His Mute Princess

Chapter 49

Marinette left shortly after the discovery. Adrien was visibly destroyed by the confirmation. He had had hope, some hope, that he was wrong. That he had been overthinking and his father couldn't possibly be Hawkmoth. But that was it.

There truly was no more room for denial. He had solid evidence. Hard proof. He didn't even know how to feel about. Relief he found the truth? Anger for his father's actions? Sad that he was fighting against his father? Betrayal?

It was all too much for Adrien. He had to think about it. He shooed Marinette away rather coldly. It hurt her but she understood his actions.

Right now he just wanted to be left alone.

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Marinette begrudgingly left his house. She really didn't want to leave Adrien alone, but he codly told her to go away. She feared he would fall into rage and cause destruction as Chat.

Mullo reassured her that Plagg wouldn't allow it. But it still wouldn't leave her mind.

Marinette didn't really have where to go. She told her parents she was staying over with Alya so they wouldn't expect her to go home. She'd have to come up with a lie. They'd press on the situation and Marinette wasn't a good liar. She couldn't actually go to Alya's, she was having family over.

As Marinette walked slowly and hunched over on a rooftop, Ladybug stopped in front of her.

"Whoa, are you ok?" she asked. Marinette shook her head. "Hey, shouldn't you be with Chat right now? At his place?" Ladybug frowned, "Did . . . did something happen?"

Marinette looked up at her and nodded. "Is it . . . true then?" she asked softly. Marinette nodded again. "Oh god." Ladybug placed her hands on her face. "Poor Chat, he must be hurting. Why aren't you with him?"

'He shooed me away,' Marinette mouthed. 'I can't even go home. It'll look too suspicious. I don't like lying to my parents.' Ladybug sighed, "Oh you poor things. Why don't you come with me? I have a spare bedroom. We'll work this out tomorrow, when you two get out of school, alright?"

Marinette nodded slowly, swallowing back tears.

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Ladybug and Marinette made their way over to Ladybug's appartment. Both girls detransformed not far from the building and made their way over. Marinette let out a small groan, remembering the seven flights of stairs.

Jasmine let out a chuckle, walking up the stairs. Once both girls were upstairs (Marinette having have taken her sweet time), Jasmine opened the door. Pierre was sitting on the couch quietly watching TV. Thomas was asleep of the cradle next to him.

Hearing the door open, Pierre stood up and turned around with a smile. It faltered when he saw Marinette standing next to Ladybug. "Oh, hey honey. And . . . Marinette right?" He spoke quietly to avoid waking the baby up.

Marinette nodded. "She's going to stay over the night. Something . . . unfortunate happened and she needs somewhere to stay just for tonight," Jasmine replied back, quietly as well.

Pierre simply nodded with a smile. Jasmine closed the door behind her and walked Marinette to the spare bedroom across her own bedroom. "This door leads to the bathroom, ok?" Marinette nodded. She walked over to the bed and sat down. It was very comfy and a little bouncy.

"I'll go get you something to wear to sleep," Jasmine said. She left the room temporarily before coming back with pink pajamas. "They're a little old, sorry, but I think they're your size."

Marinette took them and thanked her. "You're welcome, it's the least I can do."

'Can I ask for one more favor?' Marinette asked sheepishly. Jasmine nodded with a smile. 'My friend wants an interview. She knows not to ask about your real identity. Can you do that?' Marinette asked.

Jasmine thought for a moment. "Ladyblog chick?" Marinette nodded. Jasmine hummed. "I guess so, after we sort everything out. Now you should get some rest. You had quite an eventful day."

Marinette nodded. "Night, Mari."

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Adrien felt bad about telling Marinette to go away but he didn't know what else to do. He made his way over to his bedroom. He detransformed and Plagg flew out, worried. Adrien was very mad.

He picked up the closet thing to him, the tv remote, and threw it at the wall. The remote made a loud noise and fell apart. Plagg stared with wide eyes. "Whoa! Kid! You need to relax! There's no need to—"

"Shut the fuck up."

Plagg shut his mouth quickly. He didn't know what to do. He had never been in this type of situation before and didn't know how to react himself. Leave him? Try his best to comfort him?

If he stayed near, Adrien could transform and cause even more damage. Retreat it was. Plagg flew away, hiding away with his cheese.

Adrien was still standing in the same place. After a few seconds he fell to his knees. The adrenaline had run out and his body collapsed from the exhaustion.

He placed his face in his hands and cried.

Plagg peaked out of his hiding spot and was shocked to see him cry. He hesitated before flying over to him. "Adrien?" He spoke. Adrien didn't move.

"I'm sorry," Plagg said quietly. Adrien stopped sobbing and looked up at the kwami. "It must fucking suck to have your dad be Hawkmoth but you're Chat Noir! You have to pull yourself together!

"In a weird way this shows you're stronger than your dad, when has he ever beaten us?" Plagg said rather smugly. Adrien let out a soft chuckle. "That is true. But I don't think I'd be able to do that without Ladybug or Marinette."

"Then pull yourself together. They need you as much as you need them! Cry, let out all your emotions right now. Do whatever you need to wake up feeling like Chat Noir tomorrow!"

Adrien smiled, "Wow, thanks Plagg. That . . . that was surprisingly helpful and kind of you."

"Yeah well don't get used to it, go wipe the snot off your face."

Adrien rolled his eyes. Good ol' Plagg back to being a jerk.

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I'll just update whenever I can, I don't want to leave y'all hanging for three weeks just to update on a Friday.