𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 ✔️

Chapter Sixteen

"Daddy, daddy! Wake up!"

Adrien grinned as he felt Emma bounce on the bed and shove at his back. He tried to hide his smile by rolling over and pretending he was still asleep.

"Daddy!" she cried, though he could hear the smile on her face. She flopped over his back. "Wake up! It's Christmas."

He pretended to snore.

She crawled over him, her little hands shoving at his shoulder as she leaned over close to his face. "Daddy."

He cracked an eye open to look at her.

"It's Christmas."

"It is?" he asked teasingly.

"Yeah!" she squealed. "Come on. Let's go open presents!"

"I don't feel like it."

"Daddy!"

Adrien chuckled, his laughter growing when Emma scrambled on top of his back again.

"Let's go! Get up!"

With a smirk growing across his whole face, he reached behind him, pulling Emma off him and onto the bed to tickle her sides. She squealed, squirming out of his hold, but he pulled her back down to the bed and pinned her there. "Tickle monster!"

She tried to escape his hold, laughing and giggling all the while. He eventually stopped and yanked the blanket over their heads.

"See, it's dark. You have to go back to sleep."

"No it's not, daddy," she giggled, shoving off the sheets. "Come on. Open presents."

Adrien sat up in bed. "We have to wait for Grandfather and Grandmother."

Her face fell in disappointment.

He brought her close against him, hugging her tightly and pressing a kiss to her forehead. "How about we make breakfast?"

"Okay."

"Chocolate chip pancakes."

Emma positively lit up. "OKAY!" With that, she bolted out of the room faster than he could blink.

Laughing, Adrien got out of bed and followed after Emma, excited to make this special breakfast for her. Marinette had been giving him pointers for Christmas breakfast, and he was ready to put it all to the test.

He pulled out the recipe card Marinette had given him, only for Emma to scramble up on her stool beside him and shift the pink card in front of her. "Ch-o-c-o-"

Adrien patiently waited for Emma to finish, smile on his face the entire time. Ever since Marinette had taken up baking with Emma on a regular basis, she'd made Emma read the ingredients off the pink cards. And Emma happily did so.

"Chocolate chip pancakes!" she cried, having finished the title.

"Very good!" Adrien said, holding up hands for her to high-five. "Want to help me make them?"

"Yeah!"

So Adrien let Emma read the ingredients off the card, then allowed her to help him measure out all the ingredients and put them together. They let the batter rest while the pan heated up-one of Marinette's tips-and then made them one by one. Adrien made the mistake of letting Emma sprinkle the chocolate chips onto the first cooking pancake. He decided the next one would have no chocolate chips in order to balance out the one in the pan.

Eventually, they were seated at the table, quietly devouring their breakfast. Adrien cheered over how good they were, mentally patting himself on the back for a job well done.