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Dear Marinette Dupain-Cheng,
You are cordially invited to the wedding of Adrien Agreste and Kagami Tsurgi
Marinette glared at the delicate print, as though if she stared hard enough at the small piece of paper, the words would disappear, or at least resolve themselves into a sentence that made sense, that wasn’t like an absurd dream.
The wedding was in almost two months, at some fancy Chateau in the countryside.
Marinette opened up her laptop and called up Alya on facetime. The brunette’s spectacled face appeared on the screen, siting at the desk of her apartment.
“Have you seen this?” Marinette asked as she shook the invitation in front of her.
“What is it?” Alya asked as she squinted at the piece of paper.
“An invite to Adrien Agreste’s WEDDING!”
“Oh. He didn’t tell you he was engaged?”
“No.” Marinette replied.
“He told Nino about two days ago. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you, I thought Adrien would”
Marinette felt annoyed. Adrien was her friend, why didn’t he tell her he was engaged?
“It’s ridiculous. I mean, how long have he and Kagami been dating? Two months?” she said.
“Three, actually” Alya said.
“That’s absurd!”
Alya paused. “Is this because of your feelings for Adrien?”
“I don’t have feelings for Adrien! I haven’t had feelings for him in like, forever!” Marinette exclaimed.
Alya let out a disbelieving sound.
“It’s not that. I’m just concerned for my friend. He’s only 22. That’s too young to get married”
Alya raised her eyebrows.
“Not for you obviously!” Marinette let out apologetically. “You and Nino have been dating for ages. And you’ve been engaged for a year. Adrien’s moving too fast.”
“I agree with you, girl. But Adrien’s an adult. He can make his own decisions. Even if this has 6-Month Marriage written all over it”
“I just can’t believe he didn’t tell me.” Marinette said as Nino walked over to his fiancée and kissed her on the cheek.
“Hey there, Marinette!” he said.
“Can you believe Adrien’s getting married?” said Marinette.
“Yeah. I’m going to be his best man”
Marinette signed as she leaned back in her chair.
“Are you okay, Mari? I know how you feel about Adrien” Nino said.
“I’m not in love with him anyone. I’m just………. surprised”
“We all are” Alya added.
-/-
Ladybug took in a long breath once she reached the roof that marked the end of their patrol route. She sat down and Chat Noir soon joined her.
The whole patrol, Ladybug’s mind had been preoccupied by the news about Adrien. She had only met Kagami once, on the day she had been akumatised into Riposte. Adrien had mentioned a couple of months before that he was seeing the heir to the Tsurgi fortune, but he had neglected to properly introduce his new girlfriend to his friend group. And then suddenly his Instagram was bursting with photos of Kagami’s delicate hand housing a tasteful engagement ring, and the two of them smiling their model smiles under the Parisian sun.
“Ladybug……I have something to tell you” Chat Noir said as the two of them gazed over their city.
Ladybug looked back to her partner, who fumbled with his baton.
“I’m getting married”
Ladybug blinked in shock. As far as she knew, Chat Noir was still in love with her.
“Chat…. I didn’t even know you were dating anyone!”
Chat Noir scratched the back of his head.
“It all happened very fast”
Ladybug smiled “Well, I hope that you’re going to be very happy!” she said, and she meant it. If her kitty was happy, she would be as well.
But it felt odd, to say the least. It was as if all of her friends were getting married; Adrien, Alya and Nino, Rose and Juleka’s wedding was in January, Ivan and Mylene tied the knot a few months ago, and now Chat Noir.
“I’d invite you to the wedding, but I know you’d have to reveal your identity. Also, it’s out of the city and I’m not sure if you’d want to leave Paris unguarded……”
“It’s okay, Chat” Ladybug grinned and lightly punched him on the arm.
“Tell me about her” she requested.
“Well…. she’s really cool. Really cool. And I think we make a good pair. I like being around her”
It didn’t sound like the grandest love story of all time, but Ladybug didn’t say anything. If it meant that Chat Noir was over her, it must be a good thing.
-/-
Marinette, Nino and Alya all sat around the round table in the centre of the Lebanese restaurant. It was a quaint place, lit by candlelight.
