🌶 This chapter gets a bit spicy 🌶

"To say all the things he truly feels
And not the words of one who kneels
The record shows, I took the blows
But I did it my wayyyyyyyyy"

"For fuck sake, will you two shut up!" Alya's outburst was met by giggles from Marinette and Nino who had been singing all the way back to their room. For someone who usually had an angelic voice, Marinette sounded awful when she'd had a drink and Nino just sounded awful full stop.

"Shhhhhh!" Nino turned to Marinette with his finger on his lips. 

"Don't you shhh me you big hat head!"

"Says you 'miss I'll show my body off so every guy in the room stares at me!' By the way what's with tonight's duck outfit?"

"I DO NOT AND THEY'RE OSTRICH FEATHERS!" Marinette kicked Nino in the back of the leg.

"What was that for?" Nino collapsed to the floor rubbing his calf. She crouched down low and pointed her finger in his face.

"You were being mean."

"Adrien, control your woman."

"I am not his woman. I am my own woman; independent and super." Marinette stood up and placed her hands on her hips.

"Come on independent woman, I think we need to get you to bed." Adrien walked over to Marinette and pulled her to his side.

"Can I get into your bed?" She wiggled her eyebrows at him.

"Come on." Adrien began to walk with his arm secured tightly around her.

"Do you not like me?" She was pouting, adorably pouting at him.

"Of course I do Mari."

"Then show me. Take me to your room and ravish me." She kissed Adrien's weak spot underneath his ear, causing him to groan.

"Right Mari, come with me." Alya stepped forward taking Marinette from Adrien's arm and walked her to the door.

"No Alya, please. I want to be with him." She pointed back to Adrien. "He's so sexy!"

"Mari, you're drunk sweetheart. Let's get you to bed."

"What about him? He's drunk too!" Marinette nodded towards Nino.

"Leave me out of it!" Nino wobbled over to Alya and placed an arm over her shoulder. "Unlike you, MDC, I will be getting laid tonight." He slapped Alya on the ass only for Alya to turn and slap Nino around the back of the head.

"Keep this up and you won't." Adrien walked past them all laughing as he opened the door to the suite. He loved his friends; even if they were slightly on the weird side.

"Nino and Mari get a glass of water and go to bed. Adrien, well? Do what you want."

"Yes, Miss." Adrien saluted Alya.

"Hey Mari, come here." Nino was using his index finger to coax Marinette over to him. Giggling as she walked, he signalled he wanted to whisper in her ear. She flung her arms round his neck and placed her ear next to his mouth. As she leaned in closer he took the opportunity ... to lick her.

"Nino! That's gross." She punched him hard in the stomach, causing him to double over in pain.

"Right that's it! You two to bed now! Honestly you're worse than my younger sisters." Alya turned sternly towards Marinette and Nino, they gave each other one quick look before walking into their designated rooms and slammed the doors shut.

"I'll check on her before I go to sleep."

"Thanks Adrien." The two said their goodnights and went their separate ways. Adrien laughed to himself, Marinette's filter was none existent when she'd had a couple of drinks. He could imagine Tikki scalding her about her behaviour right now.

Closing his bedroom door he began to remove his suit, allowing Plagg and Hugo out of his pocket to sit on the bed.

"A new Hawk Moth is in town then, kid." Plagg grabbed a piece of cheese off the side table and passed it to Hugo before grabbing one for himself.

"First akuma in almost five years. Looks like me and m'lady are coming out of retirement."

"What's an aluma?" Hugo asked, his eyes looking between Adrien and Plagg. Adrien laughed and picked up the new kwami.

"It's an akuma, and it might be something you need to help your Maman and me with."

"I can do that." Hugo tried to flex his muscles in a very Chat like pose. He was definitely a 50/50 split between Ladybug and Chat Noir.

"We know you can. Plagg, if you go grab Tikki and Wayzz, I've put some treats and little beds in the study so you can all spend the evening together." Adrien was finally out his suit and into his lounge bottoms ready for bed.

Marinette had kissed him at Midnight, he still had a chance with her. He couldn't stop smiling. Though there was a strange feeling in the back of his mind. The way she had reacted when he was Chat Noir was a lot more relaxed than when he was Adrien. Well, until she was intoxicated.

