The lunch cooked by Alfred was delicious. How he had made all the food in 15 minutes was beyond her, but she didn't worry about it. Something told her this was normal, considering nobody was surprised.

"The food was excellent Monsieur" marinette said kindly. 

"Thank you Marinette" He then showed Marinette to her room. It had light pink walls, a beige carpet and a navy blue and white sheeted bed, with a bedside table next to it, with a lamp on top. There was a desk in one corner of the room, and behind that a wardrobe.

"It's perfect, thank you so much" the sincerity in her voice heard clearly throughout. Alfred smiled, "and I'll bring some food down for our little friends too," he said winking.

"Wha-How did you-"

"How is Sass doing by the way?" he asked.

Marinette's eyes widened in understanding and smiled, "why don't you see for yourself?"

she removed the miracle box from her bag and pressed on the spot holding the snake. 

"Greetingssss Massster Pennyworth, it hasss been a long time" the miniature god said flying out of the box.

"Greetings Sass, yes it definitely has, it's good to see you" he said with a smile on his sightly wrinkled face. And with that Sass flew and sat on marinette's shoulder. The kwamis really do care for you, and you them. You are a worthy guardian in every way Ladybug." At that Tikki flew out of her purse and sat on Marinette's other shoulder. And with that he left.

timeskip

It was now 12 in the night and everyone else had already gone to bed around 9. Marinette never got much sleep, also because of jet lag she was wide awake. She sketched some ew designs for commissions for a while, but then decided to go take a walk around the manor. She found her way around fairly easily, Ladybug ensured she had a good sense of direction. When she got to the living room she found Tim also wide awake playing UMS3 (Ultra Mega Strike 3) on the TV. She leaned her shoulder against the wall.

From what she could see, he was actually quite a good player.

"You know instead of a triple kick, a hyperbeam from a 45 degree angle would caused more damage and you could have gained more XP."

Tim turned around, "how come your awake this late" he asked

"I could ask the same to you" she said, and walked over to sit next to him.

"I couldn't sleep" he answered.

"Sounds like we had similar nights" she said.

"do you play?"

"more or less." she said with a smirk

timeskip brought to you by Tim's brutal loss

"WHAT THE FUCK HOWWWWW" 

Tim let out an unholy shriek waking up everyone else in the manor.

"Language Master Tim" said the unshakeable Alfred.

"Where's the fire?!" said a half asleep Jason.

"drake you had better have a good reason for waking us up or so help me" threatened a grumpy Damian.

Dick just walked in, dropped onto the sofa and fell asleep.

"SHE BEAT ME! SHE BEAT ME AT UMS3" and pointed at a laughing Marinette.

This definitely caught the attention of everyone except Damien, who huffed and sat down in a chair, visibly annoyed.

"Move over Tim my turn!" a now wide awake Jason said.

"Good Luck Jason" marinette smirked, "You'll need it."

3 mins later

"WHAT THE HELL!"

Marinette beat Jason so brutally and swiftly, he had barely anytime to counterattack.

Now even Damian was slightly interested.

"Language Master Jason"

"Alright my turn now, watch and learn" an over-confident Dick said.

2 mins later

"Oh I definitely learnt a lot Dick" a smug Marinette said.

The rest of them were laughing their asses of at them both. Even Alfred and Damian chuckled. 

"Ok now that's just cold" he said to them with a frown.

"Oi demon spawn aren't u gonna give it a go?" Jason said teasingly.

"Todd i swear-"

"Yeah why don't you give it a go lil'd" 

"oh go on demon"

"FINE"

He grumpily got up and sat next to Marinette.

"Good luck 'demon spawn' " she said smirking. 

"tt"

They didn't notice Jason smiling and saying, "I like her" and plotting plans to get to get 2 specific people that you don't need to know together. A mischievous smile appearing on his face.

6 mins later

"Good match, you're pretty good, since you lasted the longest." she said smiling.

An annoyed Damian huffed and stood. Marinette also and put her hand out, he sighed, but shook her hand. They both quickly took their hands back

"And I'm not, I'm hurt" Jason said with his hand on his chest, with fake hurt.

"Todd your heart's on the other side of your chest" he said with a bored expression and Jason quickly corrected himself while marinette giggled.

Mari's pov

After a match with Damian, who was actually very good, he broke the record of 4 and a half minutes against me without losing.

"Good match, you're pretty good, since you lasted the longest." and I put my hand out, trying to look friendly. He sighed slightly and shook it.

To say I was surprised was a bit of an understatement. He had a muscular and strong grip, and gentle heat radiating of him made you feel safe, and that you really didn't want to part with it. I quickly withdrew my hand, I could feel my cheeks getting warm.

Damien pov

After a match of UMS3 with dupain-cheng, which I was a bit upset I lost, though I would never admit it, she put her hand out and said, 

"Good match, you're pretty good, since you lasted the longest."

She wasn't taunting me, because honesty rang like a bell in her words, so shook it. I was surprised, for such a small girl she radiated a lot of heat, and hand was as soft as a flower petal. I quickly took my hand back. wait what no I just need sleep I'm not thinking straight. Which gave me another question, why was she awake? I was used to Tim being awake with him and his caffeine addiction, but Marinette should have been asleep. Something wasn't right. In all the ruckus nobody else realised. 

I was brought back to my senses when my imbecile of a brother said,

"And I'm not, I'm hurt"

I replied, "Todd your heart's on the other side of your chest". Honestly.

"Alright I think that's enough for tonight, back to bed" Alfred said.

3rd pov

When everyone else had walked out, Damian walked up to Marinette and asked,

"How come you're awake? " he asked.

She froze. She quickly said, "just jet lag." 

"Have a good night Damian" and with that she left.

Marinette mentally facepalmed. She should have been more careful. Now he was going to get suspicious. Hopefully he doesn't find out about the night terrors.

After that, Damian couldn't sleep. Too much was going on in his mind. What have you done to me Marinette Dupain Cheng?

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