Uh- yes?"

"I'll make you a deal. I'll do it if you return the favor."

"Return the favor? How can I-"

Marc held up his hand with a shy smile. The light reflected off of the silver band on his finger.

"Oh. DJ at your wedding? Dude! Congratulations!"

They both smiled as Nathaniel looked at the picture again.

"This should be easy."

He went over to his computer and plugged the phone up, connecting the cord to the monitor. He transferred the picture over and got to work.

A few minutes later, he looked up at Nino with a proud smile, turning his computer screen around so Nino could see it.

He studied the picture until something silver caught his eye. His jaw nearly hit the floor.

"C-Can you print that out?"

"Sure."

Nathaniel printed the picture out and handed it to Nino. The dark skinned boy shoved Marinette's phone back into his pocket and smiled.

"Thanks dude. Text me the details of the big day. Nice seeing you two, gotta run!"

Nino bolted through the door and back towards his apartment. Before he could reach the door, something slammed against his head making his vision blurry before he fainted.

•

Adrien knocked on Marinette's door until he heard her voice telling him to come in. He slowly opened the door and smiled when he saw his girlfriend.

"Morning, Princess."

"Good morning"

She patted the side of the bed beside her as he came in. He sat beside her and picked up her hand, kissing the top of it gently.

"I'm sorry if I upset you"

"You didn't upset me, I was just tired and didn't feel like hearing the arguing."

Adrien looked down at his lap, feeling a little guilty.

"I'm sorry about everything..."

"No! Adrien, none of this was your fault. I overreacted without letting you explain. I honestly forgot about Felix."

"I still want to apologize. I should've stayed with you. I fell asleep that night before I could come back to you. Mari, I don't want anyone else and I'd never do something like that to you."

"I know and I'm stupid to think you would"

"You're not stupid, don't call yourself that. It was just a misunderstanding. But, why didn't you tell me?"

He pointed down to her wrist with a frown.

"I didn't want to upset you. I promised I'd stop but... being alone for so long really got to me mentally. I didn't know what else to do. Lorenzo said I deserved it."

"He said you deserved it?!"

Marinette nodded as tears swelled into her eyes. Adrien furrowed his eyebrows as anger crept inside of him.

"I'm sorry, Adrien. Please don't hate me."

"Why would I hate you?"

His expression softened when she wrapped her arms around him.

"I d-don't know."

Adrien wrapped his arms around the blue haired girl, hugging her back. He stared out of the window that was behind her seeing a boy looking up at them from the street below as he hugged Marinette. He could've sworn he saw him smirk.

"Mari, I'll... I'll be back."

"But you just got here!"

"I know, and I promise I'll come back. Okay?"

Marinette hesitantly nodded and looked down at her lap.

"I love you, okay?"

Marinette looked up at him with a forced smile.

"I love you too."

•

Nino grunted as he tried to open his eyes. He could feel the rope around his wrists that tied his two hands together behind the chair he was sitting in.

"H-Hello?"

His voice cracked as he spoke, his words echoed off of the walls of the empty room.

"Nino Lahiffe. Fancy seeing you here, don't you agree?"

The woman's heels clicked against the concrete floor as she walked behind him.

"W-Who are you? What do you want?!"

"Oh, Nino. Don't you get it already? You were too close to the truth. I couldn't let you ruin my master plan."

"L-Lila?"

He heard her chuckle behind him as she finally walked around to face him. She put her hands on the arms of the chair and leaned down so their faces were inches apart.

"You're not as stupid as I thought you were."

"You stalked me?"

"Maybe I did. But weren't you stalking me to begin with? Oh, how the tables turn."

She straightened herself back up, her laugh filling the boys ears, making him cringe.

"You're crazy!"

"Oh, honey. I'm not crazy, I'm psycho."

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Sorry for the short chapter! I'm out of town right now and haven't been able to update as often as I wanted to. <3