ML fic: A Kiss to Remember: Part 8
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Adrien felt nervous as he waited outside of school. The day had practically flown by after he asked Marinette to get ice cream with him. He was so sure of the idea this morning. He was going to get closer to Marinette and help her find love. It seemed so simple, but now Plagg put it into his mind how this could be taken in a different way. Should he tell her that this was simply a hang out, what if she already knew that and asked why he was clarifying? Would she start to think that it was a date because of that? Or would she think he was an ego maniac that assumed every girl must be in love with him thus making Marinette see him as a huge jerk.
There was also the possibility that she did think this was a date. And him saying it wasn’t might hurt her feelings. Would she be hurt finding that out? What if she was hurt by it?
Adrien was visualizing each situation playing out and he felt himself mentally panicking. He steadies himself and decides not to clarify it with words, the tone of the outing will express that this is a hang out. The model eases himself. He laughs at himself for over thinking this. Its just ice cream, there is no way that this could be misconstrued as a date.
“He-hey Adrien.” A familiar voice calls out.
Adrien turns and he felt his pulse quicken.
Marinette looked different. Not bad different, good different, really good different. It wasn’t a massive change, but it was enough for Adrien to notice. She was wearing more make up. not in the over-the-top-almost-gaudy-way like Chloé always had it, it was more of a way of bringing out her natural beauty, which she already had plenty of. But the most prominent change was her hair. It was out of the pig tails. She was wearing it down.
“Wow. Your hair is down. I have never seen that before.” Adrien commented.
“Oh, does it look weird? Rose was telling me to wear it down to see how it looked. I can tie it back up if…” Marinette replied quickly, she looked a bit flustered.
“No. It looks nice. I was just surprised. You look very lovely.” Adrien assured. He mentally slaps himself. Why would he praise her so much? He admits that is something he always does. Marinette is really awesome and praise worthy. But in his mind he is freaking out. With how Marinette looks, does she think this is a date? Sure her hair maybe down because Rose suggested it, but she is wearing more make up then earlier today.
“You thank. I mean thank you! Juleka wanted me to test some of her new make up that she thought would go well with my skin. I was afraid it might be too much.” Marinette jumbled before recovering. She mentally slapped herself, he was mentioning her hair not her face.
“Well it looks great. Juleka is really good with make up. It really suits you.” Adrien praised. He felt a bit of relief. Juleka does have talent with make up, and Marinette would always help a friend. Not to mention Juleka is Luka’s sister. Marinette being close with Juleka would also make dating Luka easier.
Just outside of Adrien’s view, the Ladyblogger was watching the interaction. It seems the real test was about to begin.
Alya had called the girls together. Mylene, Juleka, Rose, and Alix had come to Marinette’s aid. Alya had assured Marinette that they would make this ice cream outing a success.
Rose and Juleka handled making Marinette pop even more then usual. Alix was on recon, if there were any potential threats to this date, she would inform the group. Mylene was on distraction. She would stall the threat that Alix spotted or find a way to misdirect them. Alya handled organization and watching the date from a distance. She would help the girl keep on task if needed.
“Shall we go?” Adrien asked, an inviting smile that he was unaware was making Marinette’s heart pound.
“Yes.” She nodded excitedly. The two began walking away from the school.
Alya had touched her earpiece.
“Alright girls. Operation Sweet Treat is entering Phase two.”
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In his room, a young musician tuned his guitar absentmindedly. He checked the strings to make sure that the sound he wanted would come out.
“Juleka and Rose should be here by now.” He commented aloud. The group had band practice today. He was aware that Ivan was gonna be a tad late because he had to talk with his science teacher about issues with his project. But Juleka and Rose were not back yet.
He finished tuning his guitar, he sent a group chat message to the band to check what was going on.
Ivan responded.
‘Sorry Luka, gonna be a bit longer then I thought. Start without me.’ The text read followed by a skull emoji that was his text signature.
‘No worries, what about the rest of you?’ Luka sent the text out.
20 minutes pass and no response. Usually Rose would have responded by now. His sister was usually late in her text responses so he wasn’t expecting her to message right away.
Luka sighs as he reclines on his bed.
He realizes practicing today was likely a no go. He was kind of looking forward to practice today. He had been working on a new song that he wanted the bands opinion on.
He felt a soft smile appear as he thought about who the song was for. Perhaps this was a blessing in disguise.
He looked through his contacts and found the name of the person who the new song was about.
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Adrien and Marinette took a seat on the park bench as they began to eat their ice-cream. The model found out they had Passionfruit and couldn’t help but try it. Marinette happily got strawberry.
