135 reads im sobbing tyasm omg ♡ also big plot twist up ahead so uhm
[ adrien ]
We exited the library, hands still in the grasp of one another, and moved on to the second door.
"Oh my god.", It was my turn to gush at the room in front of me. There was a huge gaming console in the middle of the room, and there were joysticks waiting to be played with.
Tugging Marinette along, we made our way to the TV to play a game.
Marinette removed her hand from mine - and, to be honest, I kind of felt disappointed - as she turned the TV on and picked up a joystick.
"What do you want to play?", she asks, and, since she was a few inches shorter than me, she had to look up at me.
"Well, you choose, but--", I trailed off.
"I want to play Ultimate Mecha Strike III.", we say in unison. We laugh at that and take a seat. I take a joystick.
It seemed like we were playing for hours and hours and hours - but, really, it was just a little over an hour - and I kept on demanding a rematch because, hey, this girl is surprisingly good at this game.
"I joined a tournament of this game with my friend Max, once.", she explains proudly, "We won first place. We're a great team."
"And is this Max a... Boy?", I ask her. Why did I sound suspicious? And please don't tell me I'm jealous.
"Uh, yeah?", she chuckles at me. She's so cute when she's chuckling.
I dropped the thought about Max, turned the TV off, and took her hand again. "Come on, we still have lots of rooms to discover."
The blush on her cheeks had crept its way back when I intertwined our fingers again. I don't know why I keep on holding her hand - something about her hands just seemed so... Nice. It felt like I pieced together a puzzle that had been waiting to be solved for so long.
"What could this be?", she asks when I used my other hand to turn the doorknob of the third door. I pushed it open and, I think both of our mouths dropped at the sight.
"You were right, there really is a 'big ass screen' here.", Marinette laughs, mocking me with the statement I said a while back.
"Ha ha, very funny.", I roll my eyes, causing her to laugh even more.
There was a really long drawer filled with CDs and DVDs of all sorts. I wasn't a fan of movies, but, hey, Marinette seemed to be into them.
"I love this movie!", she gasps, holding up a CD. "No, wait, I love this movie more!"
She does that for a few minutes, gawking and gasping and jumping around at the sight of her favorite movies. Cute.
"Do you want to watch a movie?", I ask her, walking closer to her as she hugged a CD to her chest.
"I--", she was cut off by my phone ringing. I excuse myself and answer it, not bothering to move away from her. I didn't really need to hide anything, did I?
It was Chéyenne.
"Hello, Adrien.", she says, and I could sense that there was something going on.
"Uh, hi. What's up?", I ask, wanting to know what's going on. I know there's something behind this - I can feel it.
"Don't stop doing what you're doing.", she says in a weird tone, "Keep on holding her hand. Kiss her cheek. Make her fall in love with you."
"I'm sorry, what?", I furrow my eyebrows. I wasn't quite getting the message.
"I see what you're doing to her. Make her fall for you. That must be easy for you.", she says. I'm quite suspicious about this.
"And how do you know all of this...?", I ask. I could swear that my eyebrows were becoming one by now.
"Oh, sweet, sweet Adrien. Don't you know why there are a lot of sponsors for this event?", she asks in a sickeningly sweet tone - literally.
"Uh... I don't know? Why?", by now, I could feel my heart pounding at the sound of her voice. There really was something to this competition. I just don't know what.
"You're on TV, sweetie! The whole country is looking at both of your actions and doings in this very mansion.", she cackles - that made her sound more like a witch.
I excused myself from Marinette and walked out the door.
"Chéyenne, why? You told Marinette that there weren't any cameras to film whatever we were doing here.", I growl, irritated at her. She had always been this much of a liar - just to get money in her credit card. "I won't do this. I won't. I'm sick of your threats, Chéyenne."
"Just know, Adrien, that this is the last time that I'll say this.", her voice instantly changed from a sickeningly fake sweet tone to a dark one, "Make that naïve little girl fall in love with you after fourteen days - or your dear father dies. I know a lot of people, my sweet Adrien. And I will not hesitate to kill your father in a snap of my finger."
With that, she dropped the call. My mind struggled to process the information I had just been told.
Sure, Chéyenne had threatened me into doing bad things just for the sake of money, all of which were just mere publicity stunts. But this - oh god, this was the deadliest threat yet. She was out to kill my father - the one person she despised seeing the most.
I may have had my grudges over my father, but he was the only family I had left. Even though he was practically never there for me, I knew he was doing his best to raise me by himself.
The thought of having him gone would mean the end of the line for me. But the thought of having to break Marinette's heart in the process would mean the end of the line for her. I mean, it's not like I don't like Marinette - she was fascinating, yes, but I wasn't sure how I felt about her. If ever she found out that what I had been doing was just for show - which is certainly not - she would never forgive me. Just when I had started to warm up to another human being...
But I had to choose.
What was more important to me? My father's life, or the heart of someone I barely spent three days with?
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[ A/N ]
Adrien nO DONT DO IT KILL GABRIEL FOR ALL I CARE JUST DON'T BREAK MARINETTE'S HEA RT
OOOOOkay let's have a short, informative trivia !¡ Aside from Chéyenne being a pretty name, it actually has it's hidden meaning. I based Chéyenne's name after the French word 'chienne', which means bítch. Bwahahaha ;)
WHOEVER FINDS THE 5SOS REFERENCE FIRST GETS A FOLLOW FROM ME~ HAHAHA
Things really took a dark turn in this chapter didn't it?¿ well huh sorry!!! (not)
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