Miraculous Short Stories |MLB|

A Miraculous Box Pt. 5: Bonding

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"I'm so sorry Marinette! I was caught up in a surprise photoshoot yesterday. I'm sorry that I couldn't make it!", Adrien apologised over and over again.

A furiously blushing Marinette assured him that it was okay, again and again, but it seems that Adrien took in every opportunity to apologise.

"It's okay, Adrien, really."

The boy just nodded before he opened his mouth to speak, only to be interrupted by the bluenette.

"S-Seriously Adrien, it's okay."

"Oh..okay. Anyway I wanted to ask if I could have your phone number?"

"M-My what?"

"Your number. So that we can talk to each other apart from the school and we can contact each other in case of any change of plans."

"Oh-Oh right. Heh. S-Sure."

Marinette was trying hard to mask her emotions which was getting harder by the second. Whereas, Adrien was trying hard to convince himself that asking her this had nothing to do with the butterflies in his stomach.

Spending time with her yesterday as Chat was amazing. Even though it was time spent on a project, they both had a lot of fun. Goofing around and playing childish tricks on each other, they didn't even realise how late it was. Finally, Marinette had to literally kick him out as he showed no signs of leaving, despite the late hour.

Adrien remembered hissing like a cat and whining like a child when he was asked to leave. Reflexively, he let out a short chuckle, which caught Marinette's attention.

"Oh-Um..remembered something. Hehe."

Marinette smiled and they both walked out the school gates together.

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Gabriel Agreste just had to mess up Adrien's day. Another surprise photoshoot was in the way for the blond model. He really didn't want to do it, because it meant cancelling plans with Marinette again, but he knew better than to do it, as disobeying his father had consequences.

Grudgingly, he posed for the sessions, after he texted Marinette, apologising profusely.

She replied with a simple 'okay' but it set a great amount of guilt in Adrien's heart.

Vincent was busy, so a substitute photographer was in his place. To say that Adrien didn't like him would be an understatement. He was nothing like Vincent. He was rude and arrogant and continuously yelled at the staff.

He somehow made it through the obnoxious yells and orders of the photographer. While everyone was buys packing up, he sneaked out, in desperate need to clear his head.

He strolled around aimlessly, in a bad mood. The sky was a beautiful shade of aping and the setting sun added on to the gorgeous sight. The wonderful sight however, had little to no good effect on his bad mood.

He was walking on the Love Lock Bridge, when..

"Adrien?"