The Truth and What Remains: An Adrienette story

Prologue: A Single Question

Such a long overdue prologue! Sorry again guys for not making Louis' situation clear in the first chapter, there should be some more context around it. I am posting this before the posting of Chapter 4: Money's One Thing, A Life's Another because it is a lot easier to write and I already got the structure down for how I want this to go, so enjoy! Although, after I post this prologue, Chapter 4 will come out and I'll be taking a short break to catch up on studies because I need to prioritize other things ahead of my hobby, writing, which I have so much fun doing. I will be definitely continue working on this story because I believe this story has great potential. I have another writer to thank for helping me add a different twist this type of story (with Adrinette's future kids and what different situations they can get into)and to make it into my own personal story that has completely different events. Thank you again for reading and enjoy the prologue! ~SnivyLord

It was something he always noticed every time he finished school for the day. There were other people, just like him, who had their own mom and dad. That was something that Louis noticed was missing from his family, he saw that dads make their children and the mom happy. It was something he wanted for his mom, she was alone and she only had him. Louis always felt like it was within his responsibility to make his mom happy, he was the one who brought light back into her life. She had done so much for him , and all by herself, it was.... saddening. One day, Louis spotted his mom waiting for him by the gate and he happily ran over to her.

"Hi Maman! How was your day?" Louis asked happily as Marinette returned his happiness by lifting him up and kissing his cheeks.

"It's usually me who asks you that first, my day has been great! How was yours?" Marinette asked as Louis wore a complacent smile on his face. Louis eyed the other students leaving the school and noticed that either the dad or the mom or both picked up their kids. Louis then frowned and looked up at his mom.

"It's been fine, but can I ask a question? Something's been bothering me..." Louis sighed as Marinette squared down to meet him at eye level. Marinette brushed his blond hair out of his face to frame it and looked at him worryingly.

"What is it Louis? Is someone bothering you?"

"No... it's not that, but.... why don't I have a papa? Everyone else has one but me, where did my papa go? Did he not love us?" Louis asked, feeling tears threatening to spill from his eyes. Marinette's eyes widened as she put her hands on his shoulders as if she was trying to think of an answer. Suddenly, Marinette pulled him in for a hug and Louis snuggled and cried into her shoulder.

"No... Louis, it wasn't that your father doesn't love you... of course he does, he would have loved you and me with all his heart. It was just... fate and the timing when we had you was not the best time for him. So I had to raise you alone, but I want you to understand something Louis," Marinette explained softly to her son, who nodded into her shoulder and sucked up the tears as he looked off into the distance, "He doesn't hate you and one day, you will have that family that you always dreamed of, I promise."

"Does he even know I exist? If he really loved us Maman, he would have stayed," Louis wondered aloud, making Marinette hug him tighter.

"I know, he would have, but you have to understand Louis, sometimes in life, life gets so difficult to the point where you have to sacrifice something precious to keep moving in life. When it came to your father, there was too many forces, like those evil villains you watch in those cartoons? He couldn't fight them all, and so he had to sacrifice something precious to protect both us and himself. And that was knowing of you, I'm so sorry Louis, I hope you understand," Marinette whispered into his ear. Louis let out a small smile as he continued to snuggle into his mom's neck.

"Yeah... I understand.... not really though, but I understand the bad guy part! Maman, you can promise that Papa will come back to us one day right? And we can be a family? Cause I want you to be happy too," Louis whispered back, making Marinette smile and reply with an everlasting impression.

"I promise.... how did I get so lucky to have you as my son?"

"No Maman.... I'm the lucky one."

Papa... I know you're somewhere out there. When you finally get the chance to set things right, come home, and I promise that I'll tell you all the stories that made up my life until I meet you someday. I can tell Maman loves you just as much as me and when you finally meet Maman and I again... I hope you'll tell me all the stories that made up your life until you met me and I promise that I will listen to every word. Maman's waiting for you.... and I'm waiting for you too.