Adopted - A Miraculous FanFiction

Chapter 7 - The Steps

 I watched her bounce away towards Alya. I stopped out of the car and nodded at Gorilla. "Hey bro!" Nino strode over to me. A huge grin filling up his face. "What's up with your face?" I asked. He blushed and almost squealed, "Alya and I got together.."

"That's amazing. What if I told you that Mari and I are together now?"

"Wait, what? Bro, you liked Ladybug."

I rubbed the back of my neck. Just then the bell rang. And we walked into class. As I stepped through the door, I looked at my shoes. As I was about to sit down I looked up and locked eyes with Mari. Her face flushed a deep red and she snapped her gaze away.

A day of school later, all I could focus on is the girl sitting behind me. I could feel her fire stare on my head. I sat on the front steps of the school and waited for Marinette to arrive.

Marinette's POV.

I walked out of school my hand twisting my bag strap. Adrien said he had a surprise for me tonight. That's all I could think about all day. Should I have not told Alya that we are together, because we never really said it. My chest started tightening and my breath got heavy. As I walked out of the building I saw him sitting on the steps. I walked down to sit next to him. And plopped myself down on the step above him. He was so deep in thought that he didn't notice my presence. "Adrien?"

Adrien's POV.

"Adrien?" My mind snapped to attention and I whipped my head to face the origin of the voice. It was Mari. I sighed in relief, it was just Mari. I don't know who else I was expecting. I sat my head in my hands. She shifted herself to next to me. Our shoulders touching. I looked up at her concerned, blazing bluebell eyes. She had her delicate brows furrowed and her pink lips pursed. I groaned and swept a hand through my disheveled hair. Marinette quietly said to me, "You know if you don't like me we don't have to be anything, we can stay partners."

"That's not it, I just don't know if you feel the same way."

"Adrien." She tilted my chin upwards so my eyes were in line with hers.

"I love you. No matter whether you are mon chaton or Adrien."

"I love you too." She nodded. My gaze drifted to her rose petal lips and I slowly leaned in. Her eyes fluttered closed and I followed. Soft, cool lips met with delicate, warm. A moment in time frozen forever in our minds. She pulled away from me. "Let's go home." She said and gestured towards the limo.