MariChat: Soul Link (SoulMates AU)

How It's Changed

The extent of Marinette's amnesia seemed to extend to all her memories of Chat, and it wasn't bad enough that she forgot about the superhero. It wasn't bad enough she didn't remember what the actual two of them had, what the two of them felt for one another. It wasn't bad enough their established Soul Link had been cut. It wasn't bad enough that she forgot all about her and his relationship.

She'd forgotten everything.

Everything.

Even her feelings for Adrien.

Speaking to her now, she was indifferent, almost cold. Not outright hostile, but she just didn't seem as warm to him as she was to everyone else. That warm, loving personality that she expressed, the personality everyone knew Marinette for, the personality that everyone loved about her, just seemed to turn to ice around Adrien. It hadn't gone unnoticed by the people around her. People had known about her love of the blond model... Although, they had never gotten around to actually announcing their relationship to everyone around them before Spite had showed up. Now it just seemed like Marinette had totally changed her mind about Adrien. It was so weird, so surprising, so... Un-Marinette. No one had expected such a dramatic change from the blue haired girl.

She was still friendly... But almost fake-friendly. Like she didn't even want to be friendly to him.

It had been a harrowing few days for Adrien, slugging it out, day by day. He hadn't turned into Chat Noir since that day. There hadn't really been a point. And he suffered enough, seeing Marinette there at school, every single day. He knew exactly who she was, and what she was like. What she did, and he was painfully , painfully aware of just how much she meant to him. He didn't need the painful reminder every night either.

That was a call to duty he wasn't prepared to answer. He wasn't strong enough.

At school, life continued as normal, and thankfully, excluding Marinette, everyone else was back to normal too. No after-effects of Spite's power-trip. Thankfully, there were no outstanding effects now that the Link destroyer was taken care of.

That didn't bring Adrien much reassurance though.

He'd tried to talk to her again and again... But it just wasn't the same. Talking to Marinette was normally a warm, lovely experience. Something he had so enjoyed... She spoke so kindly around him before Spite had destroyed their Link. It was obvious with her voice and actions that she did care about him, and just hearing her talk made Adrien feel warm. Now it was like talking to a snowman. She didn't seem to want to talk to him, that him talking to her was something that heavily inconvenienced her. That wasn't to say he stopped trying.

The third day was marked for him as one of the biggest attempts he had made. During the breaks between classes, Alya and Marinette would often hang out. In fact it wasn't inaccurate to call that the norm. That was fine in itself, but that didn't give Adrien a lot to work with.

On this particular day however, Marinette was going over the various drawings in her design book with Alya for whatever reason. It was the same book Adrien had seen her show him before, but her enthusiasm for such things never ceased. He smiled gently, remembering a few of the designs she had shown him.

Thinking back now... He wanted to say more about them to her. He wanted to say so many more things to her. Do so many more things with her. For all he knew... He'd lost her.

For good.

The thought pierced his heart, and before he'd known it, he was going over plans to try and win her back, in spite of the Soul Link being severed. He'd find a way, even if it took him years and years to build up that trust with her again. And he wouldn't let himself be held back by his own awkwardness or worries. He's show her just how much he loved her. He'd show her just how much she meant to him.