The New Guardian

Almost Caught

Previously: As she goes to unbuckle it, his hand that's on the back of her neck slips up and hits her wound, causing her to yelp in pain.

"Oh my God, Marinette! I'm so sorry, are you okay?"

~This chapter is in Marinette POV~

Pain surges through every inch of my body. My vision blurs, forming a small tunnel around my sight and I feel myself sway. Adriens arms wrap around me, keeping me still.

"Shhh, it's okay. I'm sorry, Mari." He says sadly, rubbing my back while I cry out from the pain. "Do you want to stay here?"

I nod my head against his chest and grip on him tighter. I feel my blanket being wrapped over us as I slowly drift to sleep with my body between his legs and my face in his chest.

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I wake up suddenly, sitting up and looking around forgetting where I was for a minute. Adrien wakes up underneath me whispering "What's wrong?" while he looks at my trap door then out my window.

"S-Sorry. I forgot why I was on my chaise and panicked. How long was I asleep?" I ask quietly.

"Uhh," he picks up his phone from the floor, "About 6 hours, it's 4 am." He rubs his eyes and stretches out.

"4 am already? You're gonna have to go to school in a few hours."

"Then I guess we better get back to sleep." I hear the smile in his voice and he sits up, resting his head in my shoulder.

"You're right. We should move to my bed, I'm just really sore and I know it's gonna suck to move around."

"Do you want me to carry you up, Mari?"

"What! No way, I should be fine. That's really sweet of you though, thank you."

"Of course, just let me know if you need help."

I get off his lap, finally noticing I'm still in my bra and underwear. I quickly grab the blanket and cover myself blushing. Adrien catches my embarrassment in the moonlight and jolts upwards off the chaise.

"I-I forgot about, uh," he starts, then backs up away from the chair trying to look away until his pants fall down and he trips backwards onto the floor.

Shuffling from the room below starts up and there's quick steps coming towards the trap door. Adrien shoves himself under the chaise and I wrap myself up in the blanket, throwing around the ends to make it as wide as possible to cover everything. The trap door swings open as a worried face pops through.

"Marinette, I heard a loud bang, are you okay?" Tom asks in a hushed tone.

"Yes, Papa. I got too warm in my pajamas so I was changing and I, uh," the naked girl glances back at Adrien under the chair, " k-knocked a few things over. Perfectly fine, fit as a fiddle actually!"

"Okay, Pumpkin. Be careful, goodnight."

"Goodnight, Papa."

The door slowly swings shut and silence fills the room. The couple listen for the footsteps to stop through the floor and breathe a sigh of relief when they do.

"Are you okay?" I whisper.

"Yeah, are you?" Adrien whispers back, crawling out from under the chair and standing back up.

"Well," I turn around and we both start to get dressed, "my father almost caught me with a boy who not only snuck in but is on my floor with his pants down. Oh, and all while I'm naked, at 4 in the morning... After I got out of a hospital. So, I'm doing okay. A little stressed out, but I've experienced worse." I say with a quiet laugh.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cause you this much stress. Maybe it would be better if I left-" Adrien starts to say.

"No!" I say quickly and sternly. "I-I mean," I rub the back of my neck awkwardly, " I would really like if you stayed. I'm just stressed about my dad, not you."

"If you're completely sure then I'll stay." Adrien steps right up to me and pushes the hair off my face. "You are sure, right?"

"A hundred percent." I whisper, staring at his beautiful green eyes.

"Good." He whispers back, getting so close I can feel his breath on my lips before he picks me up, throwing me over his shoulder. "We should go to bed, I got class in the morning." A laugh falls off the end of his sentence as he climbs up the ladder to my bed one handed.

I can't even reply, my heart is racing too hard to even think of one. I knew he was muscular from being a model but I didn't realize he was THIS strong? He must work out all the time but his schedule is so packed, how does he do this shit?

My thoughts are interrupted by my body being gently placed on my bed. I look over to see Adrien watching me. I can tell he's taking a mental picture of my body with his mind so he won't accidentally lay down on a part. I can't help but to watch him watch me; it's hot.

After scanning over me, he places his arms down above both shoulders and his legs around mine, like he's about to do a push up over me. Adrien slowly crawls over me, being sure to not push on me too hard so he won't hurt me. I stare at his arms which trail me up to his sculpted shoulders, then neck and jaw line. The same jaw line I kissed. I feel my face heat up as I glance up at his lips.

"Do you like what you see, Marinette?" Adrien whispers.

My jaw drops. The blonde on top of me smirks at my embarrassed gawk as I try to find the words to talk to him.

"Can I kiss you?" I ask blatantly, not being able to contain myself any longer.

Without a word, he pushes his mouth against mine. It feels like magic. Every inch of my body lights up with the touch of his and my mind runs marathons within my skull. His lips are so soft and gentle but there's so much passion in a single kiss.

He pulls away and puts his forehead against mine, his green eyes piercing into my soul.

"Marinette, you're so perfect. I want you more than anything right now, but you're not in any condition to keep this up." He softly kisses my cheek and begins descending the ladder. "Goodnight." He says smiling.

I grab his wrist and he looks back up. "Please stay. We don't have to do anything, I just want to be close to you." I say sheepishly.

"I thought you'd never ask." Smirking while I moved over for him to sleep in the bed with me.

"Goodnight, Adrien."

"Goodnight, princess."

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Author Note:
Hi guys, sorry I didn't update in December. I honestly lost a lot of interest in writing and kind of lost track of where I was going with this story. I think I've found my way back on track, but I also started working on my own original story which isn't fanfic related. I'm going back to school again and won't have a lot of free time but I'll post as much as possible. Thanks for reading! I love you guys!
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~NB