Adrien walked into the restaurant and Kagami followed behind him. He carefully removed the scarf Marinette had gifted him so many years before and turned and beamed at the group. Marinette felt a small flutter in her heart from the smile. Not now. She tried to force her feelings into submission.
She stood up and kissed Adrien on the cheeks, who then introduced her to his fiancée, who actually remembered Marinette from when she and Adrien first met. All of them took their places and examined the menus.
“So, how’s work going, Marinette?” Adrien asked.
“It’s great going! I mean, it’s going great! We’re debuting our summer line this week”
Adrien turned his head halfway to Kagami, who sat on his left. “Marinette’s an amazing fashion designer” he told her and Kagami nodded.
“Junior Designer. At a small start-up” Marinette corrected.
“That must be interesting” Everything Kagami said was with a calm, almost dull, tone.
“Yeah. I love it!”
“You’re lucky. Not everyone loves their work” Kagami replied.
“I guess. You must love fencing, though? To be able to do it professionally, I mean” Marinette said.
“Some days, I do. Other days, I wish I was doing anything else”
Marinette nodded and the conversation reached a dead end. Everyone ordered their meals.
“So, Adrien, here’s the big question: are you going to have a bachelor party?” Nino asked as their menus were being rounded up.
“I don’t think so, sorry” Adrien replied.
Nino groaned. “Is it your old man? Again, after all these years?”
Adrien shrugged his shoulders. “But…. we actually are renting the Chateau for three nights. I was thinking we could have a little get together the day before the wedding.”
“Hell yeah!” Nino seemed encouraged by this offer.
“That could be fun.” Alya said.
Conversation about the wedding continued. It seemed as if everything was already organised, from the dress to the napkin colour, even so far in advance. Kagami stayed silent, only speaking to correct Adrien over details. Alya and Nino compared their wedding plans to Adrien’s, and Marinette soon found herself bored of not just being the 5th wheel, but also the only one without nuptials to organise. After they finished eating she retreated outside, ostensibly for a cigarette, but she just needed to get away for a moment from the concept of Adrien Agreste getting married.
But she didn’t get much of a respite, since the blonde appeared at her side.
“You’re not actually smoking, thank god”
Marinette snickered.
“We were all starting to worry that Perfect Marinette actually had a flaw.”
Marinette didn’t say anything to that, she let it stick to the air. After a while, she plunked up the courage to ask him.
“Why didn’t you tell me you were getting married?”
Adrien rubbed the back of his head. “I posted an announcement on Instagram”
“Two days after I got the invitation to your wedding”
Adrien walked over to her slowly.
“I’m sorry” he said earnestly “It’s just that the last few weeks have been really chaotic. One moment you’ve completely accepted the fact that you’re going to be single for the rest of your life, the next you’re choosing floral arrangements and wedding rings”
He put his hands up and smiled, inviting her for a hug. Marinette accepted the offer and found herself in Adrien’s warm arms, burying herself in his chest that smelled of cologne.
“Am I forgiven?” he asked.
Marinette removed herself from the embrace. “Yes” she said.
Marinette looked back into the restaurant, where Kagami was sitting silently, sipping her drink and listening to Alya and Nino passionately discussing something.
“She seems nice” Marinette said.
Adrien looked back with her to Kagami. “Yeah. She’s great”
“I can’t believe you’re getting married”
“I can’t either”
Suddenly Alya rushed out of the restaurant, desperately fumbling to put her jacket on.
“There’s an Akuma attack on the Centre Pompidou” she said rapidly as she hurried away.
Nino followed her. “Sorry, dude. We’re going to have to check out early. Here” He took out and opened his wallet.
Adrien put his hand over Nino’s. “Don’t worry about it. I’ll pay. Go with your girlfriend”
Nino looked conflicted for a moment. “I’ll pay you back!” he said as he ran in the direction of his fiancée.
“I think I’m also going to head out” said Marinette.
“Ok. I’ll see you soon” Adrien replied as he hurriedly walked back into the restaurant.
Marinette found a hiding spot in a nearby alley and called out “Tikki. Spots On!”