Bound by Honour | MLB AU ✍︎︎

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The next day, Adrien and Marinette were both wrecks. Adrien hadn't slept most of the night, due to jet lag. And Marinette was depressed because of her break up.

Neither of them came out of their rooms until 2 in the afternoon.

Marinette stumbled out of her room. It was clear she had no intentions on leaving the house, her hair was sticking out all over the place, she hadn't showered, and her lucky socks were covered in ice cream.

Adrien crawled out of his room not long after. Bags under his eyes from lack of sleep, ice cream in his hair, (of course he had bought some for himself) and he clearly was starving.

Adrien plopped down on a stool and groaned.

"I hate time changes." He grumbled into his arms.

Adrien's presence shocked Marinette.

"Holy shit I thought you were a bad dream." She jumped.

Adrien halfheartedly lifted his head to throw her a glare, "Ouch."

Marinette turned back to her cereal, "Did I really break up with Luka last night?" She whispered.

"Yep." He replied, popping the 'P'.

Marinette groaned, "You want some?" Marinette asked, pulling out the frosted flakes.

"Do you even have to ask?"

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The rest of the day was lazy.

Marinette had a shower and threw on some sweats and a T-Shirt, she lounged around the house watching her favourite Disney movies and drawing.

Adrien had a shower and got the ice cream out of his hair. He then went and joined the girl on the couch, watching one of his personal favourites, Mulan.

"~Lets get down to businesssssss, to defeat, duh duh, the hunssss!~"

Adrien sang all the songs as if he were born for the role.

Marinette laughed from the sidelines, eventually joining in, "~Some how I'll make a man out of youuuuuu!~"

The rest of the night Adrien and Marinette watched all of their favourite Disney movies and discussed their favourite characters and scenes.

"You can't tell me that Mushu isn't the best side character. Sorry sis he is." Adrien sassed.

"He's good, but not as good as Genie. Also Pain and Panic, and Kronk. You can never go wrong with Kronk." Marinette crossed her arms.

"You can never go wrong with Kronk." Adrien repeated.

The movie marathon ended early when they both fell asleep watching The Little Mermaid.

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The next morning meant work.

Marinette woke up early and got ready to head to work. She put on her perfect facade of being fine, and made an effort to look like she hadn't just gone through a break up. She did her hair into and elegant bun and wore one of her most recent designs that wasn't available to the public.

"Adrien!" She yelled from the kitchen, "Chop chop boy! We gotta go! Your gonna make me late!"

Marinette giggled when she heard the boy fall off of the couch before hearing a muffled "What the hell?"

Marinette shoved a bunch of clothes into his arms, "Hurry up you've gotta get dressed!" She pushed him into the bathroom.

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"Marinette!!" Adrien growled as he walked into the Cheng Custom building.

Walking in-front of him was a very smug Marinette, who had given him under sized clothes while he was sleep drunk.

Adrien's shirt looked like a crop top and his pants like awkward capris. He did the walk of shame all the way to her office.

On the way there he could hear the whispers of employees in Chinese, "Since when did Adrien Agreste get so washed up? I wonder why he's with Ms. Cheng."

Adrien heard the snickers from in-front of him and stepped on Marinette's heels.

Marinette continued with her perfect smile, mood seemingly unaffected.

Once they stepped foot into Marinette's office Adrien, demanded a new set of clothes.

To which Marinette gave him a new dressy outfit.

"I didn't know you'd get your panties in a twist, box dye. Anyways, Emilie sent me an email with your schedule. Looks like you'll be modelling one of my new lines."

"When's the shoot?"

"Friday. Until then you'll be with me learning the building and convincing people we are in love. That should be the hardest part." Marinette sighed.

"Sounds like hell." Adrien replied, tying his tie. Adrien smirked at all the trouble and embarrassment he could cause. He could definitely get her back for her stunt this morning.

"First up, I have a shoot to get to. Follow me."

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The shoot was for a line of lingerie, another designer named Fei Daiyu had created for Cheng Custom.

"I'm sorry, what?!"

Adrien heard Marinette shriek at the secretary from outside the room.

"Delun, I've never modeled anything like this before! I don't know what the hell I'm doing!"

"Ms. Cheng, it's okay, Mr. Cheng emailed me telling me that you would be modelling with Adrien Agreste. I'm sure he knows what he's doing, he can help you."

At this, Adrien's eyes almost flew out of his head. An intimate shoot with Marinette was the perfect time to embarrass her.

Marinette sighed as she slammed the door open and walked to her dressing room, "Not a word Agreste." She growled.

A few minutes later Adrien was taken to his own dressing room to get ready.

Once he was dressed he noticed just how tight the boxers were.

"Uhh, are these supposed to be that tight?" He walked out of the dressing room with a robe on.

"They were designed to be tight Mr. Agreste." The photographer spoke, "I'm sorry to say it, but sex sells. Now hurry to the stage, Ms. Cheng is waiting."

Adrien visibly gulped as he walked towards a bright red Marinette who was arguing with the designer.

"Daiyu why must you choose me for this!" Marinette whined.

"What can I say Marinette, you are the perfect person to sell it. Not to mention with Adrien Agreste, sales will be through the roof!" She giggled.

"I had always thought you'd stick to wedding dresses, why did you design this line?" Marinette inquired.

"Well you gotta be wearing something juicy underneath my amazing dresses! Now now, quit stalling! Let's get this shoot going!" Daiyu clapped.

And before long, Adrien and Marinette were forced to drop their robes.