friends or not..?

"i think we shouldn't see each other for a while,"

Adrien

"I think we shouldn't see each other for awhile."

I held my cell to my ear as I stared at the wall with bewilderments after hearing the girl's word.

Marinette had finally called me back and her first response was that she didn't want to see me.

"W..Why?" I asked a little confused at what was happening right now.

She sighed before continuing. "I just...have stuff going on right now and I need a little space. I need to...figure some stuff out."

Her voice cracked. At the moment I realized that she had been crying. Whatever's going on is bothering her more than she's letting on.

"Marinette...if there's anything you want to talk to me about you know you can always tell me right?"

"I know." She replied back. "But...it's not that simple."

"Why not?" I said with a slight chuckle. "How complicated could it possibly be?"

"That's the thing Adrien, your the one that I have to figure out."

Silence.

She sighed again before continuing. "I can't really get into it right now. Maybe I'll tell you at a later down but now...I feel that we should take a break."

My grip on my phone tightened a bit. So many thoughts running through my mind at the moment. Had I done something to make her upset? If so what was it and how could I fix it?

"I care about you a lot Adrien, more than you probably know, all I ever wanted was to make sure you were happy but...I can't keep doing this with you without knowing where my true feelings lie. I hope you can understand that."

My heart aches. "W..Wait Marinette please. Whatever's going on we can talk about it and work this out."

"I love you Adrien. Goodbye." She hung up.

I dropped the phone on my sofa as I stared into space trying to process what was going on.

Marinette was hurting and it's my fault that she's feeling that way. Is that why she hasn't been answering my calls? Everything seemed to be going so well up until a week ago. What could have happened since then?

I sat back on the couch as I thought it over trying to remember but couldn't come up with anything.

I groaned rubbing my hand down my face. I need to do something and fast. Marinette ment so much to me and my heart has this aching feeling knowing that she doesn't want to see me.

What if...what if I lose her?

Fear entered my chest at the thought. It's been unspoken, but I'm pretty sure she knows as much as I do that the relationship was temporary from the start. Either one of us can leave if we chose too.

Did Marinette have feelings for another guy? That could be the reason she's confused about her feelings. Being in love with someone while in the arms of another is very difficult.

The thought of her in the arms of another man suddenly ran through my mind. A faceless stranger, hugging her, kissing her...making love with her.

Anger ran through me. I didn't like that. I didn't like the thought of her doing the things we did with anyone else. I wanted to be the only one to hear her making those sounds that only I've heard, touching her skin in a way that I know only I have done.

I didn't like the idea of some guy...replacing me like this.

As soon as the thought ran through I felt selfish. Wasn't I doing the same thing in a way with my feelings for Ladybug? Although I decided yesterday that I was going to aim for a deeper relationship with Marinette.

Her words from before ran through my head. All I ever wanted was to make sure you were happy Adrien.

I just want him to be happy.

Wait...could it be that maybe...

No wait that's ridiculous.

Mariette couldn't possibly have feelings for me.

Ugh all this thinking is getting me no where. I need answers. I need advice.

I picked up my phone, my first thought was to call Nino but I stopped, realizing that my relationship with Marinette had been a secret up until now. Plus if I'm going to understand how she's feeling I'm most likely going to need a females opinion.

I thought of Alya, she was Mari's best friend, she probably had better insight at what was going on, but if Mari hasn't told her anything about us I can't exactly risk her finding out either.

Who can I call without raising any suspicion about me or Marinette? Honestly I didn't care what anyone thought about me right now, but I don't want to expose Marinette as well without her consent.

One person came to mind.

I scrolled through my contacts until I found the name I was looking for. It rang a few times before a voice answered.

"Hello." The voice sounded slightly annoyed when she picked up.

"Hey Chloe. Its Adrien."

A gasp and a squeal was heard, it was so loud that I had to move the phone away a little.

"Adrikiiiiins! It's been so long since I've heard from you! Did you miss me?~"

I chuckeled a little nervous. "Um...yeah."

"What can I do for you?~"

"Well I was wondering if there was somewhere you and I could meet up. I need to ask you about something?"

"Of course anything for you.~" she said enthusiastically. "Im free this Friday. We'll have lunch at my Daddy's hotel. See you soon~"

She hung up the phone. I leaned back and stared at the ceiling. I really hope I'm doing the right thing by going to Chloe for advice.