Miraculous: Marinette's Promise (Book Three Of the "Marinette's Baby" Series) ✔

Chapter 26

   "You know you're being selfish..." Plagg muttered, watching as Adrien brooded over a photo he had of Marinette and Louis.
   Adrien perked a brow, his green eyes shifting to scowl at his kwami.
  "I'm selfish?" He asked, feeling completely dumbfounded at the observation. "That's quite of a bold statement coming from you, Plagg..."

   Plagg glanced up at him, crossing his arms as he peered away.
  "Exactly. If a selfish being is actually calling you selfish, that should mean something. You don't care for me, you don't care for Louis, you don't care for any of your friends. You're allowing this to eat at you. Everyone sees it..."

Adrien frowned, Plaggs words hitting close to home.
  "Louis thinks I don't care about him?" He asked, reaching up to nervously rub the back of his neck.

"Of course!" Plagg instantly retaliated. "You completely ignore him, you never come out of your room and last time he came to you for a bedtime story and you threw him aside." The kwami shook his head at the memory. "You're being completely cold to him, treating him the way your father treated you when you lost your mom..."

Adrien rolled his eyes, turning over to face Marinette's old desk. He was going through her old items that Nino and Luka had brought back from her old office at work.

   "Plagg, I was having nightmares. I didn't mean to push him away like that. I got up to help him and he ran away from me. I don't come across as my father, I'd like to think he was a lot more unreasonable when he was grieving..." his voice trailed off. He sighed, realizing how much his father was probably grieving. "But it could always be worse. I love Louis no matter what..."

Plagg turned, looking at Adrien in disbelief.
  "Denial at its finest..." he muttered, floating up towards his chosen's ear.
"Keep telling yourself that. But if you end up lonely with no one to turn to, don't come crying to me or admitting I'm right. It'll be too late because you pushed away everyone whose ever loved you...." Plagg moved, floating towards the door before pausing and looking back at him
   "I'm sure Marinette would be dissapointed to see what you've been up to..." He uttered out before eventually leaving.

   Adrien glanced over, staring at the door as Plagg left him completely alone.
   "I don't ignore Louis. Do I?" Adrien asked, turning over to look at Marinette who lay on the bed, hugging her pillow.

   "Our baby has been feeling empty lately..." Marinette conceded, moving to the center of the bed. "This is one thing I can't agree with you on." Her blue eyes looked up at him. "But I am dissapointed..."

Adrien frowned, glancing at the mirror where he failed to see Marinette. He sighed, reaching up to run a hand through his hair as he allowed it all to set in.
   "You're dissapointed in me?" He turned back over to look at her.
  Marinette was a scrambled mess, her figure fading in and out as Adrien became less and less focused on her.
   Her figure appeared in front of him and she sat on the desktop beside him.

"I wouldn't say in you...but in the promise you made me. Louis always came first..." she explained. "I died so that we could protect him, so that he could continue to live a happy life. Our son is not happy..."

Adrien looked up at her.
   "He's not happy because of me..." He sighed, shaking his head.

   "My love..." she murmured, lowering herself to meet his gaze. "Louis is apart of me..." she whispered. "My blood and your blood runs through his veins. I live through him...."

Adrien reached up, rubbing his chin aggressively.
  "I fucked up..." He muttered, closing his eyes and rubbing the bridge of his nose.
How could he have been so stupid?
He didn't mean to neglect Louis. He was so preoccupied in wallowing in his misery he was pushing his loved ones away.