Four Couples, Same Habits

Return

Things were going just fine after Chat Blanc had came and went. Marinette and Adrien had a burning hate for his father, but they wasted no time ambushing him and getting his miraculous.

But Nathalie.

Nathalie fled.

She fled with the peacock miraculous. The same miraculous that could make sentimonsters that could destroy people.

Nathalie took revenge for her fallen ally.

Though it was painful to both her and her kwami, Nathalie plucked every feather from that fan and turned it into a monster. The first one terrorized Paris. They kept terrorizing Paris for years. And Ladybug, Chat Noir, Rena Rouge, Carapace, Queen Bee, Viperion, Pegase, Ryuko, King Monkey, all the heroes in the bustling city lost sleep and cherished time to fight them off.

Until Nathalie learned from Gabriel that Adrien and Marinette were going to marry.

"Let them have some time that they don't have to spend fighting." Gabriel said.

"How long do we give them?"

"Until their wedding night."

It was nice, not having to fight. They finally got some time to themselves, but it was spent stressing over the paperwork of a wedding and a wedding reception.

"It's weird," Adrien told his fiancee. "It's like the evil knows us and decides that we're its best friends now, and they'll wait for us to get married before turning on us."

"Don't get your hopes up too high," Marinette warned softly. Adrien took no offense to it. She was up designing or going through paperwork or dealing with Sentimonsters, of course she'd be tired and grumpy. "This is just luck."

Adrien nodded.

Just luck.

A few months later, the two got married.

"How much longer do you think we have until Mayura strikes again?" Marinette asked tiredly. The wedding was fun, full of dancing and some drinking. Nobody got drunk, but Marinette, who was a rather lightweight (even after all the dates and formal dinners she had), didn't trust herself or Adrien to drive, so they caught a ride to a hotel.

"Not very long..." Adrien said. "Hey Marinette, can we do something? Rather...you?"

"I...what is it?" She asked.

"Now that we're married we won't have much time to enjoy it." He said quietly. "I know we planned what to use tonight but can we not?"

"Not? You want me to get pregnant?! Now?! When Sentimonsters are out destroying Paris and I'm the one responsible to free them? No!"

"Wait, wait! After our wedding night you stay home and I fight."

"Adrien, I. Said. No. I'm not letting you do this alone. We can't have a baby, not in this time."

"Please, Marinette..."

She glared at him.

"Fine." He said quietly.

The next morning, Marinette was sick. Probably from everything she ate the evening before.

She had a plan that he didn't know.

A plan that he would like.

After their night together, the Sentimonsters had reappeared. Ladybug had a note, and when she purposely got hit, it fell. He picked it up, trembling.

Adrien,

I really didn't want to do this, stay home so that I could have a baby. But now I'm realizing that we have to have at least one. I don't know if I'm pregnant yet and I won't be able to tell you ever until you return to me after defeating Mayura. But I'm counting on you and our allies to defeat her and come back in one piece. Here are my earrings. You can technically destroy the amoks, but it's damaging to Duusu and I suggest that you refrain from doing so. Remember how we ambushed Hawkmoth? Ambushing Mayura should be much easier. Work her until she falls and you can nab the miraculous. I love you, chaton.

-Marinette

Chat let a tear roll down his face. He folded up the note and stuck it in his pockets. A piece of his lady there with him, her words straight from her mind.

I love you too,

One year later...

Knock knock knock knock knock.

Marinette smiled weakly as she remembered how Adrien knocked like that. His knuckle on his index finger, five times.

She watched Emma get swallowed by the depths of sleep in her swing. She opened the door to see...

"Hello, princess."

Her eyes quickly watered and her tears spilt. Rushing into his barely-opened arms, her head slammed into his chest and her arms wrapped around him.

"You missed me," He said, stroking through her hair and inhaling her scent of vanilla.

"Of course I did, you stupid cat." She replied, mumbling into his chest.

"Are you gonna let me in?"

"Mmm...yeah."

Adrien laughed a little. "Why'd you hum in thought?"

"Well with a baby in the house I've sorta grown into a tiny germophobe.

"A baby?"

Marinette nodded.

"A baby?! You had a baby?!"

"Well yeah. Come on."

She pulled him inside. Emma was on the swing, which was gently rocking back and forth. She was in a yellow and pink onesie.

"How old is she?"

"Three months old..." Marinette answered.

"Can I-"

"You don't have to ask, that's your blood right there. Go on, take her."

Adrien gently lifted the sleeping baby up onto his shoulders.

"I missed you so much, my lady." He said, hugging her. "Now I'm with you forever and refuse to leave your side."

Marinette giggled.

"After everything that's happened, I couldn't agree more, kitty."