Mending A Broken Heart (+18)

Chapter 7

Marinette ran to class, making it just in time before she could be considered late.

She sat down in her seat and Alya turned to look at her with a raised brow.

"New look?" she questioned.

Marinette laughed nervously. She woke up late, as usual, and barely had enough time to hide her hickey.

Since waking up late wasn't bad enough already, it took her way too long to find her brushes. She thought of having the concealer ready but completely forgot that she needed a brush to blend it out.

When she eventually found one, she didn't have enough time to layer the concealer. It was covered for the most part, but if someone were to look closely, it would still be visible.

So she put on a white turtleneck blouse which covered up her neck pretty well. She paired it with a black skirt and her normal flats. In hopes of making it less suspicious, Marinette wore her hair in a bun.

"I just figured I'd mix it up a little, you know? Show off my designs," Marinette smiled awkwardly.

Alya simply nodded with a smile, "Good idea girl, show off you skills!"

Marinette mentally sighed in relief. She turned to look forward, her face flushing as she looked at Adrien.

He had lusted over her. She saw it clearly in his eyes. How far would he have gone if she hadn't stopped him?

She wasn't going to lie, she enjoyed their moment. The hickey was her main issue but now she had a cover for when it happened again.

She froze. Did she want it to happen again? Marinette scolded herself mentally before trying desperately to focus on class.

It was hard with Adrien sitting right in front of her.

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"Why don't we meet after school today?" Nino asked. The group had gone out to eat again.

"I know we have plenty of time left for the project, but it wouldn't hurt to start early, at least get started on some outlines," he continued.

Alya nodded, "Yeah, that's a good idea. It's a little last minute though, can you guys make it?" She turned to look at Marinette and Adrien. Marinette nodded silently.

"We can go to my place, it's for a very important project, my father should be fine with it. I'll text Nathalie to double-check," Adrien spoke. He took out his phone and typed out a text.

After a few moments, he put his phone down and looked up at the group. "She says it's fine. We can head there after school, my driver will come get us all."

Nino and Alya grinned. Marinette began to feel nervous. Oh boy, she was going to be in Adrien's room but as Marinette.

"I'll text my parents right now to let them know I'll be heading to yours after school," Alya said, taking out her phone. "How long do you think we'll work on it? I want to give them a rough estimate."

"It shouldn't take that long," Marinette spoke.

"Yeah, besides you guys would need to leave before it gets dark," Adrien spoke.

"Why? I thought your old man relaxed on that rule, I know we can't sleep over, but why do we have to leave early?" Nino questioned.

Marinette tensed up, blushing a little. She knew very well the reason. Ladybug always visited him after dark. He didn't want to risk his friends seeing her show up in his room. 

Adrien just shrugged. Alya and Nino exchanged confused glances but let it slide. 

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