Pound It (Miraculous)

Chapter 9

Marinette, with tears in her eyes, ran to him and hugged him. He was taller, and muscular. And his voice was deeper. But, how? How was he here?

"Wait...HOW ARE YOU HERE?" Marinette shrieked. Chat Noir looked at her with confusion on his face.

"What do you mean? I live here! Plagg, Claws In" Chat Noir said. And he detransformed into, Adrien.

"I'm home, Mrs. Agreste. Where's the kids?" Adrien asked, while he kissed Marinette. Marinette looked at him in horror. Questions were running in her mind. How was he here? How was he alive.

"I th-thought th-that y-y-you we-were de-dead" Marinette gulped. She broke down in tears and hugged the confused blond man.

"W-what are you talking about M'lady?!" a baffled Adrien asked confused. Marinette gasped. He didn't know. And what kids? We have kids?

"Y-you died, when we w-were 15. H-Hawk M-Mo-Moth killed you, y-your father," Marinette uttered. Adrien's eyes got huge as saucers. He was supposed to be dead?

"Whoa woah woah, there, I'm...dead?" Adrien grabbed Marinette's shoulders. Marinette looked on to the side, and looked at Plagg. She blinked back in her tears, and looked back at Adrien. She broke down, nodding. Adrien looked at Marinette sadly, then he hugged her tightly as he can. Marinette hesitated, a fraction of a second, then hugged him back tighter.

 They stayed in that position for a few minutes, then Alya barged in. Then she stopped dead in her tracks, to see...Adrien.

Alya's POV:

When I saw Marinette and Nino, hugging, I felt angry at Marinette. But then I knew, they needed each other. And anyways, Nino liked her before he liked me. So it makes sense. And they've known each other for the longest time out of the three of us. The...three of us. It once was four, but now...the fourth person is gone. And our friend group crumbled. I sigh and decide to go find Luka. He would know what to do.

I knock on Luka's apartment door. He answered, with a shock in his eyes.

"Alya? What are you doing here?" Luka asked, astounded. I looked at him deeply in his eyes, and cried.

"Nino and Marinette, I think they're....more than friends...I need to find out if they are...so I can finally move on." I stammered. Luka frowned. He sighed and looked deeply into my eyes.

"Alya, do you really think that sneaking up on Marinette and Nino is a good idea. What if they catch you and they feel hurt. Have you ever wondered why Nino broke up with you?" Luka asked. Which made me think. I sighed.

"Well, do you know why...Nino broke up with me? I-I've always wanted to know." I wondered out loud. Luka sighed and nodded. I made a gesture as in, why? Luka sat down across from me

"After Adrien passed away, you know how Marinette was in the most painful pain," Luka started. I nodded.

"Well, you were taking care of her so so much, that it had gotten to the point where Nino felt like you didn't care about him. T-that, Marinette was the only one hurting. He wanted comfort from you too. He had even said, that if you did, maybe he wouldn't be as cold as he is now," Luka explained. I gasped and broke down in tears. It was my  fault that me and Nino broke up. I was too focused on Marinette that, I didn't notice that Nino was hurting too. Of course he would be! He had lost his best friend! I ran out of tears, and hugged Luka. Then I burst out of the apartment, and started running to Nino's apartment. 

Then I saw a black figure in the night. Is that Chase? No we don't have any patrol tonight. Wait, that thing is bigger, what is that?  I wondered. Then I noticed it landed in Marinette's apartment. What if it was an akuma?! I ran to Marinette's apartment complex and started getting ready to help Marinette fight the akumatized person.