Soulmates And What We Expect (A Miraculous Ladybug Fanfic)

Glad it was You

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"You love Marinette, don't you? "

Adrien was surprised at the sudden out of the blue question. Suppressing the shock, he leaned back against the plush chair.

Gabriel had never bothered asking him any questions about his personal life. Or meddling with it, except that one time with Kagami...

"Yes, sir. I love her more than anything."

Gabriel looked at the young man in front of him.

He couldn't see a shadow of himself on his son.

Adrien was like her.

The blond hair and the green eyes, the warm smile and the intelligence, and not to mention, the talents. She was a piano player, fluent in Chinese and excelling in fencing. That was the real reason why he wanted Adrien to pick up these hobbies.

Adrien squirmed under his father's deep scrutiny.

Gabriel said in a soft voice, a hint of apology in his tone, "I'm sorry, Adrien. For everything. The news of her marriage must be hard for you. And I wasn't a good father... I wasn't there for you. Can you please forgive me?"

If one would carefully, they could hear his voice wavering a little.

Adrien smiled at his apology and nodded, tears brimming in his eyes.

He quickly blinked them away.

His father kept quiet for a while before breaking the silence, "So, I wanted to ask you something. I knew for a fact that she was in love with you in high school. I saw the look on her face when you congratulated her on winning the derby hat competition. What went wrong? "

Everything.

Adrien smiled sadly, "I didn't realize that I loved her. And when I finally did... It was too late... She found him.."

Gabriel asked him curiously, "Why didn't you confess? Maybe she still liked you? "

The younger Agreste suppressed a sigh, "I wanted her to be happy. If I confessed, it would have messed her life up and make her question everything. I- I don't want that for her. She deserves only the best, even if it costs my happiness."

Gabriel was shocked to the bones. He never knew when that little bundle wrapped in a towel, in his arms became this mature and selfless young man sitting across him.

He asked with a bit of heartbreak in his tone, "Are... are you willing to live your life like this? Watching her live her life happily? Quietly suffering alone? "

Adrien looked at his father with fire in his eyes," I will. I can never love another girl like I loved her. I don't mind being alone for the rest of my life. Marinette - she is not mine. But I've promised her everything. I'm a man of my words, Father. I'll make her happy, if not as lovers, then as friends. "

Gabriel stared at him with shock as he stood up, murmuring a quiet 'good night' before leaving the office.

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Adrien drove away from the Agreste mansion.

His black Maybach sped through the lonely and dark streets of Paris. He tightened his grip on the steering wheel as his head flooded with thoughts of her.

Marinette,

Ladybug,

Her bluebell eyes,

The midnight dark hair,