Quarantine with my Crush

Breakfast With No Experience

                   Adrien woke up first that morning. He felt a weight crushing him and looked down to see his usually shy but adorable just-a-friend classmate. He check the time: 7:15 am. While it was still fairly early, he knew he needed to get up soon. But how was he supposed to get Marinette off him without waking her up? She looked so cute with her bed-head and peaceful face. It made Adrien not want to move so he wouldn't disturb her. So that's what he did. They were still in the fort, so it was dark enough to sleep. He laid back down and fell back into sleep. 

                     He unconsciously cuddled up to her, with his arms around her small waist and her hands on his chest. Their legs were intertwined like the night before but Adrien payed no mind to it. He felt relaxed, at peace with himself. Being in quarantine meant that they had little responsibility and not much to do. They could spend the whole day relaxing or playing video games if they wanted. 

                    Adrien woke up first again. Knowing Marinette is not a morning person, he replaced himself with a pillow so she wouldn't notice he had left. He heard her say something quietly in her sleep along the lines of, "mm Adrien...". Adrien blushed at the thought of her dreaming about him, but he knew that that's almost crossing just-a-friend territory. So he left. He went to the kitchen to get breakfast. He found Plagg in the fridge eating some cheese and found pancake mix.

"Hmm, maybe I can make pancakes" he said to Plagg.

"Kid, do you even know how to cook?" he retorted

"It can't be that hard. People do it every day. The instructions are here so I'll just follow them.. ok.. water, eggs, mix, cook. Easy enough. I got this Plagg"

"Yeah.. good luck with that. I'm gonna go find more cheese in the bakery." Plagg left, flying downstairs. 

"Ok, I put the water and mix in a bowl, whisk it together?" Adrien looked for a whisk and eventually found one. He then remembered he had seen a tip to heat the pan first so that it would be faster to cook. It took a few tries, but he figured it out. 

"The stove is on and I mixed the water with the mix. Now I add eggs?" Adrien, never havig cooked before, does not know how to crack an egg. So he decided to call Nino to avoid having to wake up his good friend. 

"Hey dude, what's up?" Nino asked

"Have you ever... made pancakes?"

"pancakes.... yes?"

"Ok, how do I add the egg? Do I add it whole with the shell and everything or...?"

"You... you've got to be kidding me.. have you never cooked before?"

"No? That's why I called you"

"Dude, aren't you living with Marinette? Her parents own a bakery... she can help you"

"I don't wanna wake her up though. I kinda wanted to surprise her by having breakfast ready"

"OH.. ok, so you crack the egg on the bowl and just pour the inside in like this" Nino showed him. If Adrien was doing stuff for Marinette, Adrienette was bound to happen soon.

"Alright, thanks for the help dude!" Adrien exclaimed

"No problem. Call you later!"

*hangs up*

"Ok, so now I whisk it together. Next, I add butter to the pan and put the mix in..." Adrien put the butter and mix in the pan. It formed a lopsided circle but was pretty good for his first time. "It cooks for a few minutes, until it bubbles on the top, then flip and let it cook for about the same amount of time..." Adrien read over the instructions but was still pretty confused. He let the pancake cook until he saw bubbles forming at the top. 

"It's bubbling!! Oh my god it's bubbling!!" he exclaimed.

"Oh really? I didn't notice" Plagg sarcastically remarked as he came back up

"Now I just need to figure out how to flip it..."

"Use a spatula kid. You put the flat part under and flip it"

"Do you know how to cook??"

"Well duh. I've been around since the beginning of time. Some of my holders were even chefs."

While Plagg was talking, Adrien was struggling to flip the pancake. "Why won't it just go in the spatula?? It's going off the pan instead!"

"Use your finger to push it on the, I dunno. Just do it before it burns"

"OW OMYGOD TGATS HOT WHY DID I LISTEN TO YOU I SHOULDNT HAVE TOUCHED IT IT HURTS SO BAD I NEED ICE OH WOW OW"

Somehow, Marinette didn't wake up to his screaming. 

Adrien got some ice and evetually flipped the pancake. Needless to say, it was burnt. The kitchen smelled like smoke so he opened a window. 

"Well that didn't work..."

"Do you wanna give up or try again? It would suck if all that work was for nothing" For once, Plagg was sorta helpful. 

"I'm gonna try again! After all, practice makes perfect."

Adrien tried again with Plagg's help, and this time, he didn't almost burn down the kitchen. He had made WAY too much batter, so he made tons of pancakes for the next few days. It took a few hours, but he had made breakfast. By this time, it was already 11 am. Adrien heard Marinette moving in the blanket fort. She eventually got up when he was pulling out plates and pancake toppings. 

"Good morning" he told her

"Good morning Adrien... why does it smell like smoke?"

"Umm so funny story... isawpancakemixandwantedtomakeusbreakfastbutihavenoideahowtocooksoiburnedapancakeandalmostcaughtthekitchenonfiresonowitsmellslikesmoke"

"oh"

"yeah..."

"you wanted to make breakfast?" His words were just sinking in

"Well, yeah. I kinda did." He pulled the plates of pancakes forward

"OH WOW that's a lot"

"umm, i kinda made too much batter"

"Well we have breakfast for the next week now. Let's eat!"

Adrien already had everything set up so they ate while browsing their phones. Marinette texted Alya.

Mari: Guess what!!

Alya: model boy made you breakfast?

Mari: How'd u know?

Alya: Nino told me Adrien had called him asking how to crack an egg. He has no clue how to cook but he did for you..

Mari: He learned how to cook, just for me??

Alya: I'm just pointing out the facts

Mari: This quarantine is gonna be interesting.. well I gtg to finish breakfast. Bye!

Alya: Good luck girl! Bye!

Marinette wasn't sure how she would get through quarantine being called a just-a-friend

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I have NO ideas for the next part rn but I'm thinking

Started: 9.9.20

Published: 9.12.20

1069 Words 

Peace out ✌️