“Hows your ice cream?” The blond asks casually.
“Its good, Strawberry is a pretty consistent flavor. How is the Passion fruit one?” Marinette asked, somehow able to steady herself.
Adrien takes a lick. Marinette was proud of herself. She was able to recover from her stammering and she was able to make small talk with Adrien as they walked and got their ice cream. The girls were still looking out for her, but she was happy that everything seemed to be going great.
“Its not bad, it doesn’t taste as good as it does in other sweets but it is definitely worth it.” Adrien responds.
He moves the cone close to her.
“Do you want to try?” The model offers, his innocent smile making the question the even harder for the girl to respond to.
Marinette felt herself freeze, sharing food with Adrien? That would be like an indirect kiss. Was she ready for this? Was he aware of this? So many thoughts clouded her mind.
Thankfully, Alya had the ear piece on the girl and was hearing everything.
“Say okay and take a lick.” The blogger instructed.
“kay-o. Okay!” Marinette corrected. Adrien giggled sweetly at the statement. This only made the teen blush.
She took a lick and tasted the ice cream. It was pretty good. Though she hardly tasted it, she was more focused on the fact that she tasted the ice cream he was eating.
“Pretty good right?”
Marinette managed to nod and smile.
Adrien’s sweet smile changed, his hand went to the back of his neck.
“So, you are probably wondering why I wanted it to just be the two of us?” Adrien spoke.
Marinette was caught off guard by the statement. She didn’t think he would actually address it so suddenly. She almost bit her tongue, but she just took a bite out of her ice cream to stop that. She wasn’t sure how to respond but thankfully Adrien continued.
“We have been friends practically since I started school. You are always doing such kind things for everyone.” Adrien praised. “It always feels like you know exactly what everyone needs or wants. You put so much thought into everything you do.”
Marinette felt her face heat up as she listened to his soft words.
“It made me realize how little I actually know about you.” He confessed. “You always do so much for me and yet I hardly do anything for you.”
“Thats not true at all!” Marinette bursted out. Adrien looked up at her in surprise, he almost dropped his ice cream. “You are always encouraging me and trying to help me out whenever you can. Remember when you helped act as a translator with my uncle? Or those times you helped me avoid getting hurt in a akuma attack like when Max got akumatized. That charm bracelet gift you got me for my birthday. There was also the time you helped me out when I was sitting in the back thanks to Lila. You do a lot of things for me. I know your heart is in the right place.”
Adrien felt a faint blush from the girls sweet words. He didn’t know she thought so highly of what he did. It made him happy to hear. Marinette sat back down, now bright red from that emotional outburst.
“Thank you Marinette. I am glad you think so kindly of me.” Adrien smiled his tone less gloomy. “This still made me realize how little I know about you.”
“Oh?” Marinette’s eyes on him.
Adrien was about to say something. but Marinette’s phone goes off.
“Sorry about that.” Marinette clicks her phone. Not checking what it was.
“Did you want to check if it was important?” The model inquires.
“I am sure it can wait till later.” Marinette assured. “You were saying?”
Adrien nods and goes back to what he was gonna say.
“I want to know more about you Marinette.” Adrien answered. “I want to be someone that you can rely on. You have given me so much, and I want to give back to you.”
“You more know me about want to? You want to know more about me?” Marinette word jumbled as her face was practically crimson.
“Yeah I would really…”
The phone buzzes again. Marinette’s flustered reaction turned to slightly annoyed.
“I am really sorry, I am just gonna check this one second.” Marinette apologized.
She turned from the Blond to check her texts. She quickly notices that it was from Luka. At any other time the designer would be thrilled to hear from him. She did not need this emotional dilemma right now. Thankfully Alya was there to keep things into perspective.
“Focus on the date girl.” Alya advised. Her voice cutting through Marinette’s thought stream to allow her to focus. “Whoever it is can wait.”
Marinette assured herself that she will read the texts later. She puts her phone on silent. and puts it back in her pocket. She mentally thanked Alya for keeping her on track.
“Who was it? Anything important? If thats alright to ask.” Adrien inquired.
“Oh it was just a friend, nothing that needs my immediate attention.” Marinette assured.
“ Oh good.” Adrien smiled in relief. He was making progress getting closer to Marinette. He would be annoyed if something got in the way of their hang out.
“I was saying that I wanted to get to know you better. If that is okay with you. I don’t want to push too much.”
The Designer smiled sweetly at the kind hearted model.
“I would really like that too.”
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(Hope you enjoyed this installment. Please let me know what you guys think and if you want part 9 soon)
please give us part 9 and 10 soon!!
