Last edit: 8/3/20

Adrien woke up, his head throbbing and his brain banging against his skull. He groaned and shifted in the bed, the fluffy blankets wrapped around him. He jumped when he saw an undressed Chloe sleeping soundly under the covers next to him.

"Wh-what happened? What are you - "

"Adrikins . . . " Chloe murmured as she rolled over to face him. So, how was last night?"

"Last night?! No, no, no, no, no. This is bad, so bad." He jumped out of the bed and slipped on his clothes. Then, without looking back and ignoring Chloe's protests, he ran out.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Marinette sobbed into her mother's arms.

"Oh, Ma, it was terrible. I hurt him so much. He was crying and yelling and he wouldn't listen to anything I said. He was so upset."

Sabine brushed her fingers through her daughter's hair. "I know, I know, honey," she cooed. "But it'll get better. With time, he will heal and forgive you."

"How could he ever forgive me? I kissed my ex-boyfriend and betrayed my husband. Why should he forgive me!?"

"Now, now, darling. You can stay at the bakery until things are figured out, alright? Now why don't you go upstairs and rest up? I know it's hard right now, but stress isn't any good for the baby."

Marinette nodded and walked up the stairs gloomily, opening the trap door to her room. As she walked inside, the smell of old furniture and dust floated around the air. It had been so long since she visited her old room. She crawled into her bed and hugged her pillow.

Tikki zoomed out of Marinette's pocket and coughed several times before grabbing tissues for her friend.

"Marinette, you and I both know it didn't mean anything," Tikki said, wiping the tears off her face.

"The kiss? No, it didn't mean anything at all! The timing was just so perfect, and the music was romantic, and when he leaned in . . . I didn't stop him. I hurt Adrien. I hurt our relationship. Oh, what do I do, Tikki?"

Marinette curled up in her loft bed with Tikki by her side and cried herself to sleep.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Adrien stumbled onto the street and tried to rethink what had happened the night before

He went to a night club. Okay, he remembered that.
Seeing Chloe.
Drinking. A lot.
Kissing Chlo-

No. No way. He forced himself to think that nothing happened but visions from that morning kept haunting their way back. Now that he thought about it -

Kissing Chloe, them together in bed, all their clothes sprawled across the room . . .

Adrien slapped his forehead and slumped down against a brick wall. It did happen. It really did. And how was Marinette going to react? All she had done was a simple kiss.

But Adrien - he slept with his wife's arch enemy.

The whole world crashed onto his shoulders. He was such a hypocrite. A betrayer. How could he have done this to Marinette?

Adrien just rubbed his temples as if doing so, it would erase the past. But nothing could reverse what he had done. Everything would change. In a bad way.

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