Important - L has taken a short break due to personal circumstances, but J will continue to update periodically. The writing may just be slightly different/unedited (because L does most of the editing.)
"Tikki, do you think there's any point to staying here? Will he come?" Marinette asked her kwami. She sighed. She'd been here for almost an hour already. She'd pretty much just been ranting to Tikki, thinking to herself, and texting Alya.
She hadn't said who her soulmate was, of course. She'd just said that he'd promised to meet her, and then stood her up.
Even though Alya did know who her soulmate was, and was currently even angrier than she'd previously been, looking at those texts from Marinette, she wasn't going to tell her best friend everything she knew.
At least not until she'd properly discussed with Adrien. Wait, no Cat Noir. Jeez, this was getting confusing. Anyway, she needed to hear an explanation for this. Her best friend was even more hurt.
Meanwhile, Tikki had responded to Marinette's question. Flittering around her and speaking in her normal high pitched squeak, the kwami hesitated before shaking her head. "I don't think he's showing up, Mari."
Marinette put her head in her hands. "But that kiss..."
She couldn't stop thinking about it. Of course, she had kissed him before. But it just wasn't the same. The look in his eyes. The way he spoke to her. He'd told her he couldn't focus if he didn't know she was safe.
It was the sweetest thing he'd ever said to her, but she couldn't shake the feeling that he still loved Ladybug more. That he just loved her cool, confident exterior, and not for who she actually was: quiet and clumsy and altogether not quite put together.
And now this. He'd told her to stay there, he'd promised to meet her after, not just leave her there. And now he was just gone.
"There's got to be a good reason. There has to be. I'm just being silly," she said quickly, to dispel her alarmingly depressing thoughts.
Tikki nodded. "Definitely, Marinette. Cat Noir wouldn't just do that for no reason. He wouldn't break his promise."
Marinette knew the truth in Tikki's words, but the truth was, she took promises seriously. And after that kiss, she'd been prepared to believe anything he would say to her.
It was magical. She wanted to kiss him again and again, except for the fact that she was still so hurt, thinking about his confession to Ladybug.
The truth was, she was extremely confused. All these emotions were swirling around her head. She needed to get out of this dark closet, that was for sure.
"Tikki, I think I'm going to leave. I can't wait anymore."
"Good choice, Marinette," said her kwami as she flew into Marinette's purse and started to nibble a cookie.
Marinette opened the door. Dim light immediately flooded her face, and she rubbed her eyes.
The school was completely empty - well, except for the janitor, Mr. Bernard, who was currently giving her a weird look, seeing as she had just emerged from a closet long after school was over, She awkwardly smiled at him and leaned against a wall to text Alya.
it's been an hour and i'm leaving
Alya immediately responded and Marinette smiled at the angry tone of her text. Her best friend was so caring and protective of her. She was ready to do anything so Marinette wouldn't get hurt.
seriously?? he didn't come? that idiot. he doesn't deserve you
Marinette responded, grinning.
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Miraculous Ladybug AU- Soulmates
FanfictionWhen everyone turns 17, they get a set of initials or an initial somewhere on their body that links them to their soulmate - the person who is their other half. Marinette was incredibly excited for her seventeenth birthday. She was hoping her mark...
