Shall We Dance?- A Miraculous Ladybug Fanfiction

Chapter 27

Author's Note: #letthechildrenhaveapeacefuldate2k17

Marinette came down the stairs hesitantly. She'd kicked Adrien out of her room after breakfast, banning him from there, while she began to get dressed for the date. Tikki had made sure to distract Plagg so he wouldn't rat anything to Adrien about what she was wearing; he'd only shrugged at the suggestion and followed his own partner back to their secret alcove in a dark corner of the young girl's room. She spent about thirty minutes getting ready; her first official date with Adrien had to be special and she definitely had to be cute. She did a light makeup. Everything was natural except for a pink tint on her lips and gentle eyeliner over her eyes. The outfit she chose was a pink sundress with a white cardigan, matching pink headband, and white ballerina flats. It was a dress she'd made some time ago but never got a chance to wear; she smoothed the skirt nervously before finally being encouraged enough by the kwamis in her purse to finally go do the stairs.

Adrien was sitting on the couch with her parents. His mouth fell open upon seeing her and he stood quickly to meet her. Her parents stood as well. Tom wrapped a gentle hand around Sabine's shoulder and both beamed at the two of them. After making promises of being careful and coming home in enough time for Adrien's ride, they took off. Tikki stuck her head out of the bag at one point to smile at the two of them before ducking back in to snuggle Plagg; Adrien smiled in returned and reached out to hold her hand as he led the way down the sidewalk. Marinette wasn't blushing. She wasn't stuttering or tripping over herself. She felt so... so balanced it was ridiculous. She'd never felt like this before. It was comforting and warm in the pit of her stomach that made her grin like an idiot for the whole walk.

He led her down to the metro. She huffed. "Adrien, where in the world are you taking me? We're going on a date but I have no idea where to!" He pulled the hand he held up to his lips.

"No way. It's a secret!"

"Adrien...."

"Seriously Marinette. Trust me." She rolled her eyes.

"You know I do Kitty."

"Perfect then," he whispered. "I think you're going to like it." He suddenly looked nervous and fidgeted next to her. "I mean, I hope you're going to like it. I started planning it when I figured out who you were but I learned some new things about you and changed it a couple of times and now...."

"Adrien?" He stopped. She smirked and patted his cheek softly. "Calm down. I'm sure I'm going to love it." He sighed and leaned his head on her shoulder, wrapping his arms around her waist, lacing his fingers together.

"I'm sorry," he murmured. "I'm just so nervous about this. I've... I've never been on a date before." She leaned back to make him look at her. Her lips are creased in a soft smile. She stroked his cheek before reaching up to brush some of his hair off his brow.

"You want a secret? I've never been on a real date either."

"You? Popular, beautiful Marinette? Never?"

"Nope. I haven't had a reason. Sure, I crushed on a couple of guys in middle school but my parents weren't too keen on the idea of two middle schoolers going out and up until last year, I didn't have any feelings for anyone in particular but when you... well, when you gave me your umbrella, I finally found someone I really wanted to be with." He blinked.

"That long? You've had a crush on me that long?"

She stuck her tongue out. "You know what. I take it back. Your ego's going to be inflated like crazy because I said that."

"But Mari...."

"No way. I'm recanting."

"My lady!"