A/N: Before you read this story (and you haven't read the "blurb"), please be sure that you have read "That Day" because this book is the sequel of "TD" and you'll find here some reference to the first book. Besides, the Chapter 1 is full of information about "TD", so if you don't want spoilers, read "TD" first!

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The room looked perfect. Marinette took a glance just to check if everything was in its place. She even had tidied up the desk where she usually sewed. She sighed softly as her eyes fell on the old dollhouse. The house where Tikki – the creature closest to her soul, Ladybug's kwami, who gave Marinette the power to create – had been living for two years.

Those days were over. For past three years the dollhouse had been empty, staying in the corner and reminding the girl of those wonderful times. Although the superheroine's duties had filled her time and she often had to skip lessons or forget about the rest at night, saving Paris from the supervillain, Hawk Moth, she felt great joy each time, that it worked again. But most of all she always had such a positive and kind creature by her side...

Sabine tried to persuade Marinette to throw away that old dollhouse and didn't understand her daughter's reluctance to get rid of the junk. Mum couldn't have known how much this toy meant to the former superheroine. She had no idea it reminded her daughter of Tikki and the time spent together with her kwami. Marinette was still very emotional at the thought that she couldn't have even said goodbye to her – Master Fu had taken her Miraculous away so suddenly. So did he with the Cat Noir's Miraculous.

Marinette's thoughts drifted to her partner. For so many months she had fought alongside Cat Noir and kept rejecting his advances, unaware that it was Adrien Agreste behind the mask – the boy she was insanely in love. One day changed everything. That day, when she saved him from the crowd of fans. After that Adrien transferred his feelings from Ladybug to Marinette, not knowing that he fell in love with the same girl. Again.

She sighed. It had been strange three years! First, she lost her kwami – the creature that was so close to her heart and soul. But she found a perfect boy who wanted to sacrifice himself just to keep her safe. Sometimes Marinette had nightmares about that evening when Gabriel Agreste had made his wish. Luckily, he used wrong words... Adrien survived and got back his Mum. Instead, he lost his father. But what kind of father was Gabriel if he wanted to kill his own child?

It took some time until they were ready to move on after that evening. Emilie Agreste needed a few months for the recovery. When she was getting better, doctors suggested further therapy in a health resort, so Emilie left Paris to Switzerland, taking her son with her.

For Adrien these few weeks of summer holiday in a foreign country meant a separation from his girlfriend. They'd just started dating and he wanted to spend all his spare time with her! On the other hand, his mother needed him and traveling together to Switzerland was a perfect occasion to rebuild their family.

Meanwhile Marinette stayed in Paris and worked so hard at the bakery just to keep going. She missed her boyfriend and Tikki so much that it ached physically. Of course, she could talk with Alya about her longing for Adrien. But there was no one, except Adrien himself, she could talk about Tikki...

After summer holiday their life returned to normal, or rather became as it always should have been like. Adrien's schedule wasn't so overloaded anymore, so he could spend more time after school with his friends and girlfriend. And he was finally surrounded by the care of loving mother.

However, it happened sometimes when both Adrien and Marinette felt overwhelmed with the longing for their kwamis. They spent such evenings in silence, just cuddled comforting each other.

Time passed (and they grew up a bit) and these cuddles became more and more intimate. And one day a new tension between Marinette and Adrien appeared and opened a Topic. The Topic. The one that concerns a new level of the relationship.

As usual, when you are insanely in love, they began from... planning. According to those plans, today was their "special date", and the night was to become "the night". Or rather, The Night...

Standing in the middle of her room, Marinette wondered if it was the best idea to invite Adrien here. Wouldn't it be better to organise their "special date" at his place? Because here it would be a disaster!

It started from her parents who seemed to know what was going on. Even though Marinette hadn't shared any of ideas for the evening Sabine chose to have a conversation with her daughter, going over the contraceptive methods and myths about the safety of "the first time".

"Your dad and I decided to go out tonight," Sabine said at the end of that embarrassing chat. "Just remember about protection..."

"Mum...", Marinette groaned blushing terribly.

"Yes, now you're saying 'Mum', but you have no idea how many girls don't know where babies come from until it's too late. And then? Tragedy! You're too young and too irresponsible for being a mother. Parenting is not like playing house."

"Where did you get the idea that we... uhm..."

"Oh, darling! I wasn't born yesterday...", Sabine laughed. "Besides, we think that you both were quite patient..."

Saying that she winked at her daughter who wanted to vanish into thin air. That wasn't the first time when Marinette realised that she had unusual parents. Maybe if the "special date" was at Adrien's she would avoid this embarrassing conversation. But she immediately answered to herself that it would be even worse there.

Emilie was so friendly that it sometimes turned into overstaying. She tended to spend evenings with them both, still missing company from the time she had been under the curse. It was more than possible that this evening she would also stay with them for all night long, ruining their plans.

Marinette took a glance at her reflection in the mirror. When she heard a doorbell, she felt a knot in her stomach like a stage fright. For a moment she regretted that they hadn't taken a chance to get that first-time over with... Planning your first night together was a terrible idea!

Soon, she heard knocking on the door trap.

"Come in!", she said, trying to overcome trembling tone of her voice.

Seconds later she saw her boyfriend's blond head, then his shy smile. When he came in, she noticed a red rose in his hand. Seeing him, dressed up for the special occasion, Marinette blushed. But before she reached him to welcome him, they both heard Sabine's amused voice:

"We're going out, darling! Just remember about...", she stopped for a second, and Marinette would swear that her parents chuckled, then Sabine finished: "that we were talking about..."

"Are your parents...?", Adrien asked embarrassed.

"They're leaving for a dinner in a restaurant."

"Yeah... Your Mum mentioned that when she welcomed me. But... She winked at me so significantly, that...", he didn't know what to describe it.

"That you wanted to die?", Marinette guessed.

"Sort of..."

"She reminded me about contraceptives...", she whispered blushed like hell.

"Are we so predictable?"

"I have no idea how we managed to keep the superheroes' identity secret, if we're an open book for them all..."

"What a puzzler, isn't it?", Adrien smiled and came closer to Marinette. "This is for you, sweetheart...", he whispered and handed her the rose.

"Specify what 'this' you mean...", she joked and winked flirtatiously.

"Mhmmm...", he smiled meaningfully in response.

"I'll lock the door!", She escaped his embraces. "Just in case my parents decided to come back for keys or documents..."

Adrien laughed. When he had been preparing for that special date, he felt anxious a little, and just like Marinette he wished they hadn't planned so much. If they did it spontaneously, like two days ago it almost happened, it would be much better! But now he felt comfortable as if their jokes relieved tension.

He sat down on the couch and watched his girlfriend who put the rose to a vase and then lit up some candles. Instantly, that created a cosy atmosphere.

Finally, Marinette turned to him and looked expectantly. Adrien stood up and embraced her. And kissed her the way he'd wanted since he stepped into her room. She immediately melted in his arms and kissed him back.