A Compromise

You're saying that they didn't do anything!?

Marinette POV

It was embarrassing, to say the least. To lay in his bed, in his clothes, in his room. I tried not to think about it, but knowing that Tikki was roaming somewhere around the house while I waited for Adrien to get out of the bathroom... my thoughts were able to ramble.

The door to the bathroom opened, and I looked up in shock. I was in shock of his loss of a shirt, and his hair was still kind of damp and messy, so it looked like Chat Noirs. This thought made me pause. They both had blonde hair, green eyes, same skin color, and similar voices. Yes, Kitty's was loud, but whenever he talked normally, he sounded like Adrien. The only thing that didn't match was their personalities.

Adrien was the perfect model and prince charming.

Chat Noir was... a hero.... and a.... Knight in Shining Armor!

But he couldn't be. No, then that would mean I was rejecting my partner for my crush, who would be my crush. No way is that even possible!

My thoughts continue to ramble as I notice another thing. "Adrien, are you okay? You look shocked." He looked just like I did when he walked in without a shirt. Is it possible that he liked that I was wearing his clothes?

He seemed to have snapped out of thought at the mention of his name. "Wha- Oh! Um.. Ye-yeah. I'm fine. Is the bed comfortable enough?"

"Is it comfortable enough!? It is like heaven!" I laid back down and put my phone on one of his many chargers. I looked at the lamp switch and decided to keep it on. The dark would most likely make this situation worse. I just focused on anything that wasn't the sound of Adrien sitting beside me.

"You know - I haven't had a lot of sleepovers before, so I really don't know what to do. I feel bad for not knowing. I-I mean I would like to make any hangout special with a friend like you." He scratched his neck in embarrassment.

He did it again.

He said it again.

Friend. Good friend. It's REALLY good, friend. WHYYYYYYY?

Is it like his only drive is to friendzone me.

The worst part is that he put me in a position as embarrassing as this. If Alya were here, she'd probably smack the boy, and he wouldn't know why. And I know that the whole purpose of 'dating' Chat Noir was to get over him- BUT HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DO THAT WHEN HE HAS US IN THE SAME BED!

It's times like these where I want Chat Noirs' number. I could text him and ask how his day was, and he'd send back cat puns that made me giggle. Then again. Dating him has also made me more confident with Adrien. I could sometimes stutter, but not like I used to. And he has that perfect hair and his smile...

"Marinette?" He poked me, knocking me out of my trance.

"Oh, um. Sorry, I was kind of out of it. What were you saying?" I cursed under my tongue. When had he gotten so close?

"I wanted to know how it was with Chat Noir and your progress?" He wore a grin that matched Chat Noirs." Didn't even know that was possible. He didn't even seem like Adrien in that moment. "I-'If you want to, of course." And there came back the Adrien that I knew.

"Oh!-um, w-well. Chat's really sweet, and I'm slowly managing to get over Buttercup."

"Buttercup?" He smiled, "That's one heck of a name."

It's yours.

"It's a nickname. I wasn't going to tell anyone who I liked."

"You told Chat." He grinned.

"Well, that's because he was helpin- wait! How did you know?" I swear if that Chat even hinted about my crush on him-

"He said he knew who, never told me the name though. Must be pretty embarrassing if you don't even want me to know." His smile faded. Embarrassing? I wasn't embarrassed... I just didn't want him to know about how I basically stalked him... bad.

"It's not like that. It's just like anybody's crush. They don't want that person to know, or else it'd be so awkward. I wouldn't be able to keep on living if he stopped talking to me because of some stupid crush," I was getting carried away and forgot who I was talking to, "and besides, why are boys so blind. It's so obvious that I have liked him, and yet he still dares to call me a friend. Even people that I don't know knew that I liked him because I acted like some love-sick girl around him. Then I had people like Alya who would do things to get us together. She was like some cupid without any arrows and instead hit us with a stick bow! Oh! You wouldn't believe what she did..." I ranted like I was ranting to Alya. He just sat there and listened. He looked intrigued, and I almost laughed in the middle of my story. I was talking about how clueless he was and accidentally said the worst thing that could have come in this moment.

"... And this one time I kissed his cheek in front of my entire friend grou- Oh, oh wait um."

He stared at me. Almost shocked, and not. He didn't seem shocked because of the news, more like he was shocked that I said it.

I just revealed my crush, and he wasn't shocked.

"Y-you knew!" I almost screamed.

"Yeah," I said so casually and yet so sorrily.

I hopped off the bed. "Wait! You need to hear what I have to say."

"What," I looked away and crossed my arms. I was so pissed.

"I always had a suspicion, but that went away after you started dating Luka," I scoffed, "Then I started noticing you more after... some events. I didn't want to do anything because you're fake dating someone I know. Now that I know that you are trying to date him to get over me, I have something to say. I will now fight for you, and I don't care who I must fight to call you mine."

I looked at the ground. I was now the color of a ladybug and wanted to bury myself in a deep hole. I was angry at him for making me embarrassed. I mustered all of my confidence and spoke.

"If you didn't want to do anything, then why are we sleeping on the same bed." I gave him my blankest stare, and he blushed as he realized this.

"Do you want me to sleep on the couch?" He gulped. I couldn't let his perfect back be damaged by the weirdness of the couch positions.

"No, I'll sleep there. You will not object, okay?"

"Okay." He sighed in relief. He really has only slept on his bed, I guess.

I walked over to the couch and snuggled to the side as he wrapped a blanket around my body, and I dozed off into sleep.

A/N:

Okay, so like... Idk when i will have to mentality to write smut, so just bear with me. You guys can comment on who you think she'll start permanently dating. Like who she says yes to. Bye, I probably won't write until about 3 months.