Marinette was just tired of everything, she was tired of guys, and decided to take a break.
She works at Surfers Paradise Resort, as a restaurant waitress, and had double shifts tonights. She was tired of her boss, Kelly, too.
Marinette decides to head down to surf The Office, a perfect and private breaking point, just for the Surfers Paradise staff who loves to surf . The water would be clear, the crashing waves would be perfect for surfing. It was also sometimes a good quiet place to clear your head.
She had her surfboard at her side, hoping to practice some moves that she was learning. Marinette was just enjoying herself walking through the forest, she heard laughter of the two most idiotic guys on the staff.
Adrien and Nino.
The last time she saw them, they were coming out of them girls' bathroom with high heels and a buttload of toilet paper in their arms. She asked what they were going to do with it, and Adrien replied with, "I'm gonna stick it up somewhere high and wait for it to fall on someone."
She turned around to see the two of them run right past her with their boards in their arms. "Coming through!" Marinette spun around clumsily and dropped to the ground, scraping her knee.
"Oow,"Just as her day couldn't get any worse. Marinette groaned, and held her knee up. She pressed her lips together as her knee stung.
"Sorry about that, love," Marinette looked up to see Adrien above her, with an apologetic expression on his face. "You alright?"
Marinette sighed, "I'll be fine, it's just a little-"
Before she could finish her sentence, Adrien went down and softly blew on her wound.
"-scrape." She finished, "what are you doing?"
Adrien stopped to look at her, "Beats me," he shrugged, "it always felt better when my mom did it."
He went back to blowing on her scrape again, and when his eyes closed, Marinette never realised how Adrien had this whole other side of him. It was nice, and as she felt his cold breath down her knee, she couldn't help but smile just a little.
Marinette shook her head. "Um, so," she tried, "did you find a good spot for your wet toilet paper?" She still held onto her knee.
Adrien nodded, and pointed a thumb at himself, "We gave it a good home," he smirked.
Marinette rose herself up, and grabbed her board. Adrien took his and nudged his head towards The Office. "Cmon, let's catch some waves, Mari."
~~~
Later, the sun started to set. It rose pink, orange, and purple light on the sandy beach, and when their surf sess. was done, the two came out of the waves laughing.
"Thanks for showing me that cutback," Marinette set her board to stand on the sand. "Sorry it took me so long to get it."
"Don't be so hard on yourself," Adrien smiled, "That last one was a beaut! Especially for someone who was such a rookie."
Marinette chuckled. "I guess I was a bit of a noob, huh?"
Adrien ran his hand on the edge of his board. "Well, maybe just a little." He said nervously. "Hey, do you maybe wanna go out sometime?"
Marinette stared at him wide eyed in surprise. "Oh, erm, that's sweet," she stuttered nervously a little more, "it's just, that..I'm kinda taking a little break on guys right now, so-"
Adrien stopped her. "No, it's cool, no explanation needed," he sighed, "I'm a total doofus."
"No!" Marinette smiled just a bit, "well, maybe just a partial doofus."
Adrien chuckled. "Well, when the break is over, this partial doofus would be honored to take out a fine sheila like you." He took his board and started to walk away.
Marinette watched him go, but called his name. "Adrien?"
He stopped and turned around.
"Break's over," she chuckled, and made Adrien smile.
~~~ Date montage activate ~~~
"Hey!" Marinette waved at Adrien. He came up to her, and complimented, "Marinette! You look ace," He took her hand and left a kiss.
MONTAGE MODE ACTIVATE
- Marinette and Adrien playing volleyball on the beach -
- Adrien setting up a picnic just for the two of them -
- Marinette and Adrien skipping rocks down by the pier -
- Two of them watching a surf flick at the movies -
And finally,
They ended the day on a log with a bonfire at The Office. It was night, and the waves were calm. The rest of the staff promised Adrien to keep them alone for the night, just so he can be alone with her.
He brought his guitar to strum along with night, and Marinette hummed to the tunes. They let the night take them away, when the waves started rising again. With one look one another, it was a good idea that they brought their boards.
"Night surf," they both said at the same time.
Surfing under the stars. Now that was a way to end a date.