He remembered what it was like when he'd been hit by the Mistress. Marinette could barely talk to him as her fourteen year old self, he didn't know for certain if she actually liked him or not. It was odd. He'd always wondered about if they'd been in school together what it would have been like, now he knew meeting her when he did was a blessing. He loved her quirks and her confidence around him. That was what made her so alluring.

He walked into the en-suite and began to brush his teeth and complete his nightly face routine before he could climb into bed. As he was putting his items back into his toiletries bag he heard his bedroom door open. A quick snap and it was closed again. He had a very good idea who it was.

Smiling and shaking his head he walked out the bathroom to see Marinette in short green shorts with black paw prints, along with an off the shoulder black 'Cataclysm' tee, laying on her side facing the bathroom door. He knew she'd made these herself. She'd taken her hair out and placed it in two low ponytails, just like her younger self used to look.

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"Hey Kitty, coming to bed?" His heart stopped. Kitty?

"You ok, Mari?" He walked towards the bed as she knelt up and placed her hands on his rock hard abs.

"Not calling me M'lady anymore?" She stroked down his stomach whilst pouting her lips. Everything in his body was reacting to her touch. She slowly skimmed her fingers over the waist band of his pants.

"How much have you drank tonight, bugaboo?" He was quite sure the three she'd told him about was not the whole truth.

"About five I think, or maybe six." She started to giggle, "Tikki was so mad." She pushed her hands up and over his insanely toned pecks before looping them around his neck pulling her body flush to his. "She thinks I'm going straight to sleep in my own bed." Marinette giggled and the sound was angelic to his ears.

When Marinette hit that level of alcohol consumption Adrien knew she'd remember little to nothing the next morning. It rarely happened but when it did, it was followed by an entertaining morning reliving what she had done the night before. It seems like it also lowered her defences and messed with her memory. How could she remember?

"Chaton, please! You jumped in front of an akuma for me again tonight. You know how worried that makes me, and you did it out of your suit." Marinette was now inches away from placing her lips to his. "I need you to make me feel better."

He couldn't control it anymore. He'll be dammed if he has to keep going at his gentleman pace. He'd never really been a gentleman with her. Geez for the first month after they'd met she boarder lined hated him.

"You know. I've been needing more fire off you recently. I feel like you're being too nice after the accident. Remember I love you because you're both Adrien and Chat so please don't overplay the Adrien card." She placed her forehead against his as she spoke.

"As you wish, M'lady." He smiled at her before placing a hand to the back of her neck and pulling her in for a deep, hungry kiss. He'd been waiting for almost two months to feel this level of passion with her again, and God how he'd missed it. The feel of her hands digging into his hair, finger nails brushing at his scalp and her tongue fighting for dominance over his. He had no idea how she remembered who he was, but at that moment in time he really didn't care.

The kiss continued and Adrien pulled the bands out of Marinette's hair before pushing her back to lay on the bed. He climbed on top of her, supporting his own weight on his forearms. He removed his lips from hers and looked deeply into her eyes.

"Happy birthday, mon minou." She looked up at him through half lidded eyes, her hair sprayed out over his pillows. Loosing some of his self control he let out a deep growl in his throat and began to kiss down her neck.

His head began to move down her neck stopping to suck on her collarbone when Marinette made a swift decision, she was going to control it tonight.

Flipping them over, she straddled over his lap and looked down at the torso in front of her. Smiling to herself, it was her turn to place her lips to his collar bone. He placed his hands on her ass and pushed her down to grind on his lap. She let out a gasp followed by a giggle.

Keeping her hips firmly in place she lifted the top of her body upwards. He pushed himself up to join her taking her lips back to his. His hands slowly slid under her tee and removed it from her smooth, porcelain white body. Her hair fell all around them as she lunged back into the kiss. A curtain around the outside world.

Adrien lay Marinette onto the pillows before starting an adventure of kisses and licks down her body. As he reached her chest he noticed something. Her breathing had become soft and even. Looking up at his beautiful partner he saw she was fast asleep; arms above head and midnight hair sprayed all across his pillow.

He gave her a look over before smiling to himself.

"Happy birthday, Adrien." He grabbed her tee and dressed her through a lot of sleepy, uncoherent noises from his love. With one last look at the beauty, he turned off the lights and settled down for the best sleep he'd had in months.