A crazy 24 hours Summary:
After running into Adrien in the morning followed by defeating Hawkmoth in the afternoon, Marinette remembers the good times with Luka.
Notes:
I've been reading a lot of ML Salt and Lukanette stories lately and this one came to mind and wouldn't leave me alone all day. Went from 600 words to 2000 because the voices wouldn't be quiet.
I’ve changed ages and legal requirements to fit the plot in my head.
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Work Text:
“What did you just say to me?”
Adrien huffed. “I said, are you sure you aren’t just telling me to move on so that I can move on to you? Alya told me about your crush on me. Maybe that’s why you’re telling me to move on,” he said, crossing his arms.
Marinette blinked before giving Adrien the coldest glare she could. She didn’t have to think too hard to know this latest lie was either Alya or Lila’s doing, probably both. They most likely told him that they’d overheard Marinette saying how he should move on from his crush.
“First of all, Adrien, my crush on you ended a long time ago, around the time you showed me you were an enabler and a spineless coward. And with the crap you just spouted you proved just how big of a bullet I dodged.”
Adrien opened his mouth, but Marinette continued talking, not giving him the chance to interrupt.
“Second of all, if you’ve been telling her you love her and she’s not reciprocating, going so far as to tell you she’s not interested and you’re not taking the hint then you’re harassing her.”
“I’m not harassing her!” he exclaimed.
Marinette snorted in disbelief, crossing her arms and cocking her hip. “What would you call it then?”
Adrien took a step closer, his hands now fisted at his side. “You wouldn’t understand! She and I are soulmates, she’s just being stubborn!”
Suddenly Marinette knew that nothing she said as Marinette or Ladybug would get through to Adrien.
“You’re delusional,” she said, and it only seemed to enrage Adrien further.
“What kind of friend are you?!” he exclaimed.
“Not yours, and I haven’t been for over a year.”
Adrien seemed genuinely taken aback at her response. “W-What?”
Marinette rolled her eyes at the boy in front of her. “You stood by as I was bullied, expelled, ostracized by the entire class all thanks to Lila’s lies and you thought that I would still consider you a friend? You’re the doormat here, Adrien, not me. I moved on a long time ago.”
With that she walked around him and after a few steps she paused and glanced over her shoulder. “I would have thought that was obvious considering I’m now married.”
Leaving him standing there mouth open in shock she continued her way home. She’d gone to the shops to buy a few essentials for home when she’d run into Adrien in the park.
She had barely made it home before an akuma alert went off and she was transforming and rushing back out the door. Now hours later she was sitting on the couch, exhausted but back at home not only with the Cat Miraculous, but the Butterfly and Peacock as well.
“Mari?”
Marinette turned, and smiled up at Luka as he came to sit next to her, wrapping arms around her.
