Nathalie's Breakup

Part 17 - Lies

"You are aware, that you just lied to Nathalie without even blushing?", Marinette scolded him the moment they had closed the door to Adrien's room.

"Why? We haven't gone 'that' far, Marinette! Even if it was, because we were interrupted by Nino and Alya, still, we didn't..."

"Oh just shut up! You have barely stayed truthful with this, but you still have been lying when you said, we agreed to take it slow!", the girl rabbited on.

Now Adrien shook his head vigorously.

" I have not! We did agree to take it slow! Last year!", he said with a grin.

"Oh Adrien! I really should be angry on you right now!"

"I can hear a but, princess!", he told her with a smirk.

"Yeah, there is a butt! Yours, when I kick it! Hard! But.... I can't stay angry on you, so you're lucky. Wait, there's another one coming: but, you shouldn't lie to the woman, you consider your mum, Adrien!", the girl tried to make him feel guilty.

"Fine! I will apologise to her, later! Now I'd rather...."

He was pinning her against the wall, his hands sneaking under her shirt, when Marinette pushed him back, ranting:

"Oh no! First we will do the school project, we came for! At least you didn't have to 'bend the truth' for that, right, Adrien?"

"Ugh", he grunted, "life was so much easier, when you were still self conscious around me and would have done anything, to make me happy!"

"Really?", she quirked an eyebrow after hearing his words.

"You know, that I was joking! Though you really have been like that for some time, I love, how confident and strict you can be! To be completely honest, when you start ordering me around, it makes me want you even more sometimes!", the teenage boy cockily replied and winked at her.

"Yeah, and you were so much sweeter, when you weren't acting like a normal guy!", she mocked him, "what happened to the cute, adorable boy, who always wanted to do, what's right?"

Adrien shrugged with a mischievous smirk.

"He grew into a normal teenage guy, controlled by hormones which make him horny all of the time!", he joked, then narrowed the space between them again and entangled her into a soft and passionate kiss.

In the atrium Gabriel was still worrying about Nathalie, trying to get her to talk to him about what had happened just before, but the female rather wanted to speak about the young couple:

"Well, now I am curious, if Marinette still does what he wants or if she's going to make him come back and tell the truth at some point!"

The designer gasped and gave her a puzzled look.

"What do you mean, dear?", he wondered.

"Well, it's rather simple! I've known the boy for all his life and I can tell if he's not completely honest. He may think, he got away with 'his' version of the truth, but not only couldn't he look me directly in the eyes, but the girl also started fidgeting, when he said, they hadn't gone that far. So either they have or they have been interrupted, when they tried! Adrien usually doesn't lie, not to me at least, so I figure, they were stopped just before. And they're certainly not taking anything slow, if you caught them barely dressed!", the female explained.

"Do you think, I should go upstairs and ask him directly? I wouldn't like the thought, that he lied directly into our faces!", Gabriel questioned his beloved woman, but she shook her head immediately.

"No, don't! As I said, I am curious, if he will come and admit to his lying on his own or at least after his girlfriend's order! I am sure, he'll feel guilty very soon! And now do me a favour and try to come down a little bit! You're still pacing like a caged tiger! It's driving me nuts!", Nathalie ranted. "Let's just go upstairs and finish, what we started, yeah?"

"I certainly hope, you're talking about the nap, we were just woken from!", the man asked her sternly.

Grinning the young woman pulled him closer and whispered hoarsely:

"I was talking about the cuddling and feeling safe and protected, but the napping was very nice too. And despite feeling bad, because we still have quite some things to take care of, I would rather go back and enjoy the closeness a little longer!"

The designer agreed reluctantly:

"Under one condition! I want you to eat something before we do that, okay? You've been throwing up twice since we went upstairs and you should at least try. Even if it's only a little snack!"

To his surprise, the assistant didn't object but nodded vigorously.

"To be honest, I am more than a little peckish and if I get started now, I will eat more than a snack!"

That made him beam happily and he held out both hands.

"Come, let's go into the kitchen and figure out, what you might like!"

Nathalie now started to fidget in her seat and began to shift back and forth, before she hesitantly admitted:

"If you don't mind, I'd rather have something delivered. I know, it's a cliché but I lately am addicted to a special meal, which only that one place serves. But maybe, we could all order from there? I am sure, the children would like that too. Let me just go upstairs and find my wallet, to see if I have enough cash on me to...."

Gabriel bent down and shut her up with a kiss. Then he gave her a stern look/

"You can't be serious! Was there ever a situation, in which you had to pay for your food in all the years, you've been working for me? I am not some poor, incomeless painter, who is too proud to even try and do some random work to pay for his expenses. Don't give me that look! I know, that you can provide for yourself and your baby, but I also told you, that I want to raise this child with you as mine and want to be with you and share my life with you. That also means, that you will never again have to worry about having enough money on you or at all, Nathalie. And before you try to object or say anything, I can just stop to pay you for your work, if it makes you feel better. Like that, we would be working for 'our' income without one of us feeling dependent on the other. How's that? No, don't cry again, please! I'm so sorry! I need to be more thoughtful about the things I tell you, so I won't make you..."

The shaking of her head and the hand, which grabbed his collar to pull him into another passionate kiss, were enough to stop his rambling in an instant.

"If there weren't two adolescents just above our heads, I would ask you to take me right here and now, Gabriel! It's such a wonderful feeling, to be valued instead of shouted at, for not doing enough! We can eat later, now I just need you to...", the female croaked and got to her feet to take a firm hold of his manhood.