#height au

This was shockingly unnerving to draw. Didn’t feel right...

“Hey shortie!” She called, trying to catch up with the blond haired boy that was getting into the limousine right by the end of the street. “Hey, I called you!” She said with a friendly tone, increasing her pace as she saw he was waiting. “You don’t have to call me that to get my attention” he teased her, but of course none of his words could make her flustered. The girl got in the car and sat right next to a scary looking bodyguard that was staring intensely at her. “Good morning!” She said with a big, happy smile, replied with a pat on her head. Marinette didn’t have to get a lift by Adrien’s limo, but they passed by her school on their way, and every chance she had to spend time with her little friend was a blessing. “So, what are they going to shoot now? Bathing suits or just summer collection?” “Actually it’s fall collection, father wants to try some clothes before he chooses the final combination” “What?! But summer hasn’t started yet! Not to mention fall! That’s amazing!” Adrien knew how much the girl loved hearing about fashion - she could listen to his stories about his father’s work for days, and loved imagining all kinds of styles that might be in fashion some day. Heck, she even started to learn sewing a few weeks ago. As they continued to blabber about how black and red is a winning combination, the car came to a stop. Adrien got out of the car to clear the path for Marinette, and as she came out, their height difference couldn’t be clearer. “Ha! Still taller than you!” She tried to mess with him, but the boy didn’t give up- “By how much? 1, 2 millimeters?” “More like 4 centimeters” she laughed. “I can make it up” he said with a determined smile. “In your dreams! I bet you’ll be married by the time you’d catch up!” “So what you’re basically saying is, if I catch up, I’ll get married?” “If you say so” she replied with a teasing voice. “So if I grow taller than you like this-” he gestured with his hand- “you’ll marry me right?” “How ‘bout we see if the time actually comes, shortie?” “Deal! And than you’ll have to look me in the eye and admit your defeat!” As Marinette left the school’s driveway and got to the gates, she couldn’t possibly imagine that would be her last talk with her treasured friend. But it was. On the next day the limo wasn’t waiting for her at the spot. Some neighbor told her Adrien’s family went through a tragedy or something, and that he heard his father flipped and strengthened the rules, and decided to prevent Adrian from meeting outsiders. Marinette was broken, but like every other childhood friendship, at the end it was all just a hazy memory. As the years went by, Marinette grew up and met some new friends, remembering her childhood friend from time to time (usually because he was on some covers of fashion magazines…), and wondering how his life’s been. And then suddenly, something very unexpected happened. It was the first day of school, a very exciting day for every teenager that hasn’t seen his classmates for 2 months. The teacher was shushing the students so she could read their names, but as she said the first name, Marinette’s heart skipped a bit. “Adrien Agreste? No? So I guess he’s not here.” And just when Marinette thought she dreamt it, a blond haired, tall boy, ran right into class. And ho man, he was tall. It hit her like a hammer in the heart- he was okey! And he was damn hotter in real life! Marinette couldn’t think about anything at all, and as the teacher read her name, it took a few embarrassing moments for her to stop daydreaming and reply. “Present!” She said, cheeks reddening. The blond turned his head with an awe struck look in his eyes, searching for the girl in the crowd of students until he locked his gaze on Marinette. The two couldn’t break the long stare of amazement, not moving a muscle ‘till the teacher told the students to listen to class and everyone quietened up. At the moment class was over, Marinette and Adrien ran towards each other and got into a long hug. They hugged for a few moments before they started speaking- “I can’t believe it! I thought I’ll never see you again!” Marinette said with visible excitement in her voice. “Me too! What are the possibilities that we’ll be in the same class?” The two stared a each other with a warm fuzzy feeling echoing around them for a few moments. Marinette was the one to break the silence - “So… Still modeling I guess?” “Well, of course, haven’t you seen me on some magazine covers?” “Well, yes -” she said, embarrassed, not knowing how to finish the sentence. “…And you, still loving fashion?” “Actually, I’m planning on becoming a fashion designer when I grow up.” Adrien was filled with joy he couldn’t hide. He knew that this was going to happen from the start, and he was eager to tell her - “I figured that would happen” he said with a satisfied grin, to which Marinette had to reply: “Oh yeah? Well I knew you were going to be a successful model from the start!” “Then I guess we both haven’t changed a bit” “But we have -” Marinette said, stopping before finishing the sentence, and blushing a bit at the thought her friend got so tall. “Yeah, you couldn’t see me before -” he said in a teasing voice as he measured her height- “do you see me now?”

Mitch didn’t notice the other man sitting several tables away except to glance at him once and put his mind elsewhere.  The height of the table was wrong and he set the glass of water down hard not meaning to but only one person seemed to notice as he closed his eyes letting his mind wander and try to understand what was going on.  The morning was gone and ruined so maybe the afternoon would be better.  Staring openly at the man far away Mitch was making faces but they were only thought and nothing more.  The smile didn’t appear on his face at all as he waited for his lunch.