Naked

Chapter 9-Finding out

Adrien bit his bottom lip as he searched his strange dreams into Google.

Scrolling down he stumbled upon a paragraph explaining what those dreams mean.

He started reading it and was absolutely shocked at what his dream meant.

"A fear of exposure or judgment", he read to himself out loud. The words that actually caught his eyes, and he related to.

For as long as he can remember he was always insecure about how he looked. And constantly compared himself to others around him.

He was always scared of what others thought about him. He had extreme social anxiety and often had panic attacks because of it.

"Fear of exposure or judgment", he repeated.

Now he understood why he kept having those dreams.

Because he was insecure and he knew it. But what was he supposed to do about that?

He was always that way.....

What was the universe telling him to do to stop those nightmares?

He had no idea.

Suddenly, he felt arms wrap around his shoulders.

Marinette rested her head in the crook of his neck.

"Hey", she said whispered softly in his ear, lighting her head.

"Hey", Adrien repeated. He sighed while looking blankly at his computer screen.

"What's wrong?", Marinette asked in a worried tone, seeing him in distress.

She then looked at the screen and figured it out.

"Adrien....", she paused. She turned his chair around so he could face her.

"Look at me"

He looked into her eyes.

"You don't need to be insecure babe.... you're a very special person and I know you know that. You just can't help but take yourself for granted", she sat onto his lap, while wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling closer.

"I know", he sighed.

"But I don't know why....but it's kind of hard to believe when people tell me nice things like that I don't really believe it", he explained while looking away.

Marinette grabbed his face and made him look at her.

"Well....I'm gonna make you believe it. And if I have to remind you everyday of how amazing you are that's what I'm gonna do"

Adrien was so touched by her words that he couldn't help but smile.

He wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her into a tight hug.

"Thanks mari"