A high pitched scream and thunder. A muffled squeak into a pink couch pillow, and a chuckle from a golden-haired model. Marinette blocked her face so she couldn't see the poor girl on the screen of her tv get slaughtered by a masked murderer. Marinette, Adrien, Alya and Nino (in that order, with poor Mari on the end of the couch with no couch arm) all huddled in the dark room to watch the painfully long horror movie. Adrien felt felt Marinette's every flinch at each jump scare and felt a bit amused--but being the nice guy he was, he was more sorry than he wanted to laugh. He recalled how quickly she stepped in to take the end of the couch for him before the movie started.
***
Nino raced over to the seat closest to the window in Marinette's living room. He flung the square pillows at his friends as if he was using them to slow their progress to the couch.
"First here, I get dibs!"
Alya plopped down next to him, "Hey now, this is Mari's house shouldn't she choose? I'm not moving, by the way,"
Marinette took a sat next to her four eyed friend, "I'll sit here then,"
Adrien was left standing. He picked up the three square pillows and stared at the end of the couch, "You mean... I have to sit here? At the edge... where monsters can drag me to my death off into the darkness...?" Marinette stood and he smiled.
She froze while looking at him. Suddenly, she started fumbling with her words, "I'll there sit- I mean, you can sit there... Wait, I'll sit... No, sit on me! Agh... no! I mean..." her face flushed red and she turned to Nino and Alya, taking a deep breath. "I'll take the end," she glanced back at Adrien, with an awkward smile and a red face.
Adrien's face grew into a perfect grin at the sight, and he sat down, "Thanks Marinette, you're the best,"
It began raining, and blankets were retrieved from the closet from somewhere in the house. Then, the lights came off.
***
Adrien watched the screen unflinching as another gore filled scene took place, and Marinette inched closer towards him while peeking above the pink and black pillow. He smirked at the thought of scaring her later on in the night after the movie. Alya clapped her hands together as Nino paused the movie, causing Mari to cover her eyes and squeal. Laughter erupted from the other three and Adrien looked down when he suddenly felt pressure up against his right side.
His laughter was immediately cut short when the girl beside him looked up slowly through parted fingers.
It was Ladybug.
Ladybug.
'I've seen those eyes, her covered face too many times... It's her, Marinette is Ladybug.'
"My Lady...?" Adrien said in a barely audible whisper.
"H-huh? Oh! S-sorry! I didn't mean to-"
Adrien put on a Chat-like grin, "No, it's fine," He put an arm around her and pulled her closer, feeling her stiffen beneath his arm. "This okay with you? I mean, if it'll help you not be scared..."
Marinette could only nod, Adrien could only smile, and Alya snapped a silent picture.
(You think I left out Nino? He went to go get snacks after he paused the movie. He's still in the kitchen.)
