Moonlight; A Marichat Romance

Chapter One

Hello everyone! My name is Alex and this is my first story. I apologise if there are any mistakes (English is my second language) and I guess that's all I have to say. Thanks for reading my story! :)
~~Alex

Chapter One~~

The shower turned on. Hot steam rose up and created a thin layer of condensation on the bathroom mirror. Adrien placed his neatly folded towel on the seat of the toilet.

Marinette's face popped up at the doorway. When she saw Adrien, her eyes widened and she darted back behind the doorframe, but slowly her face reappeared, nervous and excited.

Off went his shirt. Off went his pants. Off went his boxers, along with Marinette's innocence. Her cheeks stained strawberry red, and she stifled a scream.

He had a perfect body. Tan, thin, and defined muscles. She couldn't help but stare. Her eyes travelled down his back, and stopped, on his perfect, round ass cheeks. Her heart fluttered. She felt like she was going to faint.

He turned slightly, and she almost screamed for a second time and darted away from the door frame, so her crush could not see her.

What was she doing in his room again? She had no idea. Then she heard footsteps, moving towards the door.

Oh no. He would see her. She would be caught. Her eyes darted around the room. She tried to move, but she was frozen to the spot. Adrien appeared at the door and froze when he saw Marinette, eyes wide. Her eyes travelled down his toned chest, to his package and.....

Marinette sat bolt upright in bed. Her cheeks were red as tomatoes, with beads of sweat on her forehead. Her breathing was heavy. Had she just dreamed about Adrien, naked?

"I'm such a pervert!" She exclaimed, clutching her head in her hands "Snap out of it!" 

Still, the thought of it made her heart flutter. Her arm reached for the glass of water beside her bed, and she drained it quickly. Marinette picked up her phone to check the time. It was 5:30am. 5:30? She never woke up that early. But she knew she'd never get back to sleep, and besides, she didn't want to risk dreaming about Adrien in all his naked glory again. So, she slipped out of her pyjamas, and into her usual white shirt, pink jeans and grey blazer, and tied her hair into her trademark pigtails. Marinette decided she may as well go for a morning stroll. She slowly crept down the stairs, as to not make a creak. When she reached the bakery, she pulled a sticky note off the front counter and scribbled a note for her parents.

"Out for a walk. Be back soon. Love, Mari"

The air outside was cold and crisp, causing Marinette to pull her blazer tighter around her body. She rubbed her hands and blew on them. Why hadn't she bought gloves? She shoved her hands down her blazer pockets and wandered across the road. 

"This ought to take my mind off Adrien" she thought aloud.

Her feet took her to the park near her house. She decided now was a brilliant time to sketch, with minimal distractions, so she took a seat on a nearby bench, pulled out her notepad and a pen and let her creative juices flow. A few designs passed through her head before she was struck with inspiration.

She sketched and sketched and erased and tore out pages until finally she had a design that pleased her.

It was a cute little sundress, bright red with black spots, complete with a little black bow around the waist. A matching headband for the hair, and cute little black boots completed the look

Her second design was a black hoodie, adorned by cat ears with a green paw print on the front, complete with black jeans and matching boots. They were cute, Ladybug and Chat Noir inspired pieces. She decided at once to make them.

Once she arrived back at the family bakery, she pulled out her phone and checked the time. 6:03. School didn't start for at least another two hours. Just enough time to get started on the dress.

Her parents were up, and baking in the kitchen. When Sabine saw Marinette walk through the doors she smiled.

"Enjoy your walk?"

"It was great, thanks mum."

"Little out of character. You normally oversleep" her mom teased.

Marinette rolled her eyes and took a croissant from the countertop, munching on it as she walked up the stairs to her room.

"Blue....Grey....Green....Purple........Pink....aha! Red!" Marinette exclaimed as she finally found the red fabric she needed for her sundress.

And made an awfully big mess in her wardrobe. Ribbons and rolls of fabric were spilling out of the drawers. Oh well. She'd have to clean it later.

"M-morning Mari..." Tikki yawned as she rose from her small cushion on Marinette's desk.

"Heya Tikki. Mind holding the fabric down?" Tikki obliged tiredly, standing on top of the sleek red material as Marinette cut a small strip off.

"You're up e-early" she yawned.

"Yeah, I had a...uh...bad dream and decided to go for a walk." Her cheeks flared with memory of her cheeky dream.

"Without me? Marinette! What if someone got akumatised?" Tikki was fully alert now.

"Yes I realised. But you were so peaceful. Besides, nothing happened."

Tikki crossed her little arms. She floated over to Marinette's open sketch book.

"Marinette!" She exclaimed, causing the midnight-haired girl to jump, and almost cut herself with her scissors.

"What? You scared me Tikki"

"These designs are amazing! You're so talen-" she stopped mid-sentence and pulled out a sheet of paper from under the book.

"Marinette! Your English homework!"

She scowled.

"I totally spaced. I better do it now, huh?"

"Yes! When Ms. Bustier finds out you didn't do it, you'll get a detention for sure!"

Marinette nodded, and shot a mournful look at her abandoned design. Sighing, she took the worksheet from Tikki, ignoring her disappointed expression.

"Write a twelve line poem about something that means a lot to you." Marinette dictated. "What?"

Her mind instantly wandered to Adrien. His toned body, his perfect face. His....little friend. Marinette flushed darker than Tikki. She would NOT write about that. But perhaps...perhaps she could write about Adrien. She took a deep breath and cleared her mind of her dirty dream.

Your hair is golden like the sun,
Your eyes as green as emeralds
Your lips are pink, like cotton candy

No. Marinette scrunched up the paper and tried again.

I don't know what it is about you
Something magic
That makes me so damn tongue tied
I can't get out a single word around you
And it just...kills me inside because
I love you so much
But my brain
Doesn't listen
to my heart
And muddles up
All my
Words.

Yes. It was perfect.

Marinette cleared her throat. Tikki floated over to her and read it.

"I like it. Free verse. Now hurry! We have to be at school in ten minutes!"

"Crap!" Marinette yelled, and sprinted down the stairs, forgetting her bag. Tikki had to lug it down the stairs to her miraculous holder, narrowly avoiding being spotted by Tom, Marinette's father.

"Thanks Tikki!" Marinette smiled at her kwami, before dashing off to school.

She arrived at school, quite puffed.

"Phew!" She exclaimed, before taking a seat on the concrete wall to catch her breath. When her heart-rate decreased, she pulled out her phone and was just about to text Alya, when the bell rang.