Our Dirty Little Secret. {Our Little Series 1} (COMPLETE)

Chapter 20

Adrien stormed out of the house and down the beach. He found a deep cave and went in and sat inside hugging his knees. "Kid what was that about?" Plagg asked as he sat on Adriens knees. Adrien buried his head into his knees as the tide slowly came up and entered the cave little by little.

"We had a fight." Adrien looked away from Plagg.

"What kind did you guys have?" Plaggs ears dropped.

"Cancer."

"What kind of cancer?"

"I had leukemia and she had lung cancer." Adrien sighed.

"I'm sorry."  Plagg rarely apologizes. "But you have pictures of when you were like 14 with her."

"She died a few months after them when they had to push harder for her treatments. It only took me six years. I was 11 when it was gone." Tears threatened to leave his eyes. He wiped the few that stained his cheeks away and walked out of the cave as the tide got higher.

"Wwhat treatment?" Marinettes lower lip quivered as she cried harder. She balled her hands into fists.

"Mari." Alya tried to calm her down. Marinette pushed her away and stormed off to her room where she locked the door and cried in a corner.

"Marinette he's fine now.  You shouldn't worry." Tikki pleaded.

"His dad starves him. He blames himself for her dying! He wants this for himself! Why shouldn't I worry!" Marinette cried into her knees.

"You should go find him. Every relationship has their fights but you shouldn't let this one destroy you." Tikki said as she rubbed her head on Marinettes cheek.

"But he hates me now.  I saw it in his eyes."

"You hit a sensitive point in him. When you brought up death he snapped and was reminded of his mother. He doesn't hate you."

"Yes he does. Tikki he's ready to die.  He's sacrificed himself for me so many times and didn't even care if it would kill him."  Marinette cried harder. Tikki hid when the door squeaked open. "He hates me." A pair of arms wrapped around her and she gasped. She cried harder and buried her face in his shoulder.

"I don't hate you Marinette." Adrien said as he rubbed circles into her back. He sat down and hugged her tighter as tears came down his face. "I just miss her." Marinette sat on his lap and he leaned against the wall.

"I'm sorry. I hhit aa sensensitive ssubject for yyou and I I'm sorry!" Marinette cried harder as he held her closer and cried into her back.

"She would have loved you!"  Adrien hiccuped. he dug his head into her hair as they cried.

~~~~~{TWO HOURS LATER}~~~~~

"Guys, do you hear that?" Rose asked and they all went quiet. They went to their room to find them asleep with red puff eyes holding each other with their shirts stained with tears.

"They look so peaceful." Sabrina swooned.

"Should we move them to the bed?" Juleka asked. No one replied.

Kim picked up Marinette and lied her down on the bed after Max pulled down the covers. Ivan picked up Adrien and they put them on the bed. "Wait guys. Let us do this part." Alix cracked her knuckles and the boys back away. Alya put Adriens arm around Marinettes waist and put his hand over hers. They put his head near hers and interlocked their legs gently. "There." Alix pulled the covers up as Adrien held Marinette closer as she began to whimper.

"I'm sorry." Marinette whispered as a single tear went down her cheek.

"Je T'aime."  They both whispered and the class backed out of the room. They walked out onto the beach and sat by the shoreline.

"They are the weirdest couple I've ever seen." Nathanael said breaking the silence. Everyone agreed. "What even caused her to get akumatized and why now and not when we were fifteen and angry about literally everything and nothing at the same time." They laughed a little.

"A girl. She was a straight up ten and she latched herself onto Adrien and when Marinette came back she forced him into a kiss." Nino said and everyone looked at him. "Gotta make sure they use protection."

"But why not when we she was fifteen?" Kim ran his hand through his hair as the sunset.

"Marinette has a lot of pent up anger and emotions." Alya sighed and they directed there attention to her. "We all saw how she would start to get angry at Chloe for tripping her or something and turn red in the face but calm herself. She's kept those emotions deep down inside and hid them."

"Oh."  Was all Nathanael said.

Marinette and Adrien woke up in the bed rather than the floor. Adrien held her closer as Plagg came up to them. "Is this you girlfriend?" He mocked. "Love is gross."

"Like your cheese." Adrien said and Marinette giggled. "Marinette this is Plagg my Kwami. He helps make me Chat Noir."

"It's nice to meet you." Marinette smiled and rubbed his head with her pointer finger.

"Likewise. Kid Patrol." Plagg groaned as Adrien held Marinette even closer. "You gotta Patrol idiot."

"Why? Ladybug can do it." Adrien said and nuzzled his head into the back of her neck. "If she can't show up to a battle the least she could do is patrol without me."

"He's right Adrien. You still have to make sure Paris is safe from Akuma's. Ladybug probably went somewhere out of Paris for Spring Break this afternoon." Marinette said as Adrien sat up.

"Fine." Adrien kissed her forehead. "Plagg Claws Out!" Adrien transformed and Marinette followed his out onto the balcony. "I'll be back soon. This shouldn't take long." He kissed her cheek before running off into the warm spring air.

Marinette walked back into the room and grabbed her sketch pad. "Marinette we need to go on patrol." Tikki pleaded.

"He needs to think Ladybug went somewhere so I can't. And besides knowing him he would get back before me and my cover would be blown." She started sketching a sundress.

"Why won't you tell him who you are?"

"Disappointment." Marinette answered plainly and let go of her pencil. "That he'll be disappointed it's me. I'm not anything special anyway. He's a model with a rich dad and I'm the bakers daughter."

"Marinette it's only fair."

"No Tikki. I'll do it when I'm ready. And that's not now." Tikki nodded and sat on her shoulder as she sketched the dress.