Miraculous Short Stories |MLB|

A Miraculous Box Pt. 3: "You're Amazing, Marinette"

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"Hello Mrs. Dupain-Cheng! Is Marinette home?"

"Why yes Adrien! She's upstairs in her room. And please, call me Sabine."

At exact 5 PM, Adrien was at the Dupain-Cheng doorstep. He made his way upstairs, towards the trapdoor.

He opened it just in time to see his classmate stuffing a stack of papers in a drawer.

She turned around to be greeted by him. Startled, she hurriedly shut the drawer and greeted him back, stuttering.

"H-Hello, A-Adrien! Come and down sit!"

she paused for a moment, thinking about what she just said. Then flushing a deep red, she hurriedly rectified her mistake.

"I-I mean, please come and sit down."

She gestured towards a chair and he sat down, smiling. She sat next to him, smiling shyly as well.

"So Marinette, should we get started?"

"Y-Yes, Sure."

"So let's start with how much you know about the Victorian era dressing style?"

Marinette's face screwed up in concentration as she thought about it. Her eyebrows were raised and she was pouting slightly. Adrien found this to be adorable.

"Umm, there sure are a lot of laces and corsets.", she finally spoke.

Adrien slightly chuckled at her response. "Okay, but what else?"

"Uhh..frills and puffy skirts?", she answered uncertainly.

Adrien nodded. " You're right Marinette. The ladies used to prefer laces, corsets, rills and bows. Also they were rather fond of blouses and skirts than a gown. The sleeves were puffy as well and the collars tend to cover the neck. Also, there was a trend of wide necks as well if the collars weren't in preference."

Marinette sat wide eyed as she took in the information. She then reached for a pencil and her note pad and began scribbling away, mumbling occasionally to herself.

Adrien watched her do so. When she finished, she handed him the pad and the pencil.

"Did I get it all?", she asked.

She had made a list of the features of the dresses. Adrien smiled and added one or two more to it. Handing it back to her, he said with a smile, "Now you did."

Their hands brushed and both of them momentarily froze, a blush coating their faces. That is, until the trapdoor opened.

Both teens backed away with a start and the pad dropped. Marinette picked it up and then looked over to the source of commotion.

Sabine's smiling face greeted them.

"Oh I'm sorry, did I startle you two? I thought that you could use a break."

She then revealed a plate of freshly baked croissants in her hand. The delicacies had a mouthwatering which reached the teens and made them hungry, Adrien's particularly.

"Mama, but we are working here so-"

"Oh come on Marinette, we could surely use a little break, couldn't we? Besides we shouldn't turn them away, your Mom baked it for us.", Adrien interrupted her.

Marinette looked from her mom to the blond boy besides her and nodded, not before giving a subtle sigh.

"I guess we can use a break after all."

Sabine gently put down the plate on their working desk and turned around to go back, but not before giving her daughter a wink.

Again a blush covered her cheeks but she just shook her head and reached for a croissant.

But, instead of grabbing the french dessert, she accidentally grabbed a hand, Adrien's hand, who too chose that exact moment to reach for the plate of goodies.

Butterflies in her stomach, she quickly withdrew her hand, laughing nervously.

"Oh.. Haha, didn't mean to..Not that I minded--Umm I mean I liked it..No wait! Uh..I meant- I'M SORRY!"

"No sweat Marinette." Adrien replied calmly, though inside he was freaking out as well. Her hand was so soft.. Wait, What?

After the awkwardness subsided, they began their work again, occasionally munching on their croissant. Some time later Adrien's phone buzzed and looking at the caller he sighed and sadly got up.

"That's my cue. It's time for me to go. I had a lot of fun today Marinette. We'll do this again soon."

He was about to turn back and go, before Marinette suddenly grabbed his hand, stopping him dead on his tracks. He looked down to their holding hands and blushed. Marinette realised her actions as well and let go quickly.

" Uh sor-sorry about that. I-I just wanted you to h-have this."

She grabbed a paper bag and put the remaining croissants into it.

"Here, you really seemed to enjoy them. Please, take these with you."

Adrien could only stare at the girl and the bag in her hand. He took it gingerly in his hands and gave her his swoon worthy smile, except that it was the genuine one.

"Thank you so much Marinette. You truly are amazing, you know that right?"

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