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

Final Chapter

The studio was dark.
     Adrien could barely see the sun rise over the horizon through the windows. He didn't care for an explanation. He knew the crew would be sad to see him leave and he felt it would be too sentimental to explain to them why he was leaving

   Adrien placed a few of his items into a box and he sighed. His green eyes glanced around the room. His dressing room harboured so many good and bad memories, it was almost bittersweet.

   "You're not going to miss it?" Plagg asked, turning his head to face Adrien as he sat on his shoulders.

    Adrien sighed, his eyes shifting back to the box full of his things. He had decorated his dressing room with photos of his family, a few things he brought from home and drawings that Louis had made for him.
   Adrien had closed the box, a small smile on his face as this was just another chapter in his life that had come to an end.

   "I think that if I start modeling again it'll be under Marinette's fashion line..."he pitched, stepping back to look at how empty his room had become.
   "So I dont think I'll ever miss this place. I dont think I'll miss working here under hot lights, uncomfortable underwear and pushing up against strangers. A lot of good memories were made here, I got to model with Marinette, the food was great and Camille was like a second mother to me. But I'm ready to let this go..." Adrien confessed.

    Adrien lifted the box, tucking it under his arm and flipped off the lights. Plagg returned back into the pocket of his shirt and Adrien opened the door to leave.

  The blonde paused, his eyes widening as he spotted Lila standing in the doorway.
    Her face was solemn. It looked as if she had been crying.

"Is it true?" She asked, her voice quivering as she glanced up at him. "You're really leaving?"

   Adrien sighed, he didn't want to upset her anymore than she already was. The last thing he wanted was for her to get akumatised again.

   "I'll still be around, Lila..." the blonde assured as he offered her a weak smile.  "I won't be here and I'll be out of Paris for a week, but if you see me or if we bump into one another dont be afraid to say hi..."

  Lila breathed out, tears pooling in her eyes as Adrien scooted past her to leave the building.

   The female clenched her fists, turning to face him as she couldn't let him just leave her.
  "Adrien. Is there anyway I can change your mind?" She asked, her voice quivering as she tried to withhold her sobs that threatened to escape from her.

   Adrien paused, his back continuing to face towards her as he glanced down with a grimace.

   "I really am sorry that it ended up this way..."he breathed, turning to face her with a frown. "Perhaps in the future things would be different. I'll care for you as a person, but I think its important that we go our separate ways and work on ourselves. What happened to you was awful. But after some thinking and after the trauma my family endured as well as you and me, I think its important to close up this chapter and move on. Other wise we'll be stuck in the same moat over and over again. There's no point of living life that way...." Adrien glanced away from her.

"I know your feelings for me. I acknowledge them. I promise I'll be gentle with them, but I need you to understand that I am in love with someone else. If we want to be friends in the future you have to respect boundaries."

    Lila breathed out, she reached up to clutch her chest as her heart felt like it was ready to melt into her stomach.
She wasn't usually the one to be rejected. Growing up she got everything she wanted, Adrien seemed to be the one thing she could not get.